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Persona Studies
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2019
The definitive and first major text on personas in contemporary culture
Modern social media and communication technologies have reshaped our identities and transformed contemporary culture, revealing an expanded and intensified reforming of our collective online behavior. Billions of people...
Crazy Culture
The Sins of Civilization
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2012
Crazy Culture is a series of broadsides against many widely held misconceptions in both academe and the general public, who is often seen clustering under the politically correct banner of multiculturalism. Heinegg confronts the notion that all culture—especially that of non-westerners and oppressed...
The People and Culture of Japan
Conversations Between Donald Keene and Shiba Ryotaro
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
This book features conversations between Donald Keene, a preeminent scholar of Japanese literature, and Shiba Ryotaro, the author who continued to contemplate the human condition through his original and distinctive lens of history. These talks—which mainly explore the foundation of Japanese culture—took...
The Evolution of Goth Culture
The Origins and Deeds of the New Goths
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
The origins and deeds of the old Goths were constructed by Roman historians in fear of the Goth as a barbarian outsider; at the same time, the Goths were themselves the heroic subject of their own histories, constructed by their supporters as stories of their mythical origin and the deeds that led...
by Sébastien LECOMTE, Yasmina SALMANDJEE LECOMTE
Language: French
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: French
Release Date: September 25, 2014
La "High Tech" pour tous ! Le premier guide de "CULTURE GE" consacré aux nouvelles technologies.
La "High Tech" pour tous ! Le premier guide de "CULTURE GE" consacré aux nouvelles technologies.
Les "Nuls" expliquent les technologies "High Tech" : origine, concepts fondamentaux, informatique...
Pot Culture
The A-Z Guide to Stoner Language and Life
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Do you know the difference between burning one and Burning Man? Does using the name Marley as an adjective make total sense to you? Do you chuckle to yourself when the clock strikes 4:20? Are you convinced that the movie Dazed and Confused deserved an Oscar? If you answered "Dude!" to any...
Connecting Metal to Culture
Unity in Disparity
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
Though it’s given little attention—and even less serious attention— by the mainstream press, metal music has for decades been a major creative and cultural force around the world. This book brings together a group of contributors from Europe, North America, and the Caribbean to make a case...
Trinidad & Tobago - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
The twin Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago could hardly be more different. Trinidad is vibrant, cosmopolitan, culturally diverse, and multiethnic, with a population descended from East Indian, African, Spanish, French, Dutch, American, Chinese, Syrian, and English forebears. This potent mix...
Australia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Australia is different—a vast island-continent with distances so great that the capital of Western Australia is closer to Singapore than it is to Sydney. The landscape embraces magnificent tropical rainforests and deserts the size of several European states; temperate areas that sustain a flourishing...
Culture Crash
The Killing of the Creative Class
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
Change is no stranger to us in the twenty-first century. We must constantly adjust to an evolving world, to transformation and innovation. But for many thousands of creative artists, a torrent of recent changes has made it all but impossible to earn a living. A persistent economic recession, social...
Pakistan - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2013
Pakistan is a land with a unique history, formed by migrating peoples who have left their footprint in its diverse cultures, languages, literature, food, dress, and folklore. The country is besieged by bad news, but despite the political turmoil the everyday life of its people is more stable, rich,...
Germany - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
With the FIFA World Cup in its pocket Germany is feeling its social, political, and economic power once again. After organizing a successful World Cup in 2006 and winning it against Argentina in Brazil in 2014, Germany sees a note of confidence, even triumphalism, permeating the country. As a European...
A Geek in Korea
Discovering Asia's New Kingdom of Cool
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2014
For every fan of K-Pop music, Korean Wave dramas and Kimchi—or anyone intrigued by Korea and Korean culture—A Geek in Korea is a hip, new guide to the land of the Samsung smartphone and Gangnam Style.
Author Dan Tudor first arrived in Korea on the eve of the 2002 World Cup when South Korea...
Ukraine - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
This revised and updated edition of Culture Smart! Ukraine reveals a country in the throes of change. The euphoria of the famous Orange Revolution has vanished. The momentum for reform has been checked and the forces of authoritarianism have returned. Even so, modernization continues apace and people...