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Intersectional Feminism in the Age of Transnationalism: Voices from the Margins explores the limitations of the transnationalist approach to feminism and questions the neoliberal emphasis on individ……続きを見る

Asia, the cradle of civilization and culture have had a unique yet important position in the human history on the earth. In the direction of understanding the culture and society, this work is desig……続きを見る

How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis. How is it that gangsta rapーso dystopian that it struck aspiring Brooklyn rapper and future superstar ……続きを見る

As its title suggests, this book captures the essence of Japanese life and culture in 100 words. From well-known concepts like zen, kawaii and anime to their lesser-known counterparts waiting to be ……続きを見る

The groundbreaking book that launched America's urban legend obsession! Folklore scholar Jan Harold Brunvand assembles the best-known urban legendsーincluding "The Hook," "The Spider in the Hairdo,"……続きを見る

In his latest book, fairy tales expert Jack Zipes explores the question of why some fairy tales "work" and others don't, why the fairy tale is uniquely capable of getting under the skin of culture a……続きを見る

Tervetuloa digitaalisen sisällön, Internetin ja medialaitteiden muovaaman kulttuurin ja liiketoiminnan aikakaudelle. Elämme niin valtavan muutoksen alkuhetkiä median historiassa, että sen laajuuden ……続きを見る

Modern Blackness is a rich ethnographic exploration of Jamaican identity in the late twentieth century and early twenty-first. Analyzing nationalism, popular culture, and political economy in relati……続きを見る

An enormously entertaining account of the gifted and eccentric directors who gave us the golden age of modern horror in the 1970s, bringing a new brand of politics and gritty realism to the genre. M……続きを見る

How did powder and paint, once scorned as immoral, become indispensable to millions of respectable women? How did a "kitchen physic," as homemade cosmetics were once called, become a multibillion-do……続きを見る

Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likel……続きを見る

The twelve essays collected in Pockets of Change locate adaptation within a framework of two overlapping, if not simultaneous, creative processes: on the one hand, adaptation is to be understood as ……続きを見る

Prešernov Krst pri Savici in poldrugo stoletje kasneje NSKjev pod Triglavom, (turbo) narodnjaki in Kekec, Karingerjevi pejsaži in alpska motivika na državnih simbolih ter turističnih vodičih, gots……続きを見る

With the emergence of popular culture phenomena such as reality television, blogging, and social networking sites, it is important to examine the representation of Black women and the potential impl……続きを見る

Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, edited by Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, is an edited collection that explores how different genres of popular music are branded and marketed t……続きを見る

Musikalische "Erinnerungsorte" stellen die verbindende Klammer für sehr unterschiedliche Annäherungen an ein weites Themenfeld dar, welches von der Musikwissenschaftlerin Cornelia Szabó-Knotik in za……続きを見る

Examines the impact of the Scottish legacy on North American cultures and heritage During the past four decades, growing interest in North Americans' cultural and ancestral ties to Scotland has prod……続きを見る

Three great love stories that started it all Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights are three of the greatest novels in English literature. Now joining them is Pride, Prejudice and Pop……続きを見る

Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdate……続きを見る

The endless mystery of Amelia Earhart's last flight. The mysterious disappearance of Judge Joseph Force Crater. The vanishing acts of Agatha Christie, Sherwood Anderson and Aimee Semple McPherson. T……続きを見る

Here is a fascinating compendium of unsolved crimesーfrom murder to robbery, arson to forgeryーpresenting the most baffling cases on record, starting with the murder of Lord Darnely, Mary, Queen of ……続きを見る

Here is a catalog of eccentrics--the men and women who broke the mold and give us a glimpse of inspired flakiness, a peek at the outrageous. Their unswerving dedication to outlandish desires, their ……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 2,3, Technische Universität Berlin, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Arbeit wird der Versuch unternommen,……続きを見る

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 2,1, Universität Regensburg (Institut für Soziologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Der Klimawandel ist ein gl……続きを見る

The most comprehensive state election study ever undertaken, Elections in Pennsylvania provides data and analysis for more than 13,000 general elections and more than 6,000 primary elections held in……続きを見る

The Good Life and the Greater Good in a Global Context offers a timely contribution to the debates about the good life that surround us every day in the media, politics, the humanities, and social s……続きを見る

From 1940 to 1989, nearly every hotel on the Las Vegas Strip employed a full-time band or orchestra. After the late 1980s, when control of the casinos changed hands from independent owners to corpor……続きを見る

Girls' Series Fiction and American Popular Culture examines the ways in which young female heroines in American series fiction have undergone dramatic changes in the past 150 years, changes which ha……続きを見る

This bookexamines music stores as sites of cultural production in contemporary India. Analyzing social practices of selling music in a variety of retail contexts, it focuses upon the economic and so……続きを見る

Anja Meulenbelt over zeventien actuele Kwesties Zijn vrouwen nu gelukkig? Waarom dan de lustpil voor vrouwen? Waarom is het combineren van werk en gezin (voor vrouwen) nog steeds een probleem? Waaro……続きを見る