Cultural Studies category: 176761 books
Violent Femmes
Women as Spies in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2007
The female spy has long exerted a strong grip on the popular imagination. With reference to popular fiction, film and television Violent Femmes examines the figure of the female spy as a nexus of contradictory ideas about femininity, power, sexuality and national identity. Fictional representations...
by Peter Manoleas
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Discover a culturally competent model of clinical case management in mental health practice settings. In The Cross-Cultural Practice of Clinical Case Management, author Peter Manoleas synthesizes some of the existent thinking on case management in cross-cultural psychotherapy settings and develops...
The Reorder of Things
The University and Its Pedagogies of Minority Difference
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
In the 1960s and 1970s, minority and women students at colleges and universities across the United States organized protest movements to end racial and gender inequality on campus. African American, Chicano, Asia American, American Indian, women, and queer activists demanded the creation of departments...
by Jitendra Jain
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
Seminar paper from the year 2007 in the subject Cultural Studies - Empiric Cultural Studies, grade: 2.0, Ruhr-University of Bochum (European Culture & Economy), course: MA (ECUE), language: English, abstract: End of the 20th century has witnessed sudden emergence of 'Identity Culture'. More and...
Sueños Americanos
Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Education is a primary route to rewarding employment and economic security. It is particularly significant for the future prospects of children who are ethnic minorities, were born into disadvantaged economic circumstances, or are dealing with language barriers.
For nearly a decade Julio Cammarota...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2007
The Sanskrit Mahabharata is one of the most important texts to emerge from the Indian cultural tradition. At almost 75,000 verses it is the longest poem in the world, and throughout Indian history it has been hugely influential in shaping gender and social norms. In the context of ancient India, it...
The African Diaspora in India
Assimilation, Change and Cultural Survivals
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
This book explores the understudied and often overlooked subject of African presence in India. It focuses on the so-called Sidis, Siddis or Habshis who occupy a unique place in Indian history. The Sidis comprise scattered communities of people of African descent who travelled and settled along the...
The Peoples Of Las Vegas
One City, Many Faces
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2005
Beneath the glitzy surface of the resorts and the seemingly cookie-cutter suburban sprawl of Las Vegas lies a vibrant and diverse ethnic life. People of varied origins make up the population of nearly two million and yet, until now, little mention of the city has been made in studies and discussion...
by John Tomlinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2013
Globalization is now widely discussed but the debates often remain locked within particular disciplinary discourses. This book brings together for the first time a social theory and cultural studies approach to the understanding of globalization.
The book starts with an analysis of the relationship...
From Class Struggle to the Politics of Pleasure
The Effects of Gramscianism on Cultural Studies
Language: English
Release Date: January 11, 2013
This book examines the rise of cultural studies and evaluates its strengths and weaknesses. The author raises searching questions about the originality of cultural studies and its political motivation. Written with zest and a judicious sense of purpose it is a landmark work in cultural studies media and the sociology of culture.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
In the years since the death of Kim Jong-il and the formal acknowledgement of Kim Jong-un as head of state, the North Korean regime has made a series of moves to further augment and consolidate the ideological foundations of Kimism and cement the young leader’s legitimacy. Historical narratives...
The Yearbook of China's Cultural Industries 2011
Editorial Board of the Yearbook of Chinas Cultural Industries
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2016
The Yearbook of Chinas Cultural Industries is a large comprehensive, authoritative and informative annual which accurately records and reflects the annual development of cultural industries in China. It is also a large reference book with abundant information on cultural industries in China and a...
Phenomenologies of the City
Studies in the History and Philosophy of Architecture
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Phenomenologies of the City: Studies in the History and Philosophy of Architecture brings architecture and urbanism into dialogue with phenomenology. Phenomenology has informed debate about the city from social sciences to cultural studies. Within architecture, however, phenomenological inquiry has...
Poor, but Sexy
Reflections on Berlin Scenes
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Poor, But Sexy: Reflections on Berlin Scenes offers readers a varied cross-section of the city’s scenes, providing a prismatic view of one of Europe’s mythical cultural capitals. The authors gathered here address a range of topics, including Turkish gay clubs, queer filmmaking, record labels,...