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Book Synopsis* Concise introduction to the key thinker Manuel Castells and his relation to media and communication. * As with all volumes in the theory and media series, this book is written specifically for undergraduate students of media and communication.Trade Review"Howard has traced for us the often invisible elements of an intellectual trajectory by a major thinker on the new technologies. It is a wonderful and often surprising account - bringing to life the multiple and messy ways in which these new technologies are shaped, sharpened, undermined by the social conditions within which they get used."Saskia Sassen, Columbia University and author of Territory, Authority, Rights: From Medieval to Global Assemblages "The network perspective is proving to be the most important contemporary frame with which to understand the forces shaping technology, economics and society in the 21st century. Howard provides a clear, comprehensive and critical explanation of the work of the world's pre-eminent network theorist, Manuel Castells. Using accessible language the reader is introduced to Castells' ideas about media, globalization, digitalization, and, most importantly, power. Castells and the Media shows just how important and central Castells is for anyone who wishes to understand contemporary society and media."Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago "Howard's Castells and the Media offers a comprehensive introduction to the work of one of the key social scientists of our time pertaining to the study of media. This is a highly readable and inviting text, engaging students with a warm welcome to Castells' work."Mark Deuze, Indiana UniversityTable of ContentsDetailed Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Castells and the Theory of the Network Society Chapter 2: Media Economics and Life Online Chapter 3: Networks of Power and Politics Chapter 4: Cultural Industries in a Digital Century Chapter 5: Mobile and Social Media Chapter 6: ConclusionÑMedia Rules and The Rules of Media Appendix Glossary and Index References

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Book SynopsisCreative industries in China provides a fresh account of China s emerging commercial cultural sector. The author shows how developments in Chinese art, design and media industries are reflected in policy, in market activity, and grassroots participation.Trade Review"It is unusual for a modern scholar to truly capture a field; there are so many running in the same direction. But Keane is the man who noticed, shaped and now writes with huge authority on the creative industries in China. This is an important and scholarly addition to the project."Stephanie Donald, University of New South Wales"In this pioneering book, Michael Keane provides a broad introduction to the Chinese discourse of media, arts and design industries. Using substantial fieldwork observation, Keane offers unique insights into the development of concepts of innovation and their relationship with intellectual property, culture, commerce and politics in China."Anthony Fung, Chinese University of Hong Kong"Michael Keane pioneered the study of creative industries in China. This book opens up access to fundamental but hitherto unexplored areas of a young industry whose rise was closely entwined with international lobbying, a burgeoning design culture, and fluctuating policy directives. Nobody can unravel those multi-faceted debates and discourses more deftly than Keane. This is a must read for anybody interested in the future of innovation in China."Jing Wang, New Media Action Lab, MITTable of ContentsMap ix Abbreviations x Figures and Tables xi Chronology xii Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 1 Culture in Flux 12 2 Culture and Creativity 49 3 The Cultural Innovation Timeline 70 4 Desperately Seeking Innovation 97 5 Art 125 6 Design 149 7 Media 177 Notes 202 References 208 Index 230

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Book SynopsisCreative industries in China provides a fresh account of China's emerging commercial cultural sector. The author shows how developments in Chinese art, design and media industries are reflected in policy, in market activity, and grassroots participation. Never has the attraction of being a media producer, an artist, or a designer in China been so enticing. National and regional governments offer financial incentives; consumption of cultural goods and services have increased; creative workers from Europe, North America and Asia are moving to Chinese cities; culture is increasingly positioned as a pillar industry. But what does this mean for our understanding of Chinese society? Can culture be industrialised following the low-cost model of China's manufacturing economy. Is the national government really committed to social liberalisation? This engaging book is a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in social change in ChiTrade Review"It is unusual for a modern scholar to truly capture a field; there are so many running in the same direction. But Keane is the man who noticed, shaped and now writes with huge authority on the creative industries in China. This is an important and scholarly addition to the project."Stephanie Donald, University of New South Wales"In this pioneering book, Michael Keane provides a broad introduction to the Chinese discourse of media, arts and design industries. Using substantial fieldwork observation, Keane offers unique insights into the development of concepts of innovation and their relationship with intellectual property, culture, commerce and politics in China."Anthony Fung, Chinese University of Hong Kong"Michael Keane pioneered the study of creative industries in China. This book opens up access to fundamental but hitherto unexplored areas of a young industry whose rise was closely entwined with international lobbying, a burgeoning design culture, and fluctuating policy directives. Nobody can unravel those multi-faceted debates and discourses more deftly than Keane. This is a must read for anybody interested in the future of innovation in China."Jing Wang, New Media Action Lab, MITTable of ContentsMap ix Abbreviations x Figures and Tables xi Chronology xii Acknowledgements xv Introduction 1 1 Culture in Flux 12 2 Culture and Creativity 49 3 The Cultural Innovation Timeline 70 4 Desperately Seeking Innovation 97 5 Art 125 6 Design 149 7 Media 177 Notes 202 References 208 Index 230

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Book SynopsisDiscusses the challenges of intercultural communication in engineering, technical, and related professional fields Given today''s globalized technical and engineering environment, intercultural communication is an essential topic for engineers, other technical professionals, and technical communicators to learn. Engineering programs, in particular, need to think about how to address the ABET requirement for students to develop global competence and communication skills. This book will help readers learn what intercultural communication is like in the workplace?which is an important first step in gaining intercultural competence. Through narratives based on the real experiences of working professionals, Negotiating Cultural Encounters: Narrating Intercultural Engineering and Technical Communication covers a range of design, development, research, and documentation projects?offering an authentic picture of today''s international workplace. Narrative contribTrade Review“The book may be interesting for those already working in the field of technical communication, but would be perhaps more useful to students or to those preparing to become professionals dealing with textual (including graphical) material of various kinds.” (Computing Reviews, 8 September 2014) Table of ContentsPreface xi A Note from the Series Editor xiii INTRODUCTION 1 Han Yu and Gerald Savage CHAPTER 1 Changing Times, Changing Style Guides 17 Jennifer O'Neill CHAPTER 2 Concinnity of Assorted Nuts 41 Marina Lin CHAPTER 3 Learning Curve 61 Vaishnavi Thogttluva Vijayaram CHAPTER 4 Lost in Translation 81 Elena Groznaya CHAPTER 5 Collective Learning in East Africa: Building and Transferring Technical Knowledge in Livestock Production 103 K. Alex Ilyasova and Cheryl Birkelo CHAPTER 6 That's Worth Waiting For: GLDD's Spanish JSA Booklet 123 Christina Schulz CHAPTER 7 Making Excellence a Habit across Intercultural Barriers 143 Saurabh Kudesia CHAPTER 8 Crash of Cultures 167 Sam Racine CHAPTER 9 Collaboration on a Pan-European Project Spanning 35 National Research and Education Networks across the European Union 185 Warren Singer CHAPTER 10 Are Chinese Documents Ready for Global Audiences? 209 Melanie G. Flanders CHAPTER 11 Subject Matter Expert Meets Technical Communicator: Stories of Mestiza Consciousness in the Automotive Industry 227 Angela M. Haas CHAPTER 12 My Life as an EFL Trainer/Technical Translator in Shanghai, China 247 Huiling Ding Index 263

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Book SynopsisThe tools nonprofits need to measure the impact of their social media Having a social media measurement plan and approach can no longer be an after-thought. It is a requirement of success. As nonprofits refine their social media practice, their boards are expecting reports showing results. As funders provide dollars to support programs that include social media, they too want to see results. This book offers the tools and strategies needed for nonprofits that need reliable and measurable data from their social media efforts. Using these tools will not only improve a nonprofit?s decision making process but will produce results-driven metrics for staff and stakeholders. A hands-on resource for nonprofit professionals who must be able to accurately measure the results of their social media ventures Written by popular nonprofit blogger Beth Kanter and measurement expert Katie Delahaye Paine Filled with toTable of ContentsFigures and Tables xi Foreword by Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen xiii Preface: The Queen of Nonprofits Meets the Goddess of Measurement xvii Acknowledgments xxiii The Authors xxvii Part One : Introduction of Concepts 1 One The Secret Sauce for Nonprofits: Networked Strategies + Measurement = Amazing Success 3 Two The Rise of the Networked Nonprofit: A New Paradigm for Nonprofit Success 13 Part Two : Basic Measurement Principles, How-Tos, and Best Practices 27 Three Creating a Data-Informed Culture: How Your Organization Can Embrace the Data and Use What It Can Teach You 29 Four Measurement is Power: How to Take Control of Your Programs and Progress with the Art and Science of Measurement 41 Five Don’t Confuse Activity with Results: The Value of Expressing Your Results in Terms of Organizational Goals 59 Six The Ladder of Engagement: How to Measure Engagement and Use It to Improve Relationships with Your Stakeholders 77 Seven How to Turn Your Stakeholders into Fundraisers: Social Fundraising and How Measurement Can Make It More Effective 99 Eight Measurement Tools: How to Choose and Use the Right Tool for the Job 119 Nine Measurement and the Aha! Moment: Using Your Data to Tell Stories, Make Decisions, and Change the World 151 Part Three : Advanced Measurement Concepts and Practices for Networked Nonprofits 171 Ten Measuring What Really Matters: The Importance and Measurement of Relationships 173 Eleven Understanding, Visualizing, and Improving Networks 187 Twelve Infl uence Measurement: How to Determine Your Influence and That of Your Organization, Free Agents, and Nonprofit Champions 203 Thirteen How to Be Naked and Measure It: Transparency is a Networked Nonprofit’s Best Friend 221 Fourteen Measuring the Impact of the Crowd 235 Epilogue: With Measurement and Learning, Networked Nonprofits Can Change the World 245 Appendix A: Measuring Relationships and Relationship Research 247 Appendix B: Crawl, Walk, Run, Fly Assessment Tool for Networked Nonprofits 251 Appendix C: Social Media Measurement Checklist 255 Appendix D: A Checklist for Monitoring Services 261 Notes 269 Glossary 281 Resources for Tools, Tutorials, and Assistance 287 Index 289

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Book SynopsisThe International Encyclopedia of Media Effects presents a comprehensive collection of the most up-to-date research on the uses and impacts of media throughout the world. Provides the definitive resource on the most recent findings of media effects research Covers all aspects of the uses and impact of media, utilizing empirical, psychological, and critical research approaches to the field Features over 200 entries contributed by leading international scholars in their associated fields Offers invaluable insights to for students, scholars and professionals studying and working in related fields, and will stimulate new scholarship in emerging fields such as the Internet, Social Media and Mobile Communication Part of The Wiley Blackwell-ICA International Encyclopedias of Communication series, published in conjunction with the International Communication Association. Online version available at

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Book SynopsisA multidisciplinary, authoritative outline of the current intellectual landscape of the field. Over the past three decades, the term diaspora' has been featured in many research studies and in wider theoretical debates in areas such as communications, the humanities, social sciences, politics, and international relations. The Handbook of Diasporas, Media, and Culture explores new dimensions of human mobility and connectivitypresenting state-of-the-art research and key debates on the intersection of media, cultural, and diasporic studies This innovative and timely book helps readers to understand diasporic cultures and their impact on the globalized world. The Handbook presents contributions from internationally-recognized scholars and researchers to strengthen understanding of diasporas and diasporic cultures, diasporic media and cultural resources, and the various forms of diasporic organization, expression, production, distribution, and consumption. Divided into seven sections,Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables ix Notes on Contributors xi Series Editors’ Preface xix Acknowledgments xxi 1 Diasporas, Media, and Culture: Exploring Dimensions of Human Mobility and Connectivity in the Era of Global Interdependency 1Roza Tsagarousianou and Jessica Retis Part I Roots and Routes: The Nature of “Diaspora(s)”: Their Relation to Nation, Ethnicity, Religion, Societies of Provenance, and Societies of Settlement 21 2 Diasporas: Changing Meanings and Limits of the Concept 23Robin Cohen 3 Digital Diasporas: Beyond the Buzzword: Toward a Relational Understanding of Mobility and Connectivity 31Laura Candidatu, Koen Leurs, and Sandra Ponzanesi 4 The Tragedy of the Cultural Commons: Cultural Crossroads and the Paradoxes of Identity 49Thomas Hylland Eriksen 5 Diaspora and the Plurality of Its Cosmopolitan Imaginaries 63Myria Georgiou 6 Beyond the Concept of Diaspora?: Reevaluating our Theoretical Toolkit Through the Study of Muslim Transnationalism 77Roza Tsagarousianou 7 Doing Diasporic Media Research: Methodological Challenges and Innovations 97Kevin Smets Part II Home and Away: Transnationalism, Localism, and the Construction of Diasporic Identity 113 8 Homogenizing Heterogeneity in Transnational Contexts: Latin American Diasporas and the Media in the Global North 115Jessica Retis 9 Unraveling Diaspora and Hybridity: Brazil and the Centrality of Geopolitical Context in Analyzing Culture in Global Postcolonial Space 137Niall Brennan 10 Media, Racism, and Haitian Immigration in Brazil 151Denise Cogo and Terezinha Silva 11 China’s Vessel on the Voyage of Globalization: The Soft Power Agenda and Diasporic Media Responses 165Wanning Sun 12 Digital Diaspora: Social Alliances Beyond the Ethnonational Bond 179Saskia Witteborn 13 Transnational Mediated Commemoration of Migrant Deaths at the Borders of Europe 193Karina Horsti Part III Cultural Politics in the Diaspora: Diasporic Public Spheres/Spaces, Identity Politics, and Diasporic Activism 207 14 The Politics of Diasporic Integration: The Case of Iranians in Britain 209Annabelle Sreberny and Reza Gholami 15 Scripting Indianness: Remediating Narratives of Diasporic Affiliation and Authenticity 225Radha S. Hegde 16 Media Representations of Diasporic Cultures and the Impact on Audiences: Polarization, Power, and the Limits of Interculturality 239Miquel Rodrigo‐Alsina, Antonio Pineda, and Leonarda Garcia‐Jimenez 17 Toward a Democratization of the Public Space?: Challenges for the Twenty‐First Century 255Alicia Ferrandez Ferrer 18 Decolonizing National Public Spheres: Indigenous Migrants as Transnational Counterpublics 269Antonieta Mercado 19 The Power of Communication Networks for the Political Formation of a New Social Actor in Chile: The Case of Migrant Action Movement 283Ximena Poo Part IV Nation and Diasporas: Diasporas, Nationalism, and the Making of National Cultures 295 20 Making National Cultures: Sindhis in Indonesia’s Media Industries 297Thomas Barker 21 Reporting Violence and Naming Migrants in Assam: The Coverage of Anti‐“Bengali Muslim” Violence in Assam by The Assam Tribune Newspaper 311Musab Iqbal 22 Media and Nationalism Beyond Borders 329Janroj Yilmaz Keles 23 Online Diasporas: Beyond Long‐Distance Nationalisms 343Angeliki Monnier 24 Somali Development Agents as Development Communicators: Visions and “Religious” Challenges 359Michele Gonnelli 25 The Mediation of Migration and States of Exception 373Miyase Christensen and Christian Christensen Part V Gender and Generation: How Do Gender and Generation Intersect with the Diasporic Condition and Impact on Diasporic Cultural Politics? 385 26 Intersections and (Dis)Connections: LGBTQ Uses of Digital Media in the Diaspora 387Alexander Dhoest 27 Sri Lankan Migrant Women Watching Teledramas in Melbourne: A Social Act of Identity 401Shashini Ruwanthi Gamage 28 Digital Diasporas: Accounting for the Role of Family Talk in Transnational Social Spaces 415Gabriel Moreno‐Esparza 29 Italian Post‐war Migration to Britain: Cinema and the Second Generation 429Margherita Sprio Part VI New Technologies, New Experiences: Changing Media and Information and Communication Technologies, and Their Impact on Diasporic Cultures 443 30 Between Access and Exclusion: Iranian Diasporic Broadcasting in Open TV Channels in Germany 445Christine Horz 31 Low Frequencies in the Diaspora: The Black Subaltern Intellectual and Hip‐Hop Cultures 461Bryce Henson 32 Facebook for Community, Direct Action, and Archive: Diaspora Responses to the 2014 Floods in the Balkans 475Deborah James 33 The Romanian Scientific E‐Diaspora: Online Mobilization, Transnational Agency, and Globalization of Domestic Policies 491Mihaela Nedelcu 34 Refugees, Information Precarity, and Social Inclusion: The Precarious Communication Practices of Syrians Fleeing War 503Melissa Wall, Madeline Otis Campbell, and Dana Janbek 35 Racial and Class Distinctions Online: The Case of the Mexican European Diaspora on Social Networking Sites 515Lorena Nessi and Olga Bailey Part VII Redefining Social Spaces in the Diaspora: The Transformation of Urban, Physical, and Virtual Spaces 529 36 Physical and Virtual Spaces Among the Palestinian Diaspora in Malmo 531Fanny Christou and Spyros Sofos 37 Developing and Defending Mixed Identity: Lessons from the Caribbean Diaspora 547Charisse L’Pree Corsbie‐Massay and Raven S. Maragh-Lloyd 38 Latino and Asian as Pan‐Ethnic Layers of Identity and Media Use Among Second‐Generation Immigrants 563Joseph Straubhaar, Laura Dixon, Jeremiah Spence, and Viviana Rojas 39 Migration, Transnational Families, and New Communication Technologies 577Mirca Madianou Index 591

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Book SynopsisA Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. Contains 29 original essays by leading scholars, each assessing the past and current state of American scholarship Includes thematic essays covering topics such as religion, ethnicity, conservatism, foreign policy, and the media, as well as essays covering major time periods Identifies and discusses the most influential literature in the field, and suggests new avenues of research, as the century has drawn to a close Trade Review"This superb book is a treasure and a delight. Penetrating interpretive essays by almost thirty distinguished historians offer thoughtful perspectives on a turbulent century that brought sweeping changes to the United States even as the nation surged to global dominance. A Companion to 20th-century America is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the forces that have shaped contemporary America."—Paul S. Boyer, University of Wisconsin-Madison "This is an important contribution to our understanding of modern American history, with illuminating contributions by many first-rate American historians."—Richard Pells, University of Texas-Austin "An indispensable book for anyone who wants to learn what America's best historians have written about the American century and its critics. The breadth of topics is dazzling, and fresh insights appear on nearly every page."—Michael Kazin, Georgetown UniversityTable of ContentsNotes on the contributors viii Introduction xiiiStephen J. Whitfield PART I: TIME-FRAMES 1 1900 - 1914 3Eugene E. Leach 2 1914 - 1929 19Glen Gendzel 3 1929 - 1941 36Michael E. Parrish 4 1941 - 1950 54Allan M. Winkler 5 1950 - 1960 71Richard M. Fried 6 1960 - 1974 87Jama Lazerow 7 1974 - 1988 102Leo P. Ribuffo 8 1988 - 2000 123Steven M. Gillon PART II: PLACES 9 The South 141Raymond Arsenault 10 The West 163Anne M. Butler 11 The Environment 179Paul S. Sutter 12 The City 198Jon C. Teaford PART III: PEOPLE 13 Immigration 215Roger Daniels 14 Ethnicity 233Hasia R. Diner 15 Labor 249Joseph A. McCartin 16 Race 266Reed Ueda 17 Women 283June Sochen PART IV: THE POLITY AND THE ECONOMY 18 The Military 301Jerry Cooper 19 Foreign Policy 317Justus D. Doenecke 20 Consumption 336Charles McGovern 21 Law 358Norman L. Rosenberg 22 Business 377David B. Sicilia PART V: IMAGES AND "ISMS" 23 Journalism and Broadcasting 397James L. Baughman 24 Religion 413Charles H. Lippy 25 Ideas 430Wilfred M. McClay 26 Science and Technology 449Carroll Pursell 27 Conservatism 462Edward S. Shapiro 28 Liberalism 478Hans Vorlander 29 The Visual Arts 493Douglas Tallack Bibliography 510 Index 557

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Book SynopsisThe Handbook of Internet Studies brings together scholars from a variety of fields to explore the profound shift that has occurred in how we communicate and experience our world as we have moved from the industrial era into the age of digital media.Trade Review“Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty.” (Choice, 1 April 2012) "Together, the comprehensive and quite thought-provoking individual essays provide richly insightful perspectives into the extent to which the internet is shaping and being shaped by human cultures and societies, and the various ways in which scholars might consider and approach such processes.” (Digital Journalism, 19 August 2014) Table of ContentsNotes on Editors and Contributors. Acknowledgments. Introduction (Charles Ess and Mia Consalvo). Part I: Beyond the Great Divides? A Primer on Internet Histories, Methods, and Ethics. Introduction to Part I (Charles Ess). 1. Studying the Internet Through the Ages (Barry Wellman). 2. Web Archiving – Between Past, Present, and Future (Niels Brügger). 3. New Media, Old Methods – Internet Methodologies and the Online/Offline Divide (Klaus Bruhn Jensen). 4. The Internet in Everyday Life: Exploring the Tenets and Contributions of Diverse Approaches (Maria Bakardjieva). 5. Internet Research Ethics: Past, Present, and Future (Elizabeth A. Buchanan). Part II: Shaping Daily Life: The Internet and Society. Introduction to Part II (Mia Consalvo). 6. Assessing the Internet’s Impact on Language (Naomi S. Baron). 7. Internet Policy (Sandra Braman). 8. Political Discussion Online (Jennifer Stromer-Galley and Alexis Wichowski). 9. Does the Internet Empower? A Look at the Internet and International Development (Deborah L. Wheeler). 10. Internet and Health Communication (Lorna Heaton). 11. Internet and Religion (Heidi Campbell). 12. Indigenous Peoples on the Internet (Laurel Dyson). 13. Queering Internet Studies: Intersections of Gender and Sexuality (Janne Bromseth and Jenny Sundén). Part III: Internet and Culture. Introduction to Part III (Mia Consalvo). 14. Community and the Internet (Lori Kendall). 15. MOOs to MMOs: The Internet and Virtual Worlds (Mia Consalvo). 16. Internet, Children, and Youth (Sonia Livingstone). 17. Internet and Games (T. L. Taylor). 18. Social Networks 2.0 (Nancy K. Baym). 19. Newly Mediated Media: Understanding the Changing Internet Landscape of the Media Industries (P. David Marshall). 20. Online Pornography: Ubiquitous and Effaced (Susanna Paasonen). 21. Music and the Internet (Robert Burnett). 22. Why and How Online Sociability Became Part and Parcel of Teenage Life (Marika Lüders). Index.

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Book SynopsisIn Development Communication, top media scholars explore the details of communication in areas where modernization has failed to deliver change. Offers a complete introduction to the history of development communication - the process of systematically intervening with either media or education in order to promote positive social change Discusses themajor approaches and theories in development communication, including educational issues of training, literacy, schooling, and use of media from print and radio to video and the internet Explores the role of NGOs, the CNN Effect, and the power of grass-roots movements and ''bottom-up'' approaches that challenge the status quo in global media Trade Review"I think that this book offers an astute look at how the field of development communication has changed over time and why it has so much potential as a tool in development. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it very helpful in developing my understanding of the past, present, and future of the field of development communication." (Canadian Journal of Communication, 2011) "It fills the need for a readable approach to decades of development history, and gives a range of issues that any student of development communication should know, with thoughtful contexts and case studies designed to stimulate discussion." (European Journal of Communication, July 2010)Table of ContentsList of Tables and Figure. Notes on Contributors. Preface. 1. Introduction to Development Communication (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 2. Major Theories Following Modernization (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 3. United Nations and Specialized Agencies (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 4. The Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 5. Differing Views of World Culture (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). 6. A Framework for Conceptualizing Technology in Development (Renée Houston, University of Puget Sound and Michele H. Jackson, University of Colorado and Boulder). 7. The Global Digital Divide (Mitchell F. Rice, Texas A&M University). 8. Feminism in a Post-Development Age (Luz Estella Porras, University of Oregon and H. Leslie Steeves, University of Oregon). 9. Sonagachi Project: A Case Study Set in India (Satarupa Dasgupta, Temple University). 10. Roma Project: A Case Study Set in Europe (Eva Szalvai, Colby-Sawyer College). 11. Summary and Conclusions (Thomas L. McPhail, University of Missouri-St. Lewis). Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisDebates about decolonisation of the mind and of our curricula reveal the dark shadow cast over the world by the adventurers of the modern era, beginning in 1492. Decolonisation explores questions of justice, injustice and inhumanity that have geographically and intellectually shaped the course of history through overlapping colonial, decolonial and postcolonial eras.This multidisciplinary collection uses the lenses of history, philosophy, literature and education to examine aspects of colonialism and decolonisation, and their revolutionary and evolutionary manifestations which, contributors argue, occurred simultaneously in the historical and epistemological record. The problems that come into focus have a kaleidoscopic effect on how we come to understand fraught issues, from the ‘invention’ of blacks, to the formulation of the ideology of trusteeship and the obligations to ‘lower civilisations’. Decolonisation brings together an internationally renowned group of scholars to showcase their search for decolonial strategies within their disciplinary focus, covering ideas such as the different layers at which colonialism operates, strategies for a decolonisation that does not recolonise, and the importance of preserving and publishing in indigenous languages. This is a much-needed reference book for students and scholars in the field of decolonisation, history, philosophy and pedagogy. The introductory chapter offers a clear and concise primer to this complex subject, covering colonialism, imperialism, decoloniality, and the various actors involved.Table of Contents Acronyms Introduction Decolonisation: Interdisciplinary Perspectives – David Boucher and Ayesha Omar Chapter 1 The Invention of Blacks: Notes on Conquest, Fear and Time – Ndumiso DladlaChapter 2 The Decolonisation of Southern Africa: Historical Reflections – Chris Saunders Chapter 3 The Border of Trust at Kat River for Coloured Settlers, 1851–1853 – Christopher Allsobrook and Camilla Boisen Chapter 4 Decolonisation and the Enduring Legacy of Colonial Borders in Africa – Ian S. Spears Chapter 5 Fanon’s Challenge: Identity, Recognition and Ideology – David Boucher Chapter 6 Beyond Redemption: Unsettling Progressive-Romantic Storyings of Colonial Injustice in Western Critical Thought – Michael Elliott Chapter 7 The Limits of Decolonisation and the Problem of Legitimacy – Paul Patton Chapter 8 Decolonisation – Real and Imagined – Steven Friedman Chapter 9 Decolonisation and the Crisis of African Literature in the Twenty-First Century– Sule Emmanuel Egya Chapter 10 Pedagogical Disobedience in an Era of Unfinished Decolonisation – Amber Murrey Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisIn this explosive book, Houston Baker takes stock of the current state of Black Studies in the university and outlines its responsibilities to the newest form of black urban expressionrap. A frank, polemical essay, Black Studies, Rap, and the Academy is an uninhibited defense of Black Studies and an extended commentary on the importance of rap. Written in the midst of the political correctness wars and in the aftermath of the Los Angeles riots, Baker's meditation on the academy and black urban expression has generated much controversy and comment from both ends of the political spectrum.

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Book SynopsisThroughout this text the author shows his awareness that the actual past remains fundamentally irreplicable. He asserts all histories to be culturally crafted artifacts, commensurate with folk tales, stage plays, or films.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Notes to the Reader Prelude: Ethnograpy on My Mind Making a Present out of the Past: History's Anthropology A Poetric for Histories Sharks that Walk on the Land The Face of Battle: Valparaiso, 1814 Presenting the Past: History's Theatre The Theatricality of History Making and the Paradoxes of Acting Possessing Tahiti Hollywood Makes History Inventing Others Returning to the Past Its Own Present: History's Empowering Force Songlines and Seaways Anzac Day School at War Postlude: Soliloquy in San Giacomo References

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Book SynopsisThe river Niger, a source of life and danger for the people in impoverished eastern Mali, is also the origin of elaborate mythology. From his travels through Mali and down the Niger in a dugout canoe, Jean-Marie Gibbal has created a personal documentary of the cultures of the region.

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Book SynopsisAsia in the Making of Europe traces European encounters with Asia, and the ways in which those encounters have altered the development of western society, art, literature, science, and religion since the Renaissance. In doing so, this work provides a much-needed perspective necessary for a balanced view of European and Asian history. A Century of Advance, the third volume of this monumental work, is devoted to the seventeenth century. Donald F. Lach and Edwin Van Kley have researched virtually all the writings on Asia published in Europe at this time, in an effort to understand how contemporaries saw Asian societies and peoples. During this century, more and better information became available as merchants and missionaries pushed deeper into the interiors of the Asian lands previously known only on their peripheries. While conducting commerce and spreading Christianity, westerners discovered Manchuria, Korea, Tibet, Formosa, and Australia; they also learned much more than their predecessors about Buddhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism and about their importance in Asian life. Their countrymen, eager for news from the East, read of their exploits in the widely published Jesuit letterbooks, mission reports, and merchant travelogues. These sources are valuable to modern scholars for the insights they provide on the development of European culture. They also provide details of everyday life not included in native Asian sources, and aspects of Asian culture that have passed out of existence and thus are unfamiliar to modern scholars. The authors' extraordinarily detailed and insightful readings of the documents of discovery, contribute greatly to a more balanced understanding of Asian history, in addition to deepening our understanding of this critical era in European history.

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Book SynopsisBased on eighteen months of intensive participant-observation, Ring of Liberation offers both an in-depth description of capoeira--a complex Afro-Brazilian martial art that combines feats of great strength and athleticism with music and poetry--and a pioneering synthetic approach to the analysis of complex cultural performance. Capoeira originated in early slave culture and is practiced widely today by urban Brazilians and others. At once game, sport, mock combat, and ritualized performance, it involves two players who dance and battle within a ring of musicians and singers. Stunning physical performances combine with music and poetry in a form as expressive in movement as it is in word. J. Lowell Lewis explores the convergence of form and content in capoeira. The many components and characteristics of this elaborate black art form--for example, competing genre frameworks and the necessary fusion of multiple modes of expression--demand, Lewis feels, to be given body as well as voice.In response, he uses Peircean semiotics and recent work in discourse and performance theory to map the connections between physical, musical, and linguistic play in capoeira and to reflect on the general relations between semiotic systems and the creation and recording of cultural meaning.

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Book SynopsisExploring the links between class identity and vacationing, the text looks at the popularity of France's health resorts in the 19th century. It shows how spas were promoted as an ordered equivalent to the busy lives of the bourgeoisie, and this premier vacation made and was made by the bourgeoisie.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1: Baths and Curing in the Old Regime 2: Producing Leisure: Economics, Class Formation, and the Sejour for Sale 3: Respectability Emplaced 4: Medicine and the Rhythming of Bourgeois Rest 5: Social Benefits of Spa Consumption Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis text examines the emergence in America of gay and lesbian social life, the creation of "lesbigay" communities, and the development of a group identity. It also provides coverage of relevant issues such as the extent to which there is a single "modern" homosexuality.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Ch. 1: Social Theory and the Anomalous Development of Gay Resistance Ch. 2: The Growth and Diversification of Gay Culture Ch. 3: After Gay Liberation: S & M and Gender Uniformity? Ch. 4: The Promiscuity Paradigm, AIDS, and Gay Complicity with the Remedicalization of Homosexuality Ch. 5: The Initial Surrender and Eventual Tentative Reassertion of Autonomy under the Shadow of AIDS Ch. 6: "The Homosexual Role" and Lesbigay Roles Ch. 7: Couples Ch. 8: Gay Community Ch. 9: Ethnic and Temporal Differences in Coming Out and In Moving to San Francisco Ch. 10: Absent Laiuses: Psychiatric Fantasies in Black and Gay Ch. 11: Some Gay African American Self-Representations from the 1980s and 1990s Ch. 12: Mexican American Homosexuality Ch. 13: Gay Asian/Pacific Americans Valediction Acknowledgments Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisArgues that an intelligent debate on the future of higher education in America requires a study of its institutions, not its ideals. Showing how US higher education has changed in the 20th century, this book examines how its institutions respond to financial, technological and cultural change.

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Book SynopsisBuilding upon the empirical foundation provided by the historical studies in the first volume of this project, this book brings together historians, sociologists, theologians and ethicists for an interdisciplinary conversation on the study of American congregations.

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Book SynopsisProphet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene and currently the hottest property on the New York intellectual circuit. The Guardian A sharp-shooting lone-ranger from the post-Marxist left. New York Times The most important French thinker of the past twenty years. J.Trade Review"Prophet of the apocalypse, hysterical lyric poet, obsessive recounter of the desolation of the postmodern scene..." The Guardian "A sharp-shooting lone-ranger from the post-Marxist left." New York Times "An international, intellectual superstar." Salon.com

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