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The issue of alcohol has never been far from British politics. Initially, governments needed to control its sale for public order reasons and because it was a major source of revenue. Then in Victorian times a powerful temperance movement arose which...

There has been a notable upsurge of interest in the body in empirical and theoretical study and debate. Contributions to this book move these debates forward by considering a range of bodies as active in their own construction in social and economic...

At the time Aum Shinriky? emerged, most Japanese assumed that they lived in one of the most well-ordered of societies, a model that had much to offer the chaotic Western world. This assumption was shaken on March 20, 1995 when the deadly nerve gas sarin...

This wide-ranging handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the field of education as viewed from a sociological perspective. Experts in the area present theoretical and empirical research on major educational issues and...

The Big Book of Bad Decisions is a collection of tragicomic vignettes from the hilarious true adventures of Scott Michael Nathan, as he sets out to devour everything Hollywood has to offer - bad dates, worse roommates, A-list celebrities and porn stars,...

The Twilight Zone Haiku explores the essence of Rod Serling's iconic, uncanny 1960s television show through haiku, giving us dazzling, spot-on snapshots of each episode. In seventeen syllables, Boykin captures the show's main objective: to...

The FOX television show The Simpsons has been around for over 30 years, with more than 700 episodes. A satirical, animated comedy, The Simpsons has millions of fans around the world and its numerous characters are instantly recognizable. Two of the main...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1.7, Technische Universität Carolo-Wilhelmina zu Braunschweig, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Arbeit handelt schwerpunktmäßig von dem Rock'n'Roll der 1950er Jahre...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Sport - Sportsoziologie, Note: 1,3, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen (Institut für Soziologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Jede Woche strömen zahlreiche Besucher und Fußballfans in die Stadien...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1,0, Technische Universität Berlin (Institut für allgemeine Soziologie/Theorien moderner Gesellschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Untersuchung vergleicht...

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1,5, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Informationen stellen die Grundlage unseres Wissens dar. Die heutige Technik bietet viele...

Tony Palmer is a noted British film director and writer, and over the years has written for The Observer, Time Out and other major publications. Tony has also published a number of books including Born Under A Bad Sign, The Trials of Oz and All You Need...

Since August 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair looms large when recounting the history and impact of the baby boom generation and the societal upheavals of the Sixties. Scholars study the sociological, political, musical, and artistic impact of the...

ଉତ୍କଳୀୟ ସମାଜ ସମଗ୍ର ଭାରତବର୍ଷରେ ଅନେକ ସ୍ୱାତନ୍ତ୍ର‌୍ୟ ବହନକରେ । ଏହି ମହୋଦଧି କୂଳର ରାଜ୍ୟଟି ପ୍ରକୃତିର ଅସୁମାରି ଉପାଦାନରେ ଶୋଭାପାଏ । ତାହାର ଘନ ସବୁଜିମା ଭରା ଅରଣ୍ୟାନୀ ଏବଂ ଜଳପ୍ରପାତ ଗୁଡିକର ଶବ୍ଦତରଙ୍ଗ ସହିତ ବିହଙ୍ଗମାନଙ୍କର ପ୍ରକୃଷ୍ଟ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟସ୍ଥଳ ଯେମିତି କାକୁଳିରେ ଶବ୍ଦାୟିତ, ଉତ୍କଳୀୟ...

George Guida's "Spectacles of Themselves" is a brilliant survey that reflects the workings of a subtle mind with a keen eye for the minutiae of expression in a charged field. He explains the dynamics of many levels of linguistic interference, and he...

Winston Churchill, indispensable when liberty was in peril, died in 1965. Yet he is still accused of numerous sins, from alcoholism and racism to misogyny and warmongering. On the Internet, he simmers in a stew of imagined misdeeds--using poison gas,...

A childhood comic book fan turned comic book retailer, the author soon discovered the prevalence of scams in the world of comics collecting. This book is his tutorial on how to collect wisely and reduce risks. Drawing on skills learned from twenty...

Since the 1997 publication of the first Harry Potter novel, the "Potterverse" has seen the addition of eight feature films (with a ninth in production), the creation of the interactive Pottermore© website, the release of myriad video games, the...

The debut of Saturday Night Live and the 1976 presidential election between Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter had enduring effects on American culture. With its mix of sketch comedy and music, SNL grabbed huge ratings and several Emmys in its first season...

Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did not commit. Her 1889 trial was presided over by an openly misogynist judge who was later declared...

Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among the most written-about women in history. Hundreds of books on the Ripper murders describe their deaths in...

In the midst of acne, social anxiety and training bras are the teen idols that make adolescent life a little more bearable. Whether their cutouts are plastered on bedroom walls or hidden behind locker doors, there is no denying the impact of these...

The cultural fantasy of twins imagines them as physically and behaviorally identical. Media portrayals consistently offer the spectacle of twins who share an insular closeness and perform a supposed alikeness--standing side by side, speaking and...

Central to every vampire story is the undead's need for human blood, but equally compelling is the human ingestion of vampire blood, which often creates a bond. This blood connection suggests two primal, natural desires: breastfeeding and communion...

Among the top-grossing Hollywood blockbusters of all time, Star Wars launched one of the most successful movie and licensing franchises in history. Yet much of the film's backstory was set in Britain, where the original trilogy was made and where...

The 1950s television game show was a cultural touchstone, reflecting the zeitgeist of a flourishing modern nation. The author explores the iconography of the mid-20th century U.S. in the context of TV watching, game playing and prize winning. The...

Prior to the collapse of communism, Romanian historical movies were political, encouraging nationalistic feelings and devotion to the state. Vlad the Impaler and other such iconic figures emerged as heroes rather than loathsome bloodsuckers,...

In A LOOK BACK TO SEE AHEAD, Dr. Fisher argues that early twenty-first century America is not unlike the 1970s when young people were forced to participate in an unpopular war; when political upheaval was in the air; when corrupt politicians who lied and...

The Cosmopolitan is a book written by John Brisben Walker in 1904. It is a collection of articles and essays that were originally published in the magazine of the same name, which Walker owned and edited. The book covers a wide range of topics, including...

The Swiss Record V1 (1881) is a book written by C. B. Metcalf that provides a comprehensive record of Switzerland's history, culture, and society. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which covers a specific aspect of Switzerland's past and...

Learn to Slow Down and Savor the World's Boldest Theme ParkThere's no place like Epcot. It's the theme park that endeavored to change the world.Now, more than 30 years later, Aaron Wallace dives deep into the heart of Epcot. Step beyond the typical...

Meeting the challenge of teaching multiculturalismStudents-and their teachers-encountering literature and arts from unfamiliar cultures will welcome the special help this book provides. Instructors who are unfamiliar with Asian Pacific cultures are now...

In the wake of the juvenile space operas of the early 1950s, a groundbreaking series debuted and paved the way for one of viewers' favorite genres today: adult-oriented science fiction. Science Fiction Theatre aired with a fresh anthology-style narrative...

Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry became the prototype for a new kind of movie cop--an antihero in pursuit of his own vision of justice. The Dirty Harry series helped cement Eastwood and his character, Harry Callahan, as central figures in 1970s and 1980s...

This ninth volume is one of the most arnbitious in the Philosophy and Technology series. Edited by technopolitical philosopher Langdon Winner, it assembles an impressive collection of philosophers and political theorists to...

Explores the wounded body in literature from Homer to Toni Morrison, examining how it functions archetypally as both a cultural metaphor and a poetic image.

This work, reproduces original newspaper articles as written by a prominent politician during the first decade of the 21st century, in a local paper. At the end of each article; the book give considered corrective comments about the preceding article...

The question "Why do they hate us?" is one of the most oft-cited puzzles of contemporary American affairs, yet it's not clear to whom "they" or "us" refers, nor even what "hate" means. In this bold new work, Ella Shohat and Robert Stam take apart the...

This is the third volume in The Art Seminar, James Elkin's series of conversations on art and visual studies.Is Art History Global? stages an international conversation among art historians and critics on the subject of the practice and...

Cyberpop is an analysis of cyberculture and its popular cultural productions. The study begins with a Foucaultian model of cyberculture as a discursive formation, and explains how some key concepts (such as 'virtuality,' 'speed,' and 'Connectivity')...

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

In this new collection of her provocative essays on Third World art and culture, Trinh Minh-ha offers new challenges to Western regimes of knowledge. Bringing to her subjects an acute sense of the many meanings of the marginal, she examines topics such...

Since at least the end of the nineteenth century, gay culture - its humour, its icons, its desires - has been alive and sometimes even visible in the midst of straight American society. David Van Leer puts forward here a series of readings that aim to...