Cultural studies Books

by Yuri N. Maltsev formerly of the Institute of Economics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR The following study on the history of Soviet economic thought during the first years after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 is much more...

A first edition of The Halloween Encyclopedia was published by McFarland in 2003 (Booklist: "a worthy addition to public and school libraries as well as the reference shelves of journalists and leaders of community events"); it was the first...

This work traces the history of the jukebox from its origins in the invention of the phonograph by Thomas Alva Edison in the 1880s up to its relative modern obscurity. The jukebox's first twenty years were essentially experimental because of the low...

This volume marks the 25th anniversary of Karin Barber's ground-breaking article, "Popular Arts in Africa", which stimulated new debates about African popular culture and its defining categories. Focusing on performances, audiences, social contexts...

Advertising is often portrayed negatively, as corrupting a mythically pure relationship between people and things. In Advertising Myths Anne Cronin argues that it is better understood as a 'matrix of transformation' that performs divisions in the social...

Women have been making art for centuries, yet their work has been seen as secondary or has gone unrecognised altogether. Women Making Art asks why this is so, and what it would take for us to realise the extent of women's extraordinary contribution to...

In this highly engaging book, Antony Easthope examines 'Englishness' as a form and a series of shared discourses. Discussing the subject of 'nation' - a growing area in literary and cultural studies - Easthope offers polemical arguments written in a...

This book examines the mediated shift in the contemporary human condition, focusing on the ways in which we synthesise with media content in daily life, essentially transmediating ourselves into new forms and (re)creating ourselves across media.Across an...

Food matters, not only as a subject of study in its own right, but also as a medium for conveying critical messages about capitalism, the environment, and social inequality to diverse audiences. Recent scholarship on the subject draws from both a...

The very idea of 'public service' came under fierce attack in the Thatcherite 1980s. This book takes the two key services, broadcasting and the NHS, and traces the heated debates and political pressures which radically transformed them both. It points to...

This book looks back at the meaning and purpose of leisure in the past. But this is not a simple social history of leisure. It is not enough to write a history of leisure on its own - in fact, it is impossible without engaging in the debate about what...

As the field of Cultural History grows in prominence in the academic world, an understanding of the history of culture has become vital to scholars across disciplines. The Oxford Handbook of the New Cultural History of Music cultivates a return to the...

Illuminates the presence of the supernatural and Gothic elements of the Western on screen, examining this through key historic moments in Western film and its contemporary incarnations.This book considers the presence of the supernatural and Gothic...

How do you fall in love with a game that ends in a draw 20% of the time? A game in which goals happen on only 10% of all shots and shots happen on only 11% of all possessions?To truly love soccer, you need to love the moments between goals. Non-Goals...

This is a collection of essays I have written over the years that are only related by the underlying subject matter of stupidity and social decline. Most of the essays deal in some way with stupidity, whether to describe or evaluate these issues, or try...

 In the summer of 2020, the Narendra Modi government pushed through three anti-farmer, pro-corporate bills in parliament. This came after decades of cuts in subsidies and price supports to the farmers, leading to deaths by suicide of 400,000 debt-ridden...

Ce livre classique a été initialement publié il y a plusieurs décennies sous le titre "Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained". Il a maintenant été traduit par Writat en langue française pour ses lecteurs francophones. Chez Writat, nous sommes passionnés par...

Dieses klassische Buch wurde ursprünglich vor Jahrzehnten unter dem Titel "Mysteries of Bee-keeping Explained". Es wurde jetzt von Writat für seine französischsprachigen Leser in die französische Sprache übersetzt. Bei Writat liegt uns die Bewahrung des...

Speak Internationally Social Effect Stories" is a remarkable and connecting with stage that unites accounts from different societies all over the planet. This drive isn't just a narrating stage; a lively embroidery winds around together the rich social...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Kulturwissenschaften - Europa, Note: 1,7, Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In dieser Hausarbeit möchte ich die verschiedenen Spielarten der Musikrichtung Heavy Metal, ihre...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 2,0, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Veranstaltung: Konsumsoziologie, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: In der vorliegenden Arbeit soll es um das Konsumverhalten von...

The Use of Color in History, Politics, and Art, a collection of papers from the 2012 Arts & Letters Conference hosted by the University of North Georgia, explores how color can provide clues to the interpretation of history and politics, works of art,...

The 1960s was a decade of massive political and cultural change in Western Europe, as seismic shifts took place in in attitudes towards sexuality, gender, and motherhood in everyday life. Through case studies of British and French films, Pepsi and the...

Discover the powerful relationship between mental health and the environment.Explore eco-therapy, sustainable buildings, transportation, technology, and agriculture to promote mental wellbeing. Overcome barriers, collaborate, and evaluate the impact of...

Author is a resident of New Delhi NCR, a professor, blogger and an academician contributing to the field of Art & craft, Design, Apparel and Retail studies and its conduct. She has contributed more than 20 years of research and experience to the...

If you love the Aeon 14 cover art, but don't have room for dozens of books, then this is the volume for you.See the both the covers and early concept art of the thirteen Rika books. Includes the covers of the Rika's Marauders and Genevian Queen books.

In pre-contemporary China, folk epics performed at village level helped to construct a sense of regional as opposed to national identity. This is the first book-length study in the West on the folk epics of the Han Chinese people, who are the majority...

Continued growth of the global market necessitates research that establishes norms and practices and ensures the appropriate level of ethical concern for those who contribute to the process of globalization and are being affected by globalization...

Online education has the potential to utilize cutting-edge technologies in order to bring together learners, e-facilitators, and e-contents. The Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation: Models for Social Equality discusses...

<p><strong>Journey through the different phases of Rome's development, from its early days as a Kingdom, through its dynamic period as a Republic, and finally into its expansive era as an Empire in this fascinating history of Ancient Rome...

"I've had the privilege of a front row seat to David Case's ministry for over 20 years. I know of no one who displays and conveys grace as well as he does. His stories of friendships with so many different people will inspire you to love the One who will...

Never before have comics seemed so popular or diversified, proliferating across a broad spectrum of genres, experimenting with a variety of techniques, and gaining recognition as a legitimate, rich form of art. Maaheen Ahmed examines this trend by taking...

Due to the huge success of her graphic memoir Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic in 2006 and its subsequent Tony Award-winning musical adaptation in 2009, Alison Bechdel (b. 1960) has recently become a household name. However, Bechdel, who has won numerous...

Ed Brubaker (b. 1966) has emerged as one of the most popular, significant figures in art comics since the 1990s. Most famous as the man who killed Captain America in 2007, Brubaker's work on company-owned properties such as Batman and Captain America...

Do you know the name of the Italian-American that the U.S. government now recognizes as the true inventor of the telephone? Do you know the name of the Tuscan colonist who Thomas Jefferson paraphrased in his famous “all men are created equal”...

Poland Of Today And Yesterday is a historical book written by Nevin Otto Winter in 1913. The book provides a comprehensive review of Poland's history, both past and present, and the reasons that led to its partition. Winter delves into the political,...