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  • 1
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    Transnational Trills in the Africana World (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527531536
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (362 pages)
    Series Statement: Studies in African Humanities Ser.
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.4842096
    Keywords: Music-Political aspects-Africa.. ; Music-Social aspects-Africa.. ; Arts-Political aspects-Africa.. ; Arts and society-Africa ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume focuses on how music and arts in the global Africana world are used for political and social change. It will be an essential resource for scholars and students in African studies, Africana, Afro-Atlantic studies, diaspora studies, sociology, music, literature, politics and culture. The volume is divided into three sections, namely "Music and Politics", "Case Studies of Experiential Practices in Healing and Education", and "Literature, the Arts, and Political Expression", which cross subject areas such as nationalism, political identity, post-coloniality, health, education, orality, and cultural expressivity. Diverse topics are covered, such as the African thematics of jazz, the Y'en a Marre/Fed Up movement in Senegal, the Occupy Nigeria movement, NGO activism in Brazil, and Africana performance traditions, as well as the dynamics of oral and written literature. The articles explore works by Joseph Conrad, Nathaniel Mackey, Kofi Awoonor, and Ngugi wa Thiong'o, as well as the artistic expression of Jean-Michel Basquiat.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Contributors -- A Note from the Series Editor -- Introduction -- Section I -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Section II -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Section III -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Index.
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  • 2
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    Transatlantic Malagueñas and Zapateados in Music, Song and Dance : Spaniards, Natives, Africans, Roma (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527536258
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (523 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.4846
    Keywords: Dance-Social aspects.. ; Fandangos-History and criticism.. ; Dance-Spain ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Transatlantic Malagueñas and Zapateados is an exploration of two fandango dances, recording the circulations of people, imagery, music, and dance across what were once the Spanish and Portuguese Empires. Although these dance-musics seem to be mirror images, the unbreachable space between them reflects the political fault-lines along which nineteenth-century musical populism and folkloric nationalism extend into present-day debates about globalization, immigration, neoliberalism, and neofascism. If malagueñas are a fantastic incarnation of Spanishness, caught like a fly in amber by their anachronistic references to a fraught imperial past, noisy and raucous zapateado dances cut toward the future. Inherently marked by European conventions of zapatos (shoes), zapateados are nonetheless shaped by Africanist and Native American footwork traditions. In these Afro-Indigenous mestizajes, not only are European aesthetic values reordered and resignified, but the Catholic catechism which indoctrinated the New World yields to alternate spiritual systems springing out of a culture of resistance to European domination.
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  • 3
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    Between a Past and Present Consciousness : Critiques of the Development of the Caymanian People (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527536517
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (222 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.800972921
    Keywords: Cayman Islands-Civilization ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In an age of rampant xenophobia and the nativist imperative to undo globalization for a return to a bygone, "purer" age, can patently modern identities indefinitely sustain their messages of inclusion and equality? This volume serves to answer this and other pressing existential questions by tracing the development of the Caymanian people from the colonial era into our modern globalized, multicultural age. The emergence of Caymanian nationalism is extensively analyzed and confirmed as a phenomenon that was preceded by fragmented Caymanian identities informed by issues of race and class. Despite this, the native Caymanian people were able to successfully jettison their race-thinking, and in so doing, began to see themselves as members of a singular nationality. This notion of national and cultural solidarity, as this book details, has become a vexing issue, and is now being duly tested given the astonishing numbers of immigrants in Cayman, many of whom are keen to become Caymanians themselves.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Prologue to Chapter Three -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Conclusion -- Glossary of important terms -- Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 4
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    The Nation and Its Margins : Rethinking Community (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527544574
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (194 pages)
    DDC: 305
    Keywords: Group identity-Political aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume questions the idea that the nation-state is the only available form of community, and challenges its hegemonic control over forms of socio-cultural belonging. The contributions here explore cross-cultural and transnational encounters which highlight narratives that escape the neat boundaries constructed by nationalities. They complicate our understanding of peoples and groups and the varying spaces they inhabit by allowing narratives that have been made invisible, due to hegemonic national control, to emerge. This volume throws light on moments of cultural encounters in the Global South, specifically South Asia, South-east Asia, West Asia, and Latin America, exploring what happens when diverse communities come together to challenge the notion that claiming national identity is the only acceptable mode of being, belonging, and existing in the world. In doing so, the book reveals other radically innovative forms of attaining cohesion and identity.
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  • 5
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    The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus Volume I : A Crash Course in Mass Deception (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527534322
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (466 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.375
    Keywords: Propaganda ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Time bombs," "Trojan Horses" and "Dithering Hamlets" were all part of the everyday jargon of the World War II's ultra-Secretive Political Warfare Executive (PWE). The PWE's instructors used these terms in the training of the next generation of propagandists and political warriors. The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus reveals for the first time what it took to become a propagandist in what was then the most elite psychological warfare unit in the world. Under the maxim that a good propagandist is trained not born, the lecturers of the PWE Training School at Woburn Abbey and then Brondesbury systematically explored every aspect of how to deliver a lethal dose of propaganda to the enemy and then a purgative and curative dose in the peace that followed.The views of the PWE's instructors were controversial. This is significant because they would play an important, if hidden, role in how Europe is developing even today. For example, they held a low opinion of the French in general and considered that they had been reduced to the level of "dithering Hamlets" by the German "Trojan Horses" even before the first German tank had crossed the Belgian frontier. On the dark side of PWE operations, they were not above killing the prostitutes whose brothels served the German U-Boot fleet in order to amplify their propaganda message. Perhaps most significant is that they saw Great Britain as European and espoused a Europe that looks very much like the European Union of the early 21st Century. However, there is one important difference. They saw this Greater Europe as accepting the British way of life and being led by Great Britain and not embracing American culture under German leadership.This first volume introduces the reader to the history and theory of political warfare as seen through the eyes of the inheritors of Lord Northcliffe's Crewe House. Drawing
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Biographies in Brief of the Lecturers -- The Source -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 6
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    The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus Volume II : Words at War (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527534339
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (459 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.375
    Keywords: Propaganda ; Electronic books
    Abstract: "Time bombs," "Trojan Horses" and "Dithering Hamlets" were all part of the everyday jargon of the World War II's ultra-Secretive Political Warfare Executive (PWE). The PWE's instructors used these terms in the training of the next generation of propagandists and political warriors. The Political Warfare Executive Syllabus reveals for the first time what it took to become a propagandist in what was then the most elite psychological warfare unit in the world. Under the maxim that a good propagandist is trained not born, the lecturers of the PWE Training School at Woburn Abbey and then Brondesbury systematically explored every aspect of how to deliver a lethal dose of propaganda to the enemy and then a purgative and curative dose in the peace that followed.The views of the PWE's instructors were controversial. This is significant because they would play an important, if hidden, role in how Europe is developing even today. For example, they held a low opinion of the French in general and considered that they had been reduced to the level of "dithering Hamlets" by the German "Trojan Horses" even before the first German tank had crossed the Belgian frontier. On the dark side of PWE operations, they were not above killing the prostitutes whose brothels served the German U-Boot fleet in order to amplify their propaganda message. Perhaps most significant is that they saw Great Britain as European and espoused a Europe that looks very much like the European Union of the early 21st Century. However, there is one important difference. They saw this Greater Europe as accepting the British way of life and being led by Great Britain and not embracing American culture under German leadership.This first volume introduces the reader to the history and theory of political warfare as seen through the eyes of the inheritors of Lord Northcliffe's Crewe House. Drawing
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  • 7
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    Being a Mother in a Strange Land : Motherhood Experiences of Chinese Migrant Women in the Netherlands (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527534865
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (232 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.8743
    Keywords: Motherhood-Netherlands ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This text provides an alternative narrative to the humble and often exclusively male voices of first generation Chinese migrants. Despite Chinese migrants having migrated to the Netherlands since 1911, particularly after World War Two, and female migrants outnumbering male migrants, their everyday life and transnational motherhood experiences have remained largely unknown. Based on the narratives of 38 Chinese migrant women from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and China, this book brings women, their lives and opinions to the center of Dutch migration history.
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  • 8
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    Perspectives of Five Kuwaiti Women in Leadership Roles : Feminism, Islam, and Politics (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527535169
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (214 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.34082
    Keywords: Leadership in women-Kuwait.. ; Women executives-Kuwait ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The advances made in women's issues in the Gulf State of Kuwait during the last sixty years have been widely commented upon, but limited academic research has been published on their material effects. In 2005, Kuwaiti women received the right to both vote and to run in elections to Parliament--the first women in the conservative Arab Gulf bloc to do so. This book presents five remarkable women leaders in Kuwait, including one of the first elected Kuwaiti female Members of Parliament, an art advocate and museum founder, a national hero and oil industry leader, a university founder, and a current, controversial MP. In intimate conversations with the author, they share their thoughts on topics such as gender relations and equality, the current women's rights movement, the role of religion in politics and education, and female leaders' visibility and impact. Their different backgrounds, interpretations of Islam, and outlooks on the future of their country combine to embody the changes involving women's issues in Kuwait that have occurred since the mid-twentieth century.Even as Muslim feminists' critique creates new arenas in Islamic theology and stridently conservative forms of Islamism become increasingly visible in the public space, the material effects of the advances in women's issues in Kuwait have received little academic attention until now. A book that both complicates and contributes to understandings of women, Islam, and social change, this important work will be of great interest to scholars in religious studies, women's and gender studies, and Middle Eastern studies, as well as reformers throughout the region who continue to find inspiration in Kuwait's "Blue Revolution.".
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  • 9
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    Spiritual and Ecological Civilization : The Essence and Mechanisms of Formation (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527524118
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (107 pages)
    DDC: 303.4
    Keywords: Religious ethics.. ; Environmentalism-Religious aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The book discuss one of the most acute problems facing society today, namely choosing ways for the further development of mankind. Its analysis of global crises of modern 'technogenic and consumer' civilization shows the necessity and possibility of transitioning to a new type of civilization, which could be called 'spiritually-ecological'. The volume demonstrates the real indicators of such a transformation in all spheres of human life and the main problems of such a transition.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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  • 10
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    The Ancient War's Impact on the Home Front (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527540781
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (313 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.66
    Keywords: War and society-Rome ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume presents a first comprehensive contribution to the exploration of the concept of the 'home front' in Greek and Roman Antiquity. It crosses borders between different areas of classical studies by investigating the various forms of impact that war had on the ancient home front.To this end, the book deploys a variety of methodological approaches that shed light on several aspects of the home front. These draw on advances made in the fields of psychology, literature, history, social sciences and religious studies. The volume discusses the impact of war on the civilian communities in terms of its effects above all on the level of the social and religious sphere.
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  • 11
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    The Gender of Debt : The Last 50,000 Years (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527532137
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (173 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.42
    Keywords: Women-History-Cross-cultural studies ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book demonstrates, from a historical and an economic point of view, how the female contribution has been so determinant in the success of our species, and how it is linked to male dominance. Male hunting and female gathering were the two forces of production during 99% of the life of mankind on Earth. Ethnographic evidence shows that female gathering is more productive and less time-consuming than male hunting. Therefore, the prehistoric communities of Homo sapiens could manage their social labor-time in the most productive way, only if women lent their time to men through the supply of basic energy: a debt that men incurred since the dawn of history, but never acknowledged. It is time now to give the gender economic relations the crucial place they deserve in a theory of human cooperation and sociality, without forgetting that it is necessarily a theory of social inequality.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Foreword -- Debt in the Garden of Eden -- Preamble -- Myth in history -- The Hunter-Gatherers' Conundrum -- The hunter-gatherers diet -- The antiquity of modern foragers -- Methodological issues -- The Male Credit, or Hunting and Human Evolution -- A history of bones -- What made us what we are? -- The energetic consequences of becoming Homo -- The Human Transition -- Is meat solely responsible for human evolution? -- Cooperative breeding and sociality -- A specific sociophenotype -- The Upper Paleolithic Revolution and the Neanderthal-Sapiens case -- What's a woman to do? -- The Male Debt, or the Sexual Division of Labor -- Four key points -- The work of men and the work of women -- To what extent is specialization viable? -- Food-Sharing or Labor-Exchange? A Model of Foraging Economy -- Food-sharing habits -- The debate on the "Original Affluent Society" -- An outline of the foraging economy -- Chayanov's slope in foraging economies -- Reciprocity as demand and supply of labor -- The Male Dominance, or the Exchange of Women -- Preamble -- The exchange of women in foraging societies -- The interdependence of hunting and gathering -- Epilogue -- Works Cited.
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    Reflections on Everyday Life (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527537743
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (99 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 304.23
    Keywords: Time-Sociological aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book breaks frontiers. It deals with human beings and their intrinsic relationship with time in the space of a week. Each day is different from another. There is nothing human without days. It is said that life is a single day, but one day is the measure of time in the rhythm of human life. Days, weeks, months, years, and decades are human organizations of time; the universe has no days. It is human beings who are time. We are literally the days of the week repeatedly until the week ends. In this book, there is a continuous search for the days' identities, for their specific characteristics, for the way they open up to our consciousness in each of its parts. The book identifies the particular characteristics of each day and the specific relationship of human beings with time.
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    A Practical Guide to Promoting Social Participation in Seniors : A Community-Based Approach (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527536098
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (143 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.26
    Keywords: Older people-Social conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume represents an instruction manual for community workers and academic researchers wishing to conduct community-based participatory action research. The principles and experience described here will also be useful for any individual from charitable bodies, government agencies, and academic institutions desiring to work with older communities in ensuring that they are able to start on the right footing. The contents of this book are applicable to all countries worldwide, while also providing much-needed contributions to such work in older communities in lower-to-middle income countries.
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    Women's Rights after the Arab Spring : Buds Without Flowers? (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527539792
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (264 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 305.420956
    Keywords: Muslim women-Middle East-Social conditions.. ; Women's rights-Arab countries ; Electronic books
    Abstract: When protests erupted across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) in 2011, the general view was that these events would bring forward the regeneration of democracy. They were also meant to represent the Spring of women's fight for freedom and equality. As time passed, it became clear that the process of social and political changes necessary to tackle female issues would be a long one. The "Thahiris" and their equivalents did not prevail and, in the absence, or weakness, of political institutions, Islamic parties emerged. The urgent issue then became how to reconcile the demands of women with the Islamic character of the new political establishments. This book discusses this issue through the analysis of the socio-political meanings of the constitutional reforms after the 2011 Arab Spring. It is inspired by the testimony of local women from the MENA area, who can be the makers of real social change.
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    Marriage Seen Through Proverbs and Anti-Proverbs (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527542785
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (193 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.81
    Keywords: Marriage ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book explores various aspects of marriage and the ways it is viewed and conceptualized in the body of Anglo-American anti-proverbs (or proverb transformations). It also depicts those who contribute to the institution of marriage (that is, husbands and wives), and analyses their nature, qualities, attributes and behaviours as revealed through such anti-proverbs. In addition, the text investigates those who remain single and do not belong to the institution of marriage, but contribute to the institution of marriage. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, from the casually interested general reader to the paremiologist, paremiographer, lexicographer, and anthropologist.
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    The H5N1 Virus : Seeking Knowledge Justice in an (in)Secure World (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527543676
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (197 pages)
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    DDC: 303.372
    Keywords: Social justice ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book is the first study of its kind that reveals the social justice linkages between three unique characteristics of the highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus: namely, veterinary scourge, public health contagion fear, and potential bioterrorist weapon. With its extensive referencing, it will be invaluable for scholars of security studies, global public health, and international relations, as well as for professionals, diplomats, and practitioners with an interest in the relationship between global health security and social justice. Comprised of two major sections, the book examines the various representations of knowledge about the H5N1 virus. The first part explores the three major narratives that were used to describe the virus during its 20-year journey from 1996 to 2016. During this time, the virus multiplied its ontological status through narratives that described a localized animal virus, a global public health crisis, and finally an irrational contagion fear. The text's second section describes in detail a unique aspect of the H5N1 virus's journey as an emerging infectious disease--its representation as a potential weapon for bioterrorists. As a result, the US government attempted to secure knowledge about the H5N1 virus. This attempt produced a global debate between scientists and policy makers over how to balance the nation-state's desire for security with the life sciences' tradition of openly shared research. Known as the dual-use dilemma, this debate set up binaries of impossible reconciliation between the scientific and security communities. This book argues that the H5N1 dual-use dilemma obscures larger questions of justice, and proposes a new concept of justice, knowledge justice, as an alternate, more globally inclusive framework for exploring a socially just way out of the dilemma.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Works Cited -- Part II -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Works Cited -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Index.
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    Paradoxes of Management in Culture (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527543492
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (493 pages)
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    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Culture ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book discusses the problems associated with the development of musical art and education, with a focus on two interrelated facets of this. The first is the analysis and evaluation of the complex, and often contradictory, situations which occur in the establishment of new institutions of culture and art. The second aspect is represented by recommendations and advice given to young managers preparing themselves to act in a self-motivated manner in these institutions. The book can be used as a study guide for managers' training in higher educational institutions in the areas of art and culture, as well as for the self-education of specialists-managers of a creative orientation.
    Abstract: Intro -- Note from the Author -- Contents -- Introduction -- How a Management Crisis Occurs -- About Advantages of a Manager's Critical Thinking -- Phenomenon -- Some Secrets of Encouragement of Colleagues' Personal Advancement -- Manpower is All-Important -- How to Deserve People's Trust -- Blessed Is One, Who Builds a House -- How to Put a Conflict to a Good Use -- Several Management Secrets in the Sphere of Culture -- What Is More Important: Ideas or Finance -- Television in Industrial Towns -- How the Government of the German Democratic Republic Granted an Organ -- How to Establish an Opera Theater -- The Artist and the Authorities -- Unenviable Fates of Officials of Culture -- On Untypical Ways of Management -- When a Man Says Money Can Do Anything -- Secrets of Acoustics -- Transformation as a Managerial Project -- Falsehood Instead of Music -- Small Pricks from Competitors -- The Art of Vice -- Overcoming a Kicking as a Means of Manager's Survival -- On the Typology of Managerial Activities -- Postscriptum -- Instead of Conclusion.
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    Muslim Women Seeking Power, Muslim Youth Seeking Justice : Studies from Europe, Middle East and Asia (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527536203
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (416 pages)
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    DDC: 305.697
    Keywords: Muslim women-Europe.. ; Muslim women-Middle East.. ; Muslim women-Asia ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume explores the two themes of equity in employment for Muslim women, and the identity and aspirations of Muslim youth in an age of Islamophobia in Western countries through conceptual and empirical studies of employment discrimination and alienation in the UK and the Netherlands. To these accounts are added a worldwide perspective on how women (and especially ethnic minority and Muslim women) experience, and try to overcome ethno-religious discrimination in entry to employment. The themes of Muslim women and youth struggling to survive are illustrated by accounts of teachers from Gaza who are providing 'alternative families' for children traumatised and orphaned through Israeli attacks. The idea of peaceful resistance, and Islamic patience in the face of persecution is developed throughout the book, and applied in a variety of settings.
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    Yuri Vella's Fight for Survival in Western Siberia : Oil, Reindeer and Gods (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527541405
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (321 pages)
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    DDC: 305.800957
    Keywords: Reindeer herders-Russia (Federation)-Siberia, Western.. ; Vėlla, I︠U︡riĭ ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The book is centred on a fascinating personality, a Western Siberian indigenous poet, reindeer herder and ecological activist, who, in his 40s, made the choice to live in the forest with reindeer. There, he struggled with oil giant LUKoil to ensure his reindeer the possibility to live. A series of essays reflect on his awareness and construction of self and culture, his complex relations with the oil industry, and his native spirituality. It presents insights into what it means to be an indigenous intellectual in post-Soviet Russia at the beginning of the 21st century. Yuri Vella (1948-2013) is not an ordinary representative of his people, but he shows one of the possible forms indigenous leadership could take in Russia, if it aims at giving indigenous peoples the possibility in the near and far future to shape a sustainable relation to nature and their neighbours.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Part One: The Wider Context -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Part Two: Who Is Yuri Vella? -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Part Three: Life Between Reindeer and Oil -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Part Four: Communication Strategies -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Part Five: Yuri Vella's Intimate World -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Conclusion -- Sources -- References.
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    Global Perspectives on Media, Politics, Immigration, Advertising, and Social Networking (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527538344
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (290 pages)
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    DDC: 302.23
    Keywords: Mass media-Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This eclectic and multicultural volume contains 17 papers, authored or co-authored by 25 scholars and doctoral students representing 11 countries. They discuss a wide range of global issues, including immigration, marginalization, identity, mass media, politics, social networking, education, digital media, advertising, and globalization. This book will be an excellent supplement to senior and graduate-level courses in international communication, cultural studies, mass media, journalism, global studies, political communication, intercultural communication, and related subjects.
    Abstract: Intro -- Dedication -- Epigraphs -- Table of Contents -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Introduction -- Part One -- Immigration Issues in the European Union -- Crossroads of Immigration and Journalism -- The Inclusion of Marginalized Voices in the Global Media Dialogue -- Virtual Identities -- Part Two -- Globalization Processes in Russian Mass Media -- The Condition of the Pakistani Media Today -- A Study of the Capability of Google Trends as an Electoral Results Predictor -- The Impact of Social-networking Sites on Electoral Politics in India -- Global Media and Pre-election Polls in Spain -- From "Her" to "Our" Trauma -- How to Be Less Distant in Distance Education -- Part Three -- Information, Data, and Intelligence -- Cyber Laws and Privacy Issues in India -- The Impact of New-media Platforms on the Gulf Political Communication Landscape -- Social Media -- Digital Media and Ethical Concerns -- The Impact of Digital-media Advertising on Consumers -- Index.
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    The New Gendered Plundering of Africa : Nigerian Prostitution in Italy (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527533196
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (346 pages)
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    DDC: 306.740945
    Keywords: Prostitution-Italy ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This ethnographic study on Nigerian street prostitution in Italy transforms the understanding of the phenomenon of prostitution, questions the impact of European and Italian migration and prostitution laws on human rights, and investigates the legal, political and socio-economic conditions that create a permissive environment for trafficking.Precious first-person accounts by Nigerian women give a privileged perspective on tortures and inhumane treatment prevalent in the migratory route from Africa to the European "promised land", culminating in the daily experience of self-destruction in Italy. Neither the Palermo Protocol nor the current European, Italian and Nigerian prosecution and protection policies, still based on gender-imbalanced philosophies, are able to restore the requisite freedom and rights.This book is the result of research mainly conducted in the migration landmarks of the Sicilian capital: namely, the port, nightlife streets, refugee camps, hospitals, African churches, Nigerian ghettos, and the prison. Sicily, the world capital of the mafia, is the main European docking area of the current African migration wave and represents the geopolitical middle-ground between the opulent and the plundered world.
    Abstract: Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Who Represents Women in Prostitution? -- Acknowledgements -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Conclusions -- Annex I -- Annex II -- Bibliography -- Endnotes.
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    India in a Changing World (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527536869
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (260 pages)
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    DDC: 306.095409051
    Keywords: India-Economic conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: During the past few years, India has passed through a tumultuous period, characterised by events, ideas and reforms which are truly transforming the socio-economic landscape of the country. It is an era of great upheaval in the country--socially, economically and politically--which is making a complete break with its past to rediscover itself and to redefine its role in the twenty-first century world. This book, a collection of fifty published essays, captures the spirit of these extraordinary times in India that are shaping not only its own future, but also impacting, and being in turn impacted by, the world around. In the process of harnessing the energy and creative potential of the billion-plus population of this youthful nation, and to leverage the power of technology to accelerate growth and improve delivery, fault-lines are also appearing that threaten to disrupt the process of change. The book chronicles the essence of these changing times in India, encompassing its history, economy and society against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving world.
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    Contemporary Perspectives on Language, Culture and Identity in Anglo-American Contexts (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527540309
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (399 pages)
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    DDC: 306.440973
    Keywords: Language and culture-United States.. ; Identity (Psychology) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection of essays highlights the great variety one finds in contemporary scholarly discourse in the fields of English and American studies and English linguistics in a broad and inclusive way. It is divided into thematically structured sections, the first two of which examine the motif of travelling and images of recollection in literary works, while the third and the fourth parts deal with male and female voices in narratives. Another chapter discusses visual and textual representations of history. The last two subsections focus on the rhetorical and theoretical questions of language. The pluralism of themes indicated in the book's title can thus be regarded not as a limitation, but, rather, as evidence of its potential.
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    China and the Global Media Landscape : Remapping and Remapped (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527537422
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (202 pages)
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    DDC: 302.230951
    Keywords: Mass media-China ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In the last decade, the Chinese media have imposed themselves in the global arena and have started to become a reference point, in business and cultural terms, for other national media systems. This book explores how the global media landscape was changed by this revolutionary trend, and why and how China is now playing a key role in guiding it. It is, on the one hand, a book on how the Chinese media system continues to take inspiration and to be shaped (or remapped) by American, European and Asian media companies, and, on the other, a volume on the ways in which recent Chinese media's "going out" strategy is remapping the global media landscape.Organised into two sections, this book has eight chapters written by American, Chinese and European scholars. Focusing on different markets (such as the movie industry, the press, broadcasting, and the Internet), different regions and different actors (from Donald Trump to the Tanzania-Zambia Railway to journalists), this book provides a fresh interpretation on the main changes China has brought to the global media landscape.
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    Rethinking Language and Literature in a Changing World (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527538788
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (304 pages)
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    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Language and languages-Miscellanea ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume is a blend of language and literature papers highlighting linguistic functionality and topicality in poetry, novels, translation and education. It sheds light on the fictionalised reality of a strained official linguistic cohabitation in Cameroon as instantiated in present-day colonial legacy claims. It deals with issues of translation as a stylistic exercise whereby the translator has some creativity licence when rendering the source text into the target language, thus embracing Skopos theory's view of translation as a purposeful activity determined by the target text and audience. This book also looks at an educational conception of translation as opposed to a professional translation curriculum and advocates a comprehensive needs analysis for translator education in the context of translation teaching at the Advanced School of Translators and Interpreters (ASTI) in Cameroon. The chapters also examine teacher and student discourse in the context of English Language teaching in tertiary education in China and pinpoint a dominant teacher's voice made relevant by a Confucian didactic indexicality, which appears to be a stumbling block to any dialogic classroom discourse, despite a new curriculum promoting communicative language teaching and student-centredness.This book will appeal to academics in the fields of language and literature in general and in Cameroon and China in particular. It will also be a valuable resource for professional translators and those concerned with teaching the subject in academia as it explores a pragmatic conception of translation and envisages it, beyond professionality, as an academic field.
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    The Theory of Phenomenological Structuralism (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527529359
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (201 pages)
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    DDC: 301
    Keywords: Phenomenological sociology ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This work explores phenomenological structural sociology, specifically the use of phenomenological structuralism in an effort to resolve the structure/agency problematic of the social sciences within structurationist sociological theory. Through its analysis and critique of structurationist sociology, the underlying tenets of this problematic of the social sciences are outlined. The text goes on to synthesize Haitian and Vilokan idealism, phenomenology, Althusserian structural Marxism, quantum mechanics, and Ludwig Wittgenstein's notion of language games in order to offer an alternative reading of the structure/agency problematic, which holds onto the notions of structure, duality, dualism, and the individual's rational ability to choose to account for the constitution of the individual and society in the resource framework of the earth.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter I -- Chapter II -- Chapter III -- Chapter IV -- Chapter V -- Chapter VI -- Chapter VII -- References Cited -- Index.
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    Signs, Codes, Spaces, and Arts : Papers on General and Spatial Semiotics (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527544611
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (546 pages)
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    DDC: 302.2
    Keywords: Semiotics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book delves into the concepts of general and spatial semiotics, discussing the differences and interactions between semiotic means of diverse types and levels. It introduces an integrative model ("the sign prism") which unites many famous schemes of sign connection. It considers the human as a being included in a self-created semiosphere of signs and interacting with a sphere of natural signals and indexes available also to animals. The majority of the text is devoted to spatial semiotics, and its distinctions from temporal ways of sign connection. Its specific categories and particular visual-spatial codes are considered here as the peculiar means of communication and thinking. An essential feature of the book is the application of the author's concepts of spatial semiotics to research of structures and the historical changes of visual arts.
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    Communicating Specialized Knowledge : Old Genres and New Media (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527535954
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (231 pages)
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    DDC: 302.2
    Keywords: Communication ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book was born out of the idea that domain-specific knowledge has two major dimensions, since, on the one hand, peer-to-peer communication is primarily intended to further research within specific disciplines, while, on the other, domain-external, asymmetric communication of 'filtered' knowledge caters to different types of lay-audiences. Collectively, the chapters in the volume take the reader on a journey through knowledge communication and knowledge (re)presentation strategies that are able to successfully disseminate and communicate. The domains under scrutiny are medicine and health, corporate communication, cultural heritage and tourism. A number of issues are addressed at the interface of corpus linguistics, genre studies and multimodal analysis. The variety of questions posed and methods used to explore corpus data will contribute to further debate among scholars in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, multimodality, media studies and computer-mediated communication.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Chapter One -- Section I -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Section II -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Section III -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Section IV -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve.
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    The Fairy-Tale Vanguard : Literary Self-Consciousness in a Marvelous Genre (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527536548
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (288 pages)
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    DDC: 398.2
    Keywords: Fairy tales-History and criticism ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Ever since its early modern inception as a literary genre unto its own, the fairy tale has frequently provided authors with a textual space in which to reflect on the nature, status and function of their own writing and that of literature in general. At the same time, it has served as an ideal laboratory for exploring and experimenting with the boundaries of literary convention and propriety. While scholarship pertaining to these phenomena has focused primarily on the fairy-tale adaptations and deconstructions of postmodern(ist) writers, this essay collection adopts a more diachronic approach. It offers fairy-tale scholars and students a series of theoretical and literary-historical expositions, as well as case studies on English, French, German, Swedish, Danish, and Romanian texts from the seventeenth to the twenty-first century, by authors as diverse as Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy, Rikki Ducornet, Hans Christian Andersen and Robert Coover.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part One -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Response to Part One -- Part Two -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Response to Part Two -- Interview with a Vanguard Author -- Contributors -- Index of Keywords, Literary Authors, and Titles.
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    Voices from Far Away Lands : From Divergent to Convergent (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527535664
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (371 pages)
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    DDC: 303.482
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration-Social aspects.. ; Cosmopolitanism-Social aspects.. ; Globalization ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection of essays highlights the power of the story, especially as told by those living an international life. What compels them to share their experiences? What have they experienced? What have they learned? In this time of tensions across the globe, rapid technological change and extensive migration, there is compelling value in learning through storied experiences. This volume explores the concepts of identity, change, equality, ethics, citizenship, family, feminism, community, faiths and values, advocacy and charity, systems, and languages. These movements are contextualized through a storied approach, adopting social exchange theory, identity theory, and globalization and internationalization movements as frameworks. This book will appeal to academics, ethnographers, practitioners, graduate students, educators, and researchers.
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    Essays on Education and Popular Culture : Massliteracy (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527531260
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (191 pages)
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    DDC: 302.23
    Keywords: Media literacy.. ; Literacy-Social aspects.. ; Education-Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book is devoted to simple but deep readings of the subtle and not-so-subtle messages in films, and to the interpretation of the silences that are strategically delivered through the mass media. Readers are welcome to agree, disagree, or even offer new readings of other relevant texts for the promotion of mass literacy and mutual understanding. The book will serve to equip the general public with skills for the development of literacy both within the walls of classrooms and beyond their boundaries in the outside world. It is based on a selection of blog posts and journal articles that are updated and brought together in book form for the first time here.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Section 1 -- When the Piranha Met the Honey Bee -- For a Culture of Learning -- Miracle of Harlem? -- Every Month is Black History Month -- We Were Never Their Slaves -- Beware of Anti-Bigotry Bigotry -- UWI - A World Class University -- Violence and Literacy -- The Pedagogy of Boko Haram -- Achebe's Top Ten Teachable Lessons -- Biodun Jeyifo on Chinua Achebe -- 'Objective' History and Genocide Denialism -- Education State of Emergency -- Liberation Criminology -- In Class with Professor Eskor Toyo -- Organizing with Bassey Ekpo Bassey -- Recent Affirmations -- Igbophobia as a Lamentation for Help -- Colonial Mentality and the Re-education of an Oxford Professor -- In Praise of Nigerian Cattle Herders -- Section 2 -- 'Black Panther' as Neo-Tarzanism -- Explaining the 'Success' of the White Man in Africa -- The Birth of a (Killing) Nation -- 'Straight Outa Compton' (2015) -- Hancock Decoded -- Ken Harrow's Trash -- The Princess and the Frog -- BlackKKKlansman -- Section 3 -- Review of Soyinka's Of Africa -- Adichie's Americadabra -- Review of Naija Marxisms -- Police in Africa: The Street Level View -- Stop and Frisk: The Use and Abuse of a Controversial Policing Tactic -- Soyinka Prize in Illiteracy -- Endnotes -- Index.
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    Why Do Things Break? (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527534766
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    Pages: 1 online resource (229 pages)
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    DDC: 303.4
    Keywords: Identity (Philosophical concept) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This study interrogates the breakages that occur in peoples' lives such as psychological breakdowns, political ruptures, and the effects of history evolving ideologically such that the axioms of the past are overturned and people subsequently lose their sense of identity or purpose. The book combines creative writing pieces in which writers draw from personal experiences to demonstrate the impact of breakages with more discursive essays that question artificial breakdowns between disciplines and the imperative that underpins all knowledge: its provisional nature in conflict with the human need to categorize and define. It focuses on the psychologies that haunt creative autobiographical pieces, as well as the plight of broken minds and bodies in the face of trauma, historical change and political events. It also looks directly at the ideas of thinkers and artists from the past and the impact their work may still have despite shifting paradigms, ruptures and re-formations. Furthermore, it queries new formations by directly asking: why did former ideas break and why the need for salvaging the past (or authenticating the present) by identifying precursors?.
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    AfroMecca in History : African Societies, Anti-Black Racism, and Teaching in Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527537989
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (169 pages)
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    DDC: 305.8960174927
    Keywords: Africans-History ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Just as the racist imaginary of Europeans about Black Africans has centered since the 18th century on the term "monkey/ape", that of Arabs has centered, since at least the middle ages, on the term "ʿabd" ("slave"). According to this imaginary, any black person is, by definition, a slave. As such, this book discusses anti-Black racism in Mecca and in other Arab regions, as well as the ancient presence of the Black diaspora in Mecca and Hijaz and the contribution it has made in different areas. The book also looks at the teaching system in the al-Haram Mosque of Mecca, its religious and political role, and the way it was dispensed during the Ottoman period, the reign of Sharīf Husayn and the political regime of the Āl Sa'ūd Wahhābī.
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    The Nation of Islam's Cautious Return to Americanity in The 2010s : A Cultural Studies Inquiry (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527543980
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (141 pages)
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    DDC: 303.484
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    Abstract: This volume anticipates the deradicalization of the Nation of Islam's erstwhile extremist discourse, depicting the return of a sort of 'prodigal son' to the common American national identity, after over three generations spent in denial of the mother country.In addition to investigating this shift in identification observed among the disciples of the sect during the past decade, the volume offers a reflection on how ethnicity is much more resilient than ethnic identity itself. From a social psychological perspective, it speculates that, unlike ethnic identity, ethnicity allows people to change identity at will in order to circumvent the identities imposed on them or assigned to them by birth. It also illustratively demonstrates the feasibility of thorough academic research in cultural studies.
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    Ambiguous Selves : Contesting Gender Binaries in Literature, Film and the Media (2019)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (353 pages)
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    DDC: 305.3
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    Abstract: This collection of essays on selected texts in literature, film and the media is driven by a shared theme of contesting the binary thinking in respect of gender and sexuality. The three parts of this book - "contesting norms", "performing selves" and "blurring the lines" - delineate the queer celebration of difference and deviance. They pinpoint the limitation of assumed norms and subverting them, revel in the fluid and ambiguous self that springs from the contestation of those norms, and then repeatedly transgress and, as a result, obscure the limits that separate the normal from the abnormal. The variety of texts included in the collection ranges from a discussion of queer subjects represented in film, television and literature to that of the representations of other non-normative figures (including a madwoman, a freak or a prostitute) and to gender-role contestation and gender-bending practicing evidenced in the press, theatre, film, literature and popular culture.
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    Organizational Power and Ethical Subjectivity : In Light of Comparative Historical Semiotics (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527531512
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (578 pages)
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    DDC: 302.35
    Keywords: Organizational behavior.. ; Semiotics.. ; Knowledge management ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection of articles discusses the basic epistemological issues facing the global theoretical humanities in terms of cross-cultural points of view. The topics discussed especially concern theoretical semiotics, institutional restrictions of current humanities scholarship, and comparative historical semiotics, as well as the more applicable and empirical-rational-directed humanist ethics. The text is characterized by its hermeneutic dialogue between contemporary western theories and traditional Chinese intellectual history, that will be instructive and informative for scholars and theoretical readers of all branches in both the western and non-western humanities. It emphasizes the great significance of the theoretical humanities in our times and their urgent task should lie in collectively reconstructing a more rationalized humanist-scientific foundation for a new type of human sciences through critically reorganizing all intellectual sources of mankind.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Foreword -- Part One -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Part Two -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Part Three -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Appendices -- A Brief Intellectual Retrospective to the Career of the Author and his Semiotic/Theoretical Humanities Practices -- Author's Bibliography.
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    Jordan's Proverbs As a Window into Arab Popular Culture : The Fox in the Blackberries (2019)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (149 pages)
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    DDC: 398.9927
    Keywords: Proverbs, Arabic-Jordan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book offers an insightful account of Arab popular culture through the lens of about four hundred annotated Jordanian proverbs. The collection touches on almost every aspect of daily life (including animals, kinship, religion, weather, generosity, money, food, and love). The proverbs cover a wide spectrum of morals related to competence, appearance, ignorance, naivety, corruption, wisdom, experience, courage, and kindness, among many others. Specialized readers, including linguists, translators, anthropologists, psychologists, diplomats, and military persons, among others, will find significant material and insights relevant to their work in this book. It serves to provide the reader with a better, deeper understanding of Jordanian/Arab mentality and behaviour, which will encourage intercultural communication and help remove several socially-biased stereotypes, in addition to enriching the culture of proverbs in human language.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword by Mohammed Farghal -- Introduction by Bruce Merry -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Appendix.
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    Reinventing Capitalism in New Zealand : History, Structure, Practice and Social Class (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527534056
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (406 pages)
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    DDC: 306.3420993
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: In the nineteenth century, Britain bestrode the world. Its domination depended in part on it exporting its social and economic problems to the farthest reaches of the globe. In Aotearoa/New Zealand, Britain's élite thought they had found a ready-made country in which to re-establish their way of life. This invasion might ease their problems at home, and extend their influence to the edge of the earth. White settlers began to arrive in New Zealand in numbers during the 1840s, and sought to reinvent capitalism in a new land. This book traces the shape of this reinvention, and the slow emergence of New Zealand's particular form of class structure. The book will be of interest to anyone concerned with the history of capitalism, and its colonial ambitions. It sheds light on the enduring nature of inequality in New Zealand, and where it might originate. Students of political science, sociology, history and cultural studies will find its arguments of interest.
    Abstract: Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- A Note on the Cover Image -- Part One -- Chapter One -- Part Two -- Chapter Two -- Part Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Part Four -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Part Five -- Chapter Eleven -- Index.
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    Investigating Language As Social (Inter-)Action : The 15th Conference on British and American Studies (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527535480
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (305 pages)
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    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Sociolinguistics-Great Britain.. ; Sociolinguistics-United States ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume consists of papers presented during the 15th Conference on British and American Studies, held at Transilvania University of Brașov, Romania. It reflects the work conducted by senior and junior researchers on a range of interesting topics falling into the wider scope of cognitive linguistics, language contact, translation and lexicography. The investigations reported here are streamlined into three chapters. The first, "Native Language Explorations and Acquisition", has Romanian as its central theme. The second chapter, "Aspects of English - Insights into its Impact, Structure, and Descriptive Potential", centres around the English language considered both as an object of academic inquiry in its own right, and against a larger cultural backdrop. The final chapter, "Translatability of Language, Translatability of Culture", looks into matters concerning intra- and inter-linguistic translation, and their impact on intercultural communication.
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    Studies in Comparative Pragmatics (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527542112
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (228 pages)
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    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Pragmatics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In the current discourse in pragmatics, multi-perspective methods are seen as the best way to understand language use in context. Within this discussion, the volume adopts diverse approaches to pragmatics, and focuses on comparing a wide selection of languages, including English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Japanese, Polish, and Swedish. The contributions deal with grammatical expressions, prosody, textual genres and speech acts, which occur in different social interactions and in multicultural environments, including foreign language learning and lingua franca situations.Each topic is analysed by comparing its usage in at least two different languages or by contrasting the linguistic behaviour of different groups of language users.
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    Aspects of Digital Change (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527539860
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (135 pages)
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    DDC: 303.4833
    Keywords: Digital media.. ; Digital communications.. ; Digital divide ; Digital media.. ; Digital communications.. ; Digital divide ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Digital change is a notoriously difficult endeavour to undertake. The public sector has engaged in many projects to embrace digitalisation. These include projects in health and social care, the benefits system, EU farm subsidy payments and child support payments, to name a few. Project timescales and budgets are over-run and aspects of the projects are sometimes abandoned with many millions of pounds sunk. In the private sector, companies such as Amazon use 'test and learn' approaches to build technology platforms that deliver real person-centred services. What is the difference between the Amazon approach and the failures we see in the use of public money? This book addresses this question beginning with examples of the development of technology in a range of industry sectors. It tells the story of what was learned over eight years in developing and selling digital platform technology into health and social care. By capturing the understanding gained from the experience, the book will enable the reader to become aware of why eCommerce and other digital platforms are flourishing in our private lives, whilst our experience of health and care remains rooted in the distant past.
    Abstract: Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part 1 -- Part 2 -- Part 3 -- Glossary -- References.
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    Design for Visual Communication : Challenges and Priorities (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527531024
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (170 pages)
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    DDC: 302.23
    Keywords: Visual communication ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The contents of this book are mainly based on ideas discussed within the framework of the 2016 International Conference on Typography and Visual Communication (ICTVC). This event was initiated at the beginning of the new millennium and has since developed into an internationally respected event. The chapters included in this volume provide evidence of visual communication as an established discipline where critical research informs design practice, printing history lays the foundations for future projects, and professional practice benefits from cross-disciplinary collaborations.The anthology investigates both current and future challenges and priorities in the field of design for visual communication, and will serve to provide a vivid spark to start a discourse in this regard. It will become a working tool and reference point for people interested in studying and researching typography and visual communication.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introductory Note -- Part I -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Part II -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Part III -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- List of Contributors -- Index.
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    The Duel Between Sir Alexander Boswell and James Stuart : Scottish Squibs and Pistols at Dawn (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527537439
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (221 pages)
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    DDC: 394.8
    Keywords: Dueling-Scotland-History-19th century.. ; Boswell, Alexander,-Sir,-1775-1822.. ; Stuart, James,-1775-1849 ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Sir Alexander Boswell (1775-1822) wrote Scottish songs that are still performed today, such as "Jenny's Bawbee". An extravagant character and a Tory, he wrote flagrant lampoons of his Whig opponents. One of them greatly incensed his Whig cousin James Stuart of Dunearn, who challenged him to a duel in which Boswell was killed. At his trial for murder, Stuart was represented as a peaceable man unaccustomed to the use of firearms. Nothing could be further from the truth. He served in the militia, was irascible and, at times, violent. This book tells the compelling stories of the remarkable tangled events that led to their quarrel. The duel marked a turning point in Scottish politics away from a turbulent and fractious past to a quieter future. The Whigs triumphed, paving the way for liberal Scotland. In addition, this volume includes, for the first time, many of Boswell's poems and witty lampoons.
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    The Real Stories Behind Honour Killing (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527530539
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (293 pages)
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    DDC: 306.87
    Keywords: Honor killings-Case studies.. ; Women-Violence against.. ; Men-Violence against ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Honour killing, as it is widely understood, is the cold-blooded murder of a woman or a man involved with her, by the male members of her household in order to cleanse the reputation of the family, clan, community or tribe. This violent tradition in the name of religion, custom and culture continues to be carried out in a significantly large part of the world. The majority of people still believe that honour killings happen for reasons such as marriage from choice or a love affair of a kinswoman, rape, a demand for divorce from a woman, or the birth of a female child, all of which are perceived as bringing shame on the family. However, current research on honour killing suggests that there are a number of intriguing and very cleverly knitted plots of jealousy, greed, violence and murder which show that, in the name of honour, various other purposes are being served and people are killed in ways which give the impression that they are honour killings. By collecting data from people involved in such situations, this book opens a Pandora's box, showing that such killings are carried out not to assuage the hurt honour of a patriarchal society, but to serve a variety of malign intentions, goals and agendas. It will serve to let the world comprehend the phenomenon of honour-related violence where culture and crime unite under the umbrella of highly discriminating laws against women. This book consists of twenty-six testimonies from those involved in honour killings, bringing together interviews with killers, victims and the falsely accused.
    Abstract: Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Conclusion -- References -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E -- Appendix F -- Appendix G -- Glossary.
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    Critical Thoughts on Contemporary Turkish Media (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527531765
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (239 pages)
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    DDC: 302.2309561
    Keywords: Mass media-Turkey ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book puts contemporary Turkish media under the microscope. It sheds light on current trends and debates in the fields of cinema, television and new media in Turkey, and considers different aspects of communications and mass media in the country in relation to up-to-date issues, ranging from film aesthetics and televised ideologies to new tendencies in marketing and journalism in a digitalized world. While the book is a collection of original research studies obtaining their data within different methodological approaches varying from content analysis to semiotics, the collection presents a critical and holistic view. As such, it provides a valuable source for readers who are interested in the current conditions of the field of communications in Turkey.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Section I -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Section II -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Section III -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Conclusion -- Contributors.
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    The Mythical Mediterranean Sea : Crossroads of Cultures, People, and Civilizations (2019)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527533776
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (267 pages)
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    DDC: 306.091638
    Keywords: Mediterranean Region-Social conditions-20th century.. ; Mediterranean Region-Social conditions-21st century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume brings together papers presented at the 7th Annual International Conference co-organised by Florence University of the Arts, Italy, and Stony Brook University (SUNY), USA. The contributors explored the many connections that define the Mediterranean Sea as a symbol of tradition and modernity, and examined it as a region capable of congregating, synergizing and transforming cultures. Their writings focus on the relationship between the cultural, social, and historical environment of Mare Nostrum to pinpoint the elements defining its identity. Hence, particular emphasis is placed on the role and relevance of the Mediterranean as the first beacon of multi-ethnicity which may be seen as a symbol of diversity and unity, as well as a model that holds clues to understanding the global merging of cultures. As such, it is a real shame to see that the general interest in this unique and fascinating area has arisen not thanks to such highly positive features, but because, as Pope Francis says, it has become an open-air cemetery where thousands of people keep drowning.The multifaceted approach to this topic has resulted in the book being divided into four sections, covering the following thematic areas: Literature, History, Culture, and Identity.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Section I -- The Mediterranean Sea -- Gianni Clementi's Finis Terrae -- Cultural Aspects of "Mare Nostrum" -- Sensuousness and Silence -- Section II -- Writing Mediterranean History -- Mediterranean Democracy and the United States During the Cold War -- Coexistence and Clash -- Negotiating Trade -- Section III -- Nineteenth-Century Photography of the Mediterranean -- "Una faccia, una pancia?" -- "De Re Mediterranea" in Germany? -- Changing Life Styles in Mediterranean Countries -- Section IV -- The Mediterranean Identity of Montenegro -- Vast, Diverse and Equally Immutable -- Identity Concept Within the Mediterranean Framework Operation, Mare Nostrum -- Contributors.
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    Surveillance and Memory : Our Daily Lives (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527540668
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    Pages: 1 online resource (391 pages)
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    DDC: 306.09498
    Keywords: Romania-Social conditions-1945-1989 ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book contains all the reports written during 129 days in 1948, 1949, and 1950 by the secret police agents of the Securitate charged with the surveillance of the author's father, sociologist Anton Golopentia, as well as all the transcriptions of the phone conversations in their house at that time. It also brings together some of Golopentia's declarations later on, while investigated as a detained witness, and personal memories. The book provides insights into post-WWII Eastern European history, particularly the beginning of the communist regime and political repression in Romania, and will be useful to researchers (historians, psychologists, anthropologists, and literary specialists), as well as professors and students in universities and schools.
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    Semiotics and Visual Communication III : Cultures of Branding (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527543324
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (673 pages)
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    DDC: 302.2
    Keywords: Semiotics ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The chapters in this book consist of selected papers that were presented at the 3rd International Conference and Poster Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual Communication at the Cyprus University of Technology in November 2017. They investigate the theme of the third conference, "The Semiotics of Branding", and look at branding and brand design as endorsing a reputation and inhabiting a status of almost mythical proportion that has triumphed over the past few decades. Emerging from its forerunner (corporate identity) to incorporate advertising, consumer lifestyles and attitudes, image-rights, market-research, customisation, global expansion, sound and semiotics, and "the consumer-as-the-brand", the word "branding" currently appears to be bigger than its own umbrella definition. From tribal markers, such as totems, scarifications and tattoos, to emblems of power, language, fashion, architectural space, insignias of communal groups, heraldic devices, religious and political symbols, national flags and the like, a form of branding is at work that responds to the need to determine the presence and interaction of specific groups, persons or institutions through shared codes of meaning.
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    Milieus of Rememory : Relationalities of Violence, Trauma, and Voice (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527525580
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (208 pages)
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    DDC: 303.66
    Keywords: War and society-Lebanon.. ; Memory-Social aspects-Lebanon ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Milieus of ReMemory concentrates on how people in Lebanon situate and work on memories of violence and trauma, as well as exchanges of voice. Developing a critical phenomenology of social material practices, a relational notion of community and subjectivity outlines thematic discussions of intergenerational memory, gender, temporality, and transactions between personal and public memory. While emphasizing conduits and channels by which material and imaginary resources circulate as differential circuits of power and authority, the book focuses on how memory activism and memory projects constitute emergent milieus of social exchange and ethical responsibility to self and circumstance, to both publics and political cultures.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- References -- Index.
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    Pop Culture Matters : Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the Northeast Popular Culture Association (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527530683
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (341 pages)
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    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Popular culture-Congresses ; Electronic books
    Abstract: We immerse ourselves daily in expressions of popular culture--YouTube videos, hip hop music, movies, adverts, greeting cards, videogames, and comics, to name just a few possibilities--and far too often we pay only scant critical attention to them. The essays in this collection redress this situation by probing a wide range of topics within the field of popular culture studies. Written in engaging and jargon-free prose, contributions critically examine various offerings in film, television, social media, music, literature, sports, and related areas. Moreover, they often pay special attention to the ways in which these pop culture artefacts intersect with issues of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, and ability. Providing a rich mixture of broad perspectives and intriguing case studies, the essays form a compelling mosaic of findings and viewpoints on popular culture. Exploring everything from toxic masculinity in twenty-first century television programmes to gendered greeting cards and adult colouring books, this provocative volume is essential reading for anyone interested in that fabricated and all-pervasive environment we call popular culture.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Part II -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Part III -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Part IV -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Part V -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Part VI -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Part VII -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- Chapter Twenty-Three -- Chapter Twenty-Four -- Part VIII -- Chapter Twenty-Five -- Chapter Twenty-Six -- Chapter Twenty-Seven -- Chapter Twenty-Eight -- Chapter Twenty-Nine -- Contributors -- Index.
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    Film and the Historian : The British Experience (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527534506
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    Pages: 1 online resource (262 pages)
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    DDC: 306.094109045
    Keywords: History in motion pictures ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Films are not just for audiences: historians of the twentieth century have much to learn from them. A film exposes the attitudes and unconsidered trifles that people took for granted and which were not considered worth recording elsewhere. This volume surveys British cinema from the final days of the Second World War to the early 1970s, exploring societal change across a range of topics including housing, the countryside, psychiatry and the law. This provides a basis for cross-cultural comparisons, with many issues deserving of further research being highlighted. The films discussed range from the well-known Odd Man Out to the forgotten It's Hard to be Good.
    Abstract: Intro -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    Conceiving Migration and Communication in a Global Perspective (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527542754
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (347 pages)
    DDC: 303.48/2
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Migration and communication are issues of major concern in today's world. This volume examines diversified approaches to migration and communication, and explores policy dialogues, migration governance, transnationalism, cross-border circular migration and many other viewpoints of importance today. It sheds lights on recent debates in Europe associated with cross-national perspectives, socio-economic challenges, welfare rights and social cohesion, multi-scalar applications and policy-driven migration. The text synthesises various complex arguments and recent debates in migration and translation studies.
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    Text, Context and Construction of Identity (2019)
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    ISBN: 9781527533950
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (225 pages)
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    Abstract: Language is central to our existence and it happens to be the most sophisticated product of the human mind. It is inconceivable to think of ourselves, our societies, our ideas, cultures or identities without language. It is the primary means of socialization, and whatever we know is a result of it. It is the primary medium of construction and dissemination of knowledge, and structures our thought processes in important ways that constitute our identity. In very complex ways, it interacts with the social, political and economic power structures that remain significant in defining the identities of individuals and societies. The essays in this volume create an awareness and understanding about the role of linguistic context in negotiating identity. The book explains identity and the complex relations between language and several aspects of our society. It explores identity through text and context, and will serve to trigger a novel discourse around the centrality of identity in contemporary society.
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    How Global Youth Values Will Change Our Future (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527525511
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (296 pages)
    DDC: 305.235
    Keywords: Youth-Attitudes ; Electronic books
    Abstract: How Global Youth Values Will Change Our Future reveals the values and religious beliefs of Generations Y and Z, representing over 4,000 young people from 88 countries. This book is based on their own voices, rather than adult projections from multiple-choice surveys. It also includes futurists' projections of significant trends to predict where society is headed. As the largest, best-educated, and most connected generation ever, today's youth are creating a more democratic world.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Youth Comments -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Conclusion -- Bibliography.
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    Contemporary Migrant Families : Actors and Issues (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527519213
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    Pages: 1 online resource (231 pages)
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    Keywords: Emigration and immigration-Social aspects.. ; Immigrant families ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Despite extensive and continuous academic interest in migrant and transnational families, a stereotypical view that those leading mobile lives are somehow beyond the contours of normativity is still prevalent. Such a perspective concerns both kinship and family practices of "familyhood" across borders, and the bi- or multicultural settings of providing or offering care. Consequently, we primarily hear about migration leading to broken relationships, the dissolution of families and bonds, substandard provisions of care, abandonment, exploitation of employees and so on. In this climate of public imagination of migrants either being "dangerous" or concurrently stealing one's job and scrounging off the welfare state, it is no small feat to be a migration scholar. Trying to overcome the universalising views that essentialise human experience requires a wholly different point of departure, one which is represented in this volume. This is because a now well-established transnational paradigm allows for a more nuanced analysis, originating with the premise that not only normalises mobility, but also proves that various ties and relationships can be continued in the long-term despite spatial distance. On the whole, the transnational lens provided here showcases how new family practices are devised and deployed in mobile family lives, thus allowing the argument that migration enriches certain dimensions of contemporary family life and caregiving.This book plays on the dichotomy of migration as "the new normal" and mobility as a continuous source of challenges. The core issues examined here concern such problems as maintaining kinship ties across borders, new patterns of mothering and fathering, children's sense of belonging and identifications, and social capital and engagement in community life. It reveals that "doing family" in the migration context
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Part I. Migrant Experiences around Care and Health -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Part II. Transnational Families Here and There -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten.
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    Crossing Borders in Gender and Culture (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527516830
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (274 pages)
    DDC: 305.3
    Keywords: Sex role ; Electronic books
    Abstract: While gender issues are almost always multidimensional and complex, this book discusses them from a cultural angle and with a focus on crossing borders, to represent their concepts meaningfully and to illuminate their realities as sharply as possible. Its five parts detail specific aspects and issues within that focus, namely communication, literary representation, equality and violence, work and politics, and cross-cultural connections. This combination of a wide topical range with specific discussions of gender issues makes the volume's insights worthwhile for a wide range of readers, from individuals and groups engaging with current gender challenges, to institutional and political decision-makers entrusted with improving gender relations on national or international levels, up to social, economic or educational institutions empowered to implement such solutions in everyday reality. Its "unity in diversity" contributes to gender and cultural studies by offering considerations and conclusions that are specific and generalizable, theoretically robust and empirically tested, professionally rational and poetically ravishing.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Literary Representations of Gender -- "All in Her Head" -- Scandinavian Models for Female Emancipation in Britain -- Gender Representation in a Report to an Academy and Its Adaptations -- Part 2: Gender Equality and Violence against Women -- Tears No More? Gender Violence in Juarez City -- Securitization, Women's Reproductive Rights, and Gender Equality in Japan -- Part 3: Gender and Communication -- The Universality and Variety of the Women Are Animals Conceptual Metaphor Across European Languages -- 'I Don't like Women' -- Matka Polka and D'evka-Branka -- Part 4: Gender Roles in Work and Politics -- The Increasing Role of Female Top Managers in Banks on the Russian Market -- Determinants and Patterns of Gender Wage Discrimination in Pakistan -- Women's Political Representation in Post-Communist Romania -- Equality of Opportunities and Interest of Professional Male and Female Soldiers in Individual Types of Military Professions in the Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic -- Part 5: Gender and Culture -- Forms of Cultural Representation and Power of Females in Adventure and Action Films -- Homosexuality and Contemporary Social Stance -- Failure of Masculinity -- The Cross-Cultural Schemata Iranian Women have of American People -- Music and Gender.
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    Death on the Move : Managing Narratives, Silences and Constraints in a Trans-National Perspective (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527510746
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (300 pages)
    DDC: 305.906912094
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    Keywords: Europe, Southern-Emigration and immigration ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume explores the different aspects of the management of death, dying and mortality by migrants in Southern Europe, through deconstructing persistent idiosyncratic beliefs, myths, narratives, silences, and constraints. It focuses on migrants from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds in Portugal, Spain and Italy. It also includes reflections on Madagascar, Guinea-Bissau, East-Timor and Cuba. The thirteen chapters provide insights into epistemological issues, the trans-national circulation of bodies, spirits and rituals, migration, the placing of the dead and diverse funerary practices and perspectives. Privileging a multi-sited approach to death and migrations, this book draws on oral, archival and published sources to give visibility to populations that often live in liminal structural positions and transient worlds. By exploring the multifaceted dimensions of death and suffering among immigrant populations, it refocuses the debate on migration in Europe and beyond by highlighting under-researched issues such as end-of-life care, mental health, death, burial, cremation, funerary ceremonies and symbols, repatriation and martyrdom.
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    Dynamics and Policies of Prejudice from the Eighteenth to the Twenty-First Century (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527517004
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (456 pages)
    DDC: 303.3/85
    Keywords: Prejudices. ; Prejudices in literature. ; Stereotypes (Social psychology) ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Prejudice is a multi-faceted concept that affects the relationships between individuals and groups and the creation of socially formed categories of ideas. It concerns race, religion, gender, social distinctions and political beliefs, and can be considered as a natural human process of out-group homogeneity, as well as the product of an authoritarian context or as a reaction against modernization or other symbolic or realistic threats.This volume defines the dynamics and policies of prejudice in the historical passage between the modern and contemporary age, bringing together articles by different scholars representing various disciplines, which allows an analysis of the different aspects of prejudice. The book includes interesting chapters on anti-Semitism, the ethnic conflicts of the twentieth century, Russia and the Balkans, and gender bias, among other subjects.
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    What Went Wrong with Psychology? Myths, Metaphors and Madness (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527515567
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (285 pages)
    DDC: 302
    Keywords: Social psychology. ; Conduct of life ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In a fascinating analysis of the great psychological and sociological thinkers--including Freud, Maslow, McClelland, Durkheim, Skinner, Lewin and Mead--this erudite text challenges the models, myths and metaphors of modern psychology. Psychologists have promoted the view that human beings are the victims of internal and external forces, and have laboured to absorb free and responsible individuals into a pseudo-scientific framework that denies moral agency and thus renders them incapable of recognising notions of right and wrong. This book will appeal to anyone who has read enough psychology to have been perplexed and frustrated by its famous emperors. It demonstrates that if we take these naked emperors seriously and deny human freedom and personal responsibility, we shall have contributed to the undermining of our civilisation. With skill and verve, the book carries readers through an array of ideas to a 'purposive psychology' that enables individuals to gain insight into, and mastery of, themselves.
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    Challenges of Communication in a Context of Crisis : Troubles, Misunderstandings and Discords (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527518292
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (259 pages)
    DDC: 302.2
    Keywords: Communication-Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book questions the political tools and the basis upon which the values of an informed and objective communication rest, and that nowadays encompass most of the ordinary situations encountered in institutions. What is the fate of the involuntary drifts of communication, such as disturbances, misunderstandings and troubles, in the use of decision-making tools, participatory mechanisms, and the establishment of contractual procedures or informed consent practices? How do they open a discordant and potentially critical gap in the protocols and assessment and categorization measures that govern these institutions? How can the virtues of these drifts, whether in the exercise of sociological research or of scientific discovery be revalued? Crisis situations seem implicitly or explicitly to involve communicative issues. The efforts of normative framing of communication and of information formatting are then numerous. However, as this book shows, one can question not only the effectiveness of these efforts, but also how the actors receive them and how they transform the actual modalities of their communication processes.
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    The Social Question in the Global World (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527510340
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (330 pages)
    DDC: 303.482
    Keywords: Globalization ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In an era of rapid globalisation, how can the changes that characterise how the social question is addressed in rich and emerging countries be analysed? How can one interpret the crisis in the Welfare State and the emergence of new social policies that push for the financial contribution of beneficiaries and the development of new forms of solidarity? What can be said about the world's poorest countries and their recurrent difficulty in benefiting from international aid to fight against poverty and ensure the protection of all people? This volume brings together 24 researchers from around the world to analyse a series of case studies of developed, emerging and developing countries. They study the evolution or decline observed in these countries and propose some answers to the issue of the way in which the economic model influences how the social question is taken into account around the world. A closer look reveals that the manner in which this question is addressed largely determines how the evolution of the world is perceived. While the contributors here highlight how capitalism makes it possible to reflect on the issue of social protection, they also show the limits of policies unable to guarantee this protection as soon as the economic situation can no longer allow countries to bear its costs.
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    International Migration in the 21st Century : Problems and Solutions (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527514980
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (256 pages)
    DDC: 304.8
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Immigrants. ; Europe-Emigration and immigration. ; Turkey-Emigration and immigration. ; Immigrants-Europe. ; Immigrants-Turkey ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection tackles the problems surrounding international migration, raising the question of the reasons for, and consequences of, being a migrant in the 21st century. Some of the issues it focuses on include migrant identities, integration, voting behavior, citizenship, and child health encountered in Europe and Turkey. The book also provides psychological, economic and micro-level analysis, together with social and judicial perspectives. In a global world, where in some places frontiers are constructed and in others efforts are made to deconstruct them, the book will appeal to sociologists, historians, political scientists and academics working on regional migration studies. It contributes to the endeavor to understand the global parameters on migration and potential solutions for a boundless global community.
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    The Borders of Integration : Empowered Bodies and Social Cohesion (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527519176
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (341 pages)
    DDC: 305.906912
    Keywords: Immigrants-Cultural assimilation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume introduces sociological knowledge to social reality in various fields that are especially significant for Southern European societies, such as education, migration, social cohesion and political participation. It provides the reader with an understanding of the new and radical challenges that Europe has been called to face, and complements academic research with new conceptualisations of sociology which solve social public problems in specific territorial contexts. The book focuses on the body as the vector of social cohesion policies in the awareness that cohesion revolves around the ability of all people - not just migrants - to manage conflict and change. With these aims, the empowered body is suggested as a means able to build up the timescales of memory as time-windows open to the ethic boundaries of human life. In today's world, the question of empowerment crosses borders, not only geographic but also cognitive, linguistic and cultural ones. Refuting the longstanding notion that culture alone is responsible for group behaviour, this book confronts the "moving up" and "getting on" characterizing current immigration policies, specifically in Europe and the Mediterranean area and, in general, around the world. Methodologically, all contributions here pay attention to the powerful connection between the individual lives and the historical and socio-economic contexts in which these lives unfold. The brilliant analyses here suggest, at least, the "borderlands" as the agent making the movement of policy.
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    Interdiscursive Readings in Cultural Consumer Research (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527517899
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (359 Seiten)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Publisher, Cambridge Scholars Interdiscursive Readings in Cultural Consumer Research
    DDC: 306.3
    Keywords: Consumption (Economics)-Social aspects.. ; Popular culture ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The cultural consumption research landscape of the 21st century is marked by an increasing cross-disciplinary fermentation. At the same time, cultural theory and analysis have been marked by successive 'inter-' turns, most notably with regard to the Big Four: multimodality (or intermodality), interdiscursivity, transmediality (or intermediality), and intertextuality. This book offers an outline of interdiscursivity as an integrative platform for accommodating these notions. To this end, a call for a return to Foucault is issued via a critical engagement with the so-called practice-turn. This re-turn does not seek to reconstitute venerably Foucauldianism, but to theorize 'inters-' as vanishing points that challenge the integrity of discrete cultural orders in non-convergent manners. The propounded interdiscursivity approach is offered as a reading strategy that permeates the contemporary cultural consumption phenomena that are scrutinized in this book, against a pan-consumptivist framework. By drawing on qualitative and mixed methods research designs, facilitated by CAQDAS software, the empirical studies that are hosted here span a vivid array of topics that are directly relevant to both traditional and new media researchers, such as the consumption of ideologies in Web 2.0 social movements, the ability of micro-celebrities to act as cultural game-changers, the post-loyalty abjective consumption ethos. The theoretically novel approaches on offer are coupled with methodological innovations in areas such as user-generated content, artists' branding, and experiential consumption
    Description / Table of Contents: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter One -- Consuming Experiences, Practices and Spectacles -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Consuming Oneself and Others -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Consuming the Impossible -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Index
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    The Historical Enigma of the Snake Woman from Antiquity to the 21st Century (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher | Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest
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    ISBN: 9781527512139
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 Online-Ressource (295 pages)
    DDC: 398.21
    Keywords: Electronic books
    Abstract: This book provides an exploration of the historical conditions that gradually defined subordinating symbols and conflictual values in social relations between the sexes. It reveals how snakes and the gelid eyes of Medusa--the archetypical snake-woman--have reverberated across the visual arts and written sources throughout the ages in association with negative emotions: fear, anger, scorn and shame.The outcomes and implications of the disturbing correlation between the dangerous female gaze, the malignitas of the snake and the lethal power of menstruation that have been woven through the fabric of the Western imaginary are analysed here. This analysis reveals an intriguing history of female reptilian hybrids--from the pleasing Minoan snake goddesses to the depressing Gorgon, Echidna, Amazons, Eve, Melusine, Basilisk, Poison-Damsel, Catoblepas and Sadako/Samara--and gives the reader an opportunity to explore things that never happened but have always been.
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    Radio Relations : Policies and Aesthetics of the Medium (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527525689
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (230 pages)
    DDC: 302.2344
    Keywords: Radio broadcasting-Social aspects-Congresses.. ; International relations-Congresses.. ; Radio broadcasting-Political aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume gathers together revised versions of the papers presented at the ECREA Radio Research Section Conference held in Lublin, Poland, in September 2017. The book highlights what radio actually is - a medium created to connect different places at a distance. Subtle but pervasive, simple but graceful, radio builds affective relations, either between listeners and the world or between listeners themselves. The word "relations" is plural. It suggests the idea that radio is both an economic activity - related to technology, production, working routines and business - and a cultural industry - related to aesthetics, art, social interaction, education and politics. Since relations are relevantly human, we can explore how radio appeals to personal commitment and can reinforce a sense of community too. The unique value of this book lies both in erudite essays of Seán Street and Enrico Menduni, world-famous figures of radio research, and in perspectives sketched by brilliant young radio practitioners and researchers. The diverse views on radio communications from authors across the different regions of the world including Brazil, Canada, Italy, Poland, France, Hungary, Spain and the UK collected here will certainly inspire radio researchers, media historians, sociologists and journalism students.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1: Radio Broadcasting Aesthetics and Sound Decoding Practices -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Part 2: Audience Behaviours and the Programmes Design in the Context of Cultural and Technological Change -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Part 3: Radio Broadcasting Policies and Social Transformations -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Author Biographies -- Index.
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    Liminal spaces of art between Europe and the Middle East (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527527072
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Liminal spaces of art between Europe and the Middle East
    DDC: 709.4
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    Keywords: Kulturbeziehungen ; Kulturaustausch ; Kulturkontakt ; Kunst ; Musik ; Film ; Geschichte ; Einflussgröße ; Art and globalization-Europe.. ; Art and globalization-Middle East.. ; Europe-Relations-Middle East.. ; Middle East-Relations-Europe ; Electronic books ; Europa ; Naher Osten ; Mittlerer Osten ; Nordafrika ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 2015 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Konferenzschrift 2015 ; Europa ; Mittlerer Osten ; Kulturaustausch ; Kunst ; Geschichte
    Abstract: This volume brings together essays from different fields of the humanities and social sciences that offer a fresh look at the complexity of artistic and cultural contacts, transfers, and exchanges between Europe and the Middle East. The studies reach far beyond the geographical regions where Europe and the Middle East have met and interacted throughout their long histories, such as the eastern Mediterranean, the south Caucasus, and the Balkans. Their focus is on the variety of "contact zones" of the two worlds with specific artistic creativity, characterized by dynamic processes of movement and interchange between various cultural entities in the broadest and most complex sense of the word. The studies shed new light on diverse phenomena of the "in-between" or "liminal" spaces in art and culture, with special interest in artists and art works from ancient to modern times, from fine arts and architecture to music and video.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Contributors -- Index.
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    Bridges Between Cultures : Ties and Knots (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527520691
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (192 pages)
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    DDC: 303.482
    Keywords: Cultural relations ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Centred on the metaphor of bridges and knots, this volume investigates the dialogic and dialectical relationships between socially dissimilar and topographically distant cultures. The contributions here explore various methodological frameworks for discourses and theories that purport to conceptualize cultural spaces, which - as opposed to objective, geographical areas - are characterized by the propensity to bind topographical distances by means of symbolic ties and perimeters. The chapters address possible juxtapositions and intersections of spatial and temporal dimensions of cultural practice, religious and ethical "ties and knots" between lands and cultures, disconnections between historical, literary and cultural epochs, discourses of cultural entanglement and cultural ensnarement on individual and social levels, and the possibilities of raising aesthetic bridges between various cultures in music, poetry and visual arts, among other topics.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Ties between Lands and Cultures -- Enlightenment and Repatriation -- "Knotty Questions" -- "Ties and slurs" -- Expressive Individualism, the Cult of the Artist as Genius, and Milton's Lucifer -- A Journey to the Roots -- From the River Kwai to Madison County -- Cultural Gaps and Fallen Bridges -- Language and Culture -- Irish-American Interplay in Sam Shepard's Recent Work -- The Ties of Revolution and Redemption, the Knots of Race and Class -- Archival Evidence of Transnational Bridges Built by Women of the Early American Republic -- "Everything is connected to everything else" -- Tourist in the Global Village -- A Loop of String.
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    The Post-Crisis Crises : A World with No Compass and No Hegemon (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527520578
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (281 pages)
    DDC: 303.48/2
    Keywords: International economic relations.. ; International relations.. ; Globalization.. ; Geopolitics ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume shows that, in the post-crisis period, global turmoil has moved to the regional level. The clash between spheres of influence and the world order is being reproduced over and over again. On almost each meridian, in almost every important region of the world, one can see an ever harder-to-contain discontent, mainly associated with the succeeding conflicts, with ever more frequent and serious tensions. The world seems to be vibrating, and "geopolitical indiscipline" is the typical feature of the new world order. It is as if no one were pleased with the current situation and everyone wanted to start a "new game of geopolitical chess".
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Part I: What is at Stake in the Contemporary World is the Status of the Developed World -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Part II: The Developed will Marry the Emerging, like the Nobility Married the Bourgeoisie -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Part III: The Eurasian Geopolitical Chess Game -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Conclusions -- References.
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    The Public Sphere and Satellite Television in North Africa : Gender, Identity, Critique (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527519947
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (222 pages)
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    DDC: 302.23019
    Keywords: Identity (Psychology) and mass media ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The advent of satellite television and its adoption in the Maghreb brought about a profound social change. This book, which explores the relationships between the media and the public sphere, shows that the simple and quotidian act of watching satellite television as opposed to national television mobilizes novel ways of expressing identities along with a range of critical positions targeting political regimes. By bringing certain topics hitherto hardly present to the center of homes, the media reveals the pivotal functions of gender relations, which are today at the heart of social and political matters in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.Based on extensive fieldwork, this book offers a unique interpretation of the use of satellite television in authoritarian contexts and contributes to a better understanding of the media and the political public sphere. The book will interest teachers and students in communication, political studies, gender studies, sociology and anthropology of the Arab worlds and the Mediterranean.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One -- Framing -- Diffusion and Appropriation -- Law and "Raison d'État" -- Revenge of the "Parabolés" -- The Grace of the Parabolas -- The Power of Small Things -- Methodology: Sociology and Ethnography -- Organization of the Book -- Chapter Two -- Banality and the Public Sphere -- From the Megalopolitan Poor to Television Publics -- Television Publics -- On the Public -- Conclusion -- Chapter Three -- The Question of Public and Private -- Thinking Public-Private Linkages -- The Houma -- Television and the Houma -- The Home, the Family, and the World -- Gender Relations and the Truths of Languages -- Television, Women, and the Public Sphere -- Conclusion -- Chapter Four -- National Belonging, Democratic Identification -- Political Identities -- "Customs and Traditions": The Heart of Culture? -- Arabness -- Variations… -- Islamicities Across Time: Openings and Closures -- The Month of Months: Ramadan, Nostalgia, and Globalized Islam -- Identity: Past and Present -- Conclusion -- Chapter Five -- Other Critique -- On Distance -- Passing Through Modernity: Generations of Critique -- Confidence and Credibility -- The "Flash" and Good Analysis -- Visibility and Transparency -- Comparison: Judging and Reasoning -- Intercrossing Perspectives on Satellite Television -- All the Possibilities… -- Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    Leadership, Ethics, and Trust (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527519220
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (179 pages)
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    DDC: 303.34
    Keywords: Leadership-Moral and ethical aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The 21st century has seen leaders of all types failing in their efforts to earn the respect, trust, and confidence of their employees, customers, and society. This unique book explains how and why leaders fail to earn the trust of others and why ethics, integrity, and moral behaviour are so critically important for leaders of today and tomorrow. More importantly, it also provides a perspective for helping leaders to understand how they can earn the trust, followership, commitment, and extra-role behaviour so critical for success in today's globally competitive work world.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve.
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    Trends in Radio Research : Diversity, Innovation and Policies (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527520035
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (378 pages)
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    DDC: 302.2344
    Keywords: Radio broadcasting-Social aspects ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book explores how academia seeks to systematize the changes taking place in radio in its adaptation to the digital era. The individual chapters here investigate the most important issues currently under study by researchers in the medium of radio, tackling such key questions as the future of the radio spectrum, the new commercial radio business models, the function of community radio stations, and the development of university radio stations, amongst others.As such, this volume is integral to an understanding of the compound dimensions of the sound and radio media research currently being carried out in countries as varied as the United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Finland, Portugal, Brazil and Argentina.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Prologue -- Chapter One -- Section I: Diversity -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Section II: Innovation -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Section III: Policies -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Chapter Twenty-Two -- Epilogue -- Contributors.
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    Climate Change and Sustainable Heritage (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527520455
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (225 pages)
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    DDC: 304.2
    Keywords: Human beings-Effect of environment on ; Electronic books ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection deals with the impacts of climate change, focusing on urban regions and heritage-related scenarios. It assesses the effects of climate change on our cultural and natural heritage, disaster management, adaptation to climate change, and sustainability in building and urban planning. Climate change concerns our cultural and natural heritage, so it is crucial that we address this issue with regard to all of its social, physical and cultural consequences. Far-reaching actions are needed to adapt the natural and historic environment to make it more resilient to climate change and to limit further damage.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword by Dr. Rudolf Ingo Sonnek -- Foreword by Joost Meuwissen -- Preface -- Approaches to the Evaluation and Mitigation of the Urban Microclimate -- Urban Bioclimate and Micro Climate -- The Sea Level Rise and Ancient Settlements Under Threat -- Coastal Management -- The Heritage Challenge -- Impact of Sociocultural Values on Housing Design in Palestine -- Integrated Bikeway Design in Green Cities -- Impact of Salt and Moisture on Stone Decay of Cultural Heritage -- Multi-Sectorial and Multi-Stress -- The Impact of Climate Change in Hong Kong on the Strategic Planning for Built Heritage.
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    Political Correctness in the Era of Trump : Threat to Freedom or Ideological Scapegoat? (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527521766
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (171 pages)
    Series Statement: Peace Studies: Edges and Innovations Ser.
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Political correctness-United States-History-21st century.. ; Trump, Donald,-1946- ; Presidents-United States-History-21st century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In recent years, debates surrounding "political correctness" (PC) have once again intensified in the United States and other Western countries. Although PC has a long history, the term today is typically associated with a type of leftist-progressive puritanism that prevents people from speaking their minds or voicing uncomfortable truths that might "offend" members of marginalized groups or communities. In many respects, the political ascendancy of Donald J. Trump, and his appeal to millions of people not only in the USA, but around the world, hinges on the belief that his presidency represents a repudiation of the repressiveness associated with PC. Indeed, throughout his political campaign, Trump declared himself to be an "anti-PC" president who would always "speak his mind" and "tell it like it is." However, while many celebrated Trump's maverick, anti-PC stance, others saw this as an attack on basic standards of decency and civil discourse.Timely and important, this collection is authored by scholars from various disciplines, and will be of interest to educators, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as anyone interested in the debates associated with the so-called "culture wars" in the West. Each chapter addresses how the PC debate has continued to shape social and political discourse in different areas, including race relations, gender issues, terrorism and national security, higher education, the media, and immigration. The point is made that while some of the criticisms directed against PC are worthy of serious consideration and discussion, it is also true that PC, particularly in the era of Trump, has been increasingly employed as a form of ideological scapegoat to delegitimize and roll back language, attitudes, values, behaviors, and policies that are vital for promoting objectives associated with gender and racial equality, human
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements and Dedication -- Series Introduction -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Conclusion -- About the Editors and Contributors.
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    A Mashup World : Hybrids, Crossovers and Post-Reality (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527522916
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (319 pages)
    DDC: 306
    Keywords: Cultural fusion ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In the 21st century, hybrids (such as hybrid war, hybrid regimes, hybrid cars, and hybrid identities, among others) have become all-pervasive, and the computer term "mashup" has turned into a symbol of hybridity. This book highlights the phenomenon of hybridity and hybridization from a variety of angles and perspectives - in social and cultural practices, education and fiction - and notes the connecting patterns between hybridization in different fields of human endeavour.Perhaps the most important hallmark of our age is the crossover into the virtual. The spread of hybrids in "post-reality" has snowballed due to the Internet and the ease of the web-based dissemination of information and disinformation. New entities, such as fake news, have been put together using collage techniques with the result that make-believe events produce real-life effects. Without the special analysis provided in this book, this non/reality generated to manipulate people is unlikely to be differentiated from authentic stories.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Images -- Acknowledgements -- Prologue -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Conclusion -- Index.
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    'Black Lives Matter' : Cross-Media Resonance and the Iconic Turn of Language (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527521469
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (266 pages)
    DDC: 305.800973
    Keywords: Mass media and race relations-United States.. ; Black lives matter movement-United States.. ; African Americans-Social conditions-21st century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume focuses on the ongoing protest in the US against racial discrimination and racial profiling, which often result in the loss of black lives at the hands of police agents, a phenomenon that has recently attracted unprecedented media attention. The topics dealt with here, such as the relevance of the 'Black Lives Matter' movement, are currently included in a variety of education curricula in the US, and, in like manner, this book can be used in first and second level degrees in linguistic and cultural studies, communication, media studies and political sciences. It contains well-developed methodological sections (with tables, figures, graphs and notes), where the tenets of critical discourse analysis are concisely illustrated from its Foucauldian roots up to the more recent developments of multimodal critical discourse analysis and positive discourse analysis, as well as the contribution of the Sidney School with their emphasis on mapping culture through narrative genres and the wealth of resources for discourse analysis provided by the appraisal framework.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Final Considerations and the Agenda of Positive Discourse Analysis -- References.
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    Africana Jewish Journeys : Studies in African Judaism (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527523456
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (235 pages)
    DDC: 305.892406
    Keywords: Jews-Africa-History.. ; Jews-Africa-Identity.. ; Jews-India ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The contemporary phenomenon of people's attraction to Judaism around the world is remarkable. Additionally, millions of people who are not of Jewish descent are increasingly identifying themselves as Jews or are converting. In this volume, scholars and practitioners from a wide variety of disciplines explore multiple sources and meanings of this new shaping of modern Jewish identities in Africa, the United States, and India.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Contributors -- Part One -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Part Two -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Part Three -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Part Four -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen.
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    Cutting-Edge Topics and Approaches in Education and Applied Linguistics (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527523494
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (191 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Language and education ; Electronic books
    Abstract: In recent decades, learning another language and educating people with appropriate skills that address the requirements of the modern world have become significant issues. Today, around two billion people learn and use English to some extent, and this number is expected to rise. In the same vein, recent rapid technological advancements have made it mandatory to adjust the education system to fit the requirements of this era. Currently, in the field of education and applied linguistics various new approaches are applied. This book will provide the reader with the chance to read, learn and understand the recent topics, approaches and methodologies in education and applied linguistics in various fields. In this sense, it will serve as a reference book for undergraduate, graduate and PhD students and researchers who would like to learn about the recent developments in education and applied linguistics.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Section I: Studies in Education -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Section II: Studies in Applied Linguistics -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Conclusion -- Contributors -- Index.
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    Max Weber on China : Modernity and Capitalism in a Global Perspective (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527522213
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (242 pages)
    DDC: 301.092
    Keywords: Weber, Max,-1864-1920-Criticism and interpretation ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Who was Max Weber? How did he live? What were his dreams, desires and designs? What relationship existed between his life, his illness and his work? Why are his studies of capitalism and China still so important today?This book throws light on a problem-riddled Weber, a man lacerated by tragic contradictions, a great intellectual, nationalistic yet cosmopolitan. This investigation of his private life reveals a tender, impassioned man, who, at a time of overwhelming conflict, sought true life in love. Whether Confucianism impeded the birth of modern capitalism in China remains a controversial issue. Equally problematic is the theory of the Calvinistic origins of European capitalism. Weber, however, answers both questions in an original manner, while also providing a lesson in methodology which remains unparalleled to date. A century after his death, Max Weber remains a controversial figure of the political and social sciences.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part One: Max Weber: His Life and Scholarship -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Part Two: East, West and Modern Capitalism -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Part Three: Europe, the West, Asia -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    Governing Turbulence, Risk and Opportunities in the Complexity Age (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527522251
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (366 pages)
    Series Statement: World Complexity Science Academy Book Ser.
    DDC: 306.3
    Keywords: Economics-Sociological aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The book is composed of several articles that explore complexity in its most varied aspects. The solution of contemporary problems, whatever they may be, requires a multifaceted vision, far beyond the reductionist perspective. The study of complex systems, however, does not have the capacity to offer ready answers to the challenges of humanity. On the contrary, it points to the increase in uncertainty, the need to control variables, and uncertainty. This does not mean, therefore, that we should simply ignore the social, economic, and political phenomena that are all around us. What this book demonstrates is the importance of knowledge being disseminated, and it is imperative that different sciences exchange ideas, theories, and breakthroughs.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- The Complex System Approach as a Global Think Tank -- Orgullo y Exito en una Empresa de Vanguardia -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen.
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    Translation Revisited : Contesting the Sense of African Social Realities (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527526259
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (551 pages)
    DDC: 306.0967
    Keywords: Africa, Sub-Saharan-Social conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: How realistic is it to expect translation to render the world intelligible in a context shaped by different historical trajectories and experiences? Can we rely on human universals to translate through the unique and specific webs of meaning that languages represent? If knowledge production is a kind of translation, then it is fair to assume that the possibility of translation has largely rested on the idea that Western experience is the repository of these human universals against the background of which different human experiences can be rendered intelligible. The problem with this assumption, however, is that there are limits to Western claims to universalism, mainly because these claims were at the service of the desire to justify imperial expansion. This book addresses issues arising from these claims to universalism in the process of producing knowledge about diverse African social realities. It shows that the idea of knowledge production as translation can be usefully deployed to inquire into how knowledge of Africa translates into an imperial attempt at changing local norms, institutions and spiritual values. Translation, in this sense, is the normalization of meanings issuing from a local historical experience claiming to be universal. The task of producing knowledge of African social realities cannot be adequately addressed without a prior critical engagement with how translation has come to shape our ways of rendering Africa intelligible.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Translation through the Lens of History -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Part Two: The Translation of Power and the Power of Translation -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Part Three: Translation and Negotiating of Indigenous Semantics -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Part Four: Politics in Translation, the Virtual Worlds and Law in Situation -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty One -- Chapter Twenty Two -- Chapter Twenty Three -- Chapter Twenty Four -- Chapter Twenty Five.
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    Media, the State and Marginalisation : Tackling Challenges (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527526990
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (355 pages)
    DDC: 302.230954
    Keywords: Mass media policy-India.. ; Marginality, Social-India ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The media has a close relationship with socio-cultural and political systems in today's society. This relationship both offers the potential to tackle the various challenges associated with inequality and, at the same time, creates a nexus with the elite classes of society to keep the marginalized away from the mainstream. This complex relationship between the media, state and the marginalized becomes more complex and interesting in the Indian context, where we find diversity not only in groups and communities, but also in power-relations. This book, containing twenty-one chapters and an editorial introduction, thus, deals with Indian perspectives in relation to the media, the state and the marginalized sections of society. This book will be of interest to academics, scholars and students of social sciences, especially in the fields of media studies, political science and sociology. It will also be useful for the people working in the media industry.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- List of Tables -- List of Box Items -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Media and Political Communication -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Part II: Representation of the Marginalised and Media Ethics -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Part III: New Media, Social Media and Digital Activism -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Part IV: Alternative and Community Media -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- Part V: Critical Theory, Media Criticism and Media Reforms -- Chapter Seventeen -- Chapter Eighteen -- Chapter Nineteen -- Chapter Twenty -- Chapter Twenty-One -- Glossary -- Contributors -- Index.
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    The Absence of Evidence and Its Consequences in Travesties of Justice (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527527492
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (209 pages)
    DDC: 305.8924
    Keywords: Antisemitism-History.. ; Truthfulness and falsehood.. ; Fake news ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book is built on the assumption that very often what seems to be evidence turns out to be "fake news", while libels and stereotypes that have no foundation in reality are accepted as evidence, thus potentially causing travesties of justice. Examples are drawn here from several prominent and renowned case studies, including OJ Simpson's trial, and the fiasco of American intervention in Iraq to search for the traces of weapons of mass-destruction, which were not found. The book also explores the history of anti-Semitism, which is replete with false accusations, where evidence was lacking and Jews were nevertheless convicted. It also shows how the Arab-Israeli conflict also demonstrates how unfounded accusations can be sustained by lies, proving that beliefs and prejudices are sometime stronger than hard facts.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I - Fake Facts and Imagined Truths -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Part II - Anti-Semitism -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Part III - Arab and Muslim Phantasmagoria and Deception -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Abbreviated Summary -- Bibliography -- Analytical Index.
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    Bambui Arts and Culture (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527521643
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (144 pages)
    DDC: 306.096711
    Keywords: Cameroon-Social life and customs.. ; Manners and customs ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book focuses on the traditional arts and culture of Bambui, a kingdom in the western Grassfields of Cameroon. Although a small kingdom in comparison to much bigger kingdoms such as Mankon, Banso, Kom and Bali, the arts and culture of this kingdom have served, and continue to serve, as a way of life, as ritual, as decoration, and as a means of uniting with the sublime since pre-colonial times. However, in presenting the arts and culture of the western Grassfields, scholars have given much attention only to the dominant kingdoms. As such, Bambui, and many other smaller kingdoms have been rendered voiceless.This text brings forth the voice of one of the smallest kingdoms in the western Grassfields through the presentation of its historical arts, and culture, and the changes that have taken, and continue to take place, in the society. It represents primarily an examination of the socio-cultural organisation of the kingdom and the various kinds of art that are used within the different contexts. These milestones are well-illustrated with historical and contemporary images.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgement -- List of Objects -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Endnotes -- References.
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    Power and Truth in Political Discourse : Language and Ideological Narratives (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527523579
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (129 pages)
    DDC: 306.44
    Keywords: Language and languages-Political aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The book deals with the linguistic base of political discourse. It offers a theoretical model of the imbalance of power in human interaction from language communication to socio-political relations. It uses the basic principles of social semiotics to create a match between sociolinguistics and political science. The structural "semiology" of Ferdinand de Saussure and Roland Barthes' and Lévi-Strauss' "myth" theories are referred to in support of the idea that human collective psychology is regularly manipulated by politically-based ideological narratives that "go without saying". In the movement "out" of the structuralist binary oppositions between "right" and "wrong", Derrida's post-structural "deconstruction" contributes to the critique of western liberal democracy as regards "equality" and communal knowledge about the political truth.The book will appeal to researchers and university students of both linguistics and political science, as well as specialists in philosophy of language, philosophy of politics, communication theory and social psychology.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Foreword -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Works Cited.
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    Selected Studies on Rural Tourism and Development (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527526013
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (216 pages)
    DDC: 303.48409561
    Keywords: Rural development-Turkey ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Rural tourism is a form of tourism that is based on natural resources and requires intertwining with rural areas. It can be easily integrated with other types of tourism, and can be an effective global development strategy. Therefore, introducing rural tourism practices in various regions throughout the world allows further exploration of the reciprocal effects of agriculture, rural areas and tourism. This book provides insights into the potential of rural tourism potential and its future development, through unique examples and case studies drawn from Turkey, which has been increasingly implementing this form of tourism in recent years. Given the continued existence of traditional lifestyles in rural areas and villages, in addition to the rich cultural heritage, local handicrafts, and the natural flora and fauna, rural tourism holds massive potential for Turkey.The volume will appeal to both international academicians and tourism professionals and practitioners, in addition to anyone with an interest in rural areas and rural development.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Part I: Rural Tourısm Potentıal -- Rural Tourism Competitiveness of Turkey -- A Prominent Destination in Rural Tourism -- From Navigational Aids to Tourist Attractions -- Investigation of the Nature Sports -- Rural Tourism Potential of Igdir -- Use of Geographical Indications in Farm Tourism -- Determining the Potential Rural Tourism Areas and its Properties in Adiyaman -- Evaluation of Rural Architecture Samples from Northeast Anatolia -- Exploring the Tourism Potential of Nallihan District in Ankara and Proposals for Rural Development -- Ecotourism in Artvin -- Part II: Rural Tourısm Development -- A Sustainable Tool in Development of Local Communities -- The Importance of Gastronomy Image in Terms of Rural Tourism Development -- Evaluation of Rural Tourism Potential of Kirklareli and Utilizing Serious Leisure and Lifestyle Entrepreneurship for Development of Rural Tourism Supply -- Rural Development and Rural Tourism -- Transformation of Women's Labor into Income in the Scope of Rural Tourism -- Culinary Tourism and Rural Development.
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    Caring and Power in Female Leadership : A Philosophical Approach (2018)
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    Pages: 1 online resource (159 pages)
    Series Statement: Schwung; Critical Curating and Aesthetic Management for Art, Business and Politics Ser.
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    DDC: 303.34082
    Keywords: Leadership in women ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Can philosophical understandings of power and care illuminate roadblocks that disrupt the potential of women in leadership? This book examines leadership challenges by drawing upon debates that pulse through the history of philosophy and into present-day philosophical conversations and larger social concerns. Its in-depth engagement with Nietzsche's power theory, and its historically grounded discussion of debates in feminist ethics around sexual dualism and care, offer essential lessons for contemporary leadership studies. The book provides compelling examples from literature, film, and art history, as well as short case studies of contemporary lives, that productively demonstrate tensions between concepts and embodiments of caring and power. Its analysis of related notions of ressentiment, desire, disobedience, and resistance creates novel dimensions for addressing barriers that undermine successful female leadership, such as the "glass cliff." As such, the book reveals how philosophical investigations add to understandings in leadership, business ethics, and organization studies.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Bibliography -- Index.
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    The Seventh Age of Man : Issues, Challenges, and Paradoxes (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527526815
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (206 pages)
    DDC: 305.26
    Keywords: Aging-Social aspects.. ; Older people-Social conditions ; Electronic books
    Abstract: The Seventh Age of Man: Issues, Challenges, and Paradoxes is a collection of academic essays on Old Age. The contributors come from a wide range of fields of expertise, which accounts for the originality of the book. Depending on their respective disciplines, the authors resort to various methodological approaches, from sociological case studies to discourse analysis, and from historical and political theories to media criticism, but they often address similar questions - when are people to be considered as old, what does it mean to be old, how do we deal with ageing - and reach similar conclusions about the paradoxical representations of the elderly, whether in Renaissance Europe or in contemporary China. Although men and women are sometimes treated differently, in most societies, the older generation is alternately perceived as a threat and a burden, or as financial and moral support. If they are often criticized or ridiculed, especially when they try to retain their youthful looks long after their prime, the elderly also trigger a feeling of nostalgia as representatives of a past usually seen as more desirable than the present. Their resilience and independence are regularly emphasized, as well as their wisdom, as a result of their long experience, which helps them to contemplate their ends more serenely and which might turn them into models for their contemporaries.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Part I. Old Age in Contemporary Western Societies -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Part II. Old Age in the Renaissance, in England and Spain -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Part III. The Representation of Old Age on Screen and in the Media -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Part IV: The Experience of Old Age in Auto(fiction) -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Contributors.
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    The Cultural Fabric of the Americas : Essays from the 21st Annual Eugene Scassa MOAS Conference (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527520011
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (219 pages)
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    DDC: 306.0917/47
    Keywords: Cross-cultural studies-America ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This collection of essays includes papers presented at the 21st annual Eugene Scassa Mock OAS Conference, an inter-collegiate competition and prestigious academic conference focused on inter-American political systems and the politics, history, and culture of the Americas. The volume includes papers on US-Mexico and Mexico-Spain business relations written by experts from universities in Mexico; Organisation of American States intervention in Cuba and Venezuela; social histories of Mexico involving women's rights, civil rights of immigrants in the American Southwest, and the history and nuance of LGBT groups in Mexico; quantitative analysis of protest movements in Chile; religious history as pertaining to politics in the early United States; and a series of three short papers on the importance and legacy of sugar in the Caribbean. Written by recognized authorities in their fields and by promising new scholars alike, the collection presents a wide assortment of viewpoints and research backgrounds to portray the Americas and its vast and diverse cultural fabric.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve.
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    Megatrends and How to Survive Them : Preparing For 2032 (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527524750
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (212 pages)
    DDC: 303.49
    Keywords: Social prediction.. ; Strategic planning ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Behind the headlines, things are happening--remorselessly and inexorably. They will have more impact on the world than the passing news in today's headlines. The new global environment will be very different. Are you prepared? How will you, your family, and your business cope?Today's world is very noisy. How do you filter out what is important? How do you make sense of the future? What do you need to think about?This book explores the world as it could be in 2032--and the implications for you and your organisation. It investigates the twelve key megatrends that are changing in the world. For each one, the book discusses the impact, why it is important, how we got here, what could accelerate or slow this trend, and what individuals and organisations can do to survive and thrive in the new world of 2032.The contributors here are professionals in thinking about the future. They have worked with many high-profile organisations, have held senior line roles in major corporations and understand the needs of both decision makers and ordinary people.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Praise for the Book -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Index.
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    The Ground from Which We Speak : Joint Speech and the Collective Subject (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527526174
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (229 pages)
    DDC: 302.2
    Keywords: Communication-Social aspects ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Joint speech includes chanting, singing in unison, swearing public oaths, hollering at political rallies, and the humble ritual of singing "Happy Birthday". It is found wherever people speak or sing the same words at the same time. This familiar behavior is found in prayer and ritual, in protest, on the football terraces, in classrooms, and in many other situations of note. These occasions are considered highly significant to those who take part, and yet joint speech has not been addressed from a scientific or linguistic perspective until now. This book provides a broad framing of how we might study joint speech. It explores topics in linguistics, movement science, neuroscience, and beyond, but it does not assume the reader is at home in any of these. Rather, joint speech is familiar to us all, and the discussion here leads to a broader consideration of how we understand our collective nature. The topic provides an opportunity to address the difficulties and opportunities we encounter in considering collective subjects, collective meaning-making, and collective identities. Joint speech thus opens the door to a renewal of the human sciences in which we are not merely individuals, but are grounded in collectives of many kinds.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- I. Introducing Joint Speech -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- II. The Science of Joint Speech -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- III. Beyond Science as Normal -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- References -- Index.
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    International Journal of Business Anthropology, Volume 7 (2) (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527514713
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (151 pages)
    Series Statement: International Journal of Business Anthropology Ser.
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    DDC: 302.35
    Keywords: Business anthropology.. ; Corporate culture ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This issue of the International Journal of Business Anthropology contains seven articles including a special section of four papers from Japan with an editorial commentary. The editorial commentary briefly introduces business anthropology in Japan and the goals of editing a collection of articles from Japan. The first essay, "From 'Galapagos Syndrome' to Globalization: Japanese Businesses between Tradition and Virtual Reality" by Mary Reisel, presents the cultural factors that block traditional Japanese corporations from adapting faster to globalization, and explores the growing gap between them and the new virtual industries that are rapidly advancing. The second, "Variability of Boundary and Meaning of Diversity Attributes: Studies from Diversity Management at a Japanese SME" by Noriko Yagi, argues that an anthropological approach can contribute more to furthering understanding about the effect of diverse people working together in naturally occurring work groups. The third paper, "Creation of Corporate Identity: The Role of Rites and Symbol in Management" by Yi Zhu, examines by anthropological methods the ways in which a corporate entity's rites and symbols in management help construct a unique corporate identity, and the ways in which community members can cultivate a strong sense of belonging. The fourth article, "The New Business of Buddhism" by Yuko Nakamura, discusses the recent phenomenon of Japanese Buddhist organizations engaging in economic ventures such as restaurant businesses. The fifth essay, "Shared Business Culture Value: An Anthropological Study of the Endogenous Mechanism of Islamic Food Safety in China" by Shao-Hong Yong et al., proposes a conceptual model of a "Shared Business Culture Value" as the endogenous mechanism of Islamic food safety in China. The sixth paper, "Enterprise Anthropology: The Fourth Evolution of
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Statement of International Journal of Business Anthropology -- Editorial Commentary -- From "Galapagos Syndrome" to Globalization -- Variability of Boundary and Meaning of Diversity Attributes -- Creation of Corporate Identity -- The New Business of Buddhism -- Shared Business Culture Value -- Enterprise Anthropology -- Resolving Conflict and Business Anthropology.
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    Whistleblowing : White-Collar Fraud Signal Detection (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527524965
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (244 pages)
    DDC: 302.35
    Keywords: Whistle blowing ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Very few white-collar criminals are detected. They are able to commit and conceal their fraud to benefit their organization or themselves, and continue in their privileged professional positions as members of the elite in society. When rumors of misconduct and crime occur, white-collar offenders are often so powerful that nothing happens to them. Some are too powerful to detect, investigate, prosecute, and jail.Whistleblowers play an important role in detection. They detect crime signals and send messages to people who can do something about the situation. They may report internally to executives or auditors, or they may send messages externally to journalists or public authorities.After discussion of white-collar fraud in the perspective of convenience theory, this book moves into its core of fraud signal detection, detailing the key terms signal strength, signal alertness, pattern recognition, and personal experience. The book then presents four case studies where whistleblowers reported fraud suspicions. After whistleblowing, fraud examiners were hired to reconstruct past events in private internal investigations.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- White-Collar Fraud -- Magnitude of White-Collar Crime -- Edwin Sutherland -- Offence Characteristics -- Offender Characteristics -- Occupational and Business Crime -- Criminals after Conviction -- Chapter Two -- Convenience Orientation -- Economical Motive -- Organizational Opportunity -- Personal Willingness -- Chapter Three -- Sources of Crime Detection -- Auditing Role in Crime Detection -- Crime Signal Detection Theory -- Lack of Crime Signal Detection -- Revised Signal Detection Theory -- Chapter Four -- Crime Signal Quality -- Crime Signal Detection -- Signal Detection Intelligence -- Tacit and Explicit Knowledge -- Knowledge Workers -- Value Shop Configuration -- Chapter Five -- Problematic Whistleblowing Situations -- Characteristics of Whistleblowers -- Whistleblowing Intentions -- Whistleblowers as Information Sources -- Organizational Impact -- Chapter Six -- Corruption Investigation -- Whistleblower Retaliation -- Whistleblowers A and B -- Social Conflict Theory -- Tip of the Crime Iceberg -- Groups in Grimstad Conflict -- Religious Network -- The Case Goes On -- Chapter Seven -- Police Immigration Unit -- Immigration Unit Investigation -- Blame Game Hypothesis -- Chapter Eight -- Statement of Facts -- Deloitte Investigation -- Whistleblower Concerns -- Deloitte Findings -- Chapter Nine -- The Island and Municipality -- KomRev Investigation -- Economical Convenience -- Organizational Convenience -- Behavioral Convenience -- Religious Organizations -- Evaluation of Report -- The Whistleblower at Skjærvøy -- Analysis of the Whistleblower -- Chapter Ten -- Investigation Challenges -- Police versus Internal Investigations -- Implications from Convenience -- Investigation Reports in the United States -- Investigation Reports in Norway -- Chapter Eleven -- Supervisory Body.
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    New Ritual Society : Consumerism and Culture in the Contemporary Era (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527514881
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (205 pages)
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    DDC: 306.3
    Keywords: Consumption (Economics)-Social aspects.. ; Civilization, Modern-20th century.. ; Civilization, Modern-21st century ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Consumerism has established itself as a dominant lifestyle, but the reasons behind this are often unclear. This study revisits a large amount of diverse research, and argues that consumerism is a powerful ritual "machine" that can make up for the modern lack of values with new symbols and rituals. Consumerism made its claim between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, when the traditional symbolic world had ended and a new one had not yet emerged. Slowly but progressively, consumerism begun to develop new symbolic forms and new social rituals, becoming the basis for new mimetic behaviours. As nationalism has progressively declined, consumerism has permeated the entire social fabric. Supermarkets and shopping malls must be interpreted in the light of their ritual significance, as temples and holy cities of a new symbolic order. In the consumeristic era, many people are led to think and imagine in consumer terms, to identify themselves through consumption rituals. The impact of consumerism on culture, from literature to art, should not be underestimated. Many artists have tried to develop their aesthetics by triggering a dialectical, or openly critical, confrontation with consumerism. This book also takes into account the development of violence and the effects of consumerism on childhood and new generations.The book contains a preface by the German anthropologist Christoph Wulf, and the images illustrating the text are by Belgian artist Michel Couturier.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Michel Couturier's Images -- Preface By Christoph Wulf -- Introduction -- The Origin of Consumerism -- In the Beginning was Anomie -- Elementary Forms of Civil Religion -- Rituals and Society -- The System of Objects -- Social Representations -- The Money God -- The Cult of Abundance -- The Cathedral of Consumption -- The Drug of Propaganda -- The Christmas Fairytale -- Art and Advertising -- Photography and Memory -- Ways of Re-Enchantment -- New Age Generations -- Sex and High Culture -- Psychographics -- Consuming Childhood -- Temporary Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- Bibliography.
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    Global Discourse in Fractured Times : Perspectives on Journalism, Media, Education, and Politics (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527514645
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (307 pages)
    Series Statement: Global Communication Ser.
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    DDC: 302.2
    Keywords: Communication.. ; Mass media ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Communication and information, facilitated by the internet and social media, play a highly influential role in the daily lives of peoples around the world. Drawing attention to many contemporary issues, the contents of this eclectic, multifaceted, international, and well-researched volume are engaging, thought-provoking, and informative. This book will be of great value to researchers and media professionals, and will serve as an essential resource for senior and graduate-level college courses in international communication, cultural studies, mass media, journalism, political communication, and related subjects.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Journalism in the Era of Trump: A Keynote Speech -- Part One: News Agencies, Media Responsibility, and Regulation -- The Political Economy of Attention -- Social Responsibility and the Framing of the Refugee Issue in the Greek Press -- European Audio-visual Policies -- Part Two: Globalization, Twitter Diplomacy, and Brand Building -- Teaching Media Ethics in a Global Context -- Globalization as Expressed by Global Brands -- Twitter Diplomacy in the Gulf Cooperation Council -- Social Media Poli-tricks -- Part Three: Refugees, Holocaust, and Cybermourning -- Resilience and Belonging among Bhutanese Refugees -- How Holocaust Survivors in the United States and Germany Respond to Holocaust Denial -- More Than a Comedian -- Part Four: Individualism/Collectivism, Teaching Media Ethics, Educational Use of Social Media, and Third and First-Person Effects on Video Games -- Individualism/Collectivism Affects the Choices of University Website Design Features -- College Students' Attitudes towards the Adoption of Social Media Use in the Classroom -- Third and First-person Effects on Video-game Content -- About the Editor and Contributors -- Index.
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    Values, World Society and Modelling Yearbook 2017 (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527515543
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (219 pages)
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als
    DDC: 303.372
    Keywords: Social values.. ; Political geography.. ; Comparative government ; Electronic books
    Abstract: World events in 2017 have revealed the fundamental features of social systems and their trajectories. Is the world becoming a better place in terms of wellbeing, wealth, health, peace and the environment? The structure of power is changing, with the prominent roles played by Trump, Putin and Xi, and, while the West is growing and still dominant, the relative growth in the East is greater. Other cultural formations, such as languages, religions and political cultures, have also risen and fallen. How have different social groups related to one another, and how have social divisions manifested themselves in the different systems of society? An analysis of the surprising election in the UK here leads to a gravitational model of party trajectories in political space, while the fascinating 358-year trajectory of mathematical knowledge relating to Fermat's Last Theorem and modularity is also presented. As such, this is a book about peace and conflict, politics, international relations, social science and quantitative methods.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.
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    Eastern European Perspectives on Celtic Studies (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527524491
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (224 pages)
    DDC: 302.244094109175916
    Keywords: Celtic literature-History and criticism.. ; Celtic languages-Study and teaching ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This volume brings together contributions from a range of scholars, not only from the Celtic heartlands, but further afield such as Austria, Canada and Poland. The chapters are based upon a number of presentations on a wide range of Celtic Studies given at a conference in Poznań, Poland, in October 2014. The book, as such, emphasizes the international aspect of the field, and highlights the relatively strong position of Celtic Studies in Poland, through the inclusion of Polish scholars working on Irish and Breton, and by introducing an academic audience to the 'conversation' on Celtic matters which was held recently on Polish soil.Celtic Studies are currently undergoing a series of changes with respect to the approaches adopted, and the field is brought into question in this volume with an examination of the notion of Celtoscepticism, which, as pointed out, when tackled in the right way, can breathe new life into the subject and can be viewed as a positive movement. As such, a number of contributions here problematize the changes in thinking of many linguists over the concept of who is a speaker of a Celtic language and how well they speak it, as well as the connection between traditional Celtic cultural practices and the concept of well-being. The volume also provides chapters on Mediaeval Celtic Studies which showcase the work of a number of emerging scholars in the field, who examine various aspects of Celtic textuality in Mediaeval Scotland, Brittany and Wales. Indeed, this book gives voice to a number of early career scholars, placing them carefully alongside more established scholars in the field, in order to show the continuation of established methods of investigation.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Contributors and Editors.
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    Women's Empowerment for Sustainability in Africa (2018)
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    ISBN: 9781527526228
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (494 pages)
    DDC: 305.42096
    Keywords: Women in development-Government policy-Africa.. ; Sustainable development-Africa ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book uses an open, explorative approach to deal with the different aspects of gender discrimination and gender empowerment policies, as well as their impact on economic development and capacity-building in several African countries. It uses primary and secondary data to present the argument that, without the full input of women, sustainable development will not be achieved in many African countries. This book is the first text written by knowledgeable gender issue experts that understand the culture of, and lived and conducted research in, Africa. It provides many examples of the relationships between gender and economic development around the African continent, highlighting different processes and practices. As such, the contributors here illustrate the impact of weak gender policies, and the ability to adequately develop female capacity building that could lead to wide-spread sustainable economic growth in Africa. They also explore a wide range of new dimensions and variables that are commonly ignored by other text books on gender equality. The book will help graduate, undergraduate students and other readers to understand women's policies in the past, present, and future by analysing and illustrating cultural, political and socio-historical contexts which have shaped women's role in the economic and sustainable development of Africa.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- About the Editor -- List of Acronyms -- Chapter One -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Chapter Fifteen -- Chapter Sixteen -- List of Contributors.
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    Contested Minorities of the Middle East and Asia (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527526310
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (161 pages)
    DDC: 305.00956
    Keywords: Minorities-Middle East.. ; Minorities-Asia.. ; Middle East-Relations.. ; Asia-Relations ; Electronic books
    Abstract: Relations among minorities and majorities, whether religious, ethnic, cultural or other, have been a triggering factor of social dynamics all over the world for millennia. Indeed, their relevance has further grown in recent decades due to turbulent politics and rapidly changing social relations. The Middle East and Asia have traditionally been home to a vast array of religious and ethnic groups, yet a series of both armed and ideological conflicts have begun to re-shape their classic complex social composition.This volume offers valuable insights into the issue of minorities in various geographical and political settings, from the Uyghurs of China and the modern Christian movements of India to the Romas and Dervishes of early 20th century Iran, the Mandaeans of Mesopotamia, and the Muslims of Western Europe.
    Abstract: Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- Meeting the Otherness -- Is there Female Theology in Islam? -- The Near Orient? The Transfer of "Otherness" to European Contexts -- Christian Sannyasis at the Edge between (Religious) Minority and Majority in India -- Uyghur Separatism -- Minority and Majority Representations of Jerusalem in Islamist Ideology -- The Mandaeans -- Abstracts -- About the Authors.
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    The Policy and Practice of English Medium of Instruction (EMI) in Pakistani Universities (2018)
    Newcastle-upon-Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publisher
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    ISBN: 9781527526907
    Language: English
    Pages: 1 online resource (269 pages)
    DDC: 306.4495491
    Keywords: Language and education-Pakistan.. ; Education, Higher-Pakistan.. ; English language-Study and teaching (Higher)-Pakistan ; Electronic books
    Abstract: This book discusses the perceptions of staff and students with regards to the policy and practice of English as the medium of instruction (EMI) in Pakistani universities. Findings from qualitative and quantitative data collected in two public universities are compared to identify perceptions of problems concerning English as a medium of instruction for postgraduate study. The research also examines participants' attitudes towards the use of Pakistani English (PakE), a distinct variety of English different from other dialects such as American English and British English in its various linguistic features, in higher education settings. The findings explore the gap between the policy and practice of EMI, and expose various multi-layered and inevitable issues.
    Abstract: Intro -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgement -- Abbreviations -- Chapter One -- 1.1 The Linguistic Profile of Pakistan -- 1.2 The Context of the Study -- 1.3 The Framework of the Research -- 1.4 Research Questions -- 1.5 Aims and Objectives -- 1.6 Significance of the Study -- Chapter Two -- Introduction -- 2.1 The Policy on Language in Education -- 2.1.1 Language Policy and Implementation -- 2.2 Language Policy and Practice in Pakistan -- 2.2.1 Influences on Language Policy and Practice in Pakistan -- 2.3 Language Policies Favouring English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) -- 2.3.1 Higher Education in Language Policies -- 2.4 Attitudes towards various Languages in Higher Education in Pakistan -- 2.4.1 Attitudes towards English as the Medium of Instruction (EMI) -- Chapter Three -- Introduction -- 3.1 External Influences on the Status and Role of English in Pakistan -- 3.1.1 The Globalisation of English -- 3.1.2 Linguistic Imperialism -- 3.1.3 English as a Lingua Franca -- 3.1.4 World Englishes (WEs) -- 3.1.5 English in South Asia -- 3.2 Internal Influences on the Status and Role of English -- 3.2.1 Emergence of Pakistani English (PakE) -- 3.2.2 The Indigenisation of English in Pakistan -- 3.2.3 Models of English -- Chapter Four -- Introduction -- 4.1 English Language Teaching (ELT) in Pakistani Institutions -- 4.2 The English Language Curriculum -- 4.2.1 Curriculum in Pakistan -- 4.3 Teaching Methodology -- 4.3.1 Teaching Methodology in Pakistan -- 4.4 English Language Assessment -- 4.4.1 Traditional Tests versus Performance-based Tests -- 4.4.2 English Language Assessment in Pakistan -- 4.4.3 The Washback Effect of Examinations -- 4.5 Teacher Education in Pakistan -- 4.6 Language Anxiety and Achievement -- 4.6.1 Motivation and Language Acquisition -- 4.6.2 Model of Motivation -- 4.6.3 Clement et al. (1977).
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