Social Cultural Studies category: 176761 books
Mexico's Cinema
A Century of Film and Filmmakers
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
In recent years, Mexican films have received high acclaim and impressive box-office returns. Moreover, Mexico has the most advanced movie industry in the Spanish-speaking world, and its impact on Mexican culture and society cannot be overstated. Mexico's Cinema: A Century of Film and Filmmakers is...
Enlightenment in the Colony
The Jewish Question and the Crisis of Postcolonial Culture
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2009
Enlightenment in the Colony opens up the history of the "Jewish question" for the first time to a broader discussion--one of the social exclusion of religious and cultural minorities in modern times, and in particular the crisis of Muslim identity in modern India.
Aamir Mufti identifies...
Euro-Caribbean Societies in the 21st Century
Offshore finance, local élites and contentious politics
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2018
This edited collection examines the realities of the last remnants of the European colonial empires in the Caribbean, namely the British, Dutch and French overseas territories.
Although known and perhaps infamous for their role as high-end tourist destinations and financial centres, these small...
by Lucas Lixinski
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the legal issues around intangible cultural heritage (also known as traditional cultural expressions or folklore). It explores both institutional and substantive responses the law offers to the safeguarding of intangible heritage, relying heavily on critiques...
Fleshing the Spirit
Spirituality and Activism in Chicana, Latina, and Indigenous Women’s Lives
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Fleshing the Spirit brings together established and new writers exploring the relationships between the physical body, the spirit and spirituality, and social justice activism. Examining the complex and dynamic connections among these concepts, the writers emphasize the value of “flesh and blood...
by William C. Foster
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012
Climate change is today’s news, but it isn’t a new phenomenon. Centuries-long cycles of heating and cooling are well documented for Europe and the North Atlantic. These variations in climate, including the Medieval Warm Period (MWP), AD 900 to 1300, and the early centuries of the Little Ice Age...
Intercultural Couples
Exploring Diversity in Intimate Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2011
While cross-cultural relations were once assumed to be inherently problematic, in recent years these couples have increased in both numbers and social acceptance, and there is now a growing awareness of how little we really know about them. Addressing this gap in our knowledge, this book presents...
La Verdad
An International Dialogue on Hip Hop Latinidades
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2016
From its earliest days, hip hop was more than just music, encapsulating the ideas of community and exchange. Artists like Mellow Man Ace and Kid Frost opened doors by infusing Spanish into their lyrics, calling for racial and social equality; others employed hip hop to comment on the effects of neo-liberalization...
by Shenshen Cai
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2016
Most current research on the evolution of China’s propaganda discourse only touches upon recent variations of official propaganda rhetoric grounded in popular media. Here, the research is extended by tapping into the most recently released popular cultural media narratives such as online documentaries,...
Staging Faith
Religion and African American Theater from the Harlem Renaissance to World War II
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2013
In the years between the Harlem Renaissance and World War II, African American playwrights gave birth to a vital black theater movement in the U.S. It was a movement overwhelmingly concerned with the role of religion in black identity. In a time of profound social transformation fueled by a massive...
White Women's Work
Examining the Intersectionality of Teaching, Identity, and Race
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Historically, white women have had a tremendous influence on establishing the ideological, political, and cultural scaffold of American public schools. Pedagogical orientations, school policies, and classroom practices are underwritten by white, cisgender, feminine, and middle to upper class social and...
Asia
Cultural politics in the global age
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2001
A valuable introductory book for students, Western or otherwise, in Asian studies.
Tan See Kam, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
It is timely that a sophisticated discussion of modernity and postmodernity be introduced to Asian Studies, and this text clearly offers a beginning...
The Changing Face of Korean Cinema
1960 to 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
The rapid development of Korean cinema during the decades of the 1960s and 2000s reveals a dynamic cinematic history which runs parallel to the nation’s political, social, economic and cultural transformation during these formative periods.
This book examines the ways in which South Korean...
Multimedia Stardom in Hong Kong
Image, Performance and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
This book details original research into the practices and discourse of multimedia stardom alongside changing social and cultural landscapes in Hong Kong since 1980. It examines the cultural and sociological significance of stardom in the region, and the conditions which gave rise to such famous stars...