CULTURE

18th Century JapanCulture and Society The period of Japanese history before the advent of industrialisation and modernism is of tremendous interest. The essays in this collection show a fascination with the social context behind the development of aesthetics drama language art and philosophy whether it be the world of the pleasure quarters or the Shogun's court. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138159570

3D Cell CultureFundamentals and Applications in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine 3D cell culture is yet to be adopted and exploited to its full potential. It promises to upgrade and bring our understanding about human physiology to the highest level with the scope of applying the knowledge for better diagnosis as well as therapeutics. The focus of this book is on the direct impact of novel technologies and their evolution into viable products for the benefit of human race. It also describes the fundamentals of cell microenvironment to bring forth the relevance of 3D cell culture in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. It discusses the extracellular matrix/microenvironment (ECM) and emphasizes its significance for growing cells in 3D to accomplish physiologically viable cell mass/tissue ex vivo. The book bridges the knowledge gaps between medical need and the technological applications through illustrations. It discusses the available models for 3D cell culture as well as the techniques to create substrates and scaffolds for achieving desired 3D microenvironment. Media > Books > Print Books Pan Stanford Publishing 9789814774536

A Brief History of American Culture "The discussion of each period is wide-ranging analyzing movements and spotlighting major figures in politics and philosophy law and literature economics and education jazz and journalism science and civil rights. A readable insightful overview of the underlying patterns that give shape to U.S. cultural history. Nonacademic readers will find Crunden's selective bibliographical essay helpful". -- Booklist Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315706917

A Cloister on TrialReligious Culture and Everyday Life in Late Medieval Hungary In 1517 the usually tranquil friary in the Hungarian town of Körmend found itself at the centre of controversy when its Augustinian friars charged with drunkenness sexual abuses and liturgical negligence were driven out and replaced with observant Franciscans. The agent of change in this conflict cardinal Thomas Bakócz claimed to be acting in the name of ’cloister reform’ motivated by a religious agenda while the Augustinians portrayed themselves as the victims of a political game. Based on the surviving interrogations of a papal enquiry into these events this book illuminates the tensions and potential conflict that lurked within the religious culture of a seemingly unremarkable and remote town. The story of the friary trial of Körmend provides a fascinating window into religion and society of Europe at the dawn of the Reformation investigating the processes by which ordinary people emerge as historical agents from the written records. By focussing on their experiences as represented in the trial documents the book reveals the spaces and borders of individual and communal action within the dynamic of lay-clerical relations negotiated in a friary reform at the beginning of the 16th century. Furthermore the moral nature of the accusations levelled at the Augustinians - and whether these were justified or instigated for political reasons - offers further insights into the nature of late-medieval Catholicism and the claims of Protestant reformers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138379930

A Contemporary Introduction to SociologyCulture and Society in Transition The influential authors significantly update their popular introductory text that invites students to reflect on their lives in the context of the combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. The authors show how culture is central to understanding many world problems as they challenge readers to confront the problems and possibilities of an era in which the futures of the physical and social environments seem uncertain. As culture rapidly changes in the 21st century the authors have successfully incorporated these nuances with many important updates on race and racism Black Lives Matter the rise of populist politics ISIS new social media feminist perspectives on sex work trans and non-gender conforming identities and more. New to this edition: New data text box examples photos exercises study questions and glossary terms appear throughout. New discussions added of arts-based and participatory approaches to research historical changes in the perception of deviance legalization of marijuana; Islam vs. secularism in France new forms of socialization heteronormative and essentialist language related to sex and gender intersections of social class and other identities the prison industrial complex informal sharing economies atheism and more. New text boxes include: Young Saudis Find Freedom in their Phones How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life School-to-Prison Pipeline India’s Reproductive Assembly Line Workers Feel Pain of Layoffs Like Prohibition the fight over guns is about something else Micro-aggression and Changing Moral Cultures Praise for A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology "Treats sociology as a living vibrant discipline. The book is a masterful synthesis written in a style that is at once sophisticated engaging and accessible."—Peter Kivisto Augustana College "Alexander and Thompson have produced the modern textbook we have all been waiting for—comprehensive and coherent but above all intelligent. Designed to make teaching sociology unproblematic the book is the ideal combination of theory evidence and accessibility."—Bryan S. Turner editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology"Sets new standards in speaking directly to students of the most significant recent developments in sociology and social changes they are living. It shows how inspiring the sociological imagination can be in areas like media sexuality gender relations inequality and globalization.—Lyn Spillman University of Notre Dame"A truly contemporary sociology one that mines the classics of sociology for insights into a profoundly changed postmodern world. Most important the book reminds us of sociology’s capacity to surprise."—Francesca Polletta University of California–Irvine"An extraordinary textbook that synthesizes a wealth of sociological studies. The book is engaging and readable key concepts are clearly defined and important theories are succinctly explicated. I highly recommend it to students and faculty alike."—William Julius Wilson Harvard University Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138282049

A Critical Study of Thailand’s Higher Education ReformsThe culture of borrowing This book offers a critical examination of contemporary higher education reforms in Thailand situated in the broader historical socio-economic and political changes. Through a qualitative case study with three methods of inquiry this book explores why different 'global education policies' such quasi-privatisation internationalization as quality assessment (QA) have resonated in Thailand higher education sector. Grounded in policy borrowing and lending this book uses the politics economics and culture of borrowing to analyse major reforms in Thailand for the past one hundred years. It is argued that historical legacy policy contexts and belief systems of policy elites play pivotal roles in facilitating policy changes or the lack thereof. While historical analysis elucidates that the Thai state has always been an active borrower of western ideas the perseverance of the 'Thai-ness' discourse has often been used to suggest its so-called independence and idiosyncrasy. This in-depth analysis of the Thai case aims to contribute to the critical studies in Asian education comparative higher education policy borrowing and lending and Thai studies. The Culture of Borrowing intensively studies the policy appropriation in the Thai education system by analysing: •　　　　　 Selective Borrowing and the Historical Development of Thai Higher Education •　　　　　 The Asian Economic Crisis as Window of Opportunity: Autonomous University •　　　　　Internationalization of Teaching: Quantitative and Qualitative Challenges •　　　　　 The Emergence of Quality Policies and their Rationales •　　　　　 The Intended and Unintended Consequences of Quality Policies This book will appeal to researchers in Education particularly to scholars studying educational policies within the context of tertiary education. It will also interest scholars specialising in Asian and South-east Asian Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138575868

A Cruel Theatre of Self-ImmolationsContemporary Suicide Protests by Fire and Their Resonances in Culture A Cruel Theatre of Self-Immolations investigates contemporary protest self-burnings and their echoes across culture. The book provides a conceptual frame for the phenomenon and an annotated comprehensive timeline of suicide protests by fire supplemented with notes on artworks inspired by or devoted to individual cases. The core of the publication consists of six case studies of these ultimate acts augmented with analyses and interpretations hailing from the visual arts film theatre architecture and literature. By examining responses to these events within an interdisciplinary frame Ziółkowski highlights the phenomenon’s global reach and creates a broad yet in-depth exploration of the problems that most often prompt these self-burnings such as religious discrimination and harassment war and its horrors the brutality and indoctrination of authoritarian regimes and the apathy they produce as well as the exploitation of the so-called "subalterns" and their exclusion from mainstream economic systems. Of interest to scholars from an array of fields from theatre and performance to visual art to religion and politics A Cruel Theatre of Self-Immolations offers a unique look at voluntary demonstrative and radical performances of shock and subversion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367180645

A Culture of Its OwnTaking Latin America Seriously A Culture of Its Own: Taking Latin America Seriously presents Mark Falcoff's essays on the region. Many of them are contentious; none of them are dull. He ranges from bilingualism to the cult of Garcia Lorca from U.S.-Cuban relations to Chile's curious love affair with Germany. On more than one occasion Falcoff takes aim at American journalism and scholarship both of which he argues have all too often produced a fantasy version of Latin America which reflects our own national narcissism rather than genuine curiosity about the other. Latin America Falcoff argues is not merely a geographical extension of the United States or a kind of downmarket version of the American Southwest. It is a culture all its own with its own historical memory sensibility and worldview. Its achievements -and its miseries-are also its own not the end-product of policies made by the Pentagon Wall Street or the CIA.Falcoff writes about the region with originality iconoclastic wit and distinctive literary flair. His volume will interest Latin American specialists diplomats and journalists as well as those general readers who think they are not interested in Latin America-or who only suspect they might be but don't know quite where to start. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138507159

A Culture of Rapid ImprovementCreating and Sustaining an Engaged Workforce Become a corporate change agent Learn to implement and cultivate a culture of improvement with the assistance of one of the world’s most respected experts Managing a business so that it achieves a supreme pace of improvement requires that all members of an organization can and do make their best contributions to the success of the enterprise. Management must provide employees with a shared set of values and beliefs so that they can decide for themselves how to behave in accordance with the expectations of a nurturing and empowering culture. A Culture of Rapid Improvement is intended for those leaders seeking to encourage dramatic improvement within their organizations. It shows these change agents how they can— ·         Develop the shared values and beliefs that serve as the foundation for a dynamic culture ·         Engage all employees to join the new culture and provide opportunities for these stakeholders to initiate and participate in improvement ·         Measure evaluate and manage the performance of the new culture Filled with lessons garnered from practical examples this text is based on Raymond C. Floyd's 40 years of industrial management experience including his more than 20 years at Exxon Mobil. He is the winner of a Shingo Prize and also holds the unique distinction of having led businesses from two different industries that were both recognized by IndustryWeek magazine as being among the Best Plants in America.  If you approach the task of improvement with proper action and full participation improvement is not just possible but inevitable. At six months you will notice a difference in your organizational culture; at the end of two years you will be operating with near–world-class performance. Media > Books > E-books Productivity Press 9780429271656

A Genealogy Of Political Culture In this lively and witty history of the study of political culture Michael Brint examines the differences between the French sociological tradition from Montesquieu to Tocqueville; the German tradition of cultural philosophy from Kant to Weber; and the American scientific or behavioral tradition from Almond and Verba forward. Enlisting his own tra Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429044632

A Global Corporate Trust for Agroecological IntegrityNew Agriculture in a World of Legitimate Eco-states This book examines global environmental governance and how legal institutional and conceptual reform can facilitate a transformation to a new ‘natural-systems’ form of agriculture. Profound global climate disruption makes it essential that we replace our current agricultural system – described in this book as a fossil-carbon-dependent ‘modern extractive agriculture’ – with a natural-systems agriculture featuring perennial grains growing in polycultures thereby mimicking the natural grassland and forest ecosystems that modern extractive agriculture has largely destroyed. After examining relevant international legal and conceptual foundations (sovereignty federalism global governance) and existing international organizations focusing on agriculture the book explores legal and institutional opportunities to facilitate dramatic agricultural reform and ecological restoration. Among other things it explains how innovative federalism structures around the world provide patterns for reorienting global environmental governance including what the book calls eco-states that would through exercise of pluralistic sovereignty be responsible for agroecological management. Drawing from his experience working in international institutions the author provides detailed global-governance proposals for facilitating the type of agricultural reform that can help avoid ecological collapse especially through soil degradation and climate change. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of international law agroecology climate change ecological restoration sustainable development and global governance as well as policy-makers and practitioners working in these fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367252557

A History of Popular CultureMore of Everything Faster and Brighter This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War. A History of Popular Culture explores the rapid diffusion and 'hybridization' of popular culture as the result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous communications widespread consumption in a market-based economy and the visualization of reality. Betts considers the dominance of American entertainment media and habits of consumption assessing adaptation and negative reactions to this influence. The author surveys a wide range of topics including: the emergence and conditions of modern popular culture the effects of global conflict the phenomenon and effects of urbanization the changing demography of the political arena and the work place the development of contemporary music culture film television and visual experience the growth of sport as a commercial enterprise. Now updated by Lyz Bly to include major developments such as blogs and social networks YouTube.com and enhanced technologies such as the iPhone iPod and iPad as well as the way in which the internet has reshaped the ways we consume media. The book provides an engaging introduction to this pervasive and ever-changing subject. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415674379

A History of Science in World CulturesVoices of Knowledge To understand modern science it is essential to recognize that many of the most fundamental scientific principles are drawn from the knowledge of ancient civilizations. Taking a global yet comprehensive approach to this complex topic A History of Science in World Cultures uses a broad range of case studies and examples to demonstrate that the scientific thought and method of the present day is deeply rooted in a pluricultural past. Covering ancient Egypt Mesopotamia India Greece China Islam and the New World this volume discusses the scope of scientific and technological achievements in each civilization and how the knowledge it developed came to impact the European Renaissance. Themes covered include the influence these scientific cultures had upon one another the power of writing and its technologies visions of mathematical order in the universe and how it can be represented and what elements of the distant scientific past we continue to depend upon today. Topics often left unexamined in histories of science are treated in fascinating detail such as the chemistry of mummification and the Great Library in Alexandria in Egypt jewellery and urban planning of the Indus Valley hydraulic engineering and the compass in China the sustainable agriculture and dental surgery of the Mayas and algebra and optics in Islam. This book shows that scientific thought has never been confined to any one era culture or geographic region. Clearly presented and highly illustrated A History of Science in World Cultures is the perfect text for all students and others interested in the development of science throughout history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415639842

A Japanese Jungian Perspective on Mental Health and CultureWandering madness A Japanese Jungian Perspective on Mental Health and Culture: Wandering Madness explores differences between Western and Japanese models of mental health. It argues that while the advent of modern mental health has brought about seminal changes in our understanding of and relationship to those who face its challenges the cure also seems to be something of the cause as the classification of mental disorders continues to expand and increasing numbers of people show up to fill them. In this book psychiatrist and Jungian analyst Iwao Akita presents a new theory of psycheology in order to highlight what has been lost in our rush to medicalize the psyche as well as offer a remedy for restoring balance. Drawing upon examples from both Japanese and Western cultures Dr. Akita discusses an alternative perspective to the polarized viewpoint towards which the West tends. He distinguishes the concept of madness from psychopathology and outlines its dynamics through numerous clinical and cultural examples. He describes the underlying dynamics of substance use and personality disorders makes important links between these conditions and clarifies how they can develop into madness. With references to familiar stories and myths from Western and Japanese cultures this book makes an important contribution to our understanding of mental illness and health while also making us more aware of how these issues are common to the human experience. This book will be of key interest to academics researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of psychoanalysis Jungian and Post-Jungian studies and mental health studies. It will also appeal to psychiatrists and other mental health professionals as well as those with a particular interest in substance use personality disorders madness and cross-cultural comparisons of mental health models. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138353763

A Law Enforcement Sourcebook of Asian Crime and CulturesTactics and Mindsets Even in multicultural North America few whites blacks or Hispanics have extensive experience or understanding of Asian culture. For experienced police officers intelligence analysts correctional officers and prosecutors the problems of cultural differences in behavior remain complex and problematic. This book addresses these specific law enforcement problems and supplies law enforcement professionals with information and strategies for easier arrests more accurate intelligence more successful prosecutions and fewer problems during incarceration. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315136363

A Machine That Would Go of ItselfThe Constitution in American Culture In this volume Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Michael Kammen explores the U.S. Constitution's place in the public consciousness and its role as a symbol in American life from ratification in 1788 to our own time. As he examines what the Constitution has meant to the American people (perceptions and misperceptions uses and abuses knowledge and ignorance) Kammen shows that although there are recurrent declarations of reverence most of us neither know nor fully understand our Constitution. How did this gap between ideal and reality come about? To explain it Kammen examines the complex and contradictory feelings about the Constitution that emerged during its preparation and that have been with us ever since. He begins with our confusion as to the kind of Union we created especially with regard to how much sovereignty the states actually surrendered to the central government. This confusion is the source of the constitutional crisis that led to the Civil War and its aftermath. Kammen also describes and analyzes changing perceptions of the differences and similarities between the British and American constitutions; turn-of-the-century debates about states' rights versus national authority; and disagreements about how easy or difficult it ought to be to amend the Constitution. Moving into the twentieth century he notes the development of a "cult of the Constitution" following World War I and the conflict over policy issues that persisted despite a shared commitment to the Constitution. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138518391

A Philosophical DiseaseBioethics Culture and Identity First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315822150

A Philosophy of Material CultureAction Function and Mind This book focuses on material culture as a subject of philosophical inquiry and promotes the philosophical study of material culture by articulating some of the central and difficult issues raised by this topic and providing innovative solutions to them most notably an account of improvised action and a non-intentionalist account of function in material culture. Preston argues that material culture essentially involves activities of production and use; she therefore adopts an action-theoretic foundation for a philosophy of material culture. Part 1 illustrates this foundation through a critique revision and extension of existing philosophical theories of action. Part 2 investigates a salient feature of material culture itself—its functionality. A basic account of function in material culture is constructed by revising and extending existing theories of biological function to fit the cultural case. Here the adjustments are for the most part necessitated by special features of function in material culture. These two parts of the project are held together by a trio of overarching themes: the relationship between individual and society the problem of centralized control and creativity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138210226

A Return to the Common ReaderPrint Culture and the Novel 1850–1900 In 1957 Richard Altick's groundbreaking work The English Common Reader transformed the study of book history. Putting readers at the centre of literary culture Altick anticipated-and helped produce-fifty years of scholarly inquiry into the ways and means by which the Victorians read. Now A Return to the Common Reader asks what Altick's concept of the 'common reader' actually means in the wake of a half-century of research. Digging deep into unusual and eclectic archives and hitherto-overlooked sources its authors give new understanding to the masses of newly literate readers who picked up books in the Victorian period. They find readers in prisons in the barracks and around the world and they remind us of the power of those forgotten readers to find forbidden texts shape new markets and drive the production of new reading material across a century. Inspired and informed by Altick's seminal work A Return to the Common Reader is a cutting-edge collection which dramatically reconfigures our understanding of the ordinary Victorian readers whose efforts and choices changed our literary culture forever. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409400271

A Scientific Theory of Culture and Other Essays[1944] Published posthumously this volume is both a summing up and a reformulation of Malinowski's functional theory of culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315824109

A Sea of StoriesThe Shaping Power of Narrative in Gay and Lesbian Cultures: A Festschrift for John P. DeCecco Take a look at how narrative has shaped gay and lesbian cultureA Sea of Stories: The Shaping Power of Narrative in Gay and Lesbian Cultures: A Festschrift for John P. De Cecco is an unforgettable collection of personal narratives that explores the historical psychological and sociological contexts of homosexuality in locations ranging from Nazi Germany to Colorado. Some of the prominent authors in this collection include David Bergman Louis Crew Diana Hume George and Ruth Vanita. Scholars in gay and lesbian studies political movements cultural studies and narratology and anyone interested in gay history will want to explore these intriguing narratives on topics such as sex and sin in the South selling gay literature before Stonewall growing up gay in India and the story of an interracial male couple facing homophobic ignorance in a small town.A Sea of Stories also contains creative fiction and nonfiction love stories war stories oral stories and bibliographies and a beautiful post-Stonewell and post-modern narrative set on a South African seascape that tells the story of two professional men and the possibility of a kiss. For a complete list of contents please visit our Web site at www.haworthpressinc.com.This book offers you a variety of narratives that cover a wide range including: memoirs of gay Holocaust survivors and the emergence of the first lesbian and gay book club in its wake homophobia in the workplace and the use of coming-out stories to enhance workplace diversity the establishment of a gay/straight alliance in a Salt Lake City high school that is heavily dominated by Mormons gay literary heritage that examines the works of Langston Hughes as well as Martin Duberman Paul Monette and Edmund White in relation to the lesbian 70s creative nonfiction about a woman's love for another woman her lifelong friend Provincetown's remarkable community response to the AIDS epidemicA collection of chapters written by the colleagues and former students of John P. De Cecco pioneering editor of the Journal of Homosexuality A Sea of Stories takes its title from a phrase Dr. De Cecco used in his keynote address to the “History and Memory” conference at Allegheny College in 1997. This conference sparked the idea for this collection of essays that examine the homosexual experience through historical psychological and sociological viewpoints and homosexuality in literature. These courageous stories will assist readers to know themselves more deeply to identify wih others and to interpret gay and lesbian experiences in different narrative forms. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203729151

A Shared LegacyEssays on Irish and Scottish Art and Visual Culture A Shared Legacy: Essays on Irish and Scottish Art and Visual Culture brings together for the first time a unique selection of new research by leading Irish Scottish English and North American scholars to explore the varying ways in which the visual can operate within the context of two countries with related experiences of lost statehood yet retained nationhood. Covering a span of three centuries this skilfully-crafted book takes the discussion of Irish and Scottish art beyond the often isolationist approach adopted in the past dealing directly with issues of nationality in a wider context. The authors identify national concerns through a range of themes: race class union and assimilation or nationalism and internationalism and while many of the essays focus on paintings sculpture prints and watercolours others consider a wider notion of visual culture by investigating photography magic lantern slides and the home arts of embroidery and textiles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256514

A Social History of British Performance Cultures 1900-1939Citizenship surveillance and the body This book provides a new social history of British performance cultures in the early decades of the twentieth century where performance across stage and screen was generated by dynamic and transformational industries. Exploring an era book-ended by wars and troubled by social unrest and political uncertainty A Social History of British Performance Cultures 1900–1939 makes use of the popular material cultures produced by and for the industries – autobiographies fan magazines and trade journals as well as archival holdings popular sketches plays and performances. Maggie B. Gale looks at how the performance industries operated circulated their products and self-regulated their professional activities in a period where enfranchisement democratization technological development and legislation shaped the experience of citizenship. Through close examination of material evidence and a theoretical underpinning this book shows how performance industries reflected and challenged this experience and explored the ways in which we construct our ‘performance’ as participants in the public realm. Suited not only to scholars and students of British theatre and theatre history but to general readers as well A Social History of British Performance Cultures 1900–1939 offers an original intervention into the construction of British theatre and performance histories offering new readings of the relationship between the material cultures of performance the social professional and civic contexts from which they arise and on which they reflect. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138304383

A Theory of UrbanityThe Economic and Civic Culture of Cities Cities provide for people not just functionally in terms of jobs obligations and practical pursuits but also and above all emotionally. We like some cities and detest others. Despite shared rationalizations and common modes of administration and design each city has its own culture. A culture is typically human in that it contains all dimensions of the human personal condition--from the lowest to the most sublime. Urban culture comprises both economic and civic culture and is the source of a city's vitality. For today's urban sprawls which have a weak and failing economic and civic culture the task of the urban administration and various economic and civic organizations is to strengthen conditions that can prevent the emergence of urban anomie. With suburbanization the edge city and the emergence of cyberspace some argue that cities as integrated places of working and living are things of the past. Zijderveld argues that people are and remain social animals who like and need one another's company particularly in their economic socio-cultural and political activities. Throughout the ages cities have provided the environment in which people fulfill these needs. Anton Zijderveld discusses urban preferences the organizations and ramifications of urbanity the modernization of urban culture the uneasy alliance between urbanity and the interventionist state and the cultural dimensions of urban renewal. Zijderveld sees the economic and civic culture of the city as the centerpiece of contemporary urban management and contemporary urban democracy. In this sense the new technology is an ally of the new urban renewal. Most postmodern treatises on the end of the city are impressionistic and unsystematic. In contrast Zijderveld puts the qualitative dimensions of city life into focus catching its pulse and cultural rhythms in a systematic context that prior studies have lacked. As such it will be of great interest to urban administrators p Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315083209

A World History of Railway Cultures 1830-1930 A World History of Railway Cultures 1830-1930 is the first collection of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Its dual purpose is to promote understanding of complex historical processes leading to globalization and generate interest in transnational and global comparative research on railways. In four volumes organized by historical geography  this scholarly collection gathers rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. It adopts a capsule approach that focuses on short selections of significant primary source content instead of redundant and irrelevant materials found in online data collections. The current collection draws attention to railway cultures through railroad reports parliamentary papers government documents police reports public health records engineering reports technical papers medical surveys memoirs diaries travel narratives ethnographies newspaper articles editorials pamphlets broadsides paintings cartoons engravings photographs art ephemera and passages from novels and poetry collections that shed light on the cultural history of railways. The editor’s original essays and headnotes on the cultural politics of railways introduce over 200 carefully selected primary sources. Students and researchers come to understand railways not as applied technological impositions of industrial capitalism but powerful fluid and idiosyncratic historical constructs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377221

A World History of Railway Cultures 1830-1930Volume I This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Gathered together are over 200 rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. Organized by historical geography this first volume covers the United Kingdom. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377511

A World History of Railway Cultures 1830-1930Volume II This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Gathered together are over 200 rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. Organized by historical geography the second volume spans the British Empire. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377528

A World History of Railway Cultures 1830-1930Volume III This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Gathered together are over 200 rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. Organized by historical geography this third volume explores the railways through Eurasia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377542

A World History of Railway Cultures 1830-1930Volume IV This 4-volume collection is the first compilation of primary sources to historicize the cultural impact of railways on a global scale from their inception in Great Britain to the Great Depression. Gathered together are over 200 rare out-of-print published and unpublished materials from archival and digital repositories throughout the world. Organized by historical geography volume 4 considers the Americas Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377559

A2 Communication and CultureThe Essential Introduction A2 Communication and Culture: The Essential Introduction features over 100 colour images contemporary case studies and examples. The authors introduce students to the skills of reading communication texts and understanding the link between communication and culture as well as taking students through the tasks expected of them to pass the AQA exam. The book is supplemented with a website at www.alevelcommculture.co.uk featuring additional activities and resources. Areas covered include: theoretical approaches key concepts spaces and places fictions objects of desire cultural sites: intersections the A2 examination communication and culture in practice: A2 coursework A2 coursework samples. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138380547

Academic and Student Affairs in CollaborationCreating a Culture of Student Success Academic and Student Affairs in Collaboration provides a comprehensive and evidenced-based understanding of the partnerships necessary to achieve an institutional culture devoted to student success. Chapter authors explore how to design implement and assess collaborative efforts between student and academic affairs in support of increased student success. This book provides best practices for fostering and enhancing campus dialogue career development pathways academic support services and other important initiatives to increase retention and learning outcomes improve motivation and goal attainment and enhance institutional accountability. This book is a must-read for scholars faculty leaders and practitioners in Student Affairs and Higher Education interested in achieving student success at their universities and colleges. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138913301

Academic Nations in China and JapanFramed by Concepts of Nature Culture and the Universal The descriptions Chinese and Japanese people attribute to themselves and to each other differ vastly and stand in stark contrast to Western perceptions that usually identify a 'similar disposition' between the two nations. Academic Nationals in China and Japan explores human categories how academics classify themselves and how they divide the world into groups of people.Margaret Sleeboom carefully analyses the role the nation-state plays in Chinese and Japanese academic theory demonstrating how nation-centric blinkers often force academics to define social cultural and economic issues as unique to a certain regional grouping. The book shows how this in turn contributes to the consolidating of national identity while identifying the complex and unintended effects of historical processes and the role played by other local personal and universal identities which are usually discarded.While this book primarily reveals how academic nations are conceptualized through views of nature culture and science the author simultaneously identifies comparable problems concerning the relation between social science research and the development of the nation state. This book will appeal not only to Asianists but also to those with research interests in Cultural Studies and Sinology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415864497

Accelerating The Learning Of All StudentsCultivating Culture Change In Schools Classrooms And Individuals Isn't acceleration just for gifted kids? This is a common assumption when we think about who benefits from efforts to accelerate student learning. For generations students identified as gifted have been separated from other students and provided enriched learning opportunities many adults believe would be wasted on other students. More recently i Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367314316

Accession and MigrationChanging Policy Society and Culture in an Enlarged Europe The expansion of the European Union in May 2004 through the entry of ten countries from Central and Eastern Europe has generated considerable media interest - interest which was revived by further expansion in January 2007 when Bulgaria and Romania became the latest nations from the east to join. Rather than focus exclusively on changes within the EU labour market and related policy debates this book offers a careful grounded analysis of the social and cultural processes bound up with migration flows between Britain and Bulgaria placing these flows in the wider European perspective. As such Accession and Migration will be of interest not only to migration scholars but also to policy makers at local national and international levels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138251090

Accountability in Social ServicesThe Culture of the Paper Program Accountability in Social Services examines how - and why - social and human services programs can function even though they are monitored by written communication instead of face-to-face interaction. Author Jill Florence Lackey draws on her experience as a consultant for more than 50 social programs and as director of two nonprofit organizations to demonstrate the strong need for accountability mechanisms and an ethics-based leadership when running social service programs. This unique book walks you through the process of how “paper programs” emerge and operate the monitoring mechanisms that are - and aren’t - in place during program operations and recommendations to increase accountability in the social service delivery system.The book examines programs focusing on: youth aftercare adolescent health drug prevention rural community development crime prevention violence intervention services to the homeless and more.Accountability in Social Services concludes with recommendations for organized action by consumer groups to increase responsibility in the social service delivery system. This book is invaluable as a resource for students teachers and practitioners working in social work and welfare evaluation organizational leadership public policy applied anthropology and consumer science including local organizations such as PIRGs (Public Interest Research Groups). Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315864686

Accounting for AlcoholAn Accounting History of Brewing Distilling and Viniculture Consumption of alcohol is a globally ubiquitous often controversial activity and business organizations in this sector are of significant social and economic relevance. This book draws on accounting records from the sector to reveal fresh and unique insights into the historic development of the production of alcoholic beverages.Offering a historic overview of the three major areas of the alcohol industry – brewing distilling and wine – this book reveals the commonalities and differences which are present in the industry while also highlighting its social impact. The editors bring together contributions from around the world including Mexico France Japan and Ireland to demonstrate how accounting has developed over time. Offering diverse geographical and historical perspectives it explores multiple aspects of accounting within the industry including internal control earnings management competition and regulatory aspects. The fascinating insights into breweries wineries spirit distillers vineyards and other related organizations provides a unique historic perspective of accounting systems techniques and practices.Drawing on an international range of examples and rich archival material this valuable research collection will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students of accounting and business history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367586911

Achieving sustainable urban agriculture This collection reviews key recent research on developing urban and per-urban agriculture. Chapters first discuss ways of building urban agriculture from planning and business models to building social networks to support local supply chains. Other chapters survey developments in key technologies for urban agriculture including rooftop systems and vertical farming. The book also assesses challenges and improvements in irrigation waste management composting/soil nutrition and pest management. The final group of chapters provides a series of case studies on urban farming of particular commodities including horticultural produce livestock and forestry. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429275869

Acquiring CultureCross Cultural Studies in Child Development Until the 70s and 80s anthropologists studying different cultures had mainly confined themselves to the behaviour and idea systems of adults. Psychologists on the other hand working mainly in Europe and America had studied child development in their own settings and simply assumed the universality of their findings. Thus both disciplines had largely ignored a crucial problem area: the way in which children from birth onwards learn to become competent members of their culture. This process which has been called ‘the quintessential human adaptation’ constitutes the theme of this volume originally published in 1988. It derives from a workshop held at the London School of Economics which brought together fieldworkers who in their studies had paid more than usual attention to children in their cultures. Their experience and foci of interest were varied but this very diversity serves to illuminate different facets of the acquisition of culture by children ranging in age from pre-verbal infants to adolescents. Evolutionarily primed for culture-learning children are responsive to a rich web of influences from subtle and indirect as in their music and dance to direct teaching in the family guided by culture-specific ideas about child psychology. Some of the salient things they learn relate to gender status and power critical for the functioning of all societies. The introductory essay provides the necessary historical background of the development of child study in both anthropology and psychology and outlined how future research in the ethnography of childhood should proceed. The book concludes with an annotated bibliography providing a guide to the literature from 1970 onwards. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138849457

Across the Great DivideCultures of Manhood in the American West In Across the Great Divide some of our leading historians look to both the history of masculinity in the West and to the ways that this experience has been represented in movies popular music dimestore novels and folklore. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315022963

Across the World with the JohnsonsVisual Culture and American Empire in the Twentieth Century During the interwar period Osa and Martin Johnson became famous for their films that brought exotic and far-off locations to the American cinema. Before the advent of mass tourism and television their films played a major part in providing the means by which large audiences in the US and beyond became familiar with distant and 'wild' places across the world. Taking the celebrity of the Johnsons as its case study this book investigates the influence of these new forms of visual culture showing how they created their own version of America's imperial drama. By representing themselves as benevolent figures engaged in preserving on film the world's last wild places and peoples the Johnsons' films educated US audiences about their apparent destiny to rule contributing significantly to the popularity of empire. Bringing together research in the fields of film and politics - including gender and empire historical anthropology photography and visual studies - this book provides a comprehensive evaluation of the Johnsons their work and its impact. It considers the Johnsons as a celebrity duo their status as national icons how they promoted themselves and their expeditions and how their careers informed American expansionism thus providing the first scholarly investigation of this remarkable couple and their extensive output over nearly three decades and across several continents. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138272224

Acting ChineseAn Intermediate-Advanced Course in Discourse and Behavioral Culture 行为汉语 Acting Chinese is a year-long course that together with the companion website integrates language learning with the acquisition of cultural knowledge and treats culture as an integral part of human behavior and communication. Using modern day examples of Chinese discourse and behavioral culture it trains students to perform in culturally appropriate fashion whilst developing a systematic awareness and knowledge about Chinese philosophy values and belief systems that will prepare them for further advanced study of Chinese language and culture. Each lesson contains simulated real-life communication scenarios that aim to provide a concrete opportunity to see how native speakers generally communicate or behave in social situations. An essential guide for intermediate to advanced level second language learners Acting Chinese provides a unique and modern approach to the acquisition of both cultural knowledge and language proficiency. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138064621

Adapting to Climate Uncertainty in African AgricultureNarratives and knowledge politics Future climatic and agro-ecological changes in Africa are uncertain and associated with high degrees of spatial and temporal variability and this change is differently simulated within divergent climate-crop models and in controlled crop breeding stations. Furthermore uncertainty emerges in local contexts not just in response to climatic systems but to social economic and political systems and often with implications for the appropriateness and adoption of technologies or the success of alternative cropping systems. This book examines the challenges of adaptation in smallholder farming in Africa analysing the social economic political and climatic uncertainties that impact on agriculture in the region and the range of solutions proposed. Drawing on case studies of genetically modified crops conservation agriculture and other 'climate smart' solutions in eastern and southern Africa the book identifies how uncertainties are framed 'from above' as well experienced 'from below' by farmers themselves. It provides a compelling insight into why ideas about adaptation emerge from whom and with what implications. This book offers a unique perspective and will be highly relevant to students of climate change adaptation food security and poverty alleviation as well as policy-makers and field practitioners in international development and agronomy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138849334

Adaptive RhetoricEvolution Culture and the Art of Persuasion Rhetorical scholarship has for decades relied solely on culture to explain persuasive behavior. While this focus allows for deep explorations of historical circumstance it neglects the powerful effects of biology on rhetorical behavior – how our bodies and brains help shape and constrain rhetorical acts. Not only is the cultural model incomplete but it tacitly endorses the fallacy of human exceptionalism. By introducing evolutionary biology into the study of rhetoric this book serves as a model of a biocultural paradigm. Being mindful of biological and cultural influences allows for a deeper view of rhetoric one that is aware of the ubiquity of persuasive behavior in nature. Human and nonhuman animals and even some plants persuade to survive - to live love and cooperate. That this broad spectrum of rhetorical behavior exists in the animal world demonstrates how much we can learn from evolutionary biology. By incorporating scholarship on animal signaling into the study of rhetoric the author explores how communication has evolved and how numerous different species of animals employ similar persuasive tactics in order to overcome similar problems. This cross-species study of rhetoric allows us to trace the origins of our own persuasive behaviors providing us with a deeper history of rhetoric that transcends the written and the televised  and reveals the artifacts of our communicative past. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138954168

Addiction and British Visual Culture 1751-1919Wasted Looks Highly innovative and long overdue this study analyzes the visual culture of addiction produced in Britain during the long nineteenth century. The book examines well-known images such as William Hogarth's Gin Lane (1751) as well as lesser-known artworks including Alfred Priest's painting Cocaine (1919) in order to demonstrate how visual culture was both informed by and contributed to discourses of addiction in the period between 1751 and 1919. Through her analysis of more than 30 images Julia Skelly deconstructs beliefs and stereotypes related to addicted individuals that remain entrenched in the popular imagination today. Drawing upon both feminist and queer methodologies as well as upon extensive archival research Addiction and British Visual Culture 1751-1919 investigates and problematizes the long-held belief that addiction is legible from the body thus positioning visual images as unreliable sources in attempts to identify alcoholics and drug addicts. Examining paintings graphic satire photographs advertisements and architectural sites Skelly explores such issues as ongoing anxieties about maternal drinking; the punishment and confinement of addicted individuals; the mobility of female alcoholics through the streets and spaces of nineteenth-century London; and soldiers' use of addictive substances such as cocaine and tobacco to cope with traumatic memories following the First World War. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138271562

Adequate Food for AllCulture Science and Technology of Food in the 21st Century Food is the sustenance of life. But while we understand that a secure supply of food has been affected by many factors over the course of history we do not often allow ourselves to entertain the idea that a lack of adequate food worldwide is a very real and dangerous possibility. While soil degradation water distribution climate change population growth and environmental issues are of serious concern the ultimate expectation is that humankind will survive and even prevail simply because it always has through human ingenuity and continued advances in science and technology.Adequate Food for All: Culture Science and Technology of Food in the 21st Century looks at those factors threatening to compromise food production and distribution. It examines the myriad influences on food security today as well as the human responses to them. Taking an interdisciplinary approach that involves authors of diverse expertise this volume –Discusses our evolving understanding of what is critical to good nutrition and healthExamines the role of religion and faith in food choices as well as the influence of culture and customsExplores issues of obesity and related diseases as well as diseases of nutrient deficienciesDescribes the most dangerous threats to sustainable food production Lays out viable solutions through conservation technology and cultural adaptationUltimately this volume challenges readers to garner a deeper understanding needed to develop solutions that truly change the future rather than postpone the inevitable. Recognition of food as a universal need of people everywhere may be a point of union for the human spirit. The future holds opportunities and imperatives that must be faced perhaps none more important than how we come together to keep the world fed. Adequate Food for All: Culture Science and Technology of Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367385989

Administrative Culture in Developing and Transitional Countries The book explores theoretical methodological and empirical underpinnings of administrative culture as well as prospects and challenges associated with it in the context of and across developing and transitional countries. Referring to dominant norms and values in public organizations administrative culture is about the attitudes and perceptions of public officials. In many countries civil servants are criticised for being corrupt incompetent unreliable and self-centred. Their attitudes norms and values and the way they act are in constant conflict with rule of law. Recently the virtues of the Weberian model of bureaucracy have been reclaimed as an alternative to New Public Management (NPM): i.e. as a model which emphasizes impartiality rule-following expertise and hierarchy rather than manipulation of incentive structures and market competition. In particular it has been argued that a system of meritocratic recruitment and predictable long-term careers increases the professional competence of the bureaucrats and fosters a culture of professionalism among them. Still it is unclear how and under what conditions such a model can be adopted. Among main hindrances seems to be established power structures and the existing political and societal culture which undermine the effective implementation of the Weberian model. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of Public Administration. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138379497

Adolescence and WorkInfluences of Social Structure Labor Markets and Culture This volume illustrates connections between the concerns of vocational psychology and the adjoining disciplines of sociology cultural anthropology and labor economics. The intent is to suggest how vocational psychology and career counseling might recognize more explicitly the ever-changing social influences and institutional constraints that affect individual as they begin or contemplate beginning their adult work. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203782132

Adolescents Cultures and ConflictsGrowing Up in Contemporary Europe First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138965997

Adult MangaCulture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society First detailed analysis of the phenomenon in English. Describes and analyses the complex new attitudes to manga since the 1980s. Provocative and timely the book shows how manga's status in Japanese society is intimately linked to changes in the balance of power between artists and editors. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203347140

Advanced Educational Foundations for TeachersThe History Philosophy and Culture of Schooling Sharpes' approach synthesizes historical philosophical and cultural standpoints. The text contains practical teaching applications alongside theory and an integrated emphasis of diversity and other multicultural themes. It also covers the history of schooling from ancient times to the present including biographies of major non-Western figures as well as the canon of educational innovators. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315054605

Advances in Conservation AgricultureVolume 1: Systems and science This volume summarises research on key components for successful Conservation Agriculture (CA). Chapters review the latest research on ways of optimising no-till techniques to minimise soil disturbance in relation to seeding weeding and other operations Chapters also review ways to improve soil health in CA including mulch cover cover crops rotations and intercropping. The book also includes case studies on optimising CA in particular systems including rice root tuber and horticultural crops as well as integrating livestock in CA systems. The book concludes by looking at certification schemes and institutional support to promote good CA practice. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429268724

Advances in Conservation AgricultureVolume 2: Practice and Benefits This collection reviews ways of optimising Conservation Agricultural (CA) practices and their benefits. Chapters summarise research on optimising soil management crop nutrition and irrigation as well as weed insect pest and disease management. The book also reviews ways of optimising the environmental and social benefits of adopting CA practices. Chapters discuss carbon and biodiversity management the ways CA can promote ecosystem services as well as the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) techniques to monitor and improve CA. There are also chapters on improving the economic and broader social benefits of CA for farming communities. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429268731

Advances in crop modelling for a sustainable agriculture This collection provides a comprehensive review of key advances in crop modelling with a focus on developing the next generation of whole-farm models to improve decision making and support for farmers. Chapters review advances in modelling individual components of agricultural systems such as plant responses to environmental conditions crop growth stages nutrient and water cycles as well as pest/disease dynamics. The book also addresses the challenges of combining modular sub-systems into whole farm system models including integration of rotations intercropping and livestock. Chapters also review the performance of specific models such as APSIM and DSSAT and the challenges of developing decision support systems (DSS) from such models. The book also considers landscape models such as agroecological zone (AEZ) models and Coordinated Global and Regional Assessments (CGRA). The final part of the book reviews wider issues in improving model reliability such as data sharing and the supply of real-time data as well as crop model inter-comparison. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429266591

Advances in horticultural soilless culture Soilless cultivation techniques (including hydroponic systems) have attracted growing attention as a way of growing horticultural crops more efficiently without taking up more land. These controlled environment systems are also less vulnerable to climate change and are particularly suited to urban farming as part of the shift to more localised circular food systems. Advances in horticultural soilless culture provides a comprehensive assessment of recent research in this important area paying close attention to the advances in optimising substrates for soilless cultivation as well as the developments in solid and liquid-medium container systems fertigation systems modelling and process control. The collection includes case studies on horticultural crops such as tomatoes strawberries and ornamentals. With its distinguished editor and international range of expert authors Advances in horticultural soilless culture will be a standard reference for university and other researchers involved in horticultural science hydroponics and soilless cultivation. It will also be a valuable resource for government and other agencies supporting vertical and urban farming systems as well as companies involved in this sector. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781003048206

Advancing Food IntegrityGMO Regulation Agroecology and Urban Agriculture Key features:Presents summaries of key points after each chapter and includes color graphs to visualize the big-picture conceptsDemonstrates how urban rooftop farms (URFs) can contribute to city greening and climate change mitigation worldwide while providing fresh locally-sourced produce for growing urban populationsProvides cutting-edge ideas from the the emerging field of food law and places international and comparative legal concepts into an accessible context for non-lawyers Examines major disputes surrounding food products that have been brought before the World Trade Organization (WTO) to illustrate how trade trends have pushed toward GMO proliferation Uses examples of food labeling pollinator protection pesticide permitting invasive species control and GMO regulatory policy in the US and the EU to illustrate various methods of bringing public law to the forefront in the struggle toward achieving food integrity The proliferation of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in our increasingly globalized food system is trivializing the inherent risks to a sustainable world. Responding to the realities of climate change urbanization and a GMO-dominated industrialized food system Gabriela Steier's seminal work addresses the interrelationship of these cutting-edge topics within a scholarly legal context. In Advancing Food Integrity: GMO Regulation Agroecology and Urban Agriculture Steier defines food integrity as the optimal measure of environmental sustainability and climate change resilience combined with food safety security and sovereignty for the farm-to-fork production and distribution of any food product.The book starts with a discussion of the food system and explores whether private law has sufficiently protected food or whether public law control is needed to safeguard food integrity. It proceeds to show how the proliferation of GMOs creates food insecurity by denying people’s access to food through food system centralization. Steier discusses how current industrial agricultural policy downplays the dangers of GMO monocultures to crop diversity and biodiversity thereby weakening food production systems. Striving to promote agroecology by providing a fresh and compelling narrative of interdisciplinary questions Steier explores how farming can be geared toward more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices worldwide in the future. This book belongs in the libraries of all those interested in food law environmental law agroecology sustainable agriculture and urban living practices. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367572525

Adventure Comics and Youth Cultures in India This pioneering book presents a history and ethnography of adventure comic books for young people in India with a particular focus on vernacular superheroism. It chronicles popular and youth culture in the subcontinent from the mid-twentieth century to the contemporary era dominated by creative audio-video-digital outlets. The authors highlight early precedents in adventures set by the avuncular detective Chacha Chaudhary with his ‘faster than a computer brain’ the forays of the film veteran Amitabh Bachchan’s superheroic alter ego called Supremo the Protectors of Earth and Mankind (P.O.E.M.) along with the exploits of key comic book characters such as Nagraj Super Commando Dhruv Parmanu Doga Shakti and Chandika. The book considers how pulp literature western comics television programmes technological developments and major space ventures sparked a thirst for extraterrestrial action and how these laid the grounds for vernacular ventures in the Indian superhero comics genre. It contains descriptions textual and contextual analyses excerpts of interviews with comic book creators producers retailers and distributers together with the views dreams and fantasies of young readers of adventure comics. These narratives touch upon special powers super-intelligence phenomenal technologies justice vengeance geopolitics romance sex and the amazing potentials of masked identities enabled by navigation of the internet. With its lucid style and rich illustrations this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of popular and visual cultures comics studies literature media and cultural studies social anthropology and sociology and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138358683

Advertising Society and Consumer Culture Designed as a core textbook for courses in Advertising and Society "Advertising Society and Consumer Culture" develops an integrated perspective that gives students a framework for understanding past present and future issues in advertising communications. Chapter contents cover the entire range of social political cultural regulatory and economic issues that surround advertising and its role in modern society. The many social issues addressed include advertising and gender stereotyping advertising to vulnerable audiences and the distribution of wealth in consumer society. "Advertising Society and Consumer Culture" intertwines the development of the consumer culture with its coverage of the historical political regulatory and ethical issues of advertising. It includes clear comprehensive tables that chronicle historical developments and key legal cases. The text is readable for undergraduates but provides enough depth to serve as a graduate-level text. Including extensive notes and a bibliography it can be adopted independently or alongside its companion volume "Readings in Advertising Society and Consumer Culture". Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315706665

Advertising Cultures Through its artful engagement with consumers advertising subtly shapes our everyday worlds. It plays upon powerful emotions -- envy fear lust and ambition. But the industry itself is far more subtle and complex than many people might assume. Through an innovative mix of business strategy and cultural theory this pioneering book provides a behind-the-scenes analysis of the link between advertising and larger cultural forces as well as a rare look into the workings of agencies themselves. How do advertisements endeavour to capture real life? How do advertising agencies think of their audience: the consumer and their corporate client? What issues do agencies have to consider when using an advertisement in a range of different countries? What specific methods are used to persuade us not only to buy but to remain loyal to a product? How do advertisers fan consumer desire? An incisive understanding of human behaviour is at the core of all these questions and is what unites advertisers and anthropologists in their work. While this link may come as a surprise to those who consider the former to be firmly rooted in commerce and the latter in culture this book clearly shows that these two fields share a remarkable number of convergences. From constructing a Japaneseness that appeals to two very different Western audiences to tracking advertising changes in the post World War II period to considering how people can be influenced by language and symbols Advertising Cultures is an indispensable guide to the production of images and to consumer behaviour for practitioners and students alike. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084389

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!Performing Japanese Culture - Level 1 Volume 1 Textbook NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future whether they involve speaking listening writing or reading. Level 1 comprises two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course such as the first year of college Japanese to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files videos supplementary exercises and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147. NihonGO NOW! Level 1 Volume 1 Textbook is ideally accompanied by the Level 1 Volume 1 Activity Book which provides core texts and additional practice for beginning-level students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138304147

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!Performing Japanese Culture - Level 1 Volume 1 Textbook and Activity Book NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future whether they involve speaking listening writing or reading. Level 1 is comprised of two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course such as the first year of college Japanese to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files videos supplementary exercises and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367508494

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!Performing Japanese Culture - Level 1 Volume 2 Textbook and Activity Book NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future whether they involve speaking listening writing or reading. Level 1 is comprised of two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course such as the first year of college Japanese to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files videos supplementary exercises and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367508531

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!Performing Japanese Culture – Level 1 Volume 1 Activity Book NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future whether they involve speaking listening writing or reading. Level 1 comprises two textbooks and accompanying activity books. These four books incombination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course such as the first year of collect Japanese to their students' needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files videos supplementary exercises and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147. NihonGO NOW! Level 1 Volume 1 Activity Book provides a wealth of communicative exercises and assessment tools for students working through the first semester of the NihonGO NOW! course. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138304314

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!Performing Japanese Culture – Level 1 Volume 2 Activity Book NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future whether they involve speaking listening writing or reading. Level 1 comprises two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course such as the first year of college Japanese to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files videos supplementary exercises and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147. NihonGO NOW! Level 1 Volume 2 Activity Book provides a wealth of communicative exercises and assessment tools for students working through the second semester of the NihonGO NOW! course. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367483364

日本語NOW! NihonGO NOW!Performing Japanese Culture – Level 1 Volume 2 Textbook NihonGO NOW! is a beginning-level courseware package that takes a performed-culture approach to learning Japanese. This innovative approach balances the need for an intellectual understanding of structural elements with multiple opportunities to experience the language within its cultural context. From the outset learners are presented with samples of authentic language that are context-sensitive and culturally coherent. Instructional time is used primarily to rehearse interactions that learners of Japanese are likely to encounter in the future whether they involve speaking listening writing or reading. Level 1 comprises two textbooks with accompanying activity books. These four books in combination with audio files　allow instructors to adapt a beginning-level course such as the first year of college Japanese to their students’ needs. They focus on language and modeled behavior providing opportunities for learners to acquire language through performance templates. Online resources provide additional support for both students and instructors. Audio files videos supplementary exercises and a teachers’ manual are available at www.routledge.com/9781138304147. NihonGO NOW! Level 1 Volume 2 Textbook is ideally accompanied by the Level 1 Volume 2 Activity Book which provides core texts and additional practice for beginning-level students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367483210

Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society Do aesthetic appeals to senses and emotions in political debate necessarily marginalise political reason and reduce citizens to consumers – thus dangerously undermining democracy? Or is sensuous-emotional engagement on the contrary a basic fact of the political process and a crucial precondition for revitalising democracy? Aesthetics and Political Culture in Modern Society investigates the current interrelationship between aesthetic practice and political practice in Western democracies focusing on its impact on democratic political culture. Henrik Kaare Nielsen argues that aesthetic interventions in the political process do not by definition undermine politics’ content of reason. Instead a differentiation must be made between a multiplicity of aesthetic forms of intervention – some of which tend to weaken the political judgement of citizens while other forms tend to stimulate competent judgement.This book will be of interest to scholars in the fields of political science sociology media studies and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367592073

Affected Labour in a Café CultureThe Atmospheres and Economics of 'Hip' Melbourne What does it mean to work in the ‘hip’ postmodern economy? This book develops the concept of ‘affected labour’ within Melbourne Australia. Through the lens of café and bar culture the book provides an ethnographic investigation into the ways that affect arises circulates sticks and dissipates over the course of everyday encounters. The dynamics and atmospheres of affective labour among those working in the hospitality-oriented environments are unfolded. Service work is rooted in the notion that labour is ‘performed’ by an exhausted worker for a demanding customer. This book goes beyond this idea by describing the way not only consumers are moved by the experience and seduced by the atmosphere but more pressingly workers and employers. This book reveals the ways in which workers themselves are capitalised on by being affected pleasurably in the moment fuelling an economy of short-term desires in which ‘affected labourers’ are manipulated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367592103

African American Culture and Society After Rodney KingProvocations and Protests Progression and 'Post-Racialism' 1992 was a pivotal moment in African American history with the Rodney King riots providing palpable evidence of racialized police brutality media stereotyping of African Americans and institutional discrimination. Following the twentieth anniversary of the Los Angeles uprising this time period allows reflection on the shifting state of race in America considering these stark realities as well as the election of the country's first black president a growing African American middle class and the black authors and artists significantly contributing to America's cultural output. Divided into six sections (The African American Criminal in Culture and Media; Slave Voices and Bodies in Poetry and Plays; Representing African American Gender and Sexuality in Pop-Culture and Society; Black Cultural Production in Music and Dance; Obama and the Politics of Race; and Ongoing Realities and the Meaning of 'Blackness') this book is an engaging collection of chapters varied in critical content and theoretical standpoints linked by their intellectual stimulation and fascination with African American life and questioning how and to what extent American culture and society is 'past' race. The chapters are united by an intertwined sense of progression and regression which addresses the diverse dynamics of continuity and change that have defined shifts in the African American experience over the past twenty years. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472455390

African Americans and US Popular Culture This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present. Kevern Verney examines: * the role and significance of race in all major forms of popular culture including sport film television radio and music* how the entertainment industry has encouraged racism through misrepresentations and caricatured images of African Americans. African Americans have made a unique contribution to the richness and diversity of US popular culture. Rooted in African society and traditions black slaves in America created a dynamic culture which continues to evolve. Present day hip-hop and rap music are still shaped by the historical experience of slavery and the ongoing will to oppose oppression and racism. Any student of African-American history or cultural studies will find this a fascinating and highly useful book. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315015316

African Culture and Global PoliticsLanguage Philosophies and Expressive Culture in Africa and the Diaspora This volume attempts to insert itself within the larger discussion of Africa in the twenty-first century especially within the realm of world politics. Despite the underwhelming amount of attention given to Africa's role in international politics in popular news sources it is evident that Africa has a consistent record of participating in world politics- one that pre-dates colonization and continues today. In continuance of this legacy of active participation in global political exchanges Africans today can be heard in dialogues that span the world and their roles are impossible to replace by other entities. It is evident that a vastly different Africa exists than ones that bolster images of starvation corruption and compliance. The essays in this volume center on Africa and Africans participating in international political discourses but with an emphasis on various forms of expression and philosophies as these factors heavily influence Africa's role as a participant in global politics. The reader will find a variety of essays that permeate surface discussions of politics and political activism by inserting African culture rhetoric philosophies into the larger discussion of international politics and Africa's role in worldwide political social and economic debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138092341

African Diaspora in BrazilHistory Culture and Politics The term 'Black Atlantic' was coined to describe the social cultural and political space that emerged out of the experience of slavery exile oppression exploitation and resistance. This volume seeks to recast a new map of the 'Black Atlantic' beyond the Anglophone Atlantic zone by focusing on Brazil as a social and cultural space born out of the Atlantic slave trade. The contributors draw from the recently reinvigorated scholarly debates which have shifted inquiry from the explicit study of cultural 'survival' and 'acculturation' towards an emphasis on placing Africans and their descendants at the center of their own histories. Going beyond the notion of cultural 'survival' or 'creolization' the contributors explore different sites of power and resistance gendered cartographies memory and the various social and cultural networks and institutions that Africans and their descendants created and developed in Brazil. This book illuminates the linkages networks disjunctions sense of collective consciousness memory and cultural imagination among the African-descended populations in Brazil. This book was originally published as a special issue of African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138948341

African Indigenous Vegetables in Urban Agriculture This book provides a comprehensive synthesis of current knowledge of the potential and challenges associated with the multiple roles use management and livelihood contributions of indigenous vegetables in urban agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. There has been growing research and policy effort around urban agriculture in the region over the last two decades but never has it been integrated with work on under-researched crops such as indigenous vegetables. These species have multiple advantages including low input requirements adaptability to African environments high nutritional value and marked biodiversity cultural and local food security significance. Yet they are overlooked in the modern world where recent emphasis has been directed to growing a limited range of exotic crops both for internal markets and for export to developed country markets. This book provides evidence that in spite of this neglect in many African cities indigenous vegetables are still widely used cultivated and marketed. It goes on to consider their potential to contribute to income generation and poverty alleviation of the growing numbers of urban dwellers in sub-Saharan Africa whilst promoting urban greening and sustainability. Based on critical analysis of the debates it presents a multidisciplinary analysis of the realities and future opportunities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138148840

African Youth Cultures in a Globalized WorldChallenges Agency and Resistance All over the world there is growing concern about the ramifications of globalization late-modernity and general global social and economic restructuring on the lives and futures of young people. Bringing together a wide body of research to reflect on youth responses to social change in Africa this volume shows that while young people in the region face extraordinary social challenges in their everyday lives they also continue to devise unique ways to reinvent their difficult circumstances and prosper in the midst of seismic global and local social changes. Contributors from Africa and around the world cover a wide range of topics on African youth cultures exploring the lives of young people not necessarily as victims but as active social players in the face of a shifting late-modernist civilization. With empirical cases and varied theoretical approaches the book offers a timely scholarly contribution to debates around globalization and its implications and impacts for Africa's youth. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138092389

African Youth in Contemporary Literature and Popular CultureIdentity Quest This book explores how African youth are depicted in contemporary literature and popular culture and discusses the different ways by which they attempt to construct personal and cultural identities through popular culture and social media outlets. The contributors approach the subject from an interdisciplinary perspective looking at images in children’s and adolescent literature from Africa and the African diaspora from Nollywood and Hollywood movies from popular magazines and from youth cultures encountered directly through field experiences. The findings reveal that there are many stereotypes about Africa African youth and black cultures and that African youth are aware of these. Since they juggle multiple identities shaped by their ethnicities race and religion it is often a challenge for them to define themselves. As they also share a global youth culture that transcends these cultural markers some take advantage of media outlets to voice their concerns and participate in political struggles. Others simply use these to promote their personal interests. Contributors ponder the challenges involved in constructing unique identities offering ideas on how African youth are doing so successfully or not in different parts of the continent and the African diaspora and thus offer new possibilities for youth studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138092402

African-American ReligionInterpretive Essays in History and Culture African American Religion brings together in one forum the most important essays on the development of these traditions to provide an overview of the field. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203610824

Afro-Brazilian Culture and PoliticsBahia 1790s-1990s The essays in this book constitute an analytic survey of the last two centuries of Afro-Bahian history with a focus squarely on the difficult relationship between Afro- and Euro-Bahia and on the continual Afro-Bahian struggle to create a meaningful culture in an environment either hostile or suffocating in its ability to absorb elements of Afro-Bahian culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315502618

Afro-Virginian History and Culture The essays in this collection offer new evidence and new conclusions on topics in the history of African Americans in Virginia such as the demography of early slave imports the means used to regulate slave labor the situation of female hired slaves in the backcountry African American women in the Civil War era and the Garveyite grassroots organizations of the 1920s. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138988361

After IdentityA Reader in Law and Culture Authored by the leading voices in critical legal studies feminist legal theory critical race theory and queer legal theory After Identity explores the importance of sexual national and other identities in people's lived experiences while simultaneously challenging the limits of legal strategies focused on traditional identity groups. These new ways of thinking about cultural identity have implications for strategies for legal reform as well as for progressive thinking generally about theory culture and politics. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315021720

After the Green RevolutionSustainable Agriculture for Development 'The Green Revolution' of the 60's and 70's produced immense gains in food cereal production in the Third World. But there are huge problems in the 'post-revolutionary' era: farmers with small or marginal holdings have benefited less than wealthier farmers; intensive mono-cropping has made production more susceptible to environmental stresses and shocks. Now there is evidence of diminishing returns from intensive and intensively chemical agricultural production. What is needed is a new approach equally revolutionary but different in its ideas and style. The authors set out what they mean by 'sustainable' agriculture in the new era and look at the effects of international economic restraints and of national policies on the kind of development they see as necessary. They chart a path for sustainable livelihoods for Third World farmers enmeshed by forces outside their control. They describe methods of evaluating and resolving the tough trade-offs all levels of intervention from international trade down to the individual farm. This book cannot provide all the answers but it does indicate what international conditions we need to be aware of what national policies we need to advocate and what approaches at the local level we need to adopt to ensure the goal of agricultural sustainability. Originally published in 1990 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415845946

After the MediaCulture and Identity in the 21st Century This provocative text considers the state of media and cultural studies today after the demolition of the traditional media paradigm and engages with the new active consumer culture. Media Studies particularly within schools has until recently been concerned with mass media and the effects of ‘the media’ in society and on people. As new media technology has blurred the boundaries between the audience and the media the status of this area of education is threatened. Whilst some have called for a drastic re-think (Media Studies 2.0) others have called for caution arguing that the power dynamics of ownership and gatekeeping are left intact. This book uses cultural and technological change as a context for a more forensic exploration of the traditional dependence on the idea of ‘the media’ as one homogenous unit. It suggests that it would be liberating for students teachers and academics to depart from such a model and shift the focus to people and how they create culture in this contemporary ‘mediascape’. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415586832

Against MeritocracyCulture power and myths of mobility Meritocracy today involves the idea that whatever your social position at birth society ought to offer enough opportunity and mobility for ‘talent’ to combine with ‘effort’ in order to ‘rise to the top’. This idea is one of the most prevalent social and cultural tropes of our time as palpable in the speeches of politicians as in popular culture. In this book Jo Littler argues that meritocracy is the key cultural means of legitimation for contemporary neoliberal culture – and that whilst it promises opportunity it in fact creates new forms of social division. Against Meritocracy is split into two parts. Part I explores the genealogies of meritocracy within social theory political discourse and working cultures. It traces the dramatic U-turn in meritocracy’s meaning from socialist slur to a contemporary ideal of how a society should be organised. Part II uses a series of case studies to analyse the cultural pull of popular ‘parables of progress’ from reality TV to the super-rich and celebrity CEOs from social media controversies to the rise of the ‘mumpreneur’. Paying special attention to the role of gender ‘race’ and class this book provides new conceptualisations of the meaning of meritocracy in contemporary culture and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138889552

Against the EmpirePolity Economy and Culture during the Anglo-Kuki War 1917-1919 This book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in the northeast frontier of India (then the Assam–Burma frontier). It sheds light on how the three-year war (1917–1919) spanning over 6 000 square miles is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India. Companion to the seminal The Anglo-Kuki War 1917–1919 the chapters in this volume: • Examine several aspects of the Anglo-Kuki War which had far-reaching consequences for the indigenous Kuki population including economy politics identity indigenous culture and belief systems and traditional institutions during and after the First World War itself; • Highlight finer themes such as the role of the chiefs and war councils symbols of communication indigenous interpretation of the war remembrance and other policies which continued to confront the Kuki communities; • Interrogate themes of colonial geopolitics colonialism and the missionaries state making and the frontier dimensions of the First World War. Moving away from colonial ethnographies the volume taps on a variety of sources â€“ from civilisational discourse to indigenous readings of the war from tour diaries to oral accounts â€“ meshing together the primitive with the modern the tribal and the settled. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South and Southeast Asian Studies area studies modern history military and strategic studies insurgency and counterinsurgency studies tribal warfare and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367409982

Against the GrainGenetic Transformation of Global Agriculture The world's food production is undergoing a rapid and revolutionary transformation but little is known about it and less is being done to question the wisdom of it. Within a very few years much of what we eat will have been genetically engineered without proper consideration of the issues of public health consumer choice and ecological stability. Against the Grain argues that the consequences of this huge experiment could be catastrophic and at the very least have been underestimated or ignored by the industries exploiting the new technologies. The authors have unearthed government and industry documents which show these new methods to be far from fail-safe or risk free. Comprehensively supported with facts and references the book provides a full account of the science and technologies involved in producing 'transgenic plants'. It also explains the scale and speed of what is going on and argues for full public accountability and control of new developments - before it is too late. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138179790

Ageing and Youth CulturesMusic Style and Identity What happens to punks clubbers goths riot grrls soulies break-dancers and queer scene participants as they become older? For decades research on spectacular 'youth cultures' has understood such groups as adolescent phenomena and assumed that involvement ceases with the onset of adulthood. In an age of increasingly complex life trajectories Ageing and Youth Cultures is the first anthology to challenge such thinking by examining the lives of those who continue to participate into adulthood and middle-age. Showcasing a range of original research case studies from across the globe the chapters explore how participants reconcile their continuing involvement with ageing bodies older identities and adult responsibilities. Breaking new ground and establishing a new field of study the book will be essential reading for students and scholars researching or studying questions of youth fashion popular music and identity across a wide range of disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781847888358

AgitpopPolitical Culture and Communication Theory In this entirely sophisticated and scholarly account of political culture Arthur Asa Berger shows how the variety of cultural preferences creates the foundations of communication theory. Using the work of Aaron Wildavsky the author shows how individualism egalitarianism collectivism and fatalism form the basis of culture in complex societies. But more importantly Berger breaks down the mechanical distinction between mass culture and elite culture showing how they interpenetrate and crossover at the level of competitive and hierarchical frames. Agitpop now in paperback suggests that there is an ideological content to our popular culture even though the creators no less than the consumers of that culture are either unaware or dimly aware that they are creating works with an ideological bent. The work takes up in quick order two examples from different areas of the hierarchical individualist egalitarian and fatalist cultures. From football games to the Iran-Contra Hearings from MTV to the Human Potential Movement from Max Headroom to humor on the Jews and from wrestling to The Terminator Berger takes up his master themes with a deft touch of his own. Weaving in the work of scholars from Emile Durkheim to Aaron Wildavsky he manages to make each of the chapters very much his own. For those who know the earlier work of this author the reader will be very much at home; for those new to Berger the volume will be a joyous revelation. The final three chapters reveal a deeper aspect of Berger's work. His interpretation of the earlier materials in terms of the semiotics of power of textual analysis or deconstruction of the media and finally an analysis and self-analysis of the larger research agenda of which this work is pivotal should make this book central to the theoretical construction of popular and political culture. For people working in communications theory political culture and the sociology of knowledge this book is a must; for everyone els Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315082783

Agribusiness as the Future of AgricultureThe Sugarcane Industry under Climate Change in the Southeast Mediterranean This informative book reviews the challenges of agribusiness in the Southeast Mediterranean. The author focuses on sugarcane cultivation in Egypt to illustrate the impact of climate change on agribusiness and his method and findings may be helpful for other studies in other regions as well. As climate change creates new risks to human populations and food security a better analysis is needed to understand this new level of uncertainty and to understand how it will impact agriculture and its relationship with economies livelihoods and development. Africa emits low greenhouse gases but is hit the hardest by global warming posing a serious challenge to increasing agricultural productivity in the Southeast Mediterranean. Sugarcane in Egypt is used as a local food source for international trade for the balance of payments for land and water use and as a basic product for food and fiber manufacturing. Hence every aspect of the economic structure of Egypt relates to agriculture. The book examines the causes and effects of climate change on agribusiness in the Southeast Mediterranean region such as its effect on prosperity and net farm incomes crop yields. It considers how to promote agribusiness development in the area and the potential to alleviate poverty in rural areas. It looks at the future of the sugarcane industry in Upper Egypt as a case study of agribusiness with implications that can be applied globally. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771888424

Agriculture Biodiversity and MarketsLivelihoods and Agroecology in Comparative Perspective Debate about how best to ensure the preservation of agricultural biodiversity is caught in a counter-productive polemic between proponents and critics of market-based instruments and agricultural modernisation. This book argues that neither position does justice to the range of strategies that farmers use to manage agrobiodiversity and other livelihood assets as they adapt to changing social economic and environmental circumstances.  Chapters explore relationships between the exploitation and conservation of agricultural biodiversity and the livelihoods of agricultural communities and evaluate the capacity of national and multilateral institutions and policy settings to support the protection and capture by communities of agrobiodiversity values. The place of ecosystem services in valuing biodiversity in the marketplace is emphasized. A number of authors assess the potential for market-based instruments and initiatives to encourage the protection of biodiversity while others compare agrobiodiversity/community relationships and the effectiveness of instruments designed to enhance these across international boundaries.  The book takes a comparative approach drawing on empirical case studies from across the developed and developing worlds. In doing so the book does not simply point to similarities and differences in the experience of rural communities. It also shows how global trade and multilateral institutions bring these otherwise disparate communities together in networks that exploit and/or preserve agrobiodiversity and other resources.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415507356

Agriculture Poverty and Reform in Iran (RLE Iran D) As in many developing countries the prospects for land reform in Iran seemed promising. It was expected to improve rural poverty and stimulate agricultural development by replacing the traditional landlord-peasant system with more peasant-biased modern farming. This book assesses the economic consequences of land reform focusing particularly on its effect on the living standards of the rural poor. Amid describes a ‘biomodal’ system of large and small farms that emerged after the reform. Large farms with government support modernized and grew more profitable cash crops whereas small farms found difficulty in obtaining credit and continued to rely on traditional techniques and staple food crops. Land reform was not the author argues a success for the majority of the Iranian rural population who experienced virtually no improvement in living standards and a growth of rural inequality as a result. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203830222

Agriculture the Countryside and Land UseAn Economic Critique First published in 1983. How had the situation developed in which agriculture had become such a creature of state protection where public money supported prosperous landowners while poor farmers received practically nothing? Where the value of agricultural support exceeded net farm income and vastly exceeded the level of support available to British Steel or British Rail? In answering these questions John Bowers and Paul Cheshire examined the real value of agricultural support in successive policy phases since the Second World War and analysed the effects this support had on income distribution. Their thesis was that agricultural change including the transfer of land from traditional farmers to institutions and corporations was not the product of impersonal progress but the direct result of agricultural support policies resting on specious economic arguments. The authors’ analysis of this subject has inescapable relevance for the policymaker for the taxpayer and consumer of foodstuffs for the urban user of the British countryside and indeed for farmers and the farming lobby. Agriculture the Countryside and Land Use will be an important book for all these groups and also for students of agriculture geography and economics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367264123

Agriculture Trade And The EnvironmentDiscovering And Measuring The Critical Linkages This book discusses three themes: the dimensions of the economic and political linkages of trade and the environment the impact of environmental regulations on agricultural competitiveness and the linkages between trade economic growth and the environment in developing nations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367167240

Agriculture Women and LandThe African Experience This book examines gender relations to land relations that are crucial to formulating policies through which African women's food producing capabilities can be advanced. It addresses the need to document historical changes in land tenure practices that have influenced women's household production. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367014186

Agriculture and a Changing Environment in Northeastern India India’s northeastern region forged by a unique geological history and peopled by several waves of migration is extraordinarily complex. Farming systems in the hills and the riverine plains are embedded in a heterogeneous environment comprising forests wetlands and fields shaped over centuries by nature and people. Today the environment and economy are undergoing rapid transformation affecting peoples’ lives livelihoods and methods of food production.The essays in this volume bring a multi-disciplinary perspective to critical aspects of the process of agricultural change examine the gender dimensions of agriculture and explore initiatives for sustainable livelihood and ecological conservation. Part I analyses the impact of policies and people’s own aspirations on the closely-intertwined ecology and economy of the region. Part II discusses the gender dynamics of farming forestry and biodiversity in a socio-cultural context where women are primarily responsible for food production. Part III highlights some alternative farming interventions and community-based efforts for environmental conservation sustainable resource management and improved livelihoods.This book will be useful to scholars and students of agriculture economics development environment and gender studies and to those involved in policy analysis natural resource management and community organisation as also general readers interested in India’s northeastern region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138662919

Agriculture and Community Change in the U.S.The Congressional Research Reports This book contains the Office of Technology Assessment commissioned papers analyzing the Northeast South Midwest the Great Plains and the West of the U.S. The papers indicate that the relationship between the structure of agriculture and characteristics of rural communities vary in the U.S. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367014193

Agriculture and East-west European Integration This title was first published in 2000:  This volume analyzes key issues of the process of integrating Central and Eastern European countries with the European Union related to agriculture. The issues include the comparative advantage of CEEC agriculture and its development under various accession policy scenarios; the likely policy developments in both the CEECs and the EU based on economic social and political economy considerations; the expected economic impacts and adjustment costs for the agro-food sector under various policy outcomes; the most important constraints for integration including policy convergence issues and internal constraints; and how integration will potentially affect trade and labour flows in the Union. The country combines detailed country-specific and region-wide empirical and theoretical analysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138714007

Agriculture and Economic Development in East AsiaFrom Growth to Protectionism in Japan Korea and Taiwan A comparative study which describes and analyses the contribution of agriculture to the economies of East Asia. Until now little attention has been paid to the agricultural sector which actually underpins industrial and commercial development. Recently this sector has become the focus of increasingly bitter economic disputes especially over protection and the use of import tariffs. A comparative framework is used employing case studies from Japan Taiwan and South Korea to highlight both the common characteristics of agriculture's role in East Asian development and features particular to the political economy of agriculture in each country. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203025369

Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe Since 1870 Whilst many books on the European economy have focused on the analysis of its industrial sectors this book draws attention to the often ignored contribution made by the development of European agriculture over the past two centuries. In doing so the authors adopt a revisionist perspective on the subject addressing the lack of coherent study of the agricultural sector and reassessing old theories about the links between agricultural and economic development. In focusing on those countries which by 1870 still had a large agricultural sector namely France Germany Italy Denmark The Netherlands Sweden Spain Portugal Poland Hungary Greece and Turkey this book determines the role of the agricultural sector in the economic development of Europe. These chapters demonstrate how the rate of development in the agricultural sector depended on specific industrial political and market conditions; the diversity of ways and timings through which transformation was achieved is also considered. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415748322

Agriculture And Employment In Developing CountriesStrategies For Effective Rural Development This book presents three alternative agricultural development strategies and suggests guidelines for identifying appropriate policies and programs. It assesses the potential of each strategy for generating employment drawing on case studies of Latin American Asian and African economies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367158101

Agriculture And Equitable GrowthThe Case Of Punjab-haryana This book aims to examine how the pattern of growth in the agricultural sectors has contributed to equitable growth and to assess the relevance of the relationship between agriculture and equitable growth in Punjab-Haryana for other states in India and for other low-income countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367158477

Agriculture and EU Environmental Law This book critically examines the development and current structure of European Union agri-environmental measures at a substantive level. Examining the measures in an integrated manner showing how they interrelate linking different aspects of European Union agricultural law and policy this volume examines the legislation adopted at European Union level as well as the impact of particular national measures to implement that legislation. Where appropriate comparisons are drawn between the manner in which European Union legislation has been implemented among various Member States. Critically assessing European Union and national measures in the light of other policy pressures such as the influence of world trade agreements and the political pressures exerted by the agricultural sector within the national legal systems of individual Member States this volume is a valuable resource for academics researching and practitioners working in the areas of European Union environmental and agricultural law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266889

Agriculture and Natural ResourcesPlanning for Educational Priorities for the Twenty-first Century This book identifies issues and trends in agriculture natural resources and rural communities in the context of topical strategic planning. It portrays both the process of planning and the substantive content driving a planning process. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367012434

Agriculture and Rural Connections in the Pacific Agriculture and Rural Connections in the Pacific brings together key studies from across several disciplines to examine the history of trans-Pacific rural and agricultural connections and to show an agriculturally-oriented Pacific World in the making since the 1500s. Historical globalization is commonly understood as a process that is propelled by industry or commerce yet the seeds of global integration - literally as well as metaphorically - were sown much earlier when crops and plants dispersed agricultural systems proliferated and rural people migrated across oceans. One goal of this volume is to demonstrate that the historical processes of globalization contained an agrarian dimension in which sub-national and national spaces were shaped in part through the influence of forces that originated in distant lands. Social and economic trends emanating from outside local territories had large impacts on demographic change choices of agrarian systems and the cropping patterns in many domestic settings. A second goal is to encourage readers to abandon the traditional Euro-centric view of events that shaped the Pacific region. The modern history of the Pacific World was undoubtedly shaped by Western imperialism colonialism and European trade and migration but the present volume seeks to balance the interpretation of those forces with an emphasis on the increasing intensity of trans-Pacific interactions through rural labor migration and agricultural production. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315263137

Agriculture and Rural Development in a Globalizing WorldChallenges and Opportunities Rapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world. This textbook provides a comprehensive review and assessment of the multi-faceted nature of  agriculture and rural development particularly in the developing world where the greatest challenges occur. It is designed around five thematic parts: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change; Political Economy of Agricultural Policies; Community and Rural Institutions; Agriculture Nutrition and Health; and Future Relevance of International Institutions. Each chapter presents a detailed but accessible review of the literature on the specific topic and discusses the frontiers in research and institutional changes needed as societies adapt to the transformation processes. All authors are eminent scholars with international reputations  who have been actively engaged in the contemporary debates around agricultural development and rural transformation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138231825

Agriculture And Rural Development In The People's Republic Of The Congo This comprehensive study outlines the current transformation in agriculture and its effect on the demography development and economy of the People’s Republic of the Congo. G. Nguyen Tien Hung analyzes fundamental structural changes within the economy and the impact of the application of the Marxist model of development upon the performance and gr Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367158668

Agriculture and Rural Development PlanningA Process in Transition This book meets the needs of teachers and students of agriculture and rural development project and programme planning planners employed by governments in developing countries and by external financing agencies. Project planners must understand the aspirations of rural families and their local leaders the national development and sector planning goals and policies of their governments and the development goals and policy priorities perceived by external financing agencies in relation to their countries. These areas are not always consistent and trade-offs may be required. However it is recognised that poor project planning is a major constraint to the sustainable realization of project and programme objectives and sector goals. Illustrated with case studies and logical framework matrices this book presents well-established and relatively new practices followed in the context of agriculture and rural development project and programme planning. Although based on experiences gained in Africa the issues described are relevant to planning problems encountered in other developing regions of the world. It addresses the main factors which affect the success of planning such as a government's ability to guarantee macro-economic stability and sound sector development policies; the shift from 'top-down' bureaucratic to 'bottom-up' participatory planning approaches and the roles played by external financing agencies. It explains key technical financial economic environmental socio-cultural equity gender and institutional-strengthening issues concerning planning in rural areas and reviews the planning tools and approaches available. The procurement of goods and services the disbursement of funds and monitoring and evaluation requirements are examined in detail. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138258723

Agriculture and the Development ProcessA Study of Punjab First published in 1985. The need to increase agricultural output and to use increased output to generate sustained general economic development is a problem facing many Third World countries. This book explores in particular the agricultural growth of the Punjab in Northern India a country which has long been a leader in the formulation of new development strategies. It shows how agricultural output is affected by and affects demographic changes income distribution state involvement and structural changes both in society and the economy. Agricultural growth in the Punjab is seen in an historical perspective. In addition the different aspects of economic development are viewed in an integrated way so that much is learned about the contribution of agricultural growth to the development process. The conclusions drawn can be related to problems and trends worldwide. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367250355

Agriculture and the European Community First published in 1980. From the earliest beginnings of the European Economic Community it was recognised that a common market for agriculture would be one of the basic prerequisites for workable economic unity. And yet the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) remained a subject of much controversy and debate. The CAP more than any other element of European policy was seen to test the true depth of the commitment shown by Community members to the practice as well as the principle of economic integration. Agriculture and the European Community examines the reasons for the existence of the CAP and its format. It outlines the main instruments price and structural policy and the changing emphasis between them. It discusses in turn the effects of the CAP on producers’ income levels and on consumer prices; how far it had fulfilled the promises of the Treaty of Rome; the implications of the policy for third country trade; and its place within the Community as a whole. The study argues that although incomes of Community farmers had improved this is not simply the result of the CAP nor was the geographical distribution of benefit in terms of farming income satisfactory. The policy has achieved a degree of success in securing food supplies and stabilising prices but the cost to the consumer has been high. Knowledge of the CAP had become almost essential to any understanding of modern European affairs. Agriculture and the European Community will serve as a straightforward introduction to the policy for students approaching the subject for the first time especially in departments of Agricultural Economics European Studies and Political Science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367257125

Agriculture And Trade In The PacificToward The Twenty-first Century This comprehensive up-to-date and forward-looking book focuses on the economic and political forces shaping agriculture and trade in the Pacific region. It promises to be valuable for scholars and policymakers interested in the political and economic forces shaping world agricultural trade. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367166243

Agriculture Foraging & Wildlife First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138966390

Agriculture in Brazil Yearbook 2010Brazil Agrianual A comprehensive and unique data source on Brazilian agriculture this annually published volume covers all economical aspects of the industry in fine detail. It represents the dynamics of the sector  dimensions of the activities involved and their profitability. Providing data on crop areas production costs supply and demand in the world in Brazil and the markets involved it offers an exclusive overview of the status of the agriculture sector including outlooks for the major sectors such as biofuel production and for land prices by area and by potential use. In addition to the relevant general aspects detailed data on the production harvest areas supply and demand statistics consumption import and export production costs and pricing of the 35 most important crops are included: apple avocado banana beans canola orange lime tangerine cocoa beans coconut coffee corn cotton forestry garlic grape guava mango melon onion palm papaya passion fruit peanuts pineapple potato rice rubber soybean sorghum sugarcane sunflower tomato watermelon wheat. Compiled with greatest care this objective data source will serve s a strategic planning instrument for researchers and professionals in agriculture medium-sized to large-scale farming land development consultancy and the investment sector. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780415667678

Agriculture in Brazil Yearbook 2011Brazil Agrianual A comprehensive and unique data source on Brazilian agriculture this annually published volume covers all economical aspects of the industry in fine detail. It represents the dynamics of the sector  dimensions of the activities involved and their profitability. Providing data on crop areas production costs supply and demand in the world in Brazil and the markets involved it offers an exclusive overview of the status of the agriculture sector including outlooks for the major sectors such as biofuel production and for land prices by area and by potential use. In addition to the relevant general aspects detailed data on the production harvest areas supply and demand statistics consumption import and export production costs and pricing of the 35 most important crops are included: apple avocado banana beans canola orange lime tangerine cocoa beans coconut coffee corn cotton forestry garlic grape guava mango melon onion palm papaya passion fruit peanuts pineapple potato rice rubber soybean sorghum sugarcane sunflower tomato watermelon wheat. Compiled with greatest care this objective data source will serve s a strategic planning instrument for researchers and professionals in agriculture medium-sized to large-scale farming land development consultancy and the investment sector. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780415667685

Agriculture in Capitalist Europe 1945–1960From food shortages to food surpluses In the years before the Second World War agriculture in most European states was carried out on peasant or small family farms using technologies that relied mainly on organic inputs and local knowledge and skills supplying products into a market that was partly local or national partly international. The war applied a profound shock to this system. In some countries farms became battlefields causing the extensive destruction of buildings crops and livestock. In others farmers had to respond to calls from the state for increased production to cope with the effects of wartime disruption of international trade. By the end of the war food was rationed when it was obtainable at all. Only fifteen years later the erstwhile enemies were planning ways of bringing about a single agricultural market across much of continental western Europe as farmers mechanised motorized shed labour invested capital and adopted new technologies to increase output. This volume brings together scholars working on this period of dramatic technical commercial and political change in agriculture from the end of the Second World War to the emergence of the Common Agricultural Policy in the early 1960s. Their work is structured around four themes: the changes in the international political order within which agriculture operated; the emergence of a range of different market regulation schemes that preceded the CAP; changes in technology and the extent to which they were promoted by state policy; and the impact of these political and technical changes on rural societies in western Europe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472469656

Agriculture in CrisisPeople Commodities and Natural Resources in Indonesia 1996-2001 Indonesia's monetary and political crisis is examined here in relation to its impact on Indonesia's agricultural sector. The twelve essays that comprise this volume take a micro-economic approach and analysis relies on observed facts and first-hand data collected both before and after the country's crisis. This is a lively well illustrated and instructive book. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138862593

Agriculture In Third Wrl/h This book identifies the pattern in a particular sector of the spatial economy. It analyses economies at a low level of development which are associated with distinctive forms of agricultural activity and explains their pattern at increasingly smaller scale: world nation village and farm. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367172008

Agriculture in Urban PlanningGenerating Livelihoods and Food Security This volume by graduate researchers working in urban agriculture examines concrete strategies to integrate city farming into the urban landscape. Drawing on original field work in cities across the rapidly urbanizing global south the book examines the contribution of urban agriculture and city farming to livelihoods and food security.   Case studies cover food production diversification for robust and secure food provision; the socio-economic and agronomic aspects of urban composting; urban agriculture as a viable livelihood strategy; strategies for integrating city farming into urban landscapes; and the complex social-ecological networks of urban agriculture. Other case studies look at public health aspects including the impact of pesticides micro-biological risks pollution and water contamination on food production and people.  Ultimately the book calls on city farmers politicians environmentalists and regulatory bodies to work together to improve the long term sustainability of urban farming as a major secure source of food and employment for urban populations.  Published with IDRC Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415507363

Agriculture in World History Now in its second edition Agriculture in World History presents a unique exploration of farmers and farming and their relationships to non-farmers and urban societies from the ancient world to the 21st century. From its origins civilization has depended on the food fiber and other goods produced by farmers. This book illustrates how urban societies both exploited and supported farmers and together endured economic and environmental crises. Viewing farmers as the crucial interface between civilization and the natural world Mark Tauger examines the environmental changes political and social transformations and scientific and technological developments in farming. The second edition draws attention to the modern period particularly the effects of war depression and authoritarianism on world agriculture scientific advances and the problems they created increased international competition between countries with the expanding role of corporations the threats posed by climate change and some of agriculture's future prospects. Accessibly written and following a chronological structure the volume enables readers to easily gain a foundational understanding of an important aspect of world history. This survey will be an indispensable text for world history students and for anyone interested in the historical development of the present agricultural and food crises. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367420918

Agriculture Innovation Systems in AsiaTowards Inclusive Rural Development This book looks at agricultural systems and rural economies in Asia through the prism of alternative innovation systems alternative public policy and institutional changes. The massive shifts within the agricultural economy in Asia geared towards increasing production has had a direct effect on the livelihood of a large mass of people in rural societies causing financial and social distress. This book explores a wide range of solutions such as the role of education improving technical skills and human capital along with interactive learning in R&D harnessing ICTs and institutional innovations to see how these problems can be alleviated. The volume looks at how these methods can help formulate alternative ways to build sustainable and inclusive agricultural societies ensure food security sustainable growth and agricultural productivity. This book rich in theoretical and empirical matter will be useful for academics and researchers interested in agricultural innovation development studies and agricultural economics. It will also be of interest to policymakers and thinktanks working towards inclusive social development and sustainability in Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367146665

Agriculture: People and Policies The structure and future of Britain’s agriculture sector are the central concerns of this volume first published in 1986. It critically examines the mystique surrounding agriculture which has done much to underpin the special support the industry had enjoyed. The papers collected here address many of the key questions: What is distinctive about the social and economic organisation of agricultural production? What are the main factors which have influenced policy formation? And how are the policy makers likely to respond to widespread concern about the economic and environmental impact of those policies? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367356453

Agri-CultureReconnecting People Land and Nature 'Refreshingly fluent narrative brimming full of stories and metaphors' Tim O'Riordan University of East Anglia UK 'A great balance between storytelling and analysis which points to the critical need for gaining control over resources' Jacqueline Ashby CIAT Colombia 'Full of supporting evidence and clear arguments' Norman Uphoff Cornell University US 'A wonderful book put together with such vision and passion' Mark Ritchie Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy US 'A superb volume. This is a valuable monograph that all policy-makers scholars and farmers must read to understand their roles and responsibilities' Vo-Tong Xuan Angiang University Vietnam 'Beautifully written. The implications of the book's ideas are deep and extensive' Julia Guivant University of Florianopolis Brazil Something is wrong with our agricultural and food systems. Despite great progress in increasing productivity in recent decades hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished and further millions suffer for eating too much food or the wrong sort. Agri-Culture envisages the expansion of a new form of food production and consumption founded on more ecological principles and in harmony with the cultures knowledges and collective capacities of the producers themselves. It draws on many stories of successful agricultural transformation in developing and industrialized countries but with a warning that true prosperity will depend on the radical reform of the institutions and policies that control global food futures and fundamental changes in the way we think. The time has come for the next agricultural revolution. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781849770422

AgrindusIntegration of AGRIculture and INDUStries This is a fascinating insight into some of the most important thinking of the industrial revolution in Israel. Technological revolution rapid industrialization and higher levels of productivity all drew more and more people from the agricultural workforce and new ideas were needed to combat this serious loss of labour. At the time this book was first published Professor Halperim's had somthing new and original to offer. He argued that agriculture could be combined with industry without undermining that age-old social asset the village community and bring it into line with changing conditions. As he predicted the development of areas comprising a score or more of villages ranging around non-agriculture has been preserved and rural society has continued to exist although it has assumed different forms. The name proposed by the author for this new formation is Agrindus as it expresses the integration of AGRiculture and INDUStries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138879751

AgroecologyThe Science Of Sustainable Agriculture Second Edition This new edition builds on the explosion of research on sustainable agriculture since the late 1980s. By separating myth from reality Miguel Altieri extracts the key principles of sustainable agriculture and expounds on management systems that ?really work.? Providing case studies of sustainable rural development in developing countries he goes b Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367319229

Agroforestry for sustainable agriculture Agroforestry seeks to balance protection of forest resources the exploitation of the ecosystem services that trees can contribute to agriculture and the role of agroforestry in diversifying the range of agricultural products and markets. This volume reviews the latest research on the role and implementation of main types of agroforestry understanding and assessing the ecosystem services that agroforestry can deliver and techniques for optimising agroforestry practice. The book's main focus is on temperate agroforestry but also reviews particular issues facing agroforestry in the tropics. The collection will be a standard reference for forestry and agricultural scientists in universities government and other research centres in agroforestry Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429275500

AIDS Behavior and CultureUnderstanding Evidence-Based Prevention AIDS Behavior and Culture presents a bold challenge to the prevailing wisdom of “the global AIDS industry” and offers an alternative framework for understanding what works in HIV prevention. Arguing for a behavior-based approach Green and Ruark make the case that the most effective programs are those that encourage fundamental behavioral changes such as abstinence delay of sex faithfulness and cessation of injection drug use. Successful programs are locally based low cost low tech innovative and built on existing cultural structures. In contrast they argue that anthropologists and public health practitioners focus on counseling testing condoms and treatment and impose their Western values culture and political ideologies in an attempt to “liberate” non-Western people from sexual repression and homophobia. This provocative book is essential reading for anyone working in HIV/AIDS prevention and a stimulating introduction to the key controversies and approaches in global health and medical anthropology for students and general readers. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315435176

Alcohol Flows Across CulturesDrinking Cultures in Transnational and Comparative Perspective This book maps changing patterns of drinking. Emphasis is laid on the connected histories of different regions and populations across the globe regarding consumption patterns government policies economics and representations of alcohol and drinking. Its transnational perspective facilitates an understanding of the local and global factors that have had a bearing on alcohol consumption and legislation especially on the emergence of particular styles of ‘drinking cultures’. The comparative approach helps to identify similarities differences and crossovers between particular regions and pinpoint the parameters that shape alcohol consumption policies legal and illegal production and popular perceptions. With a wide geographic range the book explores plural drinking cultures within any one region their association with specific social groups and their continuities and changes in the wake of wider global colonial and postcolonial economic political and social constraints and exchanges. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138302051

Alevis in EuropeVoices of Migration Culture and Identity The Alevis are a significant minority in Turkey and now also in the countries of Western Europe. Over the past century many of them have migrated from rural enclaves on the Anatolian plateau to the great cities of Istanbul and Ankara and from there to the countries of the European Union. This book asks who are they? How do they construct their identities – now and in the past; in Turkey and in Europe? A range of scholars writing from sociological historical socio-psychological and political perspectives present analysis and research that shows the Alevi communities grouping and regrouping defining and redefining – sometimes as an ethnic minority sometimes as religious groups sometimes around a political philosophy - contingently responding to circumstances of the Turkish Republic’s political position and to the immigration policies of Western Europe. Contributors consider Alevi roots and cultural practices in their villages of origin; the changes in identity following the migration to the gecekondu shanty towns surrounding the cities of Turkey; the changes consequent on their second diaspora to Germany the UK Sweden and other European countries; and the implications of European citizenship for their identity. This collection offers a new and significant contribution to the study of migration and minorities in the wider European context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367349035

Alfred the GreatWar Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England This biography of Alfred the Great king of the West Saxons (871-899) combines a sensitive reading of the primary sources with a careful evaluation of the most recent scholarly research on the history and archaeology of ninth-century England. Alfred emerges from the pages of this biography as a great warlord an effective and inventive ruler and a passionate scholar whose piety and intellectual curiosity led him to sponsor a cultural and spiritual renaissance. Alfred's victories on the battlefield and his sweeping administrative innovations not only preserved his native Wessex from viking conquest but began the process of political consolidation that would culminate in the creation of the kingdom of England. Alfred the Great: War Kingship and Culture in Anglo-Saxon England strips away the varnish of later interpretations to recover the historical Alfredpragmatic generous brutal pious scholarly within the context of his own age. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315846286

Algorithmic CulturesEssays on Meaning Performance and New Technologies This book provides in-depth and wide-ranging analyses of the emergence and subsequent ubiquity of algorithms in diverse realms of social life. The plurality of Algorithmic Cultures emphasizes: 1) algorithms’ increasing importance in the formation of new epistemic and organizational paradigms; and 2) the multifaceted analyses of algorithms across an increasing number of research fields. The authors in this volume address the complex interrelations between social groups and algorithms in the construction of meaning and social interaction. The contributors highlight the performative dimensions of algorithms by exposing the dynamic processes through which algorithms – themselves the product of a specific approach to the world – frame reality while at the same time organizing how people think about society. With contributions from leading experts from Media Studies Social Studies of Science and Technology Cultural and Media Sociology from Canada France Germany UK and the USA this volume presents cutting edge empirical and conceptual research that includes case studies on social media platforms gaming financial trading and mobile security infrastructures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138351899

Alternate CivilitiesDemocracy And Culture In China And Taiwan Some Asian political leaders and Western academics have recently claimed that China is unlikely to produce an open political system. This claim rests on the idea that ?Confucian culture? provides an alternative to Western civil values and that China lacked the democratic traditions and even the horizontal institutions of trust that could build a c Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367314460

Alternate Reality GamesPromotion and Participatory Culture Using textual analysis interviews with game designers audience surveys and close analysis of player forum discussion this book examines the unique nature of the producer/consumer relationship within promotional Alternate Reality Games (ARGs). Historically ARGs are rooted in advertising as much as they are in narrative storytelling. As designers often have to respond to player actions as the game progresses players can have an impact on the storyline on character behaviour and potentially on the final resolution of the narrative. This book explores how both media consumers and producers are responding to this new reconfiguration of the producer/consumer/prosumer dynamic in order to better understand the diverse advertising experiences available to media audiences today. With a focus on participatory culture and the political economy of promotional communications this in-depth analysis of ARGs will appeal to academics and researchers in the fields of games film advertising and media and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815386803

Alternative BusinessOutlaws Crime and Culture From Robin Hood to Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean outlaws have been a central part of 800 years of culture. These are characters who criticise the power of those in the castle or the skyscraper and earn their keep by breaking the law. Outlaws break categories too. They are fact and fiction opposition and product culture and economy natural justice and organized crime. Beginning with Robin Hood stealing from the rich and covering along the way pirates smugglers highwaymen the Wild West the Mafia and many others Martin Parker offers a fresh and exciting insight into the counter culture of the outlaw – one that rebels against the more dominant and traditional forms of economy and organization and celebrates a life free from wage slavery. Alternative Business is a highly readable entertaining book that will prove a helpful study tool for all students and lecturers working on organizations cultural studies and criminology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415586481

'Alternative' cultures and leisureCreating pathways for sustainable livelihoods Contemporary discourse on sustainability points to the need for substantial if not radical shifts in relations between productivity environment consumption and identities in ways which bring or restore balance to the intersecting domains. The catchphrase of ‘sustainability’ has made its way into mainstream discourse on the heels of the ongoing global financial crisis and responses to global warming. The literature of leisure sport and particularly tourism are replete with fine examples of ‘sustainability’ contributing to full ecology planning approaches.　 This book aims to stimulate debate and discussion within the leisure studies community about the roles of ‘alternative cultures’ in producing viable models of sustainable relations between work leisure and environment. Key elements of these discussions such as participatory democracy and deep ecology have long been characteristic of cultural configurations loosely called ‘counter’ or ‘alternative’ to a voracious hierarchical and unconscious modernity. However the leisure studies community has largely neglected their significance up until now. How are leisure sustainable livelihoods and ‘alternative’ cultures connected and what influence do they have? This book was originally published as a special issue of Annals of Leisure Research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138082823

Alternative IrrigationThe Promise of Runoff Agriculture An introduction to runoff agriculture - a form of agricultural irrigation - this text describes how the use of surface and subsurface water often overlooked and wasted enables both small farmers and commercial agriculturists to improve yields and the security of harvest even in harsh and remote environments. The text introduces the techniques and strategies as well as the challenges and the potential of the crucial approach which can contribute so much to reducing land degradation and improving conservation and sustainability. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203508152

Alternative Perspectives on Livelihoods Agriculture and Air PollutionAgriculture in Urban and Peri-urban Areas in a Developing Country This title was first published in 2001. This text is based on participatory field research in selected urban and peri-urban villages in Varanasi and Faridabad districts of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana respectively. The topic of air pollution is approached in a holistic manner in terms of local lives and livelihoods. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138635623

Alternative Protein Sources in Aquaculture Diets A unique resource that describes the ingredients included in an aquaculture diet species profiles processing methods impacts to environment and industry and more. Aquaculture is and will remain a major food producing sector in the future. To become more efficient and successful in the aquaculture industry operations need to provide good nutrition. Alternative Protein Sources in Aquaculture Diets is a unique source describing the ingredients included in fish and crustacean diets their nutrient compositions species profiles suitability for species processing methods and impacts of alternative ingredients on the environment and to the aquaculture industry. World-renowned nutritionists and feed technologists explore practical ways for the aquaculture industry to expand and remain competitive and discuss ways to develop less expensive alternative sources or protein. Diet costs take up a huge chunk of operating expenditures with fish meal being one of the most expensive ingredients in the aquaculture diet. Alternative Protein Sources in Aquaculture Diets provides detailed knowledge on the use of alternative plant and animal protein sources offering opportunities to either partially or completely replace fish meal. This comprehensive up-to-date text discusses the most widely used ingredients as well as various previously under-utilized ingredients which could be of significant potential in the future. The book is extensively referenced and includes numerous helpful tables to clearly present data. Topics discussed in Alternative Protein Sources in Aquaculture Diets (for finfish and crustacean species) include: • farmed fish diet requirements • reduction of waste through diet formulation • poultry by-product meal • meat packing by-products • soybean protein foodstuffs • cottonseed meal • lupins • unconventional plant protein supplements. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367387747

Amateur Media and Participatory CulturesFilm Video and Digital Media Amateur Media and Participatory Cultures aims to delineate the boundary line between today’s amateur media practice and the canons of professional media and film practice. Identifying various feasible interpretative frameworks from historical to anthropological perspectives the volume proposes a critical language able to cope with amateur and new media’s rapid technological and interpretative developments. Conscious of the fact that amateur media continue to be seen as the benchmark of visual records of authentic rather than mass-media-derived events Annamaria Motrescu-Mayes and Susan Aasman pay particular attention to the ways in which diverse sets of concepts of amateur media have now merged across global visual narratives and everyday communication protocols. Building on key research questions and content analysis in media and communication studies they have assessed differences between professional and amateur media productions based on the ways in which the ‘originators’ of an image have been influenced by or have challenged their context of production. This proposes that technical skills degrees of staging and/or censoring visual information and patterns in media socialisation define central differences between professional and amateur media production distribution and consumption. The book’s methodical and interdisciplinary approach provides valuable insights into the ways in which visual priming cultural experiences and memory-building are currently shaped stored and redistributed across new media technologies and visual channels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138226159

America Technology and Strategic CultureA Clausewitzian Assessment This book analyses the American way of war within the context of Clausewitzian theory. In doing so it draws conclusions about the origins viability and technical feasibility of America’s current strategic approach. The author argues that the situation in which America has found itself in Iraq is the direct result of a culturally predisposed inclination to substitute technology for strategy. This habit manifests most extremely in the form of the Network-Centric Warfare/Effects-Based Operations (NCW/EBO) construct which by and large has failed to deliver on its many promises. This book argues that the fundamental problem with the NCW/EBO – and with US defence transformation generally – is that it centres on technology at the expense of other dynamics notably the human one. Taking a fresh perspective on US strategic cultural predispositions in an era of persistent military conflict the author argues for the necessity of America’s revising its strategic paradigm in favour of a more holistic brand of strategy. This book will be of much interest to students of Clausewitz Strategic Studies International Security and US foreign policy.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138873544

America Under ConstructionBoundaries and Identities in Popular Culture A variety of theoretical approaches to the study of culture have emphasised the significance of the creation maintenance and the transgression of boundaries to identities – be they social cultural national or personal. The essays collected in this book first published in 1997 explore the creation of identities in American culture through analysis of the boundaries within and across which American identity is negotiated. The dissemination of cultural identity and the creation of national identity through this process has had a crucial impact on the shape of social life in post-war American culture. The contributors to this volume offer a variety of perspectives on this richly complicated process. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138201415

American AntifaThe Tactics Culture and Practice of Militant Antifascism Since the election of President Trump and the rise in racist and white supremacist activity the militant antifascist movement known as antifa has become increasingly active and high profile in the United States. This book analyzes the tactics culture and practices of the movement through a combination of social movement studies and critical criminological perspectives. Based on extensive fieldwork and interviews with activists this book is the first scholarly sociological analysis of contemporary antifascist activism in the United States. Drawing on social movement studies subculture studies and critical criminology it explains antifa's membership their ideology strategy tactics and use of culture as a weapon against the far right. It provides the most detailed account of this movement and also cuts through much of the mythology and common misunderstandings about it. This book will be of interest to scholars and students in sociology political science anthropology criminology and history; however a general audience would also be interested in the explanation of what drives antifa tactics and strategy in light of the high-profile conflicts between fascists and antifascists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367210601

American Chinese RestaurantsSociety Culture and Consumption With case studies from the USA Canada Chile and other countries in Latin America American Chinese Restaurants examines the lived experiences of what it is like to work in a Chinese restaurant. The book provides ethnographic insights on small family businesses struggling immigrant parents and kids working living and growing up in an American Chinese restaurant. This is the first book based on personal histories to document and analyze the American Chinese restaurant world. New narratives by various international and American contributors have presented Chinese restaurants as dynamic agencies that raise questions on identity ethnicity transnationalism industrialization (post)modernity assimilation public and civic spheres and socioeconomic differences. American Chinese Restaurants will be of interest to general readers scholars and college students from undergraduate to graduate level who wish to know Chinese restaurant life and understand the relationship between food and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367273163

American Countercultures: An Encyclopedia of Nonconformists Alternative Lifestyles and Radical Ideas in U.S. HistoryAn Encyclopedia of Non Counterculture while commonly used to describe youth-oriented movements during the 1960s refers to any attempt to challenge or change conventional values and practices or the dominant lifestyles of the day. This fascinating three-volume set explores these movements in America from colonial times to the present in colorful detail. "American Countercultures" is the first reference work to examine the impact of countercultural movements on American social history. It highlights the writings recordings and visual works produced by these movements to educate inspire and incite action in all eras of the nation's history. A-Z entries provide a wealth of information on personalities places events concepts beliefs groups and practices. The set includes numerous illustrations a topic finder primary source documents a bibliography and a filmography and an index. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315706580

American Cultural StudiesAn Introduction to American Culture Exploring the central themes in modern American cultural studies and discussing how these themes can be interpreted American Cultural Studies offers a wide-ranging overview of different aspects of American cultural life such as religion gender and sexuality regionalism and ethnicity and immigration. The fourth edition has been revised throughout to take into account the developments of the last four years. Updates and revisions include: discussion of Barack Obama’s time in the White House consideration of ‘Hemispheric American Studies’ and the increasing debates about globalisation and the international role of the USA long-form television and American Studies up-to-date case studies such as Girls The Wire and Orange is the New Black more material on Detroit the Mexican border same-sex relationships and Islam in America updated further reading lists and new follow-up work. Illustrated throughout containing follow-up questions and further reading at the end of each chapter and accompanied by a companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/campbell) providing further study resources American Cultural Studies is a core text and an accessible guide to the interdisciplinary study of American culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138833142

American CultureAn Anthology This second edition of American Culture includes contemporary events and provides an introduction to American civilization. Extracts are taken from diverse sources such as political addresses articles interviews oral histories and advertisements. Edited by academics who are highly experienced in the study and teaching of American Studies across a wide range of institutions this book provides: texts that introduce aspects of American society in a historical perspective primary sources and images that can be used as the basis for illustration analysis and discussion linking text which stresses themes rather than offering a simple chronological survey. American Culture brings together primary texts from 1600 to the present day to present a comprehensive overview of and introduction to American culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203008478

American Fiction of the 1990sReflections of history and culture American Fiction of the 1990s: Reflections of History and Culture brings together essays from international experts to examine one of the most vital and energized decades in American literature. This volume reads the rich body of 1990s American fiction in the context of key cultural concerns of the period. The issues that the contributors identify as especially productive include: Immigration and America’s geographical borders particularly those with Latin America Racial tensions race relations and racial exchanges Historical memory and the recording of history Sex scandal and the politicization of sexuality Postmodern technologies terrorism and paranoia American Fiction of the 1990s examines texts by established authors such as Don DeLillo Toni Morrison Philip Roth and Thomas Pynchon who write some of their most ambitious work in the period but also by emergent writers such as Sherman Alexie Chang-Rae Lee E. Annie Proulx David Foster Wallace and Jonathan Franzen. Offering new insight into both the literature and the culture of the period as well as the interaction between the two in a way that furthers the New American Studies this volume will be essential reading for students and lecturers of American literature and culture and late twentieth-century fiction. Contributors include: Timothy Aubry Alex Blazer Kasia Boddy Stephen J. Burn Andrew Dix Brian Jarvis Suzanne W. Jones Peter Knight A. Robert Lee Stacey Olster Derek Parker Royal Krishna Sen Zoe Trodd Andrew Warnes and Nahem Yousaf. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203091043

American Medicine As Culture This book situates biomedicine within American culture and argues that the very organization and practice of medicine are themselves cultural. It demonstrates the symbolic construction of clinical reality within American biomedicine and shows how biomedicine never leaves the realm of the personal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367153069

American Women Artists 1935-1970Gender Culture and Politics Numerous American women artists built successful professional careers in the mid-twentieth century while confronting challenging cultural transitions: shifts in stylistic avant-gardism harsh political transformations and changing gender expectations for both women and men. These social and political upheavals provoked complex intellectual and aesthetic tensions. Critical discourses about style and expressive value were also renegotiated while still privileging masculinist concepts of aesthetic authenticity. In these contexts women artists developed their careers by adopting innovative approaches to contemporary subjects techniques and media. However while a few women working during these decades have gained significant recognition many others are still consigned to historical obscurity. The essays in this volume take varied approaches to revising this historical silence. Two focus on evidence of gender biases in several exhibitions and contemporary critical writings; the rest discuss individual artists' complex relationships to mainstream developments with attention to gender and political biases cultural innovations and the influence of racial/ethnic diversity. Several also explore new interpretative directions to open alternative possibilities for evaluating women's aesthetic and formal choices. Through its complex nuanced approach to issues of gender and female agency this volume offers valuable and exciting new scholarship in twentieth-century American art history and feminist studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367331467

America's British Culture It is an incontestable fact of history that the United States although a multiethnic nation derives its language mores political purposes and institutions from Great Britain. The two nations share a common history religious heritage pattern of law and politics and a body of great literature. Yet America cannot be wholly confident that this heritage will endure forever. Declining standards in education and the strident claims of multiculturalists threaten to sever the vital Anglo-American link that ensures cultural order and continuity. In "America's British Culture" now in paperback Russell Kirk offers a brilliant summary account and spirited defense of the culture that the people of the United States have inherited from Great Britain. Kirk discerns four essential areas of influence. The language and literature of England carried with it a tradition of liberty and order as well as certain assumptions about the human condition and ethical conduct. American common and positive law being derived from English law gives fuller protection to the individual than does the legal system of any other country. The American form of representative government is patterned on the English parliamentary system. Finally there is the body of mores - moral habits beliefs conventions customs - that compose an ethical heritage. Elegantly written and deeply learned "America's British Culture" is an insightful inquiry into history and a plea for cultural renewal and continuity. Adam De Vore in "The Michigan Review" said of the book: "A compact but stimulating tract...a contribution to an over-due cultural renewal and reinvigoration...Kirk evinces an increasingly uncommon reverence for historical accuracy academic integrity and the understanding of one's cultural heritage " and Merrie Cave in "The Salisbury Review" said of the author: "Russell Kirk has been one of the most important influences in the revival of American conservatism since the fifties. [Kirk] belongs to an Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315082479

America's Political Class Under FireThe Twentieth Century's Great Culture War First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203955031

Among CulturesThe Challenge of Communication Among Cultures: The Challenge of Communication Third Edition explores intercultural communication and the relationship between communication and culture using narrative as a common and compelling thread for studying intercultural interactions. Anchored in the position that people make sense of their worlds through choosing and telling narratives to themselves and others this text is replete with narratives and stories. Chapters address key aspects of intercultural communication including verbal and nonverbal communication; stereotypes and bias; identity; conflict; diversity; and ethics. Using an interpretive approach to intercultural communication the text helps students understand that although a person may appear different his/her common sense is quite reasonable within a particular interpretive context. Resources are included to help students understand and explain the reasonableness of other cultural systems. The text includes activities for students to complete while reading including self-assessments and nonverbal self-knowledge tests. Reflection questions within and at the end of each chapter promote thinking and discussion on each topic. With its unique approach to studying intercultural communication via real-life narratives this text facilitates a deep understanding of the cultural aspects of communication. In providing the narratives of others it encourages students to tell their own stories and build a strong foundation for communicating across cultures. New to the Third Edition: New chapter—"What Role Does Culture Play in Contemporary Contexts?"—explores intercultural communication as it relates to the environment health and technology. New sections on identity silence and terms of address as important communicative practices in intercultural settings. Updated sections on honorifics key terms social dramas and the golden approaches to ethics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138657823

An Analysis of Clifford Geertz's The Interpretation of CulturesSelected Essays Clifford Geertz has been called ‘the most original anthropologist of his generation’ – and this reputation rests largely on the huge contributions to the methodology and approaches of anthropological interpretation that he outlined in The Interpretation of Cultures. The centrality of interpretative skills to anthropology is uncontested: in a subject that is all about understanding mankind and which seeks to outline the differences and the common ground that exists between cultures interpretation is the crucial skillset. For Geertz however standard interpretative approaches did not go deep enough and his life’s work concentrated on deepening and perfecting his subject’s interpretative skills. Geertz is best known for his definition of ‘culture ’ and his theory of ‘thick description ’ an influential technique that depends on fresh interpretative approaches. For Geertz ‘cultures’ are ‘webs of meaning’ in which everyone is suspended. Understanding culture therefore is not so much a matter of going in search of law but of setting out an interpretative framework for meaning that focuses directly on attempts to define the real meaning of things within a given culture. The best way to do this for Geertz is via ‘thick description:’ a way of recording things that explores context and surroundings and articulates meaning within the web of culture. Ambitious and bold Geertz’s greatest creation is a method all critical thinkers can learn from. Media > Books > Print Books Macat Library 9781912127283

An Analysis of Franz Boas's Race Language and Culture Franz Boas’s 1940 Race Language and Culture is a monumentally important text in the history of its discipline collecting the articles and essays that helped make Boas known as the ‘father of American anthropology.’ An encapsulation of a career dedicated to fighting against the false theories of so-called ‘scientific racism’ that abounded in the first half of the 20th-century Race Language and Culture is one of the most historically significant texts in its field – and central to its arguments and impact are Boas’s formidable interpretative skills. It could be said indeed that Race Language and Culture is all about the centrality of interpretation in questioning our assumptions about the world. In critical thinking interpretation is the ability to clarify and posit definitions for the terms and ideas that make up an argument. Boas’s work demonstrates the importance of another vital element: context. For Boas who argued passionately for ‘cultural relativism ’ it was vital to interpret individual cultures by their own standards and context – not by ours. Only through comparing and contrasting the two can we reach he suggested a better understanding of humankind. Though our own questions might be smaller it is always worth considering the crucial element Boas brought to interpretation: how does context change definition? Media > Books > Print Books Macat Library 9781912128389

An Analysis of Friedrich Schleiermacher's On ReligionSpeeches to its Cultured Despisers On Religion is a major text for the development of modern religious thought in the West and its author German theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher is remembered as the Father of Modern Protestant Theology as well as for his contributions to philosophy ethics and hermeneutics. Comprising five lively speeches which defend religion as a universal element of human life the text was addressed to the young intellectual elite of early nineteenth-century Berlin. It demonstrates Schleiermacher’s critique of Kant’s religious and moral thought while also showing his indebtedness to the divergent movements of Enlightenment rationalism and Romanticism. Media > Books > Print Books Macat Library 9781912453627

An Analysis of Geert Hofstede's Culture's ConsequencesComparing Values Behaviors Institutes and Organizations across Nations The Dutch anthropologist Geert Hofstede is recognized as a pioneer in the fields of international management and social psychology – and his work is a perfect example of the ways in which interpretative skills can help solve problems and provide the foundation for strong thinking and understanding both in business and beyond. Hofstede’s central achievement was setting up an efficient interpretative framework for understanding the cultural differences between one country and another. Working for the international computing company IBM in the late 1960s Hofstede noted that such cultural differences had huge consequences for international organizations. Up until then while many inside and outside of business recognized the importance of these differences little had been done to define precisely what cultural difference was and in what areas of life it was expressed. Hofstede’s insight was that if one could interpret and define the dimensions of cultural difference it would be possible to measure them and act accordingly. From a vast survey of IBM’s employees in several countries Hofstede originally defined five dimensions of culture: every society could be rated for each dimension providing a useful guide to the kinds of cultural differences at play. As ever good interpretative skills provided the basis for better understanding. Media > Books > Print Books Macat Library 9781912127351

An Analysis of Homi K. Bhabha's The Location of Culture Homi K. Bhabha’s 1994 The Location of Culture is one of the founding texts of the branch of literary theory called postcolonialism. While postcolonialism has many strands at its heart lies the question of interpreting and understanding encounters between the western colonial powers and the nations across the globe that they colonized. Colonization was not just an economic military or political process but one that radically affected culture and identity across the world. It is a field in which interpretation comes to the fore and much of its force depends on addressing the complex legacy of colonial encounters by careful sustained attention to the meaning of the traces that they left on colonized cultures. What Bhabha’s writing like so much postcolonial thought shows is that the arts of clarification and definition that underpin good interpretation are rarely the same as simplification. Indeed good interpretative clarification is often about pointing out and dividing the different kinds of complexity at play in a single process or term. For Bhabha the object is identity itself as expressed in the ideas colonial powers had about themselves. In his interpretation what at first seems to be the coherent set of ideas behind colonialism soon breaks down into a complex mass of shifting stances – yielding something much closer to postcolonial thought than a first glance at his sometimes dauntingly complex suggests. Media > Books > Print Books Macat Library 9781912127276

An Anthology of Russian Literature from Earliest Writings to Modern FictionIntroduction to a Culture Russia has a rich huge unwieldy cultural tradition. How to grasp it? This classroom reader is designed to respond to that problem. The literary works selected for inclusion in this anthology introduce the core cultural and historic themes of Russia's civilisation. Each text has resonance throughout the arts - in Rublev's icons Meyerhold's theatre Mousorgsky's operas Prokofiev's symphonies Fokine's choreography and Kandinsky's paintings. This material is supported by introductions helpful annotations and bibliographies of resources in all media. The reader is intended for use in courses in Russian literature culture and civilisation as well as comparative literature. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315706443

An Anthropology of PuzzlesThe Role of Puzzles in the Origins and Evolution of Mind and Culture An Anthropology of Puzzles argues that the human brain is a "puzzling organ" which allows humans to literally solve their own problems of existence through puzzle format. Noting the presence of puzzles everywhere in everyday life Marcel Danesi looks at puzzles in society since the dawn of history showing how their presence has guided large sections of human history from discoveries in mathematics to disquisitions in philosophy. Danesi examines the cognitive processes that are involved in puzzle making and solving and connects them to the actual physical manifestations of classic puzzles. Building on a concept of puzzles as based on Jungian archetypes such as the river crossing image the path metaphor and the journey Danesi suggests this could be one way to understand the public fascination with puzzles. As well as drawing on underlying mental archetypes the act of solving puzzles also provides an outlet to move beyond biological evolution and Danesi shows that puzzles could be the product of the same basic neural mechanism that produces language and culture. Finally Danesi explores how understanding puzzles can be a new way of understanding our human culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367732264

An Apartheid Oasis?Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods in Venda This is a socio-economic study of agriculture and its contribution to livelihoods in Venda one of the black "homelands" created in South Africa under apartheid. It is based on a survey of households in the Tshiombo irrigation scheme a project in central Venda with around 600 plot-holders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138963658

An Earthly ParadiseTrade Politics and Culture in Early Modern Bengal This collection of articles on varied facets of early modern Bengal showcases cutting edge work in the field and hopes to encourage new research. The essays explore the trading networks religious traditions artistic and literary patronage and politico-cultural practices that emerged in roughly sixteenth-eighteenth centuries. Using a wide array of sources the contributors to this volume coming from diverse academic affiliations and including many young researchers have attempted to address various historiographical ‘black holes’ bringing in new material and interpretations.Early modern Bengal’s history tends to get overshadowed by the later developments of the nineteenth century. What this assortment of articles highlights is that this period needs to be studied afresh and in depth. The region underwent rapid transformations as it got politically integrated with Northern India and its empires and economically with extensive global economic networks. Combined with its unique geography the trajectory of this region in all spheres manifest an almost constant interplay of local and extra-local forces – be it in literature art economic domain political and religious cultures – and considerable enterprise and ingenuity.Thus a variety of themes – including travel accounts Portuguese and Arakanese presence early Dutch French Ostend companies’ forays into the region artistic production in the Nizamat and later collections of art and missionaries the English company state’s intrusions in local economy in salt and raw silk production and indigenous reactions and rebellions consumption practices related to religious activities circulation and translation of texts representation of women in vernacular writings and organization of religious traditions – have been analysed in this volume with a wide ranging introduction tying up the themes to the broader historiographical issues and contexts.The collection will be an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars of history especially of early modern India. Please note: This title is co-published with Manohar Publishers New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367497880

An Empirical Investigation of Farmers Behavior Under UncertaintyIncome Price and Yield Variability for Late-Nineteenth Century American Agriculture This study first published in 1985 aims to provide objective measures of the risks associated with various crops and livestock in the late nineteenth century and to examine two important issues in American economic history. Knowledge of these risks if a necessity to the profession if analyses of the uncertainties of postbellum agriculture are to continue. Without this knowledge assertions which have little or no empirical content will continue to be made. This title will be of great interest to students of economics and agriculture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367252052

An Introduction to Design and Culture1900 to the Present An Introduction to Design and Culture provides a comprehensive guide to the changing relationships between design and culture from 1900 to the present day with an emphasis on five main themes: Design and consumption Design and technology The design profession Design theory Design and identities. This fourth edition extends the traditional definition of design as covering product design furniture design interior design fashion design and graphic design to embrace its more recent manifestations which include service design user-interface design co-design and sustainable design among others. It also discusses the relationship between design and the new media and the effect of globalisation on design. Taking a broadly chronological approach Professor Sparke employs historical methods to show how these themes developed through the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century and played a role within modernism postmodernism and beyond. Over a hundred illustrations are used throughout to demonstrate the breadth of design and examples – among them design in Modern China the work of Apple Computers Ltd. and design thinking – are used to elaborate key ideas. The new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of design studies cultural studies and visual arts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138495852

An Introduction to Design and Culture1900 to the Present This third edition of An Introduction to Design and Culture has been revised and updated throughout to include issues of globalization sustainability and digital/interactive design. New for this edition is a chapter which covers key changes in design culture. Design culture has changed dramatically in the 21st century the designer-hero is now much less in evidence and design has become much more interdisciplinary. Drawing on a wealth of mass-produced artefacts images and environments including sewing machines cars televisions clothes electronic and branded goods and exhibitions author Penny Sparke shows how design has helped to shape and reflect our social and cultural development. This introduction to the development of modern (and postmodern) design is ideal for undergraduate students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415686198

An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture How can we study popular culture? What makes 'popular culture' popular? Is popular culture important? What influence does it have?An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture provides a clear and comprehensive answer to these questions. It presents a critical assessment of the major ways in which popular culture has been interpreted and suggests how it may be more usefully studied.Dominic Strinati uses the examples of cinema and television to show how we can understand popular culture from sociological and historical perspectives. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315005768

An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of ReligionConnecting Evolution Brain Cognition and Culture In recent decades a new scientific approach to understand explain and predict many features of religion has emerged. The cognitive science of religion (CSR) has amassed research on the forces that shape the tendency for humans to be religious and on what forms belief takes. It suggests that religion like language or music naturally emerges in humans with tractable similarities. This new approach has profound implications for how we understand religion including why it appears so easily and why people are willing to fight—and die—for it. Yet it is not without its critics and some fear that scholars are explaining the ineffable mystery of religion away or showing that religion is natural proves or disproves the existence of God. An Introduction to the Cognitive Science of Religion offers students and general readers an accessible introduction to the approach providing an overview of key findings and the debates that shape it. The volume includes a glossary of key terms and each chapter includes suggestions for further thought and further reading as well as chapter summaries highlighting key points. This book is an indispensable resource for introductory courses on religion and a much-needed option for advanced courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138541467

Anarchy and CultureThe Problem of the Contemporary University Originally published in 1969 Anarchy and Culture both documents and describes the influence of the student and academic in the case of revolution and protest within the university. The book looks at the theory behind the culture of revolution within the contemporary university and comments upon the affect this has upon teaching as well as the student experience. This edited collection contains a wide range of essays from a broad range of contributors in the fields of Sociology English and Education. Focusing predominately on study of the university in the UK the book covers a spread of political comment and personal attitude in analysing culture and anarchy in relation to the contemporary university. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138323124

Ancient Cultures of ConceitBritish University Fiction in the Post-War Years The campus novel is one of the best loved forms of fiction in the post-war period. But what are its characteristic themes? What are its prejudices? And what does it take for granted? Originally published in 1990 this is the first study to connect literary historical and sociological aspects of modern British universities. It shows that the culture celebrated in British university fiction represents a particular view of humane education which has its origins in the values of Oxbridge. Threats are seen to come from the ‘redbrick’ and ‘new’ universities from proletarians scientists (including sociologists) women and foreigners. This exhilarating book makes a nonsense of sociology’s reputation for turgid and plodding analysis. Sharp-witted shrewd and penetrating it will be of interest to students of sociology literature and for the same wide audience that appears to have an insatiable appetite for stories about university life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367339289

Ancient Greek AgricultureAn Introduction The initial focus of Ancient Greek Agriculture is firmly on the art of agriculture proper the tools and the technique the plants cultivated and the animals reared. Thereafter Isager and Skydsgaard focus on the position of agriculture in the society of gods and men in the Greek city-states . The arguments of Ancient Greek Agriculture are strengthened by the book's close adherence to contemporary Greek sources literary as well as archaeological avoiding the use of later as well as Roman material. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203037744

Ancient Maya Wetland AgricultureExcavations On Albion Island Northern Belize Changes in the orientation of archaeological research in the post-World War n period affected Maya studies. The cultural ecological perspective which was rising to prominence put an old debate in bold relief: How had this prehistoric civilization adapted to the tropical forest environment? How could swidden cultivation have sustained the unexpectedly high population densities that settlement pattern studies appeared to be revealing? Had the ancient Maya practiced some from of intensive agriculture? Archaeologist Dennis E. Puleston went to the Maya Lowlands to investigate geographer Alfred H. Siemens's reports of possible intensive agriculture ("ridged fields") seen from the air and to study prehistoric Maya cultivation and civilization from a cultural ecological perspective. This volume presents the results of the Rio Hondo Project field research on Albion Island in northern Belize from 1973 to 1980 with the addition of selected results from Pohl's continuing work in northern Belize. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367010607

Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture Organized by the periods kingdoms and empires generally used in ancient Near Eastern political history Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture interlaces social and cultural history with a political narrative. Charts figures maps and historical documents introduce the reader to the material world of the ancient Near East including Egypt. The emphasis on historical debates and areas of uncertainty helps students understand how historians use evidence to create interpretations and that several different interpretations of history are possible. New features in this edition include: Reorganization of the chapters on the early periods with discussions incorporating the latest archaeological finds. New "Debating the Evidence" sections discussing current controversial issues in Near Eastern history. These sections make it easy for students and teachers to find and use the portions of the text devoted to scholarly arguments about various aspects of ancient Near Eastern history. A new chapter "Ancient Israel and Judah " has been added to cover more completely the crucial issues of ancient Israelite history and religion. More emphasis has been placed on the role and contributions of women in the ancient Near East. The most important change is the addition of co-author Susan N. Helft a specialist in the art and archaeology of the ancient Near East who has applied her considerable knowledge insight research and editing skills throughout the book. This new edition of Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture will remain a crucial text for students beginning to learn about the fascinating civilizations of the Near East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138686410

Androids and Intelligent Networks in Early Modern Literature and CultureArtificial Slaves Awarded a 2014 Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies Prize Honourable Mention. This book explores the creation and use of artificially made humanoid servants and servant networks by fictional and non-fictional scientists of the early modern period. Beginning with an investigation of the roots of artificial servants humanoids and automata from earlier times LaGrandeur traces how these literary representations coincide with a surging interest in automata and experimentation and how they blend with the magical science that preceded the empirical era. In the instances that this book considers the idea of the artificial factotum is connected with an emotional paradox: the joy of self-enhancement is counterpoised with the anxiety of self-displacement that comes with distribution of agency.In this way the older accounts of creating artificial slaves are accounts of modernity in the making—a modernity characterized by the project of extending the self and its powers in which the vision of the extended self is fundamentally inseparable from the vision of an attenuated self. This book discusses the idea that fictional artificial servants embody at once the ambitions of the scientific wizards who make them and society’s perception of the dangers of those ambitions and represent the cultural fears triggered by independent experimental thinkers—the type of thinkers from whom our modern cyberneticists descend. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138743342

Anglo-Saxon EmotionsReading the Heart in Old English Language Literature and Culture Research into the emotions is beginning to gain momentum in Anglo-Saxon studies. In order to integrate early medieval Britain into the wider scholarly research into the history of emotions (a major theme in other fields and a key field in interdisciplinary studies) this volume brings together established scholars who have already made significant contributions to the study of Anglo-Saxon mental and emotional life with younger scholars. The volume presents a tight focus - on emotion (rather than psychological life more generally) on Anglo-Saxon England and on language and literature - with contrasting approaches that will open up debate. The volume considers a range of methodologies and theoretical perspectives examines the interplay of emotion and textuality explores how emotion is conveyed through gesture interrogates emotions in religious devotional literature and considers the place of emotion in heroic culture. Each chapter asks questions about what is culturally distinctive about emotion in Anglo-Saxon England and what interpretative moves have to be made to read emotion in Old English texts as well as considering how ideas about and representations of emotion might relate to lived experience. Taken together the essays in this collection indicate the current state of the field and preview important work to come. By exploring methodologies and materials for the study of Anglo-Saxon emotions particularly focusing on Old English language and literature it will both stimulate further study within the discipline and make a distinctive contribution to the wider interdisciplinary conversation about emotions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367879228

Animal AgricultureResearch To Meet Human Needs In The 21st Century First published in 1980. Animal agriculture serves human needs. Three-fourths of the protein one-third of the energy most of the calcium and phosphorus and substantial amounts of essential vitamins and other minerals in the American diet are from animal products. Recognizing that innovative research holds the key to meeting these challenges 210 concerned individuals convened at Boyne Mountain Michigan May 4 to 9 1980. Their goal was to identify priorities for future research to enable animal agriculture to efficiently and effectively serve human needs in the 21st century. These proceedings represent the best collective judgment on research priorities by a group of informed and dedicated people concerned with the future role of animal agriculture in meeting human needs. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367018566

Animal Husbandry RegainedThe Place of Farm Animals in Sustainable Agriculture The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma. While world demand from a growing and more affluent human population is increasing rapidly there are strong counter-arguments that we should eat less meat and pay more attention to environmental protection animal welfare and human health and well-being.  The aim of this book is to identify and explain the causes and contributors to current problems in animal husbandry especially those related to 'factory farming' and advance arguments that may contribute to its successful re-orientation. Husbandry is considered in its broadest sense namely the productive and sustainable use of the land for the good of all (plants humans and other animals).  The first part of the book outlines principles and arguments necessary to engage with current problems: depletion of natural resources and destruction of environment animal welfare food and health fair trade and sharing resources. These arguments are illustrated by examples and sufficient evidence to justify the argument without obscuring the message. The second part presents a series of constructive proposals for change and development in animal husbandry both in the developed world and subsistence agriculture. These include more integrated crop and livestock farming systems the ethics of animal welfare and environmental management and the evolution of a new social contract whereby the rights of the people to a fair share of good safe food and a green and pleasant land are matched by a shared responsibility to preserve these things. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781849714211

Animal Welfare in Animal AgricultureHusbandry Stewardship and Sustainability in Animal Production What constitutes animal welfare? With animals being used for companionship service research food fiber and by-products animal welfare is a topic of great interest and importance to society. As the world’s population continues to increase a major challenge for society is the maintenance of a strong and viable food system which is linked to the well-being and comfort of food animals. Animal Welfare in Animal Agriculture: Husbandry Stewardship and Sustainability in Animal Production explores the pressing issue of farm animal welfare in animal production systems in the United States and globally. A framework for open discussion on animal welfare this multidisciplinary book brings together the perspectives of 40 highly qualified and recognized experts in their respective fields. Fourteen chapters address a range of topics that includes ethics sociology food safety ecology feed resources biotechnology government regulations and sustainability as well as animal comfort health and contributions to society. The book also offers a historical perspective on the growth of animal agriculture from family farms to industrial animal agriculture—and the impact this has had on society. Illustrating the diversity of viewpoints the concept of animal welfare is defined from the perspectives of an ethicist and philosopher a research scientist a veterinarian an industrialist and an activist as well as from the perspective of sustainability and product quality. Written primarily for students but also highly relevant for professionals in varying fields of academia and industry this timely book reveals important insights into animal welfare and animal agriculture. Unique in its depth breadth and balance it underscores the need for dialogue on wide-ranging and often contentious issues related to animal production systems. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439848425

Animals and Their Children in Victorian Culture Whether a secularized morality biblical worldview or unstated set of mores the Victorian period can and always will be distinguished from those before and after for its pervasive sense of the "proper way" of thinking speaking doing and acting. Animals in literature taught Victorian children how to be behave. If you are a postmodern posthumanist you might argue "But the animals in literature did not write their own accounts." Animal characters may be the creations of writers’ imagination but animals did and do exist in their own right as did and do humans. The original essays in Animals and Their Children in Victorian explore the representation of animals in children’s literature by resisting an anthropomorphized perception of them. Instead of focusing on the domestication of animals this book analyzes how animals in literature "civilize" children teaching them how to get along with fellow creatures—both human and nonhuman. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367416102

Anthropology and the IndividualA Material Culture Perspective Anthropology is usually associated with the study of society but the anthropologist must also understand people as individuals. This highly original study demonstrates how methods of social analysis can be applied to the individual while remaining entirely distinct from psychology and other perspectives on the person. Contributors draw on approaches from material culture to create fascinating portraits of individuals offering analytical insights that convey ethnographic encounters with often extraordinary people from Turkey Spain and Britain to Albania Cuba Jamaica Mali Serbia and Trinidad. Exploring relationships to places and spaces such as social networking sites to persons such as parents to ethical concerns such as fairness and to concepts such as the ideology of struggle Anthropology and the Individual shows how the study of the individual can provide insights into society without losing a sense of the particularity of the person. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084600

Anthropology Beyond Culture Culture is a vexed concept within anthropology. From their earliest studies anthropologists have often noted the emotional attachment of people to their customs even in cases where this loyalty can make for problems. Do anthropologists now suffer the same kind of disability with respect to their continuing emotional attachment to the concept of culture? This book considers the state of the culture concept in anthropology and finds fault with a ‘love it or leave it' attitude. Rather than pledging undying allegiance or summarily dismissing it the volume argues that anthropology can continue with or without a concept of culture depending on the research questions being asked and furthermore that when culture is retained no single definition of it is practical or necessary.Offering sensible solutions to a topic of hot debate this book will be essential reading for anyone seeking to learn what a concept of culture can offer anthropology and what anthropology can offer the concept of culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084631

Anticapitalism and CultureRadical Theory and Popular Politics What does 'anticapitalism' really mean for the politics and culture of the twenty-first century?Anticapitalism is an idea which despite going global remains rooted in the local persisting as a loose collection of grassroots movements and actions. Anticapitalism needs to develop a coherent and cohering philosophy something which cultural theory and the intellectual legacy of the New Left can help to provide notably through the work of key radical thinkers such as Ernesto Laclau Stuart Hall Antonio Negri Gilles Deleuze and Judith Butler. Anticapitalism and Culture argues that there is a strong relationship between the radical tradition of cultural studies and the new political movements which try to resist corporate globalization. Indeed the two need each other: whilst theory can shape and direct the huge diversity of anticapitalist activism the energy and sheer political engagement of the anticapitalist movement can breathe new life into cultural studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084655

Anxiety and LucidityReflections on Culture in Times of Unrest This book explores the nature of modern culture as a culture of anxiety analyzing the modes in which such anxiety presents itself. Drawing on sociological and philosophical concepts of modernity the author builds on the work of Marx Nietzsche and Freud to offer an understanding of modern anxiety culture as the reverse side of risk culture which stabilizes itself by concealing or making familiar the social phenomena of risk society. Through explorations of memory politics art clairvoyance notions of national community and identity this volume sheds light on the fissures in our culture where anxiety appears thus revealing its underlying volatility. A study of the ruptures in our modern culture Anxiety and Lucidity will appeal to scholars of sociology social theory anthropology and philosophy with interests in late modern culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367218232

Apocalyptic Discourse in Contemporary CulturePost-Millennial Perspectives on the End of the World This interdisciplinary collection of essays focuses on critical and theoretical responses to the apocalypse of the late twentieth- and early twenty-first-century cultural production. Examining the ways in which apocalyptic discourses have had an impact on how we read the world’s globalised space the traumatic burden of history and the mutual relationship between language and eschatological belief fifteen original essays by a group of internationally established and emerging critics reflect on the apocalypse its past tradition pervasive present and future legacy. The collection seeks to offer a new reading of the apocalypse understood as a complex – and frequently paradoxical – paradigm of (contemporary) Western culture. The majority of published collections on the subject have been published prior to the year 2000 and in their majority of cases locate the apocalypse in the future and envision it as something imminent. This collection offers a post-millennial perspective that perceives "the end" as immanent and simultaneously rooted in the past tradition. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547438

Aquaculture Development In Less Developed CountriesSocial Economic And Political Problems This book intended to improve planning for further development of aquaculture examines the factors that can determine the success or failure of aquaculture projects in developing countries. It gives specific examples of social economic and political constraints on aquaculture development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367168834

Aquaculture In AmericaThe Role Of Science Government And The Entrepreneur This book tracks the financial prospects for American companies cultivating aquatic plants and animals. Art Tiddens surveys the support currently available from state and federal governments and scientific institutions and urges that more is needed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367165444

Aquaculture LandscapesFish Farms and the Public Realm Aquaculture Landscapes explores the landscape architecture of farms reefs parks and cities that are designed to entwine the lives of fish and humans. In the twenty-first century aquaculture’s contribution to the supply of fish for human consumption exceeds that of wild-caught fish for the first time in history. Aquaculture has emerged as the fastest growing food production sector in the world but aquaculture has agency beyond simply converting fish to food. Aquaculture Landscapes recovers aquaculture as a practice with a deep history of constructing extraordinary landscapes. These landscapes are characterized and enriched by multispecies interdependency performative ecologies collaborative practices and aesthetic experiences between humans and fish. Aquaculture Landscapes presents over thirty contemporary and historical landscapes spanning six continents with incisive diagrams and vivid photographs. Within this expansive scope is a focus on urban aquaculture projects by leading designers—including Turenscape James Corner Field Operations and SCAPE—that employ mutually beneficial strategies for fish and humans to address urban coastal resiliency wastewater management and other contemporary urban challenges. Michael Ezban delivers a compelling account of the coalitions of fish and humans that shape the form function and identity of cities and he offers a forward-thinking theorization of landscape as the preeminent medium for the design of ichthyological urbanism in the Anthropocene. With over two hundred evocative images including ninety original drawings by the author Aquaculture Landscapes is a richly illustrated portrayal of aquaculture seen through the disciplinary lens of landscape architecture. As the first book devoted to this topic Aquaculture Landscapes is an original and essential resource for landscape architects urbanists animal geographers aquaculturists and all who seek and value multispecies cohabitation of a shared public realm. Winner of the 2020 John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize! Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138218352

Aquaculture Law and PolicyTowards principled access and operations The aquaculture industry is fast expanding around the globe and causing major environmental and social disruptions. The volume is about getting a 'good governance' grip on this important industry. The book highlights the numerous law and policy issues that must be addressed in the search for effective regulation of aquaculture. Those issues include among others: the equitable and fair assignment of property rights; the design of effective dispute resolution mechanisms; clarification of what maritime laws apply to aquaculture; adoption of a proper taxation system for aquaculture; resolution of aboriginal offshore title and rights claims; recognition of international trade law restrictions such as labeling limitations and food safety requirements; and determination of whether genetically modified fish should be allowed and if so under what controls. This book will appeal to a broad range of audiences: undergraduate and postgraduate students academic researchers policy makers NGOs practicing lawyers and industry representatives. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415653572

Aquaculture Microbiology and Biotechnology Vol. 1 Aquaculture is currently one of the fastest growing production sectors in the world. It now accounts for nearly half (45%) of the worlds food fish (which refers to production of aquatic animals: fish crustaceans molluscs amphibians) and this increase is expected to reach 50% in 2015. Genetic engineering and biotechnology have contributed vastly to this field. The most commonly used methods in fish biotechnology are chromosome manipulation and hormone treatment which can be used to produce triploid tetraploid haploid gynogenetic and androgenetic fish. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138115224

Aquaculture Microbiology and Biotechnology Volume Two Fish and shrimp producing industries generate huge amounts of wastes in form of viscera scales waste water etc. Applications of microorganisms and/or microbesbased products have contributed significantly in solving many of these problems associated with aquaculture and waste management. This book addresses strategies for control of bacterial infection in farmed aquatic organism products. It covers: spoilage of fresh fish microorganisms and processed seafoods microbiological safety and quality of processed shrimps and fish and molecular detection of seafood borne human pathogenic bacteria. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138113756

Aquaculture Technology in Developing Countries Aquaculture technology has been evolving rapidly over the last two decades  led by an increasingly skilled cadre of researchers in developing countries. Rather than copying or adapting work done in industrialized countries to their situations these scientists are moving aquaculture research out of the box to explore species and production systems relevant to their natural resources economies and social institutions. Studies from India Latin America the Middle East and Africa are highlighted in this collection of papers covering the entire gamut of aquaculture science from comparison of tilapia breeds novel feed ingredients for indigenous species improving disease resistance water-use efficiency traditional farming systems spatial planning and economics. More than a how-to book this volume introduces the researchers and institutions leading the development of aquaculture as it expands into new frontiers. This book was based on a special issue of the Journal of Applied Aquaculture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415827782

Aquaculture TechnologyFlowing Water and Static Water Fish Culture Key features:Takes a quantitative approach to the science of aquacultureCovers the complete landscape of the scientific basis of fish culturePromotes problem solving and critical thinkingIncludes sample problems at the end of most chaptersGuides the reader through the technical considerations of intensive aquaculture including fish growth rates hydraulic characteristics of fish rearing units oxygen consumption rates in relation to oxygen solubility and fish tolerance of hypoxia and water reconditioning by reaeration and ammonia filtration.Discusses the environmental effects of aquacultureIncludes a chapter on hatchery effluent control to meet receiving water discharge criteriaAquaculture Technology: Flowing Water and Static Water Fish Culture is the first book to provide the skills to raise fish in both a flowing water and a static water aquaculture system with a pragmatic and quantitative approach. Following in the tradition of the author’s highly praised book Flowing Water Fish Culture this work will stand out as one that makes the reader understand the theory of each type of aquaculture system; it will teach the user "how to think" rather than "what to think" about these systems.The book presents the scientific basis for the controlled husbandry of fish whether it be in a stream of water or a standing water pool. Part 1 Flowing Water Fish Culture is a major revision of the author’s initial book and includes greatly expanded coverage of rearing unit design criteria fish growth and the use of liquid oxygen hatchery effluent control and recirculating systems. Part 2 Static Water Fish Culture presents the scientific basis of fish culture in standing water systems including nutrient and dissolved gas dynamics pond ecology effects of fertilization and supplemental feeding water quality management and representative static water aquacultures.Aquaculture Technology conveys the science in a manner appropriate for use by university students and teachers and others involved in fish production and aquaculture research and development worldwide. It will enable the reader to adapt to changing technologies markets and environmental regulations as they occur. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367573744

AquacultureBiology and Ecology of Cultured Species This unique book introduces the biological and ecological basis of the production process in water and the biology of cultured species. It bridges the gap between research data and aquaculture techniques and covers problems arising in aquaculture production such as filtering molluscs. It also introduced modern aspects of oceanography that are important for understanding the production process. The book starts with a section dedicated to the production of living material and matter in the aquatic environment. It then goes on to explore in detail the biological basis of mollusc crustacean and fish cultures and the reproduction and nutrition of bivalve molluscs. Also discussed are the intensive and extensive aquaculture producing processes in fresh and marine waters and finally the pathology reared animals. Up-to-date data are provided and explained to the student using graphs and copious illustrations. The work is especially orientated toward the student reader and provides a comprehensive and authoritative text on the subject. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315890739

Aquatic Health and Aquaculture This book discusses how to use the wastewaters liquid biowastes and soils unfit for agriculture to economically viable aquaculture practices; and putting the emphasis on aquaculture posology the science of quantification and administration of doses in aquatic health and aquaculture management. Broadly aquaculture practices come across three types of problems each; in the context of water quality and fin fish and shell fish diseases; and preventive curative and noncurative diseases in fin fish and shell fish. Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367629274

Arab American AestheticsLiterature Material Culture Film and Theatre Arab American Aesthetics enlists a wide range of voices to explore if not tentatively define what could constitute Arab American aesthetics in literature material culture film and theatre.This book seeks to unsettle current conversations within Arab American Studies that neglect aesthetics as a set of choices and constraints. Rather than divorce aesthetics from politics the book sutures the two more closely together by challenging the causal relationship so often attributed to them. The conversations include formal choices but also extend to the broad idea of what makes a work distinctly Arab American. That is what about its beauty ugliness sublimity or humor is explicitly tied to it as part of a tradition of Arab American arts? The book opens up the ways that we discuss Arab American literary and fine arts so that we understand how Arab American identity and experience begets Arab American artistic enterprise. Split into three sections the first offers a set of theoretical propositions for understanding aesthetics that traverse Arab American cultural production. The second section focuses on material culture as a way to think through the creation of objects as an aesthetic enterprise. The final section looks at narratives in theatre and how the impact of such a medium has the potential to recreate in both senses of the word: play and invention. By shifting the conversation from identity politics to the relationship between politics and aesthetics this book provides an important contribution to Arab American studies. It will also appeal to students and scholars of ethnic studies museum studies and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367593179

Arab NationalismThe Politics of History and Culture in the Modern Middle East Arab nationalism has been one of the dominant ideologies in the Middle East and North Africa since the early twentieth century. However a clear definition of Arab nationalism even as a subject of scholarly inquiry does not yet exist. Arab Nationalism sheds light on cultural expressions of Arab nationalism and the sometimes contradictory meanings attached to it in the process of identity formation in the modern world. It presents nationalism as an experienceable set of identity markers – in stories visual culture narratives of memory and struggles with ideology sometimes in culturally sophisticated forms sometimes in utterly vulgar forms of expression. Drawing upon various case studies the book transcends a conventional history that reduces nationalism in the Arab lands to a pattern of political rise and decline. It offers a glimpse at ways in which Arabs have constructed an identifiable shared national culture and it critically dissects conceptions about Arab nationalism as an easily graspable secular and authoritarian ideology modeled on Western ideas and visions of modernity. This book offers an entirely new portrayal of nationalism and a crucial update to the field and as such is indispensable reading for students scholars and policymakers looking to gain a deeper understanding of nationalism in the Arab world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415499385

Archaeological Artefacts as Material Culture This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts setting them in a social context rather than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and extensively illustrated  Archaeological Artefacts and Material Culture covers everything from recovery strategies and recording procedures to interpretation through typology ethnography and experiment and every type of material including wood fibers bones hides and adhesives stone clay and metals. With over seventy illustrations with almost fifty in full colour this book not only provides the tools an archaeologist will need to interpret past societies from their artefacts but also a keen appreciation of the beauty and tactility involved in working with these fascinating objects. This is a book no archaeologist should be without but it will also appeal to anybody interested in the interaction between people and objects. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203068526

Archaeology Is a Brand!The Meaning of Archaeology in Contemporary Popular Culture What impact is there on the field to recognize that archaeology is a regular feature in daily life and popular culture? Based upon the study of England Germany Sweden and the USA Cornelius Holtorf examines the commonalities and peculiarities of media portrayal of archaeology in these countries and the differences between media presentations and audience knowledge and attraction to the subject In his normal engaging populist style Holtorf discusses the main strategies available to archaeologists in engaging with their popular representations. Possessors of a widely recognized positively valued and well underpinned brand archaeologists need to take more seriously the appeal of their work. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315434094

Archaeology of ReligionCultures and their Beliefs in Worldwide Context Steadman fills an empty niche in the offerings on how archaeology interprets past religions with this useful textbook. The book includes case studies from around the world from the study of Upper Paleolithic religions and of shamans in foraging societies to formal religious structures in advanced complex societies of Mesopotamia Egypt India and the Andes. Steadman also includes key contemporary religions—Christianity Islam and Buddhism among others—to provide an historical and comparative context. This is an ideal text for a archaeology of religion courses and classes that include a significant component on “past religions ” as well as an excellent guide for general readers. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315433899

Archaeology of the Mississippian CultureA Research Guide First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138963771

Archaeology's Visual CultureDigging and Desire Archaeology’s Visual Culture explores archaeology through the lens of visual culture theory. The insistent visuality of archaeology is a key stimulus for the imaginative and creative interpretation of our encounters with the past. Balm investigates the nature of this projection of the visual revealing an embedded subjectivity in the imagery of archaeology and acknowledging the multiplicity of meanings that cohere around artifacts archaeological sites and museum displays. Using a wide range of case studies the book highlights how archaeologists can view objects and the consequences that ensue from these ways of seeing.Throughout the book Balm considers the potential for documentary images and visual material held in archives to perform cultural work within and between groups of specialists. With primary sources ranging from the mid-nineteenth to the early twenty-first century this volume also maps the intellectual and social connections between archaeologists and their peers. Geographical settings include Britain Cyprus Mesoamerica the Middle East and the United States and the sites of visual encounter are no less diverse ranging from excavation reports in salvage archaeology to instrumentally derived data-sets and remote-sensing imagery. By forensically examining selected visual records from published accounts and archival sources enduring tropes of representation become apparent that transcend issues of style and reflect fundamental visual sensibilities within the discipline of archaeology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367874278

Archetypal NonviolenceJung King and Culture Through the Eyes of Selma Renée Moreau Cunningham’s unique study utilizes the psychology of C. G. Jung and the spiritual teachings of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. to explore how nonviolence works psychologically as a form of spiritual warfare confronting and transmuting aggression. Archetypal Nonviolence uses King’s iconic march from Selma to Montgomery a demonstration which helped introduce America to nonviolent philosophy on a mass scale as a metaphor for psychological and spiritual activism on an individual and collective level. Cunningham’s work explores the core wound of racism in America on both a collective and a personal level investigating how we hide from our own potential for evil and how the divide within ourselves can be bridged. The book demonstrates that the alchemical transmutation of aggression through a nonviolent ethos as shown in the Selma marches is important to understand as a beginning to something greater within the paradox of human violence and its bedfellow nonviolence. Archetypal Nonviolence explores how we can truly transform hatred by understanding how it operates within. It will be of great interest to Jungian analysts and analytical psychologists in practice and in training and to academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian studies American history race and racism and nonviolent movements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367112264

Archetype Culture and the Individual in EducationThe Three Pedagogical Narratives In Archetype Culture and the Individual in Education: The Three Pedagogical Narratives Clifford Mayes presents a unique approach to understanding how Jungian principles can inform pedagogical theory and practice. In a time when what the educational historian Lawrence Cremin called the 'military-industrial-educational complex' and its standardized education are running roughshod over the psyche and spirit of students Mayes deploys depth psychology especially the work of Jung to advance an archetypal approach to teaching and learning. Mayes demonstrates how catastrophic it is to students when the classroom is governed by forces that objectify the individual in a paralysing stranglehold. He argues that one’s life-narrative is significantly impacted by one’s narrative as a learner; thus schooling that commodifies learning and turns the student into an object has neuroticizing effects that will spread throughout that student’s entire life. In Part I Mayes explores the interaction between archetypes and various types of time—ultimately focusing on the individual but always mediated by ‘the cultural unconscious’. In Parts II and III he brings together education with (post-)Jungian and (post-)Freudian psychology examining transference/countertransference in the classroom; the Jungian idea of ‘the shadow’ applied to educational processes; Jung’s unique vision of ‘the symbol’ and its importance for educational theory; and Jung’s ‘transcendent function’ as a prime educational modality. Mayes concludes by looking to the future of archetypal pedagogy. This groundbreaking work in the emerging field of Jungian pedagogy is invaluable reading in Jungian Studies depth psychological theory educational theory and for teachers and psychotherapists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138389694

Architect Knows BestEnvironmental Determinism in Architecture Culture from 1956 to the Present The idea that buildings could be used to reform human behaviour and improve society was fundamental to the 'modernist' architecture and planning of people like Walter Gropius Le Corbusier and José Luis Sert in the first half of the 20th century. Their proposals for functional zoning multi-level transport high-rise living and machine-inspired aesthetics came under attack from the 1950s onwards and many alternative approaches to architecture and planning emerged. It was thought that the environmental determinist strand of the discourse was killed off at this time as well. This book argues that it was not but on the contrary that it has deepened and diversified. Many of the most prominent architect-planners continue to design with a view to improving the behaviour of individual people and of society at large. By looking at - and interviewing - major figures and movements of recent years in Britain Europe and America including Léon Krier Peter Eisenman Andrés Duany Jane Jacobs Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown it demonstrates the myriad ways that architect-planners seek to shape human behaviour through buildings. In doing so the book raises awareness of this strand within the discourse and examines its different purposes and manifestations. It questions whether it is an ineradicable and beneficial part of architecture and planning or a regrettable throwback to a more authoritarian phase discusses why is it seldom acknowledged directly and whether it could be handled more responsibly and with greater understanding. Richards does not provide any simple solutions but in conclusion is critical of architect-planners who abuse the rhetoric of social reform simply to leverage their attempts to secure building commissions while being more sympathetic towards those who appear to have a sincere desire to improve society through their buildings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249073

Architecture Culture and Spirituality Architecture has long been understood as a cultural discipline able to articulate the human condition and lift the human spirit yet the spirituality of architecture is rarely directly addressed in academic scholarship. The seventeen chapters provide a diverse range of perspectives grouped according to topical themes: Being in the World; Sacred Secular and the Contemporary Condition; Symbolic Engagements; Sacred Landscapes; and Spirituality and the Designed Environment. Even though the authors’ approach the subject from a range of disciplines and theoretical positions all share interests in the need to rediscover redefine or reclaim the sacred in everyday experience scholarly analysis and design. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138296848

Architecture Print Culture and the Public Sphere in Eighteenth-Century France This book focuses on the complex ways in which architectural practice theory patronage and experience became modern with the rise of a mass public and a reconfigured public sphere between the end of the seventeenth century and the French Revolution. Presenting a fresh theoretical orientation and a large body of new primary research this book offers a new cultural history of virtually all the major monuments of eighteenth-century Parisian architecture with detailed analyses of the public debates that erupted around such Parisian monuments as the east facade of the Louvre the Place Louis XV [the Place de la Concorde] and the church of Sainte-Genevieve [the Pantheon]. Depicting the passage of architecture into a mediatized public culture as a turning point and interrogating it as a symptom of the distinctly modern configuration of individual society and space that emerged during this period this study will interest readers well beyond the discipline of architectural history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415514651

Architecture and AgricultureA Rural Design Guide Architecture and Agriculture: A Rural Design Guide presents architectural guidelines for buildings designed and constructed in rural landscapes by emphasizing their connections with function culture climate and place. Following on from the author’s first book Rural Design the book discusses in detail the buildings that humans construct in support of agriculture. By examining case studies from around the world including Australia China Japan Norway Poland Japan Portugal North America Africa and the Southeast Asia it informs readers about the potentials opportunities and values of rural architecture and how they have been developed to create sustainable landscapes and sustainable buildings for rapidly changing rural futures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138937680

Architecture and the Body Science and Culture The relationship of architecture to the human body is a centuries-long and complex one but not always symmetrical. This book opens a space for historians of the visual arts archaeologists architects and digital humanities professionals to reflect upon embodiment spatiality science and architecture in premodern and modern cultural contexts. Architecture and the Body Science and Culture poses one overarching question: How does a period’s understanding of bodies as objects of science impinge upon architectural thought and design? The answers are sophisticated interdisciplinary explorations of theory technology symbolism medicine violence psychology deformity and salvation and they have unexpected and fascinating implications for architectural design and history. The new research published in this volume reinvigorates the Western survey-style trajectory from Archaic Greece to post‐war Europe with scientifically‐framed body‐centred provocations. By adding the third factor—science—to the architecture and body equation this book presents a nuanced appreciation for architectural creativity and its embeddedness in other sets of social institutional and political relationships. In so doing it spatializes body theory and ties it to the experience of the built environment in ways that disturb traditional boundaries between the architectural container and the corporeally contained. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367501938

Archiving Settler ColonialismCulture Space and Race Archiving Settler Colonialism: Culture Race and Space brings together 15 essays from across the globe to capture a moment in settler colonial studies that turns increasingly towards new cultural archives for settler colonial research. Essays on hitherto under-examined materials—including postage stamps musical scores urban parks and psychiatric records—reflect on how cultural texts archive moments of settler self-fashioning. Archiving Settler Colonialism also expands settler colonial studies’ reach as an international academic discipline bringing together scholarly research about the British breakaway settler colonies with underanalyzed non-white non-Anglophone settler societies. The essays together illustrate settler colonial cultures as—for all their similarities—ultimately divergent constructions locally situated and produced of specific power relations within the messy operations of imperial domination. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367583194

Art Culture and Enterprise (Routledge Revivals)The Politics of Art and the Cultural Industries First published in 1990 this investigative overview of the politics of arts’ and cultural funding examines the question of public support for the arts. Looking at both popular commercial forms of culture including radio pop music and cinema and the more traditional highbrow arts such as drama and opera Art Culture and Enterprise was the first book of its kind to deal systematically with the politics of contemporary culture. Drawing examples from specific British venues Justin Lewis shows how innovative projects work in practice and considers arts marketing and the promotion of culture as an economic strategy. A particularly relevant title in the context of the debate surrounding Arts Council funding this reissue will prove valuable for artists administrators and students of media and cultural studies alongside those with a general interest in the future of public art and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415732864

Art Culture and International DevelopmentHumanizing social transformation Culture is not simply an explanation of last resort but is itself a rich multifaceted and contested concept and set of practices that needs to be expanded appreciated and applied in fresh ways if it is to be both valued in itself and to be of use in practical development. This innovative book places culture specifically in the form of the arts back at the centre of debates in development studies by introducing new ways of conceptualizing art in relation to development. The book shows how the arts and development are related in very practical ways – as means to achieve development goals through visual dramatic filmic and craft-inspired ways. It advocates not so much culture and development but rather for the development of culture. Without a cultural content to economic and social transformation the problems found in much development – up-rooting of cultures loss of art forms languages and modes of expression and performance – may only accelerate. Paying attention to the development of the arts as the content of development helps to amend this culturally destructive process. Finally the book argues for the value of the arts in attaining sustainable cultures promoting poverty alleviation encouraging self-empowerment stimulating creativity and the social imagination which in turn flow back into wider processes of social transformation. Discussion questions at the end of each chapter make this book ideal to help foster further thinking and debate. This book is an inspiring read for postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of development studies cultural studies and sociology of development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138024724

Art Education and African-American CultureAlbert Barnes and the Science of Philanthropy A physician who applied his knowledge of chemistry to the manufacture of a widely used antiseptic Albert Barnes is best remembered as one of the great American art collectors. The Barnes Foundation which houses his treasures is a fabled repository of Impressionist post-Impressionist and early modern paintings. Less well known is the fact that Barnes attributed his passion for collecting art to his youthful experience of African-American culture especially music. Art Education and African-American Culture is both a biography of an iconoclastic and innovative figure and a study of the often-conflicted efforts of an emergent liberalism to seek out and showcase African American contributions to the American aesthetic tradition.Mary Ann Meyers examines Barnes's background and career and the development and evolution of his enthusiasm for collecting pictures and sculpture. She shows how Barnes's commitment to breaking down invidious distinctions and his use of the uniquely arranged works in his collection as textbooks for his school created a milieu where masterpieces of European and American late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century painting along with rare and beautiful African art objects became a backdrop for endless feuding. A gallery requiring renovation a trust prohibiting the loan or sale of a single picture and the efforts of Lincoln University known as the "black Princeton " to balance conflicting needs and obligations all conspired to create a legacy of legal entanglement and disputes that remain in contention.This volume is neither an idealized account of a quixotic do-gooder nor is it a critique of a crank. While fully documenting Barnes's notorious eccentricities along with the clashing interests of the main personalities associated with his Foundation Meyers eschews moral posturing in favor of a rich mosaic of peoples and institutions that illustrate many of the larger themes of American culture in general and African-American culture in particular. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351323246

Art Literature and Religion in Early Modern SussexCulture and Conflict Art Literature and Religion in Early Modern Sussex is an interdisciplinary study of a county at the forefront of religious political and artistic developments in early-modern England. Ranging from the schism of Reformation to the outbreak of Civil War the volume brings together scholars from the fields of art history religious and intellectual history and English literature to offer new perspectives on early-modern Sussex. Essays discuss a wide variety of topics: the coherence of a county divided between East and West and Catholic and Protestant; the art and literary collections of Chichester cathedral; communities of Catholic gentry; Protestant martyrdom; aristocratic education; writing preaching and exile; local funerary monuments; and the progresses of Elizabeth I. Contributors include Michael Questier; Nigel Llewellyn; Caroline Adams; Karen Coke; and Andrew Foster. The collection concludes with an Afterword by Duncan Salkeld (University of Chichester). This volume extends work done in the 1960s and 70s on early-modern Sussex drawing on new work on county and religious identities and setting it into a broad national context. The result is a book that not only tells us much about Sussex but which also has a great deal to offer all scholars working in the field of local and regional history and religious change in England as a whole. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138379879

Art and Social Justice EducationCulture as Commons Art and Social Justice Education offers inspiration and tools for educators to craft critical meaningful and transformative arts education curriculum and arts integration projects. The images descriptive texts essays and resources are grounded within a clear social justice framework and linked to ideas about culture as commons. Essays and a section written by and for teachers who have already incorporated contemporary artists and ideas into their curriculums help readers to imagine ways to use the content in their own settings. This book is enhanced by a Companion Website (www.routledge.com/cw/quinn) featuring artists and artworks project examples and dialogue threads for educators. Proposing that art can contribute in a wide range of ways to the work of envisioning and making a more just world this imaginative practical and engaging sourcebook of contemporary artists’ works and education resources advances the field of arts education locally nationally and internationally by moving beyond models of discipline-based or expressive art education. It will be welcomed by all educators seeking to include the arts and social justice in their curricula. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415879071

Art and Visual Culture on the French Riviera 1956–1971The Ecole de Nice The Riviera in the 1950s and 1960s was culturally rich with modernist icons such as Matisse and Picasso in residence but also a burgeoning tourist culture that established the Côte d'Azur as a center of indigenous artists associated with Nouveau Réalisme Fluxus and Supports/Surfaces emerged under the mantle of the "Ecole de Nice." Drawing on the primary sources and little known publications generated during the period from museum archives collections in the region and privately owned archives this study integrates material published in monographic studies of individuals and art movements to offer the first in-depth study of this important movement in twentieth-century art. The author situates the work of the Ecole de Nice within the broader social currents that are so important in contextualizing this phenomenon within this internal region of France and underscores why this work was so significant at this historical moment within the context of the broader European art scene and contemporary American art with which it shared affinities. Despite their stylistic differences and associations with groups that are generally considered distinct O'Neill discloses that these artists shared conceptual affinities”theatrical modes of presentation based on appropriation use of the ready-made and a determination to counter style-driven painting associated with the postwar Ecole de Paris. Art and Visual Culture on the Riviera 1956-1971 suggests that the emergence of an Ecole de Nice internally eroded the dominance of Paris as the national standard at this moment of French decentralization efforts and that these artists fostered a model of aesthetic pluralism that remained locally distinct yet fully engaged with international vanguard trends of the 1960s. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269804

Art in Consumer CultureMis-Design Written with beautiful clarity Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-Design asks the contemporary art world to be honest about the pervasive effects of commodification and the difficulty of staging critique. The book examines the collusion of 'art' and 'design' in contemporary artistic practices in order to find avenues of critique in a commercially driven cultural landscape. Grace McQuilten focuses on the work of Takashi Murakami Andrea Zittel Adam Kalkin and Vito Acconci four contemporary artists who claim to be working in the field of design rather than the traditional art world. McQuilten argues that Zittel Acconci and Kalkin engage with 'design' only to reactivate the critical practice of art in a more direct engagement with capital - and conceives of and affirms a future for art outside of the art world as a parasite in the complex beast of late capitalism. This book is an important and timely provocation to a cynical and apathetic consumer culture and a call to arms for creative freedom and critical thought. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138261198

Art Practice in a Digital Culture Much as art history is in the process of being transformed by new information communication technologies often in ways that are either disavowed or resisted art practice is also being changed by those same technologies. One of the most obvious symptoms of this change is the increasing numbers of artists working in universities and having their work facilitated and supported by the funding and infrastructural resources that such institutions offer. This new paradigm of art as research is likely to have a profound effect on how we understand the role of the artist and of art practice in society. In this unique book artists art historians art theorists and curators of new media reflect on the idea of art as research and how it has changed practice. Intrinsic to the volume is an investigation of the advances in creative practice made possible via artists engaging directly with technology or via collaborative partnerships between practitioners and technological experts ranging through a broad spectrum of advanced methods from robotics through rapid prototyping to the biological sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138267862

Artful ItinerariesEuropean Art and American Careers in High Culture 1865-1920 First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138963887

Arthropod Cell Culture Systems Invertebrate cell culture is increasingly being used in various areas of biological research. Research in cellular biology and pathology that previously depended primarily on in vitro investigations of vertebrate animal cell systems is now being conducted using invertebrate cells. Specialists and pioneers from the United States Japan Switzerland Slovakia and China have presented original contributions to create a well-balanced cross-section of current developments. Topics discussed include the preparation of cell culture media; cultivation of mosquito lepidopteran grasshopper and tick cells; the application of such cells to mammalian and plant virus research; and diverse applications in medicine biology and agriculture. A special chapter devoted to the work of Japanese cell culture pioneers is also featured. All chapters are supported by tables photographs and up-to-date bibliographies. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315890807

Artificial CultureIdentity Technology and Bodies Artificial Culture is an examination of the articulation construction and representation of "the artificial" in contemporary popular cultural texts especially science fiction films and novels. The book argues that today we live in an artificial culture due to the deep and inextricable relationship between people our bodies and technology at large. While the artificial is often imagined as outside of the natural order and thus also beyond the realm of humanity paradoxically artificial concepts are simultaneously produced and constructed by human ideas and labor. The artificial can thus act as a boundary point against which we as a culture can measure what it means to be human. Science fiction feature films and novels and other related media frequently and provocatively deploy ideas of the artificial in ways which the lines between people our bodies spaces and culture more broadly blur and at times dissolve. Building on the rich foundational work on the figures of the cyborg and posthuman this book situates the artificial in similar terms but from a nevertheless distinctly different viewpoint. After examining ideas of the artificial as deployed in film novels and other digital contexts this study concludes that we are now part of an artificial culture entailing a matrix which rather than separating minds and bodies or humanity and the digital reinforces the symbiotic connection between identities bodies and technologies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138851528

AS Communication and CultureThe Essential Introduction AS Communication and Culture: The Essential Introduction is fully revised for the current GCE Communication and Culture Advanced Subsidiary specification with full colour throughout over 120 images new case studies and examples. The authors introduce students step-by-step to the skills of reading communication texts and understanding the link between communication and culture as well as taking students through the tasks expected of them to pass the AQA AS Communication and Culture exam. The book is supplemented with a website featuring additional activities and resources quizzes and tests. Areas covered include: an introduction to communication and culture cultural and communication codes semiotics communication process and models the individual and contemporary culture cultural contexts and practices how to do the coursework how to do the exam examples from advertising fashion music magazines body language film and more. AS Communication and Culture: The Essential Introduction clearly guides students through the course and gives them the tips they need to become proficient in understanding and deconstructing communication texts and everyday culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138358522

Asante Ntahera Trumpets in GhanaCulture Tradition and Sound Barrage Based on the author's fieldwork in Ghana with the Asante and Denkyira ntahera trumpeters this book draws on interviews field recordings oral traditions written accounts archaeological evidence transcriptions and linguistic analyses to situate the Asante trumpet tradition in historical culture. There are seven ivory trumpet ensembles in residence at the Asante Manhyia Palace in Kumase and ivory trumpets are blown at every Akan court. The Asante trumpets which are made from elephant tusks are symbols of Asante strength and have an important role in Asante cosmology. Surrogate speech is performed via lipped tones through a tusk in praise of the Asante royal ancestors and the living Asante king. This book contains transcriptions and analyses of surrogate speech texts and their accompanying ensemble songs. When several ensembles play simultaneously as a representation of power they make staggered entrances beginning separate songs in order. This results in a simultaneous performance of separate songs. This phenomenon which Kaminski has termed 'sound-barrage' is an ancient aesthetic and is performed to protect the kingdom and the ancestors. It is both spiritual and acoustical. This 'sound barrage' is believed to act in the metaphysical world dispelling evil spirits from court rituals ancestor venerations and funerals for there is a spirit in the sound. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409426844

ASEAN Business in CrisisContext and Culture The impact of the Asia crisis has contributed to the debate about the need for regulation of global markets. This book outlines the events leading up to and during the Financial Crisis of 1997 and assesses the responses of the financial contagion. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203045794

ASEAN's Diplomatic and Security CultureOrigins Development and Prospects Member states of ASEAN - the Association of South-East Asian Nations - have developed a distinctive approach to political and security co-operation which builds on the principles of sovereign equality non-intervention and non-interference quiet diplomacy mutual respect and the principle of not involving ASEAN in mediating bilateral disputes among the membership.This book examines the origins of ASEAN's diplomatic and security culture and analyses how over time its key principles have been practised and contested as ASEAN states have responded to regional conflicts as well as challenges posed by the major regional powers ASEAN's enlargement and the Asian financial crisis. The book goes on to assess whether ASEAN's diplomatic and security culture is likely to remain salient as the political economic and security context in which regional leaderships operate is undergoing further change. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203037539

Asian American Culture on StageThe History of the East West Players This book captures the 30-year history of the East West Players (EWP) tracing the company's representation of Asian Americans through the complex social and cultural changes of the past three decades. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138963955

Asian American History and Culture: An EncyclopediaAn Encyclopedia With overview essays and more than 400 A-Z entries this exhaustive encyclopedia documents the history of Asians in America from earliest contact to the present day. Organized topically by group with an in-depth overview essay on each group the encyclopedia examines the myriad ethnic groups and histories that make up the Asian American population in the United States. "Asian American History and Culture" covers the political social and cultural history of immigrants from East Asia Southeast Asia South Asia the Pacific Islands and their descendants as well as the social and cultural issues faced by Asian American communities families and individuals in contemporary society. In addition to entries on various groups and cultures the encyclopedia also includes articles on general topics such as parenting and child rearing assimilation and acculturation business education and literature. More than 100 images round out the set. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315706306

Asian Art TherapistsNavigating Art Diversity and Culture This book explores Asian art therapist experiences in a predominantly white professional field challenging readers with visceral racial and personalized stories that may push them far beyond their comfort zone. Drawing from the expertise and practices of Asian art therapists from around the world this unique text navigates how minority status can affect training and clinical practice in relation to clients co-workers and peers. It describes how Asian pioneers have broken therapeutic and racial rules to accommodate patient needs and improve clinical skills and illustrates how the reader can examine and disseminate their own biases. Authors share how they make their own path—by becoming aware of the connection between their lives and circumstances—and how they liberate themselves and those who seek their services. This informative resource for art therapy students and professionals offers non-Asian readers a glimpse at personal and clinical experiences in the White-dominant profession while detailing how Asian art therapists can lead race-based discussions with empathy to become more competent therapists and educators in an increasingly diversifying world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367625481

Asian Migration and Education Cultures in the Anglosphere Asian migration and mobilities are transforming education cultures in the Anglosphere prompting mounting debates about ‘tiger mothers’ and ‘dragon children’ and competition and segregation in Anglosphere schools. This book challenges the cultural essentialism which prevails in much academic and popular discussion of ‘Asian success’ and in relation to Asian education mobilities.As anxiety and aspiration within these spaces are increasingly ethnicised the children of Asian migrants are both admired and resented for their educational success. This book explores popular perceptions of Asian migrant families through in-depth empirically informed accounts on the broader economic social historical and geo-political contexts within which education cultures are produced. This includes contributions from academics on global markets and national policies around migration and education classed trajectories and articulations local formations of ‘ethnic capital’ and transnational assemblages that produce education and mobility as means for social advancement.At a time when our schooling systems and communities are undergoing rapid transformations as a result of increasing global mobility this book is a unique and important contribution to an issue of pressing significance.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367661663

Asian Perspectives on Digital CultureEmerging Phenomena Enduring Concepts In Asia amidst its varied levels of economic development and diverse cultural traditions and political regimes the Internet and mobile communications are increasingly used in every aspect of life. Yet the analytical frames used to understand the impact of digital media on Asia predominantly originate from the Global North neither rooted in Asia’s rich philosophical traditions nor reflective of the sociocultural practices of this dynamic region. This volume examines digital phenomena and its impact on Asia by drawing on specifically Asian perspectives. Contributors apply a variety of Asian theoretical frameworks including guanxi face qing dharma and karma. With chapters focusing on emerging digital trends in China Hong Kong India Japan Korea Philippines Singapore and Taiwan the book presents compelling and diverse research on identity and selfhood spirituality social networking corporate image and national identity as shaped by and articulated through digital communication platforms. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138598003

Asian Popular Culture in Transition Asian Popular Culture in Transition examines contemporary consumption practices in South Korea China India and Japan and both updates and extends popular culture studies of the region. Through an interdisciplinary lens this collection of essays explores how recent advances and shifts in information technologies and globalization have impacted cultural markets fashion the digital generation mobile culture femininity matrimonial advertising and a film actress’ image and performance. Drawing upon a diverse range of sources and methods including historical research content analysis anthropological observation textual analyses and interviews Asian Popular Culture in Transition makes a significant contribution to this growing area of research. Given its broad range of countries theories and approaches this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Asian studies cultural studies media and communication studies and gender studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138108523

Asian Popular CultureThe Global (Dis)continuity This book examines different aspects of Asian popular culture including films TV music comedy folklore cultural icons the Internet and theme parks. It raises important questions such as – What are the implications of popularity of Asian popular culture for globalization? Do regional forces impede the globalizing of cultures? Or does the Asian popular culture flow act as a catalyst or conveying channel for cultural globalization? Does the globalization of culture pose a threat to local culture? It addresses two seemingly contradictory and yet parallel processes in the circulation of Asian popular culture: the interconnectedness between Asian popular culture and western culture in an era of cultural globalization that turns subjects such as Pokémon Hip Hop or Cosmopolitan into truly global phenomena and the local derivatives and versions of global culture that are necessarily disconnected from their origins in order to cater for the local market. It thereby presents a collective argument that whilst local social formations and patterns of consumption and participation in Asia are still very much dependent on global cultural developments and the phenomena of modernity yet such dependence is often concretized reshaped and distorted by the local media to cater for the local market. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415557177

Aspects of Book Culture in Early Modern England Thomas Anthony Birrell (1924-2011) was a man of many parts. For most of his working life he was Professor of English Literature in the University of Nijmegen The Netherlands where he was famous for his lively humoristic and thought-provoking lectures. He was the author of some very popular literary surveys in Dutch one of which - a history of English literature - has had seven editions so far. However first and foremost he was a bibliographer and a book historian. The present collection contains fifteen of his book-historical articles two reviews and one published version of a lecture for the illustrious ’Association Internationale de Bibliophilie’. The lecture - with a wealth of illustrations - about the British Library as the ’Custodian of the Unique’ gives one a sense of Birrell’s ability to present an audience with a complicated topic in comprehensible but not simplified terms. The reviews serve as a statement of principle of how to tackle the subject of ’English readers and books’ and the standards that ought to apply. The articles demonstrate Tom Birrell’s in-depth knowledge dedication and scholarship. He once said that he felt that he could have talked to the 17th-century London booksellers on an equal footing and his work convinces one that they would have enjoyed these conversations. Aspects of Book Culture was edited by Birrell’s former pupil colleague friend and fellow-bibliographer Jos Blom. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409455691

Assembling Culture If the social does not exist as a special domain but in Bruno Latour’s words as ‘a peculiar movement of re-association and reassembling’ what implications does this have for how ‘the cultural’ might best be conceived? What new ways of thinking the relations between culture the economy and the social might be developed by pursuing such lines of inquiry? And what are the implications for the relations between culture and politics? Contributors draw on a range of theoretical perspectives including those associated with Deleuze and Guattari Foucault Law and Haraway in order to focus on the roles of different forms of expertise and knowledge in producing cultural assemblages. What expertise is necessary to produce indigenous citizens? How does craniometry assemble the head? What kinds of knowledge were required to create markets for life insurance? These and other questions are pursued in this collection through a challenging array of papers concerned with cultural assemblages as diverse as brands and populations bottled water and mobile television. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864498

Assembling the Centre: Architecture for Indigenous CulturesAustralia and Beyond Metropolitan Indigenous Cultural Centres have become a focal point for making Indigenous histories and contemporary cultures public in settler-colonial societies over the past three decades. While there are extraordinary success stories there are equally stories that cause concern: award-winning architecturally designed Indigenous cultural centres that have been abandoned; centres that serve the interests of tourists but fail to nourish the cultural interests of Indigenous stakeholders; and places for vibrant community gathering that fail to garner the economic and politic support to remain viable. Indigenous cultural centres are rarely static. They are places of ‘emergence’ assembled and re-assembled along a range of vectors that usually lie beyond the gaze of architecture. How might the traditional concerns of architecture – site space form function materialities tectonics – be reconfigured to express the complex and varied social identities of contemporary Indigenous peoples in colonised nations? This book documents a range of Indigenous Cultural Centres across the globe and the processes that led to their development. It explores the possibilities for the social and political project of the Cultural Centre that architecture both inhibits and affords. Whose idea of architecture counts when designing Indigenous Cultural Centres? How does architectural history and contemporary practice territorialise spaces of Indigenous occupation? What is architecture for Indigenous cultures and how is it recognised? This ambitious and provocative study pursues a new architecture for colonised Indigenous cultures that takes the politics of recognition to its heart. It advocates an ethics of mutual engagement as a crucial condition for architectural projects that design across cultural difference. The book’s structure method and arguments are dialogically assembled around narratives told by Indigenous people of their pursuit of public recognition spatial justice and architectural presence in settler dominated societies. Possibilities for decolonising architecture emerge through these accounts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138229327

Assembling TherapeuticsCultures Politics and Materiality The Open Access version of this book available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781351233392 has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. This volume examines the ways in which people engage with therapeutic practices such as life coaching mindfulness complementary and alternative medicine sex and relationship counselling spiritual healing and self-tracking. It investigates how human and non-human actors systems of thought and practice are assembled and interwoven in therapeutic engagements and traces the situated material and political dimensions of these engagements. By focusing on lived experiences through ethnographically informed case studies the book elucidates the diverse forms meanings and embodied effects of therapeutic engagements in different settings as well as their potential for both oppressive and subversive social change. In this way Assembling Therapeutics contributes to our understanding of multiple modes of healing self-knowledge and power in contemporary societies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377979

Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture A prerequisite to improving the sustainability of agriculture are reliable methods to identify and quantify types of environmental impact. This collection summarises current research on the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) and other modelling techniques to measure and improve the sustainability of agriculture. Part 1 looks at current best practice and key methodological challenges in life cycle assessment. Part 2 reviews ways of modelling particular types of impact from nutrient and carbon cycles to freshwater balances energy use pesticide use and biodiversity. Part 3 reviews the environmental assessment and optimization of sectors such as crops ruminant and other livestock production as well as by-products. Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture will be a standard reference for researchers in agricultural and environmental science concerned with understanding and mitigating the environmental impact of agriculture. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429275425

Assessment in PracticeExplorations in Identity Culture Policy and Inclusion Assessment in Practice explores timely and important questions in relation to assessment. By examining the relationship between identity culture policy and inclusion the book investigates the conflicted and fractured battleground of assessment and challenges current and practiced understandings of assessment practice. The authors encourage the reader to reconceptualise assessment as a sociocultural practice. Each chapter studies a key theme in the understanding of assessment policy and practice from a sociocultural perspective and provides questions to prompt reflection on the key assessment concepts outlined in the book. Using culture as both a lens and analytic tool the chapters examine topics such as The social order of assessment how assessment works in the world and how learning could be assessed Perspectives on social justice and assessment with a particular focus on social class and other potential inequalities on the experiences of assessment for young people Discussions of ability and the assessment of students with special education needs as well as the role of inclusivity in assessment practice Written by leading academics from University College Cork the third volume in the successful Routledge Current Debates in Educational Psychology series is an essential read for researchers and postgraduate students in educational research and education psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138832428

Assessment of Mental Health Religion and CultureThe Development and Examination of Psychometric Measures Assessment of mental health religion and culture: The development and examination of psychometric measures focuses on questionnaires that are of practical value for researchers interested in examining the relationship between the constructs of mental health religion and culture. Three particular areas of development and evaluation are represented within this volume: firstly the psychometric properties of recently developed new questionnaires; secondly the psychometric properties of established questionnaires that have been translated into other languages; and thirdly the psychometric properties of questionnaires employed in various cultural contexts and religious samples. The research in this book is authored by a wide range of international scholars working on diverse samples and in a variety of different cultures. In doing so the book facilitates future research in the area of mental health religion and culture. This book was originally published as two special issues of Mental Health Religion & Culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367590246

Astrology Science and CulturePulling down the Moon Mainstream science has long dismissed astrology as a form of primitive superstition despite or perhaps even because of its huge popular interest. From daily horoscopes to in-depth and personalized star forecasts astrology for many plays a crucial role in the organization of everyday life. Present-day scholars and scientists remain baffled as to why this pseudo-science exercises such control over supposedly modern rational and enlightened individuals yet so far they have failed to produce any meaningful analysis of why it impacts on so many lives and what lies behind its popular appeal. Moving beyond scientific scepticism Astrology Science and Culture finally fills the gap by probing deeply into the meaning and importance of this extraordinary belief system. From the dawn of pre-history humankind has had an intimate connection with the stars. With its roots in the Neolithic culture of Europe and the Middle East astrology was traditionally heralded as a divinatory language. Willis and Curry argue that contrary to contemporary understanding including that of most astrologers astrology was originally and remains a divinatory practice. Tackling its rich and controversial history its problematic relationship to Jungian theory and attempts to prove its grounding in objective reality this book not only persuasively demonstrates that astrology is far more than a superstitious relic of years gone by but that it enables a fundamental critique of the scientism of its opponents. Groundbreaking in its reconciliation of astrologys ancient traditions and its modern day usage this book impressively unites philosophy science anthropology and history to produce a powerful exploration of astrology past and present. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084723

At a Theater or Drive-in Near YouThe History Culture and Politics of the American Exploitation Film Millions of Americans have been thrilled scared titillated and shocked by exploitation movies low budget films with many scenes of sex violence and other potentially lurid elements. The term derives from the fact that promoters of such films exploit the contents in advertising that plays up the sexual or violent aspects of the films. This is the first comprehensive study of the American exploitation film to be published. It discusses five distinct genres: the teen movie the sexploitation film the martial arts movie the blaxploitation film and the lawbreaker picture. Contained within these genres are many popular American film types including beach movies biker pictures and women's prison movies. The study provides a history and sociopolitical analysis of each genre focusing on significant films in those genres. It also discusses the economics of exploitation films and their place in the motion picture industry the development of drive-in theaters the significance of the teenage audience and the effect of the videocassette. Finally the book applies major film and cultural theories to establish an aesthetic for evaluating the exploitation film and to explore the relationship between film and audience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138964051

Athletes' Careers Across Cultures Athletes’ Careers Across Cultures is the first book of its kind to bring together a truly global spread of leading sports psychology career researchers and practitioners into one comprehensive resource. This extensive volume traces the evolution of athlete career research through a cultural lens and maps the complex topography of athletes’ careers across national boundaries exploring how social and cultural discourses shape their development. The area of athlete career development has traditionally been dominated by a Western perspective an imbalance which has had a considerable influence on the shaping of career studies more generally. Stambulova and Ryba adopt a more culturally sensitive approach offering a comprehensive analytical review of athlete career research and assistance in 19 different nations. The authors employ diverse theoretical methodological and practical ideas to demonstrate how local knowledge enables a better understanding of the dynamics of cultural diversity within the field. Athletes’ Careers Across Cultures considers the ‘cultural praxis’ of athletes’ careers as a practical implication of the cultural turn. As such it will stimulate the development of culturally situated career research and assistance and be an invaluable and internationally relevant resource for academics professionals and students working in sport and exercise psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781848721678

Audience Agency and Identity in Black Popular Culture Audience Agency and Identity in Black Popular Culture analyses black cultural representations that appropriate anti-black stereotypes. Using examples from literature media and art Worsley examines how these cultural products do not rework anti-black stereotypes into seemingly positive images. Rather they present anti-black stereotypes in their original forms and encourage audiences not to ignore but to explore them. Shifting critical commentary from a need to censor these questionable images Worsley offers a complex consideration of the value of and problems with these alternative anti-racist strategies in light of stereotypes’ persistence. This book furthers our understanding of the historical circumstances that are influencing contemporary representations of black subjects that are purposefully derogatory and documents the consequences of these images. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415846165

Audio EducationTheory Culture and Practice Audio Education: Theory Culture and Practice is a groundbreaking volume of 16 chapters exploring the historical perspectives methodologies and theoretical underpinnings that shape audio in educational settings. Bringing together insights from a roster of international contributors this book presents perspectives from researchers practitioners educators and historians. Audio Education highlights a range of timely topics including environmental sustainability inclusivity interaction with audio industries critical listening and student engagement making it recommended reading for teachers researchers and practitioners engaging with the field of audio education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367074449

Auschwitz and AfterRace Culture and "the Jewish Question" in France Beginning with Marcel Ophus's documentary The Sorrow and the Pity (1970) there has been an attempt to question the idea of a totally unified courageous and resistant wartime France. Even more startling have been the increasingly shocking revelations that the politics of collaboration were a mere extension of a deep-seated French anti-semitic tradition. In the shadow of these developments French writers and philosophers today are reflecting on the meaning of Jewish identity in the contemporary world. Auschwitz and After analyses for the first time how the memory of Auschwitz and the collaboration continue to haunt the French. These critical evaluations are accompianed by provocative essays on the "jewish Question" and the politics of race as they have been studied by writers historians philosophers and film makers in postwar France. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203871430

Australian Beach CulturesThe History of Sun Sand and Surf Australians are surrounded by beaches. But this enclosure is more than a geographical fact for the inhabitants of an island continent; the beach is an integral part of the cultural envelope. This work analyzes the history of the beach as an integral aspect of Australian culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203045596

Australian Indigenous Hip HopThe Politics of Culture Identity and Spirituality This book investigates the discursive and performative strategies employed by Australian Indigenous rappers to make sense of the world and establish a position of authority over their identity and place in society. Focusing on the aesthetics the language and the performativity of Hip Hop this book pays attention to the life stance the philosophy and the spiritual beliefs of Australian Indigenous Hip Hop artists as ‘glocal’ producers and consumers. With Hip Hop as its main point of analysis the author investigates interrogates and challenges categories and preconceived ideas about the critical notions of authenticity ‘Indigenous’ and dominant values spiritual practices and political activism. Maintaining the emphasis on the importance of adopting decolonizing research strategies the author utilises qualitative and ethnographic methods of data collection such as semi-structured interviews informal conversations participant observation and fieldwork notes. Collaborators and participants shed light on some of the dynamics underlying their musical decisions and their view within discussions on representations of ‘Indigenous identity and politics’. Looking at the Indigenous rappers’ local and global aspirations this study shows that by counteracting hegemonic narratives through their unique stories Indigenous rappers have utilised Hip Hop as an expressive means to empower themselves and their audiences entertain and revive their Elders’ culture in ways that are contextual to the society they live in. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138615007

Australian Television Culture Australian television has been transformed over the past decade. Cross-media ownership and audience-reach regulations redrew the map and business culture of television; leading business entrepreneurs acquired television stations and then sold them in the bust of the late 1980s; and new television services were developed for non-English speaking and Aboriginal viewers.Australian Television Culture is the first book to offer a comprehensive analysis of the fundamental changes of this period. It is also the first to offer a substantial treatment of the significance of multiculturalism and Aboriginal initiatives in television.Tracing the links between local regional national and international television services Tom O'Regan builds a picture of Australian television. He argues that we are not just an outpost of the US networks and that we have a distinct television culture of our own.'.a truly innovative book. The author ambitiously strives for a large-scale synthesis of policy program analysis history politics international influences and the Australian television system's place in the world.' - Associate Professor Stuart Cunningham Queensland University of Technology Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003114956

Authenticity in Culture Self and Society Across sociology and cultural studies in particular the concept of authenticity has begun to occupy a central role yet in spite of its popularity as an ideal and philosophical value authenticity notably suffers from a certain vagueness with work in this area tending to borrow ideas from outside of sociology whilst failing to present empirical studies which centre on the concept itself. Authenticity in Culture Self and Society addresses the problems surrounding this concept offering a sociological analysis of it for the first time in order to provide readers in the social and cultural sciences with a clear conceptualization of authenticity and with a survey of original empirical studies focused on its experience negotiation and social relevance at the levels of self culture and specific social settings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367603182

Authenticity in North AmericaPlace Tourism Heritage Culture and the Popular Imagination This interdisciplinary book addresses the highly relevant debates about authenticity in North America providing a contemporary re-examination of American culture tourism and commodification of place. Blending social sciences and humanities research skills it formulates an examination of the geography of authenticity in North America and brings together studies of both rurality and urbanity across the country exposing the many commonalities of these different landscapes. Relph stated that nostalgic places are inauthentic yet within this work several chapters explore how festivals and visitor attractions which cultivate place heritage appeal are authenticated by tourists and communities creating a shared sense of belonging. In a world of hyperreal simulacra post-truth and fake news this book bucks the trend by demonstrating that authenticity can be found everywhere: in a mouthful of food in a few bars of a Beach Boys song in a statue of a troll in a diffuse magical atmosphere in the weirdness of the ungentrified streets. Written by a range of leading experts this book offers a contemporary view of American authenticity tourism identity and culture. It will be of great interest to upper-level students researchers and academics in Tourism Geography History  Cultural Studies American Studies and Film Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138341319

Authority in European Book Culture 1400-1600 Through its many and varied manifestations authority has frequently played a role in the communication process in both manuscript and print. This volume explores how authority whether religious intellectual political or social has enforced the circulation of certain texts and text versions or acted to prevent the distribution of books pamphlets and other print matter. It also analyzes how readers writers and printers have sometimes rebelled against the constraints and restrictions of authority publishing controversial works anonymously or counterfeiting authoritative texts; and how the written or printed word itself has sometimes been perceived to have a kind of authority which might have had ramifications in social political or religious spheres. Contributors look at the experience of various European cultures-English French German and Italian-to allow for comparative study of a number of questions pertinent to the period. Among the issues explored are local and regional factors influencing book production; the interplay between manuscript and print culture; the slippage between authorship and authority; and the role of civic and religious authority in cultural production. Deliberately conceived to foster interdisciplinary dialogue between the history of the book and literary and cultural history this volume takes a pan-European perspective to explore the ways in which authority infiltrates and is in turn propagated or undermined by book culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138257054

Avoiding the DarkEssays on Race and the Forging of National Culture in Modern Brazil First published in 1999. This work examines the processes by which Brazilian nationalists forged and propagated an all-inclusive national identity which attempted to promote racial harmony in the first four decades of the twentieth century. Specific emphasis is given to the rising patriotic feelings under the administration of President Getulio Vargas which culminated in the creation of Estado Novo in 1937. Vargas’ generation succeeded in encouraging Brazilians to identify with ‘the nation’ above other possible communities such as radical ethnic or regional ones. In the process nationalists created enduring national myths and symbols which successfully marginalised racial consciousness for the rest of the twentieth century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138609693

Awareness MattersLanguage Culture Literacy This collection argues that being aware of and reflecting on language form and language use is a powerful tool not only in language learning but also in wider society. It adopts an interdisciplinary stance: one chapter argues the need for Language Awareness in business contexts while another examines the role of critical cultural awareness and Language Awareness in education as ‘bildung’. Others report on research studies in language classrooms and in teacher education. Language Awareness is interrogated from a range of perspectives such as peer interaction teaching young learners learner strategies and strategies for writing online reading and oral fluency training. The scope is global including contributions from Canada Germany Iran Japan Spain and the UK and covers bilingual as well as multilingual contexts. The book will be of interest to language teachers language teacher educators other language professionals and generally to the language aware. This book was originally published as a special issue of Language Awareness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138021426

Bacterial Starter Cultures for Food This book brings together information concerning starter culture bacteria in the manufacture of many milk meat vegetable and bakery products. The characteristics and functions of these bacteria in the production of cultured foods as well as factors which affect their performance are discussed in detail. Topics include the role of plasmids in starter culture bacteria the function of these bacteria as food preservatives nutritional and health benefits and future applications. Authors provide historical background as an introduction to each chapter. This will be a valuable reference book for food industry technologists and academicians. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315890968

Balkan HeritagesNegotiating History and Culture This volume deals with the relation between heritage history and politics in the Balkans. Contributions examine diverse ways in which material and immaterial heritage has been articulated negotiated and manipulated since the nineteenth century. The major question addressed here is how modern Balkan nations have voiced claims about their past by establishing ’proof’ of a long historical presence on their territories in order to legitimise national political narratives. Focusing on claims constructed in relation to tangible evidence of past presence especially architecture and townscape the contributors reveal the rich relations between material and immaterial conceptions of heritage. This comparative take on Balkan public uses of the past also reveals many common trends in social and political practices ideas and fixations embedded in public and collective memories. Balkan Heritages revisits some general truths about the Balkans as a region and a category in scholarship and in politics. Contributions to the volume adopt a transnational and trans-disciplinary perspective of Balkan identities and heritage(s) viewed here as symbolic resources deployed by diverse local actors with special emphasis on scholars and political leaders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880606

Ballads Songs and SnatchesThe Appropriation of Folk Song and Popular Culture in British 19th-Century Realist Prose As a book on allusion this has interest for both the traditional literary or cultural historian and for the modern student of textuality and readership positions. It focuses on allusion to folksong and more tangentially to popular culture areas which have so far been slighted by literary critics. In the nineteenth century many authors attempted to mediate the culture(s) of the working classes for the enjoyment of their predominantly middle-class audiences. In so doing they took songs out of their original social and musical contexts and employed a variety of strategies which - consciously or unconsciously - romanticised falsified or denigrated what the novels or stories claimed to represent. In addition some writers who were well-informed about the cultures they described used allusion to song as a covert system of reference to topics such as sexuality and the criticism of class and gender relations which it was difficult to discuss directly. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138272064

Ballet across BordersCareer and Culture in the World of Dancers This absorbing book is ballet's 'biography' -- a revealing examination of a closed world its competition and camaraderie sexual politics intimacies pressures and not least of all its magic. Ballet companies have endeavoured to hide what is going on backstage lest the reality of highly strung nerves constant fatigue and pain from injuries tarnish the illusion of ethereal figures and seemingly weightless steps in polished performances. But the audience's perceptions of fairy-tale worlds onstage are far removed from the experiences of the dancers themselves. The author who trained to be a dancer has been given an entrée to this private world that few outsiders ever see. Books on ballet tend to focus on performance. In contrast this book which draws on extensive fieldwork with major companies such as London's Royal Ballet the American Ballet Theatre in New York the Royal Swedish Ballet and the Ballett Frankfurt is about dancers - how their careers are made and unmade and what happens in dance companies offstage. Anyone interested in the culture of ballet or the theatre as well as students of anthropology dance performance and cultural studies will want to read what really goes on when the curtain comes down. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084754

Baptist Women’s Writings in Revolutionary Culture 1640-1680 Although literary-historical studies have often focused on the range of dissenting religious groups and writers that flourished during the English Revolution they have rarely had much to say about seventeenth-century Baptists or indeed Baptist women. Baptist Women’s Writings in Revolutionary Culture 1640-1680 fills that gap exploring how female Baptists played a crucial role in the group’s formation and growth during the 1640s and 50s by their active participation in religious and political debate and their desire to evangelise their followers. The study significantly challenges the idea that women as members of these congregations were unable to write with any kind of textual authority because they were often prevented from speaking aloud in church meetings. On the contrary Adcock shows that Baptist women found their way into print to debate points of church organisation and doctrine to defend themselves and their congregations to evangelise others by example and by teaching and to prophesy and discusses the rhetorical tactics they utilised in order to demonstrate the value of women’s contributions. In the course of the study Adcock considers and analyses the writings of little-studied Baptist women Deborah Huish Katherine Sutton and Jane Turner as well as separatist writers Sara Jones Susanna Parr and Anne Venn. She also makes due connection to the more familiar work of Agnes Beaumont Anna Trapnel and Anne Wentworth enabling a reassessment of the significance of those writings by placing them in this wider context. Writings by these female Baptists attracted serious attention and as Adcock discusses some even found a trans-national audience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472457066

Barcoding NatureShifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new fast digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism’s genome (a so-called ‘micro-genome’) can faithfully identify and help to classify every species on the planet. The fear that species are becoming extinct before they have ever been known fuels barcoders and the speed scope economy and ‘user-friendliness’ claimed for DNA barcoding as part of the larger ferment around the ‘genomics revolution’ has also encouraged promises that it could inspire humanity to reverse its biodiversity-destructive habits. This book is based on six years of ethnographic research on changing practices in the identification and classification of natural species. Informed both by Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the anthropology of science the authors analyse DNA barcoding in the context of a sense of crisis – concerning global biodiversity loss but also the felt inadequacy of taxonomic science to address such loss. The authors chart the specific changes that this innovation is propelling in the collecting organizing analyzing and archiving of biological specimens and biodiversity data. As they do so they highlight the many questions ambiguities and contradictions that accompany the quest to create a genomics-based environmental technoscience dedicated to biodiversity protection. They ask what it might mean to recognise ambiguity contradiction and excess more publicly as a constitutive part of this and other genomic technosciences. Barcoding Nature will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology of science science and technology studies politics of the environment genomics and post-genomics philosophy and history of biology and the anthropology of science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415554794

Barcoding NatureShifting Cultures of Taxonomy in an Age of Biodiversity Loss DNA Barcoding has been promoted since 2003 as a new fast digital genomics-based means of identifying natural species based on the idea that a small standard fragment of any organism’s genome (a so-called ‘micro-genome’) can faithfully identify and help to classify every species on the planet. The fear that species are becoming extinct before they have ever been known fuels barcoders and the speed scope economy and ‘user-friendliness’ claimed for DNA barcoding as part of the larger ferment around the ‘genomics revolution’ has also encouraged promises that it could inspire humanity to reverse its biodiversity-destructive habits. This book is based on six years of ethnographic research on changing practices in the identification and classification of natural species. Informed both by Science and Technology Studies (STS) and the anthropology of science the authors analyse DNA barcoding in the context of a sense of crisis – concerning global biodiversity loss but also the felt inadequacy of taxonomic science to address such loss. The authors chart the specific changes that this innovation is propelling in the collecting organizing analyzing and archiving of biological specimens and biodiversity data. As they do so they highlight the many questions ambiguities and contradictions that accompany the quest to create a genomics-based environmental technoscience dedicated to biodiversity protection. They ask what it might mean to recognise ambiguity contradiction and excess more publicly as a constitutive part of this and other genomic technosciences. Barcoding Nature will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology of science science and technology studies politics of the environment genomics and post-genomics philosophy and history of biology and the anthropology of science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138807853

Barrios and BorderlandsCultures of Latinos and Latinas in the United States This unique anthology highlights the diversity of Latino cultural expressions and points out the distinctive features of the three major Latino populations: Mexican Puerto Rican and Cuban. It is organized around six central cultural issues: family religion community the arts (im)migration and exile and cultural identity. Each chapter focuses on a particular theme by presenting readings from a variety of genres including short stories poems essays excerpts from novels a play photographs even a few songs and recipes. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315811635

Barthes’ Mythologies TodayReadings of Contemporary Culture This is Barthes’ seminal text reimagined in a contemporary context by contemporary academics. Through a revisiting of Mythologies a key text in cultural and media studies this volume explores the value these disciplines can add to an understanding of contemporary society and culture. Leading academics in media English education and cultural studies here are tasked with identifying the "new mythologies" some fifty or so years on from Barthes’ original interventions. The contributions in this volume then are readings of contemporary culture each engaging with a cultural event practice or text as mythological. These readings are then contextualized by an introduction which reflects on the ‘how’ of these engaging responses and an "essay at the back of the book" which replaces Myth Today with a reflection on the contemporary provenance of both Barthes and his most famous book. Thus the book is at least two things at once whichever way you look: a ‘new’ Mythologies and a book about Barthes’ legacy an exploration of the place of theory in critical writing and a book about contemporary culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138925366

Baseball and American CultureAcross the Diamond Discover baseball's role in American society! Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond is a thoughtful look at baseball's impact on American society through the eyes of the game's foremost scholars historians and commentators. Edited by Dr. Edward J. Rielly author of Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture the book examines how baseball and society intersect and interact and how the quintessential American game reflects and affects American culture. Enlightening and entertaining Baseball and American Culture presents a multidisciplinary perspective on baseball's involvement in virtually every important social development in the United States—past and present. Baseball and American Culture examines baseball’s unique role as a sociological touchstone presenting scholarly essays that explore the game as a microcosm for American society—good and bad. Topics include the struggle for racial equality women’s role in society immigration management-labor conflicts advertising patriotism religion the limitations of baseball as a metaphor and suicide. Contributing authors include Larry Moffi author of This Side of Cooperstown: An Oral History of Major League Baseball in the 1950s and Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers 1947-1959 and a host of presenters to the 2001 Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture including Thomas Altherr George Grella Dave Ogden Roberta Newman Brian Carroll Richard Puerzer and the editor himself. Baseball and American Culture features 23 essays on this fascinating subject including: “On Fenway Faith and Fandom: A Red Sox Fan Reflects” “Baseball and Blacks: A Loss of Affinity A Loss of Community” “The Hall of Fame and the American Mythology” “Writing Their Way Home: American Writers and Baseball” “God and the Diamond: The Born-Again Baseball Autobiography” Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond is an essential read for baseball fans and historians academics involved in sports literature and popular culture and students of American society. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315809113

Bashing BackWayne Besen on GLBT People Politics and Culture The Best of Besen!Bashing Back: Wayne Besen on GLBT People Politics & Culture is a compilation of 72 columns from the outspoken GLBT activist and author of Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth. Funny provocative and informative this unique book puts a progressive spin on hot-button topics in the political cultural and social arenas covering everything from AIDS and African-Americans to Zach Stark.Bashing Back presents an A-to-Z look at Besen's worldview on a wide range of topics including Bill O'Reilly Brokeback Mountain Ellen DeGeneres gay pride parades marriage rights Mary Cheney overhauling the gay movement religion and politics sports and homophobia The Passion of the Christ the pitiful state of TV news the Vatican's war on gays the World Trade Center and New Orleans. Smart and funny Besen delivers a knockout punch to the notion that liberalism stands for nothing and progressive means passive.From the author:“The columns I have chosen for this book touch on politics and people comedy and culture. But most of all they are a strong defense of the liberal values that have made this nation strong. It is time we proudly stand up for what we believe in. If we don't defend our values our opponents will define them. . . . Bashing Back is the first punch in a fight to take back our culture and restore progressive values for the good of the nation.”An excerpt from “Bill O'Reilly:”Once upon a time I actually enjoyed The O'Reilly Factor. While I almost always disagreed with him he was at least entertaining. Lately however he has morphed into just another Bush mouthpiece. The master of the “No Spin Zone” is suddenly spinning so hard he is in the Twilight Zone dizzy in his own deception. He even had the audacity on CNBC to suggest that Fox isn't a conservative news outlet. That's beyond spin. If it were closer to Hanukah I'd think O'Reilly was a dreidel. My other problem with his show is that it's unnaturally obsessed with gay issues. More gay people appear on The O'Reilly Factor than on Showtime's Queer as Folk. I know that sounds strange coming from a gay columnist who has twice appeared on his show. But it seems like he's had on every gay person in America to use as his personal political piñata. When even gay activists are tired of watching gay segments it's time to find a new culture war issue.Bashing Back is an invaluable compilation of Besen's best columns from Planet Out Gay.com and the Washington Blade. It's an essential resource for longtime Besen readers and an entertaining introduction for newcomers. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203729137

Batman and the JokerContested Sexuality in Popular Culture This cultural analysis of visual and narrative elements within Batman comics provides an important exploration of the ways readers and creators negotiate gender identity and sexuality in popular culture. Thematic chapters investigate how artists writers and fans engage with challenge and interpret gendered and sexual representations by focusing on one of the most popular and heated fictional rivalries ever inked: that of Batman and the Joker. The monograph provides critical insights into ways queer reading practices can open new forms of understanding that have generally remained implicit and unexplored in mainstream comics studies. This accessible and interdisciplinary approach to the Caped Crusader and the Clown Prince of Crime engages diverse fields of scholarship such as Comics Studies Critical Theory Cultural Studies Gender Studies Literature Psychoanalysis Media Studies and Queer Theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367409210

Bazaars Conversations and FreedomFor a Market Culture Beyond Greed and Fear Long before the financial meltdown and the red alert on climate change some far-sighted innovators diagnosed the fatal flaws in an economic system driven by greed and fear. Across the global North and South diverse people - financial wizards economists business people and social activists - have been challenging the "free market" orthodoxy. They seek to recover the virtues of bazaars from the tyranny of a market model that emerged about two centuries ago. This widely praised book is a chronicle of their achievements.From Wall Street icon George Soros and VISA card designer Dee Hock we get an insider critique of the malaise. Creators of community currencies and others like the father of microfinance Bangladesh's Muhammad Yunus explore how money can work differently. The doctrine of self-interest is re-examined by looking more closely at Adam Smith through the eyes of Amartya Sen. Mahatma Gandhi's concept of 'Trusteeship' gathers strength as the socially responsible investing phenomenon challenges the power of capital. Pioneers of the open source and free software movement thrive on cooperation to drive innovation. The Dalai Lama and Ela Bhatt demonstrate that it is possible to compete compassionately and to nurture a more mindful market culture.This sweeping narrative takes you from the ancient Greek agora Indian choupal and Native American gift culture on to present-day Wall Street to illuminate ideas subversive and prudent about how the market can serve society rather than being its master. In a world exhausted by dogma Bazaars Conversations and Freedom is an open quest for possible futures.This fully updated and revised UK version of the 2009 Vodafone Crossword Book Award winner for non-fiction is a rare and epic narrative about those who have been quietly forging solutions and demonstrating that a more compassionate market culture is both possible and desirable. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781906093631

Beauty and BusinessCommerce Gender and Culture in Modern America Leading historians explore how our ideas of what is attractive are influenced by a broad range of social and economic factors. They force us to reckon with the ways that beauty has been made bought and sold in modern America. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315023090

Becoming an Irish Traditional MusicianLearning and Embodying Musical Culture Coupling the narratives of twenty-two Irish traditional musicians alongside intensive field research Becoming an Irish Traditional Musician explores the rich and diverse ways traditional musicians hone their craft. It details the educational benefits and challenges associated with each learning practice outlining the motivations and obstacles learners experience during musical development. By exploring learning from the point of view of the learners themselves the author provides new insights into modern Irish traditional music culture and how people begin to embody a musical tradition. This book charts the journey of becoming an Irish traditional musician and explores how musicality is learned developed and embodied. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367429997

Behavior and Culture in One DimensionSequences Affordances and the Evolution of Complexity Behavior and Culture in One Dimension adopts a broad interdisciplinary approach presenting a unified theory of sequences and their functions and an overview of how they underpin the evolution of complexity. Sequences of DNA guide the functioning of the living world sequences of speech and writing choreograph the intricacies of human culture and sequences of code oversee the operation of our literate technological civilization. These linear patterns function under their own rules which have never been fully explored. It is time for them to get their due. This book explores the one-dimensional sequences that orchestrate the structure and behavior of our three-dimensional habitat. Using Gibsonian concepts of perception action and affordances as well as the works of Howard Pattee the book examines the role of sequences in the human behavioral and cultural world of speech writing and mathematics.　 The book offers a Darwinian framework for understanding human cultural evolution and locates the two major informational transitions in the origins of life and civilization. It will be of interest to students and researchers in ecological psychology linguistics cognitive science and the social and biological sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367703295

Behind the EyeReflexive Methods in Culture Studies Ethnographic Film and Visual Media How is film used in research and what are the implications of using audio-visual material in the development of scientific knowledge? This book confronts the strategies and challenges of using film in research contexts with a focus on the concept of reflexivity and the relationship between the researcher and informant. Jenssen examines reflexivity with respect to specific social science methodologies and to the cultural forms of expression of modernity. She also covers the historical role of visual media in knowledge production and in the communication and dissemination of research and shows how visual media underpin important aesthetic and ethical issues related to the construction of social life. This book is an accessible and provocative read for those in media studies and visual anthropology as well as for all scholars and students who use film in research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138403512

Behind the PostcolonialArchitecture Urban Space and Political Cultures in Indonesia In Behind the Postcolonial Abidin Kusno shows how colonial representations have been revived and rearticulated in postcolonial Indonesia. The book shows how architecture and urban space can be seen both historically and theoretically as representations of political and cultural tendencies that characterize an emerging as well as a declining social order. It addresses the complex interactions between public memories of the present and past between images of global urban cultures and the concrete historical meanings of the local. It shows how one might write a political history of postcolonial architecture and urban space that recognizes the political cultures of the present without neglecting the importance of the colonial past. In the process it poses serious questions for the analysis and understanding of postcolonial states. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315011370

Behold the ManThe Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture The first comprehensive study of how images of male beauty are projected onto society Behold the Man: The Hype and Selling of Male Beauty in Media and Culture examines the role media and society play in creating the image of the idealized male. This book explores how these images are interpreted by all genders and sexual orientations in order to investigate the phenomenon’s effect on the self-esteem of adolescent and adult males. Behold the Man provides you with research and examples that identify this problem from many angles to help you realize that being a man is more than merely possessing muscles and good looks.Discussing examples in which both attractive men and women are idealized as “the norm ” Behold the Man argues that men are experiencing the same injustices as women--splashed on the covers of magazines and in advertisements based on their sex appeal sometimes to promote nothing more than their looks. Within Behold the Man you‘ll find topics that relate to the reasons for and effects of male beauty standards such as: aspects of male beauty from Ancient Greek ideals to how it is visualized throughout history in art the vision of “the ideal male ” along with sexual connotations in advertisements for clothing cologne sunglasses automobiles and shaving products the emphasis of strong well-built males and their bodies in movies music videos and literature how men alter their bodies by dieting and cosmetic surgery to achieve the look found in advertisements today’s growing numbers of male eating disorders caused by the notion that only good-looking muscular men are acceptable reasons behind the exploitation of the male body and the double standards for male beauty found within gay male communities how advertisers and authors faithfully follow the “bigger is better” theory--from pectoral and bicep muscles to penis sizeRecognizing how society has created and changed the appearance of the ideal male this text explains to you the danger men of all ages face who feel they need to be physically handsome to be desirable. From Behold the Man you’ll learn about the real messages of advertising and media the problems they cause and that true self-worth cannot be measured by physical attributes. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315865362

Beijing Opera CostumesThe Visual Communication of Character and Culture Beijing Opera Costumes: The Visual Communication of Character and Culture illuminates the links between theatrical attire and social customs and aesthetics of China covering both the theory and practice of stage dress. Distinguishing attributes include an introduction to the performance style the delineation of the costume conventions an analysis of the costumes through their historical precedents and theatrical modifications and the use of garment shape color and embroidery for symbolic effect. Practical information covers dressing the performers and a costume plot the design and creation of the make-up and hairstyles and pattern drafts of the major garments. Photographs from live performances as well as details of embroidery and close-up photographs of the headdresses thoroughly portray the stunning beauty of this incomparable performance style. Presenting the brilliant colors of the elaborately embroidered silk costumes together with the intricate makeup and glittering headdresses this volume embodies the elegance of the Beijing opera. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138504776

Being IndigenousPerspectives on Activism Culture Language and Identity This volume gives voice to an impressive range of Indigenous authors who share their knowledge and perspectives on issues that pertain to activism culture language and identity – the fabric of being Indigenous. The contributions highlight the experiences of Indigenous peoples from a variety of countries including the United States Canada Australia New Zealand Japan Greenland Norway and Russia. The book provides valuable historical and political insight into the lingering impact of colonization considering the issues faced by Indigenous peoples today and reflecting on the ability of their cultures languages and identities to survive in the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138314900

Beneath the EquatorCultures of Desire Male Homosexuality and Emerging Gay Communities in Brazil First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315022284

Beneficial Microbes for Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Management Microbes are the most abundant organisms in the biosphere and regulate many critical elemental and biogeochemical phenomena. Because microbes are the key players in the carbon cycle and in related biological reactions microbial ecology is a vital research area for understanding the contribution of the biosphere in global warming and the response of the natural environment to climate variations. The beneficial uses of microbes have enabled constructive and cost-effective responses that have not been possible through physical or chemical methods. This new volume reviews the multifaceted interactions among microbes ecosystems and their pivotal role in maintaining a more balanced environment in order to help facilitate living organisms coexisting with the natural environment. With extensive references tables and illustrations this book provides valuable information on microbial utilization for environmental sustainability and provides fascinating insights into microbial diversity. Key features include: Looks at enhancing plant production through growth-promoting arbuscular mycorrhizae endophytic bacteria and microbiome networks Considers microbial degradation and environmental management of e-wastes and azo dyes Explores soil-plant microbe interactions in metal-contaminated soils Examines radiation-resistant thermophiles for engineered bioremediation Describes potential indigenous/effective microbes for wastewater treatment processes Presents research on earthworms and microbes for organic farming Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771888189

Bernardin De St Pierre 1737-1814A Life of Culture This book explores the importance of Bernardin de Saint-Pierre's principal works notably the novel Paul et Virginie. It provides an account of the writer's significance and status in a period of French history which saw the transition from monarchy to republic and empire. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367605032

Bess of Hardwick’s LettersLanguage Materiality and Early Modern Epistolary Culture Bess of Hardwick's Letters is the first book-length study of the c. 250 letters to and from the remarkable Elizabethan dynast matriarch and builder of houses Bess of Hardwick (c. 1527–1608). By surveying the complete correspondence author Alison Wiggins uncovers the wide range of uses to which Bess put letters: they were vital to her engagement in the overlapping realms of politics patronage business legal negotiation news-gathering and domestic life. Much more than a case study of Bess's letters the discussions of language handwriting and materiality found here have fundamental implications for the way we approach and read Renaissance letters. Wiggins offers readings which show how Renaissance letters communicated meaning through the interweaving linguistic palaeographic and material forms according to socio-historical context and function. The study goes beyond the letters themselves and incorporates a range of historical sources to situate circumstances of production and reception which include Account Books inventories needlework and textile art and architecture. The study is therefore essential reading for scholars in historical linguistics historical pragmatics palaeography and manuscript studies material culture English literature and social history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367140335

Between CampsNations Cultures and the Allure of Race In this provocative book now reissued with a new introduction Paul Gilroy contends that race-thinking has distorted the finest promises of modern democracy. He compels us to see that fascism was the principal political innovation of the twentieth century - and that its power to seduce did not die in a bunker in Berlin. Between Camps addresses questions such as: * Why do we still divide humanity into different identity groups based on skin colour? * Did all the good done by the Civil Rights Movement and the decolonization of the Third World have such little lasting effect? Gilroy examines the ways in which media and commodity culture have become pre-eminent in our lives in the years since the 1960s and especially in the 1980s with the rise of hip-hop and other militancies. With this trend he contends much that was valuable about black culture has been sacrificed in the service of corporate interests and new forms of cultural expression tied to visual technologies. He argues that the triumph of the image spells death to politics and reduces people to mere symbols. At its heart Between Camps is a Utopian project calling for the renunciation of race. Gilroy champions a new humanism global and cosmopolitan and he offers a new political language and a new moral vision for what was once called 'anti-racism'. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138147096

Between China and EuropePerson Culture and Emotion in Macao From the mid-1500s to December 1999 Macao was the longest-standing site of economic religious and political contact between the Chinese and European worlds. Yet this surprising capacity for survival has resulted ironically form the very weakness of the Portuguese presence. In particular since the foundation of Hong Kong (in 1840) Macao had depended on a creative use of its marginality - as a centre for gambling for the coolie trade the opium trade the semi-clandestine gold trade and so on. As a rear window on China Macao provides us with fascinating examples of marginality that allow us to study the limits of the systems that characterize the Chinese world. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003134886

Between Truth and FreedomRousseau and our contemporary political and educational culture This book engages in a broad reading of Rousseau’s writings on educational and political thought in order to explore and address the competing demands of the enculturation and individuation of the young in Western societies. Although Rousseau’s Emile has been frequently utilised in educational debate much of his other work has been largely neglected as too has the relationship between his educational and political thinking which this work seeks to redress. Drawing on the thinking of philosophers Foucault and Richard Rorty the book considers the public and private conflicts of education and politics in modern societies treating them as the tension between the demands of truth and freedom. This tension exists across a range of educational and political systems such as teaching in and by the family school the government and separately for women. Wain suggests that the conflict between truth and freedom began with Rousseau and remains a central challenge in our contemporary world of political and educational thought. This book’s examination of the public and private roles in education and politics can enhance our understanding of modern educational systems and current political nihilism. Between Truth and Freedom provides an analysis of Rousseau’s position on the politics of education arguing that his thoughts were much wider and more sophisticated than the ideas presented in Emile imply. This new consideration of the work of a classic figure will appeal to researchers and academics in the fields of the philosophy of education and political education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815354796

Beyond CivilizationSociety Culture and the Individual in the Age of Globalization For Harry Redner the phrase "beyond civilization" refers to the new and unprecedented condition the world is now entering—specifically the condition commonly known as globalization. Redner approaches globalization from the perspective of history and seeks to interpret it in relation to previous key stages of human development. His account begins with the Axial Age (700–300 BC) and proceeds through Modernity (after AD 1500) to the present global condition.What is globalization doing to civilization? In answering this question Redner studies the role played by capitalism the state science and technology. He aims to show that they have had a catalytic impact on civilization through their reductive effect on society culture and individualism.However Redner is not content to diagnose the ills of civilization; he also suggests how they might be ameliorated by cultural conservation. Above all it is to the problem of decline in the higher forms of literacy that he addresses himself for it is on the culture of the book that previous civilizations were founded. This study will be of interest to sociologists historians and social and political theorists. Its style makes it accessible also to general readers interested in civilization past present and future. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412854856

Beyond Command and ControlLeadership Culture and Risk This book will advance the understanding of leadership beyond the inherited myths and modalities of command and control. Leadership is separated from ideas and institutional seniority and explained as the collaborative power of one with others. Enabling the intelligent co-participation of all people the constructive effect of this approach to leadership is in the engagement of people. This is significant when task accomplishment depends not on managerial direction but on the interaction of people with each other with technical systems and with complex regulations which are often across jurisdictional boundaries. Examples and case studies are included. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138708839

Beyond HateWhite Power and Popular Culture Beyond Hate offers a critical ethnography of the virtual communities established and discursive networks activated through the online engagements of white separatists white nationalists and white supremacists with various popular cultural texts including movies music television sport video games and kitsch. Outlining the ways in which advocates of white power interpret popular cultural forms and probing the emergent spaces of white power popular culture it examines the paradoxical relationship that advocates of white supremacy have with popular culture as they finding it to be an irresistible and repugnant reflection of social decay rooted in multiculturalism. Drawing on a range of new media sources including websites chat rooms blogs and forums this book explores the concerns expressed by advocates of white power with regard to racial hierarchy and social order the crisis of traditional American values the perpetuation of liberal feminist elitist ideas the degradation of the family and the fetishization of black men. What emerges is an understanding of the instruments of power in white supremacist discourses in which a series of connections are drawn between popular culture multiculturalism sexual politics and state functions all of which are seen to be working against white men. A richly illustrated study of the intersections of white power and popular culture in the contemporary U.S. and the use of use cyberspace by white supremacists as an imagined site of resistance Beyond Hate will appeal to scholars of sociology and cultural studies with interests in race and ethnicity popular culture and the discourses of the extreme right. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472427496

Beyond Ke'eaumokuKoreans Nationalism and Local Culture in Hawai'i This book reclaims Korean history in Hawaii through the examination of works by three local writers of Korean descent: Margaret Pai Ty Pak and Gary Pak. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138964594

Beyond the Arab DiseaseNew Perspectives in Politics and Culture Presenting bold and original insights this book examines the policies and diplomacies pursued by Arab and Western governments while discussing both the political and cultural roles played by the modern Arab World. It explores the various facets of the malaise affecting the Arab world stressing the urgent call for reform and recovery as well as the need to address major issues including inter-Arab affairs relations with a hegemonic USA and peace with Israel. In addition the book provides new perspectives on a range of topics including Arab and Muslim diplomacy literature and culture; often as these interact with Western models and paradigms in an increasingly interconnected but challenging world. Employing a combination of disciplines and discourses the book aids learners and policy-makers in better understanding the Arab world’s successes and failures in its problematic relations with the West and modernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415613217

Beyond the Culture ToursStudies in Teaching and Learning With Culturally Diverse Texts In calling this book Beyond the Culture Tours the authors bring the reader's attention to a set of issues in the teaching of literature and culture. The Culture Tour is an old concept in the West dating back to the seventeenth century. The educated young man -- it was an exclusively male project at first -- was expected to round off his education with the Grand Tour. This meant a visit to the major sites on the European continent particularly Greece and Rome and occasionally to the Holy Land. The object was to have a first-hand view of these monuments and looking at them alone brought people the name of being cultured or well-traveled. As the idea spread in the early part of the twentieth century it allowed for the vicarious tour rather than the actual one. Students were asked to look at collections of art or reproductions of art work listen to concerts or later recordings and to read certain classical works drawn from what has come to be known as "the canon." The point of this form of education was that exposure to these works in itself formed a version of the Grand Tour. The basic idea behind the tour approach is that exposure to a culture in books is like travel to an ethnic theme park. This volume looks beyond the tour approach and reports on the results of a four-year project undertaken by a research team from the National Center for Research in the Learning and Teaching of Literature. Their intent was to study the teaching and impact of multicultural literature. The team examined how students approached texts that either came from their culture or from another and how teachers perceived the students the literature and their role. This volume details various aspects of their findings. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315045245

Beyond the FrameFeminism and Visual Culture Britain 1850 -1900 Beyond the Frame rewrites the history of Victorian art to explore the relationships between feminism and visual culture in a period of heady excitement and political struggle. Artists were caught up in campaigns for women's enfranchisement education and paid work and many were drawn into controversies about sexuality. This richly documented and compelling study considers painting sculpture prints photography embroidery and comic drawings as well as major styles such as Pre-Raphaelitism Neo-Classicism and Orientalism. Drawing on critical theory and post-colonial studies to analyse the links between visual media modernity and imperialism Deborah Cherry argues that visual culture and feminism were intimately connected to the relations of power. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203351314

Beyond the Global Culture War "Beyond the Global Culture War" presents a cross-cultural critique of global liberalism and argues for a broad-based challenge that can meet it on its own scale. Adam Webb is one of our most exciting and original young scholars and this book is certain to generate many new debates. This timely volume probes many of the key challenges we face in the new millennium. This is essential reading for all students of politics and globalization. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203957080

Beyond The Large FarmEthics And Research Goals For Agriculture This book examines the rationale for emphasizing productivity as the dominant goal of agricultural research and challenges in the form of alternative goals that scientists might seek in performing agricultural research. It presents bibliographic essays that review the criticisms of research. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367166113

Beyond the Victorian/ Modernist DivideRemapping the Turn-of-the-Century Break in Literature Culture and the Visual Arts Beyond the Victorian/ Modernist Divide contributes to a new phase in the Victorian-modern debate of traditional periodization through the perspective lens of literature and the visual arts. Breaking away from conventionally fixed discourses and dichotomies this book utilizes an interdisciplinary approach to examine the existence of overlaps and unexplored continuities between the Victorians the post-Victorians and the modernists including the fields of music architecture design science and social life. Furthermore the book remaps the cultural history of two critical meta-narratives and their interdependence – the myth of "high modernism" and the myth of "Victorianism" – by building on recent scholarly work and addressing the question of the "turn of the century break theory" with a new set of arguments and contributions. The essays presented within acknowledge the existence of a break-theory in modernism but question this theory by re-contextualising it while uncovering long-masked continuities between artists genres and forms across the divide. The collection offers a new approach to modernism Edwardianism and Victorianism; utilizing the cross-fertilisation of interdisciplinary approaches and by combining contributions that look forward from the Victorians with other contributions that look backward from the modernists. While literary modernism and its vexed relationships with the nineteenth century is a central subject of the book further analysis includes artistic discourses and theories stemming from history the visual arts science music and design. Each chapter offers a fresh interpretation of individual artists navigating away from characteristic classifications of works authors and cultural phenomena. Ultimately the volume argues that though periodization and genre categories play substantial roles in this divide it is also essential to be critically aware of the way cultural history has been and continues to be constructed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367592387

Beyond Yugoslavia"Politics Economics and Culture in a Shattered Community" The fruit of a landmark international collaboration this book focuses on the final years of socialist Yugoslavia and on the beginning of the country’s breakup. With chapters devoted to each of erstwhile Yugoslavia’s six republics the book also offers a unique blend of thematic essays on political cultural economic environmental religious and foreign policy issues. Bringing together renowned scholars from the United States Great Britain Serbia and Croatia the book shows how disintegrative tendencies penetrated and affected all spheres of life in Yugoslavia. The resultant war has therefore been fought not only on military and diplomatic fronts but also at the level of economics through literature and film and in the spheres of religion and gender relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367014810

Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern EnglandGender and Self-Definition in an Emergent Writing Culture Bible Readers and Lay Writers in Early Modern England studies how immersion in the Bible among layfolk gave rise to a non-professional writing culture one of the first instances of ordinary people taking up the pen as part of their daily lives. Kate Narveson examines the development of the culture looking at the close connection between reading and writing practices the influence of gender and the habit of applying Scripture to personal experience. She explores too the tensions that arose between lay and clergy as layfolk embraced not just the chance to read Scripture but the opportunity to create a written record of their ideas and experiences acquiring a new control over their spiritual self-definition and a new mode of gaining status in domestic and communal circles. Based on a study of print and manuscript sources from 1580 to 1660 this book begins by analyzing how lay people were taught to read Scripture both through explicit clerical instruction in techniques such as note-taking and collation and through indirect means such as exposure to sermons and then how they adapted those techniques to create their own devotional writing. The first part of the book concludes with case studies of three ordinary lay people Anne Venn Nehemiah Wallington and Richard Willis. The second half of the study turns to the question of how gender registers in this lay scripturalist writing offering extended attention to the little-studied meditations of Grace Lady Mildmay. Narveson concludes by arguing that by mid-century despite clerical anxiety writing was central to lay engagement with Scripture and had moved the center of religious experience beyond the church walls. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138246638

Biochar in European Soils and AgricultureScience and Practice This user-friendly book introduces biochar to potential users in the professional sphere. It de-mystifies the scientific engineering and managerial issues surrounding biochar for the benefit of audiences including policy makers landowners and farmers land use agricultural and environmental managers and consultants industry and lobby groups and NGOs.  The book reviews state-of-the-art knowledge in an approachable way for the non-scientist covering all aspects of biochar production soil science agriculture environmental impacts economics law and regulation and climate change policy. Chapters provide ‘hands-on’ practical information including how to evaluate biochar and understand what it is doing when added to the soil how to combine biochar with other soil amendments (such as manure and composts) to achieve desired outcomes and how to ensure safe and effective use.  The authors also present research findings from the first coordinated European biochar field trial and summarize European field trial data. Explanatory boxes infographics and concise summaries of key concepts are included throughout to make the subject more understandable and approachable. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367606046

Biofertilizers and Biopesticides in Sustainable Agriculture This new volume Biofertilizers and Biopesticides in Sustainable Agriculture presents strategies for the management of soil and crop diseases. Microbes have attracted worldwide attention due to their role in disease management and remediation of polluted soils. Taking a sustainable approach this book explores the means of integrating various microbial management approaches to achieve the desired levels of crop yield under both conventional soils and neglected soils through the use of biopesticides and other botanicals as well as biomolecules. This book also presents a broad and updated view of molecular nitrogen fixation and phosphate-solubilizing and sulfur-transforming microbes for nutrition of crops in relation to the role of metal tolerant microbes in providing protection to plants grown in metal-contaminated soils. The preparation and application of biofertilizers utilization of household waste materials and use of genetically modified microorganisms (GMOs) in plant growth and development are also well discussed in the volume. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771887939

Biofuels for TransportGlobal Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture The world is on the verge of an unprecedented increase in the production and use of biofuels for transport. The combination of rising oil prices issues of security climate instability and pollution deepening poverty in rural and agricultural areas and a host of improved technologies is propelling governments to enact powerful incentives for the use of these fuels which is in turn sparking investment. Biofuels for Transport is a unique and comprehensive assessment of the opportunities and risks of the large-scale production of biofuels. The book demystifies complex questions and concerns such as thefood v. fuel debate. Global in scope it is further informed by five country studies from Brazil China Germany India and Tanzania. The authors conclude that biofuels will play a significant role in our energy future but warn that the large-scale use of biofuels carries risks that require focused and immediate policy initiatives. Published in association with BMELV FNR and GTZ. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138964693

Biology Ecology and Culture of Grey Mullets (Mugilidae) Mullets (grey mullets) are a family (Mugilidae) and order of ray-finned fish found in temperate and tropical waters worldwide. There are approximately 80 species of mullet; these fish have been considered an important food source in Mediterranean Europe since Roman times. This book provides a long overdue update on the biology and ecology of mullets and features comprehensive coverage of the key features of the Mugilidae family such as recent DNA evidence and morphological data that challenge the traditional taxonomy. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781482252125

Biology and Culture of Asian Seabass Lates Calcarifer This book covers the biology ecology genetics and aquaculture of the Asian Seabass or barramundi (Lates calcarifer) a commercially and recreationally valuable species. It brings together in the one place reviews written by world experts in Asian seabass taxonomy genetics nutrition ecology aquaculture reproductive and developmental biology climate change impacts harvest quality and health management. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781482208078

Biology and Culture of Portunid Crabs of World Seas This volume provides an abundance of valuable first-hand information about the diversity biology ecology culture of the portunid crabs of the word seas. Marine crabs play an important role directly or indirectly in the livelihood of millions of people around the world. They have been reported to make up about 20% of all marine crustaceans caught farmed and consumed worldwide. Among these marine crabs portunid crabs (or swimming crabs of the family Portunidae) assume greater significance in the marine industry owing to their delicate meat with nutritional qualities. Although several species of portunid crabs are edible and commercially important only a few species have been widely cultivated. This is largely due to the lack of information on the biology of portunid crabs. Keeping this in view this volume presents the biology and aquaculture of marine portunid crabs. This volume will be of great use for researchers and students of disciplines such as fisheries science marine biology aquatic biology and fisheries and zoology and will also serve as a standard reference for college university and research libraries around the world. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771885904

Biopesticides for sustainable agriculture With increasing concern about the environmental impact of synthetic pesticide use including their impact on beneficial insects the problem of insect resistance and the lack of new products there has been in increasing interest in developing alternative biopesticides to control insect and other pests. This collection reviews the wealth of research on identifying developing assessing and improving the growing range of biopesticides. Part 1 of this collection reviews research on developing new biopesticides in such areas as screening new compounds ways of assessing effectiveness in the field and improving regulatory approval processes. Part 2 summarises advances in different types of entomopathogenic biopesticide including entomopathogenic fungi and nematodes and the use Bt genes in insect-resistant crops. Part 3 assesses the use of semiochemicals such as pheromones and allelochemicals peptide-based and other natural substance-based biopesticides. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781003048008

Biopolitics and Memory in Postcolonial Literature and Culture From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa to the United Nations Permanent Memorial to the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade many worthwhile processes of public memory have been enacted on the national and international levels. But how do these extant practices of memory function to precipitate justice and recompense? Are there moments when such techniques performances and displays of memory serve to obscure and elide aspects of the history of colonial governmentality? This collection addresses these and other questions in essays that take up the varied legacies continuities modes of memorialization and poetics of remaking that attend colonial governmentality in spaces as varied as the Maghreb and the Solomon Islands. Highlighting the continued injustices arising from a process whose aftermath is far from settled the contributors examine works by twentieth-century authors representing Asia Africa North America Latin America Australia and Europe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367140380

BioreactorsAnimal Cell Culture Control for Bioprocess Engineering Bioreactors: Animal Cell Culture Control for Bioprocess Engineering presents the design fabrication and control of a new type of bioreactor meant especially for animal cell line culture. The new bioreactor called the "see-saw bioreactor " is ideal for the growth of cells with a sensitive membrane. The see-saw bioreactor derives its name from its principle of operation in which liquid columns in either limb of the reactor alternately go up and down. The working volume of the reactor is small to within 15 L. However it can easily be scaled up for large production in volume of cell mass in the drug and pharmaceutical industries.The authors describe the principle of operation of the see-saw bioreactor and how to automatically control the bioprocess. They discuss different control strategies as well as the thorough experimental research they conducted on this prototype bioreactor in which they applied a time delay control for yield maximization.To give you a complete understanding of the design and development of the see-saw bioreactor the authors cover the mathematical model they use to describe the kinetics of fermentation the genetic algorithms used for deriving the optimal time trajectories of the bioprocess variables and the corresponding control inputs for maximizing the product yield. One chapter is devoted to the application of time delay control. Following a description of the bioreactor’s working setup in the laboratory the authors sum up their investigation and define the future scope of work in terms of design control and software sensors. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138749689

Bioresources Technology in Sustainable AgricultureBiological and Biochemical Research This book focuses on cutting-edge advances and applications in tropical agriculture and bioresources. It outlines some of the newest advances basic tools and the applications of novel approaches to improve agricultural practices and utilization of bioresources for the enhancement of human life. Highlights include a thorough discussion on various aspects of agricultural modernization through technological advances in information technology efficient utilization of under-exploited natural bioresources new chemical approaches for the generation of novel biochemicals and the applications of forensic and genetics approaches for bioresource conservation. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771884495

Biotechnology Agriculture Environment and EnergyProceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Biotechnology Agriculture Environmen The 2014 International Conference on Biotechnology Agriculture Environment and Energy (ICBAEE 2014) was held May 22-23 2014 in Beijing China. The objective of ICBAEE 2014 was to provide a platform for researchers engineers academics as well as industry professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Biotechnology Agriculture Environment and Energy. This conference provided opportunities for the delegates to exchange new ideas and application experiences face to face to establish business or research relations and to find global partners for future collaboration. The program consisted of invited sessions and technical workshops and discussions with eminent speakers and contributions to this proceedings volume cover a wide range of topics in Biotechnology Agriculture Environment and Energy. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138026544

Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food ProcessingOpportunities and Challenges An instructive and comprehensive overview of the use of biotechnology in agriculture and food production Biotechnology in Agriculture and Food Processing: Opportunities and Challenges discusses how biotechnology can improve the quality and productivity of agriculture and food products. It includes current topics such as GM foods enzymes and production of various types of food ingredients as well as basic ones such as the concept of biotechnology plant cell and tissue culture. Combining coverage of agriculture and food processing the book highlights the range of biotechnology applications from "farm to fork." The book begins with the fundamental concepts of the role of biotechnology and genomics in agriculture and food processing. Building on this it then focuses on specific applications of biotechnology in agriculture and includes chapters on plant cell and tissue culture techniques genetic transformation in crop improvement and the production of biofertilizers and biopesticides. The authors cover different aspects of biotechnology in food processing such as production of fermented foods functional foods enzymes in food processing production of polysaccharides production of sweeteners biocolors and bioflavors and genetically modified foods. They then examine the management of crop residues and by-products of agro-industries comprising mushroom production and value addition to agro-industrial wastes and residues. Biotechnology has been recognized as one of the key technologies for increasing economic growth. With chapters written by leading experts in this field the book provides a better understanding of how biotechnology applications can reduce production costs improve productivity and enhance product quality in the agro food processing sector. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138073265

Bisexual Men in Culture and Society Gain a fresh perspective on this misunderstood sexual orientation!From invisible to pathological the literary cultural and theoretical representations of male bisexuality have been almost uniformly negative. Bisexual Men in Culture and Society provides a clear rational analysis of the negative stereotypes and the underlying reasons for them.”The bisexual is the brutal father the abusive husband the violent rapist (all familiar figures of male heterosexual power) but he is also the simpering oral-sadistic mama's boy found in psychoanalytic accounts of homosexuality. . . . Bisexuals are queers with straight privilege . . . straights with gay chic.” Jonathan David White's caustic summary of bisexual men as seen in David Lynch's film Blue Velvet also applies to many of the representations of male bisexuality in popular and high culture. The original essays in Bisexual Men in Culture and Society deconstruct that dangerous image with blistering force and accuracy. Bisexual Men in Culture and Society offers thoughtful insightful examinations of the cultural meanings of bisexuality including: the recurring figure of the predatory immoral bisexual man in the novels of E. Lynn Harris the overlooked bisexual themes in James Baldwin's classic novels Another Country and Giovanni's Room the murderous bisexual men in such films as Blue Velvet and American Commandos the portrayal in women's magazines of the bisexual husband as a promiscuous deceitful AIDS carrier the conflicts within sexual-identity politics between gay men and bisexual men the focus on bisexual orientation rather than sexual behavior as a risk factor for AIDS Continuing the tradition of Bisexuality in the Lives of Men: Facts and Fictions Bisexual Men in Culture and Society offers a brilliant analysis of the lives of bisexual men and their precarious position within a racist sexist and homophobic society. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315877129

Black BostonAfrican American Life and Culture in Urban America 1750-1860 Between the Revolution and the Civil War non-slave black Americans existed in the no-man’s land between slavery and freedom. The two generations defined by these two titanic struggles for national survival saw black Bostonians struggle to make real the quintessential values of individual freedom and equality promised by the Revolution. Levesque’s richly detailed study fills a significant void in our understanding of the formative years of black life in urban America. Black culture Levesque argues was both more and less than separation and integration. Poised between an occasionally benevolent sometimes hostile frequently indifferent white world and their own community black Americans were in effect suspended between two cultures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815385578

Black Women in New South Literature and Culture Using the "the Negro Problem" in African American literature as a point of departure this book focuses on the profound impact that racism had on the literary imagination of black Americans specifically those in the South. Although the South has been one of the most enduring sites of criticism in American Studies and in American literary history Johnson argues that it is impossible to consider what the "South" and what "southernness" mean as cultural references without looking at how black women have contributed to and contested any unified definition of that region. Johnson challenges the homogeneity of a "white" South and southern cultural identity by recognizing how fictional and historical black women are underacknowledged agents of cultural change. Johnson regards the South as a cultural region that (re)constructs black womanhood but she also considers how black womanhood have transformed the South. Specialists in nineteenth and twentieth century American literature will find this book a necessary addition as will scholars of African American Literature and History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415846288

Blake Gender and Culture Blake's combination of verse and design invites interdisciplinary study. The essays in this collection approach his work from a variety of perspectives including masculinity performance plant biology empire politics and sexuality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138661943

Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass ArchitectureMaterial Culture and Technology Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture brings to light complex readings of transparent glass through close observations of six pivotal works of architecture. Written from the perspectives of a practitioner the six essays challenge assumptions about fragility and visual transparency of glass. A material imbued with idealism and utopic vision glass has captured architects’ imagination and glass’s fragility and difficulties in thermal control continue to present technical challenges. In recent decades architecture has witnessed an emergence of technological advancements in chemical coating structural engineering and fabrication methods that resulted in new kinds of glass transparencies. Buildings examined in the book include a sanatorium with expansive windows delivering light and air to recovering tuberculosis patients a pavilion with a crystal clear glass plenum circulating air for heating and cooling a glass monument symbolizing the screen of personal devices that shortened the distance between machines and humans and a glass building symbolizing the social and material intertwining in the glass ceiling metaphor. Connecting material glass to broader cultural and social contexts Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture enlightens students and practitioners of architecture as well as the general public with interest in design. The author demonstrates how glass is rarely crystal clear but is blurred both materially and metaphysically revealing complex readings of ideas for which glass continues to stand. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138584020

Bodily ExtremitiesPreoccupations with the Human Body in Early Modern European Culture A strong preoccupation with the human body - often manifested in startling ways - is a characteristic shared by early modern Europeans and their present-day counterparts. Whilst modern manifestations of this interest include body piercing tattoos plastic surgery and eating disorders early modern preoccupations encompassed such diverse phenomena as monstrous births and physical deformity body snatching public dissection flagellation judicial torture and public punishment. This volume explores such extreme manifestations of early modern bodily obsessions and fascinations and their wider cultural significance. Agreeing that an interest in physical boundaries extreme physical manifestations and situations developed and grew stronger during the early modern period the essays in this volume investigate whether this interest can be traced in a wider range of cultural phenomena and should therefore be given a prominent place in any future characterization of the early modern period. Taken as a whole the volume can be read as an attempt to create a new context in which to explore the cultural history of the human body as well as the metaphors of research and investigation themselves. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315261447

Body CulturesEssays on Sport Space & Identity by Henning Eichberg Body Cultures explores the relationship between the body sport and landscape. This book presents the first critically edited collection of Henning Eichberg's provocative essays into 'body culture'. Eichberg a well-known scholar in continental Europe who draws upon the ideas of Elias Focault Habermas and others is now attracting considerable interest from Anglo-American sociologists historians and geographers. This collection has been extensively edited to highlight Eichberg's most important arguments and themes. Introductory essays from the editors and Susan Brownell provide clear explanations and interpretations as well as a biography of Eichberg. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138867123

Body Projects in Japanese ChildcareCulture Organization and Emotions in a Preschool Examines the place of body practices and the management of emotions in Japanese preschools. Early childhood socialization is explored as a set of 'body projects': a series of practices undertaken (over time) to design the body according to prevailing cultural definitions and images. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138964846

Body TransformationsEvolutions and Atavisms in Culture This book presents some eruptions of archaic compulsions and behaviors and the forms that they acquire in contemporary societies. It explores how we see and feel our bodies and some of the ways evolution and culture are transforming them. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003061922

Bollywood TravelsCulture Diaspora and Border Crossings in Popular Hindi Cinema Using an interdisciplinary framework this book offers a fresh perspective on the issues of diaspora culture and border crossings in the films popular cultures and media and entertainment industries from the popular Hindi cinema of India. It analyses and discusses a range of key contemporary films in detail such as Veer Zaara Jhoom Barabar Jhoom and Dostana. The book uses the notion of travel analytically in and through the cinema to comment on films that have dealt with Indo-Pak border crossings representations of diaspora and gender and sexuality in new ways. It engages with common sense assumptions about everyday South Asian and diasporic South Asian cultures and representations as expressed in Bollywood cinema in order to look at these issues further. Moving towards an innovative exploration beyond the films this book charts the circuits and routes of Bollywood as South Asian club cultures in the diaspora and Hindi cinema entertainment shows around the world as well as its impact on social media websites. Bollywood Travels is an original and thought provoking contribution to studies on Asian Culture and Society Sociology World Cinema and Film Media and Cultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138844520

Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture Due to the prohibitive cost of synthetic pesticides and the problems of environmental pollution caused by continuous use of these chemicals there is a renewed interest in the use of botanicals for crop protection. Agricultural entomologists nematologists and pathologists the world over are now actively engaged in research into the use of plants to fight agricultural pests and diseases and to reduce the losses caused by them. Botanical Pesticides in Agriculture reviews the research on botanical pesticides used to combat losses due to pests of agricultural importance with special attention focused on the use of higher plants. This book will serve as the baseline reference work for future research and many of the botanicals discussed such as neem bael begonia pyrethrum tobacco karanj and mahuwa may become integral parts of pest control programs currently being developed. It is believed that botanical pesticides will minimize the undesirable side effects of synthetic pesticides and help preserve the environment for future generations. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315138572

Boy Racer CultureYouth Masculinity and Deviance On the public roads boy racers are a foreboding presence viewed with suspicion and derision by the ‘respectable’ motorist. The problem of the young (male) driver is one which has plagued authorities and governments due to youths’ acclaimed propensity to engage in deviant and dangerous driving behaviours. Boy Racer Culture sheds light on the boy racer phenomenon through ethnographic research with the notorious ‘Bouley Basher’ culture in the city of Aberdeen Scotland and the moral panic on the part of outside groups including the local community police politicians and media. This book examines the creation of masculine and feminine identities in a traditionally male-dominated subculture through car-related rituals such as ‘modding’ subcultural media and events and the quest for celebrity status via public performances. Boy Racer Culture challenges common misconceptions surrounding the boy racer the ‘problematic’ young (male) motorist and the car modifier. It will be essential reading for an international audience including sociologists and criminologists particularly those with an interest in youth culture subcultures moral panics car culture anti-social behaviour and the governance and policing of the roads. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415813853

Boys in Children's Literature and Popular CultureMasculinity Abjection and the Fictional Child Boys in Children’s Literature and Popular Culture proposes new theoretical frameworks for understanding the contradictory ways masculinity is represented in popular texts consumed by boys in the United States. The popular texts boys like are often ignored by educators and scholars or are simply dismissed as garbage that boys should be discouraged from enjoying. However examining and making visible the ways masculinity functions in these texts is vital to understanding the broad array of works that make up children’s culture and form dominant versions of masculinity. Such popular texts as Harry Potter Captain Underpants and Japanese manga and anime often perform rituals of subject formation in overtly grotesque ways that repulse adult readers and attract boys. They often use depictions of the abject – threats to bodily borders – to blur the distinctions between what is outside the body and what is inside between what is "I" and what is "not I." Because of their reliance on depictions of the abject those popular texts that most vigorously perform exaggerated versions of masculinity also create opportunities to make dominant masculinity visible as a social construct. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203941805

BoysMasculinities in Contemporary Culture Analyzing the meanings of masculinity in contemporary culture this book examines specific cultural male icons like Muhammad Ali Harvey Keitel Jean-Claude Van Damme and Newt Gingrich and explores the male stereotypes such as the cowboy the father the homosexual and the Black terror. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367009212

Bracing for the ApocalypseAn Ethnographic Study of New York's ‘Prepper’ Subculture Increasing American fear about terrorism environmental catastrophes pandemics and economic crises has fueled interest in "prepping": confronting disaster by mastering survivalist skills. This trend of self-reliance is not merely evidence of the American belief in the power of the individual; rather this pragmatic shift away from expecting government aid during a disaster reflects a weakened belief in the bond between government and its citizens during a time of crisis. This ethnographic study explores the rise of the urban preppers' subculture in New York City shedding light on the distinctive approach of city dwellers in preparing for disaster. With attention to the role of factors such as class race gender and one’s expectations of government it shows that how one imagines Doomsday affects how one prepares for it. Drawing on participant observation the author explores preppers’ views on the central question of whether to "bug out" or "hunker down" in the event of disaster and examines the ways in which the prepper economy increases revenue by targeting concerns over developing skills building networks securing equipment and arranging a safe locale. A rich qualitative study Bracing for the Apocalypse will appeal to scholars of sociology and anthropology with interests in urban studies ethnography and subcultures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415788489

BrazilCulture And Politics In A New Industrial Powerhouse Myths and misconceptions about Brazil the world's fifth largest and most populous country are long-standing. Far from a sleeping giant Brazil is the southern hemisphere's most important country. Entering its second decade of civilian constitutional government after a protracted period of military rule it has also recently achieved sustained eco Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367314699

Bridging Boundaries in Consumption Markets and Culture This book focuses on the bridges that connect the dynamic relations between consumer actions the marketplace and cultural meanings. Answering the challenge to do more than merely cross the boundaries between these fields the authors in this volume also undertake the far harder work of bridging them. Consequently this book is a rich and topical array of research projects which engage in a variety of theoretical and empirical boundary crossings. The authors’ diverse methodologies span archival research visual content analysis ethnography and phenomenological interviewing. Their research contexts are distinctly globally diverse as reflected in the topics of their studies: aid in contemporary Syrian refugee camps in Germany; early twentieth-century Swedish advertisements for kitchens; family formation in twenty-first-century Sri Lanka; Brazilian book (de)collectors; and the signification of magazine covers in India. Overall the book makes for compelling reading across and beyond conventional boundaries associated with the study of consumption markets and culture. This book was originally published as a peer-reviewed special issue of Consumption Markets & Culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367353049

Bridging Cultures Between Home and SchoolA Guide for Teachers Bridging Cultures Between Home and School: A Guide for Teachers is intended to stimulate broad thinking about how to meet the challenges of education in a pluralistic society. It is a powerful resource for in-service and preservice multicultural education and professional development. The Guide presents a framework for understanding differences and conflicts that arise in situations where school culture is more individualistic than the value system of the home. It shares what researchers and teachers of the Bridging Cultures Project have learned from the experimentation of teacher-researchers in their own classrooms of largely immigrant Latino students and explores other research on promoting improved home-school relationships across cultures. The framework leads to specific suggestions for supporting teachers to cross-cultural communication; organization parent-teacher conferences that work; use strategies that increase parent involvement in schooling; increase their skills as researchers; and employ ethnographic techniques to learn about home cultures. Although the research underlying the Bridging Cultures Project and this Guide focuses on immigrant Latino families since this is the primary population with which the framework was originally used it is a potent tool for learning about other cultures as well because many face similar discrepancies between their own more collectivistic approaches to childrearing and schooling and the more individualistic approach of the dominant culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138170698

Bridging Cultures in Early Care and EducationA Training Module Bridging Cultures in Early Care and Education: A Training Module is a resource designed to help pre-service and in-service early childhood educators including infant-toddler caregivers understand the role of culture in their programs. It is also intended for professionals who work with children and their families in a variety of other roles such as social workers special educators and early interventionists and for use in college courses focused on early childhood education and child development.The module explains and illustrates how early childhood educators can use the organizing concepts of individualism and collectivism as a means of understanding cultural conflict and difference. These concepts have been shown to be highly useful in improving home-school understanding across cultures. Based on real-life examples of cultural dilemmas in early care and education settings participants engage the concepts of individualism and collectivism to solve a variety of scenarios in a dynamic and engaging manner.*Chapter 1 introduces the Bridging Cultures for Early Care and Education approach provides a brief history and explains the training module. It presents the conceptual framework of individualism and collectivism which is at the heart of the training.*Chapter 2 provides the information needed for a two-hour workshop including a script and notes to the facilitator. The script is not meant to be read word for word. Rather it is offered as a guide based on a pilot-tested approach. Appendices at the end of the book contain transparency masters for the overheads referenced in the script and masters for suggested handouts.*Chapter 3 offers ideas for augmenting the basic two-hour training by expanding it over a longer time period. It also identifies additional diversity resources that can complement the Bridging Cultures training.*Appendices providing additional information data and bibliographic resources are included. This module originated as part of the Bridging Cultures Project at WestEd--a nonprofit research development and service agency working with education and other communities to promote excellence achieve equity and improve learning for children youth and adults. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138152670

Bridging the Business-Project DivideTechniques for Reconciling Business-as-Usual and Project Cultures In organizations these days there are two cultures two sets of expectations two languages; that of the business-as-usual organization and separately that of projects. These cultures need to work together effectively. Unfortunately the natural side-effect of two such different perspectives is misunderstanding mutual incomprehension and despite good intentions on both sides failure to deliver desired benefits. In Bridging the Business-Project Divide John Brinkworth tackles these issues by examining: · Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409465171

Britain's Trade and AgricultureTheir Recent Evolution and Future Development Published in 1932: The author in his Britain's Trade and Agriculture though almost ruthlessly exposes the fallacies that lie behind the modern accepted views on industry and agriculture though he obviously writes without desire to attract attention but simply to clarify facts and to suggest practical solutions.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367178994

British Agriculture in the First World War (RLE The First World War) This volume comprehensively describes how British farmers coped with the problems of shortage of labour and other factors of production as well as assessing how well agriculture performed as a supplier of food to the nation. Use of previously neglected records provides much evidence on issues such as the deployment of substitute labour and the introduction of the tractor into British farming for the first time. Challenging accepted view on the period the author shows that shortages of labour and other factors of production had only a slight effect on farm output and the national food supply. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138965058

British Agriculture1875-1914 Profound Changes took place in British Agriculture between 1875 and 1914. After the prosperous years of the mid-nineteenth century came a period of difficulty for landowners and farmers with falling prices lower rents and untenanted farms. Previously attributed to bad seasons and increased food imports this book questions whether the unexpected depression was rather the evolutionary upheaval of a system forced reluctantly into change. Undoubtedly there was a crisis in these decades farming ceased to be Britain's major industry; no longer able to supply all her own food the country came to depend increasingly upon imports. Methods changed cereal production yielding pre-eminence to pastoral farming. In recent years scholars have challenged traditional interpretations of the crisis seeking a wider range of causes characteristics and consequences. It has come to be seen as a phenomenon of change as much as of decay. This book brings together different views of the depression ranging from contemporary evaluations to recent regional and econometric studies which stress its spatial and developmental character. Originally published in 1973 these eight contributions provide a survey of changing approaches to one of the major economic crises in modern history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138878662

British Culture of the Post-WarAn Introduction to Literature and Society 1945-1999 From Angus Wilson to Pat Barker and Salman Rushdie British Culture of the Post-War is an ideal starting point for those studying cultural developments in Britain of recent years. Chapters on individual people and art forms give a clear and concise overview of the progression of different genres. They also discuss the wider issues of Britain's relationship with America and Europe and the idea of Britishness.Each section is introduced with a short discussion of the major historical events of the period. Read as a whole British Culture of the Postwar will give students a comprehensive introduction to this turbulent and exciting period and a greater understanding of the cultural production arising from it. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203351970

British CultureAn Introduction This third edition of British Culture is the complete introduction to culture and the arts in Britain today. Extensively illustrated and offering a wider range of topics than ever before David P. Christopher identifies and analyses key areas in language literature film TV social media popular music sport and other fields setting each one in a clear historical context. British Culture enables students of British society to understand and enjoy a fascinating range of contemporary arts through an examination of current trends such as the influence of business and commerce the effects of globalization and the spread of digital communications. This new edition features: fully revised and updated chapters analyzing a range of key areas within British culture new chapters on cyberculture heritage and festivals extracts from novels and plays. This student-friendly edition also strengthens reading and study skills through follow-up activities weblinks and suggestions for further research. David P. Christopher's book is an engaging analysis of contemporary life and arts and together with its companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/christopher) is essential reading for every student of modern Britain. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415810852

British Low CultureFrom Safari Suits to Sexploitation Identifying 'permissive populism' the trickle down of permissiveness into mass consumption as a key feature of the 1970s Leon Hunt considers the values of an ostensibly 'bad' decade and analyses the implications of the 1970s for issues of taste and cultural capital. Hunt explores how the British cultural landscape of the 1970s coincided with moral panics the troubled Heath government the three day week and the fragmentation of British society by nationalism class conflict race gender and sexuality. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315005126

British Sporting Literature and Culture in the Long Eighteenth Century Sport as it is largely understood today was invented during the long eighteenth century when the modern rules of sport were codified; sport emerged as a business a spectacle and a performance; and gaming organized itself around sporting culture. Examining the underexplored intersection of sport literature and culture this collection situates sport within multiple contexts including religion labor leisure time politics nationalism gender play and science. A poetics literature and culture of sport swelled during the era influencing artists such as John Collett and writers including Lord Byron Jonathan Swift and Henry Fielding. This volume brings together literary scholars and historians of sport to demonstrate the ubiquity of sport to eighteenth-century life the variety of literary and cultural representations of sporting experiences and the evolution of sport from rural pastimes to organized regular events of national and international importance. Each essay offers in-depth readings of both material practices and representations of sport as they relate to among other subjects recreational sports the Cotswold games clothing women archers tennis celebrity athletes and the theatricality of boxing. Taken together the essays in this collection offer valuable multiple perspectives on reading sport during the century when sport became modern. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367881115

Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black PoliticsCitizenship and Popular Culture Broadening the Contours in the Study of Black Politics volume 17 of the National Political Science Review (NPSR) is divided thematically into two books available separately or as a set. The first concentrates on the institutional aspects of Black politics. The second book addresses various dimensions of social capital that constitute the fundamental building blocks of Black politics. Each contains peer-reviewed articles a symposium section and book reviews as well as other featured sections.Together these books build on the previous NPSR volume Black Women in Politics. The symposium in Volume 17:1 examines the struggle of Black women both in the political science discipline and in getting their work published. In the symposium section of Volume 17:2 members of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists carry on a revealing conversation about the dilemmas of professional life for Black women in political science.The set also contains a section called "Trends " which offers data to use as starting points for discussions in teaching on professional panels or in the mass media regarding the new versions of the Voting Rights Act after the Shelby County v. Holder decision of 2013. Both volumes 17:1 and 17:2 contain rigorously vetted articles on significant themes in the study of Black politics. This set represents the most recent offering in the distinguished National Political Science Review series. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412862417

Broken MirrorsRepresentations of Apocalypses and Dystopias in Popular Culture Dystopian stories and visions of the Apocalypse are nothing new; however in recent years there has been a noticeable surge in the output of this type of theme in literature art comic books/graphic novels video games TV shows etc. The reasons for this are not exactly clear; it may partly be as a result of post 9/11 anxieties the increasing incidence of extreme weather and/or environmental anomalies chaotic fluctuations in the economy and the uncertain and shifting political landscape in the west in general. Investigating this highly topical and pervasive theme from interdisciplinary perspectives this volume presents various angles on the main topic through critical analyses of selected works of fiction film TV shows video games and more. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367235918

Bruce Springsteen and Popular MusicRhetoric Social Consciousness and Contemporary Culture This interdisciplinary volume enters the scholarly conversation about Bruce Springsteen at the moment when he has reinforced his status of global superstar and achieved the status of social critic. Covering musical and cultural developments chapters primarily consider work Springsteen has released since 9/11—that is released during a period of continued global unrest economic upheaval and social change—under the headings Politics Fear and Society; Gender and Sexual Identity; and Toward a Rhetoric of Springsteen. The collection engages Springsteen and popular music as his contemporary work is just beginning to be understood in terms of its impact on popular culture and music applying new areas of inquiry to Springsteen and putting Springsteen fan writing within the same binding as academic writing to show how together they create a more nuanced understanding of an artist. Established and emerging Springsteen scholars approach work from disciplines including rhetoric and composition historical musicology labor studies American history literature communications sociology theology and government. Offering context critique and expansive understanding of Springsteen and his work this book contributes to Springsteen scholarship and the study of popular music by showing Springsteen’s broadening academic appeal as well as his escalating legacy on new musicians social consciousness and contemporary culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367231866

Buddhist Practice and Visual CultureThe Visual Rhetoric of Borobudur Providing an overall interpretation of the Buddhist monument Borobudur in Indonesia this book looks at Mahayana Buddhist religious ideas and practices that could have informed Borobudur including both the narrative reliefs and the Buddha images. The author explores a version of the classical Mahayana that foregrounds the importance of the visual in relation to Buddhist philosophy meditation devotion and ritual. The book goes on to show that the architects of Borobudur designed a visual world in which the Buddha appeared in a variety of forms and could be interpreted in three ways: by realizing the true nature of his teaching through visionary experience and by encountering his numinous presence in images. Furthermore the book analyses a particularly comprehensive and programmatic expression of Mahayana Buddhist visual culture so as to enrich the theoretical discussion of the monument. It argues that the relief panels of Borobudur do not passively illustrate but rather creatively "picture" selected passages from texts. Presenting new material the book contributes immensely to a new and better understanding of the significance of the Borobudur for the field of Buddhist and Religious Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138784765

Bugs in the SystemRedesigning the Pesticide Industry for Sustainable Agriculture This important interdisciplinary contribution to the 'greening' business debate looks at one of the most environmentally controversial industries - the chemical pesticide industry. If that sector can be put on to an environmentally sustainable footing then the same may be possible for virtually all of industry. As business and environmental trends turn the pesticide industry's focus to biotechnology and seed engineering this book examines the extent to which the industry is prepared to exploit new business opportunities in a more regenerative agriculture and draws attention to the industry's economic environmental and social responsibilities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138471603

Building a Culture of Literacy Month-By-Month Celebrate literacy every day! This book will help you create a culture of literacy at your school from the classroom to the lunchroom to the hallways-a culture that encompasses students teachers administrators families and communities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138439726

Building a Culture of SupportStrategies for School Leaders Written in a down-to-earth and people-first style this book is for principals and aspiring school leaders. Caposey shares insightful advice and meaningful examples for building a healthy school culture. Learn the essential strategies that will help you transform and improve your school by embodying a service mindset and focusing on supporting the mission and vision the professionals in the building the students and the community as a whole. This is also an ideal guide for students in a principal preparation course—demonstrating how a culture of support is at the heart of all successful school improvement efforts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781596672277

Building a Learning Culture in America Building a Learning Culture in America takes an incisive no-holds-barred look at how America embraced and cultivated a culture of learning in the past how that culture declined in the sixties and seventies and what must be done to regain it. From political gridlock to systemic discrimination Chavous details the many ways education today is off track and cites specific examples of what Americans might do to reform it. Part memoir and part manifesto this is a frank fascinating and personal account of Chavous' experience as a politician working to enact school choice in Washington DC and throughout the United States. During the course of his political career he has seen political skirmishes and party scuffles interfere with the United States' ability to improve its educational system. These conflicts did not cause the problem; they were merely a result. The true problem was more basic: the decline of America's learning culture. This pivotal work calls for Americans to unite in making the changes needed to re-establish a learning culture as an inherent piece of the American national fabric and tells us how to begin. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412864428

Building School Culture One Week at a Time Use Friday Focus memos to motivate and engage your staff every week and help create a school culture focused on the growth of students and teachers. Easy to understand and implement Friday Focus memos offer an effective and efficient way to improve student learning staff development and school culture from within. Written by educational consultant and former principal of two award-winning schools Jeffrey Zoul these memos focus on topics such as active learning high expectations gratitude test preparation and more. Zoul provides 37 teaching and learning memos one for each week of the school year for principals and other administrators to reproduce and circulate among their staff. Zoul prefaces each memo with stories from his experiences as a teacher coach and assistant principal in the K-12 levels. You can also write your own memos with guidance on possible topics and teacher takeaways. Other memo topics include: The heart of coaching A community of leaders Homework perspectives Response to intervention basics Principles of great teaching Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138466036

Building the Homestead: Agriculture Labour and Beer in South Africa's TranskeiAgriculture Labour and Beer in South Africa's Transkei This title was first published in 2001. "This is also a study of rural Xhosa identity and community and its survival in the face of the overwhelming odds stacked against it by colonialism and apartheid. The maintenance of homestead production can be properly understood only if this wider context is taken into consideration. The analysis is thus directly relevant to current debates about agrarian change land reform and economic development in South Africa's communal areas since it shows how some rural Xhosa are able to maintain a sense of community and identity and of how they are able to harness the socio-cultural resources at their disposal to engage in productive activity with some success."--BOOK JACKET. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138703636

Building the HomesteadAgriculture Labour and Beer in South Africa's Transkei This title was first published in 2001. "This is also a study of rural Xhosa identity and community and its survival in the face of the overwhelming odds stacked against it by colonialism and apartheid. The maintenance of homestead production can be properly understood only if this wider context is taken into consideration. The analysis is thus directly relevant to current debates about agrarian change land reform and economic development in South Africa's communal areas since it shows how some rural Xhosa are able to maintain a sense of community and identity and of how they are able to harness the socio-cultural resources at their disposal to engage in productive activity with some success."--BOOK JACKET. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138703629

Bulgaria In TransitionPolitics Economics Society And Culture After Communism This book makes a significant contribution to the general literature on the transition from communism and on the developments in Bulgaria during the fall of the Socialist government and the decisive victory of the Union of Democratic Forces in the April 1997 elections. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367164850

Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World ProblemsAdvancing the Sociological Imagination On the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Sociological Imagination by C. Wright Mills the 'bureaucratic ethos' that he described continues to define our world more than ever before. In Bureaucratic Culture and Escalating World Problems eleven contributors systematically continue and develop Mills' broad vision of the scientific method. They analyse escalating bureaucratic barriers that prevent us from solving our many pressing social environmental and economic problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781594516542

Bureaucratic Culture in Early Colonial IndiaDistrict Officials Armed Forces and Personal Interest under the East India Company 1760-1830 This book looks at how the fledgling British East India Company state of the 1760s developed into the mature Anglo-Indian empire of the 19th century. It investigates the bureaucratic culture of early Company administrators primarily at the district level and the influence of that culture on the nature and scope of colonial government in India. Drawing on a host of archival material and secondary sources James Lees details the power relationship between local officials and their superiors at Fort William in Calcutta and examines the wider implications of that relationship for Indian society. The book brings to the fore the manner in which the Company’s roots in India were established despite its limited military resources and lack of governmental experience. It underlines how the early colonial polity was shaped by European administrators’ attitudes towards personal and corporate reputation financial gain and military governance. A thoughtful intervention in understanding the impact of the Company’s government on Indian society this volume will be of interest to researchers working within South Asian studies British studies administrative history military history and the history of colonialism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138615496

Business Cultures in Europe Major changes which have occurred since this book was first published have been included in this edition. In particular the chapter on Germany has been substantially revised and now includes a separate section on easter Germany. The other five countries covered in the book have also witnessed changes in their business culture and these have been taken into consideration. This book examines the background to business practice in Europe of six major countries: Germany France Italy the UK Spain and the Netherlands. Each chapter tracks the commercial development of that country in the late 1970s 1980s and early 1990s focusing on the business environment special features affecting business and the response to the EC's single market. The business culture section in each is divided further into business and government business and the economy business and the law business and finance business and the labour market business and trade unions and business training education and development. The test is organized in such a manner to enable cross-referencing between countries and maps have been included in the new edition. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138156241

Can Pop Culture and Shakespeare Exist in the Same Classroom?Using Student Interest to Bring Complex Texts to Life Expecting students to jump right into a rigorous literature discussion is not always realistic. Students need scaffolding so that they will be more engaged and motivated to read the text and think about it on a deeper level. This book shows English language arts teachers a very effective way to scaffold—by tapping into students’ interest in pop culture. You’ll learn how to use your students’ ability to analyze pop culture and transfer that into helping them analyze and connect to a text. Special Features: Tools you can use immediately such as discussion prompts rubrics and planning sheets Examples of real student literature discussions using pop culture Reflection questions to help you apply the book’s ideas to your own classroom Connections to the Common Core State Standards for reading speaking and listening Throughout the book you’ll discover practical ways that pop culture and classic texts can indeed coexist in your classroom. As your students bridge their academic and social lives they’ll become more insightful about great literature--and the world around them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415733182

Cannibal CultureArt Appropriation And The Commodification Of Difference In Arizona a white family buys a Navajo-style blanket to be used on the guest-room bed. Across the country in New York opera patrons weep to the death scene of Madam Butterfly. These seemingly unrelated events intertwine in Cannibal Culture as Deborah Root examines the ways Western art and Western commerce co-opt pigeonhole and commodify so-cal Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367314774

Canon Vs. CultureReflections on the Current Debate Canon Vs. Culture explores the consequences of one of the main educational shifts of the last quarter century-- the changes from academic inquiry conducted through a selected list of accepted authorities to an investigation of the cultural operations of an entire society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138988064

Capitalism Culture and Decline in Britain1750 -1990 First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415037198

Car Cultures Anyone who assumes that a car is simply a means to get from point A to point B or who even thinks that they know what a car is should read this book. Profoundly shaped by culture the car gives rise to a wide range of emotions from guilt about the environment in the UK to aboriginal concerns with car corpses to struggles to keep the creatures alive with everything but the proper spare parts in West Africa. Cars and their landscapes prove central to human life from its most intimate to the widest sense of global crisis and are capable of inspiring epic passions. From road rage in Western Europe to the struggles of cab driving in Africa to the emergence of Black identity in the US this book examines the essential humanity of the car which includes the jealousies gender differences fears and moralities that cars give rise to. Firmly grounded in detailed ethnographic and historical scholarship this is the first book to provide an informed sense of cars as one of the most familiar and significant forms of material culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084860

Caravaggio in Film and LiteraturePopular Culture's Appropriation of a Baroque Genius This book provides a panoramic overview of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio's a Baroque Genius appropriation by popular culture. It addresses the theme of the shadow of art by drawing readers' attention to the gap between the work of art and the place it occupies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367599911

Care Power InformationFor the Love of BluesCollarship in the Age of Digital Culture Bioeconomy and (Post-)Trumpism This book is a critique and provincialization of Western social science and Global Northern academia by the author of The Digital Coloniality of Power. It exposes shared colonial and extractive rationalities and histories of research higher education digitalization and bioeconomy while proposing in the idea of BluesCollarship a sketch for an alternative culture of worlding and commoning knowledge work and for making care matter in research and higher education. In a discourse analysis and provincialization of research and higher education a tradition of elitist White-Collaredness in academia and in the social sciences in particular is criticized and an alternative attitude towards the production transfer and use of knowledge – BluesCollarship – is proposed. The latter is rooted in a different idea of what "infrastructure" is and in practices of decoloniality. Noting the current political climate of propaganda and populism the persistence of social inequalities as well as of racism and misogyny it is proposed that how people give warrant for knowledge claims should be reviewed under different terms. A coherent theme is that there is a genealogical root for current neo-extractive and neo-colonial rationalities in the Athenian idea of oikos which conflates family household and property. In taking a distinctly writerly approach – rather than giving ready-made answers – the book aims at permanently provoking readers at every turn to think further as well as before-and-beyond what is written but to do so in thinking together with Others. Thus the book addresses scholars and students from across the social sciences who seek challenges to established ways of thinking in academia without simply replacing one canon for another. This book is for those who think of themselves as knowledge and culture laborers in this age of precarization who seek to replace the university and cognitive capitalism with a pluriversity and an infrastructure built on knowledge and culture as fundamental values. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138100954

Caregiving Across CulturesWorking With Dementing Illness And Ethnically Diverse Populations First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315800691

Carnival and Theater (Routledge Revivals)Plebian Culture and The Structure of Authority in Renaissance England In this title first published in 1985 Michael Bristol draws on several theoretical and critical traditions to study the nature and purpose of theatre as a social institution: on Marxism and its revisions in the work of Mikhail Bakhtin; on the theories of Emile Durkheim and their adaptations in the work of Victor Turner; and on the history of social life and material culture as practiced by the Annales school. This valuable work is an important contribution to literary criticism theatre studies and social history and has particular importance for scholars interested in the dramatic literature of Elizabethan England. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415750158

Carnival Art Culture and PoliticsPerforming Life Drawing on rich insights from cultural post-structural and postcolonial studies  this book demands that we rethink Carnival and the carnivalesque as not just celebratory moments or even as critical subtext but also as insightful performatives of social life anywhere given the entangled times and spaces of these performances. The authors review Carnival’s performative aspects not merely as a calendrical festival but rather center attention on the relationship between carnival and everyday life and on how people negotiate their social spaces and possibilities in the context of modern power. The book therefore seeks to highlight the knotted time-spaces of power and to demonstrate the dynamic interplay between state spaces and people’s spaces that are being weaved by carnival's interlocutors. It demonstrates how Carnival and the Carnivalesque become analytic optics through which the relations of power in the social and political life of subjects who seek to tacitically or strategically vary their given identities can be productively engaged. This book was originally published as a special issue of Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race Nation and Culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138110427

Cartographic Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth-Century Americas During the nineteenth century gridding graphing and surveying proliferated as never before as nations and empires expanded into hitherto "unknown" territories. Though nominally geared toward justifying territorial claims and collecting scientific data expeditions also produced vast troves of visual and artistic material. This book considers the explosion of expeditionary mapping and its links to visual culture across the Americas arguing that acts of measurement are also aesthetic acts. Such visual interventions intersect with new technologies with sociopolitical power and conflict and with shifting public tastes and consumption practices. Several key questions shape this examination: What kinds of nineteenth-century visual practices and technologies of seeing do these materials engage? How does scientific knowledge get translated into the visual and disseminated to the public? What are the commonalities and distinctions in mapping strategies between North and South America? How does the constitution of expeditionary lines reorder space and the natural landscape itself? The volume represents the first transnational and hemispheric analysis of nineteenth-century cartographic aesthetics and features the multi-disciplinary perspective of historians geographers and art historians. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367333263

Cases in Critical Cross-Cultural ManagementAn Intersectional Approach to Culture This book is a collection of 16 empirical cases in critical Cross-Cultural Management (CCM). All cases approach culture in CCM beyond national cultures and all examine power as an integrative part of any cross-cultural situation. The cases also consider diversity in the sense of culturally or historically learned categorizations of difference (such as gender race ethnicity religion and class) and acknowledge how diversity categories might differ across cultures. Furthermore each case suggests a specific method or concept for improving upon the situation. Out of this approach novel insights emerge: we can see how culture power and diversity categories are inseparable and we can understand how exactly this is the case. The uses and benefits of this book are thus both conceptual and methodological; they emerge at the intersections of Critical CCM and diversity studies. All cases also discuss implications for practitioners and are suitable for teaching. Mainstream CCM often limits itself to comparative models or cultural dimensions. This approach is widely critiqued for its simplicity but is equally used for the exact same reason. Often academics teach this approach whilst cautioning students against implementing it and this might be simply due to a lack of alternatives. Through means of rich empirical cases this book offers such an alternative. Considering the intersections of culture diversity and power enables students researchers and practitioners alike to see ‘more’ or ‘different’ things in the situation and then come up with novel approaches and solutions that do justice to the realities of culture and diversity in today’s (and the future's) management and organizations. The chapters of this book thus offer concepts and methods to approach cross-cultural situations: the conceptual gain lies in bringing together CCM and (critical) diversity studies in an easily accessible manner. As a methodological contribution the cases in this book offer the concise tools and methods for implementing an intersectional approach to culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815359340

Catastrophe and CreationThe transformation of an African culture First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138969940

Caterina Sforza and the Art of AppearancesGender Art and Culture in Early Modern Italy In the first major book in four decades on Caterina Sforza (1463-1509) Joyce de Vries investigates the famous noblewoman's cultural endeavors and explores the ways in which gender culture and consumption practices were central to the invention of the self in early modern Italy. Sforza commissioned elaborate artistic and architectural works participated in splendid civic and religious rituals and collected a dazzling array of clothing jewelry and household goods. By engaging in these realms of cultural production de Vries suggests Sforza manipulated masculine and feminine norms of behavior and effectively promoted her social and political agendas. Drawing on visual evidence inventories letters and contemporary texts de Vries offers a penetrating new interpretation of women's contributions to early modern culture. She explains the correlations between prescriptive literature and women's actions and reveals the mutability of gender roles in the princely courts. De Vries's analysis of Sforza's posthumous legend suggests that what we see as "the Renaissance" was as much a historical invention as a coherent moment in historical time. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138254121

Celebrity Culture and the American DreamStardom and Social Mobility Celebrity Culture and the American Dream Second Edition considers how major economic and historical factors shaped the nature of celebrity culture as we know it today retaining the first edition’s examples from the first celebrity fan magazines of 1911 to the present and expanding to include updated examples and additional discussion on the role of the internet and social media in today’s celebrity culture. Equally important the book explains how and why the story of Hollywood celebrities matters sociologically speaking to an understanding of American society to the changing nature of the American Dream and to the relation between class and culture. This book is an ideal addition to courses on inequalities celebrity culture media and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138023956

Celebrity CultureSecond Edition Over the past few decades the public obsession with celebrity has exploded. There has also been a huge growth in the number of college and university courses and degrees on celebrity studies and celebrity journalism. Ellis Cashmore’s Celebrity/Culture was among the first textbooks to address this fascination and remains the most comprehensive work of its kind. It explored the intriguing issue of celebrity culture: its origins its meaning and its global influence. This fully-updated and rewritten second edition investigates issues in celebrity culture from the paparazzi to politics from voyeurism to self-perfection. Cashmore presents engaging case studies to analyse how social media has changed the nature of celebrity culture and explore how we consume celebrity in today’s society. His argument is driven by research rather than invective. This new edition also contains pullout quotes abundant links and chapter summaries for ease of comprehension and teaching. Cashmore considers in detail the evolution development and impact of celebrity culture in the public eye. This book will appeal to a wide undergraduate audience throughout the social sciences and humanities in sociology history psychology and media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415631112

Celebrity in ChiefA History of the Presidents and the Culture of Stardom It didn t take long for Barack Obama to make his mark as the biggest political star to ever occupy the White House. Over the course of his two terms in office Obama has injected the American presidency deeper into popular culture than any of his predecessors. He and his wife Michelle have become iconic figures celebrities of the first order.This book by award-winning White House correspondent and presidential historian Kenneth T. Walsh discusses how the Obamas reached this point. More important it takes a detailed and comprehensive look at the history of America s presidents as celebrities in chief since the beginning of the Republic. Walsh makes the point that modern presidents need to be celebrities and build on their fame in order to propel their agendas and rally public support for themselves as national leaders so that they can get things done.Combining incisive historical analysis with a journalist s eye for detail this book looks back to such presidents as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as the forerunners of contemporary celebrity presidents. It examines modern presidents including Barack Obama Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan John F. Kennedy Franklin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt each of whom qualified as a celebrity in his own time and place. The book also looks at presidents who fell short in their star appeal such as George W. Bush George H. W. Bush Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson and explains why their star power was lacking.Among the special features of the book are detailed profiles of the presidents and how they measured up or failed as celebrities; an historical analysis of America s popular culture and how presidents have played a part in it from sports and television to movies and the news media; the role of first ladies; and a portfolio of fascinating photos illustrating the intersection of the presidency with popular culture." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781612057064

Celebrity in ChiefA History of the Presidents and the Culture of Stardom With a New Epilogue on Hillary and “The Donald” With the advent of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton as presidential nominees the examination of the role of celebrity culture in the White House takes on a fresh appeal. This book by award-winning White House correspondent and presidential historian Kenneth T. Walsh takes a detailed and comprehensive look at the history of America’s presidents as "celebrities in chief" since the beginning of the Republic. Walsh makes the point that modern presidents need to be celebrities and build on their fame in order to propel their agendas and rally public support for themselves as national leaders so that they can get things done. Combining incisive historical analysis with a journalist’s eye for detail this book looks back to such presidents as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln as the forerunners of contemporary celebrity presidents. It examines modern presidents including Barack Obama Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan John F. Kennedy Franklin Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt each of whom qualified as a celebrity in his own time and place. The book also looks at presidents who fell short in their star appeal such as George W. Bush George H. W. Bush Richard Nixon and Lyndon Johnson and explains why their star power was lacking. Among the special features of the book are detailed profiles of the presidents and how they measured up or failed as celebrities; an historical analysis of America’s popular culture and how presidents have played a part in it from sports and television to movies and the news media; the role of first ladies; and a portfolio of fascinating photos illustrating the intersection of the presidency with popular culture. An update looking at Hillary and "the Donald" puts contemporary politics in perspective with the evolution of presidential celebrity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138235779

Cell Culture Bioprocess Engineering Second Edition This book is the culmination of three decades of accumulated experience in teaching biotechnology professionals. It distills the fundamental principles and essential knowledge of cell culture processes from across many different disciplines and presents them in a series of easy-to-follow comprehensive chapters. Practicality including technological advances and best practices is emphasized. This second edition consists of major updates to all relevant topics contained within this work. The previous edition has been successfully used in training courses on cell culture bioprocessing over the past seven years. The format of the book is well-suited to fast-paced learning such as is found in the intensive short course since the key take-home messages are prominently highlighted in panels. The book is also well-suited to act as a reference guide for experienced industrial practitioners of mammalian cell cultivation for the production of biologics. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498762854

Cell Culture Models of Biological BarriersIn vitro Test Systems for Drug Absorption and Delivery Over the past ten years several sophisticated in vitro test systems based on epithelial cell cultures have been introduced in the field of drug delivery. These models have been found to be very useful in characterizing the permeability of drugs across epithelial tissues and in studying formulations or carrier systems for improved drug delivery and enhanced absorption. Compared to in vivo trials on animals or humans cell culture models are faster more convenient and cost effective ethically advantageous and most importantly they can be more easily standardized and validated.This book provides a practical approach to contemporary cell culture-based in vitro techniques for drug transport studies at biological absorption barriers. It is an invaluable source of information for students attending graduate courses on this subject and pharmaceutical scientists working in industry or in academia. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367395957

Central and Eastern European Media in Comparative PerspectivePolitics Economy and Culture Appearing more than twenty years after the revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe this book could not have come at a more appropriate time; a time to take stock not only of the changes but also the continuities in media systems of the region since 1989. To what extent are media institutions still controlled by political forces? To what extent are media markets operating in Central and Eastern Europe? Do media systems in Central and Eastern Europe resemble media systems in other parts of Europe? The answers to these questions are not the same for each country in the region. Their experience is not homogeneous. An international line up of distinguished experts and emerging scholars methodically examine the different economic political cultural and transnational factors affecting developments in media systems across Central and Eastern Europe. Whereas earlier works in the media system tradition have in the main adopted the political framework of comparative politics the authors argue that media systems are also cultural and economic institutions and there are other critical variables that might explain certain outcomes better. Topics discussed range from political economy to gender inequality to the study of ethno-cultural diversity. This unmatched volume gives you the unique opportunity to study the growing field of comparative media analysis across Eastern and Western Europe. A valuable resource that goes beyond the field of media and cultural analysis which media scholars as well as to area specialists should not go without! Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256934

Challenging Myths of MasculinityUnderstanding Physical Cultures Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding for example has been explained in terms of gender inadequacy and an 'Adonis complex' akin to reverse anorexia while men electing to undergo aesthetic cosmetic surgery are deemed 'too concerned' about their appearance and thus woman-like. Myths also discredit men and boys who do not engage in appropriate bodywork when this is expected. For instance amidst public health concerns surrounding a so-called 'obesity epidemic' men and boys who resist physical activity and/or attempts to promote a 'healthy weight' are deemed ignorant apathetic and in need of correction. Drawing on extensive field research conducted in North America and Britain over a twenty year period this book challenges such masculine myth making. Mindful of a rich sociological tradition that seeks to understand the social world as lived and experienced the authors provide insights that are likely to challenge common perceptions of various groups of men and boys their diverse physical cultures shared ways of being and identities. Presenting empirically grounded understandings of diverse bodily practices and discourses including bodybuilding cosmetic surgery dieting and nightclub security Challenging Myths of Masculinity will appeal to scholars of sociology geography and cultural studies with interests in gender embodiment and masculinities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138252363

Challenging Post-conflict EnvironmentsSustainable Agriculture Crossing disciplinary boundaries this volume by Özerdem and Roberts conceptualizes the challenges of developing sustainable agriculture in post-conflict environments as well as identifying the policies and practical solutions to achieve sustainable agricultural production which is central to the survival of humanity. Without sustainable agriculture populations remain vulnerable increasing the likelihood of a return to conflict. Therefore sustainable agriculture is central to effective post-conflict recovery that provides human security as well as stability and rule of law. Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative understanding of sustainable agriculture challenges in post-conflict environments there is originality in the interdisciplinary nature of the book. Interdisciplinary often means bringing together a political scientist and a sociologist but in this case it means bringing together natural and social scientists as well as those with practical experience in development and agricultural contexts. By adopting a holistic multi-disciplinary approach which identifies key themes and case studies this book sets the scene for the debate surrounding sustainable agriculture in post-conflict environments. Seeing 'fixing' agriculture as more than merely a technical matter the volume focuses on this critical post-conflict challenge with social political and cultural characteristics and consequences as well as the obvious economic ones. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138274006

Chance Literature and Culture in Early Modern France In the Renaissance and early modern periods there were lively controversies over why things happen. Central to these debates was the troubling idea that things could simply happen by chance. In France a major terrain of this intellectual debate the chance hypothesis engaged writers coming from many different horizons: the ancient philosophies of Epicurus the Stoa and Aristotle the renewed reading of the Bible in the wake of the Reformation a fresh emphasis on direct empirical observation of nature and society the revival of dramatic tragedy with its paradoxical theme of the misfortunes that befall relatively good people and growing introspective awareness of the somewhat arbitrary quality of consciousness itself. This volume is the first in English to offer a broad cultural and literary view of the field of chance in this period. The essays by a distinguished team of scholars from the U.S. Britain and France cluster around four problems: Providence in Question Aesthetics and Poetics of Chance Law and Ethics and Chance and its Remedies. Convincing and authoritative this collection articulates a new and rich perspective on the culture of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century France. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315571218

Changing LappsA Study in Culture Relations in Northernmost Norway Changing Lapps A Study in Culture Relations in Northernmost Norway is a study of culture contact between the Saami and the Scandinavians chiefly Norwegians in an historical perspective. This study is based primarily on literary sources and official records supplemented by field work. In order to correct the stereotype of the Saami as being a homogeneous people and entirely nomadic reindeer breeders Gjessing describes Saami social structure and the functional aspects of the contact in terms of three Saami sub-cultures those of the sea Saami Reindeer Saami and the permanently settled inland Saami. Gjessing points out that there is an increasing feeling of solidarity following economic lines rather than the local and cultural lines among the Saami. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003135319

Changing Media Homes and HouseholdsCultures Technologies and Meanings Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last two centuries. Changing Media Homes and Households explores the complex relationship between home householders families and media technologies by charting the evolution of the media-rich home from the early twentieth century to the present. Moving beyond a narrow focus on media texts production and audiences Deborah Chambers investigates the physical presence of media objects in the home and their symbolic importance for home life. The book identifies the role of home-based media in altering relationships between home leisure work and the outside world in the context of entertainment communication and work. It assesses whether domestic media are transforming or reinforcing traditional identities and relations of gender generation class and migrancy. Mediatisation theory is employed to assess the domestication of media and media saturation of home life in the context of wider global changes. The author also develops the concept of media imaginaries to explain the role of public discourses in shaping changing meanings values and uses of domestic media. Framed within these approaches four chapters also provide in-depth case studies of the processes involved in media’s home adoption: early television design family-centred video gaming the domestication of tablet computers and the shift from "smart homes" to today’s "connected" homes. This is an ideal text for students and researchers interested in media and cultural studies communication and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138791602

Changing Men Transforming CultureInside the Men's Movement The men's movement is a fascinating and vexing phenomenon that is part of the important history of gender change in the United States and the world. Men are finally engaging the challenges of feminism and rethinking what it means to be a man in today's society. At stake in this "crisis of masculinity" is the future of the family the economy and the society as a whole. This book examines the cultural imagery and the actions of the men of the mythopoetic men's movement in particular examining their ideas goals and behavior. The book innovates theoretically by synthesizing cultural sociology with an interest in power as well as social psychology. Using ethnography as its primary research method the study explores hegemony and microlevel power on the interactional level. The result is a dynamic look at the social construction of cultural discourse and the action that follows in this curious and unusual social movement. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315635613

Changing Organizational CultureCultural Change Work in Progress How is practical change work carried out in modern organizations? And what kind of challenges tasks and other difficulties are normally encountered as a part of it? In a turbulent and changing world organizational culture is often seen as central for sustained competitiveness. Organizations are faced with increased demands for change but these are often so challenging that they meet heavy resistance and fizzle out. Changing Organizational Culture encourages the development of a reflexive approach to organizational change providing insights as to why it may be difficult to maintain momentum in change processes. Based around an illuminating case study of a cultural change programme the book provides 15 lessons on the entire change journey; from analysis and design to implementation and how organizational members should approach change projects. This enhanced edition considers the most recent studies on organizational change practice with new examples from businesses and the public sector and includes one empirical study which uses the authors’ own framework enriching their practical recommendations. It also draws on the latest theoretical developments including ideas of power and storytelling. Accompanying the text is an online pedagogic and research ideas guide available for course instructors and lecturers at Routledge.com. Changing Organizational Culture will be vital reading for students researchers and practitioners working in organizational studies change management and HRM. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138918603

Changing Patterns in Israel Agriculture First published in 1957. This study sought to analyse the problems raised by the changing forces and conditions in Israel in the middle of the twentieth-century. It discusses the impact of Israel’s achievement of political sovereignty upon its agricultural economy in the comparatively short space of six years. It examines the agricultural problems that arose as functions of the natural factors of production – land water climate etc. It endeavoured to assess new and better possibilities of farming. This title will be of interest to students of geography and agriculture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367256838

Changing Sentiments and the Magdalen HospitalLuxury Virtue and the Senses in Eighteenth-Century Culture This book charts the complex ideological territory of eighteenth-century sentimental discourse through the uniquely revealing lens of the London Magdalen Hospital for Penitent Prostitutes. The establishment of the London Magdalen House in 1758 is read as the cultural high watermark of sentimental confidence in the compatibility of virtue and commerce. It is the product of a whiggish moral-sense discourse at its most ebullient and culturally authoritative. Equally visible though in this context are the ideological limitations of moral-sense thinking and an anticipation of the ways in which its ideas ultimately failed to underwrite commercial virtue. Sentimental discourse fractures in the course of the mid-century: in part it becomes increasingly divorced from the world; retreating into a primitivist proto-Romantic virtue which claims no purchase on "things as they are." Where sentimental vocabulary persists in a worldly context it becomes divorced from a vocabulary of moral virtue. It is overlaid with a French usage where "sentiment" and "sensibility" describe exquisite emotion rather than refined and cultivated virtue.' Changing Sentiments and the Magdalen Hospital registers the fracturing and shifting ground of sentimental discourse in the changing institutional practise of the Magdalen institution most particularly in its increasingly embrace of evangelical religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367875992

Changing the Food GameMarket Transformation Strategies for Sustainable Agriculture By 2050 the world’s population is estimated to grow to 10 billion. To feed everyone we will have to double our food production to produce more food in the next 40 years than in the whole of the last 6 000. Changing the Food Game shows how our unsustainable food production system cannot support this growth. In this prescient book Lucas Simons argues that the biggest challenge for our generation can only be solved by effective market transformation to achieve sustainable agriculture and food production. Lucas Simons explains clearly how we have created a production and trading system that is inherently unsustainable. But he also demonstrates that we have reason to be hopeful – from a sustainability race in the cocoa industry to examples of market transformation taking place in palm oil timber and sugarcane production. He also poses the question: where next? Provocative and eye-opening Changing the Food Game uncovers the real story of how our food makes it on to our plates and presents a game-changing solution to revolutionize the industry. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781783532308

Changing the Workplace Safety Culture Despite the fact that workplaces have implemented and followed new safety innovations and approaches the majority of them have seen little if any significant progress in the reduction of accidental deaths and injuries. Changing the Workplace Safety Culture demonstrates that changing the way an organization views and practices safety will impact the behavior of all employees including executive and line managers. It delineates how safety culture change can be implemented and defines the roles of everyone in the safety culture including management employees and unions and their members. Rather than focus on behavior-based safety measures this book provides step-by-step procedures on how to establish a long-lasting integrated safety management system in any organization. It explores how to change the safety personality of an organization. The author covers the management principles and functions that need to be applied to bring about safety culture change and includes many real-life examples. He goes on to explain the activities needed to implement safety change and the benefits of getting others involved in the safety management system. The only way to ensure that accidents and their consequences are tackled at the source is to identify and eliminate the workplace risks before rather than after the event. To be truly effective safety activities must be integrated into the day-to-day business and become a way of life for management and employees of the organization. This book provides a blueprint for creating an active safety culture that prevents accidents before they occur and becomes the key component in ongoing safety success. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781466567689

Changing Urban TrendsCultures of Decency and Well-being from the Premodern to the Postmodern The local public sector is deeply steeped in history. Studying the historic patterns of urban settlements helps us to understand the development of local priorities: zoning to separate residential areas by class and race establishing police and fire departments to protect lives and property building roads and canals to make transportation more efficient and setting up school systems to educate students for work and adulthood. In this new book the reader is guided through premodern conditions in order to identify paradigmatic changes that differentiate the premodern age from the modern age. The well-known contours of that transformation are then used to highlight trends that signal movements toward postmodernity. A great variety of books cover politics policies and governance at the local level. This book invites a more comprehensive look in that it structures the analysis around six basic themes: economics politics and government organization of work education human nature plus related practices and criminal justice; the book invites a historical perspective by using the six themes to clarify paradigmatic shifts from premodernity to modernity and now postmodernity. The paradigmatic changes are examined to ask important questions: What can local governments learn from premodernity and modernity to promote desirable developments and avert unfavorable trends in postmodernity? What are progressive and regressive strategies? What social cultural and economic principles and practices are worth promoting and which ones to discourage? The broad nature of the book makes it relevant to students scholars and experts of urban politics and policies as well as city planning economic planning ethics and related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138049338

Character & CultureEssays on East and West Character and Culture by Irving Babbitt is the latest volume in the Library of Conservative Thought. Babbitt was the leader of the twentieth-century intellectual and cultural movement called American Humanism or the New Humanism. More than half a century after his death his intellectual staying power remains undiminished. The qualities that marked Irving Babbitt as a thinker and cultural critic of the first rank are richly represented in Character and Culture. First published togetherin 1940 (under the misleading title Spanish Character) these essays span his scholarly career and cover a wide range of subjects. The diverse topics discussed here aesthetics ethics religion politics literature are illuminated by the same unifying vision of human existence that informs and structures all of Babbitt's writing.Babbitt never took up a subject out of idle curiosity. All of his books and articles grew out of a desire to address certain fundamental questions of life and letters. The essaysin this volume are as worthy of attention now as when they were originally written. Set in then- philosophical and historical context by Claes G. Ryn's new introduction they are a good place to start for persons who wish to acquaint themselves not only with Babbitt's central ideas but with the scope of his mind and interests. Readers familiar with other books by Babbitt may recognize particular ideas and formulations but will also find much new material to ponder.Ryn's introduction provides a comprehensive look at Irving Babbitt's life career writings and influence. He shows how Babbitt has survived and sustained often harsh criticism from representatives of dominant trends. Ryn describes his writing style as having "a kind of rugged American elegance." The substantial critical introduction also elucidates Babbitt's central ideas in relation to the volume. Character and Culture will be of interest to scholars of literature philosophers historians theologians and political theorists. The extensive index to all of Babbitt's books including this one increases the value of the volume. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138520257

Checkerboard SquareCulture And Resistance In A Homeless Community This book shows how the poor often become homeless through resistance to the discipline of the workplace authoritarian families and the bureaucratic social welfare system. It also shows how street people develop their own self-consciousness culture and alternative community. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367154653

Checklist of Civilizations and Culture Checklist of Civilizations and Culture contains all known principal civilizations and cultures of the world with such definition as is possible of their area and time their subdivisions and periods and a brief indication of their character. The terms civilization and culture are used inclusively as essential synonyms of varying emphasis. There is no special difference between how the two words are used. They denote somewhat distinguishable grades of degree of the same large scale processes.Civilization currently carries an overtone of high development of a society; culture has become a customary term of universal denotation applicable alike to high or low products and heritages of societies. This component or segment of culture or civilization is denoted here as "value culture" by A. L. Kroeber. It includes all purely aesthetic and intellectual activity as well as an element in every religion and includes some part of morals though morality is directed also to personal conduct and action.Every human society has its culture complex or simple. The word culture should denote all possible ideals but for the larger and richer cultures the term civilization may be more appropriate. Kroeber argues that the problem of recognizing the world's cultures is essentially one of natural history and involves dealing with all phenomena and then building up their patterns or classes step by step. This classic volume is now available in paperback. No better teacher of general anthropology can be imagined than A. L. Kroeber. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412818537

Chicano ProfessionalsCulture Conflict and Identity First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138991187

Child Cultures Schooling and LiteracyGlobal Perspectives on Composing Unique Lives Through analysis of case studies of young children (ages 3 to 8 years) situated in different geographic cultural linguistic political and socioeconomic sites on six continents this book examines the interplay of childhoods schooling and literacies. Written language is situated within particular childhoods as they unfold in school. A key focus is on children’s agency in the construction of their own childhoods. The book generates diverse perspectives on what written language may mean for childhoods. Looking at variations in the complex relationships between official (curricular) visions and unofficial (child-initiated) visions of relevant composing practices and appropriate cultural resources it offers first insight into how those relationships may change over time and space as children move through early schooling and second understanding of the dynamics of schools and the experience of childhoods through which the local meaning of school literacy is formulated. Each case—each child in a particular sociocultural site—does not represent an essentialized nation or a people but rather a rich processual depiction of childhood being constructed in particular local contexts and the role if any for composing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138831544

Childhood and EmotionAcross Cultures 1450-1800 How did children feel in the Middle Ages and early modern times? How did adults feel about the children around them? This collection addresses these fundamental but rarely asked questions about social and family relations by bringing together two emerging fields within cultural history – childhood and emotion – and provides avenues through which to approach their shared histories. Bringing together a wide range of material and sources such as court records self-narratives and educational manuals this collection sheds a new light on the subject. The coverage ranges from medieval to eighteenth-century Europe and North America and examines Catholic Protestant Puritan and Jewish communities. Childhood emerges as a function not of gender or age but rather of social relations. Emotions too appear differently in source-driven studies in that they derive not from modern assumptions but from real lived experience. Featuring contributions from across the globe Childhood and Emotion comes a step closer to portraying emotions as they were thought to be experienced by the historical subjects. This book will establish new benchmarks not only for the history of these linked subjects but also for the whole history of social relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415831963

Childhood and Pethood in Literature and CultureNew Perspectives in Childhood Studies and Animal Studies Bringing together new perspectives in childhood studies and animal studies this book is the first collection to critically address the manifold alignments and frequent co-constitutions of children and pets in our families our cultures and our societies. The cultural politics of power shaping relationships between children pets and adults inform the wide range of essays included in this collection as they explore issues such as protection discipline mastery wildness play and domestication. The volume use the frequent social and cultural intersections between children and pets as an opportunity to analyze institutions that create pet and child subjectivity from education and training to putting children and pets on display for entertainment purposes. Essays analyze legal discourses visual culture literature for children and adults migration narratives magazines for children music and language socialization to discuss how notions of nationalism race gender heteronormativity and speciesism shape cultural constructions of children and pets. Examining childhood and pethood in America Europe Asia and the Pacific this collection shows how discourses linking children and pets are pervasive and work across cultures. By presenting innovative approaches to the child and the pet the book brings to light alternative paths toward understanding these figures leading to new openings and questions about kinship agency and the power of care that so often shapes our relationships with children and animals. This will be an important volume for scholars of animal studies childhood studies children’s literature cultural studies political theory education art history and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367346324

Children Technology and CultureThe Impacts of Technologies in Children's Everyday Lives Childhood is increasingly saturated by technology: from television to the Internet video games to 'video nasties' camcorders to personal computers. Children Technology and Culture looks at the interplay of children and technology which poses critical questions for how we understand the nature of childhood in late modern society. This collection brings together researchers from a range of disciplines to address the following four aspects of this relationship between children and technology:*children's access to technologies and the implications for social relationships*the structural contexts of children's engagement with technologies with a focus on gender and the family*the situatedness of children's interactions with technological objects*the constitution of children and childhood through the mediations of technology _ This book represents a substantial contribution to contemporary social scientific thinking both about the nature of children and childhood the social impacts of technologies and the various relationships between the two. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315011387

Children and Families in the Digital AgeLearning Together in a Media Saturated Culture Children and Families in the Digital Age offers a fresh nuanced and empirically-based perspective on how families are using digital media to enhance learning routines and relationships. This powerful edited collection contributes to a growing body of work suggesting the importance of understanding how the consequences of digital media use are shaped by family culture values practices and the larger social and economic contexts of families’ lives. Chapters offer case studies real-life examples and analyses of large-scale national survey data and provide insights into previously unexplored topics such as the role of siblings in shaping the home media ecology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138238619

Children's Culture and the Avant-GardePainting in Paris 1890-1915 This volume explores the mutual influences between children’s literature and the avant-garde. Olson places particular focus on fin-de-siècle Paris where the Avant-garde was not unified in thought and there was room for modernism to overlap with children’s literature and culture in the Golden Age. The ideas explored by artists such as Florence Upton Henri Rousseau Sir William Nicholson Paula Modersohn-Becker and Marc Chagall had been disseminated widely in cultural productions for children; their work in turn influenced children’s culture. These artists turned to children’s culture as a "new way of seeing " allied to a contemporary interest in international artistic styles. Children’s culture also has strong ties to decadence and to the grotesque the latter of which became a distinctively Modernist vision. This book visits the qualities of the era that were defined as uniquely childlike the relation of childhood to high and low art and the relation of children’s literature to fin-de-siècle artistic trends. Topics of interest include the use of non-European figures (the Golliwogg) approaches to religion and pedagogy to oppression and motherhood to Nature in a post-Darwinian world and to vision in art and life. Olson’s unique focus covers new ground by concentrating not simply on children's literature but on how childhood experiences and culture figure in art. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548015

Children's Literature and Culture of the First World War Because all wars in the twenty-first century are potentially global wars the centenary of the first global war is the occasion for reflection. This volume offers an unprecedented account of the lives stories letters games schools institutions (such as the Boy Scouts and YMCA) and toys of children in Europe North America and the Global South during the First World War and surrounding years. By engaging with developments in Children’s Literature War Studies and Education and mining newly available archival resources (including letters written by children) the contributors to this volume demonstrate how perceptions of childhood changed in the period. Children who had been constructed as Romantic innocents playing safely in secure gardens were transformed into socially responsible children actively committing themselves to the war effort. In order to foreground cross-cultural connections across what had been perceived as ‘enemy’ lines perspectives on German American British Australian and Canadian children’s literature and culture are situated so that they work in conversation with each other. The multidisciplinary multinational range of contributors to this volume make it distinctive and a particularly valuable contribution to emerging studies on the impact of war on the lives of children. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367346201

Children's Play Pretense and StoryStudies in Culture Context and Autism Spectrum Disorder At the heart of this volume is the recognition that children’s engagement with play and story are intrinsically and intricately linked. The contributing authors share a passionate interest in the development and well-being of children in particular through their use of imagination and adaptation of the everyday into play and stories. Following these principles the volume explores the connections between play story and pretense with regard to many cultural and contextual factors that influence the way these elements vary in children’s lives. In a departure from earlier collections on play and story the authors take a particular focus on normative as compared with atypical development. This collection begins with an approach to understanding the developmental relationship between play and story which recognizes their similarities while acknowledging their differences. Much of the collection addresses pretend play and story in children with autism spectrum disorder an understudied but important group for consideration as these dimensions of their lives and development have often been considered problematic. The volume also includes sections on play and story in classroom settings and play and story across cultures including non-English-speaking environments such as Israel Romania China and Mexico. It concludes with a discussion of how play differs across sociocultural and economic contexts making a unifying claim for the importance of play in children’s lives but also calling for an understanding of what play means to very different groups of children. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781848725447

China and the WestSociety and Culture 1815-1937 This penetrating study of China’s social and cultural contacts with the West first published in 1979 analyses the early images that China and the West had of one another and the illusions and misconceptions that arose from these images. The book centres on the question why did China fail to become modernised through contact with the West before the 1930s? The author examines the roles played by the agents of change – emigrants missionaries traders scholars and diplomats – and the political economic social and cultural developments which the transmission of their ideas set in motion. The book also looks at the ways in which change was frustrated by the rulers of the country the leaders of the imperial government and later the warlords politicians and followers of Chiang Kai-shek. Through the author's analysis of the complex factors involved based on extensive original research into private archive material from all over the world and his study of the influence of centuries of Chinese cultural tradition China’s slow path to modernisation is explained and illuminated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138614451

China’s Youth Cultures and Collective SpacesCreativity Sociality Identity and Resistance Presenting the collaborative work of 13 international specialists of contemporary Chinese culture and society this book explores the spaces of creation production and diffusion of "youth cultures" in China among generations born since the 1980s. Defining the concept of "youth culture" as practices and activities that catalyze self-expression and creativity this book investigates the emergence of new physical spaces including large avenues parks shopping malls and recreation areas. Building on this it also examines the influence of non-physical places especially digital cultures such as online social networks shopping platforms Cosplay cyberliterature and digital calligraphy and argues that these may in fact play a more significant role in Chinese civil society today. As an exploration of how youth can be creative even in a coercive environment China’s Youth Cultures and Collective Spaces will be valuable to students and scholars of Chinese society as well those working on the links between space youth and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367173043

China's Economic CultureThe Ritual Order of State and Markets China's spectacular rise challenges established economic moulds both at the national level with the concept of "state capitalism" and at the firm level with the notion of indigenous "Chinese management practices". However both Chinese and Western observers emphasise the transitional nature of the reforms thereby leaving open the question as to whether China's reform process is really a fast catch-up process with ultimate convergence to global standards or something different. This book by a leading economist and sinologist argues that "culture" is an exceptionally useful tool to help understand fully the current picture of the Chinese economy. Drawing on a range of disciplines including social psychology cognitive sciences institutional economics and Chinese studies the book examines long-run path dependencies and cultural legacies and shows how these contribute crucially to the current cultural construction of economic systems business organisations and patterns of embedding the economy into society and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138588080

China's Last NomadsHistory and Culture of China's Kazaks This study based on Chinese publications and archival materials as well as on recent fieldwork provides an up-to-date treatment of Kazak history and culture emphasizing the Kazaks in 20th-century China and in particular their status today as one of China's minority nationalities. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315285214

China's National Minority EducationCulture Schooling and Development First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138970465

China's Peasant Agriculture and Rural SocietyChanging paradigms of farming China's agriculture and rural society has undergone rapid changes in recent years. Many poorer farmers and younger people have moved to cities and yet China has an immense challenge to feed a growing and more affluent population. This book provides a ‘bottom-up view’ of China’s agriculture  showing how the many millions of Chinese peasants make a living. It presents  a vivid description of the mechanisms used by rural households to defend and sustain their livelihoods increase their agricultural production and improve the quality of their lives.  The authors examine the newly emerging trajectories of entrepreneurial and capitalist farming and assess whether such alternatives will be able to meet the enormous social economic and environmental challenges that China faces. The book also explores the paradigm that has underpinned the organisation and development of China’s agriculture from ancient times to the present day. This shows the importance of balancing in the Chinese model as compared to the one-sided imposition of continual modernization in the western model. It is argued that such balancing is at the core of the current Sannong policy referring to the three ruralities of food sovereignty wellbeing for peasant households and an attractive countryside. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138363977

China's Soviet DreamPropaganda Culture and Popular Imagination This book examines the introduction of Soviet socialist culture in the People’s Republic of China with a focus on the period of Sino-Soviet friendship in the 1950s. The vast state initiative to transplant Soviet culture into Chinese soil has conventionally been dismissed as a tool of propaganda and political indoctrination. However this book demonstrates that this transnational engagement not only facilitated China’s broader transition to socialist modernity but also generated unintended consequences that outlasted the propaganda. Drawing on archival findings newspapers magazines media productions and oral interview the book delves into changes in Chinese popular imagination and everyday aesthetics contingent upon Soviet influence. It proposes a revisionist view of the Soviet impact on China revealing that Soviet culture offered Chinese people the language and imagery to conceive of their future as a dream about material abundance self-determination and the pleasures of leisure and cultural enrichment. Written with a transnational interdisciplinary and thematic approach this book is aimed at scholars and students in the fields of Sino-Soviet relations international socialism modern Chinese history cultural studies and mass communication. It will also be of interest to researchers seeking to understand the nature significance and repercussions of Sino-Soviet cultural engagement. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367209148

Chinese Animation Creative Industries and Digital Culture This book explores the development of the Chinese animation film industry from the beginning of China’s reform process up to the present. It discusses above all the relationship between the communist state’s policies to stimulate "creative industries" concepts of creativity and aesthetics and the creation and maintenance through changing circumstances of a national style by Chinese animators. The book also examines the relationship between Chinese animation changing technologies including the rise first of television and then of digital media and youth culture demonstrating the importance of Chinese animation in Chinese youth culture in the digital age. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367867805

Chinese Buddhism and Traditional Culture Since the first century when Buddhism entered China the foreign religion has influenced and been influenced in turn by traditional Chinese culture and eventually became an important part of it. That is one of the great historical themes not only for China but also for East Asia. This book explores the elements of Buddhism including its classics doctrines system and rituals to reveal the basic connotation of Buddhism as a cultural entity. Regarding the development of Buddhism in China it traces the spread in chronological order from the introduction in Han Dynasties (202 BC–220 AD) to the prosperity in the Sixteen Kingdoms (ca. 304–439 AD) and then to the decline since the Five Dynasties (907–ca. 960 AD). It is noteworthy that the Buddhist schools in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420–589 AD) and the Buddhist sects in Sui and Tang Dynasties (581–907 AD) contributed to the sinicization of Buddhism. This book also deals with the interesting question of the similarities and differences between Chinese Buddhism and Indian Buddhism to examine the specific characters of the former in terms of thought and culture. In the last chapter the external influence of Chinese Buddhism in East Asia is studied. Scholars and students in Buddhism and Chinese culture studies especially those in Buddhist countries will benefit from the book. Also it will appeal to readers interested in religion Chinese culture and ancient Chinese history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367663919

Chinese Fans of Japanese and Korean Pop CultureNationalistic Narratives and International Fandom How can Japanese popular culture gain numerous fans in China despite pervasive anti-Japanese sentiment? How is it that there’s such a strong anti-Korean sentiment in Chinese online fan communities when the official Sino-Korean relationship is quite stable before 2016? Avid fans in China are raising hundreds of thousands of dollars in funding to make gifts to their idols in foreign countries. Tabloid reports on Japanese and Korean celebrities have been known to trigger nationalist protests in China. So what is the relationship between Chinese fandom of Japanese and Korean popular culture and nationalist sentiment among Chinese youth? Chen discusses how Chinese fans of Japanese and Korean popular culture have formed their own nationalistic discourse since the 1990s. She argues that as nationalism is constructed from various entangled ideologies narratives myths and collective memories popular culture simply becomes another resource for the construction of nationalism. Fans thus actively select interpret and reproduce the content of cultural products to suit their own ends. Unlike existing works which focus on the content of transnational cultural flows in East Asia this book focuses on the reception and interpretation of the Chinese audience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367272883

Chinese Legal Culture and Constitutional Order This book examines China’s striving for a constitutional order in the 20th century from comparative historical and theoretical perspectives. Through a comprehensive study of six major constitutional reforms experienced by China in the last century Shiping Hua explores pragmatism instrumentalism statism and favoritism as the key features of the Chinese legal culture. Demonstrating that these characteristics have roots in China’s ancient past and coincide with modern communist legal theory it argues that Chinese legal culture has greatly impacted upon the country’s move to modernize its legal system. By analyzing key constitutional periods in China’s history this book also evaluates patterns that can be used to better comprehend not only China’s present legal reform but its future legal developments too. As the first book to examine how the Chinese legal culture has affected constitutional reform in the 20th century Chinese Legal Culture and Constitutional Order will be useful to students and scholars of Asian and constitutional law as well as Chinese Studies more generally. Winner of the 2019 ACPSS (Association of Chinese Professors of Social Sciences in the United States) Best Scholarly Publication Award for Original Research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367196387

Chinese Migrants Ageing in a Foreign LandHome Beyond Culture This book advances a new understanding of acculturation processes for older migrants drawing on empirical data from migrants of Chinese heritage in Australia. It challenges the traditional models of acculturation questions the conventional notion of integration and analyses the fluid nature of cultural identities. Drawing on insights from environmental gerontology intercultural communication and acculturation theories it conceptualises ageing in a foreign land as a home-building process highlighting the collective contributions of individual community social cultural technological and environmental factors to older migrants’ well-being. A consideration of what it means to age ‘in place’ for those whose home is not necessarily attached to one place and one culture this volume will appeal to social scientists with interests in ageing gerontology migration and diaspora as well as those working in the fields of aged care policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367218225

Chinese Political Culture Until this book there has been no comprehensive methodologically aware study of all aspects of Chinese political culture. The book is organized into three major areas: Chinese identities and popular culture (regional identities anti-politics attitudes Hong Kong identity); public opinion surveys (the Beijing area Chinese workers the Shanghai area); and ideological debates (the "new" Confucianism masculinity and Confucianism why authoritarianism is popular in China the decline of Chinese official ideology). Here is the first work that reveals just how much how rapidly and how dramatically China is changing and why our perceptions of China must keep pace. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315500492

Chongqing’s Red Culture CampaignSimulation and its Social Implications Between 2009 and 2012 the city of Chongqing came into the national and even international spotlight as it became the geographical centre of the ‘Singing Red Smashing Black’ campaign and later the political storm that swept China. Chongqing’s Red Culture Campaign drew an incredible amount of interest at the time but speculation and prejudice has since blurred the public understanding of the sensational story that ties the campaign with the rise and fall of a political star Bo Xilai. This book therefore seeks to study the nature of Chongqing’s Red Culture Campaign and the interaction between the political programme and the practices of its participants. Based on fieldwork conducted in Chongqing it seeks to question whether the Red Culture Campaign was actually a return to Maoist revolutionary mass campaigning whilst examining the relationship between the CCP's political power and the lives of the ordinary people as reflected in the case of the campaign. Ultimately it highlights that the campaign was not in fact a real Maoist mass movement. Although it followed the pre-existing model of past mass campaigns in China containing a series of frequent and highly performative operations Xiao Mei argues that it essentially demonstrated critical features of ‘simulation’. By contributing to our understanding of the discrepancies between a designed political programme and what it actually becomes when implemented on the ground this book will be of use to students and scholars of Chinese Studies Politics and Sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367177850

Christian Moral Theology in the Emerging TechnocultureFrom Posthuman Back to Human We are living in an emerging technoculture. Machines and gadgets not only weave the fabric of daily life but more importantly embody philosophical and religious values which shape the contemporary moral vision-a vision that is often at odds with Christian convictions. This book critically examines those values and offers a framework for how Christian moral theology should be formed and lived-out within the emerging technoculture. Brent Waters argues that technology represents the principal cultural background against which contemporary Christian moral life is formed. Addressing contemporary ethical and religious issues this book will be of particular interest to students and scholars exploring the ideas of Heidegger Nietzsche Grant Arendt and Borgmann. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754666912

Christianity and Russian Culture in Soviet Society This book is the product of a three-day conference at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. It focuses on the tension between the expression of Christian beliefs and the legal restrictions imposed on professions of faith and the importance of Christian culture to perestroika. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367013066

Christopher Marlowe and English Renaissance Culture First published in 1996 this volume asked the question: who – and what – was Christopher Marlowe? Dramatist poet atheist and possible spy he was a man in contrast with his time. The authors here gather to explore Marlowe on the four hundredth anniversary of his death. They include significant interdisciplinary elements and focus on dramaturgy textual criticism and biography. It is hoped that the diversity of approaches can further debates on both Marlowe and Renaissance culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138617858

Christos YannarasPhilosophy Theology Culture Christos Yannaras is one of the most significant Orthodox theologians of recent times. The work of Yannaras is virtually synonymous with a turn or renaissance of Orthodox philosophy and theology initially within Greece but as the present volume confirms well beyond it. His work engages not only with issues of philosophy and theology but also takes in wider questions of culture and politics. With contributions from established and new scholars the book is divided into three sections which correspond to the main directions that Christos Yannaras has followed – philosophy theology and culture – and reflects on the ways in which Yannaras has engaged and influenced thought across these fields in addition to themes including ecclesiology tradition identity and ethics. This volume facilitates the dialogue between the thought of Yannaras which is expressed locally yet is relevant globally and Western Christian thinkers. It will be of great interest to scholars of Orthodox and Eastern Christian theology and philosophy as well as theology more widely. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367586775

ChristotainmentSelling Jesus through Popular Culture For more than two thousand years Christian expansion and proselytizing was couched in terms of 'defending the faith'. Until recently in the United States much of that defense came in the form of reactions against the 'liberal' influences channeled through big-corporate media such as popular music Hollywood movies and network and cable television. But the election of Ronald Reagan as a Hollywood President introduced Christian America to the tools of advertising and multimedia appeals to children and youth to win new believers to God's armies. Christotainment examines how Christian fundamentalism has realigned its armies to combat threats against it by employing the forces it once considered its chief enemies: the entertainment media including movies television music cartoons theme parks video games and books. Invited contributors discuss the critical theoretical frameworks of top-selling devices within Christian pop culture and the appeal to masses of American souls through the blessed marriage of corporatism and the quest for pleasure. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367097080

Christ's BodyIdentity Culture and Society in Late Medieval Writings At the very heart of Christian doctrine and late medieval practice was the image of the crucified Christ. Sarah Beckwith examines the social meaning of this image across a range of key devotional English texts using insights from anthropology and cultural studies. The image of the crucified Christ she argues acted as a place where the tensions between the sacred and the profane the individual and the collective were played out. The medieval obsession with the contours of Christ's body functioned to challenge and transform social and political relations. A fascinating and challenging book of interest not only to students of medieval literature but also to cultural historians and women's studies specialists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138174917

Cicero Classicism and Popular Culture Learn why Cicero is considered one of the most important individuals in all of Western culture!Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 BC) was a poet philosopher writer scholar barrister statesman patriot and the linguist who helped make Latin into a universal language. His many influences in rhetoric politics literature and ideas are seen throughout Western civilization. Cicero Classicism and Popular Culture explores the fascinating man behind the eloquence and his monumental effect on language morality and popularity of Western culture. One of the leading authorities on popular culture Dr. Marshall Fishwick discusses the multifaceted man who may be besides Jesus the central figure in all of Western civilization.The author recounts his own personal quest of traveling the land and ancient cities of Italy gleaning insights from people he met along the way who have knowledge about Cicero’s life and times. However Cicero Classicism and Popular Culture is more than a simple search for the man and his accomplishments a man whose mere words changed the way people think. This book shows in each of us the roots of our own ideas beliefs and culture. Cicero Classicism and Popular Culture discusses: Cicero’s rise to acclaim his affect on the language of popular culture common traits Cicero shared with Thomas Jefferson rhetoric the art of oratory community two pivotal essays on friendship and old age vision of his reputation the search for peace Marshall McLuhan Ciceronian Cicero’s Rome Cicero’s ancestral home of Arpinum Julius Caesar politics and the influences of Cicero the Roman republic and its downfall America as the new Rome much more!Cicero Classicism and Popular Culture is a startling entertaining examination of the man who made Western culture what it is today. The book is insightful reading for educators students or anyone interested in one of the major forces in popular culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203725795

Cinema Literature & SocietyElite and Mass Culture in Interwar Britain During the interwar period cinema and literature seemed to be at odds with each other part of the continuing struggle between mass and elite culture which so worried writers such as Aldous Huxley T.S. Eliot and the Leavises. And this cultural divide appeared to be sharp evidence of a deeper struggle for control of the nation’s consciousness not only between dominant and oppositional elements within Britain but between British and American vales as well. On the one hand films like Sing As We Go Proud Valley and The Stars Look Down consolidated the assumptions about the existence of a national rather than separate class identities. On the other hand working-class literature such as Love on the Dole articulated working-class experience in a manner intended to bridge the gap between the ‘Two Englands’. This book originally published in 1987 examines how two of the most significant cultural forms in Britain contributed indirectly to the stability of Britain in the interwar crisis helping to construct a new class alliance. A major element in the investigation is an analysis of the mechanics of the development of a national cultural identity alongside separate working-class culture the development of the lower-middle class and the implications of the intrusion of Hollywood culture. The treatment throughout is thematic rather than text-oriented – works of Graham Greene George Orwell Bert Coombes Evelyn Waugh the British Documentary Film Movement and Michael Balcon are included in the wide range of material covered. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138970748

Cities and AgricultureDeveloping Resilient Urban Food Systems As people increasingly migrate to urban settings and more than half of the world's population now lives in cities it is vital to plan and provide for sustainable and resilient food systems which reflect this challenge. This volume presents experience and evidence-based "state of the art" chapters on the key dimensions of urban food challenges and types of intra- and peri-urban agriculture.   The book provides urban planners local policy makers and urban development practitioners with an overview of crucial aspects of urban food systems based on an up to date review of research results and practical experiences in both developed and developing countries. By doing so the international team of authors provides a balanced textbook for students of the growing number of courses on sustainable agriculture food and urban studies as well as a solid basis for well-informed policy making planning and implementation regarding the development of sustainable resilient and just urban food systems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138860599

Cities of CultureA Global Perspective Culture now has a prominent place on the urban policy and re-profiling agendas of cities around the world. City-based cultural planning emphasising creativity in all its guises has emerged as a significant local policy initiative while the notion of the ‘creative city’ has become an urban imaging cliché. The proliferation of local blueprints for cultural planning/creative cities has been remarkable while supra-state bodies such as the European Union and UNESCO are also fostering the use of culture in strategies to revive cities and urban economies and to brand places as ‘different’. Cities of Culture highlights significant trends in cultural planning since its inception revealing and analysing key discourses and influential (globally-circulating) manifestos and processes as well as their interpretation and implementation in specific places. With reference to examples drawn from Europe Australia Asia and North America Cities of Culture provides insights into the application of urban cultural strategies in different local national and international contexts highlighting regularities tensions and intersections as well as core underpinning assumptions. This book explores the now-pervasive expectation that cultural planning is capable of achieving a wide range of social economic urban and creative outcomes. It will be of interest for students and scholars of urban sociology urban studies cultural policy studies and human geography. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138083752

Cities of CultureStaging International Festivals and the Urban Agenda 1851–2000 City authorities in recent years have competed vigorously to gain the right to host international festivals. In doing so they are heirs to a long tradition since cities have always served as a natural location for festivals and fairs providing settings on a scale impossible elsewhere. Cities of Culture examines the role of the Western city as the scene of staged cultural events over the last 150 years. Adopting a lively comparative perspective it highlights the development of international festivals since London's Great Exhibition of 1851. Making extensive use of case studies and illuminating examples it offers thought-provoking insight into the material and symbolic significance of international festivals in urban affairs. The book opens with an historical analysis of the role of the city as centre for celebrations rites and festivities from Antiquity to the French Revolution. The next three sections of the book each focus on a different form of international festival. The first deals with the history of staging the International Expositions with case studies of the Great Exhibition (1851) New York's World's Fair (1939-40) and Montreal's Expo 67 (1967). The next part covers the Summer Olympic Games from their revival at Athens in 1896 to the Atlanta Games (1996) discussing the implications of their fluctuating fortunes for their host cities. The third section discusses the history of a recently-founded event that is assuming ever-greater importance - the European Cities of Culture programme. The conclusion provides an overview of the events that celebrated the Millennium and examines the prospects for international festivals as part of the urban agenda of the twenty-first century. Cities of Culture will appeal to students of cultural history urban and cultural geography specialists in arts and heritage events management and anyone with an interest in the development of the contemporary Western city. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315260242

Cities of OpportunitiesConnecting Culture and Innovation Culture refers to not only the arts but also other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively. It similarly refers to the customs institutions and achievements of a social group a people or a nation. Innovation refers to the action or process of change alteration or revolution; a new method of idea creation or product that may bring about change. It is easy to assume that innovation may be juxtaposed to the preservation of culture and time-tested rituals. Yet as human settlements grew; and as streets and squares evolved through the diverse exchanges of people trading celebrating rallying and socially interacting it should come as little surprise that cities and its places would become and continue to be centres of culture and innovation that can be inextricably linked. Culture and Innovation in cities can potentially take on different complexions if viewed through the lens of academics and practitioners drawn from different geographies disciplines or fields of expertise when addressing particular urban challenges. It is through this complexity of views that this book seeks to provide a broad perspective on culture and innovation in the context of global cities today; and a rich cornucopia of insights from thought leaders within their respective fields to shape the cities of tomorrow. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367900656

Citizenship in the Latin American Upper and Middle ClassesEthnographic Perspectives on Culture and Politics The problem of citizenship has long affected Latin America simultaneously producing inclusion and exclusion division and unity. Its narrative and practice both reflect and contribute to the region’s profound inequalities. However citizenship is usually studied on the margins of society. Despite substantial public interest in recent mass mobilizations the middle and upper classes are rarely approached as political agents or citizens. As the region’s middle classes continue to grow and new elites develop their importance can only increase.This interdisciplinary volume addresses this gap showcasing recent ethnographic research on middle- and upper-class citizenship in contemporary Latin America. It explores how the region’s middle and upper classes constitute themselves as citizens through politics and culture and questions how these processes interact with the construction of difference and commonality division and unity. Subsequently this collection highlights how elite citizenships are constructed in dialogue with other identities how these co-constructions reproduce or challenge inequality and whether they have the potential to bring about change.Citizenship in the Latin American Upper and Middle Classes will appeal to scholars advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in fields such as Latin American Studies Citizenship Studies Political Science and Cultural Studies; and to a general readership interested in Latin American politics and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367729967

Citizenships Contingency and the CountrysideRights Culture Land and the Environment Citizenships Contingency and the Countryside defines citizenship in relation to the rural environment. The book expands and explores a widened conceptualization of citizenship and sets out a range of examples where citizenship at different scales has been expressed in and over the rural environment. Part of the analysis includes a review of the political construction and use of citizenship rhetoric over the past 20 years alongside an historical and theoretical discussion of citizenship and rights in the British countryside. The text concludes with a call to recognise and incorporate the multiple voices and interests in decision-making that all affect the British countryside. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138970779

City LimitsCrime Consumer Culture and the Urban Experience City Limits contributes to a growing body of work under the umbrella of 'cultural criminology' which attempts to bring an appreciation of cultural change to an understanding of crime in late modernity (Hayward and Young 2004). Hayward presents an ambitious theoretical analysis that attempts to inspire a 'cultural approach' to understanding the 'crime-city nexus' and in particular to re-address 'strain' and the concept of 'relative deprivation' in the context of a culture of consumption. The book incorporates an impressive array of literature from beyond the boundaries of traditional criminology - including urban studies social theory and most strikingly from art and architectural criticism - illustrating a multidisciplinary approach. This provides for a challenging and enlightening read with a particularly important emphasis on the impact of consumer culture on the lived urban experience and spatial dynamics of the city and in turn for an understanding of transgression and criminality. Runner-up for the British Society of Criminology Book Prize (2004). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge-Cavendish 9781138147546

Civil Society Associations and Urban PlacesClass Nation and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Europe In recent years the concept of 'civil society' has become central to the historian's understanding of class cultural and political power in the nineteenth-century town and city. Increasingly clubs and voluntary societies have been regarded as an important step in the formation of formal political parties particularly for the working and middle classes. The result of this is the assertion that the more associations existing in a particular society the deeper democracy becomes entrenched. In order to test this hypothesis this volume brings together essays by an international group of urban historians who examine the construction of civil society from associational activity in the urban place. From their studies it soon becomes clear that such simple propositions do not adequately reflect the dynamics of nineteenth-century urban society and politics. Urban associations were ideological in purpose and deliberately discriminatory and as such set the boundaries of civil society. Thus competing and segmented associations were not only an indication of pluralism and strength but also highlighted a fundamental weakness when faced down by the interests of the state. Through a wide array of urban associations in a broad range of settings comprising Austria and Bratislava France and Italy the Netherlands Austro-Hungary England Scotland and the US this volume reflects on the construction of class nation and culture in the associations of the nineteenth-century urban place. In so doing it shows that a deep and interlocking civil society does not automatically lead to a rise in democratic activity. Expansion of the networks of urban association could equally result in greater subdivision and to the fragmentation and isolation of certain groups. Partition as much as coherence is our understanding of civil society and associations in the nineteenth-century urban place. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138277755

Civility and EmpireLiterature and Culture in British India 1821-1921 This book addresses the idea of 'civility' as a manifestation of the fluidity and ambivalence of imperial power as reflected in British colonial literature and culture. Discussions of Anglo-Indian romances of 1880-1900 E.M. Forster's The Life to Come and Leonard Woolf's writings show how the appeal to civility had a significant effect on the constitution of colonial subject-hood and reveals 'civility' as an ideal trope for the ambivalence of imperial power itself. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415646666

Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture The first English-language monograph on the French dancer and model Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture explores the haunting legacy of this intriguing and glamorous figure an international celebrity at the dawn of modern celebrity culture. Situating Mérode at a pivotal moment in the history of fame and visual culture this study analyzes how technological and societal changes led to our star-struck modernity. Mérode was one of the earliest examples of fame born from mass visual culture as newly available postcards circulated her image around the globe. Through Mérode Michael D. Garval illuminates broader trends of the Belle Époque: persistent statue fetishism within a vibrant monumental culture rampant exoticism amid unprecedented colonial expansion the rapid growth of the illustrated press the rise of female show business personalities the advent of cinema and x-rays and a burgeoning sense of new visual possibilities. The volume examines how Mérode heralded modern celebrity icons; problematizes the status of women and women's bodies under intense public scrutiny; and exposes the paradoxes of a society captivated by a mass media-driven dream of intimacy from afar.Cléo de Mérode and the Rise of Modern Celebrity Culture probes the neglected prehistory of a visual culture obsessed with celebrities and their images. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138108806

Class Culture and Education (RLE Edu L) This book examines the concepts of equality class culture work and leisure and explores their interrelationship through the discussion of some current problems especially the problems posed for schools for the ‘culturally deprived.’ The debate about differential provision of schooling for different social groups is taken up through examination of the assumption that schools are middle-class institutions and the claims and counter claims about the possibility of there being a common culture as the basis for a common curriculum in comprehensive schools. The concept of culture and especially the meaning of working-class culture receives examination in this context as well as the thesis that any sub-culture constitutes an adequate or valid way of life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138008205

Class Culture and Suburban Anxieties in the Victorian Era This book demonstrates how representations of the Victorian suburb in mid- to late-nineteenth century British writing occasioned a literary sub-genre unique to this period one that attempted to reassure readers that the suburb was a place where outsiders could be controlled and where middle-class values could be enforced. Whelan explores the dissonance created by the differences between the suburban ideal and suburban realities recognizing the persistence of that ideal in the face of abundant evidence that it was hardly ever realized. She discusses evidence from primary and secondary sources about perceptions and realities of suburban living showing what it meant to live in a "real" Victorian suburb. The book also demonstrates how the suburban ideal (with its elements of privacy cleanliness rus in urbe and respectability) in its relation to culturally embedded ideas about the Beautiful and Picturesque gained such a strong foothold in the Victorian middle class that contemplating its failure caused intense anxiety. Whelan goes on to trace the ways in which this anxiety is represented in literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138843561

Class Culture and the Curriculum It is often argued that education is concerned with the transmission of middle-class values and that this explains the relative educational failure of the working class. Consequently distinctive culture needs a different kind of education. This volume examines this claim and the wider question of culture in British society. It analyses cultural differences from a social historical viewpoint and considers the views of those applying the sociology of knowledge to educational problems. The author recognizes the pervasive sub-cultural differences in British society but maintains that education should ideally transmit knowledge which is relatively class-free. Curriculum is defined as a selection from the culture of a society and this selection should be appropriate for all children. The proposed solution is a common culture curriculum and the author discusses three schools which are attempting to put the theory of such curriculum into practice. This study is an incisive analysis of the relationships between class education and culture and also a clear exposition of the issues and pressures in developing a common culture curriculum. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415753340

Class Self Culture Class Self Culture puts class back on the map in a novel way by taking a new look at how class is made and given value through culture. It shows how different classes become attributed with value enabling culture to be deployed as a resource and as a form of property which has both use-value to the person and exchange-value in systems of symbolic and economic exchange.The book shows how class has not disappeared but is known and spoken in a myriad of different ways always working through other categorisations of nation race gender and sexuality and across different sites: through popular culture political rhetoric and academic theory. In particular attention is given to how new forms of personhood are being generated through mechanisms of giving value to culture and how what we come to know and assume to be a 'self' is always a classed formation. Analysing four processes: of inscription institutionalisation perspective-taking and exchange relationships it challenges recent debates on reflexivity risk rational-action theory individualisation and mobility by showing how these are all reliant on fixing some people in place so that others can move. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315016177

Class and Politics in Contemporary Social ScienceMarxism Lite and Its Blind Spot for Culture Dick Houtman argues that neither authoritarianism nor libertarianism can be explained by class or economic background but rather by position in the cultural domain-- what he calls cultural capital. Although he examines all of the statistics and arguments of the conventional approaches with care and concern Houtman convincingly demonstrates that the conclusions drawn from earlier studies are untenable at a more general theoretical level. Despite differences among advocates of class explanations their theories are based on largely identical research findings--in particular a strong negative relationship between education and authoritarianism. Unobstructed by the conclusions these authors felt called upon to draw from the findings themselves Houtman configures them in a new way. The hypotheses derived from this new theory allow for a systematic strict and competitive testing of original theses without ignoring the value of and earlier research. After demonstrating that authoritarianism and libertarianism cannot be explained by class or economic background Houtman examines the implications of this argument for today's death of class debate in political sociology. He holds it to be unfortunate that the relevance of class to politics is typically addressed by studying the relation between class and voting. This conceals a complex cross-pressure mechanism that causes this relationship to capture the net balance of class voting and its opposite cultural voting instead of class voting. He argues that references to a decline in class voting may be basically correct but dogmatic reliance on the relation between class and voting to prove the point systematically underestimates levels of class voting and produces an exaggerated picture of the decline. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315081144

Class Cultures in Post-Socialist Eastern Europe This book investigates the extent to which social class has changed in Eastern Europe since the fall of communism. Based on extensive original research the book discusses how ideas about class are viewed by both working class and middle class people. The book examines how such people’s social identities are shaped by various factors including economic success culture and friendship networks. The present class situation in Eastern Europe is contrasted to what prevailed in Communist times when societies were officially classless but nevertheless had Communist party elites. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367583132

Class in Culture "A gem of a book. Its topics are timely and provocative for cultural studies sociology English literary theory and education classes. The authors are brilliant thinkers and clear penetrating writers." -Peter McLaren UCLA author of Capitalists and Conquerors: A Critical Pedagogy Against Empire Class in Culture demonstrates the power of moving beyond cultural politics to a deeper class critique of contemporary life. Making a persuasive case for class as the material logic of culture the book is written in a double register of short critiques of life practices-from food and education to race stem-cell research and abortion-as well as sustained critiques of such theoretical discourses as ideology consumption globalization and 9/11. Surpassing the orthodoxies of cultural studies Class in Culture makes surprising connections among seemingly unrelated cultural events and practices and offers a groundbreaking and complex understanding of the contemporary world. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315635521

Classic Essays in Early Rabbinic Culture and History This volume brings together a set of classic essays on early rabbinic history and culture seven of which have been translated into English especially for this publication. The studies are presented in three sections according to theme: (1) sources methods and meaning; (2) tradition and self-invention; and (3) rabbinic contexts. The first section contains essays that made a pioneering contribution to the identification of sources for the historical and cultural study of the rabbinic period articulated methodologies for the study of rabbinic history and culture or addressed historical topics that continue to engage scholars to the present day. The second section contains pioneering contributions to our understanding of the culture of the sages whose sources we deploy for the purposes of historical reconstruction contributions which grappled with the riddle and rhythm of the rabbis’ emergence to authority or pierced the veil of their self-presentation. The essays in the third section made contributions of fundamental importance to our understanding of the broader cultural contexts of rabbinic sources identified patterns of rabbinic participation in prevailing cultural systems or sought to define with greater precision the social location of the rabbinic class within Jewish society of late antiquity. The volume is introduced by a new essay from the editor summarizing the field and contextualizing the reprinted papers. About the series Classic Essays in Jewish History (Series Editor: Kenneth Stow) The 6000 year history of the Jewish peoples their faith and their culture is a subject of enormous importance not only to the rapidly growing body of students of Jewish studies itself but also to those working in the fields of Byzantine eastern Christian Islamic Mediterranean and European history. Classic Essays in Jewish History is a library reference collection that makes available the most important articles and research papers on the development of Jewish communities across Europe and the Middle East. By reprinting together in chronologically-themed volumes material from a widespread range of sources many difficult to access especially those drawn from sources that may never be digitized this series constitutes a major new resource for libraries and scholars. The articles are selected not only for their current role in breaking new ground but also for their place as seminal contributions to the formation of the field and their utility in providing access to the subject for students and specialists in other fields. A number of articles not previously published in English will be specially translated for this series. Classic Essays in Jewish History provides comprehensive coverage of its subject. Each volume in the series focuses on a particular time-period and is edited by an authority on that field. The collection is planned to consist of 10 thematically ordered volumes each containing a specially-written introduction to the subject a bibliographical guide and an index. All volumes are hardcover and printed on acid-free paper to suit library needs. Subjects covered include: The Biblical Period The Second Temple Period The Development of Jewish Culture in Spain Jewish Communities in Medieval Central Europe Jews in Medieval England and France Jews in Renaissance Europe Jews in Early Modern Europe Jews under Medieval Islam Jews in the Ottoman Empire and North Africa Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409425052

Classical Genetic Research and its LegacyThe Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics With the rise of genomics the life sciences have entered a new era. This book provides a comprehensive history of mapping procedures as they were developed in classical genetics. An accompanying volume - From Molecular Genetics to Genomics - covers the history of molecular genetics and genomics.The book shows that the technology of genetic mapping is by no means a recent acquisition of molecular genetics or even genetic engineering. It demonstrates that the development of mapping technologies has accompanied the rise of modern genetics from its very beginnings. In Section One Mendelian genetics is set in perspective from the viewpoint of the detection and description of linkage phenomena. Section Two addresses the role of mapping for the experimental working practice of classical geneticists their social interactions and for the laboratory 'life worlds'.With detailed analyses of the scientific practices of mapping and its illustration of the diversity of mapping practices this book is a significant contibution to the history of genetics. A companion volume from the same editors - From Molecular Genetics to Genomics: The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth Century Genetics - covers the history of molecular genetics and genomics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415860109

Classical Music Why Bother?Hearing the World of Contemporary Culture Through a Composer's Ears First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203036013

Classical Readings on Culture and Civilization In recent times especially under the influence of postmodernism culture has often been construed as a critique of modernity. This wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of readings shows that such issues have always been at the centre of thought about the relationship between culture and civilization The readings are divided into three sections linking the civilization debate to political theory to the cultural debate and to the sociology and anthropology. The substantial extracts included give students a rare chance to engage at length with classic texts to appreciate the nature of the battle between the Enlightenment and its critics which has shaped current thought. Classical Readings on Culture and Civilisation presents essays from Immanuel Kant Adam Ferguson Thomas Jefferson Alexis de Tocqueville Friedrich von Schiller Friedrich Nietzche Georg Simmel Thomas Mann Sigmund Freud Emile Durkheim Marcel Mauss Lucien Febvre Alfred Weber Robert E. Park and Norbert Elias. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138416215

Classics and InterpretationsThe Hermeneutic Traditions in Chinese Culture In recent years in the "West " scholars have attempted to unravel old constructs of interpretation and understanding using the discipline of hermeneutics or the scientific study of textual interpretation. Borrowed from students of the ever growing body of biblical interpretive literature that originated in the early Christian era theoretical hermeneutics has given many contemporary scholars potent tools of textual interpretation. Classics and Interpretations applies this method to Chinese culture. Several essays focus on hermeneutic traditions of Neo-Confucianism. Others move outside of these traditions to attempt an understanding of the role of hermeneutics in Taoist and Buddhist textual interpretation in Chinese poetics and painting and in contemporary Chinese culture.This volume makes a concerted effort to remedy our ignorance of the Chinese hermeneutical tradition. Part 1 "The Great Learning and Hermeneutics " demonstrates the use of commentary to define how the individual creates his social self and discusses differing interpretations of the Ta-hsueh text and its treatment as either canonical or heterodox. Part 2 "Canonicity and Orthodoxy " considers the philosophical touchstones employed by Neo-Confucian canonical exegetes and polemicists and discusses the Han canonization of the scriptural Five Classics while illuminating a double standard that existed in the hermeneutical regime of late imperial China. Part 3 "Hermeneutics as Politics " discusses the transformation of both the classics and scholars and explores the dominant hermeneutic tradition in Chinese historiography the scriptural tradition and reinterpretation of the Ch'un-ch'iu and reveals the pragmatism of Chinese hermeneutics through comparison of the Sung debates over the Mencius. The concluding sections include essays on "Chu Hsi and Interpretation of Chinese Classics " "Hermeneutic Traditions in Chinese Poetics and Non-Confucian Contexts " "Reinterpretation of Confucian Texts in the Ming-Ch'ing Period " and "Contemporary Interpretations of Confucian Culture."Through these literate and brilliantly written essays the reader witnesses not merely the great breadth and depth of Chinese hermeneutics but also its continuity and evolutionary vigor. This volume will excite scholars of the Confucian Buddhist and Taoist systems of thought and belief as well as students of history and hermeneutics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138508217

Clerks‘Over the Counter’ Culture and Youth Cinema This study of Kevin Smith’s debut film breaks new ground by exploring how Clerks sits at the intersection of political and cultural trends relevant to alternative youth cultures in the early 1990s. Clerks (1994) was born of and appeals to a specific youth subculture with the multimedia ‘View Askewniverse’ developing out of the film’s initial release. Drawing on existing texts and movements such as Richard Linklater’s Slacker (1991) Douglas Coupland’s novel Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture and alternative rock subcultures that had developed during and since the 1980s the film presents a comedic take on working as a young person in 1990s America in a manner that was praised for its authenticity. Filmed on a miniscule budget the roughness of the film’s aesthetic combined with a hard rock soundtrack comprised of mostly independent bands convinced many that it could speak for young Americans much more than polished corporate Hollywood productions. The book situates the film within this wider cultural movement and cultural zeitgeist and explores the role of working-class youth and employment in the years following Reaganomics and its consequences as well as providing insight into the film’s presentation of consumption and of its representation of masculinity and sexuality. Clear concise and comprehensive the book is ideal for students scholars and those with an interest in youth cinema American independent film Cult Film Subcultures and Counterculture as well as both Film and American Studies more broadly. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367333546

Climate and AgricultureAn Ecological Survey This summary of what is known about microclimatic environments and the effects of climate on plant growth presents a comprehensive statement on the complex relationship between climate and agriculture. The author covers the theory and data of modern physical geography meteorology and agronomy within the context of contemporary ecological analysis to produce a book invaluable not only to the student and research worker but also one that deals for the first time with the application of theory to real problems of energy budgets and water balance for the practical agronomist. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138520653

Climate Change and Agricultural DevelopmentImproving Resilience through Climate Smart Agriculture Agroecology and Conservation Two of the greatest current challenges are climate change (and variability) and food security. Feeding nine billion people by 2050 will require major efforts aimed at climate change adaptation and mitigation. One approach to agriculture has recently been captured by the widely adopted term of "Climate Smart Agriculture" (CSA). This book not only explains what this entails but also presents practical on-the-ground studies of practices and innovations in agriculture across a broader spectrum including agroecology and conservation agriculture  in less developed countries.  It is shown that CSA is not a completely new science and a number of its recommended technologies have been used for some time by local farmers all over the world. What is relevant and new is ‘the approach’ to exploit their adaptation and mitigation potential. However a major limitation is the lack of evidence-based knowledge that is necessary for policy makers to prepare strategies for adaptation and mitigation. This book assembles knowledge of CSA agroecology and conservation agriculture  and perspectives from different regions of the world to build resilient food systems. The first part analyzes the concept opportunities and challenges and provides a global perspective drawing particularly on studies from Africa and Asia. The second part of the book showcases results from various studies linked to soil water and crop management measures from an ongoing program in India as well as experiences from other regions. The third section assesses the needs for an enabling policy environment mainstreaming gender and sime final recommendations for up-scaling and/or out-scaling innovations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138364080

Climate change and agriculture It has been suggested that agriculture may account for up to 24% of the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) contributing to climate change. At the same time climate change is threatening to disrupt agricultural production. This collection reviews key research addressing this challenge. Climate change is the biggest challenge agriculture faces. Part 1 of this collection reviews current research on the impacts of climate change on agriculture such as the effects of increased temperatures as well as the ways these impacts can be modelled. Part 2 assesses what we know about the contribution of agriculture to climate change including the impacts of both crop and livestock production as well as land use. Part 3 surveys mitigation strategies to achieve a more ‘climate-smart’ agriculture such as the role of integrated crop-livestock and agroforestry systems. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781003047704

Climate Change and Agriculture in AfricaImpact Assessment and Adaptation Strategies This landmark book encompasses a comprehensive assessment of the potential economic impacts of future climate change and the value of adaptation measures in Africa for different zones regions countries and farm types. Researchers developed and applied multiple analytical procedures to assess quantitatively how climate affects current agricultural systems in Africa enabling them to predict how these systems may be affected in the future by climate change under various global warming scenarios and suggesting what role adaptation could play.  The study is the first to combine spatially referenced household survey data with climatic data at both national and international levels. This book provides vital knowledge about the impacts of climate change on Africa serving as a guide to policy intervention strategies and investment in adaptation measures. It makes a major contribution to the analysis of climate change impacts and developing adaptation strategies especially in the highly vulnerable farming communities in the developing world.  Published with CEEPA and supported by the World Bank. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415852838

Climate Change and Agriculture in IndiaStudies from Selected River Basins This book provides an overview of climate change in India using river basin data and analytical and econometric methods. It first makes a quantitative assessment of how climate change affects agricultural and food production systems; second predicts how these systems may respond to climate change; and third suggests adaptation measures and strategies to improve the income of farmers increase production save water and conserve environment.The work will be greatly useful to policy-makers researchers and teachers of agricultural economics environmental studies and economics and development studies as also to research organizations dealing with climate modelling and resource management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138660205

Climate Change and AgricultureImplication for Global Food Security One of the greatest challenges facing humankind is to minimize the impact of human-induced climate change on the agricultural production and also on the production from livestock forestry and fisheries sectors. Ever-expanding global population and increased income is likely to generate an increase in demand for food and fibre by the middle of this century. At the same time the lands and fresh water resources available for expansion of agriculture may be of lower quality than those currently in use. In order to minimize possible adverse consequences including production losses food price increases and food insecurity there needs to be greater intensive agriculture. This can be achieved by adoption of efficient adaptation techniques in combination with measures taken to preserve the environment and to use resources more efficiently. The range of adaptation options for agriculture forestry and fisheries is generally increasing because of technological advances thus reducing the vulnerability of these systems to climate change. However in many developing countries technology generation innovation and adoption are too slow to sufficiently counteract the increasingly negative effects of climate change. This book represents a major step in understanding the science of various aspects of climate change with likely impacts on agriculture livestock forestry and fisheries with clear adaptation strategies required to reduce their vulnerability. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781498769761

Climate Change and World Agriculture Originally published in 1990 this book analysed the sensitivity of the world food system and looked at the variety of ways in which it would be affected by climate change. It describes the effects of climate change on agriculture estimates the impacts on plant and animal growth and looks at the geographical limits to different types of farming. It also considers the range of possible ways to adapt agriculture and so to mitigate the disastrous consequences of climate change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367362867

Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture This book reviews the state of agricultural climate change mitigation globally with a focus on identifying the feasibility opportunities and challenges for achieving mitigation among smallholder farmers. The purpose is ultimately to accelerate efforts towards mitigating land-based climate change. While much attention has been focused on forestry for its reputed cost-effectiveness the agricultural sector contributes about ten to twelve per cent of emissions and has a large technical and economic potential for reducing greenhouse gases. The book does not dwell on the science of emissions reduction as this is well covered elsewhere; rather it focuses on the design and practical implementation of mitigation activities through changing farming systems.  Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture includes chapters about experiences in developed countries such as Canada and Australia where these efforts also have lessons for mitigation options for smallholders in poorer nations as well as industrialising countries such as Brazil and China. A wide range of agroecological zones and of aspects or types of farming including livestock crops fish farming fertilizer use and agroforestry as well as economics and finance is included. The volume presents a synthesis of current knowledge and research activities on this emerging subject. Together the chapters capture an exciting period in the development of land-based climate change mitigation as attention is increasingly focused on agriculture's role in contributing to climate change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781849713931

Climate Resilient Animal Agriculture This publication is a multi-authored attempt to present the scientific fraternity high quality resource material in the field of climate change and livestock production. Attempts were made to discuss the adaptive mechanism that the animal exhibits to counteract the adverse effects of heat stress. In addition to the adaptive mechanisms several management and feeding practices have also been established as tested methods for reduction of stress effects in livestock.Also it is a comprehensive resource for the researchers teachers and students to understand stress management and livestock productivity so as to sustain animal production under projected climate change scenario. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367420321

Close to the SourcesEssays on Contemporary African Culture Politics and Academy European and African works have found it difficult to move past the image of Africa as a place of exotica and relentless brutality. This book explores the status and critical relationship between politics culture literary creativity criticism education and publishing in the context of promoting Africa’s indigenous knowledge and seeks to recover some of the sites where Africans continue to elaborate conflicting politics of self-affirmations. It both acknowledges and steps outside the protocols of analysis informed by nationalism differentiating the forms that postcolonial theories have taken and arguing for a selective appropriation of theory that emerges from Africa’s lived experiences. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203807071

Closing the Door on Globalization: Internationalism Nationalism Culture and Science in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries This is a book about the tensions and entangled interactions between internationalism and nationalism and about the effects both had on European scientific and cultural settings from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. From chemistry to philology the essays tackle different historical case studies exploring how the paths taken by science and culture during the period were affected by nationalism and internationalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138744578

Clothing Culture 1350-1650 Addressing the subject of clothing in relation to such fundamental issues as national identity social distinction gender the body religion and politics Clothing Culture 1350-1650 provides a springboard into one of the most fascinating yet least understood aspects of social and cultural history. Nowhere in medieval and early modern European society was its hierarchical and social divisions more obviously reflected than in the sphere of clothing. Indeed one of the few constant themes of writers chroniclers diarists and commentators from Chaucer to Pepys was the subject of fashion and clothes. Whether it was lauding the magnificence of court warning against the vanity of fashion describing the latest modes or decrying the habit of the lower orders to ape the dress of their social superiors people throughout history have been fascinated by the symbolism power and messages that clothes can project. Yet despite this contemporary interest clothing as a subject of historical enquiry has been a largely neglected field of academic study. Whilst it has been discussed in relation to various disciplines it has not in many cases found a place as a central topic of analysis in its own right. The essays presented in this volume form part of a growing recent trend to put fashion and clothing back into the centre ground of historical research. From Russia to Rome Ireland to France this volume contains a wealth of examples of the numerous ways clothing was shaped by and helped to shape medieval and early modern European society. Furthermore it demonstrates how the study of clothing can illuminate other facets of life and why it deserves to be treated as a central rather than peripheral facet of European history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138273542

Club CulturesBoundaries Identities and Otherness This book explores contemporary club and dance cultures as a manifestation of aesthetic and prosthetic forms of life. Rief addresses the questions of how practices of clubbing help cultivate particular forms of reflexivity and modes of experience and how these shape new devices for reconfiguring the boundaries around youth cultural and other social identities. She contributes empirical analyses of how such forms of experience are mediated by the particular structures of night-clubbing economies the organizational regulation and the local organization of experience in club spaces the media discourses and imageries the technologies intervening into the sense system of the body (e.g. music visuals drugs) and the academic discourses on dance culture. Although the book draws from local club scenes in London and elsewhere in the UK it also reflects on similarities and differences between nightclubbing cultures across geographical contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415648899

Coaching Cultures Coaches are amongst the most visible figures in sport today but little is known about the history of their profession. This book examines the history of coaching from the early nineteenth to the late twentieth century. It uses a number of sports as case studies that includes: cricket swimming rugby union athletics football and tennis. The focus is largely English but international examples are used to illuminate the British context. A number of themes are explored. Initially in the 1800s the coach was like an artisan who learned his skills on the job and coaching was similar to a craft. Early coaches were professionals but from the late nineteenth century an amateur elite governed British sport who inhibited and in some sports banned coaching. As the twentieth century progressed though different sports at different stages began to embrace coaching as international competition intensified. In addition the nature of coaching changed as a more scientific and managerial approach was applied. Finally in football the export of early British coaches is examined in light of the migration of international athletes and also as a process of ‘knowledge transfer’. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138880603

Coaching in Islamic CultureThe Principles and Practice of Ershad This book is the result of a collaboration between two authors who share a passion and commitment for coaching. Its aim is to enthuse readers and provide guidance about the appropriate use of coaching within Islamic culture. The intention is to provide a culturally relevant coaching framework for use in Islamic context which allows Muslims to develop in ways that are aligned with their faith and traditions.The complete coaching framework presented here is called Ershad. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782201991

Coal CulturesPicturing Mining Landscapes and Communities Coal is the commodity that powered the technologies that made the modern world. It also brought about unique communities marked by a high degree of social solidarity and self-help. Mining was central to working class life drawing rural populations into industrial labour but it often took place in picturesque landscapes so that its black spoil heaps became a central symbol of the degradation of pastoral life by the demands of an extractive industry. Throughout Europe and the USA photographers have pictured the characteristic landscapes of the industry and continue to do so as strip mining devastates huge areas of land. Not only landscape photography but also documentary portraiture photojournalism and art photography have been used in order to portray mines and miners. This book presents three interlinked strands of investigation. The first is the way in which the production of coal created paradigmatic communities grounded in particular landscapes. The second concerns the role of photography in exploring delineating and critiquing mining communities. This in turn involves an examination of the aesthetic and social characteristics of a number of genres of photography. Lastly it considers the growth and decline of these sites the geographic shift of the industry to other places and the re-presentation of traditional localities through the lens of the heritage industry and industrial tourism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350037830

Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture This book  is an effort to consolidate and comprehensively present the coastal aquaculture & mariculture and divided into 39 chapters covering introduction mariculture scenario finfish farming shellfish farming molluscan farming seaweed farming recirculatory aquaculture systems conservation aspects in mariculture etc. This is an attempt to provide comprehensive information on all areas of coastal aquaculture and mariculture to the students for their academic carrier. Nonetheless the material presented has been thoughtfully selected and updated to make it of maximum use to the readers.Note: T& F does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367693671

Co-DesignersCultures of Computer Simulation in Architecture Designers employ a variety of tools and techniques for speculating about buildings before they are built. In their simplest form these are personal thought experiments. However embracing advanced computer simulations means engaging a network of specialized people and powerful machines. In this book Yanni Alexander Loukissas demonstrates that new tools have profound implications for the social distribution of design work; computer simulations are technologies for collective imagination. Organized around the accounts of professional designers engaged in a high-stakes competition to redefine their work for the technological moment this book explores the emerging cultures of computer simulation in architecture. Not only architects but acousticians fire safety engineers and sustainability experts see themselves as co-designers in architecture engaging new technologies for simulation in an evolving search for the roles and relationships that can bring them both professional acceptance and greater control over design. By illustrating how practices of simulation inform the social relationships and professional distinctions that define contemporary architecture the book examines the cultural transformations taking place in design practice today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415592284

Coffee CultureLocal Experiences Global Connections Coffee Culture: Local experiences Global Connections explores coffee as (1) a major commodity that shapes the lives of millions of people; (2) a product with a dramatic history; (3) a beverage with multiple meanings and uses (energizer comfort food addiction flavouring and confection); (4) an inspiration for humor and cultural critique; (5) a crop that can help protect biodiversity yet also threaten the environment; (6) a health risk and a health food; and (7) a focus of alternative trade efforts. This book presents coffee as a commodity that ties the world together from the coffee producers and pickers who tend the plantations in tropical nations to the middlemen and processors to the consumers who drink coffee without ever having to think about how the drink reached their hands. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138933033

Cold War American Literature and the Rise of Youth CultureChildren of Empire Demands placed on many young Americans as a result of the Cold War give rise to an increasingly age-segregated society. This separation allowed adolescents and young adults to begin to formulate an identity distinct from previous generations and was a significant factor in their widespread rejection of contemporary American society. This study traces the emergence of a distinctive post-war family dynamic between parent and adolescent or already adult child. In-depth readings of individual writers such as Arthur Miller William Styron J. D. Salinger Tennessee Williams Vladimir Nabokov Jack Kerouac Flannery O’Connor and Sylvia Plath situate their work in relation to the Cold War and suggest how the figuring of adolescents and young people reflected and contributed to an empowerment of American youth. This book is a superb research tool for any student or academic with an interest in youth culture cultural studies American studies cold war studies twentieth-century American literature history of the family and age studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547865

Cold War CitiesPolitics Culture and Atomic Urbanism 1945–1965 This book examines the impact of the Cold War in a global context and focuses on city-scale reactions to the atomic warfare. It explores urbanism as a weapon to combat the dangers of the communist intrusion into the American territories and promote living standards for the urban poor in the US cities. The Cold War saw the birth of ‘atomic urbanisation’ central to which were planning politics and cultural practices of the newly emerged cities. This book examines cities in the Arctic Europe Asia and Australasia in detail to reveal how military political resistance and cultural practices impacted on the spaces of everyday life. It probes questions of city planning and development such as: How did the threat of nuclear war affect planning at a range of geographic scales? What were the patterns of the built environment architectural forms and material aesthetics of atomic urbanism in difference places? And how did the ‘Bomb’ manifest itself in civic governance popular media arts and academia? Understanding the age of atomic urbanism can help meet the contemporary challenges that cities are facing. The book delivers a new dimension to the existing debates of the ideologically opposed superpowers and their allies their hemispherical geopolitical struggles and helps to understand decades of growth post-Second World War by foregrounding the Cold War. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138573611

Collage in Twentieth-Century Art Literature and CultureJoseph Cornell William Burroughs Frank O’Hara and Bob Dylan Emphasizing the diversity of twentieth-century collage practices Rona Cran's book explores the role that it played in the work of Joseph Cornell William Burroughs Frank O'Hara and Bob Dylan. For all four collage was an important creative catalyst employed cathartically aggressively and experimentally. Collage's catalytic effect Cran argues enabled each to overcome a potentially destabilizing crisis in representation. Cornell convinced that he was an artist and yet hampered by his inability to draw or paint used collage to gain access to the art world and to show what he was capable of given the right medium. Burroughs' formal problems with linear composition were turned to his advantage by collage which enabled him to move beyond narrative and chronological requirement. O'Hara used collage to navigate an effective path between plastic art and literature and to choose the facets of each which best suited his compositional style. Bob Dylan's self-conscious application of collage techniques elevated his brand of rock-and-roll to a level of heightened aestheticism. Throughout her book Cran shows that to delineate collage stringently as one thing or another is to severely limit our understanding of the work of the artists and writers who came to use it in non-traditional ways. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138743335

Collecting ColonialismMaterial Culture and Colonial Change Colonialism has shaped the world we live in today and has often been studied at a global level but there is less understanding of how colonial relations operated locally. This book takes twentieth-century Papua New Guinea as its focus and charts the changes in colonial relationships as they were expressed through the flow of material culture. Exploring the links between colonialism and material culture in general the authors focus on the particular insights that museum collections can provide into social relations. Collections made by anthropologists in New Britain in the first half of the century are compared with recent fieldwork in the area to provide a particularly in-depth picture of historical change. Museum collections can reveal how people dealt with changes in the nature of community gender relations and notions of power through the shifting use of objects in ritual and exchange. Objects photographs and archives bring to life both the individual characters of colonial New Britain and the longer-term patterns of history. Drawing on the related disciplines of archaeology linguistics history and anthropology the authors provide fresh insights into the complexities of colonial life. In particular they show how social relationships among Melanesians whites and other communities helped to erode distinctions between colonizers and locals distinctions that have been maintained by scholars of colonialism in the past. This book successfully combines a specific geographical focus with an interest in the broader questions that surround colonial relations historical change and the history of anthropology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003084952

Colonial Urban DevelopmentCulture Social Power and Environment The Study focuses on the social and more especially the cultural processes governing colonial urban development and develops a theory and methodology to do this. The author demonstrates how the physical and spatial arrangements characterizing urban development are unique products of a particular society to be understood only in terms of its values behaviour and institutions and the distribution of social and political power within it. Nowhere is this more apparent than in 'colonial cities' of Asia and Africa where the environmental assumptions of a dominant industrializing Western power were introduced to largely 'pre-industrial' societies. Anthony King draws his material primarily from these areas and includes a case study of the development of colonial Delhi from the early nineteenth century to 1947. Yet as the author explains the problems of how cultural social and political factors influence the nature of environments and how these in turn affect social processes and behaviour are of global significance. This book was first published in 1976. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203717035

Colonialism and the ObjectEmpire Material Culture and the Museum Drawing together an international group of scholars from a variety of disciplinary and cultural backgrounds Colonialism and the Object explores the impact of colonial contact with other cultures on the material culture of both the colonized and the imperial nation. The book includes intensive case-studies of objects from India Pakistan New Zealand China and Africa all of which were collected by or exhibited in the institutions of the British Empire and key chapters address issues of radical identity across cultural barriers and the hybird styles of objects which can emerge when cultures meet. Colonialism and the Object is essential reading for all those interested in post-colonial theory museum studies material culture and design history. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203350683

Coloniality Nationality ModernityA Postcolonial View on Baltic Cultures under Soviet Rule Soviet postcolonial studies is an emerging field of critical inquiry with its locus of interest in colonial aspects of the Soviet experience in the USSR and beyond. The articles in this collection offer a postcolonial perspective on Baltic societies and cultures – that is a perspective sensitive to the effects of Soviet colonialism. The colonial situation is typically sustained by the help of colonial discourses which carry the pathos of progress and civilization. In Soviet colonial discourse the pathos of progress is presented in terms of communist value systems which developed certain principles of the European Enlightenment and rearticulated them through Soviet ideology. This collection explores the establishment of Soviet colonial power structures but also strategic continuities between Soviet and Tsarist rule and the legacy of Soviet colonialism in post-Soviet Baltics. Soviet norms and rules imposed upon the Baltic borderlands produced new forms of transculturation gave birth to new cultural ‘authenticities ’ and developed complex entanglements of colonial modern and national impulses. Analyses of colonial patterns in Soviet and post-Soviet Baltic societies helps bring us closer to understanding the Soviet legacy in the former Soviet borderlands and in present-day Russia. The chapters were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367531676

Comedy and CultureCecco Angiolieri's Poetry and Late Medieval Society "This work examines the ways in which the culture and society of the Middle Ages impacted on the works of the Sienese poet Cecco Angiolieri (c.1260-1312). It analyzes how Angiolieri's poetry conformed to medieval notions and practices of comicality. The study explores the means by which Cecco satirized important cultural movements of the late 13th and early 14th centuries such as love literature and the ascendant Franciscan order. In addition it looks at his relations with other writers of the day including three insulting sonnets addressed to Dante Alighieri. The text shows that Angiolieri was not an isolated ""bizarre"" figure as some early 20th century scholars have described him but rather an author in step with his times." Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351196710

Commerce and CultureNineteenth-Century Business Elites Considerable attention has recently been focused on the importance of social networks and business culture in reducing transaction costs both in the pre-industrial period and during the nineteenth century. This book brings together twelve original contributions by scholars in the United Kingdom continental Europe and North America which represent important and innovative research on this topic. They cover two broad themes. First the role of business culture in determining commercial success in particular the importance of familial religious ethnic and associational connections in the working lives of merchants and the impact of business practices on family life. Second the wider institutional and political framework for business operations in particular the relationship between the political economy of trade and the cultural world of merchants in an era of transition from personal to corporate structures. These key themes are developed in three separate sections each with four contributions. They focus in turn on the role of culture in building and preserving businesses; the interplay between institutions networks and power in determining commercial success or failure; and the significance of faith and the family in influencing business strategies and the direction of merchant enterprise. The wider historiographical context of the individual contributions is discussed in an extended introductory chapter which sets out the overall agenda of the book and provides a broader comparative framework for analysing the specific issues covered in each of the three sections. Taken together the collection offers an important addition to the available literature in this field and will attract a wide readership amongst business cultural maritime economic social and urban historians as well as historical anthropologists sociologists and other social scientists whose research embraces a longer-term perspective. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138265707

Commercial CultureThe Media System and the Public Interest  American mass media are the world's most diverse rich and free. Their dazzling resources variety and influence arouse envy in other countries. Their failures are commonly excused on the grounds that they are creatures of the market that they give people what they want. 'Commercial Culture' focuses not on the glories of the media but on what is wrong with them and why and how they may be made better. This powerful critique of American mass communication highlights four trends that sound an urgent call for reform: the blurring of distinctions among traditional media and between individual and mass communication; the increasing concentration of media control in a disturbingly small number of powerful organizations; the shift from advertisers to consumers as the source of media revenues; and the growing confusion of information and entertainment of the real and the imaginary. The future direction of the media Leo Bogart contends should not be left to market forces alone. He shows how the public's appetite for media differs from other demands the market is left to satisfy because of how profoundly the media shape the public's character and values. Bogart concludes that a world of new communications technology requires a coherent national media policy respectful of the American tradition of free expression and subject to vigorous public scrutiny and debate. 'Commercial Culture' is a comprehensive analysis of the media as they evolve in a technological age. It will appeal to general readers interested in mass communications as well as professionals and scholars studying American mass media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138520790

Commodities and Culture in the Colonial World Commodity culture and colonialism are intimately related and mutually constitutive. The desire for commodities drove colonial expansion at the same time that colonial expansion fuelled technological invention created new markets for goods displaced populations and transformed local and indigenous cultures in dramatic and often violent ways. This book analyses the transformation of local cultures in the context of global interaction in the period 1851–1914. By focusing on episodes in the social and cultural lives of commodities it explores some of the ways in which commodities shaped the colonial cultures of global modernity. Chapters by experts in the field examine the production circulation display and representation of commodities in various regional and national contexts and draw on a range of theoretical and disciplinary approaches. An integrated coherent and urgent response to a number of key debates in postcolonial and Victorian studies world literature and imperial history this book will be of interest to researchers with interests in migration commodity culture colonial history and transnational networks of print and ideas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367890117

Commodity Culture in Dickens's Household WordsThe Social Life of Goods In 1850 Charles Dickens founded Household Words a weekly miscellany intended to instruct and entertain an ever-widening middle-class readership. Published in the decade following the Great Exhibition of 1851 the journal appeared at a key moment in the emergence of commodity culture in Victorian England. Alongside the more well-known fiction that appeared in its pages Dickens filled Household Words with articles about various commodities-articles that raise wider questions about how far society should go in permitting people to buy and sell goods and services: in other words how far the laissez-faire market should extend. At the same time Household Words was itself a commodity. With marketability clearly in view Dickens required articles for his journal to be 'imaginative ' employing a style that critics ever since have too readily dismissed as mere mannerism. Locating the journal and its distinctive handling of non-fictional prose in relation to other contemporary periodicals and forms of print culture this book demonstrates the role that Household Words in particular and the Victorian press more generally played in responding to the developing world of commodities and their consumption at midcentury. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367887919

Communicating Across Cultures This highly regarded text--now revised and expanded with 50% new material--helps students and professionals build their knowledge and competencies for effective intercultural communication in any setting. The authors' comprehensive updated theoretical framework (integrative identity negotiation theory) reveals how both verbal and nonverbal communication are affected by multilayered facets of identity. Written in a candid conversational style the book is rich with engaging examples illustrating cultural conflicts and misunderstandings that arise in workplace educational interpersonal and community contexts. Readers learn how to transform polarized conversations into successful intercultural engagements by combining knowledge about culture with mindful listening and communication skills.   New to This Edition *Extensively revised to reflect the ongoing development of integrative identity negotiation theory nearly 20 years of research advances the growing diversity of the United States and global trends. *Chapter providing a mindfulness lens on intercultural and intergroup communication competence. *Chapter on culture shock in sojourners (international students global businesspeople and others). *Chapter on immigrants' acculturation processes. *Lively chapter-opening case examples including compelling personal stories. *End-of-chapter summaries "Mindful Guidelines" to put into practice and critical thinking questions. *New and expanded discussions of hot topics: cross-cultural workplaces community building peace building romantic relationships prejudice and discrimination microaggressions and ethical issues.  Media > Books > Print Books Guilford Press 9781462536474

Communicating Social ChangeStructure Culture and Agency Communicating Social Change: Structure Culture and Agency explores the use of communication to transform global national and local structures of power that create and sustain oppressive conditions. Author Mohan J. Dutta describes the social challenges that exist in current globalization politics and examines the communicative processes strategies and tactics through which social change interventions are constituted in response to the challenges. Using empirical evidence and case studies he documents the ways through which those in power create conditions at the margins and he provides a theoretical base for discussing the ways in which these positions of power are resisted through communication processes strategies and tactics. The interplay of power and control with resistance is woven through each of the chapters in the book. This exceptional volume highlights the points of intersection between the theory and praxis of social change communication creating theoretical entry points for the praxis of social change. It is intended for communication scholars and students studying activism social movements and communication for social change and it will also resonate in such disciplines such as development sociology and social work with those who are studying social transformations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415878746

Communication in Eastern EuropeThe Role of History Culture and Media in Contemporary Conflicts This volume represents a clear attempt to learn something from the events in Eastern European countries. It does not start with simplistic or old assumptions based on convenient Western communication models but instead takes a new approach. If chaos theory could fundamentally change how physicists looked at order in the universe then it may be of value for communication scholars to attempt to understand the diversity of chaos or order in the human universe rather than attempt to force existing models on it for their own explanatory purposes. This book is not merely based on the study of select groups of university students or on laboratory settings created in the minds of social scientists. It seeks to understand some of the "real world " including the historical backgrounds and the theoretical assumptions brought to studies of intercultural conflicts. Using personal and professional insights developed during firsthand contacts with existing situations chapter authors illustrate some of the realities by using the complexity of changes in Eastern European states during the final decade of the 20th century. From education to business from the role of women to the role of mass media from the impact of political systems to the impact of history communication between those who are culturally diverse though they may have been arbitrarily forced to live under the same "political roof " is the theme of these scholarly studies. The editor's reason for developing this volume of original essays is his belief that diversity rather than assumed similarity or even sameness -- based on the use of inadequate terminology -- is necessary for learning from contemporary human experiences. He further believes that diversity and the significant roles of cultural values as well as of history need to become key concepts in the model with which to begin when it comes to the study of various aspects of intercultural communication. It is therefore vital that scholars who represent various points of view and backgrounds contribute to that process. After all understanding what is happening in the world is centrally anchored in or related to effective and successful "intercultural" communication between scholars who have different academic and personal backgrounds. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415515627

Communication Research Methods in Postmodern CultureA Revisionist Approach The second edition of Communication Research Methods in Postmodern Culture continues to explore research from a postmodern perspective. Typical qualitative and quantitative research methods are adjusted to fit the needs of contemporary culture. Each chapter is updated with new information and fresh examples. Included in the second edition is a new chapter on Internet and social media research. The author uses straightforward and easy-to-understand language. Both individual and group projects are among the suggested activities. This book is important for the study of communication in a changing political social economic and technological environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138233911

Communicative Civic-nessSocial Media and Political Culture Communicative Civic-ness explores how political culture shapes social media interactions in civic participation arguing that social media usage is informed by context-specific civil and political culture. Drawing on cutting-edge research the book develops a new robust theoretical and conceptual framework on civic engagement and participation comprising: contextual ethos of civic communication; political culture and civic communication; use of social media in private and public spheres; design of social media. It critically addresses issues within the concept of political culture and develops the concept of ‘communicative civic-ness’. This concept seeks to aid a better-informed debate about the capacity of social media to support the pluralistic discussions that underpin deliberative democratic processes. This book appeals to both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as academics with an interest in areas including (but not limited to) sociology political science and media studies. It will also provide useful information and understanding to third sector organisations and policy-makers regarding forms of civic participation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138959408

Community and Culture in Post-Soviet Cuba Following the disintegration of the Soviet Union the globalization of Cuban culture along with the bankruptcy of the state partly modified the terms of intellectual engagement. However no significant change took place at the political level. In Community and Culture in Post-Soviet Cuba De Ferrari looks into the extraordinary survival of the Revolution by focusing on the personal political and aesthetic social pacts that determined the configuration of the socialist state. Through close critical readings of a representative set of contemporary Cuban novels and works of visual art this book argues that ethics and gender rather than ideology account for the intellectuals’ fidelity to the Revolution. Community and Culture does three things: it demonstrates that masculine sociality is the key to understanding the longevity of Cuba’s socialist regime; it examines the sociology of cultural administration of intellectual labor in Cuba; and it maps the emergent ethical and aesthetic paradigms that allow Cuban intellectuals to envision alternative forms of community and civil society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138934382

Community Arts and Culture Initiatives in SingaporeUnderstanding the Nodal Approach What Can Space Do for the Arts?; What Can Arts Do for Space?; and What Can Arts and Space Do for the Community? Through the lenses of creative placemaking and neighbourhood arts ecology Trivic re-examines the position of community arts in the spatial social and cultural landscape. Emphasising urban design considerations of complex interdependent relationships between arts space and people he re-explores the role of community-based arts activities in shaping urban neighbourhoods enriching public life and empowering communities. This is divided into an analysis of spatial opportunities for the arts in the neighbourhood; and a study of the impacts of bringing arts and culture activities into local neighbourhoods and communities using Singapore’s nodal approach as a developed case study. Using spatial opportunity analysis the book demonstrates a step-by-step procedure for identification and evaluation of the neighbourhood spaces that work best for community arts and culture activities. In the study of impacts Trivic proposes a holistic framework for capturing and evaluating the non-economic impacts of arts and culture on space society well-being education and participation. An invaluable template for arts event organisers and artists to assess and maximise the outcomes of their creative efforts in local neighbourhoods as well as an important reading for students and practitioners of neighbourhood planning urban design and creative placemaking. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367439194

Companies Cultures and the RegionInteractions and Outcomes Europe has its strength in regional cultural diversity. However current debates surrounding globalisation and the integration of markets tend to focus on the homogenisation of cultures whilst the emergence of vital and innovative regional cultures has typically been neglected. This edited collection addresses this gap considering relevant questions such as how strategies orientations values and symbols help a company to become aware of its location and how different regional cultures are of interest to particular types of companies. The book’s central focus is the interaction of regional and corporate cultures; how different cultures come together shape each other and change. The volume takes an interdisciplinary approach bringing together research from cultural science regional science social science and economics. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal European Planning Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138954076

Companion Encyclopedia of AnthropologyHumanity Culture and Social Life * Provides a comprehensive survey of contemporary thinking in biological social and cultural anthropology and establishes the interconnections between these three fields.* Useful cross-references within the text with full biographical references and suggestions for further reading.* Carefully illustrated with line drawings and photographs. 'The Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology is a welcome addition to the reference literature. Bringing together authoritative incisive and scrupulously edited contributions from some three dozen authors. The book achieves an impressive breadth of coverage of specialist areas.' - Times Higher Educational Supplement'Recommended for all anthropology collections especially those in academic libraries.' - Library Journal 'This is a marvellous book and I am very happy to recommend it.' - Reference Reviews Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138131286

Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture The Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture is the first comprehensive reference book to provide multidisciplinary coverage of the field of black cultural production in Britain. The publication is of particular value because despite attracting growing academic interest in recent years this field is still often subject to critical and institutional neglect. For the purpose of the Companion the term 'black' is used to signify African Caribbean and South Asian ethnicities while at the same time addressing the debates concerning notions of black Britishness and cultural identity.This single volume Companion covers seven intersecting areas of black British cultural production since 1970: writing music visual and plastic arts performance works film and cinema fashion and design and intellectual life. With entries on distinguished practitioners key intellectuals seminal organizations and concepts as well as popular cultural forms and local activities the Companion is packed with information and suggestions for further reading as well as offering a wide lens on the events and issues that have shaped the cultural interactions and productions of black Britain over the last thirty years. With a range of specialist advisors and contributors this work promises to be an invaluable sourcebook for students researchers and academics interested in exploring the diverse complex and exciting field of black cultural forms in postcolonial Britain. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415862509

Comparative Civic CultureThe Role of Local Culture in Urban Policy-Making The quest for a theoretical framework for understanding urban policy-making has been a recurring focus of research into local governments. Civic culture is a means for understanding how municipal policy-makers weigh the interests of different groups govern the local community frame local goals engage in decision-making and ultimately select and implement public policies. While it seems that culture 'matters' in local policy making how to measure culture in a valid and replicable fashion presents a significant challenge which the authors address in this book. They present their findings of a large multi-city research project to explore the nature of civic culture in cities in the US and Canada. The focus of their analysis is on three overarching 'systems' of community power system the community value system and the community decision-making system. The authors address a number of questions around the nature of civic culture and the relationships between the three systemic elements of civic culture to refine and apply a more sophisticated theory of urban policy-making. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138271128

Comparative DeviancePerception and Law in Six Cultures "Comparative Deviance" represents a systematic attempt to survey public perceptions of deviant behavior cross-culturally: in India Indonesia Iran Italy Yugoslavia and the United States. There is extensive diversity in both law and perception concerning such deviances as taking drugs homosexuality and abortion yet there is evidence for a basically invariant structure in perception of deviance across all cultures. Within the countries studied in this volume Geraeme Newman discovers that the strength of religious belief and urban rural background accounted for major differences in the perception of deviance - when differences were identified.Contrary to popular academic opinion in the United States Newman finds that those countries with the most liberal laws on deviance (i.e. the least punitive sanctions) are also those highly economically developed and least totalitarian (United States and Italy). But when public opinion is considered the public favors harsher punishments than the law provides. In contrast in the developing countries of India Iran and Indonesia where penal sanctions are more severe public opinion is much more liberal. The crucial question is the role criminal law plays in the process of modernization: whether law is a stable cultural influence round which public opinion wavers in a startling fashion depending on the stage of modernization.These findings challenge many assumptions of conflict theory in sociology of cultural relativism in anthropology and of ethical relativism in moral philosophy. All findings are examined in relation to research on modernization social development and the evolution of law. These fundamental issues are thus important to many different disciplines across the board. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138520899

Comparative Youth CultureThe Sociology of Youth Cultures and Youth Subcultures in America Britain and Canada Mike Brake suggests that subcultures develop in response to social problems which a group experiences collectively and shows how individuals draw on collective identities to define themselves. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138138162

Comparing Journalistic Cultures This book offers an analysis of journalists’ professional views against a variety of political economic social cultural and linguistic contexts. Based on data gathered for the Worlds of Journalism Study which conducted surveys with more than 27 000 journalists in 67 countries the authors explore aspects such as linguistic and religious influences on journalists’ identities journalists’ views of development journalism epistemic issues as well as the relationship between journalism and democracy. Further the book provides a history of the evolution of the Worlds of Journalism Study as well as the challenges of conducting such comparative work across a wide range of contexts. A critical review by renowned comparative studies scholar Jay Blumler offers food for thought for future endeavours. This unprecedented collaborative effort will be essential reading for scholars and students of journalism who are interested in comparative approaches to journalism studies and who want to explore the wide variety of journalism cultures that exist around the globe. It was originally published as a special issue of Journalism Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367362584

Comparing Legal Cultures This volume cross-examines mainstream approaches to studying legal culture (e.g. those of Friedman and Blankenburg). It includes debates over the concept of legal culture and a variety of case studies of different legal cultures. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315259741

CompassionThe Culture and Politics of an Emotion In Compassion ten scholars draw on literature psychoanalysis and social history to provide an archive of cases and genealogies of compassion. Together these essays demonstrate how "being compassionate" is shaped by historical specificity and social training and how the idea of compassion takes place in scenes that are anxious volatile surprising and even contradictory. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203871096

Competitiveness and Corporate Culture Published in 1998. Rapidly advancing information technology plays an important role in the formation of new corporate organizations. Some people say in fact that the Internet itself may well suggest a future corporate organization. Under these circumstances how is the corporate culture which is integral to the organization to be duly taken? What is an appropriate culture to the would-be future business organization which will necessarily be all the more supported and strengthened by information technology? In the author's view the cultures fit in well with the structure of enterprise competitiveness can readily evolve into the 21st century organization. Such a culture would with no difficulty find an arena of its own in the future organization and eventually become integral to the company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138616240

Complex LifeNonmodernity and the Emergence of Cognition and Culture This title was first published in 2000:  Complex Life argues for the importance of the new perspective of non modern social theory in understanding human agency. Darwinian natural selection theory and complexity theory are used to provide new insights into human origins mind and culture. Through bringing these ideas together it is argued that nature and culture are inseparably linked within human agency and that in consequence it is time to transcend the limitations of both modern and postmodern social science. This book argues that nature has never been controlled or transcended. Humankind is instead an emerged outcome of the historical interweaving of the environment morphology mind and culture. This wide-ranging analysis offers new insights into human nature for anthropologists and sociologists interested in human evolution social theory or human agency. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138700291

Complex WorldsDigital Culture Rhetoric and Professional Communication 'Complex Worlds: Digital Culture Rhetoric and Professional Communication' is a collection of thought-provoking scholarly essays by teachers and industry practitioners in professional communication and technology-oriented fields. Scrupulously edited for a range of readers the collection aims to help familiarize advanced students teachers and researchers in professional communication computers and writing literacy and sister disciplines with key issues in digital theory and practice. An emphasis on the situations of and audiences for digital communication identifies 'Complex Worlds' as a rhetorical approach.  In an era when globalizing markets and digital technologies are transforming culture around the world readers should find the collection both engaging and timely. The collections' twelve essays constitute a diverse and thematically coherent set of inquiries. Included are explorations of topics such as cyber activism digital 'dispositio' citizen and open-source journalism broadband affordances XML digital resumes avant garde performance art best pedagogical practices and intercultural communication between East and West North and South. The text is especially well suited for advanced courses in professional and applied writing contemporary rhetorics and digital culture.  The complexity highlighted in the collection's title is brought into relief by authors who address how the digital is daily unmaking our assumptions about the boundaries between work and school the global and the local the private and the public. 'Complex Worlds' offers readers an opportunity to build on their rhetorical awareness by expanding their understanding of the means aims and strategies of effective communication--today and in the future. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138637351

Computer Vision-Based Agriculture Engineering In recent years computer vision is a fast-growing technique of agricultural engineering especially in quality detection of agricultural products and food safety testing. It can provide objective rapid non-contact and non-destructive methods by extracting quantitative information from digital images. Significant scientific and technological advances have been made in quality inspection classification and evaluation of a wide range of food and agricultural products. Computer Vision-Based Agriculture Engineering focuses on these advances. The book contains 25 chapters covering computer vision image processing hyperspectral imaging and other related technologies in peanut aflatoxin peanut and corn quality varieties and carrot and potato quality as well as pest and disease detection. Features: Discusses various detection methods in a variety of agricultural crops Each chapter includes materials and methods used results and analysis and discussion with conclusions Covers basic theory technical methods and engineering cases Provides comprehensive coverage on methods of variety identification quality detection and detection of key indicators of agricultural products safety Presents information on technology of artificial intelligence including deep learning and transfer learning Computer Vision-Based Agriculture Engineering is a summary of the author's work over the past 10 years. Professor Han has presented his most recent research results in all 25 chapters of this book. This unique work provides students engineers and technologists working in research development and operations in agricultural engineering with critical comprehensive and readily accessible information. It applies development of artificial intelligence theory and methods including depth learning and transfer learning to the field of agricultural engineering testing. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367254308

Concepts of Value in European Material Culture 1500-1900 In contemporary society it would seem self-evident that people allow the market to determine the values of products and services. For everything from a loaf of bread to a work of art to a simple haircut value is expressed in monetary terms and seen as determined primarily by the 'objective' interplay between supply and demand. Yet this 'price-mechanism' is itself embedded in conventions and frames of reference which differed according to time place and product type. Moreover the dominance of the conventions of utility maximising and calculative homo economicus is a relatively new phenomenon and one which directly correlates to the steady advent of capitalism in early modern Europe. This volume brings together scholars with expertise in a variety of related fields including economic history the history of consumption and material culture art history and the history of collecting to explore changing concepts of value from the early modern period to the nineteenth century and present a new view on the advent of modern economic practices. Jointly they fundamentally challenge traditional historical narratives about the rise of our contemporary market economy and consumer society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598280

Conflict Culture and Communication Conflict Culture and Communication provides a coherent research-informed overview of conflict and intercultural communication. Aimed at encouraging and enabling conflict prevention this book contributes to a better understanding of the factors that create foster and exacerbate conflict in intercultural interaction and discusses how conflict can be handled managed and resolved once it has manifested. Furthermore this book: Critically assesses the repercussions of prevalent conflict management approaches providing insights into best practices and sustainable conflict resolution outcomes. Combines insights from multiple disciplines and cultures including Asia Europe Oceania and North and South America in order to arrive at a holistic and balanced understanding of the complexities inherent in negotiating conflict across cultural contexts. Avoids cultural stereotyping by discussing both between-culture variation and within-culture variation. Conflict Culture and Communication is essential reading for students and researchers of applied linguistics communication studies and international business as well as anyone interested in learning more about this growing area. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138328174

Conflict in Medieval EuropeChanging Perspectives on Society and Culture Conflict is defined here broadly and inclusively as an element of social life and social relations. Its study encompasses the law not just disputes concerning property but wider issues of criminality coercion and violence status sex sexuality and gender as well as the phases and manifestations of conflict and the behaviors brought to bear on it. It engages too with the nature of the transformation spanning the Carolingian period and its implications for the meanings of power violence and peace. Conflict in Medieval Europe represents the 'American school' of the study of medieval conflict and social order. Framed by two substantial historiographical and conceptual surveys of the field it brings together two generations of scholars: the pioneers who continue to expand the research agenda; and younger colleagues who represent the best emerging work on this subject. The book therefore both marks the trajectory of conflict studies in the United States and presents a set of original highly individual contributions across a shifting conceptual range indicative of a major transition in the field. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315259666

Confucius and Crisis in American UniversitiesCulture Capital and Diplomacy in U.S. Public Higher Education China’s investment in U.S. higher education has raised considerable debate but little research has been directed to the manner in which this investment unfolds and takes shape on the ground in local contexts. Confucius and Crisis in American Universities fills this gap by closely investigating how Chinese-funded U.S. programs are understood and configured in the modern American university. Drawing on interviews with Chinese teachers and their American students as well as conversations with university administrators this book argues that Chinese investment in American higher education serves as a broad form of global policy harnessing the power of intercultural exchange as a means of managing international diplomatic relations through the experiences of university students. A transnational study Confucius and Crisis in American Universities questions and reframes conventional notions of economic globalization and flexible citizenship demonstrating how Chinese investment in U.S. education advances the lives of the already-privileged by creating access to overseas labor and markets but to the exclusion of middle- and working-class students. A valuable and timely resource for scholars of education and anthropology this book will also be useful to anyone interested in education policy or international affairs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415841276

Connecting Cultures This lively and incisive collection of essays from an international group of scholars explores the interactions between cultures originating in Africa India the Caribbean and Europe. Those interactions have been both destructive and richly productive and the consequences continue to 'trouble the living stream' today. Several of the essays focus on the continuing reverberations of political and cultural conflicts in post-Apartheid Southern Africa including the presence in Britain of Zimbabwean asylum seekers. Other authors discuss the ways in which Indian culture has transformed novelistic and cinematic forms. A third group of essays examines the attempts of West Indian women writers to reclaim their territory and describe it in their own terms. The collection as a whole is framed by essays which deal with discourses of 'terror' and 'terrorism' and how we translate and read them in the wake of 9/11. This book was previously published as a special issue of Third World Quarterly. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315878621

Connecting Social Problems and Popular CultureWhy Media is Not the Answer Is violence on the streets caused by violence in video games? Does cyber-bullying lead to an increase in suicide rates? Are teens promiscuous because of Teen Mom? As Karen Sternheimer clearly demonstrates popular culture is an easy scapegoat for many of society's problems but it is almost always the wrong answer. Now in its second edition Connecting Social Problems and Popular Culture goes beyond the news-grabbing headlines claiming that popular culture is public enemy number one to consider what really causes the social problems we are most concerned about. The sobering fact is that a "media made them do it" explanation fails to illuminate the roots of social problems like poverty violence and environmental degradation. Sternheimer's analysis deftly illustrates how welfare "reform " a two-tiered health care system and other difficult systemic issues have far more to do with our contemporary social problems than Grand Theft Auto or Facebook. The fully-revised new edition features recent moral panics (think sexting and cyberbullying) and an entirely new chapter exploring social media. Expanded discussion of how we understand society's problems as social constructions without disregarding empirical evidence as well as the cultural and structural issues underlying those ills allows students to stretch their sociological imaginations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780813347233

Conspiracy CultureFrom Kennedy to The X Files Conspiracy theories are everywhere in post-war American culture. From postmodern novels to The X-Files and from gangsta rap to feminist polemic there is a widespread suspicion that sinister forces are conspiring to take control of our national destiny our minds and even our bodies. Conspiracy explanations can no longer be dismissed as the paranoid delusions of far-right crackpots. Indeed they have become a necessary response to a risky and increasingly globalized world in which everything is connected but nothing adds up.Peter Knight provides an engaging and cogent analysis of the development of conspiracy culture from 1960s' countercultural suspicions about the authorities to the 1990s where a paranoid attitude is both routine and ironic. Conspiracy Culture analyses conspiracy narratives about familiar topics like the Kennedy assassination alien abduction body horror AIDS crack cocaine the New World Order as well as more unusual ones like the conspiracies of patriarchy and white supremacy.Conspiracy Culture shows how Americans have come to distrust not only the narratives of the authorities but even the authority of narrative itself to explain What Is Really Going On. From the complexities of Thomas Pynchon's novels to the endless mysteries of The X-Files Knight argues that contemporary conspiracy culture is marked by an infinite regress of suspicion. Trust no one because we have met the enemy and it is us. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203354773

Constructing Indian ChristianitiesCulture Conversion and Caste This volume offers insights into the currentpublic-square debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses it discusses the myriad histories of Christianity in India its everyday practice and contestations and the process of its indigenisation. It addresses complex and pertinent themes such as Dali Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367176716

Constructing the Memory of War in Visual Culture since 1914The Eye on War This collection provides a transnational interdisciplinary perspective on artistic responses to war from 1914 to the present analysing a broad selection of the rich complex body of work which has emerged in response to conflicts since the Great War. Many of the creators examined here embody the human experience of war: first-hand witnesses who developed a unique visual language in direct response to their role as victim soldier refugee resister prisoner and embedded or official artist. Contributors address specific issues relating to propaganda wartime femininity and masculinity women as war artists trauma the role of art in soldiery memory art as resistance identity and the memorialisation of war. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138502970

Consumer Behaviour and Material Culture in Britain 1660-1760 This is a detailed study of the material lives of the middle classes in the pre-industrial era a period which saw considerable growth in consumption. Lorna Weatherill has brought her highly important survey up-to-date in the light of new research. She provides a new introduction and bibliography taking account of the latest academic writing and methodological advances including computing and offers further conclusions about her work and its place in current literature. Three main types of documentation are used to construct the overall picture: diaries household accounts and probate inventories. In investigating these sources she interprets the social meaning of material goods; and then goes on to relate this evidence to the social structures of Britain by wealth status and locality. Breaking new ground in focusing on households and the use of probate inventories Weatherill has provided a book which gives both a general account of the domestic environment of the period and a scholarly analysis of the data on consumption patterns. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138145245

Consumer Culture Branding and Identity in the New RussiaFrom Five-year Plan to 4x4 As shopping has been transformed from a chore into a major source of hedonistic pleasure a specifically Russian consumer culture has begun to emerge that is unlike any other. This book examines the many different facets of consumption in today’s Russia including retailing advertising and social networking. Throughout emphasis is placed on the inherently visual - not to say spectacular - nature both of consumption generally and of Russian consumer culture in particular. Particular attention is paid to the ways in which brands both Russian and foreign construct categories of identity in order to claim legitimacy for themselves. What emerges is a fascinating picture of how consumer culture is being reinvented in Russia today in a society which has one nostalgic eye turned towards the past and the other utopian eye set firmly on the future. Borrowing concepts from both marketing and cultural studies the approach throughout is interdisciplinary and will be of considerable interest to researchers students and practitioners wishing to gain invaluable insights into one of the most lucrative and exciting of today’s emerging markets. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415722407

Consumer Culture And Tv Programming Product placement is now an integral part of what is considered the highest-quality fiction programming on television. Throughout the history of television until now direct product placement within fiction has not been a significant marketing strategy. This broadcasting/marketing configuration marks a another definitive step in the history of the commercialization of television. This book is an exploration of the interconnections between media economics and communication discourse. The recessionary highly competitive economic environment of the 1980s which affected networks independent broadcasting and the media industry in general has been widely noted in the business pages of the national press. But the dramatic effects on programming wrought by the financial strategies of this period are yet to be understood. Marketing factors account for the heightened emphasis on programming environment during the 1980s. But what are the full implications of the practice of audience marketing and the creation of appropriate programming environments? Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429034619

Consuming CulturesFeminist Review Issue 55 Consuming Cultures is concerned with the interrelationship of gender and the circuits of consumption distribution production and reproduction. The book looks at the ways in which gender intervenes in all parts of the circuit or the linkages between different elements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138428935

Consuming Habits: Global and Historical Perspectives on How Cultures Define DrugsDrugs in History and Anthropology Covering a wide range of substances including opium cocaine coffee tobacco kola and betelnut from prehistory to the present day this new edition has been extensively updated with an updated bibliography and two new chapters on cannabis and khat. Consuming Habits is the perfect companion for all those interested in how different cultures have defined drugs across the ages. Psychoactive substances have been central to the formation of civilizations the definition of cultural identities and the growth of the world economy. The labelling of these substances as 'legal' or 'illegal' has diverted attention away from understanding their important cultural and historical role. This collection explores the rich analytical category of psychoactive substances from challenging historical and anthropological perspectives. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203964118

Consuming HistoryHistorians and Heritage in Contemporary Popular Culture Consuming History examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television it investigates the ways in which society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and issues of representation. In this second edition Jerome de Groot probes how museums have responded to the heritage debate and how new technologies from online game-playing to internet genealogy have brought about a shift in access to history discussing the often conflicted relationship between ‘public’ and academic history and raising important questions about the theory and practice of history as a discipline. Fully revised throughout with up-to-date examples from sources such as Wolf Hall Game of Thrones and 12 Years a Slave this edition also includes new sections on the historical novel gaming social media and genealogy. It considers new ground-breaking texts and media such as YouTube in addition to entities and practices such as re-enactment that have been underrepresented in historical discussion thus far. Engaging with a broad spectrum of source material and comparing the experiences of the UK the USA France and Germany as well as exploring more global trends Consuming History offers an essential path through the debates for readers interested in history cultural studies and the media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138905320

Consuming Passion (RLE Retailing and Distribution)The Rise of Retail Culture Britain’s high street revolution has made retailing one of the most important and dynamic sectorsof the British economy in the last twenty years. It has had an irreversible impact on our towns and cities and for many people transformed shopping from an unattractive domestic chore to a pleasurable ‘leisure ‘experience’ offering consumers an everchanging array of ‘disposable dreams’. The resulting ‘retail culture’ is everywhere – it has colonised huge areas of our social life outside the traditional high street from sporting venues to arts centres from railway termini to museums. Many see it as the epitome of Thatcher’s Britain breeding acquisitive individualism and destroying our traditional manufacturing base. Others see it as a potential saviour of an ailing economy. Yet to date there has been no thorough analysis of this all-pervasive phenomenon from its economic roots to its profound social effects. In Consuming Passion Carl Gardner and Julie Sheppard have written the first overall study of the ‘retail revolution’ – a controversial and hard-hitting look at where retailing has come from what it has achieved and where it is going. Key issues such as the role of design the growth of the supermarket and shopping centre and the poor conditions of retail employment are all minutely examined. The book also discusses the very real pleasures that consumers gain from today’s enhanced shopping experience. The authors take an iconoclastic look at some of the powerful myths that have sprung up around retail: ‘the death of the high street’ scenario; the central role of credit; retailing as a major creator of employment; and the imminent possibility of ‘retail saturation’. A fascinating book for everyone who likes shopping – and even those who hate it. First published 1989. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415540292

Consuming Surrealism in American CultureDissident Modernism Consuming Surrealism in American Culture: Dissident Modernism argues that Surrealism worked as a powerful agitator to disrupt dominant ideas of modern art in the United States. Unlike standard accounts that focus on Surrealism in the U.S. during the 1940s as a point of departure for the ascendance of the New York School this study contends that Surrealism has been integral to the development of American visual culture over the course of the twentieth century. Through analysis of Surrealism in both the museum and the marketplace Sandra Zalman tackles Surrealism’s multi-faceted circulation as both elite and popular. Zalman shows how the American encounter with Surrealism was shaped by Alfred Barr William Rubin and Rosalind Krauss as these influential curators mobilized Surrealism to compose to concretize or to unseat narratives of modern art in the 1930s 1960s and 1980s - alongside Surrealism’s intersection with advertising Magic Realism Pop and the rise of contemporary photography. As a popular avant-garde Surrealism openly resisted art historical classification forcing the supposedly distinct spheres of modernism and mass culture into conversation and challenging theories of modern art in which it did not fit in large part because of its continued relevance to contemporary American culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548251

Consumption Media and Culture in South AfricaPerspectives on Freedom and the Public This book is the first of its kind to bring together a collection of critical scholarly work on consumer culture in South Africa exploring the cultural political economic and social aspects of consumption in post-Apartheid society. From sushi and Japanese diplomacy to Queen Sophie’s writhing gown from middle class Sowetan golfers to an indebted working class citizenry from wedding websites to wedding nostalgia from the liberation of consuming to the low wage labour of selling the chapters in this book demonstrate a variety of themes showing that to start with consumption rather than ending with it allows for new insights into long-standing areas of social research. By mapping exploring and theorizing the diverse aspects of consumption and consumer culture the volume collectively works towards a fresh set of empirically rooted conceptual commentaries on the politics economics and social dynamics of modern South Africa. This effort in turn can serve as a foundation for thinking less parochially about neoliberal power and consumer culture. On a global scale studying consumption in South Africa matters because in some ways the country serves as a microcosm for global patterns of income inequality race-based economic oppression and hopes for the material betterment of life. By exploring what consumption means on the ‘local’ scale in South Africa the possibility arises to trace new global links and dissonances. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Arts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138299931

Contemporary Adolescent Literature and CultureThe Emergent Adult Offering a wide range of critical perspectives this volume explores the moral ideological and literary landscapes in fiction and other cultural productions aimed at young adults. Topics examined are adolescence and the natural world nationhood and identity the mapping of sexual awakening onto postcolonial awareness hybridity and trans-racial romance transgressive sexuality the sexually abused adolescent body music as a code for identity formation representations of adolescent emotion and what neuroscience research tells us about young adult readers writers and young artists. Throughout the volume explores the ways writers configure their adolescent protagonists as awkward alienated rebellious and unhappy so that the figure of the young adult becomes a symbol of wider political and societal concerns. Examining in depth significant contemporary novels including those by Julia Alvarez Stephenie Meyer Tamora Pierce Malorie Blackman and Meg Rosoff among others Contemporary Adolescent Literature and Culture illuminates the ways in which the cultural constructions 'adolescent' and 'young adult fiction' share some of society's most painful anxieties and contradictions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250451

Contemporary Art and Digital Culture Contemporary Art and Digital Culture analyses the impact of the internet and digital technologies upon art today. Art over the last fifteen years has been deeply inflected by the rise of the internet as a mass cultural and socio-political medium while also responding to urgent economic and political events from the financial crisis of 2008 to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East. This book looks at how contemporary art addresses digitality circulation privacy and globalisation and suggests how feminism and gender binaries have been shifted by new mediations of identity. It situates current artistic practice both in canonical art history and in technological predecessors such as cybernetics and net.art and takes stock of how the art-world infrastructure has reacted to the internet’s promises of democratisation. An invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students of contemporary art – especially those studying history of art and art practice and theory – as well as those working in film media curation or art education. Melissa Gronlund is a writer and lecturer on contemporary art specialising in the moving image. From 2007–2015 she was co-editor of the journal Afterall and her writing has appeared there and in Artforum e-flux journal frieze the NewYorker.com and many other places. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138936447

Contemporary Citizenship Art and Visual CultureMaking and Being Made Taking citizenship as a political position cultural process and intertwining of both this edited volume examines the role of visual art and visual culture as sites for the construction and contestation of both state-sanctioned and cultural citizenships from the late 1970s to today. Contributors to this book examine an assortment of visual media—painting sculpture photography performance the built environment new media and social practice—within diverse and international communities such as the United States South Africa Turkey and New Zealand. Topics addressed include but are not limited to citizenship in terms of: nation building civic practices border zones transnationalism statelessness and affects of belonging as well as alternate forms of or resistance to citizenship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815365952

Contemporary Clay and Museum Culture This groundbreaking book is the first to provide a critical overview of the relationship between contemporary ceramics and curatorial practice in museum culture. Ceramic objects form a major part of museum collections with connections to anthropology archaeology and other disciplines that engage with the cultural and social history of humankind. In recent years museums have provided the impetus for cutting-edge artistic practice either as a response to particular collections or as part of exhibitions. But the question of how museums have staged contemporary ceramics and how ceramic artists respond to museum collections has not been the subject of published research to date. This book examines how ceramic artists have over the last decade begun to animate museum collections in new ways and reflects on the impact that these new initiatives have had in the broad context of visual culture. Ceramics in the Expanded Field is the culmination of a three-year AHRC funded project and reflects its major findings. It brings together leading international voices in the field of ceramics research undertaken throughout the project and papers delivered at the concluding conference. By examining the benefits and constraints of interventions and the dialogue between ceramics and museological practice this book will bring focus to an area of museology that has not yet been theorized and will contribute to policy debates and art practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367192983

Contemporary Conspiracy CultureTruth and Knowledge in an Era of Epistemic Instability In this ethnographic study the author takes an agnostic stance towards the truth value of conspiracy theories and delves into the everyday lives of people active in the conspiracy milieu to understand better what the contemporary appeal of conspiracy theories is.Conspiracy theories have become popular cultural products endorsed and shared by significant segments of Western societies. Yet our understanding of who these people are and why they are attracted by these alternative explanations of reality is hampered by their implicit and explicit pathologization. Drawing on a wide variety of empirical sources this book shows in rich detail what conspiracy theories are about which people are involved how they see themselves and what they practically do with these ideas in their everyday lives. The author inductively develops from these concrete descriptions more general theorizations of how to understand this burgeoning subculture. He concludes by situating conspiracy culture in an age of epistemic instability where societal conflicts over knowledge abound and the Truth is no longer assured but "out there" for us to grapple with. This book will be an important source for students and scholars from a range of disciplines interested in the depth and complexity of conspiracy culture including Anthropology Cultural Studies Communication Studies Ethnology Folklore Studies History Media Studies Political Science Psychology and Sociology. More broadly this study speaks to contemporary (public) debates about truth and knowledge in a supposedly post-truth era including widespread popular distrusts towards elites mainstream institutions and their knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367347413

Contemporary Consumer Culture Theory Contemporary Consumer Culture Theory contains original research essays written by the premier thought leaders of the discipline from around the world that reflect the maturation of the field Customer Culture Theory over the last decade. The volume seeks to help break down the silos that have arisen in disciplines seeking to understand consumer culture and speed both the diffusion of ideas and possibility of collaboration across frontiers. Contemporary Consumer Culture Theory begins with a re-evaluation of some of the fundamental notions of consumer behaviour such as self and other branding and pricing and individual vs. communal agency then continuing with a reconsideration of role configurations as they affect consumption examining in particular the ramifications of familial gender ethnic and national aspects of consumers’ lived experiences. The book move on to a reappraisal of the state of the field examining the rhetoric of inquiry the reflexive history and critique of the discipline the prospect of redirecting the effort of inquiry to practical and humanitarian ends the neglected wellsprings of our intellectual heritage and the ideological underpinnings of the evolving construction of the concept of the brand. Contemporary Consumer Culture Theory is a reflective assessment in theoretical empirical and evocative keys of the state of the field of consumer culture theory and an indication of the scholarly directions in which the discipline is evolving providing reflection upon a rapidly expanding discipline and altered consumption-scapes by some of its prime movers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367243012

Contemporary English-Language Indian Children’s LiteratureRepresentations of Nation Culture and the New Indian Girl Concurrent with increasing scholarly attention toward national children’s literatures Contemporary English-language Indian Children’s Literature explores an emerging body of work that has thus far garnered little serious critical attention. Superle critically examines the ways Indian children’s writers have represented childhood in relation to the Indian nation Indian cultural identity and Indian girlhood. From a framework of postcolonial and feminist theories children’s novels published between 1988 and 2008 in India are compared with those from the United Kingdom and North America from the same period considering the differing ideologies and the current textual constructions of childhood at play in each. Broadly Superle contends that over the past twenty years an aspirational view of childhood has developed in this literature—a view that positions children as powerful participants in the project of enabling positive social transformation. Her main argument formed after recognizing several overarching thematic and structural patterns in more than one hundred texts is that the novels comprise an aspirational literature with a transformative agenda: they imagine apparently empowered child characters who perform in diverse ways in the process of successfully creating and shaping the ideal Indian nation their own well-adjusted bicultural identities in the diaspora and/or their own empowered girlhoods. Michelle Superle is a Professor in the department of Communications at Okanagan College. She has taught children’s literature composition and creative writing courses at various Canadian universities and has published articles in Papers and IRCL. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138849907

Contemporary Military Culture and Strategic StudiesUS and UK Armed Forces in the 21st Century This book explores and compares the contemporary military cultures of the United States and the United Kingdom. The last decade has witnessed astonishing global events from 9/11 and military operations in Afghanistan in the same year to the military intervention in Libya in 2011. Western military forces have been involved in all of these campaigns and have been engaged in continuous military operations for over ten years. It is therefore now apt to focus a spotlight on the military cultures of these state-based armed forces. This book examines how contemporary American and British military culture is formed focusing explicitly on the six major military institutions. The author dedicates a chapter to each of these institutions with each one sharing a unifying analytical framework. These chapters explore the formation and sustenance of US/UK military culture under the rubric of common themes that include social origins transformative events leaders approaches to war technology and contemporary identity. To conclude the book considers the impact of the War on Terror on the military cultures of the US and UK as well as likely directions for the future. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies strategic studies security studies and comparative politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138954038

Contemporary Patterns of Politics Praxis and Culture The National Political Science Review is the official publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. This new volume Contemporary Patterns of Politics Praxis and Culture reflects major research focuses across religion race gender culture and of course politics. Themes that engage a community of scholars also engage them in praxis as individual citizens and practitioners in a democratic society and collectively as member-participants in a changing culture. Two themes religion and culture are relatively new areas of intellectual curiosity for political scientists. Articles in this volume extend the beachheads already established by African-American political scientists in studies that guage the significance and influence of religion in both individual and group behavior. They chart religion's inevitable move onto the center stage of U.S. public affairs. The study of culture has essentially languished for almost a generation within political science especially with regard to the study of American politics and society. During this time the emphasis has also shifted significantly from an almost exclusive focus on civic culture to an expanding focus on the broad expanse of popular culture in the contemporary period. Culture is the crucible within which politics race religion and gender both foment and ferment and artistic products of the culture are manifestations and mirrors of how we envision and construct a changing reality. Issues of race religion gender and culture are all dimensions of individual and group identity. The dynamics of changing individual and group identities change the underlying cultural canvas against which identity is displayed and politics is acted out. The concept of praxis is relatively new to the lexicon of political science. However engagement in the practice of politics is not a new idea for African-American social scientists. Indeed particularly for this group and clearly for many others scholarship influences praxis and praxis influences scholarship. This volume will be of particular interest to ethnic studies specialists African-American studies scholars political scientists historians and sociologists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521162

Contemporary Perspectives on the Freudian Death DriveIn Theory Clinical Practice and Culture Contemporary Perspectives on the Freudian Death Drive provides a sustained discussion of the death drive from the perspective of different psychoanalytic traditions. Ever since Freud introduced the notion of the death drive it has been the subject of intense debate in psychoanalysis and beyond. The death drive is arguably the most unsettling psychoanalytic concept. What this concept points to is more unsettling still. It uniquely illuminates the forces of destruction and dissolution at work in individuals as well as in society. This book first introduces Freud’s use of the term tracing the debates and developments his ideas have led to. The subsequent essays by leading Viennese psychoanalysts demonstrate the power of the death drive to illuminate psychoanalytic theory clinical practice and the study of culture. Since this book originally arose from a conference in Vienna its final segment is dedicated to the forced exile of the early Viennese psychoanalysts due to the Nazi threat. Due to its wide scope and the many perspectives it offers this book is a tribute to the disturbing relevance of the death drive today. Contemporary Perspectives on the Freudian Death Drive is of special interest to psychoanalysts psychotherapists social and cultural scientists as well as anyone intending to understand the sources and vicissitudes of human destructiveness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367149345

Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books Contemporary Publishing and the Culture of Books is a comprehensive resource that builds bridges between the traditional focus and methodologies of literary studies and the actualities of modern and contemporary literature including the realities of professional writing the conventions and practicalities of the publishing world and its connections between literary publishing and other media. Focusing on the relationship between modern literature and the publishing industry the volume enables students and academics to extend the text-based framework of modules on contemporary writing into detailed expositions of the culture and industry which bring these texts into existence; it brings economic considerations into line alongside creative issues and examines how employing marketing strategies are utilized to promote and sell books. Sections cover: The standard university-course specifications of contemporary writing offering an extensive picture of the social economic and cultural contexts of these literary genres The impact and status of non-literary writing and how this compares with certain literary genres as an index to contemporary culture and a reflection of the state of the publishing industry The practicalities and conventions of the publishing industry Contextual aspects of literary culture and the book industry visiting the broader spheres of publishing promotion bookselling and literary culture Carefully linked chapters allow readers to tie key elements of the publishing industry to the particular demands and features of contemporary literary genres and writing offering a detailed guide to the ways in which the three core areas of culture economics and pragmatics intersect in the world of publishing. Further to being a valuable resource for those studying English or Creative Writing the volume is a key text for degrees in which Publishing is a component and is relevant to those aspects of Media Studies that look at interactions between the media and literature/publishing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367443153

Contemporary Radical Film CultureNetworks Organisations and Activists Comprising essays from some of the leading scholars and practitioners in the field this is the first book to investigate twenty-first century radical film practices across production distribution and exhibition at a global level. This book explores global radical film culture in all its geographic political and aesthetic diversity. It is inspired by the work of the Radical Film Network (RFN) an organisation established in 2013 to support the growth and sustainability of politically engaged film culture around the world. Since then the RFN has grown rapidly and now consists of almost 200 organisations across four continents from artists’ studios and production collectives to archives distributors and film festivals. With this foundation the book engages with contemporary radical film cultures in Africa Asia China Europe the Middle East as well as North and South America and connects key historical moments and traditions with the present day. Topics covered include artists’ film and video curation documentary feminist and queer film cultures film festivals and screening practices network-building policy interventions and video-activism. For students researchers and practitioners this fascinating and wide-ranging book sheds new light on the political potential of the moving image and represents the activists and organisations pushing radical film forward in new and exciting directions. For more information about the Radical Film Network visit www.radicalfilmnetwork.com. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138543614

Contemporary Sculpture and the Critique of Display CulturesTainted Goods In this book Dan Adler addresses recent tendencies in contemporary art toward assemblage sculpture and how these works incorporate tainted materials – often things left on the side of the road according to the logic and progress of the capitalist machine – and combine them in ways that allow each element to retain a degree of empirical specificity. Adler develops a range of aesthetic models through which these practices can be understood to function critically. Each chapter focuses on a single exhibition: Isa Genzken’s "OIL" (German Pavilion Venice Biennale 2007) Geoffrey Farmer’s midcareer survey (Musée d’art contemporain Montréal 2008) Rachel Harrison’s "Consider the Lobster" (CCS Bard Hessel Museum of Art 2009) and Liz Magor’s "The Mouth and Other Storage Facilities" (Henry Art Gallery Seattle 2008). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367516048

Contemporary SufismPiety Politics and Popular Culture What is Sufism? Contemporary views vary tremendously even among Sufis themselves. Contemporary Sufism: Piety Politics and Popular Culture brings to light the religious frameworks that shape the views of Sufism’s friends adversaries admirers and detractors and in the process helps readers better understand the diversity of contemporary Sufism the pressures and cultural openings to which it responds and the many divergent opinions about contemporary Sufism’s relationship to Islam. The three main themes: piety politics and popular culture are explored in relation to the Islamic and Western contexts that shape them as well as to the historical conditions that frame contemporary debates. This book is split into three parts: • Sufism and anti-Sufism in contemporary contexts; • Contemporary Sufism in the West: Poetic influences and popular manifestations; • Gendering Sufism: Tradition and transformation. This book will fascinate anyone interested in the challenges of contemporary Sufism as well as its relationship to Islam gender and the West. It offers an ideal starting point from which undergraduate and postgraduate students teachers and lecturers can explore Sufism today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138687301

Contemporary Visual Culture and the Sublime In the course of its long and tumultuous history the sublime has alternated between spatial and temporal definitions from its conceptualization in terms of the grandeur and infinity of Nature (spatial) to its postmodern redefinition as an "event" (temporal) from its conceptualization in terms of our failure to "cognitively map" the decentered global network of capital or the rhizomatic structure of the postmetropolis (spatial) to its neurophenomenological redefinition in terms of the new temporality of presence produced by network/real time (temporal). This volume explores the place of the sublime in contemporary culture and the aesthetic cultural and political values coded in it. It offers a map of the contemporary sublime in terms of the limits—cinematic cognitive neurophysiological technological or environmental—of representation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367885816

Context and Pretext in Conflict ResolutionCulture Identity Power and Practice Written by a distinguished scholar this book explores themes of culture identity and power as they relate to conceptions of practice in conflict resolution and peacebuilding. Among the topics covered are ethnic and identity conflicts; culture relativism and human rights; post-conflict trauma and reconciliation; and modeling varieties of conflict resolution practice. Context and Pretext in Conflict Resolution is the winner of the 2014 Conflict Research Society Book of the Year Prize. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781612050607

Contextualising Difficulties in Literacy DevelopmentExploring Politics Culture Ethnicity and Ethics This book provides a range of interdisciplinary and international perspectives on difficulties in literacy development. The high-profile team of contributors provide ethical and policy discussions as well as contextualising individual and collective strategies to addressing difficulties in literacy development. The chapters break new ground by encompassing a wide range of perspectives related to critical literacy socio-cultural cognitive and psychological viewpoints to help inform practice policy and research into literacy difficulties. Issues addressed include: *the different ways literacy can be conceptualised through social-science based disciplinary perspectives*the issues at the centre of current public and professional debates surrounding literacy difficulties and how these have impacted upon pedagogical responses *the impact of these wider political and social issues on individual students. This reader forms the basis of the Open University’s Difficulties in Literacy Development course but will also be of interest to postgraduate students teachers researchers education professionals and policymakers who are keen to address difficulties in literacy development. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315015705

Continuous Cultures Of Cells First Published in 1981 this book offers a full insight into the development of cell cultures. Carefully compiled and filled with a vast repertoire of notes diagrams and references this book serves as a useful reference for students of microbiology and other practitioners in their respective fields. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367261467

Continuous Cultures Of CellsVolume I This book aims to present as broad a perspective as possible to the subject matter. In the construction of the chapters much has been left to the individual contributors. Some chapters have been written essentially up to the minute reviews of an application or use of continuous culture whilst other have used data obtained in the author‘s own laboratory to illustrate the use of continuous culture as a problem-solving tool. Yet others have concentrated on specific topics and cited a few key ways in which continuous culture can be useful. The approach was left solely up to the contributor. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315891774

Contraception across CulturesTechnologies Choices Constraints Contraception is an issue of considerable concern to a great many heterosexually active people. Yet the impact of contraceptive technologies in the world today in particular their implications for kinship gender relations and other aspects of social life receives relatively little scholarly attention. This book brings a new perspective to the study of contraception by collecting together in one volume leading experts in the fields of contraception family planning and reproductive health. Contributors look at the social economic political and cultural contexts in which contraceptive providers and recipients make decisions about whether and what forms of contraception to use. User perspectives (whether those of recipients or providers of contraceptive services) are taken seriously as are the perspectives of policy-makers and development experts. With its in-depth case-study approach this challenging book will appeal to practitioners and planners in the fields of family planning and reproductive health as well as to students and academics of applied and medical anthropology health studies gender and development studies or anyone interested in the social cultural and ethical issues raised by contraceptive technologies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003103219

Convergent WrestlingParticipatory Culture Transmedia Storytelling and Intertextuality in the Squared Circle This book examines how the current era of "convergence" has affected and is reflected in  the world of professional wrestling which combines several different genres including drama action comedy horror science fiction and even romance. Professional wrestling’s business practices exist at the intersection of bottom-up fan-centric strategies and strict top-down corporate control. Meanwhile the wrestlers themselves combine aspects of carnival hucksters actors/actresses comedians superheroes martial artists or stuntmen and the narratives consist of everything from social critique to geopolitical allegories and from soap opera melodramas to stereotyped exploitation. Bringing together the latest scholarship in the field Convergent Wrestling analyzes various texts business practices and fan activities to explore the commonalities that define professional wrestling and consider how it exists in today’s new media ecology. In addition the book considers the professional wrestling industry from several different angles from massive multinational conglomerate World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) to local indie federations. As such it will appeal to scholars with interests in popular culture media and cultural studies and fan practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367660673

Converging WorldsCommunities and Cultures in Colonial America Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and "Atlantic" in coverage Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. With chapters written by top-notch scholars Converging Worlds is unique in providing not only a comprehensive chronological approach to colonial history with attention to thematic details but a window into the relevant historiography. Each historian also selected several documents to accompany their chapter found in the companion primary source reader. Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America includes: timelines tailored for every chapter chapter summaries discussion questions lists of further reading introducing students to specialist literature fifty illustrations. Key topics discussed include: French Spanish and Native American experiences regional areas such as the Midwest and Southwest religion including missions witchcraft and Protestants the experience of women and families. With its synthesis of both broad time periods and specific themes Converging Worlds is ideal for students of the colonial period and provides a fascinating glimpse into the diverse foundations of America. For additional information and classroom resources please visit the Converging Worlds companion website at www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415964999. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415964999

Converging WorldsCommunities and Cultures in Colonial America A Sourcebook Providing a survey of colonial American history both regionally broad and "Atlantic" in coverage Converging Worlds presents the most recent research in an accessible manner for undergraduate students. The ideal accompaniment to Converging Worlds: Communities and Cultures in Colonial America this Sourcebook is a collection of primary documents that contextualize and bring to life the exciting narrative of early America. The expert authors of each chapter have hand-picked multiple documents corresponding with the same chapter in the textbook to help students delve deeper into the diverse geographic regions and variety of topics covered in this time period including: Letters Pamphlets and newspaper articles Excerpts from diaries Patents and charters Court records And much more! While the Sourcebook and text make a perfectly integrated package the Sourcebook also features general introductions and section introductions framing the documents so students can easily use it on its own to explore the vast colonial world up close. In addition to the helpful maps timelines and further resources available for students on the companion site instructors will have access to the full text of many of the documents included in the Sourcebook. For additional information and classroom resources please visit the Converging Worlds companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/breen. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415964975

Conversations In The RainforestCulture Values And The Environment In Central Africa This book focuses on local perspectives on Central African land ethics and Africa's diverse and vibrant oral traditions. It presents the discovery of Central African perceptions and ways of using the forest and what they have to teach us about living sustainably on the earth. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367157036

Convivial Cultures in Multicultural CitiesPolish Migrant Women in Manchester and Barcelona The large-scale migration brought about by the expansion of the EU over a decade ago led to migration from less ethnically diverse countries to multicultural and super-diverse societies. This book examines the complex encounters between Polish migrant women and local populations in Manchester and Barcelona with attention to the ways in which difference is negotiated and managed through everyday practices of conviviality which help to overcome hierarchies and create elements of sameness. Illustrating how cultural differences may become important resources for interaction that facilitates positive relationships Convivial Cultures in Multicultural Cities draws on the narratives of Polish migrant women to shed new light on everyday social relations between migrant women and local populations including settled ethnic minorities and other migrants. In doing so it contributes to our understanding of the positional nature of racial identification and complicates our ideas of whiteness and privilege. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377924

ConvivialitiesPossibility and Ambivalence in Urban Multicultures We live in a time of rising anti-immigrant fervour and attacks on multiculturalism. As Stuart Hall argued over twenty years ago the capacity to live with difference is the pressing issue of our time. This is true perhaps now more than ever. This collection takes a critical look at the ‘conviviality turn’ in our understanding of coexistence and urban multiculture. Drawing on case studies out of the UK Europe Australia and Canada contributors to this collection explore the practices and dispositions of everyday people who negotiate a ‘shared life’ in their culturally diverse neighbourhoods and communities and the complexities and ambivalences that make up ‘living together’. Chapters focus on spaces of encounter navigations of friendship and humour across difference and the networks of hope and care that exist alongside experiences of racism. A theme of the book is that we live neither in a world where convivial multiculture has been accomplished nor one where it has been lost: it is as it must be a work in progress.This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Intercultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367891824

Cooperatives the State and Corporate Power in African Export AgricultureThe Case of Uganda’s Coffee Sector Agriculture is a major contributor to Africa’s GDP the region’s biggest source of employment and its largest food producer. However agricultural productivity remains low and buyer-driven global value chains offer few opportunities for small producers to upgrade into higher value-added activities. In recent years the revival of Africa’s cooperatives has been celebrated by governments and international donors as a pathway towards inclusive agricultural development and this book explores the strengths but also the issues which surround these cooperatives.The book scrutinizes the neoliberal ideal of economic prosperity arising through the operation of liberalized labor markets by illuminating the discriminatory nature of Uganda’s informal labor relations. It points to the role of cooperatives as a potential instrument of progressive change in African export agriculture where large numbers of small producers depend on casual wage work in addition to farming. In contrast to the portrayal advanced by some governments and rarely questioned by donors of an unproblematic co-existence of small producers’ collective action and big capital interests the author calls for a re-politicized debate on the Social and Solidarity Economy. As part of this she highlights the adverse political and economic conditions faced by African cooperatives including intense international competition in agricultural processing inadequate access to infrastructure and services and at times antagonistic state-cooperative relations.Supported by wide-ranging interdisciplinary evidence including new ethnographic survey and interview data this book shows how cooperatives may be co-opted by both the state and corporations in a discourse that ignores structural inequalities in value chains and emphasizes poverty reduction over economic and political empowerment. It provides a critique of New Institutional Economics as a framework for understanding how institutions shape redistribution and develops a political economy approach to explore the conditions for structural change in African export agriculture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367660543

Coping with Alcohol and Drug ProblemsThe Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures What difference does culture make? Coping with Alcohol and Drug Problems: The Experiences of Family Members in Three Contrasting Cultures aims to deepen and extend understanding of the experiences of family members trying to cope with the excessive drinking or drug taking of a relative. Comprehensive and thoroughly up to date this book draws on the results of the cross-cultural study of alcohol and drug problems in the family and places these results within the broader context of the international literature on the subject. By investigating the similarities and differences in the experiences of family members in three parts of the world the authors reveal results which have far-reaching implications for professional intervention and prevention. Subjects covered include: models of understanding: how families continue to be pathologised and misunderstood. how family members cope. an integrated view of alcohol and drug problems in the family. ways of empowering family members. This book aims to demonstrate the possibility of a constructive alliance between professionals substance misusing relatives and the affected family members by thoroughly investigating the dilemmas that face family members and the lack of support they experience. This fascinating insight into the impact of alcohol and drug problems on family members will be a valuable resource for all those who are interested in substance misuse in family and cultural contexts and particularly those who are interested in the treatment of alcohol and other drug problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415647038

Copyrighting CultureThe Political Economy Of Intellectual Property Launching into a complete analysis of copyright law in our capitalistic and hegemonistic political system Ronald Bettig uncovers the power of the wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property. Beginning with a critical interpretation of copyright history in the United States Bettig goes on to Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315221

Corporate CultureNational and Transnational Corporations in Seventeenth-Century Literature The corporation – an immortal collective bound to act for the common good – was developed in the seventeenth century but comparatively little attention has been paid to its literary ramifications. This work combines corporate history with literary analysis to demonstrate how corporations and the literature they engendered shaped ideas of the public sphere trust the morality of trade and exchange national identity and salvation. Drawing on a wide range of genres – including corporate publications letters and minute books; dramatic works; epic poetry and sermons – this study shows how widely corporate rhetoric spread and how embedded it was in the early modern social imagination. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138693241

Corporate Environmental Management 2Culture and Organization The second book in a series looking at management techniques which could be implemented by a business in order to improve its environmental performance this text identifies the best practices and examines the key tools within the framework of corporate environmental management. Richard Welford and contributors explore the various organizational and cultural concepts which firmly place the corporate environmental management agenda within the human dimension. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315825113

Corporeality Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture This book examines the confusions and contradictions that manifest in prevalent attitudes towards the body as well as in related bodily practices. The body is simultaneously our reference for the certainties of nature and the locus of a desire for transformation and reinvention. The body is at the same time worshipped and despised; an object of desire and of design. Francisco Ortega analyses how the body has become both a screen for the projection of our ideas and imaginings about ourselves and conversely an object of suspicion anxiety and discomfort. Addressing practices of corporeal ascesis (such as bodybuilding and dietetics) medical technologies and radical anatomical modifications Ortega documents the ambiguous legacy of a western theoretical tradition that has always despised the body. Utilising a theoretical framework that is mainly informed by the phenomenology of the body feminist theory disability studies and the thought of Michel Foucault Corporeality Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture address several ethical and psychological issues associated with the experience and perception of the body in our cultural landscape. Drawing on these diverse areas of philosophical and analytical work this book will interest those researching Law Medicine and Sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Birkbeck Law Press 9781138924765

Corporeality and CultureBodies in Movement The ’material turn’ in critical theory - and particularly the turn towards the body coupled with scientific insights from biomedicine biology and physics - is becoming an important path in fields of humanities-based scholarly inquiry. Material and technological philosophies play an increasingly central role in disciplines such as literary studies cultural studies history performance and aesthetics to name only a few. This edited collection of essays investigates how the material turn finds applications within humanities-based frameworks - focusing on practical reflections and disciplinary responses. It takes as its critical premise the understanding that importation of theoretical viewpoints is never straightforward; rather a complex sometimes even fraught communication takes place between these disciplines at the imperceptible lines where praxis and theory meet transforming both the landscape of practical engagement and the models of material theory. Presenting a multi- and interdisciplinary consideration of current research on the cultural relationship to living (and non-living) bodies Corporeality and Culture: Bodies in Movement puts the body in focus. From performance and body modification to film literature and other cultural technologies this volume undertakes a significant speculative mapping of the current possibilities for engagement transformation and variance of embodied movement in relation to scientifically-situated corporealities and materialities in cultural and artistic practices. Time and time again it finds these ever-shifting modes of being to be inextricably interdependent and coextensive: movement requires embodiment; and embodiment is a form of movement. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472421272

Cosmopolitan GeographiesNew Locations in Literature and Culture This book highlights the best new interdisciplinary research on the theory and practice of cosmopolitanism with a special focus on the cosmopolitan literatures of Europe Asia Africa and North America from medieval times to the present. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315865720

Costuming the Shakespearean StageVisual Codes of Representation in Early Modern Theatre and Culture Although scholars have long considered the material conditions surrounding the production of early modern drama until now no book-length examination has sought to explain what was worn on the period's stages and more importantly how articles of apparel were understood when seen by contemporary audiences. Robert Lublin's new study considers royal proclamations religious writings paintings woodcuts plays historical accounts sermons and legal documents to investigate what Shakespearean actors actually wore in production and what cultural information those costumes conveyed. Four of the chapters of Costuming the Shakespearean Stage address 'categories of seeing': visually based semiotic systems according to which costumes constructed and conveyed information on the early modern stage. The four categories include gender social station nationality and religion. The fifth chapter examines one play Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess to show how costumes signified across the categories of seeing to establish a play's distinctive semiotics and visual aesthetic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138259812

Countercultures and Popular Music ’Counterculture’ emerged as a term in the late 1960s and has been re-deployed in more recent decades in relation to other forms of cultural and socio-political phenomena. This volume provides an essential new academic scrutiny of the concept of ’counterculture’ and a critical examination of the period and its heritage. Recent developments in sociological theory complicate and problematise theories developed in the 1960s with digital technology for example providing an impetus for new understandings of counterculture. Music played a significant part in the way that the counterculture authored space in relation to articulations of community by providing a shared sense of collective identity. Not least the heady mixture of genres provided a socio-cultural-political backdrop for distinctive musical practices and innovations which in relation to counterculture ideology provided a rich experiential setting in which different groups defined their relationship both to the local and international dimensions of the movement so providing a sense of locality community and collective identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249943

Counter-Terrorism and BeyondThe Culture of Law and Justice After 9/11 This book considers the increasing trend towards a ‘culture of control’ in democratic countries. The post-9/11 counter-terrorism laws in nations such as the USA the UK Canada and Australia provide a stark demonstration of this trend. These laws share a focus on the pre-emption of crime restrictions on the right to liberty of non-suspects limited public access to information and increased community surveillance. The laws derogate in many respects from the ordinary principles of the criminal justice system and fundamental human rights while also harnessing public institutions in the broader project of prevention and control. Distinctively the contributors to this volume focus on the impact of these laws outside of the counter-terrorism context. The book draws together a range of experts in both public and criminal law from Australia and overseas to examine the effect of counter-terrorism laws on public institutions within democracies more broadly. Issues considered include changes to the role and functions of the courts the expansion of executive discretion the seepage of extraordinary powers and pre-emptive measures into other areas of the criminal law and the interaction and overlap between intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Counter-Terrorism and Beyond: The Culture of Law and Justice After 9/11 will be of interest to students and scholars of criminal law criminology comparative criminal justice terrorism and national security public law human rights governance and public policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415631396

Courageous LeadershipThe Missing Link to Creating a Lean Culture of Excellence Courageous Leadership: The Missing Link to Creating a Lean Culture of Excellence is one of the firsts of its kind to wade through the confusion among leaders on selecting the type of change approach that will get the best results in their organization. It educates the senior executive leaders and organizational excellence practitioners on the different characteristics of change and answers why the approach to incremental and transitional change cannot deliver the results expected from a transformational change. The author shares his experiences from leading several small and large scale organization transformations in multiple industries across different countries on how to establish a robust foundation for an excellence journey and integrate strategy into daily operations. This book elaborates on the types of courage and what it means to be a courageous leader while leading change in difficult situations and what leaders do differently for putting the organization on a path to excellence and culture transformation. This book shares an innovative design a methodology and an approach that combines best practices and principles from Malcolm Baldrige Shingo Lean Six Sigma Balanced Scorecard accreditation change management patient and family-centered care the Competing Values Framework the LEADS framework and the project management body of knowledge. The implementation of this model at a hospital in Canada propelled the organization further ahead on their transformational journey compared to other organizations that started much earlier. Sensei in Japanese means Teacher and Gyaan in Sanskrit means Knowledge. Brief sections on ‘Sensei Gyaan’ have been interspersed throughout the book to provide valuable tips to the readers based on author’s experiential learnings over the past two decades. This book serves as a practical guide for senior executive leaders and organizational excellence practitioners who wish to embark or are in various stages of their organizational excellence and culture transformation journey. Readers will be guided through 26 elements necessary for establishing a robust foundation and an additional set of 22 Management System elements required to create and sustain a culture of quality across the organization. For leaders in healthcare the book provides a framework guiding principles and associated practices that support the implementation of the 4 core concepts of patient and family centered care namely dignity and respect information sharing participation and collaboration. Included in the book are several examples with creative visuals ready-to-use templates and standard works models guiding principles and strategies based on best practices to assist leaders in their organization excellence journey. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138104389

Court Cultures in the Muslim WorldSeventh to Nineteenth Centuries Courts and the complex phenomenon of the courtly society have received intensified interest in academic research over recent decades however the field of Islamic court culture has so far been overlooked. This book provides a comparative perspective on the history of courtly culture in Muslim societies from the earliest times to the nineteenth century and presents an extensive collection of images of courtly life and architecture within the Muslim realm. The thematic methodology employed by the contributors underlines their interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach to issues of politics and patronage from across the Islamic world stretching from Cordoba to India. Themes range from the religious legitimacy of Muslim rulers terminologies for court culture in Oriental languages Muslim concepts of space for royal representation accessibility of rulers the role of royal patronage for Muslim scholars and artists to the growing influence of European courts as role models from the eighteenth century onwards. Discussing specific terminologies for courts in Oriental languages and explaining them to the non specialist chapters describe the specific features of Muslim courts and point towards future research areas. As such it fills this important gap in the existing literature in the areas of Islamic history religion and Islam in particular. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138788909

Court Politics Culture and Literature in Scotland and England 1500-1540 The focus of this study is court literature in early sixteenth-century England and Scotland. The author examines courtly poetry and drama in the context of a complex system of entertainment education self-fashioning dissimulation propaganda and patronage. He places selected works under close critical scrutiny to explore the symbiotic relationship that existed between court literature and important socio-political economic and national contexts of the period 1500 to 1540. The first two chapters discuss the pervasive influence of patronage upon court literature through an analysis of the panegyric verse that surrounded the coronation of Henry VIII. The rhetorical strategies adopted by courtiers within their literary works however differed depending on whether the writer was at the time of writing the verse or drama excluded or included from the environs of the court. The different often elaborate rhetorical strategies are through close readings of selected verse delineated and discussed in chapter three on David Lyndsay and chapter four on Thomas Wyatt and Thomas Elyot. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815388265

Courtesans at TableGender and Greek Literary Culture in Athenaeus First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315810973

Courting DisasterIntimate Stalking Culture and Criminal Justice This work is a wide-ranging and sensitive examination of the lived experience of intimate stalking victimization. It explores how it feels and what it means to be stalked by a former intimate and how this situation creates dilemmas for victims and their advocates. What is it like to try to become a "victim" in the eyes of the law and then to remain one when almost anything a woman does to manage the violent emotions of an ex-husband or ex-boyfriend can backfire and discredit her claims? The author draws upon a broad array of rich data including a survey of college women courtroom testimony prosecutors' case files interviews with victims and observations in a prosecutor's office and a stalking survivor's support group to illustrate the difficulties women face as they work to cope with danger - and to negotiate the hazardous terrain of legal systems - simultaneously. For some victims Dunn shows prosecution processes are more traumatic than the events that brought them to seek legal help and her analysis of the historical cultural and gendered frameworks in which stalking victimization and prosecution takes place accounts for the additional trauma. Definitions of situations and identities are contested rather than given in these arenas where lives and self-concepts rest in the balance. The ways in which we socially construct and confer meaning upon intimate violence and its victims profoundly shape what happens to ordinary women facing extraordinary circumstances. "Courting Disaster" illuminates what we can learn from their experience whether we are working in these arenas or theorizing about how they do and sometimes do not work. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203761779

Craft Community and the Material Culture of Place and Politics 19th-20th Century Craft practice has a rich history and remains vibrant sustaining communities while negotiating cultures within local or international contexts. More than two centuries of industrialization have not extinguished handmade goods; rather the broader force of industrialization has redefined and continues to define the context of creation deployment and use of craft objects. With object study at the core this book brings together a collection of essays that address the past and present of craft production its use and meaning within a range of community settings from the Huron Wendat of colonial Quebec to the Girls’ Friendly Society of twentieth-century England. The making of handcrafted objects has and continues to flourish despite the powerful juggernaut of global industrialization whether inspired by a calculated refutation of industrial sameness an essential means to sustain a cultural community under threat or a rejection of the imposed definitions by a dominant culture. The broader effects of urbanizing imperial and globalizing projects shape the multiple contexts of interaction and resistance that can define craft ventures through place and time. By attending to the political histories of craft objects and their makers over the last few centuries these essays reveal the creative persistence of various hand mediums and the material debates they represented. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547629

CRC Handbook of Plant Science in Agriculture First published in 1987 this two-volume set is an exhaustive compilation of the most recent data on economically important crops. Volume I presents information on genetics botany and growth of crop plants while Volume II covers the production of Crops and their utilization. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367252410

CRC Handbook of Plant Science in Agriculture First published in 1987 this two-volume set is an exhaustive compilation of the most recent data on economically important crops. Volume I presents information on genetics botany and growth of crop plants while Volume II covers the production of Crops and their utilization. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367251765

Creating a Classroom Culture That Supports the Common CoreTeaching Questioning Conversation Techniques and Other Essential Skills Is your classroom culture conducive to the expectations of the Common Core? Teaching content is not enough; students need a classroom structure and atmosphere that will help them learn key academic skills. This practical book will show you how to transform your classroom culture raise the level of rigor encourage higher-level questioning and critical thinking and promote academic discussions. You will also find out how to adjust your classroom management techniques so that students learn to regulate themselves while completing these higher-level tasks. Special Features in Each Chapter: Key Idea—a summary of the essential idea that will be addressed in the chapter Practical strategies—a variety of easy-to-implement ideas that you can try right away Connections to the Common Core State Standards—how the skills taught in this book will help students meet the standards Reflection Questions—thoughtful questions that will help teachers apply their learning to their own classrooms. These questions can be answered independently or used in book study groups. Extend Your Knowledge—creative ideas for extending your knowledge beyond the ideas in this book Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415732307

Creating a Coaching Culture for Managers in Your Organisation Creating a Coaching Culture for Managers in your Organisation is for managers leaders and coaches interested in extending the practice of coaching to achieve broader organisational outcomes. The book offers a practical approach on how to use coaching strategically to create a culture that supports change builds leadership capacity and achieves a high degree of alignment between the goals and aspirations of organisations and their staff. The authors provide rich case study examples of how coaching has been used in a range of organisations to build capacity leadership learning and support new ways of working. Taken together the chapters provide insight into how organisations can develop a culture that promotes engagement open and dialogic communication clarity of expectations and high performance. This valuable text is a timely contribution to current thinking on leadership management and organisation development. It will be of interest to managers leaders HR professionals and coaching professionals as well as students interested in coaching techniques counsellors and psychotherapists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415690225

Creating a Culture of IntegrityBusiness Ethics for the 21st Century For companies unethical business practices like bribery and corruption pose major business risks and can result in fines reputational damage lost business opportunity and – increasingly – criminal or civil charges.Organizations have responded to this critical governance issue with rigorous formal integrity and compliance frameworks to set out and enforce standards for ethical business practice. But companies also need to create an enduring culture of integrity that establishes doing the right thing as the cultural norm across the organization – and this requires more than compliance alone.Creating a Culture of Integrity identifies the key actions sustainability and compliance officers can take to foster this cultural shift within their organizations.This "one-stop" toolkit for embedding integrity also includes: inspiring best-practice case studies from companies who’ve implemented culture change with insights on how they deal with ethical dilemmas when these arise and; powerful arguments to help you make the business case for building a strong ethical culture around your compliance system. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781910174593

Creating a Culture of Predictable OutcomesHow Leadership Collaboration and Decision-Making Drive Architecture and Construction Creating a Culture of Predictable Outcomes demonstrates the importance of creating cultures in the design and construction industries grounded in sophisticated-caring leadership high-performing collaborative teams and master-level decision-making discipline informed by values to finally address massive inefficiencies waste and unpredictability. Barbara White Bryson offers specific guidance to industry stakeholders to succeed in achieving project-related predictable outcomes by focusing on culture rather than process. This includes selecting the right team members by hiring and firing bravely valuing psychological safety leading with values practicing respect and transparency fostering empowerment to make decisions at the right level at the right time and more. This book is a must-read for design and construction professionals who want to finally understand how to set goals and meet those goals for their clients as well as for their teams. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367894375

Creating a Lean CultureTools to Sustain Lean Conversions Third Edition Winner of a Shingo Research and Professional Publication Award The new edition of this Shingo Prize-winning bestseller provides critical insights and approaches to make any Lean transformation an ongoing success. It shows you how to implement a sustainable successful transformation by developing a culture that has your stakeholders throughout the organizational chart involved and invested in the outcome. It teaches you how to successfully navigate the politics in cross-functional process improvement projects and to engage executives in ways that are personally meaningful to them. If you are a leader at any level in an organization undergoing or considering a Lean transformation this is where you should start and finish … and start again.Read the Reviews:"This book became an instant classic in the literature of professional operations. In this third edition David Mann updates and expands his teaching with five additional years of valuable experience and expertise derived from his very active multi-industry consultancy. I have benefitted greatly from his writing and wholeheartedly recommend this book to be top-of-the desk of any serious Lean practitioner or performance transformation leader."— Raymond C. Floyd two-time Shingo Prize Winner President and CEO Plasco Energy Group"David Mann builds substantially on his seminal work on the Lean management system. The book is full of new insight and polishes the most important ideas about Lean management. The new chapter on engaging executive leadership alone is worth the price of the book."— Peter Ward Richard M. Ross Professor and Chair Department of Management Science Fisher College of Business The Ohio State University"This book has long been my ‘go-to’ guide on Lean management practices that help create a culture of continuous improvement and excellence. I have recommended the book to countless healthcare leaders who rave about how helpful it is in translating Lean principles into daily management behaviors. The healthcare examples make it even more relevant as a must read for any hospital leader who aims to move beyond Lean tools.."—Mark Graban author of Lean Hospitals co-author of Healthcare Kaizen and The Executive Guide to Healthcare Kaizen"As more companies outside the manufacturing sector pursue Lean transformations Creating a Lean Culture is as critical a resource as ever. Breaking down silos and navigating tricky internecine politics remain a momentous challenge and Mann’s case-based insights are an invaluable tool."— Peg Pennington Executive Director Center for Operational Excellence Fisher College of Business The Ohio State University"David has once again taken the topics that trip us up and put structure and guidance around them. His new work on executive involvement is worth the price of the book all by itself. Many of us have struggled with this topic and David provides a path to success."— Elizabeth M. King Vice President Organizational Effectiveness ESCO Corporation New in the Third Edition: Contains new chapter on engaging executives in Lean initiatives Includes 21 new case studies Presents new examples from the healthcare and process industries Includes additional gemba worksheets for learning and teaching Lean Provides expanded coverage of Lean applications in complex cross functional value stream process improvement projects Watch David Mann discuss how the latest edition of Creating a Lean Culture can help you and your organization succeed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zX7jrtV3cBA&feature=youtu.be Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781482243239

Creating an Anti-Racist Culture in the Early YearsAn Essential Guide for Practitioners At a time of growing evidence of racism across many countries and cultures Creating an Anti-Racist Culture in the Early Years will help those working with young children recognise racism name it for what it is and help their young pupils understand that difference is nothing to be feared. Drawing on both personal research and established theory Smidt includes examples of anti-racist practice from real life and in literature looks at how racism is acquired and cites examples of people who have spoken or acted against racism through the centuries. She emphasises how and why it is essential to develop multicultural education into anti-racist education and why it’s so important to go beyond the mere celebration of differences in cultures. This indispensable resource also addresses: What racism is and why it is so corrosive How to recognise and challenge it in an early years setting How to work with parents and carers to help them reassess their prejudices or unconscious bias How to create an anti-racist curriculum and culture through inclusion multiculturalism literature art and drama. Creating an Anti-Racist Culture in the Early Years is an indispensable resource for all early years practitioners and students of early childhood education who believe in creating more equitable opportunities for all of our young children. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367258122

Creating and Consuming Culture in North-East England 1660–1830 Historians of the long eighteenth century have recently recognised that this period is central both to the history of cultural production and consumption and to the history of national and regional identity. Yet no book has as yet directly engaged with these two areas of interest at the same time. By uniting interest in the history of culture with the history of regional identity Creating and Consuming Culture in North-East England 1660-1830 is of crucial importance to a wide range of historians and intervenes in a number of highly important historical and conceptual debates in a timely and provocative way. The book makes a substantial contribution to eighteenth-century studies. Not only do these essays demonstrate that in thinking about cultural production and consumption in the eighteenth century there are important continuities as well as changes that need to be considered but also they complicate the commonplace assumption of metropolitan-led cultural change and cultural innovation. Rather than the usual model of centre-periphery diffusion a number of contributions show that cultural change in the provinces was happening at the same time as in or in some cases even before London. The essays also indicate the complex relationship between cultural consumption and social status with some cultural forms being more inclusive than others. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315259048

Creating and Re-Creating Corporate Entrepreneurial Culture Entrepreneurship is often considered only in the context of new venture creation small business issues and the profiles and personalities of individual entrepreneurs. The emphasis in Creating and Re-Creating Corporate Entrepreneurial Culture is very much on the 'corporate' it focuses on the creation and maintenance of an entrepreneurial management culture that accelerates growth and enhances effectiveness and competitiveness in large organizations. Alzira Salama explains what constitutes entrepreneurial behaviour how it is facilitated by organizational culture and why entrepreneurial corporate culture is fundamental to business success. She takes you through ways of identifying prevailing cultures and explains how cultures are reinforced or changed. Drawing on exemplary case studies from around the world she tells the stories both of successful and unsuccessful interventions made in response to the need to move on from bureaucratic or authoritarian cultures. These include specific instances where the context has been privatization merger and acquisition transition in the wider economy or a combination of any of these circumstances. This enlightening book will help managers and consultants business educators higher level students and those on executive programmes to understand the nature of an organization's culture why it is as it is whether it needs to change and how it might be changed. Alzira Salama offers real world examples of how to create or re-create an entrepreneurial culture together with tools that will enable corporations to achieve it. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138219328

Creating Campus CulturesFostering Success among Racially Diverse Student Populations Many colleges and universities have not engaged in the critical self-examination of their campuses necessary for effectively serving racially diverse student populations. This timely edited collection provides insights into how campus cultures can and do shape the experiences and outcomes of their increasingly diverse college student populations. By cultivating values beliefs and assumptions that focus on including validating and creating equitable outcomes among diverse undergraduate students an institution can foster their success.While attention to campus climate is critical for gauging the nature of an institution’s culture and how students are experiencing the campus environment changes in climate alone will not lead to holistic and deep rooted institutional transformation. Moving beyond previous explorations of campus racial climates Creating Campus Cultures addresses the considerable institutionally embedded obstacles practitioners face as they attempt to transform entrenched institutional cultures to meet the needs of diverse student bodies. A broad range of chapters include voices of students new research practical experiences and application of frameworks that are conducive to success. This book will help student affairs and higher education administrators navigate this increasingly difficult terrain by providing practical advice on how to foster success among racial minority students and enact long-term holistic change at any institution. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415888202

Creating Connections for Better SchoolsHow Leaders Enhance School Culture This book demonstrates that student achievement depends on school culture the one element of your school at the foundation of everything that happens there. School culture is the system of beliefs values and expectations that governs the feelings and actions of everybody there. This book shows how principals can build relationships and connections to enhance school culture. Practical and accessible this book provides guidelines which will show you how to:- communicate with teachers students and parents on a regular basis - be "visible" - recognize utilize and empower your faculty Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138173811

Creating ExcellenceManaging Corporate Culture Strategy and Change in the New Age Creating Excellence first published in 1984 proposes a rational yet visionary blend of approaches for a winning strategy-driven culture that can provide you and your company with the confidence that gets results. Based on a programme of six essential leadership skills – vision sensitivity insight versatility focus and patience – this step-by-step blueprint for organisational excellence shows the New Age Executive exactly how to: Know your firm’s capabilities – and make the most of them Motivate your people to peak performance Respond positivity to change from within and without Develop long-term goals and see them through And turn crisis into opportunity All these principles are illustrated with fascinating case studies of the most spectacular successes and failures in the history of American enterprise. In addition hands-on ‘exercises’ will enable you to test their application to the concerns of your own organisation. Whether you work for a small business or a vast conglomerate in a hot new industry or a mature stable environment Creative Excellence can help make you the most important corporate asset of the eighties – and beyond. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138479630

Creating SelvesIntellectual Property and the Narration of Culture The concept of creativity together with concerns over access to creativity and knowledge are currently the subject of international debate and unprecedented public attention particularly in the context of international developments in intellectual property laws. Not only are there significant developments at the legal level with increasing moves towards stronger and harmonized protection for intellectual property but also there is intense public interest in the concepts of creativity authorship personality and knowledge. In Creating Selves Johanna Gibson addresses strategic responses to intellectual property and suggests alternative models for encouraging rewarding and disseminating creative and innovative output which are built upon a critical analysis of and approach to the debate and to the concept of creativity itself. Drawing upon critical theories in authorship literature music the sciences and the arts Gibson suggests a radical re-consideration of the notion of creativity in the intellectual property debate and the means by which to encourage and sustain creativity in contemporary society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138264465

Creative RegionsTechnology Culture and Knowledge Entrepreneurship This unique book focuses on regional creativity analysing the different factors that can affect creativity and innovation process within regions in the knowledge economy. Approaching creativity from technological organizational and regional viewpoints it attempts to break down the influence of oppositional approaches and take account of multi-level interactions in economy and policy. The variety of papers presented looks at: how regions can be creative and competitive how research and development is outsourced and the scientific knowledge and technology transferred what types of technology based cultural activities can operate the relevant financing and development of knowledge entrepreneurship. Whilst many of these aspects are driven by market forces Creative Regions demonstrates that the regional and national public sectors have a significant role to play and is essential reading on how to generate a competitive advantage for regions in the knowledge economy in the global market. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415541145

Creativity Religion and Youth Cultures This book explores the rich intersection between faith religion and performing arts in culture-based youth groups. The co-constitutive identity-building work of music performance and drama for Samoan and Sudanese youth in church contexts has given rise to new considerations of diversity cultural identity and the religious practices and rituals that inform them. For these young people their culture-specific churches provide a safe if "imagined community" (Anderson 2006) in which they can express these emerging identities which move beyond simple framings like "multicultural" to explicitly include faith practices. These identities emerge in combination with popular cultural art forms like hip hop R-&-B and gospel music traditions and performance influences drawn from American British and European popular cultural forms (including fashion reality television social media gaming and online video-sharing). The book also examines the ways in which diasporic experiences are reshaping these cultural and gendered identities and locations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367348083

Cricket Literature and CultureSymbolising the Nation Destabilising Empire In his important contribution to the growing field of sports literature Anthony Bateman traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and Anglo-British national identity from 1850 to the mid 1980s. Examining newspaper accounts instructional books fiction poetry and the work of editors anthologists and historians Bateman elaborates the ways in which a long tradition of literary discourse produced cricket's cultural status and meaning. His critique of writing about cricket leads to the rediscovery of little-known texts and the reinterpretation of well-known works by authors as diverse as Neville Cardus James Joyce the Great War poets and C.L.R. James. Beginning with mid-eighteenth century accounts of cricket that provide essential background Bateman examines the literary evolution of cricket writing against the backdrop of key historical moments such as the Great War the 1926 General Strike and the rise of Communism. Several case studies show that cricket simultaneously asserted English ideals and created anxiety about imperialism while cricket's distinctively colonial aesthetic is highlighted through Bateman's examination of the discourse surrounding colonial cricket tours and cricketers like Prince Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji of India and Sir Learie Constantine of Trinidad. Featuring an extensive bibliography Bateman's book shows that while the discourse surrounding cricket was key to its status as a symbol of nation and empire the embodied practice of the sport served to destabilise its established cultural meaning in the colonial and postcolonial contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138261969

Crime Desire and Law's UnconsciousLaw Literature and Culture Sexual desire and the possible dangers associated with its more extreme manifestations  provokes strong albeit often contradictory reactions. Such reactions are a well-known stimulant of creative juridical and scholarly activity and the texts of law literature and academic criticism respond to it in ways that suggest both of revulsion and fascination. But how are we to understand such responses and what can they tell us about the relationship between law and its‘others’? Exploring these questions in the context of HIV transmission on-street sexual exploitation and erotic asphyxiation this book draws on psychoanalytic theory in order to understand the motivations behind legal literary and cultural constructions of sexual offences their perpetrators and victims. Its analysis of these constructions in a diverse range of sources - including appeal judgments in England & Wales and North America criminal trials and their reporting visual and linguistic cultures and both modern and ‘classical’ literature – will be of great interest to legal theorists and socio-legal scholars as well as those with relevant concerns in the fields of literature and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138100237

Crime Gender and Consumer Culture in Nineteenth-Century England Whilst the actual origins of English consumer culture are a source of much debate it is clear that the nineteenth century witnessed a revolution in retailing and consumption. Mass production of goods improved transport facilities and more sophisticated sales techniques brought consumerism to the masses on a scale previously unimaginable. Yet with this new consumerism came new problems and challenges. Focusing on retailing in nineteenth-century Britain this book traces the expansion of commodity culture and a mass consumer orientated market and explores the wider social and cultural implications this had for society. Using trial records advertisements newspaper reports literature and popular ballads it analyses the rise criticism and entrenchment of consumerism by looking at retail changes around the period 1800-1880 and society's responses to them. By viewing this in the context of what had gone before Professor Whitlock emphasizes the key role women played in this evolution and argues that the dazzling new world of consumption had beginnings that predate the later English French and American department store cultures. It also challenges the view that women were helpless consumers manipulated by merchants' use of colour light and display into excessive purchases or even driven by their desires into acts of theft. With its interdisciplinary approach drawing on social and economic history gender studies cultural studies and the history of crime this study asks fascinating questions regarding the nature of consumer culture and how society reacts to the challenges this creates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138251427

Crime Law and Popular Culture in Europe 1500-1900 This book explores the relationship between crime law and popular culture in Europe from the sixteenth century onwards. How was crime understood and dealt with by ordinary people and to what degree did they resort to or reject the official law and criminal justice system as a means of dealing with different forms of criminal activity? Overall the volume will serve to illuminate how experiences of and attitudes to crime and the law may have corresponded or differed in different locations and contexts as well as contributing to a wider understanding of popular culture and consciousness in early modern and modern Europe. Media > Books > E-books Willan 9781843925651

Crime Media and Culture Working broadly from the perspective of cultural criminology Crime Media and Culture engages with theories and debates about the nature of media-audience relations examines representations of crime and justice in news media and fiction and considers the growing significance of digital technologies and social media. The book discusses the multiple effects media representations of crime have on audiences but also the ways media portrayals of crime and disorder influence government policy and lawmaking. It also considers the processes by which certain stories are selected for their newsworthiness. Also examined are the theoretical conceptual and methodological underpinnings of cultural criminology and its subfields of visual criminology and narrative criminology. Drawing on case studies and empirical examples from the increasingly blurred worlds of reality and entertainment the dynamics of crime media and culture are illuminated across a range of chapters covering topics that include: moral panics/folk devils and trial by media; fear of crime; cop shows and courtroom dramas; female criminality and child-on-child killing; serial killers; surveillance new media and policing; organized crime and state crime. Crime Media and Culture will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in criminology and media studies. The book will also prove useful for lecturers and academic researchers wishing to explore the intersections of crime media and cultural inquiry. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138946002

Crime and CultureAn Historical Perspective Scholarly interest in the history of crime has grown dramatically in recent years and because scholars associated with this work have relied on a broad social definition of crime which includes acts that are against the law as well as acts of social banditry and political rebellion crime history has become a major aspect not only of social history but also of cultural as well as legal studies. This collection explores how the history of crime provides a way to study time place and culture. Adopting an international and interdisciplinary perspective to investigate the historical discourses of crime in Europe and the United States from the sixteenth to the late twentieth century these original works provide new approaches to understanding the meaning of crime in modern western culture and underscore the new importance given to crime and criminal events in historical studies. Written by both well-known historians and younger scholars from across the globe the essays reveal that there are important continuities in the history of crime and its representations in modern culture despite particularities of time and place. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138378315

Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture Today questions about how and why societies punish are deeply emotive and hotly contested. In Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture Claire Valier argues that criminal justice is a key site for the negotiation of new collective identities and modes of belonging. Exploring both popular cultural forms and changes in crime policies and criminal law Valier elaborates new forms of critical engagement with the politics of crime and punishment. In doing so the book discusses:· Teletechnologies punishment and new collectivities· The cultural politics of victims rights· Discourses on foreigners crime and diaspora· Terror the death penalty and the spectacle of violence.Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture makes a timely and important contribution to debate on the possibilities of justice in the media age. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138008595

Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture Today questions about how and why societies punish are deeply emotive and hotly contested. In Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture Claire Grant argues that criminal justice is a key site for the negotiation of new collective identities and modes of belonging. Exploring both popular cultural forms and changes in crime policies and criminal law  Grant elaborates on new forms of critical engagement with the politics of crime and punishment. In doing so the book discusses: teletechnologies punishment and new collectivities the cultural politics of victims rights discourses on foreigners crime and diaspora terror the death penalty and the spectacle of violence. Crime and Punishment in Contemporary Culture makes a timely and important contribution to debate on the possibilities of justice in the media age. This book is essential reading for undergraduates postgraduates and researchers interested in the area of crime and punishment. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203759196

Criminal Identities and Consumer CultureCrime Exclusion and the New Culture of Narcissm This book offers the first in-depth investigation into the relationship between today's criminal identities and consumer culture. Using unique data taken from criminals locked in areas of permanent recession the book aims to uncover feelings and attitudes towards a variety of criminal activities investigating the incorporation of hearts and minds into consumer culture's surrogate social world and highlighting the relationship between the lived identities of active criminals and the socio-economic climate of instability and anxiety that permeates post-industrial Britain. This book will be of interest to undergraduates postgraduates researchers and lecturers in all fields within the social sciences but especially criminology sociology social policy politics and anthropology. Media > Books > E-books Willan 9781843925866

Criminal Justice and Political Cultures As crime increasingly crosses national boundaries and international co-operation takes firmer shape so the development of ideas and policy on the control of crime has become an increasingly international and transnational affair. These developments call attention not just to the many points of convergence in the languages and practices of crime control but also to their persistent differences. This book is concerned both with the very specific issue of 'policy transfer' within the crime control arena and with the issues raised by a more broadly conceptualized idea of comparative policy analysis. The contributions in the book examine the different ways in which ostensibly similar vocabularies policies and practices are taken up and applied in the distinct settings they encounter. Media > Books > E-books Willan 9781843924395

Crisis in Soviet Agriculture This book first published in 1984 analyses the institutions and decision-making processes that determined agricultural production in the Soviet Union. It addresses the crisis in Soviet agriculture of the early 1980s examining the problems of low productivity adverse natural conditions and an underdeveloped infrastructure. The book’s analysis of the ‘crisis’ focuses on the growing gap between demand and supply of agricultural produce and the pressures on the government to alleviate the food shortages. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367356637

Critical Approaches to CareUnderstanding Caring Relations Identities and Cultures What does ‘care’ mean in contemporary society? How are caring relationships practised in different contexts? What resources do individuals and collectives draw upon in order to care for care with and care about themselves and others? How do such relationships and practices relate to broader social processes? Care shapes people’s everyday lives and relationships and caring relations and practices influence the economies of different societies. This interdisciplinary book takes a nuanced and context-sensitive approach to exploring caring relationships identities and practices within and across a variety of cultural familial geographical and institutional arenas. Grounded in rich empirical research and discussing key theoretical policy and practice debates it provides important yet often neglected international and cross-cultural perspectives. It is divided into four sections covering: caring within educational institutions; caring amongst communities and networks; caring and families; and caring across the life-course. Contributing to broader theoretical philosophical and moral debates associated with the ethics of care citizenship justice relationality and entanglements of power Critical Approaches to Care is an important work for students and academics studying caring and care work in the fields of health and social care sociology social policy anthropology education human geography and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138781788

Critical Geographies of CyclingHistory Political Economy and Culture Examining cycling from a range of geographical perspectives this book uses historical and contemporary case studies to look at the history politics economy and culture of cycling. Pursuing a post-structural position in viewing understandings of the bicycle as contingent upon time and place author Glen Norcliffe argues for the need for widespread processes such as gendered use of the bicycle the Cyclists’ Rights Movement and the globalization of bicycle-making to be interpreted in different ways in different settings. With this in mind the essays in the book are divided into two sections: relational aspects are examined as Spaces of Cycling which treats technological development innovation and the location of production and trade of cycles while Places of Cycling interprets specific sites of consumption - the streets of the city in the cycling clubs among men and women and at the trade show. Written from a geographer’s integrative perspective to offer a broad understanding of cycling this book will also be of interest to other social scientists in urban studies cultural studies technology and society sociology history and environmental planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547261

Critical issues in Plant Health50 years of research in African agriculture Plant health covers topics such as the safe handling and movement of germplasm and seed as well as the range of biotic threats faced by crops and the ways they can be managed to optimise yields and ensure safety and quality in crop production. These threats include viral bacterial and fungal diseases as well as the impact of insect pests and weeds. This collection summarises 50 years of research on plant health by the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) to improve the health of crops in Africa. The first part of the book reviews general issues such as pest and disease surveillance and the range of viruses affecting key African crops. Part 2 summarises key research on improving the health of major crops such as cassava maize yams and cocoyams bananas and plantains legumes vegetables and tree fruits. The final part of the book discusses ways of improving integrated pest management of insect pests diseases and weeds in sub-Saharan Africa. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429275555

Critical Perspectives on Hazing in Colleges and UniversitiesA Guide to Disrupting Hazing Culture This important resource explores the political cultural and historical context of hazing at colleges and universities and also highlights the diverse settings where hazing occurs on campus. Grounded in empirical practice and research chapter authors discuss current hazing policies and implications to student success while challenging dangerous and harmful hazing habits. Unpacking common myths this volume helps higher education and student affairs practitioners understand the implications of policy while providing best practices and practical tools for fostering safe and productive organizations on campus. Critical Perspectives on Hazing in Colleges and Universities helps readers continue to educate themselves in prevention while advocating for the lives of people affected by or vulnerable to hazing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138038523

Critical Queer StudiesLaw Film and Fiction in Contemporary American Culture Critical Queer Studies examines contemporary films and documentaries that dramatize the intersection of law and queer life analyzing the effects of legal doctrines-jury selection unwanted sexual advance negligence hate crimes and gay marriage-on the production and reception of queer film and fiction. Exploring the interaction of these discourses by discussing internationally-known American films the book demonstrates how the law maintains its hold over the queer subject through promoting certain ideological fictions and conversely how film and literature draw upon the material realities of queer legal status to dramatize conflicts between law and the marginalized subject. Critical Queer Studies synthesizes queer studies law and literature and film studies engaging these fields to show how the struggle for gay and lesbian rights has influenced the production of film and fiction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138271760

Critical Theories and the Budapest SchoolPolitics Culture Modernity Critical Theories and the Budapest School brings together new perspectives on the Budapest School in the context of contemporary developments in critical theory. Engaging with the work of the prominent group of figures associated with Georg Lukács this book sheds new light on the unique and nuanced critiques of modernity offered by this school informed as its members’ insights have been by first-hand experiences of Nazism Soviet-type societies and the liberal-democratic West. With studies of topics central to contemporary critical theory such as the political and historical consciousness of modernity the importance of bio-politics the complexity of the human condition and the relevance of comedy and friendship to developing critical perspectives the authors draw on the works of Ágnes Heller Maria Márkus György Márkus and Ferenc Fehér demonstrating their enduring relevance to critical theory today and the ways in which these philosophers can inform new perspectives on culture and politics. An innovative reassessment of the Budapest School and the importance of its legacy this book opens a much-needed and neglected dialogue with other schools and traditions of critical theorizing that will be of interest to scholars of sociology philosophy and social theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367332969

Cross-Cultural ExplorationsActivities in Culture and Psychology It is only in recent decades that psychology as an academic discipline has begun to recognize the importance of a cultural perspective. From cross-cultural psychology through to psychological anthropology psychologists have taken a number of approaches to studying the role of culture in human behavior. This comprehensive workbook is designed to facilitate students’ understanding and application of major concepts and principles of culture and psychology. The fully updated new edition features over 100 case studies self-administered scales mini-experiments and library research projects addressing topics such as culture race/ethnicity gender age sexual orientation disability and social class. Theoretical and guiding content is included in each chapter to embed the activities within key concepts and principles. Designed to contribute to the inclusion of cultural perspectives in the psychology curriculum this wide-ranging book provides students with hands-on experiences that facilitate the understanding and application of major concepts and principles in the study of culture and psychology. The workbook is supported by a substantial Instructor’s Manual that includes discussion questions video recommendations variations by course level and suggestions for expanded writing assignments.  See "Support Material" below for access.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138037083

Cross-Cultural ManagementCulture and Management across the World All cultures appear to share the belief that they do things ‘correctly’ while others until proven otherwise are assumed to be ignorant or barbaric. When people from different cultures work together and cannot take shared meanings for granted managers face serious challenges. An individual’s parsing of an experience and its meaning may vary according to several cultural scales – national professional industrial and local. Awareness of cultural differences and the willingness to view them as a positive are therefore crucial assets. This edited textbook sets itself apart from existing cross-cultural management texts by highlighting to the reader the need to avoid both ethnocentrism and the belief in the universality of his or her own values and ways of thinking: the success of international negotiations and intercultural management depends on such openness and acceptance of real differences. It encourages the development of ‘nomadic intelligence’ and the creative use of a culture’s resources according to a symbolic anthropology perspective. Through the essays and case studies in the chapters readers will become aware of the intercultural dimension of business activities and better understand how they affect work. Cross-Cultural Management will help interested parties – students of business management international relations and other disciplines and business managers and other professionals – develop their ability to interact take action and give direction in an intercultural context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415688185

Cross-Gender ChinaAcross Yin-Yang Across Cultures and Beyond Jingju Cross-Gender China the outcome of more than twenty years of theatrical and sociological research deconstructs the cultural implications of cross-gender performance in today's China.The recent revival in male-to-female cross-gender nandan performance in Chinese theatre raises a multitude of questions: it may suggest new gender dynamics or new readings of old aesthetic traditions in new socio-cultural contexts. Interrogating the positions of the gender being performed and the gender doing the performing this volume gives a broad cultural account of the contexts in which this unique performance style has found new life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367735937

Crossing CustomsInternational Students Write on U.S. College Life and Culture First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315053448

Crusader ArchaeologyThe Material Culture of the Latin East Crusader Archaeology examines what life was like for European settlers in the Latin East and how they were influenced by their new-found neighbours. Incorporating recent excavation results and the latest research this new edition updates the only detailed study of the material culture of the Frankish settlers in Israel Cyprus Syria and Jordan. Adrian Boas provides comprehensive coverage of the key topics connected to crusader archaeology including an examination of urban and rural settlements agriculture industry the military the church public and private architecture arts and crafts leisure pursuits death and burial and building techniques. There are also entirely new chapters on domestic architecture and disease injury and medical treatment. Drawing on the extensive experience of an established writer in the field Crusader Archaeology effectively combines a broad body of material to introduce readers to the archaeological research of the region. This well-illustrated volume is a crucial survey for all those interested in the Middle Ages and in particular the Crusades. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367872847

Cultivating a Data Culture in Higher Education Higher education institutions have experienced a sharp increase in demand for accountability. To meet the growing demand by legislators accreditors consumers taxpayers and parents for evidence of successful outcomes this important book provides higher education leaders and practitioners with actionable strategies for developing a comprehensive data culture throughout the entire institution. Exploring key considerations necessary for the development of an effective data culture in colleges and universities this volume brings together diverse voices and perspectives including institutional researchers senior academic leaders and faculty. Each chapter focuses on a critical element of managing or influencing a data culture approaches for breaking through common challenges and concludes with practical research-based implementation strategies. Collectively these strategies form a comprehensive list of recommendations for developing a data culture and becoming a change agent within your higher education institution. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138046801

Cultivating a Digital Culture for Effective Patient EngagementA Strategic Framework and Toolkit for Health-Provider Websites Cultivating a Digital Culture for Effective Patient Engagement offers a strategic framework for healthcare provider websites in order to support patient engagement and connected health initiatives. Referred to as the Health Empowerment Web Strategy Index (HEWSi) the proposed framework is complemented by a detailed "check list" of health empowerment items organizations should incorporate into their website design. A healthcare provider’s website should be an effective resource for empowering the health of patients no matter where patients are in their digital culture evolution. The challenge for many organizations is that patient engagement/connected health initiatives are frequently developed and managed separately from the organization’s digital marketing efforts. This book recognizes this disconnect and advocates for a reimaging of healthcare provider websites based on the four domains of the HEWSi strategic framework: (1) orienting; (2) enlightening; (3) aligning; and (4) personalizing. As a framework and toolkit HEWSi helps breakdown patient engagement silos within healthcare organizations by allowing varied functional teams (marketing; web developers; patient experience staff; clinical leaders; HIM/HIS personnel; etc.) to congregate around a shared pathway for conversing strategizing planning and developing an effective patient empowerment website. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780367024352

Cultural Archives of AtrocityEssays on the Protest Tradition in Kenyan Literature Culture and Society Studies on the aesthetic representations of atrocity the world over have taken different discursive dimensions from history sociology political to human rights. These perspectives are usually geared towards understanding the manifestations extent political and economic implications of atrocities. In all these cases representation has been the singular concern. Cultural Archives of Atrocity: Essays on the Protest Tradition in Kenyan Literature Culture and Society brings together generic ways of interrogating artistic representations of atrocity in Kenya. Couched on interdisciplinary multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches essays in this volume investigate representations of Atrocity in Kenyan Literature Film Popular Music and other mediated cultural art forms. Contributors to this volume not only bring on board multiple and competing perspectives on studying atrocity and how they are archived but provide refreshing and valuable insights in examining the artistic and cultural interpellations of atrocity within the socio-political imaginaries of the Kenyan nation. This volume forms part of the growing critical resources for scholars undertaking studies on atrocity within the fields of ethnic studies cultural studies postcolonial studies peace and conflict criminology psychology political economy and history in Kenya. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367205454

Cultural Difference and Material Culture in Middle English RomanceNormans and Saxons This book explores how the cultural distinctions and conflicts between Anglo-Saxons and Normans originating with the Norman Conquest of 1066 prevailed well into the fourteenth century and are manifest in a significant number of Middle English romances including King Horn Havelok the Dane Sir Orfeo Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and others. Specifically the study looks at how the material culture of these poems (architecture battle tactic landscapes) systematically and persistently distinguishes between Norman and Anglo-Saxon cultural identity. Additionally it examines the influence of the English Outlaw Tradition itself grounded in Anglo-Saxon resistance to the Norman Conquest as expressed in specific recurring scenes (disguise and infiltration forest exile) found in many Middle English romances. In the broadest sense a significant number of Middle English romances including some of the most well-read and often-taught set up a dichotomy of two ruling houses headed by a powerful lord who compete for power and influence. This book examines the cultural heritage behind each of these pairings to show how poets repeatedly contrast essentially Norman and Anglo-Saxon values and ruling styles.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367864798

Cultural Evolution and its DiscontentsCognitive Overload Parasitic Cultures and the Humanistic Cure People worry that computers robots interstellar aliens or Satan himself – brilliant stealthy ruthless creatures – may seize control of our world and destroy what’s uniquely valuable about the human race. Cultural Evolution and its Discontents shows that our cultural systems – especially those whose last names are "ism" – are already doing that and doing it so adeptly that we seldom even notice. Like other parasites they’ve blindly evolved to exploit us for their own survival. Creative arts and humanistic scholarship are our best tools for diagnosis and cure. The assemblages of ideas that have survived like the assemblages of biological cells that have survived are the ones good at protecting and reproducing themselves. They aren’t necessarily the ones that guide us toward our most admirable selves or our healthiest future. Relying so heavily on culture to protect our uniquely open minds from cognitive overload makes us vulnerable to hijacking by the systems that co-evolve with us. Recognizing the selfish Darwinian functions of these systems makes sense of many aspects of history politics economics and popular culture. What drove the Protestant Reformation? Why have the Beatles The Hunger Games and paranoid science-fiction thrived and how was hip-hop co-opted? What alliances helped neoliberalism out-compete Communism and what alliances might enable environmentalism to overcome consumerism? Why are multiculturalism and university-trained elites provoking working-class nationalist backlash? In a digital age how can we use numbers without having them use us instead? Anyone who has wondered how our species can be so brilliant and so stupid at the same time may find an answer here: human mentalities are so complex that we crave the simplifications provided by our cultures but the cultures that thrive are the ones that blind us to any interests that don’t correspond to their own. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367476564

Cultural Industries and the Production of Culture Since the Second World War there has been considerable growth in the importance of non-manufacturing based forms of production to the performance of many Western economies. Many countries have seen increased contributions being made by industries such as the media entertainment and artistic sectors. Gathering together a leading international multi disciplinary team of researchers this informative book presents cutting-edge perspectives on how these industries function their place in the new economy and how they can be harnessed for urban and regional economic and social development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415511315

Cultural Legal StudiesLaw's Popular Cultures and the Metamorphosis of Law What can law’s popular cultures do for law as a constitutive and interrogative critical practice?　 This collection explores such a question through the lens of the ‘cultural legal studies’ movement which proffers a new encounter with the ‘cultural turn’ in law and legal theory.　 Moving beyond the ‘law ands’ (literature humanities culture film visual and aesthetics) on which it is based this book demonstrates how the techniques and practices of cultural legal studies can be used to metamorphose law and the legalities that underpin its popular imaginary. By drawing on three different modes of cultural legal studies – storytelling technology and jurisprudence – the collection showcases the intersectional practices of cultural legal studies and law in its popular cultural mode. The contributors to the collection deploy differentiated modes of cultural legal studies practice adopting diverse philosophical disciplinary methodological and theoretical approaches and subjects of examination. The collection draws on this mix of diversity and homogeneity to thread together its overarching theme: that we must take seriously an interrogation of law as culture and in its cultural form. That is it does not ask how a text ‘represents’ law; but rather how the representational nature of both law and culture intersect so that the ‘juridical’ become visible in various cultural manifestations. In short it asks: how law’s popular cultures actively effect the metamorphosis of law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815382201

Cultural Studies and the 'Juridical Turn'Culture law and legitimacy in the era of neoliberal capitalism The relationship between culture and the law has become an emergent concern within contemporary Cultural Studies as a field but the recent focus has been largely limited to the role played by cultural representations and identity politics in the legitimation of legal discourse and policies. While continuing this emphasis this collection also looks at the law itself as a cultural production tracing some of the specific contours of its function in the last three decades. It argues that with the onset of neoliberal or late capitalism the law has taken on a new specificity and power leading to what we are calling the ‘juridical turn’ where the presumed legitimacy of the law makes other forms of hegemonic struggle secondary. The collection not only charts the law and cultural policy as they exert their powerful—if often overlooked—influence on every aspect of society and culture but it also seeks to define this important field of study and demonstrate the substantial role law plays in the production of our social and cultural worlds. In this trailblazing collection of contributions by leading and emerging figures in the field of cultural legal studies chapters examine various ways in which this process is manifested such as U.S. legislation and Supreme Court Decisions on gay marriage immigration consumer finance welfare copyright and so-called victim’s rights along with international comparisons from Europe and Latin America. It promises to be a pathbreaking analysis of our juridically-determined conjuncture. This book was originally published as a special issue of Cultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138502604

Cultural Sustainability and the Nature-Culture InterfaceLivelihoods Policies and Methodologies As contemporary socio-ecological challenges such as climate change and biodiversity preservation have become more important the three pillars concept has increasingly been used in planning and policy circles as a framework for analysis and action. However the issue of how culture influences sustainability is still an underexplored theme. Understanding how culture can act as a resource to promote sustainability rather than a barrier is the key to the development of cultural sustainability. This book explores the interfaces between nature and culture through the perspective of cultural sustainability. A cultural perspective on environmental sustainability enables a renewal of sustainability discourse and practices across rural and urban landscapes natural and cultural systems stressing heterogeneity and complexity. The book focuses on the nature-culture interface conceptualised as a place where experiences practices policies ideas and knowledge meet are negotiated discussed and resolved. Rather than looking for lost unities or an imaginary view of harmonious relationships between humans and nature based in the past it explores cases of interfaces that are context-sensitive and which consciously convey the problems of scale and time. While calling attention to a cultural or ‘culturalised’ view of the sustainability debate this book questions the radical nature-culture dualism dominating positive modern thinking as well as its underlying view of nature as pre-given and independent from human life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367855796

Cultural TechnologiesThe Shaping of Culture in Media and Society The essays in this volume discuss both the culture of technology that we live in today and culture as technology. Within the chapters of the book cultures of technology and cultural technologies are discussed focussing on a variety of examples from varied national contexts. The book brings together internationally recognised scholars from the social sciences and humanities covering diverse themes such as intellectual property server farms and search engines cultural technologies and epistemology virtual embassies surveillance peer-to-peer file-sharing sound media and nostalgia and much more. It contains both historical and contemporary analyses of technological phenomena as well as epistemological discussions on the uses of technology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138811522

Cultural Theory and Popular CultureA Reader The fifth edition of John Storey’s successful Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader is an essential companion volume to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction now in its eighth edition. The reader offers students the opportunity to experience first-hand the theorists and critics discussed in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction through crucial articles and essays spanning over a hundred years of cultural theory. It can be used both in conjunction with and independently of the textbook. Taken as a whole this book provides a theoretical analytical and historical introduction to the study of popular culture and provides key primary coverage of fundamental issues in cultural studies. This edition includes: a new section on class as well as additional readings on sexuality and gender; fully revised general and section introductions from the editor contextualizing and linking the readings with key issues from the textbook; a fully updated bibliography. The new edition is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies media studies communication studies the sociology of culture popular culture and other related subjects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815393542

Cultural Theory and Popular CultureAn Introduction In this ninth edition of his award-winning introduction John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity exemplified through popular culture means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines. Retaining the accessible approach of previous editions and using appropriate examples from the texts and practices of popular culture this new edition remains a key introduction to the area. New to this edition: updated throughout with contemporary examples of popular culture revised and expanded sections on Richard Hoggart and Utopian Marxism brand new discussions on Black Lives Matter and intersectionality updated student resources at www.routledge.com/cw/storey This new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies media studies communication studies the sociology of culture popular culture and other related subjects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367820602

Cultural Theory and Popular CultureAn Introduction In this eighth edition of his award-winning Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity exemplified through popular culture means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines. Retaining the accessible approach of previous editions and using appropriate examples from the texts and practices of popular culture this new edition remains a key introduction to the area. New to this edition: revised rewritten and updated throughout brand new chapter on class and popular culture updated student resources at www.routledge.com/cw/storey. The new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies media studies communication studies the sociology of culture popular culture and other related subjects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415786621

Culture What are the qualities and properties that make something cultural? What does claiming something as cultural allow us to do? Culture offers students a workable understanding of the category ‘culture’ and explores how the realm of the ‘cultural’ can be practically explored as a way of understanding the world. Ben Highmore provides a clear and robust defence of the productivity of cultural analysis in a media saturated world while also instilling a sense of modesty in qualifying what can and can’t be accomplished in the name of cultural analysis. With extensive examples and case studies throughout the book demonstrates both the productivity and the limitations in orientating analysis to the cultural. A thought-provoking and engaging examination Culture is an ideal introductory text for students of media and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415672740

Culture Aesthetics and Affect in Ubiquitous MediaThe Prosaic Image This book argues that ubiquitous media and user-created content establish a new perception of the world that can be called ‘particulate vision’ involving a different relation to reality that better represents the atomization of contemporary experience especially apparent in social media. Drawing on extensive original research including detailed ethnographic investigation of camera phone practices in Hong Kong as well as visual analysis identifying the patterns regularities and genres of such work it shows how new distributed forms of creativity and subjectivity now work to shift our perceptions of the everyday. The book analyses the specific features of these new developments – the components of what can be called a ‘general aesthesia’ – and it focuses on the originality and innovation of amateur practices developing a model for making sense of the huge proliferation of images in contemporary culture discovering rhythms and tempo in this work and showing why it matters. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815374831

Culture Architecture and NatureAn Ecological Design Retrospective Gathering his most compelling essays and addresses from the last fifty years in one accessible volume this book looks at the pioneering ideas that underpin Sim Van der Ryn’s ecological design philosophy. It offers a unique decade-by-decade retrospective of the key issues in environmental design beginning with the most recent years and looking back to the 1960s. With an introductory chapter and further recommended reading for each decade this book is key reading for any architect or designer practising today and students will find a wealth of knowledge with which to support their studies. The author’s beautiful illustrations painted in a corresponding timescale to the chapters offer further insight into the way he understands the challenges of humanity’s stewardship of our planet. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415839679

Culture Behavior and PersonalityAn Introduction to the Comparative Study of Psychosocial Adaptation This book presents an overview of the sense of theoretical problem in culture and personality research and a biological perspective on culture and the individual. It describes relations between psychological theory and method and explores the psychology of culture and social change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521865

Culture Bodies and the Sociology of Health Culture Bodies and the Sociology of Health explores the boundaries between bodies and society with special reference to uncovering the cultural components of health and the ways in which bodies are categorized according to a form of culturally embedded 'health orthodoxy'. Illustrating the importance of contextualizing the body as a cultural entity this book demonstrates that the spaces and boundaries between healthy bodies are becoming more diverse than ever before. The volumes international team of scholars engage with a range of issues surrounding the cultural construction of the body as a site of health and illness. As such it will be of interest not only to sociologists especially sociologists of health but also to scholars of media and communication studies as well as cultural theorists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138382862

Culture Capitals and Graduate FuturesDegrees of class In a time of too many graduates for too few jobs and in a context where applicants have similar levels of educational capital what other factors influence graduate career trajectories? Based on the life history interviews of graduates and framed through a Bourdieusian sociological lens Culture Capitals and Graduate Futures explores the continuing role that social class as well as cultural and social capitals have on both the aspirations and expectations towards and the trajectories within the graduate labour market. Framed within the current context of increasing levels of university graduates and the falling numbers of graduate positions available in the UK labour market this book provides a critical examination of the supposedly linear and meritocratic relationship between higher education and graduate employment proposed by official discourses from government at both local and national levels. Through a critical engagement with the empirical findings Culture Capitals and Graduate Futures asks important questions for the effective continuation of the widening participation agenda. This timely book will be of interest to higher education professionals working within widening participation policy and higher education policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138840546

Culture Celebrity and the CemeteryHollywood Forever Monuments and memorials commemorating the dead and past events around the world have recently gained importance not least because we are living in an era in which many are driven to record and archive the events of their lives. Cemeteries in particular are increasingly viewed as places associated with popular culture and cultural memory with many now being considered as heritage tourism sites. Culture Celebrity and the Cemetery analyses the famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles USA examining how the cemetery presents itself as an attraction whilst also safeguarding and promoting cultural heritage. Focusing on an analysis of the articulation and performance of commemoration Levitt examines how the cemetery leverages its rich resources to draw visitors and the diverse ways in which visitors interact with the cemetery considering the influence of celebrity culture fandoms and cinema culture. Combining ethnographic research with cultural analysis the book situates Hollywood Forever in the context of cemetery development in the United States and argues that touristic visits to cemeteries more generally have become similar to visits to more traditional memorials. Providing more than just a critical analysis of this fascinating cemetery as a landscape of famous death Levitt coherently weaves the theme of cultural memory and meaning-making throughout every chapter. Offering the first book-length study of the cultural impact of Hollywood Forever in particular and the cemetery as public heritage space in general Culture Celebrity and the Cemetery will be of interest to scholars and students of heritage studies and tourism around the world.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138609785

Culture Censorship and the State in Twentieth-century Italy This book brings together literary critics political historians historians of literature cinema and theatre and cultural sociologists to elucidate a fundamental area of enquiry into modern Italian history: the nature and scope of relations between the state and the cultural sphere. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367604981

Culture Change and Community in Higher EducationBuilding Evolving and Re-Building Learning Environments Addressing the contemporary issues relating to the delivery of education Culture Change and Community in Higher Education explores the challenges of creating effective learning communities. Focusing on the creation and implementation of strategies which permeate and influence culture and enable staff to innovate this book: considers the balance between a focus on people places pedagogy and technology encourages the reader to explore the steps that can be taken to inspire creativity collaboration and connectivity through the provision of learning environments which are both accessible and engaging employs case studies and examples to consider ways to support the creation of an effective and inclusive learning community offers both strategic and operational perspectives into creating learning spaces and evoking effective change Culture Change and Community in Higher Education offers insight into a topic that is becoming ever more important with the implementation of the Teaching Excellence Framework. It is a must-read for Higher Education managers looking to implement effective and inclusive learning environments within their university. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367183448

Culture Class and Critical TheoryBetween Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School Culture Class and Critical Theory develops a theory of culture that explains how ideas create and legitimate class inequalities in modern society. This theory is developed through a critique and comparison of the powerful ideas on culture offered by Pierre Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School thinkers especially Theodor Adorno. These ideas are illuminated and criticized through the development of two empirical cases on which Gartman has published extensively automobile design and architecture. Bourdieu and the Frankfurt School postulate opposite theories of the cultural legitimation of class inequalities. Bourdieu argues that the culture of modern society is a class culture a ranked diversity of beliefs and tastes corresponding to different classes. The cultural beliefs and practices of the dominant class are arbitrarily defined as superior thus legitimating its greater share of social resources. By contrast the thinkers of the Frankfurt School conceive of modern culture as a mass culture a leveled homogeneity in which the ideas and tastes shared by all classes disguises real class inequalities. This creates the illusion of an egalitarian democracy that prevents inequalities from being contested. Through an empirical assessment of the theories against the cases Gartman reveals that both are correct but for different parts of modern culture. These parts combine to provide a strong legitimation of class inequalities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138920583

Culture Class and Development in PakistanThe Emergence of an Industrial Bourgeoisie in Punjab This book is concerned with social change in Pakistan particularly the relationship between indigenous sociocultural orientations the development process and the rise of a new middle-level entrepreneurial class in the Punjab. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367014605

Culture Communication and CyberspaceRethinking Technical Communication for International Online Environments The increasingly global nature of the World Wide Web presents new challenges and opportunities for technical communicators who must develop content for clients or colleagues from other cultures and in other nations. As international online access grows technical communicators will encounter a range of challenges related to culture and communication in cyberspace. These challenges include how to design content and develop services for online distribution to a culturally diverse audience of users; how to address cultural and linguistic factors effectively when collaborating with international colleagues and clients via online media; and how to develop effective online teaching and training practices and materials for use in learning environments comprised of culturally diverse groups of students. The contributors to Culture Communication and Cyberspace examine these challenges through chapters that explore the different aspects of international online communication. The contributing authors use a range of methodologies to review a variety of topics related to culture and communication in cyberspace. In so doing the authors also examine how business trends such as international outsourcing content management and the use of open source software (OSS) are affecting and could change practices in the field of technical communication as related to online cross-cultural interactions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415403184

Culture Communication and Nursing Good communication is an essential part of delivering effective nursing care.  Nursing students work in a variety of multicultural settings and therefore it is imperative that they fully understand their own cultural context and that of others.  This text illustrates the important differences between cultures and how these differences can enhance practical nursing.  Through the comprehensive use of case studies and interactive exercises  the book invites students to reflect on their own knowledge and skills about culture so that they can learn to communicate in a more effective and culturally sensitive way.  All theory is applied to nursing practice to demonstrate how situations can arise and be dealt with appropriately whilst working on clinical placement.  This text is written for students studying the CFP at Year 1.  Communication will be studied either as part of a Professional Issues module or Nursing Practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138837577

Culture Community and Development Culture is a living thing. In social settings it is often used to represent entire ways of life including rules values and expected behavior. Varying from nation to nation neighborhood to neighborhood and beyond even in the smallest localities culture is a motivating factor in the creation of social identity and serves as a basis for creating cohesion and solidarity. This book explores the intersection of culture and community as a basis for locally and regionally based development by focusing on three core bodies of literature: theory research and practice. The first section theory uncovers some of the relevant historical arguments as well as more contemporary examinations. Continuing the research section sheds light on some of the key concepts variables and relationships present in the limited study of culture in community development. Finally the practice section brings together research and theory into applied examples from on the ground efforts. During a time where the interest to retain the uniqueness of local life traditions and culture is significantly increasing in community-based development the authors offer a global exploration of the impacts of culturally based development with comparative analysis in countries such as Korea Ireland and the United States. A must-read for community development planners policymakers students and researchers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138593961

Culture Conflict And Communication In The Wildland-urban Interface This book discusses culture conflict and communication issues in a wildland-urban interface setting. It provides some insight and greater knowledge concerning the management and science of natural resources in a wildland-urban interface. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367161385

Culture Conflict and the Military in Colonial South Asia This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asia’s imperial military history. Unlike prevailing studies the chapters in the volume emphasize both the vital role of culture in framing imperial military practice and the multiple cultural effects of colonial military service and engagements. The volume spans from the early East India Company period through to the Second World War and India’s independence exploring themes such as the military in the field and at leisure as well as examining the effects of imperial deployments in South Asia and across the British Empire. Drawing extensively on new archival research the book integrates previously disparate accounts of imperial military history and raises new questions about culture and operational practice in the colonial Indian Army. This work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history war and strategic studies military history the British Empire as well as politics and international relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367345167

Culture Curiosity and Communication in Scientific DiscoveryThe Eye in Ideas Many aspects of research activity in science are opaque to outsiders and this opacity infects how connections are made between science and other disciplines. The aim of Culture Curiosity and Communication in Scientific Discovery is to try to shine a light through the mist of scientific research by way of examples taken from the sciences social sciences and the humanities. The book maintains that the foundations of science are built on sand because theories come and go and the search for truth is elusive. Knowledge acquisition appears to be an end in itself as though knowledge is some sort of commodity or object that can be traded. Nigel Sanitt explains that we have created a mythical objective world where we pretend that opinions and values are generated by data alone and not by human beings. Science is part of our culture and part of the understanding of science is bound up with recognizing the social economic and political ramifications as they apply to science. Culture Curiosity and Communication in Scientific Discovery is a radical interpretation of how science works and aims to change the way scientists and non-scientists think about science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138625587

Culture Development and PetroleumAn Ethnography of the High North The discovery just forty years ago of vast oil and gas reserves in the Southwestern part of Norway and more recently in the Arctic High North region created an economic titan and posed a vast array of challenges for both the Norwegian government and the residents of this area. How to extract and transport all that oil and gas without despoiling the pristine environment? How to use this wealth in a socially responsible and sustainable way? How to prepare the rural High North citizens—traditionally fishermen and farmers—for a global high-tech economy?　 Adopting an original narrative approach to qualitative research this book tells the stories of 21 individuals either living or having a genuine interest in the High North from mayors and entrepreneurs to farmers and fishermen. Through these first-hand meetings it constructs an ethnographic study that reveals how petroleum and development have impacted on the regional economy and culture. This book will be of interest to all stakeholders in the oil and gas industry and for students and scholars of organization studies cultural and communication studies environmental anthropology natural resource management and sustainable development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138210271

Culture Diaspora and Modernity in Muslim Writing Fiction by writers of Muslim background forms one of the most diverse vibrant and high-profile corpora of work being produced today - from the trail-blazing writing of Salman Rushdie and Hanif Kureishi which challenged political and racial orthodoxies in the 1980s to that of a new generation including Mohsin Hamid Nadeem Aslam and Kamila Shamsie. This collection reflects the variety of those fictions. Experts in English South Asian and postcolonial literatures address the nature of Muslim identity: its response to political realignments since the 1980s its tensions between religious and secular models of citizenship and its manifestation of these tensions as conflict between generations. In considering the perceptions of Muslims contributors also explore the roles of immigration class gender and national identity as well as the impact of 9/11. This volume includes essays on contemporary fiction by writers of Muslim origin and non-Muslims writing about Muslims. It aims to push beyond the habitual populist 'framing' of Muslims as strangers or interlopers whose ways and beliefs are at odds with those of modernity exposing the hide-bound conservative assumptions that underpin such perspectives. While returning to themes that are of particular significance to diasporic Muslim cultures such as secularism modernity multiculturalism and citizenship the essays reveal that 'Muslim writing' grapples with the same big questions as serve to exercise all writers and intellectuals at the present time: How does one reconcile the impulses of the individual with the requirements of community? How can one 'belong' in the modern world? What is the role of art in making sense of chaotic contemporary experience? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138851580

Culture Discourse and the Workplace *SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 BAAL BOOK PRIZE* Culture Discourse and the Workplace brings new theoretical and methodological insights to the complex relationship between language culture and identity in professional settings. Examining the politics of language use at work via a critical sociolinguistic approach this book: Utilises three case studies from institutional and business contexts to provide a unique illustration of participants’ roles and ways of negotiating membership within the business meeting; Questions essentialist meanings of culture and the ways in which they constitute a powerful resource for employees to perpetuate or challenge the status quo in their professional setting; Includes a core section on methodology for the workplace discourse researcher as well as a section dedicated to FAQs and a worked example on data analysis; Provides future directions for workplace sociolinguistics as a field and makes a case for holistic research and multidisciplinary enquiry. Culture Discourse and the Workplace constitutes a key resource for students and teachers of intercultural communication and ESP and will also be of significant interest to researchers in the fields of workplace studies and business interaction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415523967

Culture Education and the State First published in 1988 this book is built around the trio of interrelated themes of ‘The State’ ‘Culture’ and ‘Education’. The essays look at a variety of institutions including the BBC The British Library and the Arts Council and discuss the educational roles that they adopt and how they set the national cultural agenda. They also explor Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138629257

Culture Ethnicity and Personal Relationship Processes Culture Ethnicity and Personal Relationship Processes reviews new theory and research on personal relationships among African Latina/o and Asian Americans as well as personal relationships among different ethnic groups. The collection focuses on the give and take of affection and respect in personal relationships as influenced by specific cultural values. Using diverse strands of research from psychology psychiatry sociology and other disciplines the contributors take both a retrospective and a prospective look at ethnicity and the reciprocity of affectionate and respectful behavior. Throughout the book the reader will be challenged to take stock of common misperceptions currently blocking the way to a greater understanding of relational dynamics as a function of ethnicity.Contributors: Raymond Buriel James Liu and Diana Rios. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315811420

Culture Ethnicity and Chronic ConditionsA Global Synthesis The global burden of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as hypertension diabetes and cancers and of common mental disorders such as depression and anxiety has a disproportionate impact on the low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) of Africa Asia and Latin America. The pattern persists in African and Asian migrant populations in European and North American countries despite the higher standards of living and improved health infrastructure. The consensus of experts is that pragmatic cost-effective and sustainable interventions are required and that these must prioritise the social determinants of NCDs as well as the social participation of affected communities. Despite the growing emphasis on the role of social processes in health system responses to chronic disease in LMICs there has been no definitive volume that brings together LMIC perspectives on these issues. This book aims to address this major gap by presenting new conceptual and empirical perspectives on the interconnections between culture ethnicity and chronic conditions in LMICs and their implications for research intervention and policy. The chapters focus on lay and institutional meanings experiences and responses to chronic conditions in selected countries in Africa Europe and the Caribbean. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnicity and Health. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138953963

Culture Ethnicity and Migration After CommunismThe Pontic Greeks This book addresses the issue of emerging transnationalism in the conditions of post-socialism through focusing on migrants’ identity as a social construction resulting from their experience of the ‘transnational circuit of culture’ as well as from post-Soviet shifts in political and economic conditions in their home regions. Anton Popov draws upon ethnographic research conducted among Greek transnational migrants living on the Black Sea coast and in the North Caucasus regions of Russia who have become involved in extensive cross-border migration between the former Soviet Union (the Russian Federation Kazakhstan and Georgia) and Greece (as well as Cyprus). It is estimated that more than 150 000 former Soviet citizens of Greek origin have resettled in Greece since the late 1980s. Yet many of those who emigrate do not cut their connections with the home communities in Russia but instead establish their own transnational circuit of travel between Greece and Russia. This study demonstrates how migrants employ their ethnicity as symbolic capital available for investment in transnational migration. Simultaneously they rework their practices of family networking property relations and political participation in a way which strengthens their attachment to the local territory. The findings presented in the book imply that the social identities economic strategies political practices and cultural representation of the Russia’s Pontic Greeks are all deeply embedded in the shifting social and cultural landscape of post-Soviet Russia and extensively influenced by the global movement of ideas goods and people. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367596415

Culture Health and Development in South AsiaArsenic Poisoning in Bangladesh Recently mass arsenic poisoning of groundwater has emerged as a disastrous public health concern in Bangladesh. Apart from hundreds of deaths that have already been reported 85 million people are estimated to be at high risk of developing deadly arsenicosis symptoms. The severity and extent of arsenicosis have obliged the government of Bangladesh to declare it the "worst national disaster" the country has ever faced and further to be deemed a "state of emergency." To fight this pervasive public health disaster the Bangladesh government has collaborated with the international and national NGOs to implement development projects to provide arsenic-free water to rural villagers. Drawing upon ethnographic research in rural Southwestern Bangladesh this book discusses arsenic contamination and its resultant health impact from a medical anthropological and anthropology of development perspectives. It examines how the actual patients perceive explain manage and respond to this catastrophic public health outbreak and goes on to analyse how such lay perceptions shape health-seeking behaviour of subjects in a medically plural context. To make the issue more holistic this book further examines mitigation strategies and community participation in these projects. Challenging approaches to development and development project management the book is of interest to policy makers practitioners and academics working in the field of development studies South Asian studies medical anthropology anthropology and sociology of development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367877712

Culture Health and DiseaseSocial and cultural influences on health programmes in developing countries Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile this volume was originally published in 1966 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes or as a complete collection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138881389

Culture Health and SexualityAn Introduction The last twenty years have seen a growth in multi-disciplinary work in the area of sexuality culture and health. What was once a set of specialist concerns has been steadily mainstreamed. Alongside this a broader interest has developed in ‘social’ and 'cultural’ factors relating to sexuality and sexual health from family planning and STI management to gender and intimate partner violence and the technologisation of sex. This book offers a research-based overview of key topics relevant to social and cultural perspectives on sexuality and sexual health. Beginning with an extended introduction and divided into six sections it looks at culture sex and gender sexual diversity sex work migration and sexual violence. Each section opens with an editorial discussion which places the theme and the chapters that follow in a contemporary context. Six additional substantive chapters can be accessed online at www.routledge.com/cw/aggleton. Including cutting-edge conceptual and empirical material from around the world this is a key resource for students in and across a variety of academic disciplines in the social and health sciences. It is especially suitable for readers from sexuality studies gender studies development studies anthropology and sociology as well as those with public health and social work backgrounds. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138015593

Culture Heritage and RepresentationPerspectives on Visuality and the Past The 'visual' has long played a crucial role in forming experiences associations expectations and understandings of heritage. Images convey meaning within a range of practices including tourism identity construction the popularization of the past through a variety of media and the memorialization of events. However despite the central role of 'the visual' in these contexts it has been largely neglected in heritage literature. This edited collection is the first to explore the production use and consumption of visual imagery as an integral part of heritage. Drawing on case studies from around the world it provides a multidisciplinary analysis of heritage representations combining complex understandings of the 'visual' from a wide range of disciplines including heritage studies sociology and cultural studies perspectives. In doing so the book provides a comprehensive overview of the theoretical and methodological tools necessary for understanding visual imagery within its cultural context. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138273382

Culture Identity and Intense PerformativityBeing in the Zone ‘Being in the zone' means performing in a distinctive unusual pleasurable and highly competent way at something you already regularly do: dancing or playing a viola computer programming tennis and much more. What makes the zone special? This volume offers groundbreaking research that brings sociological and cultural studies to bear on the idea of being in the zone. There is original research on musicians dancers and surfers which shows that being in the zone far from being exclusively individualised and private but must be understood as social and collective and possibly accessible to all. The zone is not just for elite performers.Being in the zone is not just the province of the athlete who suddenly and seemingly without extra effort swims faster or jumps higher or the musician who suddenly plays more than perfectly but also of the doctor working under intense pressure or the computer programmer staying up all night. The meaning of such experiences for convincing people to work in intense conditions often with short term contracts is explored to show how being in the zone can have problematic effects and have negative and constraining as well as creative and productive implications.Often being in the zone is understood from a psychological viewpoint but this can limit our understanding. This volume provides the first in-depth analysis of being in the zone from social and cultural viewpoints drawing on a range of theories and novel evidence.Written in a stimulating and accessible style Culture Identity and Intense Performativity: Being in the Zone will strongly appeal to students and researchers who aim to understand the experience of work creativity musicianship and sport. Issues of the body are also central to being in the zone and will make this book relevant to anyone studying 　bodies and embodiment . This collection will establish being in the zone as an important area of enquiry for social science and the humani Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367875114

Culture Ideology And World Order Contemporary discourse about human affairs is largely grounded in the specific historical experience and interests of a few dominant societies. This poses an important challenge to all those who urge that we need to adopt a global perspective on modern political life whether in terms of international relations comparative and developmental politi Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429044878

Culture Ideology and Politics (Routledge Revivals)Essays for Eric Hobsbawm First published in 1982 this book is inspired the ideas generated by Eric Hobsbawm and has taken shape around a unifying preoccupation with the symbolic order and its relationship to political and religious belief. It explores some of the oldest question in Marxist historiography for example the relationship of ‘base’ and ‘superstructure’ art and social life and also some of the newest and most problematic questions such as the relationship of dreams and fantasy to political action or of past and present — historical consciousness — to the making of ideology. The essays which range widely over period and place are intended to break new ground and take on difficult questions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138671218

Culture Industrialisation and Education First published in 1968 Culture Industrialisation and Education explores the cultural values that underlie the content of educational provisions and the way in which industrialisation and the mass communication characteristic of advanced technology have affected what is offered in schools. The book puts forward the argument that the traditional curriculum with its emphasis on cognitive and intellectual processes is in many cases irrelevant to the needs of children whose futures are in occupations that do not centre on academic pursuits. It highlights the distinct lack of provision for these children at a time when a fuller and longer secondary education is being attempted for the whole population. Culture Industrialisation and Education will appeal to those with an interest in the history and sociology of education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367650681

Culture Innovation and the Economy This is a handbook for the cultural entrepreneur offering some of the best examples on practice franchises research innovation and business opportunities in the cultural sector. The key theme is the contribution and possibilities of the cultural economy as a business with a strong supporting subtext on innovative practice. The book illustrates the theme by providing multiple practice-based and empirical examples from an international panel of experts. Each contribution provides an accessible and easily accessed bank of knowledge on which existing practice can be grown and new projects undertaken. It provides an eclectic mix of possibilities that reinforce and underscore the full innovative and complex potential of the cultural economy. Topics include a review of the global and regional economic benefits of the cultural economy evidence-based analysis of the culture industries and an outline of the top ten cultural opportunities for business. This collection transcends the space between theory and practice to combine culture and innovation and understand their importance to a wider economy. This is essential reading for researchers and practitioners interested in entrepreneurship non-profit management art and visual culture and public finance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138219014

Culture Institution and Development in ChinaThe economics of national character How does culture shape history and history shape culture? This book answers this question by bringing readers on a fascinating journey through the evolution of Chinese culture political and legal institutions and "national character" of historical and contemporary China. It illustrates how "national character" evolves endogenously along with an institutional environment through the use of economic theories. Recognizing the unique role of "personality" in violence and social order – important variables that contribute to successful economies the book provides a meaningful take on "personality" from the "average personality" of a country’s people. It analyses the relationship between culture institution and "national character" providing gainful interesting insights into the monumental transformation of China. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367374648

Culture Institutions and DevelopmentNew Insights Into an Old Debate Does culture matter? This question has taken on added significance since fundamentalist revivalism has recently gained ground in different parts of the world. The old controversy between Max Weber and Karl Marx which centres around the extent to which cultural factors such as social norms and values affect economic growth is of critical importance particularly because of its policy implications. Indeed if culture is not an autonomous factor susceptible to influencing economic realities it should not matter and public authorities can dispense with thinking about cultural interventions. On the other hand if culture does have a real impact the question arises as to whether it is conducive or detrimental to economic growth political liberalization and the emancipation of individuals among other things. Culture Institutions and Development addresses this debate at a concrete level by looking at five important issues: the role of tradition and its influence on development; the role of religion with special reference to Middle Eastern countries; the role of family kinship and ethnic ties in the process of development; the relationship between culture and entrepreneurship; and the relationship between culture and poverty. This collection offers a nuanced view that neither denies nor exaggerates the role of cultural factors in explaining relative growth performances across countries. Instead the contributors focus on the dynamic two-way relationship between culture and development in a way that stresses policy stakes and the value of multidisciplinary collaboration between economists historians and other social scientists. This book will be of interest to postgraduates and researchers in all the social sciences as well as to professionals working in national development agencies international organisations and Non-Governmental Organisations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415749961

Culture Language and IdentityEnglish�Tamil In Colonial India 1750 To 1900 This volume examines the relationship between language and power across cultural boundaries. It evaluates the vital role of translation in redefining culture and ethnic identity. During the first phase of colonialism mid-18th to late-19th century the English-speaking missionaries and East India Company functionaries in South India were impelled to master Tamil the local language in order to transact their business. Tamil also comprised ancient classical literary works especially ethical and moral literature which were found especially suited to the preferences of Christian missionaries.This interface between English and Tamil acted as a conduit for cultural transmission among different groups. The essays in this volume are on chosen areas of translation activities and explore cultural religious linguistic and literary transactions. This volume and its companion (which looks at the period between 1900 CE to the present) cover the late colonial and postcolonial era and will be of interest to students scholars and researchers of translation studies literature linguistics sociology and social anthropology South Asian studies colonial and postcolonial studies literary and critical theory as well as culture studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367886554

Culture Learning and TechnologyResearch and Practice Culture Learning and Technology: Research and Practice provides readers with an overview of the research on culture learning and technology (CLT) and introduces the concept of culture-related theoretical frameworks. In 13 chapters the book explores the theoretical and philosophical views of CLT presents research studies that examine various aspects of CLT and showcases projects that employ best practices in CLT. Written for researchers and students in the fields of Educational Technology Instructional Design and the Learning Sciences this volume represents a broad conceptualization of CLT and encompasses a variety of settings. As the first significant collection of research in this emerging field of study Culture Learning and Technology overflows with new insights into the increasing role of technology use across all levels of education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138928534

Culture Media LanguageWorking Papers in Cultural Studies 1972-79 First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138132139

Culture Migration and Health Communication in a Global Context Both international and internal migration brings new challenges to public health systems. This book aims to critically review theoretical frameworks and literature as well as discuss new practices and lessons related to culture migration and health communication in different countries. It features research and applied projects conducted by scholars from various disciplines including media and communication public health medicine and nursing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367885182

Culture Modernity and RevolutionEssays in Honour of Zygmunt Bauman In Culture Modernity and Revolution a group of distinguished sociologists and social philosophers reflect upon the major concerns of Zygmunt Bauman. Their essays not only honour the man but provide important contributions to the three interlinked themes that could be said to form the guiding threads of Bauman's life work: power culture and modernity. Culture Modernity and Revolution is both a remarkable sociological commentary on the problems facing East-Central Europe and an exposition of some of the key hitherto neglected features of the modern cultural universe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138990555

Culture Peers and Delinquency Increase your understanding of the etiology prevention and treatment of delinquency! This informative book provides you with specific strategies to assess delinquency and to increase the effectiveness of any prevention program. In addition it presents a community peer model of delinquency with important implications for delinquency prevention programs and for delinquency research. Examining specific cultural groups in the United States including Caucasians East Asians South-East Asians Polynesians/Micronesians and Vietnamese as well as Japanese youths in their homeland this model shows how families schools and neighborhoods affect the formation of peer groups—and how these groups can facilitate or inhibit delinquency. Culture Peers and Delinquency explores the interplay of historical traditional culture with contemporary youth culture. It also examines the relationship between individual outcome and community disorganization and illustrates how peer relationships are conditioned by gender. The book will increase your understanding of the etiology prevention and treatment of delinquency with examples that show treatment alternatives and outcomes focusing on: intercultural differences in major descriptors of the attitudes and activities of youth the demographics economics and history as well as a fascinating and disturbing cultural analysis of the ever-increasing rate of juvenile delinquency in Japan the influence of peers and culture on Vietnamese youth gangs in Honolulu gender-difference studies of mixed-culture incarcerated adolescents—and what these youths have to say about the detention facility where they go to school a careful analysis of homes schools and neighborhoods in terms of their dysfunctions and how they increase the likelihood that their youth will spend time with similar peers and without adult supervision Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315808758

Culture Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London 2018 Choice Outstanding Academic Title ******************************** The Late-Victorian cultural mission to London’s slums was a peculiar effort towards social reform that today is largely forgotten or misunderstood. The philanthropy of middle and upper-class social workers saw hundreds of art exhibitions concerts of fine music evening lectures clubs and socials debates and excursions mounted for the benefit of impoverished and working-class Londoners. Ginn’s vivid and provocative book captures many of these in detail for the first time. In refreshing our understanding of this obscure but eloquent activism Ginn approaches cultural philanthropy not simply as a project of class self-interest nor as fanciful ‘missionary aestheticism.’ Rather he shows how liberal aspirations towards adult education and civic community can be traced in a number of centres of moralising voluntary effort. Concentrating on Toynbee Hall in Whitechapel the People’s Palace in Mile End Red Cross Hall in Southwark and the Bermondsey Settlement the discussion identifies the common impulses animating practical reformers across these settings. Drawing on new primary research to clarify reformers’ underlying intentions and strategies Ginn shows how these were shaped by a distinctive diagnosis of urban deprivation and anomie. In rebutting the common view that cultural philanthropy was a crudely paternalistic attempt to impose ‘rational recreation’ on the poor this volume explores its sources in a liberal-minded social idealism common to both religious and secular conceptions of social welfare in this period. Culture Philanthropy and the Poor in Late-Victorian London appeals to students and researchers of Victorian culture moral reform urbanism adult education and philanthropy who will be fascinated by this underrated but lively aspect of the period’s social activism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367356767

Culture Political Economy and Civilisation in a Multipolar World OrderThe Case of Russia This book seeks to understand how Russia’s multifaceted rejection of American unipolarity and de-territorialised neo-liberal capitalism has contributed to the gestation of the present multipolar moment in the global political economy. Analysing Western world order precepts via the actions of a powerful albeit precarious national political economy and state structure situated on the periphery of Western world order Silvius explores the manner in which culture and ideas are mobilised for the purposes of national regional and international political and economic projects in a post-global age. The book: Explains and analyses the tensions of post-Soviet Russia’s integration into and simultaneous partial rejection of the capitalist global political economy. Provides an overview of the social political and historical origins of Russian samobytnost’ (uniqueness) after the fall of the Soviet Union and demonstrates their significance to contemporary understandings of world order. Explores how structures of cultural difference and practices of cultural differentiation interact with the normative legacies of American hegemonic aspirations in contemporary world order structures. Evaluates how cultural and civilisational representations are mobilised for state-projects and their corresponding regional and international dimensions within the global political economy. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Russian Foreign Policy IPE and comparative political economy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367085698

Culture Politics and Money Among the Yoruba This masterful book investigates and analyzes several aspects of money among the Yoruba of Nigeria. Falola and Adebayo explore the origin philosophy uses politics and problems of acquiring and spending money in Yoruba culture. No prior book exists on this aspect of a major ethnic group in Africa with established connections with the black Diaspora in North America and the Caribbean. Conceived so that each chapter may be read individually the volume is divided into three parts. Part 1 "Money and Its Uses " focuses on the transition from barter to cowry currency the idealistic and pragmatic views of money the impact of monetization on social stratification accumulation among members of the elite and the development of savings banking and credit institutions. Part 2 "Money and Its Problems " investigates the social political and cultural problems of money including money-lending theft counterfeiting and corruption. Part 3 "Money and Oil Economy " assesses the impact of the oil industry on the Nigerian state and examines both the positive and negative effects of oil money on Yoruba economy society and spending. Concluding chapters detail efforts to arrest the crisis that followed the economic slump after the oil boom and led to the adoption of the Structural Adjustment Program and also evaluate the effects of currency devaluation on personal and communal responsibilities and social payment. Culture Politics and Money Among the Yoruba is timely in view of ongoing political and economic changes in Africa. It will be of interest to economists sociologists and African studies specialists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138508880

Culture Politics and Climate ChangeHow Information Shapes our Common Future Focusing on cultural values and norms as they are translated into politics and policy outcomes this book presents a unique contribution in combining research from varied disciplines and from both the developed and developing world. This collection draws from multiple perspectives to present an overview of the knowledge related to our current understanding of climate change politics and culture. It is divided into four sections – Culture and Values Communication and Media Politics and Policy and Future Directions in Climate Politics Scholarship – each followed by a commentary from a key expert in the field. The book includes analysis of the challenges and opportunities for establishing successful communication on climate change among scientists the media policy-makers and activists. With an emphasis on the interrelation between social cultural and political aspects of climate change communication this volume should be of interest to students and scholars of climate change environment studies environmental policy communication cultural studies media studies politics sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415661492

Culture Politics and Nationalism an the Age of Globalization This title was first published in 2001. Given current movements in global culture technology mobility economic integration and regime transformation what is it that can or does hold a community or political entity together? From a variety of perspectives this text examines the cultural politics of nationalism especially in the context of American culture and European politics where it is undergoing the most scrutiny. The first part of the volume explores the debates on the politics of national identity that surround global information and consumer distribution systems like the Internet. The second part offers a number of case studies of European domestic and foreign policy issues directly affected by arguments about cultural identity that have taken shape in the context of an increasingly global environment. Of particular interest in this volume is the tension often felt between France and the USA on the issue of culture politics and nationalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138716384

Culture Politics and Nationalism an the Age of Globalization This title was first published in 2001. Given current movements in global culture technology mobility economic integration and regime transformation what is it that can or does hold a community or political entity together? From a variety of perspectives this text examines the cultural politics of nationalism especially in the context of American culture and European politics where it is undergoing the most scrutiny. The first part of the volume explores the debates on the politics of national identity that surround global information and consumer distribution systems like the Internet. The second part offers a number of case studies of European domestic and foreign policy issues directly affected by arguments about cultural identity that have taken shape in the context of an increasingly global environment. Of particular interest in this volume is the tension often felt between France and the USA on the issue of culture politics and nationalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138716414

Culture Religion and Conflict in Muslim Southeast AsiaNegotiating Tense Pluralisms By examining the sometimes surprising and unexpected roles that culture and religion have played in mitigating or exacerbating conflicts this book explores the cultural repertoires from which Southeast Asian political actors have drawn to negotiate the pluralism that has so long been characteristic of the region. Focusing on the dynamics of identity politics and the range of responses to the socio-political challenges of religious and ethnic pluralism the authors assembled in this book illuminate the principal regional discourses that attempt to make sense of conflict and tensions. They examine local notions of "dialogue " "reconciliation " "civility" and "conflict resolution" and show how varying interpretations of these terms have informed the responses of different social actors across Southeast Asia to the challenges of conflict culture and religion. The book demonstrates how stumbling blocks to dialogue and reconciliation can and have been overcome in different parts of Southeast Asia and identifies a range of actors who might be well placed to make useful contributions propose remedies and initiate action towards negotiating the region’s pluralism. This book provides a much needed regional and comparative analysis that makes a significant contribution to a better understanding of the interfaces between region and politics in Southeast Asia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138086814

Culture Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam Originally published in 2002 Culture Ritual and Revolution in Vietnam is a study of the history and consequences of the revolutionary campaign to transform culture and ritual in northern Vietnam. Based upon official documents and several years of field research in Thinh Liet Commune a Red River delta community near Hanoi it provides the first detailed account of the nature of revolutionary cultural reforms in Vietnam as how those reforms continue to animate contemporary socio-cultural life. The study examines the key foci of revolutionary cultural change such as the articulation of a new moral system the attempts to eliminate explanations that invoke supernatural causality the creation of socialist weddings and funerals and the development of innovation ties to commemorate war dead. By examining debates over culture ritual and morality that have emerged between residents notably between men and women and party members and non-party members the study shows how ideas and values that preceded the revolution have entered into a creative dialogue with those that were articulated by the revolution and how this has produced an innovative set of ritual and other practices particularly since the relaxation of the cultural reform agenda in the post-1986 period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367436636

Culture Social Movements and Protest This cutting-edge research volume advances the widely accepted perspective that cultural factors are central elements in shaping trajectories organizational forms recruitment protest strategies and ideologies of social movements. Hank Johnston brings together international experts in cultural analysis to focus on narratives frames speech acts subcultural networks and new developments in cultural theory. By introducing innovative methodologies this title will be of key importance to scholars across the social sciences including sociology political science geography anthropology and women's studies. Johnston's exciting book is a significant contribution to the cultural analysis of social movements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138382848

Culture Society and DemocracyThe Interpretive Approach This volume addresses the key question of the intersection of sociology and politics and asks what a non-Marxist cultural perspective can offer the Left. Written by leading scholars it develops new conceptions of social critique new techniques of interpretive analysis and new concepts for the sociology of democratic practice. It is a volume for the twenty-first-century where global and local meet when critical theory must examine its most fundamental presuppositions. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315635323

Culture Society and the Media This book discusses two related themes concerning the role and processes of mass communication in society. The first deals with questions regarding the power of the media: how should it be defined? how is it wielded and by whom? are previous approaches and answers to such questions adequate? The second theme revolves around the divisions between the liberal pluralist and Marxist approaches to the analysis of the nature of the media. These divisions have in recent years been fundamental to the debate concerning the understanding of the role of mass communication and the examination of them in this book will challenge the reader to look more closely at a number of assumptions that have long been taken for granted. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138140264

Culture Space and Climate ChangeVulnerability and Resilience in European Coastal Areas Ways of handling climate change vary worldwide. Differences can be observed in the perception of potential threats and opportunities as well as in the appraisal of adequate coping strategies. Collective efforts often fail not because of technical restrictions but as a result of social and cultural differences between the actors involved. Consequently there is a need to explore in greater depth those zones of cultural friction which emerge when actors deal with climate change.This book examines how cultural differences in the handling of climate change can be described and explained. The work develops the concept of culture as relational space elaborates explanatory approaches and investigates them by surveying more than 800 actors responsible for spatial development of the European coastal regions in the Netherlands Germany Denmark and Poland. In doing so this book engages with debates on cultural globalisation in which the attachment of culture to place is increasingly being questioned. Adopting the approach of culture as relational space allows possible cultural formations to be examined across diverse fields of application from the local to the global scale. In addition the book investigates how far different value orientations beliefs and identities can explain diverse perceptions of problems and opportunities right up to preferences for climate-mitigation and adaptation measures. Providing comprehensive insights into the diverse zones of cultural friction which scholars and practitioners face when handling climate change locally and globally this book will be of great interest to those studying climate change environmental sociology and sustainable planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367582814

Culture Technology and DevelopmentIn Memory of Jan Hawkins:a Special Issue of mind Culture and Activity This special issue provides a set of articles written by former colleagues and friends of Jan Hawkins--a member of a talented group of graduate students who participated in the weekly seminars held in what was then referred to as the Institute for Comparative Development during the mid-1970s. The single theme that brought together this diverse group of scholars and that dominates the papers in this issue is the belief in the value of human diversity not only as a resource for understanding human nature but as a necessity for continued human development. The articles and commentaries testify that the ideas practices and values that Jan Hawkins helped to create in the mid-1970s are now found around the world. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138411715

Culture Thought and Development In this volume the reader will find a host of fresh perspectives. Authors seek to reconceptualize problems offering new frames for understanding relations between culture and human development. Contributors include scholars from the disciplines of philosophy law theology anthropology developmental psychology neuro- and evolutionary psychology linguistics cognitive science and physics. To help organize the discussions the volume is divided into three parts. Each part reflects an arena of current scholarly activity related to the analysis of culture cognition and development. The editors cast a wide but carefully crafted net in assembling contributions to this volume. Though the contributors span a wide range of disciplines features common to the work include both clear departures from the polemics of nature-nurture debates and a clear focus on interacting systems in individuals' activities leading to novel developmental processes. All accounts are efforts to mark new and productive paths for exploring intrinsic relations between culture and development. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138003125

Culture Transnational Education and ThinkingCase studies in global schooling The notion of thinking skills as a key component of a 21st century school education is now firmly entrenched in educational policy and curriculum frameworks in many parts of the world. However there has been relatively little questioning of the manner in which educational globalisation has facilitated this diffusion of thinking skills curriculum and pedagogy in a cultural context. This book will help to redress such an imbalance in its critical assessment of the cross-cultural validity of transplanting thinking skills programs from one educational system to another on an international scale. Culture Transnational Education and Thinking provides an international comparative study of the intersection of three educational concepts: culture education and thinking. Drawing on case studies from Malaysia South Africa and Australia/USA for the purposes of comparative analysis the book employs the context of an international school program in the teaching of thinking skills Future Problem Solving Program International. The book explores the associations between Future Problem Solving educators their cultural background and their approaches to thinking evaluating the relevance of transferring thinking skills programs derived in one cultural framework into another. The book also discusses the wider implications of these cross-cultural comparisons to curriculum and pedagogy within schools and higher education with a particular emphasis on the teaching of multicultural school-based classes and cross-cultural understandings in teacher education and professional development. This book will be of relevance to academics and higher education students who have an interest in the fields of cross-cultural and intercultural understanding comparative studies in education and theories and practices of cognition as well as the development of tertiary and secondary curricula and associated pedagogies that specifically acknowledge the cultural diversities of both teacher and learner. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138701977

Culture Urbanism and Planning The relationship between culture and urbanism has been the focus of much discussion and debate in recent years. While globalisation tends towards a homogeneity successful 'global cities' have a strong individual - and particularly cultural - identity. The economic value of the culture of cities lies not only in the arts taking place there but also in the city’s fabric its architecture and in its cultural heritage. This volume brings together a team of leading specialists to examine the policies of image and city marketing which have developed over the past 15 years and whether these are a continuity of earlier strategies. Featuring case studies which illustrate diverse perspectives on linking culture urbanism and history the book reviews heritage and planning culture looking at the experience of urbanism in the 'Old Historic City'. The book also assesses the increasingly important issue of urban images and their influence on planning strategies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253575

Culture Values and Ethics in Social WorkEmbracing Diversity This groundbreaking book examines the ways in which questions of culture and diversity impact on the values and ethics of social work. Using detailed case studies to illustrate key points for practice Richard Hugman discusses how social workers can develop cross-cultural engagement in practice and work creatively with the tensions it sometimes involves. Debates rage over whether there is a core set of unchangeable social work values or whether they might be different at different times and for different people. This textbook proposes a new approach of ‘ethical pluralism’ for social work practice in which both shared humanity and the rich variety of cultures contribute to a more dynamic way of understanding social work’s underpinning values and ethics. In particular this book explores the implications of a pluralist approach to ethics for the central questions of: Human rights and social justice Caring relationships Social and personal responsibilities Agency and autonomy Values such as truth honesty openness service and competence. It is vital that social workers understand the values and ethics of their profession as a crucial part of the foundations on which practice is built and this is the only text to explore the connections between culture values and ethics and fully develop the pluralist approach in social work. Culture Values and Ethics in Social Work is essential reading for all social work students and academics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415673495

Culture & Progress:Esc V8 First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315015460

Culture after HumanismHistory Culture Subjectivity Culture After Humanism asks what happens to the authority of traditional western modes of thought in the wake of postmodernist theories of language and identity. Drawing on examples from music architecture literature philosophy and art Iain Chambers investigates moments of tension interruptions which transform our perception of the world and test the limits of language art and technology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315012636

Culture and ActivismAnimal Rights in France and the United States Winner of the Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the Animals & Society Section of the American Sociological Association This book offers a comparison of the animal rights movements in the US and France drawing on ethnographic and interview material gathered amongst activists in both countries. Investigating the ways in which culture affects the outcomes of the two movements the author examines its role as a constraining and enabling structure in both contexts showing how cultural beliefs values and practices at the international national and organizational levels shape the strategic and tactical choices available to activists and shedding light on the reasons for which activists make the choices that they do. With attention to the different emphases placed by the respective movements on ideological purity and pragmatism this volume provides an account of why their achievements differ in spite of their shared ultimate goals offering policy recommendations and suggestions for activists working in a variety of cultures. Informed by the work of Giddens and Bourdieu Culture and Activism: Animal Rights in France and the United States constitutes an empirically grounded comparative study of activism that will appeal to scholars of sociology anthropology political science and cultural geography with interests in social movements and social problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138595477

Culture and Change Along the Blue Nile"Courts Markets and Strategies for Development" This book aims to bring a concern with cultural values and meanings closer to the study of the economic political jural and religious change and development in the Sudan. It concentrates on sections of Sudanese society caught in the rapid changes of the 1970's. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367013264

Culture and CivilizationCosmopolitanism and the Global Polity This volume of Culture and Civilization focuses on cosmopolitanism the global polity and political ramifications of globalization. The introduction by Gabriel R. Ricci establishes context and provides an overview of the entire work. Topics include the history of globalization climate change policy ecological consequences of development concepts of civilization human rights Eastern thought and economics global citizenship and travel writing. Within this collection Carl J. Strikwerda argues that the first era of globalization in modern times was marked by global migrations patterns. Pablo Iannone's history of the Andean oil rush and its ecological consequences looks at the processes of development. Brett Bowden argues that civilization entails both progress and war. J. Baird Callicott provides a philosophical analysis of a moral theory that accommodates spatial and temporal scales of climate change Sanjay Paul analyzes the United Nations Global Compact and Ed Chung discusses the role of economic theory in business schools. Colin Butler reflects on E. F. Schumacher's "Buddhist Economics " while Taso Lagos relates parallel polis to the idea of global citizenship. Tony Burns examines the ways in which Aristotle Hegel and Kant have been interpreted. Finally Adam Stauffer explores Charles Warren Stoddard's work South-Sea Idyls. This volume of Culture and Civilization the first under Ricci's editorship follows the tradition of the previous four volumes - developing critical ideas intended to produce a positive intellectual climate one that is prepared to confront challenges and alert us to the opportunities for people in all fields and of all faiths of the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412849739

Culture and CivilizationVolume 1 2009 Intellectual activity in the twentieth century took place largely under the banner of science and society. As the new millennium develops it is becoming evident that science and society are not words that represent an unmitigated good nor for that matter do they exhaust what is new in the human condition. Past writing on the theme of culture has emphasized the growth and expansion of human capabilities. Recent use of the term "civilization" has placed great emphasis on the fall from grace of human beings. The use of both terms is rapidly changing.Culture and Civilization develops critical ideas intended to produce a positive intellectual climate one that is prepared to confront threats and alert us to the opportunities of the twenty-first century. It recognizes that the twenty-first century presents people in all fields and of all faiths with shared challenges. Culture and Civilization embraces the work of novelists journalists cultural figures technologists physical sciences historians and policy personnel who range beyond social science areas. What they have in common is a view that civilization is under assault and that it represents a cause worth advancing and defending.This publication does not embrace idiosyncratic visions of the clash of world civilizations or the end of Western civilization. It does attempt to bring together immediate issues of the century that are substantially new and challenging. We see that the essential polarity between democracy and autocracy has now taken on larger deeper dimensions in a different political economic and ecological terrain: the central issue of our day is now civilization versus barbarism. The character of democratic culture is central to the global equation and the systemic challenge. This publication is a sober response to such a challenge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521773

Culture and CivilizationVolume 2 Beyond Positivism and Historicism This second volume in this new series aims to anchor the 21st century in the tradition of the new to raise methodology into historiography. As the new millennium develops it is becoming evident that science and society are critical pivots in the formation of a larger mosaic of culture and civilization. A tradition has developed and refuses to dissolve under the withering aspect of analysis. Whether flying under the banner of Arthur Lovejoy George F. Kennan Pitirim Sorokin Arnold Toynbee Alexander Solzhenitsyn T. S. Eliot Thorstein Veblen and countless others it has become clear that making sense of the whole and not resting easy with bits and pieces has become the mission of Culture & Civilization.This second volume expands upon the initial efforts to deepen the sense of tradition with outstanding contributions ranging from Charles Murray The Happiness of the People; Peter Watson Ideas: A History of Thought from Fire to Freud; Evan Selinger Ethics and Poverty Tours; Walter A. McDougall American Policy Traditions in the Middle East; Raymond Ibrahim Violence in Judaism Christianity and Islam; Michael Curtis Israel: Land Law and Legitimacy; Marian Tupy Persistent Poverty in Africa; David Ronfeldt and Danielle Varda Cyberocracy Revisited; a retrospective by Leo Alexander on Medical Science under Dictatorship; and a series of brilliant new essays on Wyndham Lewis Jonathan Swift Max Scheler and Thurman Arnold.Culture and Civilization does not embrace idiosyncratic visions of the apocalypse or the end of Western empires. It does attempt to bring together immediate issues and ideas that are substantial and challenging. The essential polarity between democracy and autocracy has now taken on historical dimensions that has now taken on larger deeper dimensions in different political economic and ecological terrain of our day is civilization versus barbarism. This second volume is a sober deeper response to such a challenge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521780

Culture and CivilizationVolume 3 Globalism Volume three of Culture & Civilization continues a pattern in this annual series of dealing with major themes of the past with a strong sense of how the everyday world of the second decade of the twenty-first century impacts cultural history and civilizations pushing up against each other. A constant theme throughout is the immediate impact of Globalism: in economics government manners styles egalitarianism in political demands and terrorism as a response to democratic systems. Each in its own way has coalesced to bring discourse on civilization levels back into vogue. Global issues in size scope and scenario are herein placed on exhibition once again.Among the noteworthy contributions are substantial articles by Jason Powell Global Aging; Tony Leon Liberal Democracy in Africa; Yoaz Hendel Terrorism and Piracy; Norman Manea and Paul Hollander "Twenty Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall"; Aleksander Kwasniewski "World Views of the European Union"; Gregg Rickman "The Nazi Religion and the Holocaust"; and Walter Laqueur "Europe's Road to the Mosque". This volume features special essays on Jean Francois Revel's Uncommon Insight; John Maynard Keynes Revisited; Stefan Zweig: Master Builder of the Spirit; and Inside Shakespeare's Hamlet.As with the previous volumes the writings are brilliantly realized in form with serious content to match. Threading a needle between abstracted empiricism that dominates present science policy and speculative metaphysics that offers little else than a great vision of the world this volume of Culture & Civilization on Globalism charts a space for which there is a felt need by large publics responded to by serious social science specialists capable of addressing such interests in historically meaningful contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521766

Culture and CivilizationVolume 4 Religion in the Shadows of Modernity Debates on the meaning of religious belief in an advanced technological age have established the emergence of religion as a fact of daily life. The nineteenth-century imagery of "warfare" between science and religion is long dismissed. Emphasizing this fact of the continuing relevance and importance of religion as a driving force in contemporary life is the stunning emergence on the world scene of militant Muslim beliefs in a period of relatively inactive religious belief elsewhere. In this volume of Culture and Civilization religion is examined in the context of post-modern societies. The collection of essays is divided by themes: religions civilizations cultures and the history of ideas. The contributors William Donohue Simon Kuznets A. L. Kroeber Greg Mills Yoani Sanchez Murray Weidenbaum Andreas Herberg-Rothe Daniel Bell John W. Gardner John Charles and Liu Xiaobo's discuss a variety of topics with titles including "The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse " "Why is Africa Poor? " "Freedom and Exchange in Communist Cuba " and the "Economic Structure and the Life of the Jews." This volume concludes with a grouping of review essays on famous figures ranging from Crane Brinton and Herbert Spencer to Max Gluckman and Hannah Arendt. The volume as a whole projects a sense of the future and avoids hysteria about the past. The contributors have a sharp edge and speak in a critical voice to the dilemmas of the present world order. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412846219

Culture and Class in English Public Museums 1850-1914 The nineteenth century witnessed a flowering of museums in towns and cities across Britain. As well as providing a focus for collections of artifacts and a place of educational recreation this work argues that municipal museums had a further social role. In a situation of rapid urban growth allied to social and cultural changes on a scale hitherto unknown it was inevitable that traditional class and social hierarchies would come under enormous pressure. As a result urban elites began to look to new methods of controlling and defining the urban environment. One such manifestation of this was the growth of the public museum. In earlier centuries museums were the preserve of learned and respectable minority yet by the end of the nineteenth century one of the principal rationales of museums was the education or 'improvement' of the working classes. In the control of museums too there was a corresponding shift away from private aristocratic leadership toward a middle-class civic directorship and a growing professional body of curators. This work is in part a study of the creation of professional authority and autonomy by museum curators. More importantly though it is about the stablization of middle-class identities by the end of the nineteenth century around new hierarchies of cultural capital. Public museums were an important factor in constructing the identity and authority of certain groups with access to and control over them. By examining urban identities through the cultural lens of the municipal museum we are able to reconsider and better understand the subtleties of nineteenth-century urban society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138255791

Culture and CognitionReadings in Cross-Cultural Psychology Originally published in 1974 studies of cultural influences on cognition carried out from a variety of theoretical and methodological stances were collected for the first time in this volume. The editors placed particular emphasis on selecting material by authors from many countries who had been working with people from a wide range of cultures. In a general introduction they provide an historical overview of the major issues and draw together the most recent attempts to bring methodological sophistication to this difficult area of enquiry. Suggestions for future research on basic problems are to be found in an epilogue along with a consideration of some possible applications of these studies to problems of education and social change. A comprehensive bibliography with over 600 entries is included in the volume. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367109882

Culture and Cognitive DevelopmentStudies in Mathematical Understanding Researchers examining children's mathematics acquisition are now questioning the belief that children learn mathematics principally through formalized in-school mathematics education. There is increasing evidence that children gain mathematical understanding through their participation in out-of-school cultural practices and that their mathematics only occasionally resembles what they learn in the classroom. Culture and Cognitive Development presents the latest research by Dr. Geoffrey Saxe on this issue. In examinations of the mathematical understandings of child candy sellers in an urban center in northeastern Brazil Dr. Saxe finds sharp contrasts between mathematics as practiced in school and in real-world settings. In this unique research project he presents a penetrating conceptual treatment of the interplay between culture and cognitive development filling a void in current research literature. Subjects examined include: the interplay between sociocultural and cognitive developmental processes the differences between math knowledge learned in and out of the classroom the ways math learning in the classroom is modified by children's out-of-school mathematics and correspondingly how practical out-of-school mathematics use is modified by formal education Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138967106

Culture And Common Mental Disorders In Sub-Saharan Africa The influence of culture on mental illness has been the subject of considerable academic investigation and debate in recent years. This debate has provoked concerns about the validity and reliability of older methodologies which emphasised either universal characteristics of disorders which were heavily biased towards Euro-American systems or the culturally relativist approach which saw psychological disorders as products largely of their own culture. The "new" cross-cultural psychiatry proposed that the integration of ethnographic and epidemiological techniques be required to enable a culture sensitive psychiatric model to emerge. This monograph describes a series of research studies conducted in primary care in Harare Zimbabwe focusing on the most frequent of all psychological disorders Common Mental Disorders (CMD). The four consecutive studies are unique in several respects most notably the involvement of both biomedical and traditional health care providers at all stages the development of an indigenous measure of CMD for use in epidemiological investigations the examination of the relationship between local and biomedical models of psychological disorder and the sociodemographic and economic risk factors for CMD. The experiences and findings of these studies provide new directions in our understanding of the contribution of culture to the presentation assessment classification and risk factors for CMD in primary care in an urban African setting. The methodology used also sets out a model for epidemiological research in other areas of mental health in different cultural settings. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138871847

Culture and Consensus (Routledge Revivals)England Art and Politics since 1940 Culture and Consensus first published in 1995 and a revised edition in 1997 explores the history of the relationship between politics and the arts in Britain since 1940 and shows how the search for a secure sense of English identity has been reflected in official and unofficial attitudes to the arts architecture landscape and other emblems of national significance. Illustrating his argument with a series of detailed case histories Robert Hewison analyses how Britain’s cultural life has reached its present enfeebled condition and suggests a way forward. This book will be of interest to students of art and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138858046

Culture and ConservationBeyond Anthropocentrism Today there is growing interest in conservation and anthropologists have an important role to play in helping conservation succeed for the sake of humanity and for the sake of other species. Equally important however is the fact that we as the species that causes extinctions have a moral responsibility to those whose evolutionary unfolding and very future we threaten. This volume is an examination of the relationship between conservation and the social sciences particularly anthropology. It calls for increased collaboration between anthropologists conservationists and environmental scientists and advocates for a shift towards an environmentally focused perspective that embraces not only cultural values and human rights but also the intrinsic value and rights to life of nonhuman species. This book demonstrates that cultural and biological diversity are intimately interlinked and equally threatened by the industrialism that endangers the planet's life-giving processes. The consideration of ecological data as well as an expansion of ethics that embraces more than one species is essential to a well-rounded understanding of the connections between human behavior and environmental wellbeing. This book gives students and researchers in anthropology conservation environmental ethics and across the social sciences an invaluable insight into how innovative and intensive new interdisciplinary approaches questions ethics and subject pools can close the gap between culture and conservation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138051591

Culture and Consumption This is the thirty-first volume in Religion and Public Life formerly This World a series on religion and public affairs. This ongoing series seeks to provide a wide-ranging forum for differing views on religious and ethical considerations. The essays grouped together in Culture and Consumption discuss the phenomenon of consumption an identifiable and pervasive feature of American culture that distinguishes it from other national cultures. The lead article provides an insight into the long-standing pattern of consumption that has been progressively elevated into social policy in America. This is a balanced analysis of the history of the consumption cultural ethos beginning with the undermining of the Native American Culture and ending with Wilsonian Liberal-Internationalism and the demise of the moral authority of organized labor. This commercialization of culture has always competed with the funding vision of a dispassionate social order in which custom deferential politics and continuation of traditional hierarchal values would be the constitutional agenda. Another contributor argues that the emergence of the democratic-consumer state in America was anticipated in de Tocqueville's observation that "in democracies nothing has brighter luster than commercea." Other contributor essays treat issues such as the New Class and the consumer state; technology's triumph at the expense of the social and natural worlds; and argue against the materialist perspective in addiction. Culture and Consumption includes the following major contributions: "The Dialectic of Consumption: Materialism and Social Control" by David Brown; "Religion Social Science and the Ironies of Parasitic Modernity" by Guy Alchon; The Dilemma of Hypermodernity" by Mark Wegierski; "Toward an Epistemology of Addiction" by Leonard Kaplan and Vince Rinella. Also included are book reviews by Martha Davis and Conrad Kanagy. In a concluding essay Gabriel Ricci reviews Jerome Bruner's The Culture of Education. Culture and Consumption is part of an annual survey of religion and public life that provides relevant information and ideas about significant issues of the day. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521803

Culture and Counterculture in Moroccan Politics This book incorporates the critical features of the external environment into an analysis that is principally directed at the kinds of policy alternatives available to Morocco for which culture and culturally related historic and domestic socioeconomic factors are most directly relevant. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367012816

Culture And CritiqueAn Introduction To The Critical Discourses Of Cultural Studies Written by philosopher Jere Surber Culture and Critique familiarizes students with both the broad and specialized meanings of cultural studies providing detailed explanations of theoretical terms critical strategies and discursive traditions upon which it is based. In its broad and more theoretical sense cultural studies indicates a range of m Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315290

Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza ShahThe Pahlavi State New Bourgeoisie and the Creation of a Modern Society in Iran Culture and Cultural Politics Under Reza Shah presents a collection of innovative research on the interaction of culture and politics accompanying the vigorous modernization programme of the first Pahlavi ruler. Examining a broad spectrum of this multifaceted interaction it makes an important contribution to the cultural history of the 1920s and 1930s in Iran when under the rule of Reza Shah Pahlavi dramatic changes took place inside Iranian society. With special reference to the practical implementation of specific reform endeavours the various contributions critically analyze different facets of the relationship between cultural politics individual reformers and the everyday life of modernist Iranians. Interpreting culture in its broadest sense this book brings together contributions from different disciplines such as literary history social history ethnomusicology art history and Middle Eastern politics. In this way it combines for the first time the cultural history of Iran’s modernity with the politics of the Reza Shah period. Challenging a limited understanding of authoritarian rule under Reza Shah this book is a useful contribution to existing literature for students and scholars of Middle Eastern History Iranian History and Iranian Culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815361183

Culture and Cultures in TourismExploring New Trends According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) international tourists engaging in cultural activities accounted for more than 500 million of international tourist numbers in 2017. City tourism relies on culture as a major product providing benefits not only for interested visitors but also for the local resident population. New trends in tourism include "experiential tourism" where the interactions between tourists and residents become a key part of the tourism experience and overall customer satisfaction. New technologies and IT applications allow tourists to design their own trip given the presence of global companies like Trip Advisor Booking.com and AirBnB.This comprehensive volume explores new trends in cultural tourism demonstrating how and why culture has become a central factor in tourism. The authors analyse a wide range of relevant issues including: how heritage-based and cultural tourism could contribute to the sustainability of destinations; the increase of religious travels to and within Arab countries; and how cultural tourism fosters understanding among people and cultures and could even potentially help to consolidate peace at a regional level. The book also analyses interactions between hosts (the local residents) and guests (the cultural visitors) revisiting the pioneer hippy travelling experiences in Turkey of the 1960s and how they shaped youth culture.This book will be of great interest to students and researchers of cultural tourism. The chapters were originally published in the journal Anatolia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367660925

Culture And CurrencyCultural Bias In Monetary Theory And Policy This book sheds light on how people come to hold opposing views how these views solidify into the sides of a debate and how one side becomes the dominant view. It explores the development of a theoretical approach together with debate on alternative theoretical approaches and policy options. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367154080

Culture and Defence in BrazilAn Inside Look at Brazil's Aerospace Strategies This volume examines the connection between culture and defence by providing an inside look at Brazil’s aerospace strategies. Brazil is becoming increasingly important geopolitically and several studies have sought to further understanding of this new position in the international arena. This volume aims to provide a better understanding of the Brazilian nation its security dilemmas and how the country seeks to develop its defence training process and improve its professional military education. Organised into two parts the chapters offer academic dialogues on several aspects of this topic including public politics and the law joint operations human factors and the government interchanges with industry. The first section analyses Brazilian defence policy and strategy discussing different aspects of aerospace power and Brazilian security perspectives. Chapters discuss the relationship between Brazil and the United States which blend aspects of the generation of knowledge science technology and innovation and point to economic issues and the Defence Industrial Base. Specific implications of the Brazilian air space compared with Europe and the United States also are exposed. In addition a vision of cyberspace implications for the national power a present-day question for the entire planet is also presented. Thereafter the second section looks at specific aspects of professional military education and explains the Brazilian approach to strengthening its aerospace power. This includes military education and performance interdisciplinary studies working jointly multivariate analysis and cases. This book will be of much interest to students of military studies defence studies gender issues crises management and decision making Latin American politics and International Relations in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472471833

Culture and Democracy in the United States In his new introduction Whitfield sets the scene of the early twentieth century to show what inspired Horace Kallen to write this book. He delves deeply into his background discussing the influences on Kallen's life and work. Whitfield also examines the many changes that have occurred since Culture and Democracy in the United States was first written and reveals that many of the ideas espoused by Kallen have become reality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521810

Culture and Development in Africa and the Diaspora This book examines the intersection between cultural identities and development in African and the Diaspora from multidisciplinary perspectives. Starting with the premise that culture is one of the most significant factors in development the book examines diverse topics such as the migrations of musical forms social media bilingualism and religion. Foregrounding the work of Africa based scholars the book presents strategies for identifying solutions to the challenges facing African culture and development. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African Studies and African Culture and Society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367276652

Culture and Diversity in the United StatesSo Many Ways to Be American Knowledge of and sensitivity toward diversity is an essential skill in the contemporary United States and the wider world. This book addresses the standard topics of race ethnicity class and gender but goes much further by engaging seriously with issues of language religion age health and disability and region and geography. It also considers the intersections between and the diversities within these categories. Eller presents students with an unprecedented combination of history conceptual analysis discussion of academic literature and up-to-date statistics. The book includes a range of illustrations figures and tables text boxes a glossary of key terms and a comprehensive bibliography. Additional resources are provided via a companion website. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138826694

Culture and Early Interactions In the late 1960s after a period of intense acceleration of the pace of research on human infancy a number of investigators – some anthropologists some psychologists some psychiatrists and paediatricians and even a few ethologists – developed the conviction that certain contributions to the understanding of infancy would come from and perhaps only come from cross-cultural and cross-population studies. This book originally published in 1981 represents part of the first fruit of that conviction and its impressive range of chapters justifies not only the belief itself but also the several rationales behind it. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781848724587

Culture and Economics in the Global CommunityA Framework for Socioeconomic Development Many of the concepts values and basic assumptions on which 'modern' economic and business theory is based do not translate into or convey the same meaning in non-European languages or non-Western cultures as they do in Western societies. This results in a mismatch between what Many of the concepts values and basic assumptions on which 'modern' economic and business theory is based do not translate into or convey the same meaning in non-European languages or non-Western cultures as they do in Western societies. This results in a mismatch between what have now become global economic values and 'local' cultural ones. Kensei Hiwaki considers a new paradigm - that a sound culture is needed to underpin development employment and trade and an optimal development path. This concept is discussed against the background of the author's contention that his own Japanese society has succumbed to unsustainable modern tendencies leading to the antithesis of sustainable development and placing the society and economy in a 'credibility trap' into which it is predicted other countries like China might also fall. Professor Hiwaki presents a detailed theoretical framework for balanced socioeconomic development relevant to sustainable development of the global community explaining the pivotal concepts on which it is based as well as the institutional and practical implications of adopting the paradigm including new approaches to taxation employment trade multi-media communications and global governance. Culture and Economics in the Global Community is a challenging but ultimately hopeful book that introduces new perspectives for leaders in the political arena in business in development agencies and to researchers and others with a professional or academic interest in economics trade governance and environmental issues social policy or cultural anthropology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315575414

Culture and EconomicsOn Values Economics and International Business Since the early 1990s culture in the sense of norms and values has entered economic analysis again whereas it was totally absent from mainstream economics during most of the second half of the twentieth century. The disappointing results of mainstream economics and developments in the world economy triggered an awareness of the relevance of the context in which people make decisions. Developments which were triggering this were the unexpected high growth rates in Asia (the Asian miracle) the transition of previously centrally planned economies and the increased attention for the role of religion after 9/11/2001. Some of the areas this research covers are: The history of culture in economics from Adam Smith to the present The way culture is incorporated into economic analysis Methods used in empirical analysis on culture and economics Culture as an explanatory factor of cross-country difference in institutions and performance Culture appears to be relevant for explaining differences between otherwise similar countries; in particular OECD-countries. Uncertainty avoidance for example significantly explains the relative importance of financial markets. This book is the first that provides an overview of the field of culture and economics and will be of use to postgraduate researchers in the field of economics and culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315881362

Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media Understanding social media requires us to engage with the individual and collective meanings that diverse stakeholders and participants give to platforms. It also requires us to analyse how social media companies try to make profits how and which labour creates this profit who creates social media ideologies and the conditions under which such ideologies emerge. In short understanding social media means coming to grips with the relationship between culture and the economy. In this thorough study Christian Fuchs one of the leading analysts of the Internet and social media delves deeply into the subject by applying the approach of cultural materialism to social media offering readers theoretical concepts contemporary examples and proposed opportunities for political intervention. Culture and Economy in the Age of Social Media is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to understand culture and the economy in an era populated by social media platforms such as Twitter Facebook and Google in the West and Weibo Renren and Baidu in the East. Updating the analysis of thinkers such as Raymond Williams Karl Marx Ferruccio Rossi-Landi and Dallas W. Smythe for the 21st century Fuchs presents a version of Marxist cultural theory and cultural materialism that allows us to critically understand social media’s influence on culture and the economy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138839311

Culture and EconomyContemporary Perspectives This title was first published in 2002. For many regions 'culture' is considered the only viable resource they have for economic development. Neo-liberalist economics has become the dominant paradigm across a wide range of cultural contexts while the cultural contingency of this paradigm itself has been obscured. In offering an empirically grounded anthropological critique of these issues the volume makes an original contribution to the international debate on culture and economy. The case studies shed light on everyday practices used to establish culture’s economic 'value' and concepts of 'culture' and 'economy' employed by policy decision-makers are scrutinized through studies of strategies and policies at various levels. Aspects of economy such as the market are examined as cultural constructs in a historical context. Illustrated by international case studies the volume provides a compelling and insightful survey of the theories and practices that shape the polyvalent relationships between culture and economy in the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138719262

Culture and Educational Policy in Hawai'iThe Silencing of Native Voices This comprehensive educational history of public schools in Hawai'i shows and analyzes how dominant cultural and educational policy have affected the education experiences of Native Hawaiians. Drawing on institutional theory as a scholarly lens the authors focus on four historical cases representing over 150 years of contact with the West. They carefully link historical events significant people educational policy and law to cultural and social consequences for Native Hawaiian children and youth. The authors argue that since the early 1800s educational policy in Hawai'i emphasizing efficiency has resulted in institutional structures that have degenerated Hawaiian culture self-image and sovereignty. Native Hawaiians have often been denied equal access to quality schools and resulting increased economic and social status. These policies were often overtly or covertly racist and reflected wider cultural views prevalent across the United States regarding the assimilation of groups into the American mainstream culture. The case of education in Hawai'i is used to initiate a broader discussion of similar historical trends in assimilating children of different backgrounds into the American system of education. The scholarly analysis presented in this book draws out historical political cultural and organizational implications that can be employed to understand other Native and non-Native contexts. Given the increasing cultural diversity of the United States and the perceived failure of the American educational system in light of these changes this book provides an exceptionally appropriate starting point to begin a discussion about past present and future schooling for our nation's children. Because it is written and comes from a Native perspective the value of the "insider" view is illuminated. This underlying reminder of the Native eye is woven throughout the book in Ha'awina No'ono'o--the sharing of thoughts from the Native Hawaiian author. With its primary focus on the education of native groups this book is an extraordinary and useful work for scholars thoughtful practitioners policymakers and those interested in Hawai'i Hawaiian education and educational policy and theory. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315045290

Culture and EducationLooking Back to Culture Through Education This book explores the fascinating and complex interactions between the ways that culture and education operate within and across societies. In some cases education is imagined as an integrated part of general cultural phenomena; in others educational interventions become the means for transforming the cultural circumstances of different populations. The contributors to this volume show how certain educational practices produce new cultural and professional knowledge; discuss the impacts of initially foreign educational ideas and institutions on established cultural institutions in very different societies; and explore the impacts of modernity and modern educational ideas on more traditional gendered and religious practices and communities. The book also provided striking examples of when these impacts were not benign. Increasingly powerful twentieth-century governments attempted to use education and schools to produce new reformed citizens suitable for their newly created colonial national socialist and fascist states. The expectation was that cultural and social transformation might be engineered in major part through schooling. This book was originally published as a special issue of Paedagogica Historica. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664091

Culture and EmotionA Special Issue of Cognition and Emotion For the past three decades theorizing and research on the relationship between culture and emotion has tended to concentrate on the seemingly straightforward issue of whether or not emotions are universal. This was reflected in a dispute in which it seemed only possible to choose between the two extremes namely a cultural-relativist point of view or a universalist point of view. However recent empirical evidence concerning cultural variation in emotion has expanded and is generally consistent with the view that an extreme position in this controversy is untenable. Currently there is abundant research trying to gain insight into the subtleties of cultural effects rather than in the 'yes' or 'no' issue.The papers selected for inclusion in this special issue on culture and emotion bear witness in their different ways to a new awareness of the need to approach the issue of the relation between culture and emotion in a way that goes beyond the universalism-relativism debate. One issue that is attracting increased research attention is the role of emotion language in emotion research. Three papers included here address the issue of language. A second theme concerns the distinction between individualism and collectivism and related cultural dimensions such as honour and its implication for the experience and expression of emotions. Three papers address the effects of this cultural dimension; one is on crying another on well-being and positive feelings and a third on anger-related emotions. Finally a last theme that is considered in this special issue is the way in which emotions are expressed in inter-racial interactions. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138883260

Culture and Emotional Economy of Migration This book studies how the act of migration is a motivating constituent in the production of popular culture in both the homeland and the destination. It looks at the formations of cultures in the process of identity-making of approximately 200 million Indians scattered across the world from colonial to contemporary times. The volume is an in-depth Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367177348

Culture and Emotional Economy of Migration This book studies how the act of migration is a motivating constituent in the production of popular culture in both the homeland and the destination. It looks at the formations of cultures in the process of identity-making of approximately 200 million Indians scattered across the world from colonial to contemporary times. The volume is an in-depth exploration of the flow of cultures and their interactions through a study of north Indian migrants who underwent two waves of emigration – from the Bhojpuri region to the Dutch colony of Suriname between 1873 and 1916 to work on sugar coffee cotton and cocoa plantations and their descendants who moved to The Netherlands following the Surinamese independence in 1975. It compares this complex network of cultures among the migrants to the folk culture of the Bhojpuri region from where large-scale migration is still taking place. The work draws on archival records secondary literature folk songs rare photographs and extensive fieldwork across continents – the Bhojpuri region Mumbai Surat and Ghaziabad in India and Suriname and The Netherlands.This second edition marks the 150th Anniversary of the Abolition of Indentured Labour. With a new prologue an updated introduction and some revisions to the text it will be useful to scholars and researchers of cultural studies labour studies sociology modern Indian history migration and diaspora studies. It will also interest the Indian diaspora especially in Europe and the Americas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367733810

Culture and EnlightenmentEssays for György Markus This title was first published in 2002: Culture and Enlightenment are the two words that best characterise the essence of György Markus's career in whose honour this book is published. Markus devoted the last twenty years of research towards a theory of cultural objectivations and their pragmatics and the great depth of his knowledge of the history of culture and philosophy informs all his teaching and writing. The pursuit of Enlightenment ideals attains reflective self-consciousness in Markus' works; forged in the knowledge of its own historicity of the embeddedness of rationalities in culture and in an awareness of the paradoxes that cling to the conscious affirmation of ideals which are no longer self evident or beyond questioning. In taking up the challenge of these paradoxes Markus spans the whole history of modern philosophy and culture with a matchless authority. This book draws together contributions from leading figures in contemporary philosophy who are also friends colleagues and former students of György Markus. The book is divided into two sections: the first presents critical assessments of various aspects of Markus' wide-ranging works; the second presents contributions in celebration of his influence and his wide interests. In their critical assessment of Markus' work and in the demonstration of his influence the contributors hope to convey something of the breadth and something of the excitement of doing philosophy in the company of György Markus. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138728431

Culture and External RelationsEurope and Beyond Political entities use culture to support their soft power potential to generate goodwill to frame international agenda in particular ways to erect and re-enact boundaries and/or to create societal linkages across them. While the importance of culture has been on the rise in the realm of foreign affairs its role in this field remains one of the most under-studied aspects of state policy. In this book a range of international experts take an unprecedented look at what role external cultural policy plays in foreign affairs. The book features historical case studies ranging from European 'civilizing' engagement with nineteenth-century China to uses of Abstract Expressionism as an instrument in the ideological struggles of the Cold War. Conceptual issues ranging from the dynamics of the 'Anglosphere' to the effects of what some term the 'culture of liberal democracy' are addressed. Current trends in the uses of culture in the EU's external relations both from the perspective of institutional developments policies and practices in the EU and from the perspective of countries engaged by the EU's cultural policies are also discussed in greater detail. The systematic theoretically informed and empirically supported analyses make this book an indispensable read for scholars and policy makers wishing to gain a new understanding of the role that culture plays in foreign affairs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138279599

Culture and FamilyProblems and Therapy Originally published in 1991 this landmark guide gave brilliant insights on dealing with the cultural aspects of family mental health. It systematically reviews various dimensions of the family from a cross-cultural perspective including system development behaviour and functioning. It then thoroughly examines the problems and dysfunctions that can occur in families of different cultural backgrounds and finally proposes culturally appropriate assessments and treatments for resolving these family problems.Family counsellors therapists and researchers who study the family will find practical suggestions on how to assess and evaluate the family with cultural considerations; clinical suggestions on providing culturally relevant effective care of the family; and theoretical elaboration on the cultural implications of family therapy. Instead of focusing on families of a particular ethnic or cultural background the book gives comprehensive coverage to subjects that related to cultural aspects of the family function problems and therapy. The authors’ unique backgrounds which include analysis of the cross-cultural aspects of human behaviour knowledge in family research and clinical experience in family therapy add immeasurably to this book's important contribution. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138188174

Culture and Foreign PolicyThe Neglected Factor in International Relations Political culture refers to the basic values ideas beliefs and political orientations by which countries societies and whole regions are guided. The underlying belief systems that shape cultures and societies and cause them to behave in certain often distinct ways. The puzzle or query that chiefly concerns this author is why the United States (US) and its foreign policy have such a hard time understanding cultures and societies other than their own. This provocative book argues that the US needs to end its attitudes of superiority and condescension toward other nations and cultures and redirect its foreign policy accordingly. After an introduction that sets forth the main theoretical and conceptual arguments the next chapters explore all the main areas of the world. The Conclusion pulls all these themes together analyzes the common patterns that emerge and suggests new directions for U.S foreign policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409453291

Culture and General EducationA Survey Originally published in 1963 this remarkable book discusses the results of the ‘tests of culture’ devised by the author two of which when published in The Times Educational Supplement evoked such wide interest that he was almost overwhelmed with unsolicited test scores and correspondence. The late Kenneth Richmond was well aware that any attempt to ‘measure culture’ was open to ridicule. He makes it clear that he is concerned to measure it in its restricted sense of ‘academic or minority culture’ and he holds that there is a body of received opinion on the content of such culture which in the contemporary world is represented by two areas those of the scientists and of the literary intellectuals and that it is possible to pose questions that will test a person’s acquaintance with each. So the tests are no mere quizzes; the results from Universities Colleges the Services and Sixth Forms are often surprising sometimes disquieting in the light they throw on standards of general education at the time and on the ‘great divide’ between the scientist and the arts man. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138340398

Culture and Human DevelopmentThe Importance of Cross-Cultural Research for the Social Sciences As intercultural encounters between people in the modern world become more common important questions have been raised about the nature of culture-specific differences and similarities. Focusing on the relationship between culture and human development this timely book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of key developmental processes. It combines psychological and sociological approaches with cross-cultural research to examine phenomena such as the transfer of culture between generations and the universality of attachment theory. Drawing on detailed research from a range of cultural groups leading international researchers consider the impact of social change and modernization on the development of the individual and at the societal level. Theoretical and methodological issues are presented in terms of how to apply the results of cross-cultural research as well as recent empirical research done in specialized areas of the field. Finally short-term intercultural exchanges are examined and used to suggest some of the potential practical uses of cross-cultural research for the future. This book will be essential reading for anyone studying or researching in cultural psychology cross-cultural psychology acculturation or behavioral development. It will also prove an invaluable source of information for anyone interested in sociology and the social sciences in general. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415647120

Culture and Human Nature This volume illustrates Melford Spiro's explorations of key relationships among culture society and human nature. He addresses such fundamental issues as the limitations of cultural relativism the problem of explanation in the social sciences and the importance of a comparative approach to the study of social and cultural systems. Spiro believes that deep motivational and cognitive structures underlie human behavior. He argues that these structures can be explained by the evolutionary history of our species and by social experience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521827

Culture and Human-Robot Interaction in Militarized SpacesA War Story Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) personnel are some of the most highly trained people in the military with a job description that spans defusing unexploded ordnance to protecting VIP’s and state dignitaries. EOD are also one of the first military groups to work with robots every day. These robots have become an increasingly important tool in EOD work enabling people to work at safer distances in many dangerous situations. Based on exploratory research investigating interactions between EOD personnel and the robots they use this study richly describes the nuances of these reciprocal influences especially those related to operator emotion associated with the robots. In particular this book examines the activities processes and contexts that influence or constrain everyday EOD human-robot interactions what human factors are shaping the (robotic) technology and how people and culture are being changed by using it. The findings from this research have implications for future personnel training and the refinement of robot design considerations for many fields that rely on critical small group communication and decision-making skills. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472443113

Culture and International Business Management strategies to help you profit in the international realm!What is the most effective way to help an expatriate employee learn to function in the host country? How well do we understand the formation and performance of multinational alliances? Should you threaten to sue your Chinese distributor or is friendliness a better tactic? These questions are among the issues tackled in Culture and International Business a practical look at a complex topic.Increasingly corporations and businesses are transnational or multinational in scope and culture in a way that was unimaginable a generation ago. Employees may be assigned to work overseas or deal with customers suppliers distributors or factories across the globe. Even in domestic offices employees from several different countries may work side by side. If you want your business to prosper in this new global economy you must understand the effects of cultural differences on business practices or else risk making costly potentially disastrous errors.Culture and International Business offers practical ideas and tested research on such vital topics of concern as: defining the moral ethical and legal implications of multicultural management attracting and retaining key personnel persuading employees in the host country to mentor an expatriate overcoming divisive cultural differences working within the guanxi relationship networks of China creating sustainable development strategies becoming aware of different attitudes toward change gender and risk-takingA genuinely multinational effort the seven chapters of Culture and International Business were written by authors representing five nations on three continents. This important book is designed to help you understand a wide range of issues from several geographic areas that affect everyone doing business in the new global economy. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203048122

Culture and International Economic Law Globalization and international economic governance offer unprecedented opportunities for cultural exchange. Foreign direct investments can promote cultural diversity and provide the funds needed to locate recover and preserve cultural heritage. Nonetheless globalization and international economic governance can also jeopardize cultural diversity and determine the erosion of the cultural wealth of nations. Has　an international economic culture emerged that emphasizes productivity and economic development at the expense of the common wealth? This book explores the ‘clash of cultures’ between international law and international cultural law and asks whether States can promote economic development without infringing their cultural wealth. The book contains original chapters by experts in the field. Key issues include how international courts and tribunals are adjudicating culture–related cases; the interplay between indigenous peoples' rights and economic globalization; and the relationships between culture human rights and economic activities. The book will be of great interest and use to researchers and students of international trade law cultural heritage law and public international law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138281622

Culture and International LawProceedings of the International Conference of the Centre for International Law Studies (CILS 2018) October 2- In this era of globalization International Law plays a significant role in facing rapid development of various legal issues. Cultural preservation has emerged as an important legal issue that should be considered by States. This book consists of academic papers presented and discussed during the 9th International Conference of the Centre of International Law Studies (9th CILS Conference) held in Malang Indonesia 2-3 October 2018. The title of the book represents the major theme of the conference: "Culture and International Law." It is argued that along with globalization cultural preservation is slowly ignored by States. Various papers presented in the book cover five topics: cultural heritage; cultural rights; culture and economic activity; culture and armed conflict; and a general topic. The authors of the papers are outstanding academics from various countries Lithuania United States of America Australia Thailand and Indonesia.The conference was organized by Universitas Indonesia in collaboration with Brawijaya University. This book aims to give a useful contribution to the existing literature on International Law specifically focussing on cultural issues from the perspective of cultural heritage and rights economic as well as armed conflict. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138387669

Culture and Leadership Across the WorldThe GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies Culture and Leadership Across the World: The GLOBE Book of In-Depth Studies of 25 Societies is the second major publication of GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness) a groundbreaking large-scale project on international management research featuring contributions from nearly 18 000 middle managers from 1 000 organizations in 62 countries perhaps the largest project of its kind ever undertaken. This volume effectively presents a complex collection of global research addressing the culture of particular countries leadership qualities within those countries and recommendations on how managers should conduct business in countries other than their own.A massive effort with a cross-cultural focus and broad international appeal this book explores:how leadership is conceptualized and enacted in its cultural milieu;quantitative data including middle manager questionnaires unobtrusive measurement and participant observation data;qualitative research from interviews focus groups and media analyses; andtheoretical and methodological pitfalls that arise in the effort to develop universal management theories.This book is a coherent and well-organized presentation of the findings of the GLOBE Project and will appeal to scholars in leadership management international business cultural studies; and also to practicing managers. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780367866662

Culture and LibertyWritings of Isabel Paterson Isabel Paterson is widely recognized as an advocate of radical individualism and a prophet of the libertarian movement. She influenced a wide variety of libertarian and conservative writers and public figures from Ayn Rand to William F. Buckley Jr. In her own time Paterson was noted as a literary critic and novelist and one of the wittiest writers in America. She is best known for The God of the Machine also published by Transaction.Culture and Liberty includes many of Paterson's works that are out of print or have never before been published. Stephen Cox collected Paterson's words on themes she favored illustrating leading features of her accomplishments and her views. Paterson's way of combining individualist ideas with provocative writing made people look forward to her next pronouncement on American culture. Her fame while she lived and worked and the continuing interest in her ideas and writing are monuments to a complex but strongly unified personality.Paterson remains one of the most distinctive voices in American literary history—as this selection of her writings will indicate. This book is a must read for English majors literary critics humanities scholars and students of American culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412856799

Culture and Management in Asia Local culture has long been recognised as a critically important factor in shaping management styles in different Asian countries. This book provides a comprehensive overview of culture and management in major East and Southeast Asian economies. Each chapter provides a survey of the country's history culture and economy going on to examine management in the country together with management education and how management is currently changing. The book will provide an invaluable introduction for students of international management for those studying management within East and Southeast Asia and for businessmen trading with the region. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315016115

Culture and Meaning in Health Services ResearchAn Applied Approach Culture and Meaning in Health Services Research is a practical guide to applying interpretive qualitative methods to pressing healthcare delivery problems. A leading medical anthropologist who has spent many years working in applied healthcare settings Sobo combines sophisticated theoretical insights and methodological rigor with authentic real-world examples and applications. In addition to clearly explaining the nuanced practice of ethnography and guiding the reader through specific methods that can be used in focus groups or interviewing to yield useful findings Sobo considers the social relationships and power dynamics that influence field entry data ownership research deliverables and authorship decisions. Crafted to communicate the importance of culture and meaning across the many disciplines engaged in health services research this book is ideal for courses in such fields as public health and health administration nursing anthropology health psychology and sociology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315430935

Culture and Planning In planning debates culture is often treated as a fixed element either as a quasi-economic resource or as a category of behaviour. Yet a wealth of research and analysis is available that moves the spotlight from the question of what culture is towards understanding what we are doing when we talk about culture. This book brings that focus to planning research examining culture as a socio-historical concept and introducing a line of scholarship both established and recent to show what 'culture' does and why. Illustrated by case studies from planning contexts it addresses the materialisation of abstract concepts performance and embodiment and social categorisation. In doing so it shows how a deeper understanding of culture can offer new insights into the challenges that planners and planning theorists face. While Culture and Planning is aimed primarily at planning theorists professionals and students it has equal relevance for students of human geography or sociology and is accessible to a wider readership. In effect it opens up the field of planning to a new realm of research enabling readers to think beyond the bounds of what they know about planning and to think about what they may or may not know about culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138247116

Culture and Politics This concise accessible text presents an overview of the relevance of culture for politics. Culture figures prominently in the theories of the great classics such as Marx Durkheim and Weber. Recently the cultural approach to politics has developed quickly and the concept of political culture has played a role in these developments particularly given the emergence of large-scale survey research into political value orientations. Seeking to outline this rapid development the book is divided into three sections: Section I of the book discusses the relevance of cultural perspectives to political analysis including discussion of the most significant concepts and methods. Section II looks at the core elements of political culture – tradition ethnicity and religion. Section III examines emerging research avenues and opportunities including social capital value orientations in the postmodern world newer formulations of political culture such as gender and sexuality and the influence of the environment. Drawing on a wealth of examples and a comprehensive analysis of comparative data this textbook is essential reading for all students of political culture research methods political sociology and comparative politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415673266

Culture and Politics in ChinaAn Anatomy of Tiananmen Square As the world watched the crumbling away of communist regimes in Eastern Europe the pro-democracy movement in China was dealt a severe blow in June of 1989. Also referred to as the June 4th Incident the Tiananmen Square protest included students intellectuals and workers demanding democratic reforms and social change. To break up the escalating protest armed soldiers stormed the square killing close to two hundred demonstrators and injuring thousands more. Culture and Politics in China explores the events trends and tendencies that led to the student demonstrations. This volume objectively presents a wide range of information permitting readers a comprehensive understanding of the circumstances that culminated on the events of June 4 1989. Documents include eyewitness accounts by student leaders Chai Ling and Wu'er Kaixi the speeches of Deng Xiaoping and Yang Shangkun justifying the use of force analysis of the events by the Marxist theorist Su Shaozhi the writings of young intellectuals Yan Jiaqi Liu Xiaobo and others. Selections include essays on the May Fourth Movement of 1919 and the television documentary the "Yellow River Elegy" which question the Chinese cultural tradition. Leading political scientists contribute to this volume. Lee presents an analysis of the role of Deng Xiaoping in the events at Tiananmen Square and his views on the Chinese Communist party-state and the pro-democracy movement King Tsao who was at the square views the demonstrations as a form of civil disobedience and dissent against the party-state. He gives an eyewitness account and a contextual analysis of some of the events and underlying themes. Steven Mark a journalist presents an analysis of the various roles of both the Chinese and Western press beginning with their role in shaping public opinion before the demonstrations and continuing as the media scrambled to cover China's biggest news story since the communist takeover in 1949. Those who Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203794104

Culture and Politics in South AsiaPerformative Communication This volume looks at the politics of communication and culture in contemporary South Asia. It explores languages signs and symbols reflective of current mythologies that underpin instances of performance in present-day India and its neighbouring countries. From gender performances and stage depictions to protest movements folk songs to cinematic reconstructions and elections to war-torn regions the chapters in the book bring the multiple voices embedded within the grand theatre of popular performance and the cultural landscape of the region to the fore. Breaking new ground this work will prove useful to students and researchers in sociology and social anthropology art and performance studies political studies and international relations communication and media studies and culture studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367277642

Culture and Politics: A Comparative ApproachA Comparative Approach This title was first published in 2002: Examining problems that have caused much debate within political science this book seeks to identify a proper place for the analysis of culture and values within political science. It goes on to explore the impact of globalization upon society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138736177

Culture and PoliticsA Comparative Approach Culture and Politics provides a comprehensive introduction to the enduring phenomenon of culture and its impact on contemporary society and politics. Combining a substantial theoretical overview with intricate comparative empirical research it assesses the complex interplay of ethnicity religion history and values on macro- and micro-level outcomes. Striking a judicious balance between the use of global data on the topic and their selection of six key in-depth country studies the book draws extensively on statistical material and 'hard data' rather than the literary evidence usual in studies of this kind. This second edition of a well-established text has been expanded and fully updated in line with new events. More student-friendly this volume now contains useful references for further reading and new material on ethnicity and religion. Readers will find that the values section is now more lucid. This clearly structured book's stringent approach to the topic and its readable accessible style make this book one that no serious scholar or student of political culture should be without. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315575452

Culture and PoliticsA Comparative Approach This title was first published in 2002: Examining problems that have caused much debate within political science this book seeks to identify a proper place for the analysis of culture and values within political science. It goes on to explore the impact of globalization upon society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138735699

Culture and Power in South Asian IslamDefying the Perpetual Exception This book explores the myriad diversities of South Asian Islam from a historical perspective attuned to the lived practices of Muslims in various portions of South Asia outside of Urdu Persian or Arabic language perspectives. These perspectives are in some cases taken both from literal regions rarely noticed within discussions of South Asian Islam such as Sri Lanka Bengal and Tamil Nadu. In other contributions the perspectives draw on historiographic interventions about the role of fakīrs in South Asian history qasbahs in South Asian history and the role of Aligarh students within the Pakistan movement. As a collection of voices aimed at stimulating debate about the range and diversity of South Asian Islam the book probes meanings and markers of categories like "Indic " "Islamicate " and "local" or "global" Islam within the context of South Asia. Relevant to debates in the history of South Asia as well as Islamic studies this collection will serve as a reference point for discussions about South Asian Islam as well as the nature and role of vernacularization as a cultural process. This book was originally published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138059269

Culture and Power in the ClassroomEducational Foundations for the Schooling of Bicultural Students This is a timely second edition of the enormously significant book which changed how teachers and community activists view their own practice. This edition concludes with personal essays by teachers professors and community activists explaining the direct impact which Culture and Power in the Classroom has had on their lives. Unlike many texts that discuss educational failure this book provides a historical context for understanding underachievement in our nation. Thoroughly revised to include the new thinking on diversity and learning this edition includes a new chapter on assessment and the brain. This second edition will be welcomed by previous and new readers alike and will help influence the approach of a new generation of teachers whether they are based in schools colleges or community centres. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781612050706

Culture and Processes of Adult Learning The authors provide a variety of perspectives on the conceptualisation of adult learning drawing on sociology psychology adult education and applied research into how adults experience learning. Bringing together a number of major contributions to current debates about what learning during adulthood is for what motivates learning and how best it might be developed the authors address a range of significant issues: What should be the context of learning programmed for adults and who should decide? What are the implications in general and for women in particular of the current emphasis on learning for work at work? How do adults learn and how is learning best facilitated? How might learning be used to empower individuals communities and organisations? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138161597

Culture and Project ManagementManaging Diversity in Multicultural Projects The cultural diversity within many major projects require those managing them to adapt their project management approach to be in harmony with the preferences and behaviours of stakeholders from these cultures; failure to do so can lead to misunderstandings about the project’s purpose and structure; significant difficulties in implementation and in some cases to conflict or litigation. Omar Zein's Culture and Project Management explores the cultural impact on projects and their management providing the reader with an understanding of the main elements of cross-cultural theory within the project context. These include our perception of context achievement power and group dynamics; and how we approach ambiguity and time. He then identifies key aspects of project management where cultural sensitivity is essential (for example planning risk management project communication and leadership) and offers a structured plan for developing what he calls 'cultural tuning' within a project environment. The book draws on the author’s research his professional experience of working on transnational projects and his own background. His review of the different theories alongside examples and stories of their practical application offers project managers a new and extraordinarily rich perspective into the likely dynamics of their projects. Making appropriate adaptations to standard processes choosing what how and through whom you communicate with stakeholders may be signal elements in the success or failure of your projects; Culture and Project Management will show where to start. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472413826

Culture and PropagandaThe Progressive Origins of American Public Diplomacy 1936-1953 Throughout the twentieth century governments came to increasingly appreciate the value of soft power to help them achieve their foreign policy ambitions. Covering the crucial period between 1936 and 1953 this book examines the U.S. government’s adoption of diplomatic programs that were designed to persuade inform and attract global public opinion in support of American national interests. Cultural diplomacy and international information were deeply controversial to an American public that been bombarded with propaganda during the First World War. This book explains how new notions of propaganda as reciprocal exchange cultural engagement and enlightening information paved the way for innovations in U.S. diplomatic practice. Through a comparative analysis of the State Department’s Division of Cultural Relations the government radio station Voice of America and the multilateral cultural educational and scientific diplomacy of Unesco and drawing extensively on U.S. foreign policy archives this book shows how America’s liberal traditions were reconciled with the task of influencing and attracting publics abroad. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598297

Culture and PsychopathologyA Guide To Clinical Assessment Since the first edition of Culture and Psychopathology was published a growing national and international interest in how culture impacts mental disorders and how psychopathology is influenced by culture has become a rising field of focus. In this extensive revision chapters have been updated with new material and now incorporate the DSM-5’s classification system of mental disorders. This book is international in scope not focusing on specific cultural groups but rather how the cultural context affects the presentation and the process of assessment of different types of psychopathology. This edition highlights case studies and practical guidelines to support clinicians who assess patients of any cultural background. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138925922

Culture and Public Relations Culture and Public Relations explores the impact of culture – societal and organizational – through the global lens of public relations. Structuring the volume around three themes -- culture as an environment for public relations; the culture of PR globally; and the impact of PR on culture -- the editors bring together compelling discussions on such questions as how spirituality religion and culture have affected public relations and how public relations culture has been affected by the "corporate cultures" of business enterprises. Additionally the volume provides studies on the effect of culture on public relations practice in specific countries. With contributors from Europe Asia Australia and North America this collection offers international perspectives on a topic that is growing increasingly important in public relations study and practice. It is required reading for scholars researchers and students in public relations and also has much to offer the business discipline for those seeking to integrate culture and communication to their practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415887274

Culture and Reflexivity in Systemic PsychotherapyMutual Perspectives The therapeutic relationship is increasingly becoming a central topic in systemic psychotherapy and cross-cultural thinking. Here experienced systemic psychotherapists offer their reflections and thoughts on the issues of race culture and ethnicity in the therapeutic relationship. The aim is to develop this area of systemic practice to place culture squarely at the centre of all systemic psychotherapy practice as a model for all psychotherapy practice to encourage both trainees and experienced systemic psychotherapists to pay attention to race culture and ethnicity as central issues in their own and their clients' identities and to inform researchers who use qualitative research techniques such as ethnography. This book moves the issues of culture race and equity into the centre of psychotherapeutic practice including that which involves therapeutic encounters across culture racial and ethnic divides. It develops an approach to cultural transference and demonstrates that thinking about culture race and ethnicity does not belong at the margin. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781855757783

Culture And ReproductionAn Anthropological Critique Of Demographic Transition Theory This book originated in a conference on Culture and Reproduction held at the University of California. It discusses conceptual changes in demographic theory focuses on micro-level issues and explores linkages between micro-level processes and the macro-level constraints that shape those processes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367158705

Culture and Science in the Nineteenth-Century Media Written by literary scholars historians of science and cultural historians the twenty-two original essays in this collection explore the intriguing and multifaceted interrelationships between science and culture through the periodical press in nineteenth-century Britain. Ranging across the spectrum of periodical titles the six sections comprise: 'Women Children and Gender' 'Religious Audiences' 'Naturalizing the Supernatural' 'Contesting New Technologies' 'Professionalization and Journalism' and 'Evolution Psychology and Culture'. The essays offer some of the first 'samplings and soundings' from the emergent and richly interdisciplinary field of scholarship on the relations between science and the nineteenth-century media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138251731

Culture and SecurityMultilateralism Arms Control and Security Building A comprehensive and empirically rich set of case studies that examine the impact of socio-cultural influences on multilateral arms control and security-building processes around the world. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203044766

Culture and Self-HarmAttempted Suicide in South Asians in London Attempted suicide is a matter of serious public health concern. Culture and Self-Harm considers the factors that may contribute to this increased rate of self-harm and suicide among south Asians in London which cannot be blamed on migration alone. Cultural pressures that dictate the way stress is dealt with are examined and the effects of cultural conflict and changes in an individual's cultural identity are considered. Culture and Self-Harm offers a new preventative strategy that will be of theoretical and clinical interest to all mental health professionals social workers voluntary and primary care workers. It will help them understand significant factors that play a key role in the lives of south Asians who attempt suicide and what lessons can be learnt for dealing with other ethnic groups with the same problems. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138881501

Culture And SelfPhilosophical And Religious Perspectives East And West Traditional scholars of philosophy and religion both East and West often place a major emphasis on analyzing the nature of ?the self.? In recent decades there has been a renewed interest in analyzing self but most scholars have not claimed knowledge of an ahistorical objective essential self free from all cultural determinants. The contributo Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315306

Culture and Social BehaviorThe Ontario Symposium Volume 10 Cross-cultural differences have many important implications for social identity social cognition and interpersonal behavior. The 10th volume of the Ontario Symposia on Personality and Social Psychology focuses on East-West cultural differences and similarities and how this research can be applied to cross-cultural studies in general.Culture and Social Behavior covers a range of topics from differences in basic cognitive processes to broad level cultural syndromes that pervade social arrangements laws and public representations. Leading researchers in the study of culture and psychology describe their work and their current perspective on the important questions facing the field. Pioneers in the field such as Harry Triandis and Michael Bond present their work along with those who represent some newer approaches to the study of culture. Richard E. Nisbett concludes the book by discussing the historical development of the field and an examination of which aspects of culture are universal and which are culture-specific. By illustrating both the diversity and vitality of research on the psychology of culture and social behavior the editors hope this volume will stimulate further research from psychologists of many cultural traditions.Understanding cultural differences is now more important than ever due to their potential to spark conflict violence and aggression. As such this volume is a "must have" for cultural researchers including those in social cultural and personality psychology and interpersonal cultural and political communication anthropology and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138003927

Culture and Social Psychiatry This brilliant and engrossing work of social synthesis replete with profound insights opens up new vistas on the relationship between culture and mental health. The author uses his own extensive findings and his abundant knowledge of the cross-cultural studies in psychiatry anthropology and sociology to demonstrate that throughout history mental disorders have been closely linked with the prevailing culture and have thus changed in kind and extent.Opler's classic Culture Psychiatry and Human Values has here been revised and expanded to nearly twice the size of the original work. The new materials present in greater depth the author's views on the connection between culture and mental health and broaden the perspectives of theory and research on cultural change and development the migration of acculturating populations and the resulting shifts in diagnostic and therapeutic problems brought about by the stresses of the modern world.By enriching a survey of cultural evolution with fertile cross-cultural comparisons and a discussion of the interaction between culture and personality Opler adds to our knowledge of the etiology and treatment of mental illnesses in primitive societies as well as among more advanced ethnic groups and subcultures in today's metropolis. Of particular significance at a time when social and community psychiatry has assumed a major role all over the world this pioneering work is must reading not only for students of culture and personality psychiatrists social scientists and workers in community health programs but also for the educated reader concerned about these critical problems of our day. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138521841

Culture and Social Theory Aaron Wildavsky along with Mary Douglas identified what they called grid-group theory. Wildavsky began calling this "cultural theory " and applied it to an astounding array of subjects. The essays in this volume exemplify the theory's potential contributions to three seemingly disparate but related areas: the social construction of meaning normative/analytic political philosophy and a theory of rational choices. This book is the first in a series of Aaron Wildavsky's collected writings being published posthumously by Transaction. Wildavsky selected sequenced and grouped all but three of the essays included in Culture and Social Theory prior to his death. Some are presented here for the first time. Wildavsky's cultural theory provides ways to organize and interpret the world.In the first section he shows how social scientists particularly economists and sociologists apply the theory. Wildavsky argues that concepts such as externalities public goods altruism and even risk and rape are tools of rival ubiquitous cultures engaged in perpetual struggle with one another. The second section deals with cultural theory as a way to interpret the works of normative and analytic political philosophers including Thomas Hobbes and John Stuart Mill on competing human objectives. Wildavsky argues that particular types of interaction among a society's cultures are necessary for effective realization of basic concepts such as democracy. In the third section Wildavsky applies cultural theory in conjunction with instrumental rationality the former as a theory of preference formation the latter as a device for realizing preferences efficiently. High-priority objectives and thus the character of norms and rational action shift across cultures. The world and its various elements comprise a complex frequently changing and thus ambiguous reality nowhere more so than in the dynamic contours of the United States. For cultural theory individualistic hierarchical and egalitarian interpretations of the world are the only ones capable of forming and sustaining institutions and related patterns of social relations that will support human social groups.Wildavsky's central objective is to strip away the camouflage and to reveal varying domains of social life as fields of cultural competition. Culture and Social Theory will be a necessary addition to the libraries of political scientists economists and policymakers not to mention all those who admire Aaron Wildavsky and his work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138508873

Culture and SocietyCritical Essays in Human Geography Human geographers have been at the forefront of research that examines the relationships between space culture and society. This volume contains twenty-one essays published over the past thirty years that are iconic instances of this investigative field. With a focus on four broad themes - landscape identity colonialism nature - these essays represent some of the best and most innovative interventions that geographers have made on these topics. From the visual to the corporeal from rural Ceylon to urban America and from the sixteenth century to the twenty-first this volume brings together a set of theoretically sophisticated and empirically grounded works. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138619272

Culture and Sustainability in European CitiesImagining Europolis European cities are contributing to the development of a more sustainable urban system that is capable of coping with economic crises ecological challenges and social disparities in different nation-states and regions throughout Europe.This book reveals in a pluralistic way how European cities are generating new approaches to their sustainable development and the special contribution of culture to these processes. It addresses both a deficit of attention to small and medium-sized cities in the framework of European sustainable development and an underestimation of the role of culture artistic expression and creativity for integrated development of the city as a prerequisite to urban sustainability. On the basis of a broad collection of case studies throughout Europe representing a variety of regionally specific cultural models of sustainable development the book investigates how participative culture community arts and more generally creativity of civic imagination are conducive to the goal of a sustainable future of small and medium-sized cities. This is an essential volume for researchers and postgraduate students in urban studies cultural studies cultural geography and urban sociology as well as for policymakers and practitioners wanting to understand the specificity of European cities as hubs of innovation creativity and artistic industriousness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367668884

Culture and System in Family Therapy Starting with the MacPherson Report and its pronouncements on racism in Britain and in particular 'institutionalised racism' Dr Krause focuses in this important book on the practice of family therapy and draws on her expertise as both anthropologist and systemic family psychotherapist to formulate a cogent critical evaluation of the field. At the heart of her book furnished with very useful clinical material is a concern to identify the necessary conditions for an 'anti-discriminatory non-ethnocentric and ethical way of working cross-culturally'. In illuminating the way in which underlying and frequently unexamined assumptions serve to perpetuate institutionally discriminatory outcomes the author outlines a model for the development of a culturally sensitised questioning and self-reflexive practice. This book will serve as an individual reference-point for all those concerned to avoid and eliminate institutional discrimination. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367105211

Culture and Teaching This is the second volume in the "Reflective Teaching and the Social Conditions of Schooling" series. Reflection in the area of culture and teaching necessarily takes teachers on both an introspective journey and an examination of the social conditions of schooling. There is a need to know not only what they believe but also what schools do. It has long been charged that our educational system privileges some and disenfranchises others. Schools are not the equitable institutions that one would hope them to be--a feature of schooling and one that deserves a great deal more attention. This work facilitates an examination of its readers' own beliefs acquaints them with the sentiments and arguments of others and encourages them to look further into the social conditions of schooling. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138460164

Culture and the CityCreativity Tourism Leisure This edited collection will examine the way in which cities are imagined experienced and shaped by those who reside within them those who manage or govern them and those who as visitor tourist or traveller pass through them. Attention will be paid to the influence that these various inhabitants have on city life and living and the dialectic that exists between their sometimes collective and sometimes divergent perceptions and uses of city space. In conjunction with this the collection will explore the ways in which local culture and cultural policy are used by public and private interests as the framework for changing the image and amenity of the city in order to raise its profile and attract tourists. The book contributes to discussions of the increasingly high profile place that cultural programs have in urban regeneration initiatives and explore the tensions conflicts and negotiations that emerge in urban spaces as a result of policy and culture coming together. Papers will be sought from researchers around the world with a view to examining the nexus between tourism leisure and cultural programming from a number of perspectives and with reference to a range of international case studies. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism Leisure and Events. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138798373

Culture and the Cognitive Science of Religion Culture and the Cognitive Science of Religion is the first book to bring together cultural psychology and the cognitive science of religion (CSR). Containing much-needed discussion of how good research should do more than simply follow methodological prescriptions this thought-provoking and original book outlines the ways in which CSR can be used to study everyday religious belief without sacrificing psychological science. Cresswell’s pragmatist approach expands CSR in a　radically new direction. The author shows how language and culture can be integrated within CSR in order to achieve an alternative ontogenetic and phylogenetic approach to cognition and argues that a view of cognition that is not based on modularity but on the dynamic connection between an organism and its milieu can lead to a view of evolution that makes much more room for the constitutive role of culture in cognition. As a provocative attempt to persuade researchers to engage with religious communities more directly the book should be essential reading for academics researchers and postgraduate students as well as psychologists interested in the cognitive science of religion theological anthropology religious studies and cultural anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367363383

Culture and the Environment in the Himalaya This book is concerned with human-environment relations in the Himalaya. It explores how different populations and communities in the region understand or conceive of the concept of environment how their concepts vary across lines of gender class age status and what this implies for policy makers in the fields of environmental conservation and development. The chapters in this book analyse the symbolic schema that shape human-environment relations whether that of scientists studying the Himalayan environment public officials crafting policy about it or people making a living from their engagement with it and the way that natural phenomena themselves shape human perception of the world. A new approach to the study of the environment in South Asia this book introduces the new thinking in environmental anthropology and geography into the study of the Himalaya and uses Himalayan ethnography to interrogate and critique contemporary theorizing about the environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415533140

Culture and the Grammar School This book first published in 1965 discusses the nature of the grammar school its curriculum and teaching methods comparisons with sixth form education and the change in its organisation and attitudes during a time of rapid social change in 1960s Britain. This title will be of interest to students of history sociology and education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138221154

Culture and the IndividualTheory and Method of Cultural Consonance Winner of the 2019 Society for Anthropological Sciences Book Prize This book engages with the issue of how culture is incorporated into individuals' lives a question that has long plagued the social sciences. Starting with a critical overview of the treatment of culture and the individual in anthropology  the author makes the case for adopting a cognitive theory of culture in researching the relationship. The concept of cultural consonance is introduced as a solution and placed in theoretical context. Cultural consonance is defined as the degree to which individuals incorporate into their own beliefs and behaviors the prototypes for belief and behavior encoded in shared cultural models. Dressler examines how this can be measured and what it can reveal focusing in particular on the field of health. Written in an accessible style by an experienced anthropologist Culture and the Individual pulls together more than twenty-five years of research and offers valuable insights for students as well as academics in related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781629585192

Culture and the JudiciaryThe Anthropologist Judge How can jurists resolve multicultural conflicts? Which kind of questions should judges ask when culture enters the horizon of the law? Are they then called to become anthropologists? Through the analysis of hundreds of cases produced through decades of multicultural jurisprudence this book reconstructs the constitutional and anthropological narratives and the legal techniques used by Western judges to face the challenges posed by multiculturalism: from Japanese parent–child suicide to the burqa from Jewish circumcision to Roma begging from kissing a son on his genitals to the claim of indigenous people to fish salmon in natural parks the book brings the reader into a fascinating journey at the crux of the encounter between the relativism of anthropology and the endeavor toward a democratic coexistence pursued by the law. After identifying the recurrent themes or topoi used by judges and lawyers this book critically analyzes them evaluates their persuasive power and suggests a "cultural test" that gathers together the crucial questions to be answered when resolving a multicultural dispute. The "cultural test" is a matrix that guides the judge lawyers and legislatures across the intricate paths of multiculturalism to assure a relational dialogue between the law and anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367534097

Culture and the Middle Classes This book is a sociological study of a societal grouping that has the popular title ’middle class’. It argues that it is more precise to describe the middle classes as dominant groupings and the book draws upon a wide range of characters from such groupings. In a detailed analysis of cultural practices those making an appearance include omnivores carnivores herbivores the middle-brow traditional culture vultures middle class plunderers the urban arts eclectic and the English gentleman. There is a particular focus on those expressing the ’silver disposition’; predominantly affluent middle-aged and white with a taste for conspicuous consumption and established cultural forms. The book brings together a range of disparate sources on the middle classes and offers a sustained engagement with the concept of ’culture’. It illustrates the extent to which social groups utilize the various assets at their disposal and seek to maintain the legitimacy of their cultural practices. The findings emphasise the continuing link between class and taste. Culture and the Middle Classes will be of interest to those working in the fields of class and culture across a range of disciplines including sociology cultural studies social theory media studies and cultural anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138267817

Culture and the Political Economy of SchoolingWhat's Left for Education? Since the global financial crisis of 2007-08 the question of the aims of schooling have assumed greater importance. There has been no ‘return to normal’ yet young people are encouraged to ‘Keep calm and go to university’. Culture and the Political Economy of Schooling explores the possibilities for the emergence of a progressive agenda for schooling. Culture and the Political Economy of Schooling provides educators and social scientists with the essential background required to understand changes in schooling since the Second World War. It introduces theories of the economic crisis and explores their educational implications before going on to provide accounts of how politics and culture have shaped debates about schooling. This cultural political economy approach is applied to issues such as social class race the brave new worlds of work the dangerous rise of creative education and the increasingly urgent question of inequality. The final parts of the book explore the educational challenges of the Anthropocene and the changing conceptions of knowledge in schools and finally consider alternatives to contemporary schooling. The students in our schools today will face a future framed by the twin crises of economy and environment prompting an urgent rethink of education. Written in an accessible and engaging manner this book is an essential guide for thinking about the past present and futures of education. It will be of great interest to researchers and graduate students of education studies curriculum studies sociology of education education politics and education policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138089297

Culture and the Public Sphere Jim McGuigan discusses cultural policy as a manifestation of cultural politics in the widest sense. Illustrating his case with examples from recent cultural policy initiatives in Britain the United States and Australia he looks at:* The rise of market reasoning in arts administration* Urban regeneration and the arts* Heritage tourism* Race identity and cultural citizenship* Censorship and moral regulation* The role of computer-mediated communication in democratic discourse Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203203330

Culture and the State From the end of the eighteenth century to the late nineteenth century a remarkable convergence takes place in Europe between theories of the modern state and theories of culture. Culture and the State explores that theoretical convergence in relation to the social functions of state and cultural institutions showing how cultural education comes to play the role of forming citizens for the modern state. It critiques the way in which materialistic thinking has largely taken the concept of culture for granted and failed to grasp its relation to the idea of the state. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203947968

Culture and the State in Spain1550-1850 First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138967113

Culture and the Therapeutic ProcessA Guide for Mental Health Professionals While there are numerous resources for practitioners on the subject the ambiguity remains of what actually constitutes effective multicultural counseling and psychotherapy and how it should be incorporated into their sessions.  This book addresses the question of how to apply current theories and research with a unique “start-to-finish” approach examining the role culture plays in each stage of the therapeutic process from before the clinical intake to termination.  Each chapter is devoted to one of these stages and provides practical strategies techniques examples and case studies.  The reader will find new ways to consider the influence of culture and expand their own knowledge and skills as a practitioner. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138135833

Culture and Trust in Technology-Driven Organizations Culture and Trust in Technology-Driven Organizations provides insight into the important role that culture and trust can play in the success of high-technology organizations. This book reviews the literature and results of an empirical study that investigated the relationship between mechanistic and organic cultures and the level of trust in technology-based organizations.The book outlines the literature on organizational trust and culture and the role theorists believe they play in the success of a changing domestic and global business environment. It identifies ways of defining culture and trust as well as the survey instruments used to measure them. The book then examines the results of two studies that demonstrate the connection between organizational culture and trust. The two studies were conducted at separate times using data collected from several companies within a three-hour radius of each other. These companies are highly dependent upon the ability to identify hire and retain highly skilled knowledge workers. These workers are critical for the companies to successfully compete within the scope of their business and expand into their current and other markets. The book provides a practitioner’s guide—based on the literature review and the results of the studies examined—that can be used to assess diagnose and improve employees’ perception of their work culture and improve trust found in organizations. This guide provides management with actions and activities that should be considered when handling the day-to-day business of the organization. If followed these activities can be instrumental in designing a culture that leads to success and ease of operation for the organization and its members. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367379131

Culture as a SystemHow We Know the Meaning and Significance of What We Do and Say A particular culture is associated with a particular community and thus has a social dimension. But how does culture operate and how is it to be defined? Is it to be taken as the behavioral repertoire of members of that community as the products of their behavior or as the shared mental content that produces the behavior? Is it to be viewed as a coherent whole or only a collection of disparate parts? Culture is shared but how totally? How is culture learned and maintained over time and how does it change?In Meaning and Significance in Human Engagement Kronenfeld adopts a cognitive approach to culture to offer answers to these questions. Combining insights from cognitive psychology and linguistic anthropology with research on collective knowledge systems he offers an understanding of culture as a phenomenon produced and shaped by a combination of conditions constraints and logic.Engagingly written it is essential reading for scholars and graduate students of cognitive anthropology linguistic anthropology sociology of culture philosophy and computational cognitive science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367594787

Culture as a VocationSociology of career choices in cultural management Vocational occupations are attractive not so much for their material rewards as for the prestige and self-fulfillment they confer. They require a strong personal commitment which can be subjectively experienced in terms of passion and selflessness. The choice of a career in the cultural sector provides a good example of this. What are the terms of this calling? What predisposes individuals to answer it? What are the meanings of such a choice? To answer these questions this book focuses on would-be cultural managers. By identifying their social patterns by revealing the resources expectations and visions of the world they invest in their choice it sheds new light on these occupations. In these intermediary and indeterminate social positions family heritages intersect with educational strategies aspirations of upward mobility with tactics against downward mobility and social critique with adjustment strategies. Ultimately the study of career choices in cultural management suggests a new take on the analysis of social reproduction and on the embodiment of the new spirit of capitalism. The empirical findings of this research conducted in France are set in a broader comparative perspective at the European level and with the USA. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367870584

Culture as PowerBuddhist Heritage and the Indo-Japanese Dialogue This book presents new studies on intellectual and cultural interactions in the context of Buddhist heritage and Indo-Japanese dialogue in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on art religion and cultural politics. By revisiting Buddhist connections between India and Japan it examines the pathways of communication on common aesthetic and religious heritage that emerged in the backdrop of colonial experiences and the rise of Asian nationalisms. The volume discusses themes such as Asian arts and crafts under colonialism formation of East Asian art collections development of Buddhist art history in Japan Japanese encounters with Ajanta India in the history of the Shinto tradition Japan in India’s xenology and Buddhism and world peace and suggests paradigms of reconnecting cultural heritage within a global platform. With essays from experts across the world this book will be an essential read for scholars and researchers of history art history ancient Indian history colonial history heritage and cultural studies South Asian and East Asian history visual and media studies Asian studies international relations and foreign policy and the history of globalization. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367313593

Culture as Renewable OilHow Territory Bureaucratic Power and Culture Coalesce in the Venezuelan Petrostate This book unpacks the links between oil energy state power urban space and culture by looking at the Petro-Socialist Venezuelan oil state. It challenges the disciplinary compartmentalisation of the analysis of the material and cultural effects of oil to demonstrate that within the Petrostate Territory Bureaucratic Power and Culture become indivisible. To this end it examines how oil is a cultural resource in addition to a natural resource implying therefore that struggles over culture implicate oil and struggles over oil implicate culture. This book develops a story about Venezuela as an oil state and the way it deploys its policies to instrumentalise culture and urban space by examining the way Petro-Socialism manifests in space how it is imagined in speeches and how it is discursively constructed in adverts. The discussion reveals how a particular culture is privileged by the Venezuela state-owned oil company and its social and cultural branch. The book explores to what effect the state-owned oil company constructs a parallel notion of culture that becomes inextricable from land akin to a mineral deposit and tightly controlled by the Petrostate.The book will appeal to researchers who are interested in Resource Management Environmental Studies Cultural Studies and Political Geography. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367582050

Culture at Work in Aviation and MedicineNational Organizational and Professional Influences Published in 1998 culture forms a complex framework of national organizational and professional attitudes and values within which groups and individuals function. The reality and strength of culture become salient when we work within a new group and interact with people who have well established norms and values. In this book the authors report the results of their ongoing exploration of the influences of culture in two professions aviation and medicine. Their focus is on commercial airline pilots and operating room teams. Within these two environments they show the effect of professional national and organizational cultures of individual attitudes and values and team interaction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138613409

Culture at Work in Aviation and MedicineNational Organizational and Professional Influences Culture forms a complex framework of national organizational and professional attitudes and values within which groups and individuals function. The reality and strength of culture become salient when we work within a new group and interact with people who have well-established norms and values. In this book the authors report the results of their ongoing exploration of the influences of culture in two professions - aviation and medicine. Their focus is on commercial airline pilots and operating room teams. Within these two environments they show the effects of professional national and organizational cultures on individual attitudes values and team interactions. From the Foreword by Captain Daniel Maurino:...the authors direct their attention to applied research as well as to the search for practical tools to approach and deal with the relationship between culture error and error management and between culture and aviation human factors training for operational personnel. They devote particular attention to the link between culture and Crew Resource Management (CRM) training a safety and prevention tool towards which few if any have contributed so much and so well.. ...The incorporation and management of cultural factors into aviation operations and practices simply represent another tool to contribute to the aviation system‘s production goals. Encouraging progress has been made but there is need for improvement. This book presents one possible way to move forward Vividly laced with numerous contributions from a range of practitioners and researchers from Asia Australia Europe and the Americas as well as case studies and practical examples the book is designed to be accessible to practitioners and managers wishing to improve their own organization and to researchers with an interest in gaining a greater understanding of the types of culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138424791

Culture ClashAn International Legal Perspective on Ethnic Discrimination The globalization process has foregrounded ethnic discrimination as an increasingly important area of law around the world. Allowing a better understanding of the issue of ethnic discrimination and inequality this book offers a comparative analysis of legislation impacting ethnic equality in various Anglophone countries. It demonstrates that it is possible to achieve equality at both national and international levels. A compelling historical analysis of the North American Free Trade Agreement and the European Union Treaty is provided together with a detailed examination of diversity and the law. The book will interest practitioners and others interested in ethnic legal issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138261075

Culture DividedAmerica's Struggle for Unity Politicians and pundits make a great deal of the imperative for Americans to put aside political differences and "unite" as a nation. Calls for change and fresh approaches to politics beckon citizens to move beyond partisanship and special interests in a new spirit of togetherness. But how realistic is this desire? Isn't the very nature of democracy a process of taking sides? How unified has America been in its past? A casual look at U.S. history reveals a country riven with discord and disagreement. From fights between American revolutionaries and loyalists to the British Crown to the bloody differences that caused the Civil War to controversies over the Vietnam and Iraq Wars Americans have always argued over important matters of state. A Culture Divided argues that such disagreements have not been evidence of a weakening country or the "fraying of America." Rather argument and disagreement are precisely the opposite. They are the very essence of a healthy democracy. Grounded in historical and contemporary research A Culture Divided explores the history of political argument in the United States and asserts that democracy is alive and well in the current disputes in American culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315635330

Culture in International Construction Despite the wide range of technologies involved the construction industry still relies heavily on one old-fashioned component: the human. The clients managers designers investors and a whole host of other stakeholders are all involved in a crucial series of relationships that are just as important to project success as technical know-how. As construction projects become increasingly international as well as interdisciplinary the risk and cost of disharmonious working grows ever larger. The growth of IT and the increased reliance on large mergers and joint-ventures have created new problems which require a new set of solutions. Recent research has generated profound insights into international differences in business culture. This new work presents up-to-date theory and practical guidance identifying situations in which cultural differences present challenges. A focus on "critical incidents" demonstrated in a range of case studies will help readers to foresee such situations in their own projects and processes and so improve strategic and operational decision-making in construction collaborations. Detailed examples are taken from the Netherlands Germany Poland Turkey the UAE and China to explore a variety of problems in very different economic and cultural surroundings. A range of professionals (contractors developers investors architects engineers governments public/private clients) will find this book highly valuable as will researchers and students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138092891

Culture in MindToward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition What is thought and how does one come to study and understand it? How does the mind work? Does cognitive science explain all the mysteries of the brain? This collection of fourteen original essays from some of the top sociologists in the country including Eviatar Zerubavel Diane Vaughan Paul Dimaggio and Gary Alan Fine among others opens a dialogue between cognitive science and cultural sociology encouraging a new network of scientific collaboration and stimulating new lines of social scientific research. Rather than considering thought as just an individual act Culture in Mind considers it in a social and cultural context. Provocatively this suggests that our thoughts do not function in a vacuum: our minds are not alone. Covering such diverse topics as the nature of evil the process of storytelling defining mental illness and the conceptualizing of the premature baby these essays offer fresh insights into the functioning of the mind. Leaving the MRI behind Culture in Mind will uncover the mysteries of how we think. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203904701

Culture in School LearningRevealing the Deep Meaning Challenging educators to better understand themselves and their students this text presents a powerful process for developing a teaching perspective that embraces the centrality of culture in school learning. The six-part process covers examining culture personalizing culture inquiring about students' cultures and communities applying knowledge about culture to teaching formulating theory or a conceptual framework linking culture and school learning and transforming professional practice to better meet the needs of students from different cultural and experiential backgrounds. All aspects of the process are interrelated and interdependent. Two basic procedures employed in this process are presented: constructing an operational definition of culture that reveals its deep meaning in cognition and learning and applying the reflective-interpretive-inquiry (RIQ) approach to making linkages between students' cultural and experiential backgrounds and classroom instruction. Pedagogical features in each chapter include Focus Questions; Chapter Summaries; Suggested Learning Experiences Critical Reading lists. A Companion Website new for the Third Edition (www.routledge.com/cw/Hollins) provides additional student resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415743457

Culture IncarnateNative Anthropology from Russia This collection of studies uses the processes of analysis and self-analysis to examine the social political and spiritual forces at work in the post-Soviet world. The text includes discussions of ethnohistory political anthropology and ethnic conflict and symbolic anthropology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315482255

Culture MattersDecision-Making in Global Virtual Teams Global virtual teams (GVTs) have evolved as a common work structure in multinational corporations due to their efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The cultural differences can produce great benefits in terms of perspective creativity and innovation but can also exacerbate interpersonal tensions miscommunications and clashing decision-making behaviors. This book outlines cultural competencies specific to GVTs and sheds light on management strategies for creating an optimal inter-cultural GVT environment. It covers theory decision making strategies and activities for cultural competence and problem resolution all told through vignettes and lessons-learned. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781482240160

Culture MattersEssays In Honor Of Aaron Wildavsky Culture Matters explores the role of political culture studies as one of the major investigative fields in contemporary political science. Culture theory was the focal point of the late Aaron Wildavsky's teaching and research for the last decade of his life a life that profoundly affected many fields of political science from the study of the pres Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315313

Culture Of HonorThe Psychology Of Violence In The South In the United States the homicide rate in the South is consistently higher than the rate in the North. In this brilliantly argued book Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen use this fact as a starting point for an exploration of the underlying reasons for violence.According to Nisbett and Cohen the increased tendency of white southerners to commit certa Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315320

Culture of InequalityThe Changing Hindu–Muslim Relations in Maharashtra This book offers a historical perspective on the changing Hindu–Muslim relationship in India through a study of syncretic traditions in Kurundwad Maharashtra. It explores the social and cultural dynamics between the two communities and analyses underlying issues of caste hierarchy Hindu hegemony and social dominance. The volume focusses on how the realization of cultural distinctiveness politics of identity and the struggle for dominance have played a role in shaping Hindu–Muslim relations in Maharashtra. Through field interviews conducted over three years the authors contextualise and analyse the nature of cultural hybridity in Kurundwad and how the relationship has changed over the years. The book also focusses on notions of tolerance and inequality and provides insights into the reasons for the growing distinctiveness in cultural and religious identity in Kurundwad since the 1990s in the aftermath of the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the Shah Banu verdict. The book provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the relationship between Hindus and Muslims in India. It will be of great interest to researchers and students of sociology politics modern history cultural studies minority studies and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367819422

Culture of the Internet As we begin a new century the astonishing spread of nationally and internationally accessible computer-based communication networks has touched the imagination of people everywhere. Suddenly the Internet is in everyday parlance featured in talk shows in special business "technology" sections of major newspapers and on the covers of national magazines. If the Internet is a new world of social behavior it is also a new world for those who study social behavior. This volume is a compendium of essays and research reports representing how researchers are thinking about the social processes of electronic communication and its effects in society. Taken together the chapters comprise a first gathering of social psychological research on electronic communication and the Internet. The authors of these chapters work in different disciplines and have different goals research methods and styles. For some the emergence and use of new technologies represent a new perspective on social and behavioral processes of longstanding interest in their disciplines. Others want to draw on social science theories to understand technology. A third group holds to a more activist program seeking guidance through research to improve social interventions using technology in domains such as education mental health and work productivity. Each of these goals has influenced the research questions methods and inferences of the authors and the "look and feel" of the chapters in this book. Intended primarily for researchers who seek exposure to diverse approaches to studying the human side of electronic communication and the Internet this volume has three purposes: * to illustrate how scientists are thinking about the social processes and effects of electronic communication; * to encourage research-based contributions to current debates on electronic communication design applications and policies; and * to suggest by example how studies of electronic communication can contribute to social science itself. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781315806389

Culture Politics and Linguistic Recognition in TaiwanEthnicity National Identity and the Party System The consolidation of Taiwanese identity in recent years has been accompanied by two interrelated paradoxes: a continued language shift from local Taiwanese languages to Mandarin Chinese and the increasing subordination of the Hoklo majority culture in ethnic policy and public identity discourses. A number of initiatives have been undertaken toward the revitalization and recognition of minority cultures. At the same time however the Hoklo majority culture has become akin to a political taboo. This book examines how the interplay of ethnicity national identity and party politics has shaped current debates on national culture and linguistic recognition in Taiwan. It suggests that the ethnolinguistic distribution of the electorate has led parties to adopt distinctive strategies in an attempt to broaden their ethnic support bases. On the one hand the DPP and the KMT have strived to play down their respective de-Sinicization and Sinicization ideologies as well as their Hoklo and Chinese ethnocultural cores. At the same time the parties have competed to portray themselves as the legitimate protectors of minority interests by promoting Hakka and Aboriginal cultures. These concomitant logics have discouraged parties from appealing to ethnonationalist rhetoric prompting them to express their antagonistic ideologies of Taiwanese and Chinese nationalism through more liberal conceptions of language rights. Therefore the book argues that constraints to cultural and linguistic recognition in Taiwan are shaped by political rather than cultural and sociolinguistic factors. Investigating Taiwan’s counterintuitive ethnolinguistic situation this book makes an important theoretical contribution to the literature to many fields of study and will appeal to scholars of Taiwanese politics sociolinguistics culture and history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138351578

Culture WarsAn Encyclopedia of Issues Viewpoints and Voices The term "culture wars" refers to the political and sociological polarisation that has characterised American society the past several decades. This new edition provides an enlightening and comprehensive A-to-Z ready reference now with supporting primary documents on major topics of contemporary importance for students teachers and the general reader. It aims to promote understanding and clarification on pertinent topics that too often are not adequately explained or discussed in a balanced context. With approximately 640 entries plus more than 120 primary documents supporting both sides of key issues this is a unique and defining work indispensable to informed discussions of the most timely and critical issues facing America today. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315705323

Culture WarsThe Media and the British Left Culture Wars investigates the relationship between the media and politics in Britain today. It focusses on how significant sections of the national press have represented and distorted the policies of the Labour Party and particularly its left from the Thatcher era up to and including Ed Miliband’s and Jeremy Corbyn’s leaderships. Revised and updated including five brand new chapters this second edition shows how press hostility to the left particularly newspaper coverage of its policies on race gender and sexuality has morphed into a more generalised campaign against ‘political correctness’ the ‘liberal elite’ and the so-called ‘enemies of the people’. Combining fine-grained case studies with authoritative overviews of recent British political and media history Culture Wars demonstrates how much of the press have routinely attacked Labour and in so doing have abused their political power distorted public debate and negatively impacted the news agendas of public service broadcasters. The book also raises the intriguing question of whether the rise of social media and the success of its initial exploitation by Corbyn supporters followed by Labour as a whole in the 2017 General Election represent a major shift in the balance of power between Labour and the media and in particular the right-wing press. Culture Wars will be of considerable interest to students and researchers in the fields of media politics and contemporary British history and will also attract those with a more general interest in current affairs in the UK. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138223035

Culture-Led Urban Regeneration The idea that culture can be employed as a driver for urban economic growth has become part of the new orthodoxy by which cities seek to enhance their competitive position. Such developments reflect not only the rise to prominence of the cultural sphere in the contemporary (urban) economy but how the meaning of culture has been redefined to include new uses in order to meet social economic and political objectives. This significant book focuses on the ability of cultural investment to meet the rhetoric of social inclusion and the extent to which it offers sustainable solutions to the problems of the city. To this end it focuses on the meanings and practice of culture-led policy within the city and its evaluation is proposed. Paddison and Miles have edited an innovative book which presents a series of diverse case studies to challenge the ‘one size fits all’ model of culture-led urban regeneration - a key concern being the extent to which culture-led regeneration can genuinely fulfil the expectations that policy-makers and urban commentators have of it. This book was previously published as a special issue of Urban Studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315878768

Culture-Meaning-ArchitectureCritical Reflections on the Work of Amos Rapoport This title was first pulished in 2000:  This collection of essays provides an excellent integrated source for the latest thinking in multiple disciplines on the issue of culture and its relationship with built form and hence human environmental experience. Whether one is primarily interested in how culture-built environment inquiry affects: theoretical issues research approaches research findings practical applications or has implications for teaching this book provides an engaging dialogue in regard to each of these perspectives. As important the book’s introduction provides a conceptual framework for integrating the various contributions in a meaningful and systemic fashion. Contributors come from disciplines including anthropology architecture human ecology psychology and urban planning. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138712331

Cultures Citizenship and Human Rights In Cultures Citizenship and Human Rights the combined analytical efforts of the fields of human rights law conflict studies anthropology history media studies gender studies and critical race and postcolonial studies raise a comprehensive understanding of the discursive and visual mediation of migration and manifestations of belonging and citizenship. More insight into the convergence – but also the tensions – between the cultural and the legal foundations of citizenship has proven to be vital to the understanding of societies past and present especially to assess processes of inclusion and exclusion. Citizenship is more than a collection of rights and privileges held by the individual members of a state but involves cultural and historical interpretations legal contestation and regulation as well as an active engagement with national regional and local state and other institutions about the boundaries of those (implicitly gendered and raced) rights and privileges. Highlighting and assessing the transformations of what citizenship entails today is crucially important to the future of Europe which both as an idea and as a practical project faces challenges that range from the crisis of legitimacy to the problems posed by mass migration. Many of the issues addressed in this book however also play out in other parts of the world as several of the chapters reflect. This book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at　www.routledge.com. They have been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367185619

Cultures Nationalism and PopulismNew Challenges to Multilateralism This book examines the role of the cultural factor and patterns of its interaction with social economic and political developments in fostering identity-based new populisms and various forms of political authoritarianism across the globe. Comparing authoritarianism in the Asian and Western context this book attempts to shed light on the different ways in which new political actors make use of cultural traditions or constructs in order to justify their claims to power and challenge the culture of modernity as understood in the Western world. Lastly the book focuses on the consequence of these new challenges for multilateral cooperation at regional and global levels asking the question: is the world going towards fragmentation and anarchy or a pluralist and innovative form of multilateral cooperation? This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of populism and authoritarianism studies democracy global governance and more broadly to international relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367202477

Cultures Politics and Research ProgramsAn International Assessment of Practical Problems in Field Research A compilation of authoritative reports from seasoned researchers working in eight different countries on five continents this volume examines the concept that conditions of local feasibility are constitutive of research practices not simply obstructions to the realization of an ideal. The result documents the effects of political and cultural factors on research projects and offers culturally sensitive researchers a wealth of practical knowledge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415515511

Cultures and DisastersUnderstanding Cultural Framings in Disaster Risk Reduction Why did the people of the Zambesi Delta affected by severe flooding return early to their homes or even choose to not evacuate? How is the forced resettlement of small-scale farmers living along the foothills of an active volcano on the Philippines impacting on their day-to-day livelihood routines? Making sense of such questions and observations is only possible by understanding how the decision-making of societies at risk is embedded in culture and how intervention measures acknowledge or neglect cultural settings. The social construction of risk is being given increasing priority in understand how people experience and prioritize hazards in their own lives and how vulnerability can be reduced and resilience increased at a local level. Culture and Disasters adopts an interdisciplinary approach to explore this cultural dimension of disaster with contributions from leading international experts within the field. Section I provides discussion of theoretical considerations and practical research to better understand the important of culture in hazards and disasters. Culture can be interpreted widely with many different perspectives; this enables us to critically consider the cultural boundedness of research itself as well as the complexities of incorporating various interpretations into DRR. If culture is omitted related issues of adaptation coping intervention knowledge and power relations cannot be fully grasped. Section II explores what aspects of culture shape resilience? How have people operationalized culture in every day life to establish DRR practice? What constitutes a resilient culture and what role does culture play in a society’s decision making? It is natural for people to seek refuge in tried and trust methods of disaster mitigation however culture and belief systems are constantly evolving. How these coping strategies can be introduced into DRR therefore poses a challenging question. Finally Section III examines the effectiveness of key scientific frameworks for understanding the role of culture in disaster risk reduction and management. DRR includes a range of norms and breaking these through an understanding of cultural will challenge established theoretical and empirical frameworks. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415745604

Cultures and Practices of Coexistence from the Thirteenth Through the Seventeenth CenturiesMulti-Ethnic Cities in the Mediterranean World Volume 1 This book focuses on the ethnically composite heterogeneous mixed nature of the Mediterranean cities and their cultural heritage between the late middle ages and early modern times. How did it affect the cohabitation among different people and cultures on the urban scene? How did it mold the shape and image of cities that were crossroads of encounters but also the arena of conflict and exclusion? The 13 case studies collected in this volume address these issues by exploring the traces left by centuries of interethnic porosity on the tangible and intangible heritage of cities such as Acre and Cyprus Genoa and Venice Rome and Istanbul Cordoba and Tarragona. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367544447

Cultures in Conversation Cultures in Conversation introduces readers to the ethnographic study of intercultural and social interactions through the analysis of conversations in which various cultural orientations are operating. Author Donal Carbaugh presents his original research on conversation practices in England Finland Russia Blackfeet County and the United States demonstrating how each is distinctive in its communication codes--particularly in its use of symbolic meanings forms of interaction norms and motivational themes. Examining conversation in this way demonstrates how cultural lives are active in conversations and shows how conversation is a principal medium for the coding of selves social relationships and societies. Representing 20 years of research this volume offers unique insights into the ways social interactions not only gain shape from but also are formative of cultures. It makes a significant contribution to communication scholarship and will be illuminating reading in courses focusing on cultural communication language and social interaction intercultural pragmatics and linguistics. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781410613837

Cultures in RefugeSeeking Sanctuary in Modern Australia New formulations of globalisation have radically altered how people conceptualize the movement of people ideas and capital throughout the globe with questions of securitisation and transnational sentiment re-shaping long-standing Western concepts of asylum and human rights. Questioning the manner in which the reception of sanctuary in modern Australia changes migrants' sense of belonging this interdisciplinary volume focuses on the disjuncture between receiving sanctuary and feeling secure in one's self and community. With emphasis on the formation and expression of migrant and refugee cultures the book deliberately blurs the distinction between migrants and refugees in order to engage more directly with the subjectivities of lived experience and social networks. Presenting research from the fields of sociology media studies politics international relations and history Cultures in Refuge places explores the manner in which notions of asylum and refuge affect the processes of articulating and negotiating identities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138261600

Cultures of AgeingSelf Citizen and the Body For undergraduate courses in sociology and psychology which examine ageing adulthood. This book focuses on the dramatic changes to the nature of post-retirement life experienced by people at the end of the twentieth century. It examines age and ageing in terms of the key preoccupations of contemporary sociology - citizenship the body and the self. The book provides a platform for a new social gerontology that sees ageing as central to our understanding of social change. It examines social cultural and political changes in Europe and North America to address the need for a text that moves the study of ageing from social policy towards the mainstream of social science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138157811

Cultures of Commodity Branding Commodity branding did not emerge with contemporary global capitalism. In fact the authors of this volume show that the cultural history of branding stretches back to the beginnings of urban life in the ancient Near East and Egypt and can be found in various permutations in places as diverse as the Bronze Age Mediterranean and Early Modern Europe. What the contributions in this volume also vividly document both in past social contexts and recent ones as diverse as the kingdoms of Cameroon Socialist Hungary or online eBay auctions is the need to understand branded commodities as part of a broader continuum with techniques of gift-giving ritual and sacrifice. Bringing together the work of cultural anthropologists and archaeologists this volume obliges specialists in marketing and economics to reassess the relationship between branding and capitalism as well as adding an important new concept to the work of economic anthropologists and archaeologists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781598745429

Cultures of Communication from Reformation to EnlightenmentConstructing Publics in the Early Modern German Lands Focusing on the territories of the Holy Roman Empire from the early Reformation to the mid-eighteenth century this volume of fifteen interdisciplinary essays examines some of the structures practices and media of communication that helped shape the social cultural and political history of the period. Not surprisingly print was an important focal point but it was only one medium through which individuals and institutions constructed publics and communicated with an audience. Religious iconography and ritual sermons music civic architecture court ceremony street gossip acts of violence are also forms of communication explored in the volume. Bringing together scholars from diverse disciplines and scholarly backgrounds this volume transcends narrow specializations and will be of interest to a broad range of academics seeking to understand the social political and cultural consequences of the "information revolution" of Reformation Europe. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315258669

Cultures of Conflict Resolution in Early Modern Europe Disputes discord and reconciliation were fundamental parts of the fabric of communal living in early modern Europe. This edited volume presents essays on the cultural codes of conflict and its resolution in this period under three broad themes: peacemaking as practice; the nature of mediation and arbitration; and the role of criminal law in conflicts. Through an exploration of conflict and peacemaking this volume provides innovative accounts of state formation community and religion in the early modern period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472411556

Cultures of Consumption First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203388389

Cultures of CounterterrorismFrench and Italian Responses to Terrorism after 9/11 This book investigates counterterrorism responses from a strategic-culturalist perspective focusing on France and Italy in the post-9/11 era. Terrorism occupies a predominant space within contemporary political debate across all European countries. Recent attacks in Europe have raised many questions about the status of counterterrorism structures within European countries revealing a wide range of practical as well as discursive security implications. This work provides an original contribution to the understanding of counterterrorism by asking how values norms and a shared sense of identity matter in policy dynamics. It explores and assesses which cultural elements are relevant for the fight against terrorism and investigates the impact which these elements can have on practical approaches to terrorism. Despite the current attention to terrorist attacks in Europe the cases of France and Italy in counterterrorism affairs are particularly overlooked by the existing literature; this book analyses questions and examines the strategy of these two countries through the instruments offered by the culturalist approaches to strategy.This book will be of much interest to students of terrorism studies discourse analysis European politics security studies and international relations in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367731632

Cultures of Curriculum Using "cultures of curriculum" as a lens this clear compelling text reveals and critically examines the belief systems and classroom practices of curricular orientations in contemporary American society. It is designed to foster awareness examination and deliberation about the curricula planned for and carried out in classrooms and schools; to inspire conversations about theory and practice as well as political social and moral issues; and to expand critical consciousness about approaches to curriculum and practice. Readers are encouraged to give serious attention to the issues this book raises for them and to join with their colleagues students and communities in considering how to create curricula with purpose and congruent practices and to reculture classrooms and schools. A framework of inquiry is presented to facilitate such reflection and to accomplish these goals. Cultures of Curriculum Second Edition: Introduces the field of curriculum studies by describing theories and questions pertinent to curriculum inquiry Describes the process of curriculum leadership drawing from historical and contemporary research on curriculum change and transformation Presents the concept of cultures of curriculum as a way of thinking of curriculum as cultural text encompassing histories norms beliefs values roles and environments. Connects theory to practice by describing curricular orientations as depicted in practice providing educators with approaches to instruction planning and assessment for creating intentional practices in classrooms and schools Uses a heuristic that helps educators to understand curricular orientations examine curriculum in classrooms and schools and reflect upon their own beliefs and practices Integrates moral and political discourse into discussions of curriculum orientations so that educators can recognize question and challenge aims and actions by examining dominant paradigms and both their direct and unforeseeable influences upon schooling Changes in the second edition: Four new chapters – "Narrowing the Curriculum" (current trends of standardization and high-stakes testing) "Educating Through Occupations (Deweyan progressive and career/technical education) "Sustaining Indigenous Traditions" (Native American/indigenous education) "Envisioning Peace" (peace global human rights environmental education) Updates and pertinent scholarship in all chapters reflecting recent events and discourses Curricular cultures all are examples of progressive alternatives to traditional education New two-part structure: Curriculum Studies and Curricular Cultures Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203837276

Cultures of Defiance and ResistanceSocial Movements in 21st-Century America How does one achieve a sense of freedom and meaning in a confusing over-bureaucratized and unequal world? Scott McNall offers the compelling case that we do so by taking a stand to protect our identities and values and by taking further steps to create a sense of community with like-minded people. Modern social movements have sprung up on the right and left to provide this sense of community to seek explanations for why things are the way they are and to discover what might be done in response. At this critical juncture in American society when divisions over race class gender and government influence persist movements allow their members to feel they are not trapped by their conditions. Cultures of Defiance and Resistance is an eye-opening account of the 'Antis' - those who stand in opposition to received wisdom and power who resist the science of climate change who reject vaccinations who want to ban GMOs and those who have resisted what they see as political or cultural oppression such as Black Lives Matter Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party. McNall masterfully explores the goals narratives and rhetoric used by groups on the left right and center to understand and cope with 21st century America in a time of mass discord uncertainty and hostility. In doing so he reframes social movements for a new era in one of the first cross-comparative books reflecting the entire political spectrum. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138239722

Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and BulgariaHow Ideas Shape Publics At a time when some EU member states are attracting attention for the rise to power of illiberal anti-democratic political movements this book’s analytical focus on ideas and identities helps explain why institutional progress is not necessarily reflected in the formation of liberal democratic publics. Starting from the premise that citizens can only uphold the institutions of liberal democracy when they understand and identify with the principles enshrined in them the author applies normative public sphere theory to the analysis of political discourse and everyday discussion in Serbia and Bulgaria. From this perspective the Serbian public sphere is observed to be more contested pluralist and at the margins liberal than that of Bulgaria. Considering that Bulgaria has been a full EU member since 2007 while Serbia remains stuck in the waiting room it is argued that democratic cultures are not shaped by elite-led drives to meet institutional criteria but rather by the spread of ideas through politics the media and the discussions of citizens. Moving beyond the narrow focus on institutions that currently prevails in studies of democratization this book demonstrates the value of a more ethnographic and society-oriented approach. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138284906

Cultures of DesistanceRehabilitation Reintegration and Ethnic Minorities In contrast to the widespread focus on ethnicity in relation to engagement in offending the question of whether or not processes associated with desistance – that is the cessation and curtailment of offending behaviour – vary by ethnicity has received less attention. This is despite known ethnic differences in factors identified as affecting disengagement from offending such as employment place of residence religious affiliation and family structure providing good reasons for believing differences would exist. This book seeks to address this oversight. Using data obtained from in-depth qualitative interviews it investigates the processes associated with desistance from crime among offenders drawn from some of the principal minority ethnic groups in the United Kingdom. Cultures of Desistance explores how structural (families friends peer groups employment social capital) and cultural (religion values recognition) ethnic differences affected the environment in which their desistance took place. For Indians and Bangladeshis desistance was characterised as a collective experience involving their families actively intervening in their lives. In contrast Black and dual heritage offenders’ desistance was a much more individualistic endeavour. The book suggests a need for a research agenda and justice policy that are sensitive to desisters’ structural location and for a wider culture which promotes and supports desisters’ efforts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415623483

Cultures of DevelopmentVietnam Brazil and the Unsung Vanguard of Prosperity The North Atlantic development establishment has had a blemished track record over the past 65 years. In addition to a sizeable portfolio of failure the few economic success stories in the developing world such as South Korea and China have been achieved by rejecting the advice of Western experts. Despite these realities debates within mainstream development studies have stagnated around a narrow acultural emphasis on institutions or the size and role of government. Cultures of Development uses a contrapuntal comparison of Vietnam and Brazil to show why it is important for development scholars and practitioners to broaden their conceptualization of economies to include the socio-cultural. This smartly written book based on original ethnographic research breathes new life into development studies by bringing cultural studies into conversation with development studies with an emphasis on improving—rather than merely critiquing—market economies. The applied deployment of critical development studies i.e. interpretive economics results in a number of theoretical advances in both development and areas studies demonstrating the economic importance of certain kinds of cultural work carried out by religious leaders artists activists and educators. Most importantly the reader comes to fully appreciate how economies are embedded within the subjectivities discourses symbols rituals norms and values of a given society. This pioneering book revives development practice and policy by offering fresh insights and ideas about how development can be advanced. It will be of special interest to scholars and students of Development Studies Sociology Economics Anthropology and Area Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138597501

Cultures of DisasterSociety and Natural Hazard in the Philippines In this fascinating and comprehensive study Greg Bankoff traces the history of natural hazards in the Philippines from the records kept by the Spanish colonisers to the 'Calamitous Nineties' and assesses the effectiveness of the relief mechanisms that have evolved to cope with these occurrences. He also examines the correlation between this history of natural disasters and the social hierarchy within Filipino society. The constant threat of disaster has been integrated into the schema of daily life to such an extent that a 'culture of disaster' has been formed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138879263

Cultures of EnergyPower Practices Technologies This path-breaking volume explores cultures of energy the underlying but under-appreciated dimensions of both crisis and innovation in resource use around the globe. Theoretical chapters situate pressing energy issues in larger conceptual frames and ethnographic case studies reveal energy as it is imagined used and contested in a variety of cultural contexts. Contributors address issues including the connection between resource flows and social relationships in energy systems; cultural transformation and notions of progress and collapse; the blurring of technology and magic; social tensions that accompany energy contraction; and sociocultural changes required in affluent societies to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Each of five thematic sections concludes with an integrative and provocative conversation among the authors. The volume is an ideal tool for teaching unique contemporary and comparative perspectives on social theories of science and technology in undergraduate and graduate courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781611321661

Cultures of Expertise in Global Currency Markets Notwithstanding financial crises global foreign exchange markets have undergone a tremendous growth during the last two decades. Foreign exchange (FX) is often thought of as a site where economic actors exchange currencies for buying foreign goods or selling goods in foreign countries but the FX markets are better understood as financial spheres dominated by speculative actors. A key question is how this huge global speculative sphere has developed and what maintains it. Thus far global currency markets have been largely neglected by the new approaches to finance and until now no study has existed to chart the interplay of their structural evolution and their shape as knowledge spheres. This new book offers a systematic study of FX markets from a knowledge sociological perspective empirically focussing on analysts within these markets. It makes the argument that market structures are reflected in and become stabilised by distinct cultures of financial expertise. These cultures connect the actions and perceptions of loosely coupled globally distributed market players and establish shared sets of strategies of how to observe valuate and invest. This highly original book will be of interest to scholars of economics sociology and political science and in particular to all those with an interest in the sociology of finance and the role of finance in the contemporary world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138902183

Cultures of ForgeryMaking Nations Making Selves In Cultures of Forgery leading literary studies and cultural studies scholars examine the double meaning of the word "forge"-to create or to form on the one hand and to make falsely on the other. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203957776

Cultures of Glass Architecture When designing architects are responding to and creating a relationship between identity culture and architectural style. This book discusses whether the extent of the use of glass facades has increased or indeed enhanced the creation of meaningful place-making thereby creating a cultural identity of 'place'. Looking at the development of perceptions of glass facades in different cultures it shows how modernist 'glass' buildings are perceived as an expression of technical achievement as symbols of global economic success and as setting a neutral platform for multi-cultural societies - all of which are difficult for urban developers and policy makers to resist in our era of globalization. Drawing on a number of modern and heritage design projects from Europe the USA the Middle East and South East Asia the book reviews efforts of some regional towns and local places to move up the economic ladder by adopting a more 'global' aesthetic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138258839

Cultures of GlobalizationCoherence Hybridity Contestation Much has been written about the economic and political implications of the contemporary process of globalization. Much less has been written about the specific cultural implications. Previously published as a special issue of Globalizations this book seeks to add to our knowledge of the latter by bringing together researchers from different disciplines with the common goal of exploring the emerging cultural relations among groups and individuals in terms of coherence and hybridity identity and allegiance and cooperation and conflict. As the world’s peoples increasingly travel work trade recreate and otherwise communicate with each other relative cultural isolation (and isolationism) is becoming less and less possible. What does this mean for cultural coherence stability and identity across the planet? What have been the cultural implications of and reactions to this increasing global interdependence among peoples? From more global and theoretical perspectives to more empirical and case-specific approaches the various authors attempt to come to terms with the ever evolving and complex cultural content of contemporary globalization. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315878416

Cultures of HealingMedieval and After This volume brings together for the first time an updated collection of articles exploring poverty poor relief illness and health care as they intersected in Western Europe the Mediterranean and the Middle East during a ‘long’ Middle Ages. It offers a thorough and wide-ranging investigation into the institution of the hospital and the development of medicine and charity with focuses on the history of music therapy and the history of ideas and perceptions fundamental to psychoanalysis.The collection is both sequel and complement to Horden’s earlier volume of collected studies Hospitals and Healing from Antiquity to the Later Middle Ages (2008). It will be welcomed by all those interested in the premodern history of healing and welfare for its breadth of scope and scholarly depth. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367661724

Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism 1707-1840 The first applied research volume in Scottish Romanticism this collection foregrounds the concept of progress as 'improvement' as a constitutive theme of Scottish writing during the long eighteenth century. It explores improvement as the animating principle behind Scotland’s post-1707 project of modernization a narrative both shaped and reflected in the literary sphere. It represents a vital moment in Romantic studies as a 'four-nations' interrogation of the British context reaches maturity. Equally the volume contributes to a central concern in the study of Scottish culture amplifying a critical synthesis of Romanticism and Enlightenment. Chapter 9 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781351056427_oachapter9.pdf Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367591519

Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940Great Exhibitions in the Margins Beyond the great exhibitions expositions universelles and world fairs in London Paris or Chicago numerous smaller yet ambitious exhibitions took place in provincial cities and towns across the world. Focusing on the period between 1840 and 1940 this volume takes a novel look at the exhibitionary cultures of this period and examines the motivations scope and impact of lesser-known exhibitions in for example Australia Japan Brazil as well as a number of European countries. The individual case studies included explore the role of these exhibitions in the global exhibitionary network and consider their ’marginality’ related to their location and omission by academic research so far. The chapters also highlight a number of important issues from regional or national identities the role of modernisation and tradition to the relationship between capital cities and provincial towns present in these exhibitions. They also address the key topic of colonial exhibitions as well as the displays of arts and design in the context of the so-called marginal fairs. Cultures of International Exhibitions 1840-1940: Great Exhibitions in the Margins therefore opens up new angles in the way the global phenomenon of a great exhibition can be examined through the prism of the regional and will make a vital contribution to those interested in exhibition studies and related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138575080

Cultures of Law in Urban Northern EuropeScotland and its Neighbours c.1350–c.1650 Drawing together an international team of historians lawyers and historical sociolinguists this volume investigates urban cultures of law in Scotland with a special focus on Aberdeen and its rich civic archive the Low Countries Norway Germany and Poland from c. 1350 to c. 1650. In these essays the contributors seek to understand how law works in its cultural and social contexts by focusing specifically on the urban experience and to a great extent on urban records. The contributions are concerned with understanding late medieval and early modern legal experts as well as the users of courts and legal services the languages and records of law and legal activities occurring inside and outside of official legal fora. This volume considers what the expectations of people at different status levels were for the use of the law what perceptions of justice and authority existed among different groups and what their knowledge was of law and legal procedure. By examining how different aspects of legal culture came to be recorded in writing the contributors reveal how that writing itself then became part of a culture of law. Cultures of Law in Urban Northern Europe: Scotland and its Neighbours c.1350–c.1650 combines the historical study of law towns language and politics in a way that will be accessible and compelling for advanced level undergraduates and postgraduate to postdoctoral researchers and academics in medieval and early modern urban legal political and linguistic history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367206796

Cultures of Mass TourismDoing the Mediterranean in the Age of Banal Mobilities With more than 230 million international tourists a year the Mediterranean region is the largest tourist destination in the world. This book outlines that its economic importance is matched by its significance as a cultural and aesthetic phenomenon. Through a series of ethnographic insights into some of the key sites of mass Mediterranean tourism it focuses on package tourists' experiences of the serial banal and depthless spaces that are mushrooming along the coast and the enchantments dissolutions and dreams that saturate them. Moving away from the notion of authentic places corrupted by mass tourism the book shows how new forms and spaces are made and remade by the mobilities and performances of locals workers and tourists. Finally the book looks at the complex materialities of mass tourism and the many networks that make it possible. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315575568

Cultures of ParticipationArts Digital Media and Cultural Institutions This book examines cultural participation from three different but interrelated perspectives: participatory art and aesthetics; participatory digital media and participatory cultural policies and institutions. Focusing on how ideals and practices relating to cultural participation express and (re)produce different "cultures of participation" an interdisciplinary team of authors demonstrate how the areas of arts digital media and cultural policy and institutions are shaped by different but interrelated contextual backgrounds. Chapters offer a variety of perspectives and strategies for empirically identifying "cultures of participation" and their current transformations and tensions in various regional and national settings. This book will be of interest to academics and cultural leaders in the areas of museum studies media and communications arts arts education cultural studies curatorial studies and digital studies. It will also be relevant for cultural workers artists and policy makers interested in the participatory agenda in art digital media and cultural institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367218386

Cultures Of Politics/politics Of CulturesRevisioning Latin American Social Movements Investigating the complex interrelations between culture and politics in a wide range of social movements in Latin America this book focuses on the cultural politics enacted by social movements as they struggle for new visions and practices of citizenship democracy social relations and development. The volume explores the potential of these cul Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315337

Cultures of Post-War British Fascism In Post-War Britain cultural interventions were a feature of fascist parties and movements just as they were in Europe. This book makes a new major contribution to existing scholarship which begins to discuss British fascism as a cultural phenomenon. A collection of essays from leading academics this book uncovers how a cultural struggle lay at the heart of the hegemonic projects of all varieties of British fascism. Such a cultural struggle is enacted and reflected in the text and talk music and literature of British fascism. Where other published works have examined the cultural visions of British fascism during the inter-war period this book is the first to dedicate itself to detailed critical analysis of the post-war cultural landscapes of British fascism. Through discussions of cultural phenomena such as folk music fashion and neo-nazi fiction among others Cultures of Post-War British Fascism builds a picture of Post-War Britain which emphasises the importance of understanding these politics with reference to their corresponding cultural output. This book is essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying far right politics and British history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138846845

Cultures of Prediction in Atmospheric and Climate ScienceEpistemic and Cultural Shifts in Computer-based Modelling and Simulation In recent decades science has experienced a revolutionary shift. The development and extensive application of computer modelling and simulation has transformed the knowledge‐making practices of scientific fields as diverse as astro‐physics genetics robotics and demography. This epistemic transformation has brought with it a simultaneous heightening of political relevance and a renewal of international policy agendas raising crucial questions about the nature and application of simulation knowledges throughout public policy. Through a diverse range of case studies spanning over a century of theoretical and practical developments in the atmospheric and environmental sciences this book argues that computer modelling and simulation have substantially changed scientific and cultural practices and shaped the emergence of novel ‘cultures of prediction’. Making an innovative interdisciplinary contribution to understanding the impact of computer modelling on research practice institutional configurations and broader cultures this volume will be essential reading for anyone interested in the past present and future of climate change and the environmental sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367152291

Cultures of Radicalism in Britain and Ireland This collection of essays addresses the role of literature in radical politics. Topics covered include the legacy of Robert Burns broadside literature in Munster and radical literature in Wales. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138662049

Cultures of Schooling (RLE Edu L Sociology of Education)Pedagogies for Cultural Difference and Social Access This volume examines the ways schools respond to cultural and linguistic diversity. A richness of accumulated experience is portrayed in this study of six Australian secondary schools; partial success near success or instructive failure as the culture of the school itself was transformed in an attempt to meet the educational needs of its students. Set in the context of a general historical background to the development of multicultural education in Australia a theoretical framework is developed with which to analyze the move from the traditional curriculum of cultural assimilation to the progressivist curriculum of cultural pluralism. The book analyzes the limitations of the progressivist model of multicultural education and suggests a new ‘post-progressivist’ model in evidence already in an incipient and as yet tentative ‘self-corrective’ trend in the case-study schools. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415752879

Cultures of SellingPerspectives on Consumption and Society since 1700 The study of consumption and its relationship to cultural and social values has become a vibrant and important field in recent years. Hitherto however relatively few detailed and full length works on this topic have been published. In what will become a seminal volume this book examines retail selling in various historical contexts and locations as both an activity at once 'mundane' and almost universal. The book introduces the reader to the existing literature relevant to the subject; and explores the widespread perceptions of moral ambiguity surrounding the practice of selling consumer goods - ranging from concerns about the adulteration of goods to fears about sharp practice on the part of retailers - and places such concerns in the context of wider societal values and ideas. The ambivalence towards retail selling and sellers is also a central focus of the collection focussing on the attempts by retailers to develop selling techniques and successful practices of salesmanship and at the same time establish widely-shared understandings of 'good' retailing. The book also delves into the more dubious practices of retail selling including practices on the margin of legality the issue of credit and changing attitudes towards debt. Uniquely the book examines how sales techniques relate to the wider context of a whole shopping 'experience' or shopping environment. Taken as a whole this volume will provide a first port of call for students researchers and others interested in exploring consumer cultures and the cultural norms and practices involved in the sale of consumer goods in various historical periods and geographical contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138262782

Cultures of Sustainability and WellbeingTheories Histories and Policies  Cultures of Sustainability and Wellbeing: Theories Histories and Policies examines and assesses the interdependence between sustainability and wellbeing by drawing attention to humans as producers and consumers in a post-human age. Why wellbeing ought to be regarded as essential to sustainable development is explored first from multifocal theoretical perspectives encompassing sociology literary criticism and socioeconomics second in relation to institutions and policies and third with a focus on specific case studies across the world. Wellbeing and its sustainability are defined in terms of biological and cultural diversity; stages of advancement in science and technology; notions of citizenship and agency; geopolitical scenarios and environmental conditions. Wellbeing and sustainability call for enquiries into human capacities in ontological epistemological and practical terms. A view of sustainability that revolves around material and immaterial wellbeing is based on the assumption that life quality comfort happiness security safety always posit humans as both recipients and agents. Risk and resilience in contemporary societies define the intrinsically human ability to make and consume to act and adapt driving the search for and fruition of wellbeing. How to sustain the dual process of exploitation and regeneration is a task that requires integrated approaches from the sciences and the humanities jointly tracing a worldwide cartography with clear localisations. This book will be of great interest to students and researchers interested in sustainability through conceptual and empirical approaches including social theory literary and cultural studies environmental economics and human ecology urbanism and cultural geography. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367271190

Cultures of the CountrysideArt Museum Heritage and Environment 1970-2015 Cultures of the Countryside examines the relationship between the museum and the micro-cultures of the countryside. Offering an exploration of museums and heritage projects in the UK that have attempted to introduce new ways of engagement between localities objects and people this book considers how museums heritage initiatives and art projects have dealt with pressing local and global socio-political issues relating to the environment and rural life including changing demographics and rural practices local environmental concerns and global climate activism.Providing a thorough examination of the representation of competing histories visions and politics Sekules asks whether museums and heritage projects can engage actively in shaping cultures as well as reflecting them. At the core of the analysis is an examination of the findings from a project in the UK’s East Anglia ‘The Culture of the Countryside’ from which emerged themes closely bound to different countryside landscapes peoples and heritage.Aimed at practitioners and students alike Cultures of the Countryside provides a unique insight into the roles of the museum and heritage projects in rural and environmental issues in the recent past whilst also offering perspectives and recommendations for the future. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367879372

Cultures of Transnationality in European MigrationSubjectivity Family and Inequality Transnational mobility in the EU has become a key factor for supranational integration equal life chances and socioeconomic prosperity. This book explores the cultural and social patterns that shape people’s migration the historical and contemporary patterns of their movement and the manifold consequences of their migration for themselves and their families. Exploring the links between social and spatial mobility the book draws attention to the complexity of moving and staying as ways in which social inequalities are shaped and reinforced. Grounded in research conducted in Germany and Poland the book develops the concept of "cultures of transnationality" to analytically frame the variety of expectations involved in migration and how they shape migration dispositions opportunities and outcomes. Cultures of Transnationality in European Migration will be of broad interest to scholars and students of transnational migration European development cultural sociology intersectionality and subjectivity. Specifically it will appeal to scholars interested in the cultural ramifications of moving and staying as well as those interested in the interplay of gender ethnicity and class in the making of social inequality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367728182

Cultures Of UnemploymentA Comparative Look At Long-term Unemployment And Urban Poverty This book presents survey data to devise a framework for a better understanding of the effects of welfare state policy on the chronically unemployed. It analyzes the personal and political worlds behind the social mechanisms behind the welfare state. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367161262

Cultures of ViolenceVisual Arts and Political Violence Investigating art practitioners’ responses to violence this book considers how artists have used art practices to rethink concepts of violence and non-violence. It explores the strategies that artists have deployed to expose physical and symbolic violence through representational performative and interventional means. It examines how intellectual and material contexts have affected art interventions and how visual arts can open up critical spaces to explore violence without reinforcement or recuperation. Its premises are that art is not only able to contest prevailing norms about violence but that contemporary artists are consciously engaging with publics through their practice in order to do so. Contributors respond to three questions: how can political violence be understood or interpreted through art? How are publics understood or identified? How are art interventions designed to shift challenge or respond to public perceptions of political violence and how are they constrained by them? They discuss violence in the everyday and at state level: the Watts’ Rebellion and Occupy repression in Russia domination in Hong Kong the violence of migration and the unfolding art activist logic of the sigma portfolio. Asking how public debates can be shaped through the visual and performing arts and setting taboos about violence to one side the volume provides an innovative approach to a perennial issue of interest to scholars of international politics art and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138624917

Cultures of Voting in Pre-modern Europe Cultures of Voting in Pre-modern Europe examines the norms and practices of collective decision-making across pre-modern European history east and west and their influence in shaping both intra- and inter-communal relationships. Bringing together the work of twenty specialist contributors this volume offers a unique range of case studies from Ancient Greece to the eighteenth century and explores voting in a range of different contexts with analysis that encompasses constitutional and ecclesiastical history social and cultural history the history of material culture and of political thought. Together the case-studies illustrate the influence of ancient models and ideas of voting on medieval and early modern collectivities and document the cultural and conceptual exchange between different spheres in which voting took place. Above all they foreground voting as a crucial element of Europe’s common political heritage and raise questions about the contribution of pre-modern cultures of voting to modern political and institutional developments. Offering a wide chronological and geographical scope Cultures of Voting in Pre-modern Europe is aimed at scholars and students of the history of voting and is a fascinating contribution to the key debates that surround voting today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138568181

Current Directions in EcomusicologyMusic Culture Nature AWARD WINNER OF THE 2018 SOCIETY OF ETHNOMUSICLOGY ELLEN KOSKOFF PRIZE This volume is the first sustained examination of the complex perspectives that comprise ecomusicology—the study of the intersections of music/sound culture/society and nature/environment. Twenty-two authors provide a range of theoretical methodological and empirical chapters representing disciplines such as anthropology biology ecology environmental studies ethnomusicology history literature musicology performance studies and psychology. They bring their specialized training to bear on interdisciplinary topics both individually and in collaboration. Emerging from the whole is a view of ecomusicology as a field a place where many disciplines come together. The topics addressed in this volume—contemporary composers and traditional musics acoustic ecology and politicized soundscapes material sustainability and environmental crisis familiar and unfamiliar sounds local places and global warming birds and mice hearing and listening biomusic and soundscape ecology and more—engage with conversations in the various realms of music study as well as in environmental studies and cultural studies. As with any healthy ecosystem the field of ecomusicology is dynamic but this edited collection provides a snapshot of it in a formative period. Each chapter is short designed to be accessible to the nonspecialist and includes extensive bibliographies; some chapters also provide further materials on a companion website: http://www.ecomusicology.info/cde/. An introduction and interspersed editorial summaries help guide readers through four current directions—ecological fieldwork critical and textual—in the field of ecomusicology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138062498

Curriculum and Culture (RLE: Education)Schooling in a Pluralist Society This book demonstrates how it is possible to value respect and utilise cultural diversity and yet achieve a ‘good education’ for all. The authors contend that few issues in education can be examined in isolation from the world outside. This must surely apply to the question of cultural social and economic differences among children and this book continually emphasises the importance of a healthy social climate as well as mastery of language literacy and numeracy. The book examines different teaching procedures and advises on curriculum construction and content especially the relationships between the teaching and learning of language and teaching and learning in a language. In short the authors have examined the why the what and the how of schooling to accommodate educational diversity and have suggested an approach that is constructive and stimulating rather than simply therapeutic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415753326

Cut `n' MixCulture Identity and Caribbean Music First published in 1987. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138834453

Cyber Security CultureCounteracting Cyber Threats through Organizational Learning and Training Focusing on countermeasures against orchestrated cyber-attacks Cyber Security Culture is research-based and reinforced with insights from experts who do not normally release information into the public arena. It will enable managers of organizations across different industrial sectors and government agencies to better understand how organizational learning and training can be utilized to develop a culture that ultimately protects an organization from attacks. Peter Trim and David Upton believe that the speed and complexity of cyber-attacks demand a different approach to security management including scenario-based planning and training to supplement security policies and technical protection systems. The authors provide in-depth understanding of how organizational learning can produce cultural change addressing the behaviour of individuals as well as machines. They provide information to help managers form policy to prevent cyber intrusions to put robust security systems and procedures in place and to arrange appropriate training interventions such as table top exercises. Guidance embracing current and future threats and addressing issues such as social engineering is included. Although the work is embedded in a theoretical framework non-technical staff will find the book of practical use because it renders highly technical subjects accessible and links firmly with areas beyond ICT such as human resource management - in relation to bridging the education/training divide and allowing organizational learning to be embraced. This book will interest Government officials policy advisors law enforcement officers and senior managers within companies as well as academics and students in a range of disciplines including management and computer science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138276642

CyberpopDigital Lifestyles and Commodity Culture Cyberpop is an analysis of cyberculture and its popular cultural productions. The study begins with a Foucaultian model of cyberculture as a discursive formation and explains how some key concepts (such as 'virtuality ' 'speed ' and 'Connectivity') operate as a conceptual architecture network linking technologies to information and individual subjects. The chapters then each focus on a particular cyberfiguration including Hollywood films (GATTACA The Matrix) popular literature (William Gibson's Neuromancer Scott Westerfeld's Polymorph) advertising for digital products and services (Apple Computer's '1984/McIntosh' campaign AT&T's 'mLife' campaign) digital artworks (including virtual females such as Motorola's 'Mya' and Elite Modeling Agency's 'Webbie Tookay ' and work by visual artist Daniel Lee for Microsoft's 'Evolution' campaign) and video games (Tomb Raider). Each close reading illustrates the ways in which representations of digital lifestyles and identities - which typically fetishize computers and celebrate a 'high tech' aesthetic encourage participation in digital capitalism and commodity cyberculture. Matrix argues that popular representations of cyberculture often function as forms of social criticism that creatively inspire audiences to 'think different' (in the words of Mac advertising) about the consequences of the digitalization of everyday life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649018

Cyberpunk and Visual Culture Within the expansive mediascape of the 1980s and 1990s cyberpunk’s aesthetics took firm root relying heavily on visual motifs for its near-future splendor saturated in media technologies both real and fictitious. As today’s realities look increasingly like the futures forecast in science fiction cyberpunk speaks to our contemporary moment and as a cultural formation dominates our 21st century techno-digital landscapes. The 15 essays gathered in this volume engage the social and cultural changes that define and address the visual language and aesthetic repertoire of cyberpunk – from cybernetic organisms to light energy and data flows from video screens to cityscapes from the vibrant energy of today’s video games to the visual hues of comic book panels and more. Cyberpunk and Visual Culture provides critical analysis close readings and aesthetic interpretations of exactly those visual elements that define cyberpunk today moving beyond the limitations of merely printed text to also focus on the meaningfulness of images forms and compositions that are the heart and lifeblood of cyberpunk graphic novels films television shows and video games. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138062917

Cyclical Psychodynamics and the Contextual SelfThe Inner World the Intimate World and the World of Culture and Society Cyclical Psychodynamics and the Contextual Self articulates in new ways the essential features and most recent extensions of Paul Wachtel's powerfully integrative theory of cyclical psychodynamics. Wachtel is widely regarded as the leading advocate for integrative thinking in personality theory and the theory and practice of psychotherapy. He is a contributor to cutting edge thought in the realm of relational psychoanalysis and to highlighting the ways in which the relational point of view provides especially fertile ground for integrating psychoanalytic insights with the ideas and methods of other theoretical and therapeutic orientations. In this book Wachtel extends his integration of psychoanalytic cognitive-behavioral systemic and experiential viewpoints to examine closely the nature of the inner world of subjectivity its relation to the transactional world of daily life experiences and the impact on both the larger social and cultural forces that both shape and are shaped by individual experience. Here he discusses in a uniquely comprehensive fashiong the subtleties of the clinical interaction the findings of systematic research and the role of social economic and historical forces in our lives. The chapters in this book help to transcend the tunnel vision that can lead therapists of different orientations to ignore the important discoveries and innovations from competing approaches. Explicating the pervasive role of vicious circles and self-fulfilling prophecies in our lives Cyclical Psychodynamics and the Contextual Self shows how deeply intertwined the subjective the intersubjective and the cultural realms are and points to new pathways to therapeutic and social change. Both a theoretical tour de force and an immensely practical guide to clinical practice this book will be essential reading for psychoanalysts psychotherapists and students of human behavior of all backgrounds and theoretical orientations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415713955

Dance Music and Cultures of Decolonisation in the Indian Diaspora Dance Music and Cultures of Decolonisation in the Indian Diaspora provides fascinating examples of dance and music projects across the Indian Diaspora to highlight that decolonisation is a creative process as well as a historical and political one. The book analyses creative processes in decolonising projects illustrating how dance and music across the Indian Diaspora articulate socio-political aspirations in the wake of thinkers such as Gandhi and Ambedkar. It presents a wide range of examples: post-apartheid practices and experiences in a South African dance company contestations over national identity politics in Trinidadian music competitions essentialist and assimilationist strategies in a British dance competition the new musical creativity of second-generation British-Tamil performers Indian classical dance projects of reform and British multiculturalism feminist intercultural performances in Australia and performance re-enactments of museum exhibits that critically examine the past. Key topics under discussion include postcolonial contestations decolonising scholarship dialogic pedagogies and intellectual responsibility. The book critically reflects on decolonising aims around respect equality and the colonial past’s redress as expressed through performing arts projects. Presenting richly detailed case studies that underline the need to examine creative processes in the cultures of decolonisation Dance Music and Cultures of Decolonisation in the Indian Diaspora will be of great interest to scholars of South Asian Studies Diaspora Studies Performing Arts Studies and Anthropology. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of South Asian Diaspora. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367819750

Dance As EducationTowards A National Dance Culture First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138171763

Daoism in JapanChinese traditions and their influence on Japanese religious culture Like an ancient river Daoist traditions introduced from China once flowed powerfully through the Japanese religious landscape forever altering its topography and ecology. Daoism’s presence in Japan still may be discerned in its abiding influence on astrology divination festivals literature politics and popular culture not to mention Buddhism and Shintō. Despite this legacy few English-language studies of Daoism’s influence on Japanese religious culture have been published. Daoism in Japan provides an exploration of the particular pathways by which Daoist traditions entered Japan from continental East Asia. After addressing basic issues in both Daoist Studies and the study of Japanese religions including the problems of defining ‘Daoism’ and ‘Japanese ’ the book looks at the influence of Daoism on ancient medieval and modern Japan in turn. To do so the volume is arranged both chronologically and topically according to the following three broad divisions: "Arrivals" (c. 5th-8th centuries CE) "Assimilations" (794-1868) and "Apparitions" (1600s-present). The book demonstrates how Chinese influence on Japanese religious culture ironically proved to be crucial in establishing traditions that usually are seen as authentically even quintessentially Japanese. Touching on multiple facets of Japanese cultural history and religious traditions this book is a fascinating contribution for students and scholars of Japanese Culture History and Religions as well as Daoist Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138319349

Darwin in Atlantic CulturesEvolutionary Visions of Race Gender and Sexuality This collection is an interdisciplinary edited volume that examines the circulation of Darwinian ideas in the Atlantic space as they impacted systems of Western thought and culture. Specifically the book explores the influence of the principle tenets of Darwinism -- such as the theory of evolution the ape-man theory of human origins and the principle of sexual selection -- on established transatlantic intellectual traditions and cultural practices. In doing so it pays particular attention to how Darwinism reconfigured discourses on race gender and sexuality in a transnational context. Covering the period from the publication of The Origin of Species (1859) to 1933 when the Nazis (National Socialist Party) took power in Germany the essays demonstrate the dissemination of Darwinian thought in the Western world in an unprecedented commerce of ideas not seen since the Protestant Reformation. Learned societies literary groups lyceums and churches among other sites for public discourse sponsored lectures on the implications of Darwin’s theory of evolution for understanding the very ontological codes by which individuals ordered and made sense of their lives. Collectively these gatherings reflected and constituted what the contributing scholars to this volume view as the discursive power of the cultural politics of Darwinism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138867758

Data Culture and the Organisation of Teachers’ WorkAn Institutional Ethnography Data Culture and the Organisation of Teachers’ Work provides an in-depth look at how the political and media scrutiny of teachers pupils and schools now organises teaching and learning. Spina also examines how educational data is used in schools and where it fails to take account of the everyday experiences of school leaders teachers and students. Drawing on primary research and discussing practice in relation to the National Assessment Programme: Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) this book discusses the strengths and weaknesses of a data-driven approach the restrictions this can impose and how to navigate them as a teacher. Ideal for scholars and postgraduate students of education this book provides a comprehensive institutional ethnographic look into the daily lived experiences of teachers and the effects of standardised testing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367173258

Data for Continuous Programmatic ImprovementSteps Colleges of Education Must Take to Become a Data Culture This book addresses the issue of data use in educator preparation programs towards continuous programmatic improvement. With an aim to increase the rigor in both research and practice in educational administration and teacher education this volume will analyze the longstanding quality concerns about teacher and leadership preparation and standards for programs and educators as well as controversies concerning national accreditation and federal efforts to mandate program reporting data. By exploring the policies and practices that influence departments of education this volume examines the increasing pressures to improve institutional functioning within a complex system of university state and national structures and organizations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367583699

Dealing with the VisualArt History Aesthetics and Visual Culture One of the issues underlying current debates between practitioners of art history visual culture and aesthetics is whether the visual is a unique irreducible category or whether it can be assimilated with the textual or verbal without any significant loss. Can paintings buildings or installations be 'read' in the way texts are read or deciphered or do works of visual art ask for their own kind of appreciation? This is not only a question of choosing the right method in dealing with visual works of art but also an issue that touches on the roots of the disciplines involved: can a case be made for the visual as an irreducible category of art and if so how is it best studied and appreciated? In this anthology this question is approached from the angles of three disciplines: aesthetics visual culture and art history. Unlike many existing overviews of visual culture studies it includes both painting and architecture and investigates historical ways of defining and appreciating the visual in their own contemporary terms. Dealing with the Visual will be of great use to advanced students because it offers an overview of current debates and to graduate students and professionals in the field because the essays offer in-depth investigations of the methodological issues involved and various historical ways of defining visuality. The topics included range from early modern ways of viewing pictures and sixteenth-century views of Palladio's villas in their landscape settings to contemporary debate about whether there is life yet in painting. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815388449

Death Desire and Loss in Western Culture Death Desire and Loss in Western Culture is a rich testament to our ubiquitous preoccupation with the tangled web of death and desire. In these pages we find nuanced analysis that blends Plato with Shelley Hölderlin with Foucault. Dollimore a gifted thinker is not content to summarize these texts from afar; instead he weaves a thread through each to tell the magnificent story of the making of the modern individual. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203724293

Death Dying TranscendingViews from Many Cultures Every living thing must die but only human beings know it. This knowledge can bring to the living anxiety and despair or new richness and meaning. This volume explores the problems and possibilities of coping with this universal experience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415785396

Death Memory and Material Culture - How do the living maintain ongoing relationships with the dead in Western societies? - How have the residual belongings of the dead been used to evoke memories? - Why has the body and its material environment remained so important in memory-making? Obje Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003085164

Death and Bereavement Across CulturesSecond edition All societies have their own customs and beliefs surrounding death. In the West traditional ways of mourning are disappearing and although Western science has had a major impact on how people die it has taught us little about the way to die or to grieve. Many whose work brings them into contact with the dying and the bereaved from Western and other cultures are at a loss to know how to offer appropriate and sensitive support. Death and Bereavement Across Cultures 2nd Edition is a handbook which meets the needs of doctors 　nurses social workers hospital  chaplains counsellors and volunteers caring for patients with life-threatening illness and their families before and after bereavement. It is a practical guide explaining the religious and other differences commonly met with in multi-cultural societies when someone is dying or bereaved. In doing so readers may be surprised to find how much we can learn from other cultures about our own attitudes and assumptions about death. Written by international experts in the field the book: Describes the rituals and beliefs of major world religions; Explains their psychological and historical context; Shows how customs are changed by contact with the West; Considers the implications for the future The second edition includes new chapters that: explore how members of the health care professions perform roles formerly conducted by priests and shamans can cross the cultural gaps between different cultures and religions; consider the relevance of attitudes and assumptions about death for our understanding of religious and nationalist extremism and its consequences; discuss the Buddhist Islamic and Christian ways of death. Death raises questions which science cannot answer. Whatever our personal beliefs we can all gain from learning how others view these ultimate problems. This book explores the richness of mourning traditions around the world with the aim of increasing the sensitivity and understanding which we all bring to the issue of death and bereavement. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415522366

Death and DyingViews from Many Cultures Death is a constant in every society but each of the world's cultures views the end of life differently. This book examines beliefs about dying burial and life after death held by peoples of wide ranging societies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415785785

Death in a Consumer Culture Death has never been more visible to consumers. From life insurance to burial plots to estate planning we are constantly reminded of consumer choices to be made with our mortality in mind. Religious beliefs in the afterlife (or their absence) impact everyday consumption activities. Death in a Consumer Culture presents the broadest array of research on the topic of death and consumer behaviour across disciplinary boundaries. Organised into five sections covering: The Death Industry; Death Rituals; Death and Consumption; Death and the Body; and Alternate Endings the book explores topics from celebrity death tourism pet and online memorialization; family history research to alternatives to traditional corpse disposal methods and patient-assisted suicide. Work from scholars in history religious studies sociology psychology anthropology and cultural studies sits alongside research in marketing and consumer culture. From eastern and western perspectives spanning social groups and demographic categories all explore the ubiquity of death as a physical emotional cultural social and cosmological inevitability. Offering a richly unique anthology on this challenging topic this book will be of interest to researchers working at the intersections of consumer culture marketing and mortality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367278953

Death in Contemporary Popular Culture With intense and violent portrayals of death becoming ever more common on television and in cinema and the growth of death-centric movies series texts songs and video clips attracting a wide and enthusiastic global reception we might well ask whether death has ceased to be a taboo. What makes thanatic themes so desirable in popular culture? Do representations of the macabre and gore perpetuate or sublimate violent desires? Has contemporary popular culture removed our unease with death? Can social media help us cope with our mortality or can music and art present death as an aesthetic phenomenon? This volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach to the discussion of the social cultural aesthetic and theoretical aspects of the ways in which popular culture understands represents and manages death bringing together contributions from around the world focused on television cinema popular literature social media and the internet art music and advertising. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367185855

DeathrightCulture Medicine Politics And The Right To Die Right-to-die issues are no longer confined to the back corridors of hospitals or the front pages of newspapers that trumpet news of Dr. Kevorkian's latest assisted suicide. A perverse combination of high-tech medicine consumerism demographic trends and economic realities is forcing increasing numbers of Americans and their families to deal with Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367157456

Debate and DialogueChristian and Pagan Cultures c. 360-430 This book explores the construction of Christian identity in fourth and fifth centuries through inventing fabricating and sharpening binary oppositions. Such oppositions for example Christians - pagans; truth - falsehood; the one true god - the multitude of demons; the right religion - superstition served to create and reinforce the Christian self-identity. The author examines how the Christian argumentation against pagans was intertwined with self-perception and self-affirmation. Discussing the relations and interaction between pagan and Christian cultures this book aims at widening historical understanding of the cultural conflicts and the otherness in world history thus contributing to the ongoing discussion about the historical and conceptual basis of cultural tolerance and intolerance. This book offers a valuable contribution to contemporary scholarly debate about Late Antique religious history and the relationship between Christianity and other religions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138376076

Deciphering CultureOrdinary Curiosities and Subjective Narratives Representation subjectivity and sexuality continue to be central to scholarly inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. Deciphering Culture explores their relationship each author taking a distinct approach to the concept of 'curiosity' as a way of deciphering the working of particular cultural formations. In the process they address a variety of topics including: * the historical formation of subjectivities identities and differences* cultural conduct and habits of the self* everyday cultures and negotiation* consumption and the body* memory history and autobiography* the ethics of critical and textual inquiry. This fascinating book will appeal to students and academics from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences and cultural studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315003894

Deciphering the Enterprise Culture (Routledge Revivals)Entrepreneurship Petty Capitalism and the Restructuring of Britain The idea of the ‘enterprise culture’ has been much vaunted over the last few decades: the growth of self-employment and small business ownership has been an important feature of the restructuring of the British economy. Because it is a concept that is difficult to evaluate controversial and politically sensitive social scientists were slow to analyse it. Consequently it had been caricatured and many questions about its impact on society and the economy had been left unanswered. This collection which was first published in 1991 presents a critical analysis of the various manifestations of the enterprise culture. Drawing upon a range of research it deals with a number of related topics. The result is a powerful analysis of the material and ideological role of the petty bourgeoisie in contemporary capitalism. Its multidisciplinary approach which contributions from leading scholars in the field makes this book of interest to anyone wanting to make sense of the socio-economic restructuring of Britain. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138858893

Decline Renewal and the City in Popular Music Culture: Beyond the Beatles How is popular music culture connected with the life image and identity of a city? How for example did the Beatles emerge in Liverpool how did they come to be categorized as part of Liverpool culture and identity and used to develop and promote the city and how have connections between the Beatles and Liverpool been forged and contested? This book explores the relationship between popular music and the city using Liverpool as a case study. Firstly it examines the impact of social and economic change within that city on its popular music culture focusing on de-industrialization and economic restructuring during the 1980s and 1990s. Secondly and in turn it considers the specificity of popular music culture and the many diverse ways in which it influences city life and informs the way that the city is thought about valued and experienced. Cohen highlights popular music's unique role and significance in the making of cities and illustrates how de-industrialization encouraged efforts to connect popular music to the city to categorize claim and promote it as local culture and harness and mobilize it as a local resource. In doing so she adopts an approach that recognizes music as a social and symbolic practice encompassing a diversity of roles and characteristics: music as a culture or way of life distinguished by social and ideological conventions; music as sound; speech and discourse about music; and music as a commodity and industry. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351218429

Decline Renewal and the City in Popular Music Culture: Beyond the Beatles How is popular music culture connected with the life image and identity of a city? How for example did the Beatles emerge in Liverpool how did they come to be categorized as part of Liverpool culture and identity and used to develop and promote the city and how have connections between the Beatles and Liverpool been forged and contested? This book explores the relationship between popular music and the city using Liverpool as a case study. Firstly it examines the impact of social and economic change within that city on its popular music culture focusing on de-industrialization and economic restructuring during the 1980s and 1990s. Secondly and in turn it considers the specificity of popular music culture and the many diverse ways in which it influences city life and informs the way that the city is thought about valued and experienced. Cohen highlights popular music's unique role and significance in the making of cities and illustrates how de-industrialization encouraged efforts to connect popular music to the city to categorize claim and promote it as local culture and harness and mobilize it as a local resource. In doing so she adopts an approach that recognizes music as a social and symbolic practice encompassing a diversity of roles and characteristics: music as a culture or way of life distinguished by social and ideological conventions; music as sound; speech and discourse about music; and music as a commodity and industry. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815388456

Deculturalization and the Struggle for EqualityA Brief History of the Education of Dominated Cultures in the United States Joel Spring’s history of school polices imposed on dominated groups in the United States examines the concept of deculturalization—the use of schools to strip away family languages and cultures and replace them with those of the dominant group. The focus is on the education of dominated groups forced to become citizens in territories conquered by the U.S. including Native Americans Enslaved Africans Chinese Mexicans Puerto Ricans and Hawaiians. In 7 concise thought-provoking chapters this analysis and documentation of how education is used to change or eliminate linguistic and cultural traditions in the U.S. looks at the educational legal and social construction of race and racism in the United States emphasizing the various meanings of "equality" that have existed from colonial America to the present. Providing a broader perspective for understanding the denial of cultural and linguistic rights in the United States issues of language culture and deculturalization are placed in a global context. The major change in the 8th Edition is a new chapter "Global Corporate Culture and Separate But Equal " describing how current efforts at deculturalization involve replacing family and personal cultures with a corporate culture to increase worker efficiency. Substantive updates and revisions are made throughout all other chapters Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138119406

Deep Agroecology and the Homeric EpicsGlobal Cultural Reforms for a Natural-Systems Agriculture Drawing on the Homeric epics this multidisciplinary work reveals the cultural transformations which need to take place in order to transition from today’s modern extractive agricultural system to a sustainable natural‐systems agriculture. In order to provide an imaginative foundation on which to build such a cultural transformation the author draws on the oldest and most pervasive pair of literary works in the Western canon: the Iliad and the Odyssey. He uses themes from those foundational literary works to critique the concept of state sovereignty and to explain how innovative federalism structures around the world already show momentum building toward changes in global environmental governance. The book proposes a dramatic expansion on those innovations to create eco‐states responsible for agroecological management. Drawing from many years of experience in international institutions the author proposes a system of coordination by which an international agroecology‐focused organization would simultaneously (i) avoid the shortcomings of the world’s current family of powerful global institutions and (ii) help create and implement a reformed system of local landscape‐based agriculture wholly consistent with ecological principles. Acknowledging the difficulty of achieving reforms such as these the author suggests that a new cultural‐conceptual narrative can be constructed drawing on values set forth 2 700 years ago in the Homeric epics. He explains how these values can be reimagined to drive forward our efforts in addressing today’s the climate and agricultural crises in ways that reflect not reject the natural processes and relationships that make the Earth a living planet. This book will be of great interest to students  academics and policymakers addressing issues of agrarian values environmental and agricultural law environmental restoration agroecology and global institutional reform. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367622190

Deep Disagreement in U.S. AgricultureMaking Sense of Policy Conflict This book exemplifies disagreements in agricultural research and agricultural policies in the U.S. It hopes to expand the capacity for critical discussion on matters of agriculture and attempts to open a path to more fruitful communication among participants in agricultural controversy. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367011710

Deep TroutAngling in Popular Culture On the surface fishing is all about casting catching and communing with nature but on a deeper level the sport is filled with mysteries and contradictions. Why do people fish? How does a desire to return to nature go hand in hand with high-tech gadgetry? How is it possible to see other people's fishing as despoiling nature but not one's own? What does the long and complex history of the sport reveal? Like so much else in life what fishing says about society and the people in it -- both past and present -- is hidden from view and almost never discussed. This book is a considered foray into the leisure sport of fishing by an avid fisherman who is also a professional anthropologist. Those who enjoy the sport tend to extol its naturalness - fishing enables them to commune with nature at its most primeval. However if it's called natural it's probably a great spot to trawl for clues as to how people manage larger cosmic issues. ‘Call it natural ' the author quips ‘and the anthropologists will come.' Is fishing an uncomplicated activity or is it deeply meaningful? What does it say about culture? Is the recent resurgence of interest in the sport simply a reflection of more disposable incomes and more leisure time? What is the connection between fishing and Santa Claus? fishing and flamenco? And finally what is the best way to kiss a trout? Unlike most books on fishing which focus on the tale or on ‘how-to' this book shows that there is much more lurking beneath the surface than fish. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003085171

Defining National HeritageThe National Trust from Open Spaces to Popular Culture As the largest non-governmental preservation association in the world the National Trust for England Wales and Northern Ireland (the National Trust) is arguably one of the most influential organizations of its kind. As such it provides particularly useful case studies for examining the process of heritage construction showing how definitions of heritage are institutionalized and modified over the course of history. This is the first book to provide a systematic and scholarly analysis of the history development and transformation in the heritage activities of the National Trust - the world's first national heritage organization. Based on extensive research it examines how and why definitions of 'legitimate' national heritage emerge and change over time and who and what is central to the defining and legitimating process. Illustrated with case studies from a variety of National Trust properties this book reveals the unique role non-profit organizations play in the processes of defining heritage and links the work of this important heritage organization to the fields of cultural sociology organizational analysis and the interdisciplinary field of heritage studies. Using an analysis of archival documents participant observation interviews and case studies this research shows that the National Trust has transformed its definition of national heritage at several key points in its history. These different stages are characterized by different types of culture preserved during the organization's 100+ year history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409403142

Defining the Atlantic CommunityCulture Intellectuals and Policies in the Mid-Twentieth Century In this volume essays by scholars from both sides of the Atlantic open new perspectives on the construction of the "Atlantic community" during World War II and the early Cold War years. Based on original approaches bringing together diplomatic history and the history of culture and ideas the book shows how atlantism came to provide a solid ideological foundation for the security community of North American and European nations which took shape in the 1940s. The idea of a transatlantic community based on shared histories values and political and economic institutions was instrumental to the creation of the Atlantic Alliance and partly accounts for the continuing existence of the Atlantic partnership after the Cold War. At the same time this study breaks new ground by arguing that the emergence of the idea of "Atlantic community" also reflected deeper trends in transatlantic relations; in fact it was the outcome of the re-definition of "the West" due to the rise of the US and the decline of Europe in the international arena during the first half of the Twentieth Century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864627

Democracy Civic Culture and Small Business in Russia's RegionsSocial Processes in Comparative Historical Perspective This book adopts a novel analytical approach to understanding how Russia's stalled democratisation is related to the incomplete liberalisation of the economy. Based on extensive original comparative study of Russia’s regions the book explores the precise channels of interaction that create the mutuality of property rights entrepreneurship rule of law norms of citizenship and liberal democracy. It demonstrates that the extent of democratisation varies across regions and that this variation is connected to the extent of liberalisation of the economy. Moreover it argues that the key factor in producing this linkage is the relative prominence of small business owners and their supporters in articulating their interests vis-à-vis regional and local administrations especially through the institutionalisation of networks and business associations. The book develops its key theses by means of detailed analysis of the experiences of four case study regions. Overall the book provides a major contribution to understanding the path of democratisation in Russia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815364641

Democracy and Arab Political Culture Except for Israel the Middle East remains largely untouched by the democratic revolution that swept across Eastern Europe and the former USSR. This book aims to explain and analyze the reasons why despotism or religious fundamentalism continue to control the Middle Eastern countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138165335

Democracy Indian StyleSubhas Chandra Bose and the Creation of India's Political Culture Democracy Indian Style explores the social and cultural factors underlying India's successful democracy by describing and analyzing the life of Subhas Chandra Bose and his impact on India before and after independence. As a nation India is very old. Its political culture has deep roots in India's pre-colonial history but it is also a product of Western-style democracy which has shaped and even created the nation.The analysis is balanced between chapters that explain Bose's life and career and those that describe the Indian political system. Anton Pelinka explains India's stable democracy as a mixture of British and American patterns—Westminster parliamentary rule plus federalism—and a specific set of power-sharing arrangements among religions linguistic groups and castes.Democracy Indian Style offers one answer to the enigma of how Indian democracy succeeds by describing the working of India's constitution the weaknesses of its party system and the specifics of Indian elections. The focus on Bose provides a second explanation for India's political success. Democracy Indian Style is a timely exploration of the roots of Indian democracy and will be of interest to political scientists historians and students of Indian politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412854887

Democratic CultureHistorical and Philosophical Essays A collection of essays by distinguished scholars this book delineates a substantial conception of democracy the great promise as well as the pitfalls of a democratic mentality and culture. These essays go beyond the institutional and formal descriptions of democracy to its underlying cultural context — expressed both historically and analytically descriptively and normatively. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780415864862

Dependency Culture First published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138837287

Depolarizing Food and AgricultureAn Economic Approach Many issues in food and agriculture are portrayed as increasingly polarized. These include industrial vs. sustainable agriculture conventional vs. organic production methods and global vs. local food sourcing to name only three. This book addresses the origins validity consequences and potential resolution of these and other divergences.  Political and legal actions have resulted in significant monetary and psycho-social costs for groups on both sides of these divides. Rhetoric on many issues has caused misinformation and confusion among consumers who are unsure about the impact of their food choices on nutrition health the environment animal welfare and hunger. In some cases distrust has intensified to embitterment on both sides of many issues and even to violence. The book uses economic principles to help readers better understand the divisiveness that prevails in the agricultural production food processing and food retailing industries.  The authors propose solutions to promote  resolution and depolarization between advocates with seemingly irreconcilable differences. A multifaceted diverse but targeted approach to food production and consumption is suggested to promote social well-being and reduce or eliminate misinformation anxiety transaction costs and hunger. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415714235

DepressionIntegrating Science Culture and Humanities We live in an era of depression a condition that causes extensive suffering for individuals and families and saps our collective productivity. Yet there remains considerable confusion about how to understand depression. Depression: Integrating Science Culture and Humanities looks at the varied and multiple models through which depression is understood. Highlighting how depression is increasingly seen through models of biomedicine—and through biomedical catch-alls such as "broken brains" and "chemical imbalances"—psychiatrist and cultural studies scholar Bradley Lewis shows how depression is also understood through a variety of other contemporary models. Furthermore Lewis explores the different ways that depression has been categorized described and experienced across history and across cultures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415877213

Depth of Shallow CultureThe High Art of Shoes Movies Novels Monsters and Toys Come take a closer look at ordinary footwear like sneakers or children's toys and Saturday cartoon TV shows or make a comparison between Don Quixote and John Rambo of the Sylvester Stallone movie. Although some regard popular culture as "shallow " this book reveals that it is more often complex deep meaningful and subject to the style changes we associate with high art. Bergesen shows how complex philosophical ideas of reincarnation are embedded in Transformer toys; how sneakers have gone through a life cycle of style types; why the decline of empires like Spain and the United States led to fictional characters like Don Quixote and Rambo; and why monsters from Japan look different than those from the United States. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315635194

Design and SpiritualityA Philosophy of Material Cultures Design and Spirituality examines the philosophical context of our current situation and its implications for design. It explores how modernity and our constricted notions of progress have contributed to today’s crisis of values and argues for a re-establishment and re-affirmation of self-transcending priorities together with an ethos of moderation and sufficiency. A wide range of topics are covered including material culture and spiritual teachings; sustainability and the spiritual perspective; traditional and indigenous knowledge; technology and spirituality; notions of meaningful design; and how particular material things can have deeper symbolic significance. There are also reflections on areas such as the language of design; busyness and its relationship to wisdom; design and social disparity; and traditional sacred practices. While not avoiding issues that are controversial and sometimes hard-hitting Design and Spirituality gets to the heart of the key issues affecting us today and presents them in a highly readable and accessible format. The author is a leading thinker in the field and he presents his arguments in a manner that invites the reader to reflect and think about where we are going why we are going there and what really matters. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367619978

Design and Visual Culture from the Bauhaus to Contemporary ArtOptical Deconstructions This book complements the more textually-based Bauhaus scholarship with a practice-oriented and creative interpretive method which makes it possible to consider Bauhaus-related works in an unconventional light. Edit Toth argues that focusing on the functionalist approach of the Bauhaus has hindered scholars from properly understanding its design work. With a global scope and under-studied topics the book advances current scholarly discussions concerning the relationship between image technologies and the body by calling attention to the materiality of image production and strategies of re-channeling image culture into material processes and physical body space the space of dimensionality and everyday activity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367666590

Design for a Sustainable CulturePerspectives Practices and Education As culture is becoming increasingly recognised as a crucial element of sustainable development design competence has emerged as a useful tool in creating a meaningful life within a sustainable mental cultural and physical environment. Design for a Sustainable Culture explores the relationship between sustainability culture and the shaping of human surroundings by examining the significance and potential of design as a tool for the creation of sustainable development. Drawing on interdisciplinary case studies and investigations from Europe North America and India this book discusses theoretical methodological and educational aspects of the role of design in relation to human well-being and provides a unique perspective on the interface between design culture and sustainability. This book will appeal to researchers as well as postgraduate and undergraduate students in design and design literacy crafts architecture and environmental planning but also scholars of sustainability from other disciplines who wish to understand the role and impact of design and culture in sustainable development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367172565

Design of Experiments for Agriculture and the Natural Sciences Written to meet the needs of both students and applied researchers Design of Experiments for Agriculture and the Natural Sciences Second Edition serves as an introductory guide to experimental design and analysis. Like the popular original this thorough text provides an understanding of the logical underpinnings of design and analysis by selecting and discussing only those carefully chosen designs that offer the greatest utility. However it improves on the first edition by adhering to a step-by-step process that greatly improves accessibility and understanding. Real problems from different areas of agriculture and science are presented throughout to show how practical issues of design and analysis are best handled. Completely revised to greatly enhance readability this new edition includes:A new chapter on covariance analysis to help readers reduce errors while enhancing their ability to examine covariances among selected variablesExpanded material on multiple regression and variance analysisAdditional examples problems and case studiesA step-by-step Minitab® guide to help with data analysisIntended for those in the agriculture environmental and natural science fields as well as statisticians this text requires no previous exposure to analysis of variance although some familiarity with basic statistical fundamentals is assumed. In keeping with the book's practical orientation numerous workable problems are presented throughout to reinforce the reader's ability to creatively apply the principles and concepts in any given situation. Media > Books > Print Books Chapman & Hall 9780367577889

Designing Australia's CitiesCulture Commerce and the City Beautiful 1900�1930 Accessible and comprehensive written by the current President of the International Planning History Society this volume provides readers with a highly visual account of historical contemporary and international projects.Looking at the ways in which the City Beautiful movement influenced the design and development of Australian cities this pioneering national study surveys the ruling ideas influences outcomes and enduring legacies of the early artistic turn in Australian urban design. With the return of the American City Beautiful movement to the forefront of urban design Designing Australia’s Cities is a relevant account of the ways in which this movement influenced and shaped Australian city design but more importantly sheds light on a planning culture that stretches far beyond Australia and is of increasing relevance worldwide today.Laying bare an important design and reform movement whose under-appreciated legacy is clearly evident in urban landscapes today this book is ideal for students of planning architecture urban design and the history of planning. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003060840

Designing ClothesCulture and Organization of the Fashion Industry Fashion is all around us: we see it we buy it we read about it but most people know little about fashion as a business. Veronica Manlow considers the broader signifi cance of fashion in society the creative process of fashion design and how fashion unfolds in an organizational context where design is conceived and executed. To get a true insider's perspective she became an intern at fashion giant Tommy Hilfi ger. Th ere she observed and recorded how a business's culture is built on a brand that is linked to the charisma and style of its leader. Fashion firms are not just in the business of selling clothing along with a variety of sidelines. Th ese companies must also sell a larger concept around which people can identify and distinguish themselves from others. Manlow defi nes the four main tasks of a fashion fi rm as creation of an image translation of that image into a product presentation of the product and selling the product. Each of these processes is interrelated and each requires the eff orts of a variety of specialists who are often in distant locations. Manlow shows how the design and presentation of fashion is infl uenced by changes in society both cultural and economic. Information about past sales and reception of items as well as projective research informs design manufacturing sales distribution and marketing decisions. Manlow offers a comprehensive view of the ways in which creative decisions are made leading up to the creation of actual styles. She helps to defi ne the contribution fashion fi rms make in upholding challenging or redefi ning the social order. Readers will fi nd this a fascinating examination of an industry that is quite visible but little understood. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203793466

Developing CulturesEssays on Cultural Change Developing Cultures: Essays on Cultural Change is a collection of 21 expert essays on the institutions that transmit cultural values from generation to generation. The essays are an outgrowth of a research project begun by Samuel Huntington and Larry Harrison in their widely discussed book Culture Matters the goal of which is guidelines for cultural change that can accelerate development in the Third World. The essays in this volume cover child rearing several aspects of education the world's major religions the media political leadership and development projects.The book is companion volume to Developing Cultures: Case Studies.(0415952808). Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203926840

Developing Habits of Noticing in Literacy and Language ClassroomsResearch and Practice across Professional Cultures Noticing is an essential aspect of professional expertise in teaching – a skill that draws on deep professional knowledge in ways that affect how teachers are aware of respond to and meet the needs of their students. Being a ‘noticing teacher’ in the language and literacy classroom can make a real difference to students’ progress as readers and writers to their literacy attainment and to their engagement with learning. This international research-informed book is unique in its focus on literacy and language. The authors explore models and methods to embed both noticing and the development of teacher agency and grounded knowledge into teacher education programs and school practices. To further the professional knowledge and agency of ‘noticing teachers’ the authors argue that research policy and the professional community need to understand how noticing skills can be woven into the policy and practice contexts of the literacy teacher’s work. Developing Habits of Noticing in Literacy and Language Classrooms: Research and Practice across Professional Cultures is designed to help teachers researchers and school leaders think in new ways about how ‘noticing’ operates in the context of the literacy classroom and how it can be supported. Each chapter provides a valuable insight into how teachers learn from their students in the course of teaching activities to be responsive analytical and inspirational. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367336141

Developing High Performance LeadersA Behavioral Science Guide for the Knowledge of Work Culture Every leader has human resource management and development responsibilities. Using a behavioural science perspective Developing High Performance Leaders will enable leaders throughout the various business sectors to increase the yield on their organization's human capital and help their team members achieve their goals. In this instructive book Philip Harris centres his teaching around five key aspects of the leadership process: human behaviour and performance communications cultural influences organizational relations change management A selection of strategies to take forward into practice are offered to the reader and the text is organized with a view to the leader sharing the learning obtained from this volume. For personal or group growth each chapter is framed in terms of four "I’s": Introduction Input Interaction and Instrumentation to provide an ideal framework for any adult education endeavour. Developing High Performance Leaders is for all human resource development professionals supervisors managers and executives concerned with the career development of themselves and their team. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415500685

Developing Sustainable Agriculture and Community This book illustrates the ways in which communities can strengthen the links and set the stage for long-term partnerships between sustainable agriculture and sustainable rural community development initiatives. It provides lessons learned first from the community development literature that can help shape sustainable agriculture strategies and second from the sustainable agriculture literature that can prove useful in moulding sound and effective community development strategies. The threads that weave the chapters together is the commitment to a building and expanding the community capital resources that have important bearing on the sustainability of agriculture and the broader community of which it is a part. Certainly the success of the agriculture/community partnerships is rooted in one critical ingredient – "social capital." To be effective over the long-term sustainable development depends on a network of people drawn from a wide array of interests who have a strong trusting relationship with one another and who are willing to work together in responding to the economic environmental and social challenges facing agriculture and community alike. At the same time strategies that work to strengthen the stock of all seven types of community capitals are important to pursue. It is balanced investments in all seven types of community capitals that will contribute to the emergence of "community agency" -- the ability of local people to act in a proactive manner in managing utilizing and enhancing local resources. With the emergence of "community agency " an important step in the pursuit of a sustainable future for both agriculture and community is possible. This book was published as a special issue of Community Development. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415633710

Developing Sustainable Agriculture in Pakistan Agriculture plays a pivotal role in the economy and development of Pakistan providing food to consumers raw materials to industries and a market for industrial goods.　 Unfortunately agricultural production is stagnant due to several barriers including a fixed cropping pattern reliance on a few major crops a narrow genetic pool poor seed quality and a changing climate.　 In addition the high cost of production weak phytosanitary compliance mechanisms and a lack of cold chain facilities makes Pakistan agriculturally uncompetitive in export markets. Despite all these issues agriculture is the primary industry in Pakistan and small farmers continue to dominate the business. Small farmers grow crops for subsistence under a fixed cropping pattern and a holistic approach is required to develop agriculture to improve the livelihoods of the rural populace. This book presents an exhaustive look at agriculture in Pakistan.　 Chapters provide critical analyses of present trends inadequacies in agriculture strategic planning improvement programs and policies while keeping in view the natural resources plant- and animal-related agricultural production technologies input supplies population planning migration and poverty and balanced policies on finance credit marketing and trade. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780815366539

Developing the Organizational Culture of the Central OfficeCollaboration Connectivity and Coherence Central office resources are one of the largest assets in making meaningful change in schools and this important book guides aspiring district leaders to take up the challenge to transform their schools while at the same time balancing their core responsibilities. This book helps readers rethink the impact of central office on system and school initiatives understand and apply transformational thinking and change strategies at the central office to develop new instructional designs create new opportunities to prioritize human and fiscal resources and establish new leadership approaches founded on systems review and change. Full of exemplars from the field questions for discussion and suggested readings this valuable textbook is for use in educational leadership preparation programs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367224783

Development of Culture Welfare States and Women's Employment in Europe This refreshing volume introduces a theory for explaining cross-national differences in the social practice of women (and men) in the areas of family and employment. This provides a theoretical framework for the ensuing comprehensive cross-national analysis of the degree and forms of labour market integration of women in three European countries - Finland West Germany and the Netherlands - from the 1950s until 2000. Cross-national differences are explained with a focus on cultural change and the development of welfare state labour markets the family and social movements. It is evident that change took place along different development paths that were based on deep-rooted historical differences in the cultural ideals of the family. Such historical differences and their explanations also form part of the analysis. The results of this survey contribute to the further development of cross-national sociology on social change social and gender inequality welfare state labour markets and family structures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138258174

Diagnostic CulturesA Cultural Approach to the Pathologization of Modern Life Some studies estimate that each year around a quarter of the population of Western countries will suffer from at least one mental disorder. Should this be interpreted as evidence for the progress of psychiatry a discipline that is now able to identify and treat mental illnesses that have always existed or might it be the case that modern life somehow creates new conditions or social pathologies? This book argues that in fact something more fundamental has been taking place in recent years: the development of diagnostic cultures. Taking account of the phenomenon of patients themselves 'pushing for' pathologization - and acknowledging therefore that this is not simply a case of psychiatry pursuing an agenda of 'medicalisation from above' - this volume examines the emerging trend towards interpreting our sufferings in terms of psychiatric conceptions and diagnostic categories. Drawing on new empirical case studies of psychological diagnoses including depression and ADHD and employing both cultural-psychological and sociological analyses it charts the development of contemporary diagnostic cultures and asks whether in transforming existential moral and political concerns into individual psychiatric disorders we risk losing sight of the larger historical and social forces that affect our lives. A ground-breaking examination of the shift towards the pathologization of suffering and the dangers that this presents to human self-understanding Diagnostic Cultures will be of interest to scholars of social theory and philosophy the sociology of culture psychology and the sociology health and medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367596880

Dialoguing across Cultures Identities and LearningCrosscurrents and Complexities in Literacy Classrooms Drawing on Dialogical Self Theory this book presents a new framework for social and cultural identity construction in the literacy classroom offering possibilities for how teachers might adjust their pedagogy to better support the range of cultural stances present in all classrooms. In the complex multicultural/multiethnic/multilingual contexts of learning in and out of school spaces today students and teachers are constantly dialoguing across cultures both internally and externally and these cultures are in dialogue with each other. The authors unpack some of the complexity of culture and identity what people do with culture and identity and how people navigate multiple cultures and identities. Readers are invited to re-examine how they view different cultures and the roles these play in their lives and to dialogue with the authors about cultures learning literacy identity and agency. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138998599

Diaspora and Visual CultureRepresenting Africans and Jews This is the first book to examine the connections between diaspora - the movement whether forced or voluntary of a nation or group of people from one homeland to another - and its representations in visual culture. Two foundational articles by Stuart Hall and the painter R.B. Kitaj provide points of departure for an exploration of the meanings of diaspora for cultural identity and artistic practice. A distinguished group of contributors who include Alan Sinfield Irit Rogoff and Eunice Lipton address the rich complexity of diasporic cultures and art but with a focus on the visual culture of the Jewish and African diasporas. Individual articles address the Jewish diaspora and visual culture from the 19th century to the present and work by African American and Afro-Brazilian artists. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315006161

Diaspora Literature and Visual CultureAsia in Flight This book offers an incisive and ambitious critique of Asian Diaspora culture looking specifically at literature and visual popular culture. Sheng-mei Ma’s engaging text discusses issues of self and its relationship with Asian Diaspora culture in the global twenty-first century. Using examples from Asia Asian America and Asian Diaspora from the West the book weaves a narrative that challenges the twenty-first century triumphal discourse of Asia and argues that given the long shadow cast across modern film and literature this upward mobility is inescapably escapist a flight from itself; Asia’s stunning self-transformation is haunted by self-alienation. The chapters discuss a wealth of topics including Asianness Orientalism and Asian American identity drawing on a variety of pop culture sources from The Matrix Trilogy to Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. This book forms an analysis of the new idea of Asian Diaspora that cuts across area ethnicity and nation incorporating itself into the contemporary global culture whilst retaining a distinct Asian flavor. Covering the mediums of literature film and visual cultures this book will be of immense interest to scholars and students of Asian studies and literature ethnic studies cultural studies and film. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415855341

Diasporas Cultures and Identities Diasporas Cultures and Identities brings together a range of original research papers from Ethnic and Racial Studies that are concerned with the question of the role of diasporic ties and the social cultural and political processes that are engendered by the changing experiences of these communities. Chapters cover a range of geopolitical and empirical contexts and serve to highlight the diverse theoretical and empirical questions that have become an integral part of the study of race and ethnicity in the contemporary environment. The study of the role of diasporas in modern societies has proceeded apace over the past two decades. Although the role of diasporic communities has been the subject of historical reflection for some time it is only now that the concept of diaspora has become a core theme in the social sciences and humanities. We have seen an ongoing discussion about notions such as diaspora transnationalism and cosmopolitanism and their appropriateness as conceptual frames of reference for analyzing the diverse experiences of communities that have become dispersed across the globe. This collection makes an important contribution to this body of scholarship and research. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138817418

Dickens Reynolds and Mayhew on Wellington StreetThe Print Culture of a Victorian Street A glance over the back pages of mid-nineteenth-century newspapers and periodicals published in London reveals that Wellington Street stands out among imprint addresses. Between 1843 and 1853 Household Words Reynolds’s Weekly Newspaper the Examiner Punch the Athenaeum the Spectator the Morning Post and the serial edition of London Labour and the London Poor to name a few were all published from this short street off the Strand. Mary L. Shannon identifies for the first time the close proximity of the offices of Charles Dickens G.W.M. Reynolds and Henry Mayhew examining the ramifications for the individual authors and for nineteenth-century publishing. What are the implications of Charles Dickens his arch-competitor the radical publisher G.W.M. Reynolds and Henry Mayhew being such close neighbours? Given that London was capital of more than Britain alone what connections does Wellington Street reveal between London print networks and the print culture and networks of the wider empire? How might the editors’ experiences make us rethink the ways in which they and others addressed their anonymous readers as ’friends’ as if they were part of their immediate social network? As Shannon shows readers in the London of the 1840s and '50s despite advances in literacy print technology and communications were not simply an ’imagined community’ of individuals who read in silent privacy but active members of an imagined network that punctured the anonymity of the teeming city and even the empire. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880309

Dickens and Victorian Print Cultures This volume places Dickens at the centre of a dynamic and expanding Victorian print world and tells the story of his career against a background of options available to him. The collection describes a world animated by outpourings of print materials: books serials newspapers periodicals libraries paintings and prints parodies and plagiarisms censorship advertising as well as theatre and other entertainment and celebrity. It also shows this period as driven by a growing and more literate population and undergirded by a general conviction that writing was a crucial component of governance and civic culture. The extensive introduction and selected articles anchor Dickens's attempts to establish better conditions for writers regarding copyright protection pay status recognition and effectiveness in altering public policy. They speak about Dickens's life as playwright journalist novelist editor magazine publisher theatrical producer actor lecturer reader of his own works supporter of charities for impoverished authors and fallen women exponent of a morality of Christian compassion and domestic affections sometimes put into question by his own actions proponent and critic of British nationalism and champion of education for all. This selection of essays and articles from previously published accounts by internationally renowned scholars is of interest to all students and professionals who are fascinated by the composition manufacture finance formats pictorializations sales advertising and influence of Dickens's writing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138109599

Dictionary of Agriculture First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315062020

Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture Keep the information you need on playthings and pop culture at your fingertips! The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is an A-to-Z reference guide to the playthings that amused us as children and fascinate us as adults. This enlightening—and entertaining—resource complete with cross-references provides easy access to concise but detailed descriptions that place toys and board games in their social and cultural contexts. From action figures to yo-yos the book is your tour guide through the museum of sought-after collectibles and forgotten treasures that mirror the fads and fashions that helped define pop culture in the United States. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture is a historical yet current reflection of society’s ever-changing attitudes toward childhood and its cultural touchstones. The book is filled with physical descriptions of each entry including size color and material composition and the age group most often associated with the item. It also includes biographical sketches of inventors manufacturers and distributors— a virtual “Who’s Who” of the American toy industry including Milton Bradley Walt Disney and Jim Henson. With a brief glimpse through its pages or a lengthy look from cover to cover you’ll discover (or re-discover) real hero action figures toys with commercial tie-ins fast-food promotional giveaways penny prize package toys and advertising icons and characters in addition to beloved toys and board games like Etch-a-Sketch® Lincoln Logs® Colorforms® Yahtzee® and Burp Gun the first toy advertised on nationwide television. The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture presents easy-to-access and easy-to-read descriptions of such toys as: Barbie® bendies and Beanie Babies® Monopoly® Mr. Machine® and Mr. Potato Head™ Pez® Plah-Doh® and Pound Puppies® Scrabble® Silly Putty® and Slinky® Tiddly Winks® Tinker Toys® and Twister™ and looks at the people behind the scenes of the biggest names in toys including LEGO® (Ole Kirk Christiansen) Fisher-Price® (Homer G. Fisher) Mattel® (Ruth and Elliott Handler) Hasbro™ (Alan Merrill and Stephen Hassenfeld) Toys R Us® (Charles Lazarus) Parker Brothers® (Edward and George Parker) F.A.O. Schwartz (Frederick Schwartz) Kenner® (Albert Steiner) Tonka® (Russell L. Wenkstern) The Dictionary of Toys and Games in American Popular Culture also includes an index and a selected bibliography to meet your casual or professional research needs. Faster (and more entertaining) than searching through a vast assortment of Web sites for information the book is a vital resource for librarians toy collectors and appraisers popular culture enthusiasts and anyone with an interest in toys—past and present. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315043814

Differentiation Is an ExpectationA School Leader's Guide to Building a Culture of Differentiation Turn your school into a place where every child achieves. This book provides leaders with all that they need to promote differentiation in their schools and districts. Through research and first-hand experience the authors have identified effective strategies for hiring differentiation-minded staff members communicating the need for differentiation to all stakeholders motivating teachers to differentiate and using differentiated teacher evaluation to effect change. Contents include:First Things First: What is Differentiation?Can Differentiation Work in a High-Need School or District?Change Agents are Knowledgeable Leaders: The Value of a Professional Learning Community.Evaluating Teacher Differentiation and Differentiating Teacher Evaluation.Hiring the Best Teachers for the Job. A valuable resource for principals and other leaders this book will serve as the go-to-guide to assist you on your journey in embedding differentiation into the culture of your school or district. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138470675

Difficult SubjectsWorking Women and Visual Culture Britain 1880-1914 The working women of Victorian and Edwardian Britain were fascinating but difficult subjects for artists photographers and illustrators. The cultural meanings of labour sat uncomfortably with conventional ideologies of femininity and working women unsettled the boundaries between gender and class selfhood and otherness. From paintings of servants in middle-class households to exhibits of flower-makers on display for a shilling the visual culture of women's labour offered a complex web of interior fantasy and exterior reality. The picture would become more challenging still when working women themselves began to use visual spectacle. In this first in-depth exploration of the representation of British working women Kristina Huneault explores the rich meanings of female employment during a period of labour unrest demands for women's enfranchisement and mounting calls for social justice. In the course of her study she questions the investments of desire and the claims to power that reside in visual artifacts drawing significant conclusions about the relationship between art and identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138263475

Digital Culture and Religion in Asia This book critically analyses the functions and interconnectedness between religion and digital media in a range of East Asian countries. It discusses both how religious organizations make use of new technologies and also explores how new technologies are reshaping religion in novel and interesting ways. Based on extensive research the book focuses in particular on Christianity in South Korea Neo-Shintoism in Japan Falun Gong in China and Islam in Southeast Asia. Offering a comparative perspective on a broad range of media practices including video gaming virtual worship social networking and online testimonials the book also investigates the idea that use of technology in itself mirrors religious practices. With an analysis of the impact of religion and new technology on national consciousness in a range of geographical locations the authors offer a broadening of the scope of the study of religion culture and media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138476196

Digital Culture UnpluggedProbing the Native Cyborg’s Multiple Locations This volume explores the ways in which contemporary society negotiates digital technologies and media in South Asia. It focuses on cyber-religion the notion of self-formation and digital technology urban cybercultural phenomenon digital era in cinema and photography that represent an eclectic mix of theoretical positions and practical domains. It offers an insight into the digital phenomenon and its impacts; religion and theology in the information society; the concept of alterity; new technology and human nature; mobile phones internet blog radio and the new digital lifestyle; digital cinema; publishing and electronic reproduction; the internet and the bully; city and the global nomad; and digitising the sociological imagination. This volume will be of great interest to those in media & communication studies cultural studies and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138380240

Digital Cultures The book explores contemporary selfie-taking practices; digital experiences of love romance and infidelity; sexting rituals; self-tracking habits; strategies used by the Internet famous; and the power of hashtag campaigns and memes in espousing a cause. Rejecting binary narratives on digital cultures it showcases the fascinating ways in which we use our digital devices social media platforms and apps by drawing upon academic research everyday observations and a determination to challenge assumptions and hasty generalizations. It also engages with emerging narratives on online authenticity privacy digital detox and the digital divides prevalent both in India and abroad. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367724986

Digital DetachmentHow Computer Culture Undermines Democracy The digital revolution is changing the world in ecologically unsustainable ways: (1) it increases the economic and political power of the elites controlling and interpreting the data; (2) it is based on the deep assumptions of market liberalism that do not recognize environmental limits; (3) it undermines face-to-face and context-specific forms of knowledge; (4) it undermines awareness of the metaphorical nature of language; (5) its promoters are driven by the myth of progress and thus ignore important cultural traditions of the cultural commons that are being lost; and (6) it both by-passes the democratic process 　and colonizes other cultures. This book provides an in-depth examination of these phenomena and connects them to questions of educational reform in the US and beyond. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138186866

Digital ExistenceOntology Ethics and Transcendence in Digital Culture Digital Existence: Ontology Ethics and Transcendence in Digital Culture advances debates on digital culture and digital religion in two complementary ways. First by focalizing the themes ‘ontology ’ ‘ethics’ and ‘transcendence ’ it builds on insights from research on digital religion in order to reframe the field and pursue an existential media analysis that further pushes beyond the mandatory focus in mainstream media studies on the social cultural political and economic dimensions of digitalization. Second the collection also implies a broadening of the scope of the debate in the field of media religion and culture – and digital religion in particular – beyond ‘religion ’ to include the wider existential dimensions of digital media. It is the first volume on our digital existence in the budding field of existential media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367588281

Digital FeminismsTransnational activism in German protest cultures The relative rise or decline of feminist movements across the globe has been debated by feminist scholars and activists for a long time. In recent years however these debates have gained renewed momentum. Rapid technological change and increased use of digital media have raised questions about how digital technologies change influence and shape feminist politics. This book interrogates the digital interface of transnational protest movements and local activism in feminist politics. Examining how global feminist politics is articulated at the nexus of the transnational/national we take contemporary German protest culture as a case study for the manner in which transnational feminist activism intersects with the national configuration of feminist political work. The book explores how movements and actions from outside Germany’s borders circulate digitally and resonate differently in new local contexts and further how these border-crossings transform grass-roots activism as it goes digital. This book was originally published as a special issue of Feminist Media Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367074777

Digital Food Cultures This book explores the interrelations between food technology and knowledge-sharing practices in producing digital food cultures. Digital Food Cultures adopts an innovative approach to examine representations and practices related to food across a variety of digital media: blogs and vlogs (video blogs) Facebook Instagram YouTube technology developers’ promotional media online discussion forums and self-tracking apps and devices. The book emphasises the diversity of food cultures available on the internet and other digital media from those celebrating unrestrained indulgence in food to those advocating very specialised diets requiring intense commitment and focus. While most of the digital media and devices discussed in the book are available and used by people across the world the authors offer valuable insights into how these global technologies are incorporated into everyday lives in very specific geographical contexts. This book offers a novel contribution to the rapidly emerging area of digital food studies and provides a framework for understanding contemporary practices related to food production and consumption internationally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138392595

Digital Football CulturesFandom Identities and Resistance As the digital revolution continues apace emergent technologies and means of communication present new challenges and opportunities for the football industry. This is the first book to bring together key contemporary debates at the intersection of football studies leisure studies and digital cultural studies. It presents cutting edge theoretical and empirical work based around four key themes: theorizing digital football cultures; digital football fandom; football and social media; and football (sub)cybercultures. Covering topics such as transnational digital fandom online abuse and gender Digital Football Cultures argues that we are witnessing the hyperdigitalization of the world’s most popular sport. This book is a valuable resource for students and researchers working in leisure studies sports studies football studies and critical media studies as well as geography anthropology criminology and sociology. It is also fascinating reading for anybody working in sport media and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367519803

Digital JudaismJewish Negotiations with Digital Media and Culture In this volume contributors consider the ways that Jewish communities and users of new media negotiate their uses of digital technologies in light of issues related to religious identity community and authority. Digital Judaism presents a broad analysis of how and why various Jewish groups negotiate with digital culture in particular ways situating such observations within a wider discourse of how Jewish groups throughout history have utilized communication technologies to maintain their Jewish identities across time and space. Chapters address issues related to the negotiation of authority between online users and offline religious leaders and institutions not only within ultra-Orthodox communities but also within the broader Jewish religious culture taking into account how Jewish engagement with media in Israel and the diaspora raises a number of important issues related to Jewish community and identity. Featuring recent scholarship by leading and emerging scholars of Judaism and media Digital Judaism is an invaluable resource for researchers in new media religion and digital culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138053519

Digital Learning in MotionFrom Book Culture to the Digital Age Digital Learning in Motion provides a theoretical analysis of learning and related learning media in society. The book explores how changing media affects learning environments which changes the learning itself showing that learning is always in motion. This book expounds upon the concept of learning reconstructing how learning unfolds and analyzing the discourse around pedagogy and Bildung in the age of new digital media. It further discusses in detail the threefold relationship between learning and motion considering how learning is based on motion generated by new experiences and changes with the environment and through its own mediatization. The book presents a normative model that outlines how learning can be structured on the basis of society’s values and self-understanding discourses in the digital age. This book will be of great interest for academics postgraduate students and researchers in the fields of digital learning and inclusion education research educational theory communication and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138366749

Digital Leisure CulturesCritical perspectives The digital turn in leisure has opened up a vast array of new opportunities to play learn participate and be entertained – opportunities that have transformed what we recognise as leisure. This edited collection provides a significant contribution to our changing understanding of digital leisure cultures reflecting on the socio-historical context within which the digital age emerged while engaging with new debates about the evolving and controversial role of digital platforms in contemporary leisure cultures. This book also demonstrates the interdisciplinary nature of studying digital leisure cultures. To make sense of how individuals and institutions use digital spaces it is necessary to draw on history science and technology philosophy cultural studies sociology and geography as well as sport and leisure studies. This important and timely study discusses both the promise of the digital sphere as a realm of liberation and the darker side of the internet associated with control surveillance exclusion and dehumanisation. Digital Leisure Cultures: Critical perspectives is fascinating reading for any student or scholar of sociology sport and leisure studies geography or media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138494169

Digital Media Friendship and Cultures of Care This book explores how digital media can extend care practices among friends and peers researching young people’s negotiations of sexual health mental health gender/sexuality and dating apps and highlighting the need for a multifocal approach that centres young people’s expertise. Taking an "everyday practice" approach to digital and social media Digital Media Friendship and Cultures of Care emphasises that digital media are not novel but integrated into daily life. The book introduces the concept of "digital cultures of care" as a new framework through which to consider digital practices of friendship and peer support and how these play out across a range of platforms and networks. Challenging common public and academic concerns about peer and friendship influences on young people these terms are unpacked and reconsidered through attention to digital media drawing on qualitative research findings to argue that digital and social media have created important new opportunities for emotional support particularly for young people and LGBTQ+ people who are often excluded from formal healthcare and social support. This book and its comprehensive focus on friendship will be of interest to a range of readers including academics students health promoters educators policymakers and advocacy groups for either young people LGBTQ+ communities or digital citizenship. Academics most interested in this book will be working in digital media studies health sociology critical public health health communication sexualities cultural studies sex education and gender studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367183462

Digital Media and Risk Culture in China’s Financial Markets This book analyzes the risk cultures in China that have emerged from the entanglement of new communication technologies and financial markets examining the role that digital media play in Asian modernity and offering an alternative narrative to that of the West. The book illustrates the impact of exclusively Chinese digital media on power dynamics within risk definition arguing that information and communication technologies (ICTs) empower individuals enabling them to compete with an expert-oriented risk culture controlled by Government- and banker-led media outlets. With struggles competitions compromises and confrontations major communicators in financial world are collectively producing risk cultures based on interpersonal relations instead of contractual obligations in which insider information is valued over professional analysis. Meanwhile investors are trapped in a risk culture paradox that they themselves have produced as they attempt to take advantage of other actors’ uncertainties and eventually produce risks for the entire market. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367663506

Digital Media and Wireless Communications in Developing NationsAgriculture Education and the Economic Sector Digital Media and Wireless Communication in Developing Nations: Agriculture Education and the Economic Sector explores how digital media and wireless communication especially mobile phones and social media platforms offer concrete opportunities for developing countries to transform different sectors of their economies. The volume focuses on the agricultural economic and education sectors. The chapter authors mostly from Africa and India provide a wealth of information on recent innovations the opportunities they provide challenges faced and the direction of future research in digital media and wireless communication to leverage transformation in developing countries. The volume provides important research on digital media and wireless communication within the context of developing countries that will be very useful for professionals from academia government agencies NGOs technologists entrepreneurs and investors and others. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771887854

Digital Media SportTechnology Power and Culture in the Network Society Live broadband streaming of the 2008 Beijing Olympics accounted for 2 200 of the estimated 3 600 total hours shown by the American NBC-Universal networks. At the 2012 London Olympics unprecedented multi-platforming embraced online mobile devices game consoles and broadcast television with the BBC providing 2 500 hours of live coverage including every competitive event much in high definition and some in 3D. The BBC also had 12 million requests for video on mobile phones and 9.2 million browsers on its mobile Olympics website and app. This pattern will only intensify at future sport mega events like the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics both of which will take place in Brazil. Increasingly when people talk of the screen that delivers footage of their favorite professional sport they are describing desktop laptop and tablet computer screens as well as television and mobile handsets. Digital Media Sport analyzes the intersecting issues of technological change market power and cultural practices that shape the contemporary global sports media landscape. The complexity of these related issues demands an interdisciplinary approach that is adopted here in a series of thematically-organized essays by international scholars working in media studies Internet studies sociology cultural studies and sport studies. . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138243293

Digital Mediascapes of Transnational Korean Youth Culture Drawing on vivid ethnographic field studies of youth on the transnational move across Seoul Toronto and Vancouver this book examines transnational flows of Korean youth and their digital media practices. This book explores how digital media are integrated into various forms of transnational life and imagination focusing on young Koreans and their digital media practices. By combining theoretical discussion and in depth empirical analysis the book provides engaging narratives of transnational media fans sojourners and migrants. Each chapter illustrates a form of mediascape in which transnational Korean youth culture and digital media are uniquely articulated. This perceptive research offers new insights into the transnationalization of youth cultural practices from K-pop fandom to smartphone-driven storytelling.　 A transnational and ethnographic focus makes this book the first of its kind with an interdisciplinary approach that goes beyond the scope of existing digital media studies youth culture studies and Asian studies. It will be essential reading for scholars and students in media studies migration studies popular culture studies and Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138603004

Digital Platforms Imperialism and Political Culture In the networked twenty-first century digital platforms have significantly influenced capital accumulation and digital culture. Platforms such as social network sites (e.g. Facebook) search engines (e.g. Google) and smartphones (e.g. iPhone) are increasingly crucial because they function as major digital media intermediaries. Emerging companies in non-Western countries have created unique platforms controlling their own national markets and competing with Western-based platform empires in the global markets. The reality though is that only a handful of Western countries primarily the U.S. have dominated the global platform markets resulting in capital accumulation in the hands of a few mega platform owners. This book contributes to the platform imperialism discourse by mapping out several core areas of platform imperialism such as intellectual property the global digital divide and free labor focusing on the role of the nation-state alongside transnational capital. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138097537

Digital Politics and Culture in Contemporary IndiaThe Making of an Info-Nation The relationship between information and the nation-state is typically portrayed as a face-off involving repressive state power and democratic flows: Twitter and the Arab Spring Google in China WikiLeaks and the U.S. State Department. Less attention has been paid to those scenarios where states have regarded information and its diffusion as productive of modernity and globalization. It is the central argument of this book that the contemporary nation-state especially in the global South is far from hostile to the current informational milieu and in fact makes crucial use of it in order to develop adequate modes of governance communication and sociality in a networked world. This book focuses on India – an emerging country that has recently witnessed a "software miracle" – to highlight the critical role informatics has historically played in the national imagination and to demonstrate how the state private capital and civic society have drawn upon and engaged the precepts and protocols of the information age to fashion an "info-nation." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138575769

Digital Queer Cultures in IndiaPolitics Intimacies and Belonging Sexuality in India offers an expression of nationalist anxieties and is a significant marker of modernity through which subjectivities are formed among the middle class. This book investigates the everyday experience of queer Indian men on digital spaces. It explores how queer identities are formed in virtual spaces and how the existence of such spaces challenge and critique ‘Indian’-ness. It also looks at the role of class and intimacy within the discourse. This work argues that new media social networking sites (SNSs) both web and mobile and related technologies do not exist in isolation; rather they are critically embedded within other social spaces. Similarly online queer spaces exist parallel to and in conjunction with the larger queer movement in the country. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of gender studies especially men's and masculinity studies queer and LGBT studies media and cultural studies particularly new media and digital culture sexuality and identity politics sociology and social anthropology and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367279882

Digital RussiaThe Language Culture and Politics of New Media Communication Digital Russia provides a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which new media technologies have shaped language and communication in contemporary Russia. It traces the development of the Russian-language internet explores the evolution of web-based communication practices showing how they have both shaped and been shaped by social political linguistic and literary realities and examines online features and trends that are characteristic of and in some cases specific to the Russian-language internet. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138206007

Digitalizing ConsumptionHow devices shape consumer culture Contemporary consumer society is increasingly saturated by digital technology and the devices that deliver this are increasingly transforming consumption patterns. Social media smartphones mobile apps and digital retailing merge with traditional consumption spheres supported by digital devices which further encourage consumers to communicate and influence other consumers to consume.Through a wide range of empirical studies which analyse the impact of digital devices this volume explores the digitization of consumption and shows how consumer culture and consumption practices are fundamentally intertwined and mediated by digital devices. Exploring the development of new consumer cultures leading international scholars from sociology marketing and ethnology examine the effects on practices of consumption and marketing through topics including big data digital traces streaming services wearables and social media’s impact on ethical consumption.Digitalizing Consumption makes an important contribution to practice-based approaches to consumption particularly the use of market devices in consumers’ everyday consumer life and will be of interest to scholars of marketing cultural studies consumer research organization and management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367875497

Digitized LivesCulture Power and Social Change in the Internet Era In chapters examining a broad range of issues—including sexuality politics education race gender relations the environment and social protest movements—Digitized Lives argues that making sense of digitized culture means looking past the glossy surface of techno gear to ask deeper questions about how we can utilize technology to create a more socially politically and economically just world. This second edition includes important updates on mobile and social media examining how new platforms and devices have altered how we interact with digital technologies in an allegedly ‘post-truth’ era. A companion website (culturalpolitics.net/index/digital_cultures) includes links to online articles and useful websites as well as a bibliography of offline resources and more. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138309548

Diplomatic Cultures and International PoliticsTranslations Spaces and Alternatives This volume offers an inter-disciplinary and critical analysis of the role of culture in diplomatic practice. If diplomacy is understood as the practice of conducting negotiations between representatives of distinct communities or causes then questions of culture and the spaces of cultural exchange are at its core. But what of the culture of diplomacy itself? When and how did this culture emerge and what alternative cultures of diplomacy run parallel to it both historically and today? How do particular spaces and places inform and shape the articulation of diplomatic culture(s)? This volume addresses these questions by bringing together a collection of theoretically rich and empirically detailed contributions from leading scholars in history international relations geography and literary theory. Chapters attend to cross-cutting issues of the translation of diplomatic cultures the role of space in diplomatic exchange and the diversity of diplomatic cultures beyond the formal state system. Drawing on a range of methodological approaches the contributors discuss empirical cases ranging from indigenous diplomacies of the Inuit Circumpolar Council to the European External Action Service the 1955 Bandung Conference the spatial imaginaries of mid twentieth-century Balkan writer diplomats celebrity and missionary diplomacy and paradiplomatic narratives of The Hague. The volume demonstrates that when approached from multiple disciplinary perspectives and understood as expansive and plural diplomatic cultures offer an important lens onto issues as diverse as global governance sovereignty regimes and geographical imaginations. This book will be of much interest to students of public diplomacy foreign policy international organisations media and communications studies and IR in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138096486

Dirt in Victorian Literature and CultureWriting Materiality Addressing the Victorian obsession with the sordid materiality of modern life this book studies dirt in nineteenth-century English literature and the Victorian cultural imagination. Dirt litters Victorian writing – industrial novels literature about the city slum fiction bluebooks and the reports of sanitary reformers. It seems to be "matter out of place " challenging traditional concepts of art and disregarding the concern with hygiene deodorization and purification at the center of the "civilizing process." Drawing upon Material Cultural Studies for an analysis of the complex relationships between dirt and textuality the study adds a new perspective to scholarship on both the Victorian sanitation movement and Victorian fiction. The chapters focus on Victorian commodity culture as a backdrop to narratives about refuse and rubbish; on the impact of waste and ordure on life stories; on the production and circulation of affective responses to filth in realist novels and slum travelogues; and on the function of dirt for both colonial discourse and its deconstruction in postcolonial writing. They address questions as to how texts about dirt create the effect of materiality how dirt constructs or deconstructs meaning and how the project of writing dirt attempts to contain its excessive materiality. Schülting discusses representations of dirt in a variety of texts by Charles Dickens E. M. Forster Elizabeth Gaskell George Gissing James Greenwood Henry James Charles Kingsley Henry Mayhew George Moore Arthur Morrison and others. In addition she offers a sustained analysis of the impact of dirt on writing strategies and genre conventions and pays particular attention to those moments when dirt is recycled and becomes the source of literary creation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367175719

Dirty WordsWritings on the History and Culture of Pollution Did dinosaurs contribute to global warming? What is rubbish theory and what indeed is rubbish? And how did the whale become a cuddly toy? And why did we decide to saturate our land and food with pesticides? Dirty Words examines all of these questions and also includes a study of pollution in fiction from the fogs of Dickens to the smog of Chandler advice on how to be an environmental troublemaker and a suggestion of our choice of futures: the world as an icebox or a greenhouse. This entertaining and provocative collection of pieces by a group of environmental experts challenges the reader to take a closer look at the current pollution debate. Originally published in 1991 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415847063

Disability Culture and Identity First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138144743

Disability and Digital Television CulturesRepresentation Access and Reception Disability and Digital Television Cultures offers an important addition to scholarly studies at the intersection of disability and media examining disability in the context of digital television access representation and reception.Television as a central medium of communication has marginalized people with disability through both representation on screen and the lack of accessibility to this medium. With accessibility options becoming available as television is switched to digital transmissions audience research into television representations must include a corresponding consideration of access. This book provides a comprehensive and critical study of the way people with disability access and watch digital TV. International case studies and media reports are complimented by findings of a user-focused study into accessibility and representation captured during the Australian digital television switchover in 2013-2014. This book will provide a reliable independent guide to fundamental shifts in media access while also offering insight from the disability community. It will be essential reading for researchers working on disability and media as well as television communications and culture; upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students in cultural studies;　 along with general readers with an interest in disability and digital culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367662714

Disability and Popular CultureFocusing Passion Creating Community and Expressing Defiance As a response to real or imagined subordination popular culture reflects the everyday experience of ordinary people and has the capacity to subvert the hegemonic order. Drawing on central theoretical approaches in the field of critical disability studies this book examines disability across a number of internationally recognised texts and objects from popular culture including film television magazines and advertising campaigns children’s toys music videos sport and online spaces to attend to the social and cultural construction of disability. While acknowledging that disability features in popular culture in ways that reinforce stereotypes and stigmatise Disability and Popular Culture celebrates and complicates the increasing visibility of disability in popular culture showing how popular culture can focus passion create community and express defiance in the context of disability and social change. Covering a broad range of concerns that lie at the intersection of disability and cultural studies including media representation identity the beauty myth aesthetics ableism new media and sport this book will appeal to scholars and students interested in the critical analysis of popular culture across disciplines such as disability studies sociology and cultural and media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367669003

Disaster CultureKnowledge and Uncertainty in the Wake of Human and Environmental Catastrophe When disaster strikes a ritual unfolds: a flood of experts bureaucrats and analysts rush to the scene; personal tragedies are played out in a barrage of media coverage; on the ground confusion and uncertainty reign. In this major comparative study Gregory Button draws on three decades of research on the most infamous human and environmental calamities to break new ground in our understanding of these moments of chaos. He explains how corporations state agencies social advocacy organizations and other actors attempt to control disaster narratives adopting public relations strategies that may either downplay or amplify a sense of uncertainty in order to advance political and policy goals. Importantly he shows that disasters are not isolated events offering a holistic account of the political dynamics of uncertainty in times of calamity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781598743890

Discourse and CultureThe Creation of America 1870-1920 Written history is literary artifact: taking this as its starting point Discourse and Culture argues that the Foucauldian concept of the shifting scale of linguistic and historic values must be the central focus for a new interpretation of American culture and ideology. Six major American historical figures are evaluated as products of the conflict between subordinate and dominant influences in American society: steelmaster Andrew Carnegie; labour leader Terence V. Powderly; historian of the West Frederick J. Turner; social reconstructionist Jane Addams; race leader Booker T. Washington; and black nationalist W.E.B. du Bois. Discourse and Culture re-assesses the relationship between ideology and cultural formation by asking if cultural change can be explained as a function of discourse. The book draws upon the ideas of Althusser Gramsci and Hayden to address this issue which lies at the very heart of contemporary debate on the character of cultural history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138176188

Discourses of (De)LegitimizationParticipatory Culture in Digital Contexts This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the ways in which digital communication facilitate and inform discourses of legitimization and delegitimization in contemporary participatory cultures. The book draws on multiple theoretical traditions from critical discourse analysis to allow for a greater critical engagement of the ways in which values are either justified or criticized on social media platforms across a variety of social milieus including the personal political religious corporate and commercial. The volume highlights data from across ten national contexts and a range of online platforms to demonstrate how these discursive practices manifest themselves differently across a range of settings. Taken together the seventeen chapters in this book offer a more informed understanding of how these discursive spaces help us to interpret the manner in which digital communication can be used to legitimize or delegitimize making this book an ideal resource for students and scholars in discourse analysis sociolinguistics new media and media production. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367584146

Dislocating CulturesIdentities Traditions and Third World Feminism Dislocating Cultures takes aim at the related notions of nation identity and tradition to show how Western and Third World scholars have misrepresented Third World cultures and feminist agendas. Drawing attention to the political forces that have spawned shaped and perpetuated these misrepresentations since colonial times Uma Narayan inspects the underlying problems which "culture" poses for the respect of difference and cross-cultural understanding.Questioning the problematic roles assigned to Third World subjects within multiculturalism Narayan examines ways in which the flow of information across national contexts affects our understanding of issues. Dislocating Cultures contributes a philosophical perspective on areas of ongoing interest such as nationalism post-colonial studies and the cultural politics of debates over tradition and "westernization" in Third World contexts. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203707487

Dismantling Rape CultureThe Peacebuilding Power of ‘Me Too’ This book analyses rape culture through the lens of the ‘me too’ era. Drawing feminist theory into conversation with peace studies and improvisation theory it advocates for peace- building opportunities to transform culture and for the improvisatory resources of ‘culture- jamming’ as a mechanism to dismantle rape culture. The book’s key argument is that cultural attitudes and behaviours can be shifted through the introduction of disrupting narratives so each chapter ends with a ‘culture- jammed’ re- telling of a traditional fairy tale. Chapter 1 traces an overlap of feminist theory and peace studies arguing that rape culture is most fruitfully understood through the concept of ‘structural violence.’ Chapter 2 investigates the gender scripts that rape culture produces considering a female counterpart to the concept of ‘toxic masculinity’: ‘complicit femininity.’ Chapter 3 offers analysis of non- consensual sex and a history of consent education culminating in an argument that we need to move beyond consent to conceptualise a robust ‘respectful mutuality.’ Chapter 4 ’s history of sexual harassment in the workplace and the rise of #metoo argues that its global manifestations are a powerful peace- building initiative. Chapter 5 situates ‘me too’ within a culture- jamming history using improvisation theory to show how this movement’s potential can shape cultural reconstruction. This is a provocative and interventionist addition to feminist theory scholarship and is suitable for researchers and students in women’s and gender studies feminist theory sociology and peace studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367546304

Disney Culture and Curriculum A presence for decades in individuals’ everyday life practices and identity formation the Walt Disney Company has more recently also become an influential element within the "big" curriculum of public and private spaces outside of yet in proximity to formal educational institutions. Disney Culture and Curriculum explores the myriad ways that Disney’s curricula and pedagogies manifest in public consciousness cultural discourses and the education system. Examining Disney’s historical development and contemporary manifestations this book critiques and deconstructs its products and perspectives while providing insight into Disney’s operations within popular culture and everyday life in the United States and beyond. The contributors engage with Disney’s curricula and pedagogies in a variety of ways through critical analysis of Disney films theme parks and planned communities how Disney has been taught and resisted both in and beyond schools ways in which fans and consumers develop and negotiate their identities with their engagement with Disney and how race class gender sexuality and consumerism are constructed through Disney content. Incisive comprehensive and highly interdisciplinary Disney Culture and Curriculum extends the discussion of popular culture as curriculum and pedagogy into new avenues by focusing on the affective and ontological aspects of identity development as well as the commodification of social and cultural identities experiences and subjectivities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138341845

Displaced Persons: Conditions of Exile in European Culture This lively and intellectually vigorous conspectus of studies approaches the subject of exile from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The contributions to this volume give due attention to the twentieth century migratory phenomena theorised by Edward Said Julia Kristeva and Salman Rushdie. They also show that the discourse and experience of exile is not the stuff of modernity alone. The volume illustrates that the waning of the Middle Ages Reformation and Restoration politics and the importation of Egyptian mummies into a nineteenth-century England hungry for imperial exotica reveal displacement dislocation otherness and the uncanniness of observing strangers-on-display to have long been part of European cultural currency. The essays range across a variety of disciplines: literary studies modern languages history of science philosophy and museum studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315257631

Disposable Youth: Racialized Memories and the Culture of Cruelty Facing a crisis unlike that of any other generation young people are caught between the discourses of consumerism and a powerful crime-control-complex and are viewed increasingly as commodities or are subjected to the dictates of an ever expanding criminal justice system. Drawing upon critical analyses biography and social theory Disposable Youth explores the current conditions of young people now face within an emerging culture of privatization insecurity and commodification and raises some important questions regarding the role that educators young people and concerned citizens might play in challenging the plight of young people while deepening and extending the promise of a better future and a viable democracy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415508131

Disrupting Corporate CultureHow Cognitive Science Alters Accepted Beliefs About Culture and Culture Change and Its Impact on Leaders and Change Agents Research in cognitive science over the last 30 years shows much of what we know about culture in the business world is based on myth wishful thinking outdated science or is just plain wrong. This is why culture-shaping and change programs in organizations often amount to little more than sloganeering with minimal impact on the lived experience of employees. This book bridges the gap between the latest research on cognitive science and culture providing a valuable guide for change leaders CEOs and practitioners on how to sustainably work with and change this important resource. It answers many of the major questions that have plagued culture work such as: Why so many CEOs and management consultants preach culture change when so few culture interventions actually succeed Why CEOs persist in believing "culture starts at the top" when virtually no research in anthropology supports that claim Why most culture shaping approaches have no answer for how to affect culture in global companies Why culture doesn’t cause us to do anything yet we persist in believing that somehow it does Why so many culture-shaping projects focus on corporate values despite the fact modern science shows why changing personal values is exceedingly difficult What we are learning about culture from the last 30 years of cognitive science gives us the foundation for far more impactful and sustainable interventions than have been possible to date. This book explains why showing how everyday business practices well beyond HR are key to culture change. Why? Because the brain’s synaptic plasticity can only be altered through new sustained and widespread organizational habits and routines. This groundbreaking practical guide will show you finally how to realize the full power of culture as a transformational empowering and competitive resource. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780367280864

Disturbing PleasuresLearning Popular Culture In Disturbing Pleasures Henry Giroux demonstrates how his well-known theories of education critical pedagogy and popular culture can be put to use in the classroom and in other cultural settings. Adding an entirely new dimension to his thinking about the cultural sites at which pedagogical practice takes place Giroux illustrates how professors school teachers and other cultural workers can appropriate what he refers to as a "pedagogy of cultural studies." Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203873250

Diversity In Japanese Culture First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138863538

DIY Cultures and Underground Music Scenes This volume examines the global influence and impact of DIY cultural practice as this informs the production performance and consumption of underground music in different parts of the world. The book brings together a series of original studies of DIY musical activities in Europe North and South America Asia and Oceania. The chapters combine insights from established academic writers with the work of younger scholars some of whom are directly engaged in contemporary underground music scenes. The book begins by revisiting and re-evaluating key themes and issues that have been used in studying the cultural meaning of alternative and underground music scenes notably aspects of space place and identity and the political economy of DIY cultural practice. The book then explores how the DIY cultural practices that characterize alternative and underground music scenes have been impacted and influenced by technological change notably the emergence of digital media. Finally in acknowledging the over 40-year history of DIY cultural practice in punk and post-punk contexts the book considers how DIY cultures have become embedded in cultural memory and the emotional geographies of place. Through combining high-quality data and fresh conceptual insights in the context of an international body of work spanning the disciplines of popular-music studies cultural and media studies and sociology the book offers a series of innovative new directions in the study of DIY cultures and underground/alternative music scenes. This volume will be of particular interest to undergraduate students in the above-mentioned fields of study as well as an invaluable resource for established academics and researchers working in these and related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664510

Doing Gender in Media Art and CultureA Comprehensive Guide to Gender Studies Doing Gender in Media Art and Culture 2nd edition is a comprehensive gender studies textbook with an international focus and relevance across a broad range of academic disciplines. Covering an array of topics theories and approaches to gender studies it introduces students to the study of gender through geographically diverse case studies on different historical and contemporary figures. The volume covers the established canon of gender studies including questions of representation standpoints and intersectionality. It addresses emerging areas including religion technology and online feminist engagement as well as complex contemporary phenomena such as globalization neoliberalism and ‘fundamentalism’. Core figures ranging from Simone de Beauvoir to Gloria Anzaldua and from Florence Nightingale to Malala Yousafzai serve as prisms of gender-sensitive analysis for each chapter. This vibrant textbook is essential reading for anyone in need of an accessible yet sophisticated guide to gender studies today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138288263

Doing Science + Culture Doing Science + Culture is a groundbreaking book on the cultural study of science technology and medicine. Outstanding contributors including life and physical scientists anthropologists sociologists literature/communication scholars and historians of science who focus on the analysis of science and scientific discourses within culture: what it means to "do" science. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699256

Doing Theory on EducationUsing Popular Culture to Explore Key Debates Doing Theory on Education explores key debates using examples from contemporary media and popular culture to guide Education Studies students through the perennial debates that surround teaching and learning. Aimed at undergraduates postgraduates and teachers in education settings it uses over seventy popular culture texts from television music videogames fiction film architecture social media the press and art to illuminate important issues and make the critical theory that underpins educational debates more accessible and engaging. Each chapter also offers essential background knowledge and historical perspective and includes reflective activities to help you develop a critical approach enabling you to argue your own point of view with confidence and consider where issues may progress to in the future. It examines core issues such as: Class and educational choice Learning styles Testing and assessment What counts as knowledge Leadership and professionalism Education students and those in education settings often struggle to see the value of theory. Doing Theory on Education: Using Popular Culture to Explore Key Debates is an accessible text designed for educationalists who want to put theory to work as an active strategy for influencing thinking and practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138054080

Domestic Counter-Terrorism in a Global WorldPost-9/11 Institutional Structures and Cultures in Canada and the United Kingdom Although both Canada and the United Kingdom had experienced terrorism prior to the attacks of 9/11 and already had in place extensive provisions to deal with terrorism the events of that day led to the enactment of new and expansive counter-terrorism legislation being enacted in both jurisdictions. This book explores these changes to counter-terrorism laws and policies in the UK and Canada in order to demonstrate that despite the force of international legal instruments including the heavily scrutinized UN Security Council Resolution 1373 the evolution of counter-terrorism policies in different jurisdictions is best analyzed and understood as a product of local institutional structures and cultures. The book compares legal and political structures and cultures within Canada and the United Kingdom. It analyses variations in the evolution post-9/11 counter-terrorism measures in the two jurisdictions and explores the domestic reasons for them. While focus is primarily geared towards security certificates and bail with recognizance/investigative hearings in Canada and detention without trial control orders and TPIMs in the UK the use of secret evidence in the wider national security context (terrorist listing civil litigation criminal prosecutions etc.) is also discussed. The book reveals how domestic structures and cultures including the legal system the relative stability of government local human rights culture and geopolitical relationships all influence how counter-terrorism measures evolve. In this sense the book utilizes a methodology that is both comparative and interdisciplinary by engaging in legal political historical and cultural analyses. This book will be particularly useful for target audiences in the fields of comparative law and criminal justice counter-terrorism law human rights law and international relations and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367266462

Domesticity and Consumer Culture in IranInterior Revolutions of the Modern Era Examining Iran’s recent history through the double lens of domesticity and consumer culture Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran demonstrates that a significant component of the modernization process in Iran advanced beyond political and public spheres. On the cusp of Iran’s entry into modernity the rules and tenets that had traditionally defined the Iranian home began to vanish and the influx of new household goods gradually led to the substantial physical expansion of the domestic milieu. Subsequently architects designers and commercial advertisers shifted their attention from commercial and public architecture to the new home and its contents. Domesticity and consumer culture also became topics of interest among politicians Shiite religious scholars and the Left who communicated their respective views via the popular media and numerous other means. In the interim ordinary Iranian families who were capable of selectively appropriating aspects of their immediate surroundings demonstrated their resistance toward the officially sanctioned transformations. Through analyzing a series of case studies that elucidate such phenomena and appraising a wide range of objects and archival documents—from furnishings appliances architectural blueprints and maps to photographs films TV series novels artworks scrapbooks work-logs personal letters and reports—this book highlights the significance of private life in social economic and political contexts of modern Iran. Tackling the subject of home from a variety of perspectives Domesticity and Consumer Culture in Iran thus shows the interplay between local aspirations foreign influences gender roles consumer culture and women’s education as they intersect with taste fashion domestic architecture and interior design. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815360957

Drain for Gain: Making Water Management Worth its SaltSubsurface Drainage Practices in Irrigated Agriculture in Semi-arid and Arid Regions Multi-channel estuaries such as the Mekong Delta in Vietnam and the Scheldt in the Netherlands have characteristics of both the river and the sea forming a unique environment influenced by tidal movements of the sea and freshwater flow of the river. This study addresses a number of knowledge gaps in multi-channel estuaries by developing a predictive analytical approach for salinity intrusion and discharge estimate in multi-channel estuaries. The new approach agrees well with 1-D hydrodynamic models and observations indicating its applicability in practice. Most importantly the study has successfully developed a new theory and a new equation to quantify tidal pumping due to ebb-flood channel residual circulation and the related salt dispersion. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138475120

Dress and Identity in British Literary Culture 1870-1914 Rosy Aindow examines the way fiction registered and responded to the emergence of a modern fashion industry during the period 1870-1914. She traces the role played by dress in the formation of literary identities with specific attention to the way that an engagement with fashionable clothing was understood to be a means of class emulation. The expansion of the fashion industry in the second half of the nineteenth century is generally considered to have had a significant impact on the way in which lower income groups in particular encountered clothing: many were able to participate in fashionable consumption for the first time. Remaining alert to the historical specificity of these events this study argues that the cultural perception of the expansion of the industry - namely a predominantly bourgeois fear that it would result in a democratisation in dress - had a profound effect on the way in which fashion was approached by contemporary writers. Drawing on existing cultural analogies that associated fashion with women and artifice it concludes that women were particularly implicated in fictional accounts of class mobility. This transgression applied not only to women who wore fashionable clothing but to those working in the fashion industry itself. An allusion to fashion has a socio-specific meaning one which gained a new potency in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century narratives as a vehicle for the expression of class anxieties. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138265530

Dress CodesMeanings And Messages In American Culture Rich with illustrations this revised and updated second edition of Dress Codes systematically analyzes the meaning and relevance of clothing in American culture. Presented here is an up-to-date analysis of images of power and authority gender seduction (the sexy look the alluring look the glamorous look the vulnerable look) wealth and beauty youth and health and leisure and political hierarchy. Taken together the chapters offer to the student and the general reader a complete "semiotics of clothing" in a form that is highly readable very entertaining and thoroughly informative. The illustrations provide fascinating glimpses into the history of American fashion and clothing-along with their antecedents in Europe-as well as a fine collection of images from the more familiar world of contemporary America.Rubinstein has identified six distinct categories of dress in American society upon which Dress Codes is based. "Clothing signs" were instituted by those in authority have one meaning indicate behavior and are required attire (police uniforms or the clothing of ministers and priests); ?clothing symbols " on the other hand reflect the achievement of cultural values?wealth beauty you and health. The wearing of clothing symbols?designer clothing or jewelry?may have several meanings; '`'clothing tie-signs ? which are specific types of clothing that indicate membership in a community outside mainstream culture (Hasidic Amish or Hare Krishna attire). They were instituted by those in authority have one meaning they indicate expected behavior and are required attire; ?clothing tie symbols? emanate from hopes fears and dreams of particular groups. They include trendy styles such as hip-hop hippie and gothic. Another category ?contemporary fashion ? reflects consumer sentiments and the political and economic forces of the period. ?Personal dress ? refers to the "I" component we bring in when dressing the public self (bowtie dramatic or artistic at Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367098483

Dress Culture in Late Victorian Women's FictionLiteracy Textiles and Activism In her immensely readable and richly documented book Christine Bayles Kortsch asks us to shift our understanding of late Victorian literary culture by examining its inextricable relationship with the material culture of dress and sewing. Even as the Education Acts of 1870 1880 and 1891 extended the privilege of print literacy to greater numbers of the populace stitching samplers continued to be a way of acculturating girls in both print literacy and what Kortsch terms "dress culture." Kortsch explores nineteenth-century women's education sewing and needlework mainstream fashion alternative dress movements working-class labor in the textile industry and forms of social activism showing how dual literacy in dress and print cultures linked women writers with their readers. Focusing on Victorian novels written between 1870 and 1900 Kortsch examines fiction by writers such as Olive Schreiner Ella Hepworth Dixon Margaret Oliphant Sarah Grand and Gertrude Dix with attention to influential predecessors like Elizabeth Gaskell Charlotte Brontë and George Eliot. Periodicals with their juxtaposition of journalism fiction and articles on dress and sewing are particularly fertile sites for exploring the close linkages between print and dress cultures. Informed by her examinations of costume collections in British and American museums Kortsch's book broadens our view of New Woman fiction and its relationship both to dress culture and to contemporary women's fiction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138273351

Dressing In FeathersThe Construction Of The Indian In American Popular Culture One hundred members of NatChat an electronic mail discussion group concerned with Native American issues responded to the recent Disney release Pocahontas by calling on parents to boycott the movie citing its historical inaccuracies and saying that ?Disney has let us down in a cruel irresponsible manner.? Their anger was rooted in the fact that Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315443

Drinking DilemmasSpace culture and identity Drinking and drunkenness have become a focal point for political and media debates to contest notions of responsibility discipline and risk; yet at the same time academic studies have highlighted the positive aspects of drinking in relation to sociability belonging and identity. These issues are at the heart of this volume which brings together the work of academics and researchers exploring social and cultural aspects of contemporary drinking practices. These drinking practices are enormously varied and are spatially and culturally defined. The contributions to the volume draw on research settings from across the UK and beyond to demonstrate both the complexity and diversity of drinking subjectivities and practices. Across these examples tensions relating to gender social class age and the life course are particularly prominent. Rather than align to now long-established moral discourses about what constitutes ‘good’ and ‘bad’ drinking 　sociological approaches to alcohol foreground the vivid lived nature of alcohol consumption and the associated experiences of drunkenness and intoxication. In doing so the volume illuminates the controversial yet important social and cultural roles played by drink for individuals and groups across a range of social contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138596368

Drinking OccasionsComparative Perspectives on Alcohol and Culture The main purpose of this book is to describe the variety of drinking occasions that exist around the world primarily in modern industrialized countries. As such it celebrates the diversity of normal drinking behavior and illustrates a wide range of beneficial drinking patterns. Attention is also paid to the relations between drink and culture that prevail in non-Western societies and in developing countries. The aims of the book are twofold: to deal directly with the challenge of how to define responsible drinking in the face of the world's many different drinking styles and to portray the many ways in which people have thought about or used alcohol as an integral part of their culture Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138869578

Drip Irrigation for AgricultureUntold Stories of Efficiency Innovation and Development Initially associated with hi-tech irrigated agriculture drip irrigation is now being used by a much wider range of farmers in emerging and developing countries. This book documents the enthusiasm spread and use of drip irrigation systems by smallholders but also some disappointments and disillusion faced in the global South. It explores and explains under which conditions it works for whom and with what effects. The book deals with drip irrigation 'behind the scenes' showcasing what largely remain 'untold stories'. Most research on drip irrigation use plot-level studies to demonstrate the technology’s ability to save water or improve efficiencies and use a narrow and rather prescriptive engineering or economic language. They tend to be grounded in a firm belief in the technology and focus on the identification of ways to improve or better realize its potential. The technology also figures prominently in poverty alleviation or agricultural modernization narratives figuring as a tool to help smallholders become more innovative entrepreneurial and business minded. Instead of focusing on its potential this book looks at drip irrigation-in-use making sense of what it does from the perspectives of the farmers who use it and of the development workers and agencies policymakers private companies local craftsmen engineers extension agents or researchers who engage with it for a diversity of reasons and to realize a multiplicity of objectives. While anchored in a sound engineering understanding of the design and operating principles of the technology the book extends the analysis beyond engineering and hydraulics to understand drip irrigation as a sociotechnical phenomenon that not only changes the way water is supplied to crops but also transforms agricultural farming systems and even how society is organized. The book provides field evidence from a diversity of interdisciplinary case studies in sub-Saharan Africa the Mediterranean Latin America and South Asia thus revealing some of the untold stories of drip irrigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367245023

Driving IdentitiesAt the Intersection of Popular Music and Automotive Culture Driving Identities examines long-standing connections between popular music and the automotive industry and how this relationship has helped to construct and reflect various socio-cultural identities. It also challenges common assumptions regarding the divergences between industry and art and reveals how music and sound are used to suture the putative divide between human and non-human. This book is a ground-breaking inquiry into the relationship between popular music and automobiles and into the mutual aesthetic and stylistic influences that have historically left their mark on both industries. Shaped by new historicism and cultural criticism and by methodologies adapted from gender LGBTQ+ and African-American studies it makes an important contribution to understanding the complex and interconnected nature of identity and cultural formation. In its interdisciplinary approach melding aspects of ethnomusicology sociology sound studies and business studies it pushes musicological scholarship into a new consideration and awareness of the complexity of identity construction and of influences that inform our musical culture. The volume also provides analyses of the confluences and coactions of popular music and automotive products to highlight the mutual influences on their respective aesthetic and technical evolutions. Driving Identities is aimed at both academics and enthusiasts of automotive culture popular music and cultural studies in general. It is accompanied by an extensive online database appendix of car-themed pop recordings and sheet music searchable by year artist and title. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138317055

Drugs and CultureKnowledge Consumption and Policy Current approaches to drugs tend to be determined by medical and criminal visions that emerged over a century ago; the concepts of addiction on the one hand and drug control on the other having imposed themselves as the unquestionable central notions surrounding drug issues and discourses. Pathologization and criminalization are the dominant perspectives on psychoactive drugs and it is difficult to describe drug consumption in any terms other than those of medicine or to conceive of regulation except in terms of control and eradication. Drugs and Culture presents other voices and understandings of drug issues highlighting the socio-cultural features of drug use and regulation in modern societies. It examines the cultural dimensions of drugs and their regulation with special attention to questions of how consumption of specific psychoactive substances becomes associated with particular social groups; the social dynamics involved in our coming to think of these phenomena as we do; and the factors that determine the political and policy responses to drug use. Adopting approaches from anthropology sociology history political science and geopolitics to challenge the prevailing pathologization and criminalization of drug use this book provides international and comparative perspectives on drug research based on the latest research in Europe the USA the Middle East and Hong Kong. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138274426

Drugs and Popular Culture The use of illegal drugs is so common that a number of commentators now refer to the 'normalisation' of drug consumption. It is surprising then that to date very little academic work has explored drug use as part of contemporary popular culture. This collection of readings will apply an innovatory multi-disciplinary approach to this theme combining some of the most recent research on 'the normalisation thesis' with fresh work on the relationship between drug use and popular culture. In drawing upon criminological sociological and cultural studies approaches this book will make an important contribution to the newly emerging field positioned at the intersection of these disciplines. The particular focus of the book is upon drug consumption as popular culture. It aims to provide an accessible collection of chapters and readings that will explore drug use in popular culture in a way that is relevant to undergraduates and postgraduates studying a variety of courses including criminology sociology media studies health care and social work. Media > Books > E-books Willan 9781843926016

Drugs and Popular Culture in the Age of New Media This book examines the history of popular drug cultures and mediated drug education and the ways in which new media—including social networking and video file-sharing sites—transform the symbolic framework in which drugs and drug culture are represented. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138957411

Dry Bones BreatheGay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures Dry Bones Breathe: Gay Men Creating Post-AIDS Identities and Cultures breaks new ground in offering an original and insightful interpretation of gay men’s shifting experience of the AIDS epidemic. From Dry Bones Breathe you’ll gain a deeper understanding of current community debates focused on circuit parties unprotected sex and gay men’s sexual cultures and you will learn how social political and biomedical changes are dramatically transforming gay identities and cultures.Dry Bones Breathe is Eric Rofes’explosive follow-up to Reviving the Tribe a book which broke open debates in gay communities around the world about sex identity and gay men’s relationship to AIDS. In this volume Rofes contends that most gay men no longer experience AIDS as the crisis they did during the 1980s. Gay men often attribute this shift to the advent of protozoa inhibitors but Rofes explains how other factors including the epidemic’s predicted trajectory new treatments for opportunistic infections the passage of time and the increasing diversity of gay men inhabiting communities throughout the country have set in motion the transformation of gay life. AIDS organizations and gay leaders however continue to assert that gay men experience AIDS as an emergency resulting in a tremendous dissonance between gay leaders and their communities. In the midst of this controversy Dry Bones Breathe lets you share in stories of hope and recovery and a new vision for AIDS work that demands a radical redesign of prevention care and activism. Dry Bones Breathe tackles several other issues concerning the powerful shifts occurring in gay communities and cultures by: explaining why an understanding of the terms “post-AIDS” and “post-crisis” is crucial to interpreting contemporary gay male cultures and what Australian prevention theorists have to offer gay men in the United States describing the “Protozoa Moment” and exploring how a dangerous obsession with pharmaceuticals is leading many to mistakenly attribute all changes in gay men’s cultures to combination therapies examining the writings of Larry Kramer Andrew Sullivan Michelangelo Signorile and Gabriel Rightly to illustrate how the crisis construct has unleashed a backlash against gay sexual cultures discussing the dramatic diminution in gay men’s AIDS-related deaths in epicenter cities and the impact of shrinking obituary pages on gay men’s mental health exploring the diverse relationships to the epidemic forged by young gay men gay men of color gay men from rural or small towns and middle-aged men not infected with HI detailing how HI prevention and service organizations targeting gay men must redesign their mission and restructure their work In response to continuing efforts to direct gay men back into a state of emergency Dry Bones Breathe suggests that long-term prevention efforts must be constructed around something other than a crisis. While AIDS organizations look at gay men’s diminished participation in AIDS activism Rofes argues that these organizations should face how they have distanced themselves from the reality of most gay men’s lives. From stories and experiences full of hope anger sadness and strength Dry Bones Breathe will teach you about gay men who no longer base their identities and cultures solely around AIDS. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315865416

Durkheim and Postmodern Culture The present work is an elaboration of the author's previous efforts in Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology (1988) and The Coming Fin de Sibcle (1991) to demonstrate Durkheim's neglected relevance to the postmodern discourse. The aims include finding affinities between our fin de sibcle and Durkheim's fin de sibcle and connecting the contemporary themes of rebellion against Enlightenment narratives found in postmodern culture with similar concerns found in Durkheim's sociology as well as in his fin de sibcle culture contributing to Durkheimian scholarship as well as to the postmodern discourse. The distinctive aspects of the present study flow from the focus on culture communication and the feminine voice in culture. Durkheim is approached as a fin de sibcle student of culture and his insights applied to our fin de sibcle culture. Furthermore because Durkheim claimed that culture is comprised primarily of collective representations he was a forerunner of the current postmodern concerns with communication. Because Durkheim shall be read in the context of his fin de sibcle this book shall lead to the conclusion that Durkheim was a kind of psychoanalyst such that society is the patient culture comprises the symptoms and the sociologist must decipher decode and even deconstruct collective representations. Yet the Durkheimian deconstruction proposed here is unlike the postmodern deconstructions which criticize and tear apart a text without substituting a better meaning or interpretation. Postmodern discourse has made respectable again the synthesis of multidisciplinary insights that was fashionable in Durkheim's fin de sibcle. In following this postmodern strategy this book is more than a book about Durkheim. It is also a book about his contemporaries among them Carl Justav Jung Thorstein Veblen Henry Adams Georg Simmel and Max Weber. The author does not follow the postmodern strategy completely because he f Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203792834

Dynamics of Culture This book first published in 1987 is a landmark contribution to macrosociology that extends the tradition of Sorokin Durkheim Marx Weber and other founders of the discipline in new and exciting directions. Using their innovative content analysis methodology to examine American and British political documents the authors show that the long-term dynamics of culture are subject to their own laws and are independent of the actions of 'great men' and other individual actors. This comprehensive volume brings together over two decades of the authors' research on culture indicators. Key findings include the identification of two long-term cultural cycles in the United States and Great Britain: one is related to party realignments the other to long-term economic fluctuations. In addition the authors demonstrate how culture provides the themes that political parties use to interpret economic conditions in their appeal for votes. Other results show that organizational cultures move in opposite directions from those in the culture of the larger society. The book also includes detailed discussions of both the methodology used to analyse text content and related metatheoretical issues in the study of cultural dynamics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138699489

Dynamics of Pond Aquaculture The culmination of over a decade's worth of research by the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP) Dynamics of Pond Aquaculture not only explains the physical chemical and biological processes that interact in pond culture systems but also presents real-world research findings and considers the people who depend on these systems. This book uses data from CRSP field research sites in East Africa Southeast Asia Central America and North America to present a complete picture of the pond system and the environment in which it exists.A thorough study of the principles and practices of aquaculture the book reflects the state of the art in pond aquaculture and incorporates recent advances that have changed the science in the last decade or so. It provides a thorough review of the many methods techniques and ideas that comprise this complex and fascinating area of study. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780203759028

Dynasty and PietyArchduke Albert (1598-1621) and Habsburg Political Culture in an Age of Religious Wars The youngest son of Emperor Maximilian II and nephew of Philip II of Spain Archduke Albert (1559-1621) was originally destined for the church. However dynastic imperatives decided otherwise and in 1598 upon his marriage to Philip's daughter the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia he found himself ruler of the Habsburg Netherlands one of the most dynamic yet politically unstable territories in early-modern Europe. Through an investigation of Albert's reign this book offers a new and fuller understanding of international events of the time and the Habsburg role in them. Drawing on a wide range of archival and visual material the resulting study of Habsburg political culture demonstrates the large degree of autonomy enjoyed by the archducal regime which allowed Albert and his entourage to exert a decisive influence on several crucial events: preparing the ground for the Anglo-Spanish peace of 1604 by the immediate recognition of King James clearing the way for the Twelve Years' Truce by conditionally accepting the independence of the United Provinces reasserting Habsburg influence in the Rhineland by the armed intervention of 1614 and devising the terms of the Oñate Treaty of 1617. In doing so the book shows how they sought to initiate a realistic policy of consolidation benefiting the Spanish Monarchy and the House of Habsburg. Whilst previous work on the subject has tended to concentrate on either the relationship between Spain and the Netherlands or between Spain and the Empire this book offers a far deeper and much more nuanced insight in how the House of Habsburg functioned as a dynasty during these critical years of increasing religious tensions. Based on extensive research in the archives left by the archducal regime and its diplomatic partners or rivals it bridges the gap between the reigns of Philip II and Philip IV and puts research into the period onto a fascinating new basis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138118485

Early Modern Constructions of EuropeLiterature Culture History Between the medieval conception of Christendom and the political visions of modernity ideas of Europe underwent a transformative and catalytic period that saw a cultural process of renewed self-definition or self-Europeanization. The contributors to this volume address this process analyzing how Europe was imagined between 1450 and 1750. By whom in which contexts and for what purposes was Europe made into a subject of discourse? Which forms did early modern ‘Europes’ take and what functions did they serve? Essays examine the role of factors such as religion history space and geography ethnicity and alterity patronage and dynasty migration and education language translation and narration for the ways in which Europe turned into an ‘imagined community.’ The thematic range of the volume comprises early modern texts in Arabic English French German Greek Italian Latin and Spanish including plays poems and narrative fiction as well as cartography historiography iconography travelogues periodicals and political polemics. Literary negotiations in particular foreground the creative potential versatility and agency that inhere in the process of Europeanization as well as a specifically early modern attitude towards the past and tradition emblematized in the poetics of the period. There is a clear continuity between the collection’s approach to European identities and the focus of cultural and postcolonial studies on the constructed nature of collective identities at large: the chapters build on the insights produced by these fields over the past decades and apply them from various angles to a subject that has so far largely eluded critical attention. This volume examines what existing and well-established work on identity and alterity hybridity and margins has to contribute to an understanding of the largely un-examined and under-theorized ‘pre-formative’ period of European identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367175740

Early Modern Encounters with the Islamic EastPerforming Cultures An exploration of early modern encounters between Christian Europe and the (Islamic) East from the perspective of performance studies and performativity theories this collection focuses on the ways in which these cultural contacts were acted out on the real and metaphorical stages of theatre literature music diplomacy and travel. The volume responds to the theatricalization of early modern politics to contemporary anxieties about the tension between religious performance and belief to the circulation of material objects in intercultural relations and the eminent role of theatre and drama for the (re)imagination and negotiation of cultural difference. Contributors examine early modern encounters with and in the East using an innovative combination of literary and cultural theories. They stress the contingent nature of these contacts and demonstrate that they can be read as moments of potentiality in which the future of political and economic relations - as well as the players' cultural religious and gender identities - are at stake. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138273689

Early Modern ExchangesDialogues Between Nations and Cultures 1550-1750 Marcus Gheeraerts’s portrait of a ’Persian lady’ - probably in fact an English lady in masquing costume - exemplifies the hybridity of early modern English culture. Her surrounding landscape and the embroidery on her gown are typically English; but her head-dress and slippers are decidedly exotic the inscriptions beside her are Latin and her creator was an ’incomer’ artist. She is emblematic of the early modern culture of exchange both between England and its neighbours and between Europe and the wider world. This volume presents fresh research into such early modern exchanges exploring how new identities subjectivities and artefacts were forged in dialogues and encounters between diverse cultures nations and language communities. The early modern period was a time of creative interactions between cultures and disciplines and accordingly this is a multidisciplinary volume drawing together international experts in literature history modern and ancient languages and art history. It understands cultural exchange as encompassing both the geographical mobilities of travel and trade and the transmission of ideas across borders and between languages as enabled by the new technology of print. Sites of exchange were located not only in distant and unfamiliar lands but also in the bookseller’s shop and the scholar’s study. The volume also explores the productive and complex dialogues between early modern culture and the classical past. The types of exchanges discussed include the linguistic transactions of translation and imitation; interactions between cultural elites such as monarchs courtiers and diplomats; and the catalytic influences of particularly mobile or outward-looking individuals and groups. Ranging from the neo-Latin poetry of an English author to the plays of a nun in seventeenth-century New Spain from royal portraits exchanged in diplomatic negotiations to travelling companions in the Ottoman Empire the volume sheds new light Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880101

East Asian LawUniversal Norms and Local Cultures This work explores the tension in East Asia between the trend towards a convergence of legal practices in the direction of a universal model and a reassertion of local cultural practices. The trend towards convergence arises in part from 'globalisation' from 'rule of law programs' promulgated by institutions such as the International Monetary Fund and the Asian Development Bank and from widespread migration in the region whilst the opposing trend arises in part from moves to resist such 'globalisation'. This book explores a wide range of issues related to this key problem covering China in particular where resolving differences in conceptions about the rule of law is a key issue as China begins to integrate itself into the World Trade Organisation regime. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367026929

Eating FandomIntersections Between Fans and Food Cultures This book considers the practices and techniques fans utilize to interact with different aspects and elements of food cultures. With attention to food cultures across nations societies cultures and historical periods the collected essays consider the rituals and values of fan communities as reflections of their food culture whether in relation to particular foods or types of food those who produce them or representations of them. Presenting various theoretical and methodological approaches the anthology brings together a series of empirical studies to examine the intersection of two fields of cultural practice and will appeal to sociologists geographers and scholars of cultural studies with interests in fan studies and food cultures. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367227432

Ecocriticism and the Anthropocene in Nineteenth-Century Art and Visual Culture In this volume emerging and established scholars bring ethical and political concerns for the environment nonhuman animals and social justice to the study of nineteenth-century visual culture. They draw their theoretical inspiration from the vitality of emerging critical discourses such as new materialism ecofeminism critical animal studies food studies object-oriented ontology and affect theory. This timely volume looks back at the early decades of the Anthropocene to query the agency of visual culture to critique create and maintain more resilient and biologically diverse local and global ecologies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367180287

Ecocriticism and the Idea of CultureBiology and the Bildungsroman Ecocriticism and the Idea of Culture: Biology and the Bildungsroman draws on work by Kinji Imanishi Frans de Waal and other biologists to create an interdisciplinary materialist notion of culture for ecocritical analysis. In this timely intervention Feder examines the humanist idea of culture by taking a fresh look at the stories it explicitly tells about itself. These stories fall into the genre of the Bildungsroman the tale of individual acculturation that participates in the myth of its complete separation from and opposition to nature which Feder argues is culture’s own origin story. Moving from Voltaire’s Candide to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and from Virginia Woolf’s Orlando to Jamaica Kincaid’s Lucy the book dramatizes humanism’s own awareness of the fallacy of this foundational binary. In the final chapters Feder examines the discourse of animality at work in this narrative as a humanist fantasy about empathy one that paradoxically excludes other animals from the ethical community to justify the continued domination of both human and nonhuman others. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249851

EcoculturesBlueprints for Sustainable Communities The world faces a ‘perfect storm’ of social and ecological stresses including climate change habitat loss resource degradation and social economic and cultural change. In order to cope with these communities are struggling to transition to sustainable ways of living that improve well-being and increase resilience. This book demonstrates how communities in both developed and developing countries are already taking action to maintain or build resilient and sustainable lifestyles. These communities  here designated as ‘Ecocultures’ are exemplars of the art and science of sustainable living. Though they form a diverse group they organise themselves around several common organising principles including an ethic of care for nature a respect for community high ecological knowledge and a desire to maintain and improve personal and social wellbeing.  Case studies from both developed and developing countries including Australia Brazil Finland Greenland India Indonesia South Africa UK and USA show how based on these principles communities have been able to increase social ecological and personal wellbeing and resilience. They also address how other more mainstream communities are beginning to transition to more sustainable resilient alternatives. Some examples also illustrate the decline of ecocultures in the face of economic pressures globalisation and climate change. Theoretical chapters examine the barriers and bridges to wider application of these examples. Overall the volume describes how ecocultures can provide the global community with important lessons for a wider transition to sustainability and will show how we can redefine our personal and collective futures around these principles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415812856

Economic Issues in Global Climate Change"Agriculture Forestry and Natural Resources" This book provides a snapshot on economic thinking about global change and provides a starting point for researchers for evaluating the economics of global change in the context of agriculture forestry and resource issues. It attempts to rectify the scarcity of economic analysis in global change. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367011536

Economics Culture and Development This book examines the treatment of culture and development in the discipline of economics thereby filling a conspicuous gap in current literature. Economics has come a long way to join the ‘cultural turn’ that has swept the humanities and social sciences in the last half century. This volume identifies some of the issues that major philosophies of economics must address to better grasp the cultural complexity of contemporary economies. This book is an extensive survey of the place of culture and development in four theoretical economic perspectives—Neoclassical Marxian Institutionalist and Feminist. Organized in nine chapters with three appendices and a compendium of over 50 interpretations of culture by economists this book covers vast grounds from classical political economy to contemporary economic thought. The literatures reviewed include original and new institutionalism cultural economics postmodern Marxism economic feminism and the current culture and development discourse on subjects such as economic growth in East Asia businesswomen entrepreneurs in West Africa and comparative development in different parts of Europe. Zein-Elabdin carries the project further by borrowing some of the insights from postcolonial theory to call for a more profound rethinking of the place of culture and of currently devalued cultures in economic theory. This book is of great interest for those who study Economic development International relations feminist economics and Economic geography Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138498747

Economics of Aquaculture Economics of Aquaculture presents basic economic theory in a concise and logical format which is easily adaptable to practical application. Examples of economic solutions to common problems help you understand the need for economic application to aquaculture and the success that may come with sound economic planning and management. It also provides coverage of virtually all basic principles of microeconomics farm management finance and marketing applicable to the aquacultural industry. You will “walk” through the intricate maze of decisions which are necessary for success in the business environment.The regular and on-going business of aquacultural production and marketing is addressed as a continuous problem set for the student or producer. Business decisions are shown to be logical extensions of those in production and vice versa. A successful producer must be a successful business person if production is to remain an option. Thus the real and logical need for economics in production is carefully presented.Additionally producers and students alike will find that application of careful economic planning results in long-term viability for individual producers as well as community projects cooperatives or even governmental projects. Special sections in the book illustrate the savings or costs of right and wrong decisions as well as those related to short versus longer term planning and investment. Other topics covered in this book include: role of aquaculture in economic development fish demand and supply farm management and operation time value of money in the short- and long-term capital budgeting market structure and price theory government in aquacultureAlong with students other readers will find the business help they need in Economics of Aquaculture. Professional aquaculturalists will find the topics of basic production economics marketing and cost analysis particularly relevant and governmental administrators will find the presentation of basic principles time value of money capital budgeting and the role of government in aquaculture a valuable resource for years to come. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003075165

Economics of Water Management in Agriculture This book includes a set of papers from distinguished scholars who critically examine economic issues relating to the relationship between water and agriculture with a special focus on irrigation. Employing state of the art methodologies they address the most relevant issues in water policy. The volume offers a wide spectrum of innovative approaches and original and relevant cases with a focus on irrigated European agriculture. The topics analyzed include qualitative and quantitative issues water markets demand analysis economic analysis implementation of economic issues. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781482238396

Economies and CulturesFoundations of Economic Anthropology This book introduces economic anthropology to countries where it has never been taught before including Vietnam China Brazil Argentina and Italy. It identifies the fundamental practical and theoretical problems that give economic anthropology its unique strengths and vision. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367319298

EcoprecarityVulnerable Lives in Literature and Culture Ecoprecarity: Vulnerable Lives in Literature and Culture　presents an examination of ecoprecarity - the　precarious　lives that　humans　lead in the process and event of ecological disaster and the increasing precarious state of the environment itself as a result of human interventions - in contemporary literary-cultural texts. It studies the representation of 'invasion narratives' of the human body and the earth by alien life forms the ecodystopian vision that informs much environmental thought in popular cultures the states of ontological integrity and genetic belonging in the age of cloning xenotransplantation and biotechnology's 'capitalisation' of life itself and the construction of the 'wild' in these texts. It pays attention to the ecological uncanny and the monstrous that haunts ecodystopias and forms of natureculture that emerge in the bioeconomies since the late twentieth century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367271053

Ecosystem Services from Agriculture and AgroforestryMeasurement and Payment Agricultural systems are no longer evaluated solely on the basis of the food they provide but also on their capacity to limit impacts on the environment such as soil conservation water quality and biodiversity conservation as well as their contribution to mitigating and adapting to climate change. In order to cope with these multiple service functions they must internalize the costs and benefits of their environmental impact. Payments for ecosystem services are hoped to encourage and promote sustainable practices via financial incentives. The authors show that while the principle is straightforward the practice is much more complicated. Whereas scenic beauty and protection of water sources provide benefits to the local population carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation can be considered international public goods rendering potential payment schemes more complex. Few examples exist where national or international bodies have been able to set up viable mechanisms that compensate agricultural systems for the environmental services they provide. However this book provides several examples of successful programs and aims to transfer them to other regions of the world. The authors show that a product can be sold if it is clearly quantified there exists a means to determine the service's values and there is a willing buyer. The first two sections of the book present methodological issues related to the quantification and marketing of ecosystem services from agriculture including agroforestry. The third and final section presents case studies of practical payments for ecosystem services and experiences in Central and South America and draws some lessons learnt for effective and sustainable development of ecosystem services compensation mechanisms. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138339088

Ecstasy and HolinessCounter Culture and the Open Society This book first published in 1974 argues that the counter culture is not the outcome of alienation but of opportunity being the result of a new generational consciousness an openness which has characterised industrial societies of the West since the 1950s. Its roots lie in economic expansion and population movement and growth the same factors that are cited in the decline of religiousness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367025021

Edmund SpenserEssays on Culture and Allegory Though his writings have long been integral to the canon of early modern English literature it is only in very recent scholarship that Edmund Spenser has been understood as a preeminent anthropologist whose work develops a complex theory of cultural change. The contributors to this volume approach Spenser’s work from that new perspective rethinking his contribution as a theorist of culture in light of his poetics. The essays in the collection begin with close readings of Spenser’s writings and end by challenging the ethnographic allegories that shape our knowledge of early modern England. In this book Spenser is proven to be not only a powerful theorist of allegory and poetics but also a profound and subtle ethnographer of England and Ireland. This is an interdisciplinary volume incorporating studies on history and art history as well as literary criticism. The essays are based on papers presented at The Faerie Queen in the World 1596-1996: Edmund Spenser among the Disciplines a conference which took place at the Yale Center for British Art in September 1996. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315256979

Educating for Democracy in England and FinlandPrinciples and culture With the growth of terrorism instability in the EU following recession and the acceleration of support for right-wing political parties in Europe discussions on the nature of democracy and democratic citizenship have never been more important. Exploring the relationship between democratic values classroom practices and neo-liberalist ideology in England and in Finland Educating for Democracy argues that it is the role of governments and the education systems they support to create teachers and students who can voice critically appraised judgements to guide their citizenship. With chapters co-written by English and Finnish authors this book analyses the history and current state of education systems in England and Finland with reference to other European countries in order to establish whether they are effective in creating democratically-minded citizens. Recent years have seen decreasing control of educator professionalism as governments have become more concerned about economic growth and in some cases survival. The contributors to this volume question whether educators are becoming less effectual as a result exploring the idea that democracy is a dying concept and asking whether educators are now simply creating cogs for the neo-liberalistic/capitalist machine. This book will be essential reading for academics and researchers in the fields of teacher education education studies and comparative education. It will also be of great interest to those concerned with issues surrounding citizenship democracy and the role of the government in education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138579675

Educating the Child in Enlightenment BritainBeliefs Cultures Practices Posing a challenge to more traditional approaches to the history of education this interdisciplinary collection examines the complex web of beliefs and methods by which culture was transmitted to young people in the long eighteenth century. Expanding the definition of education exposes the shaky ground on which some historical assumptions rest. For example studying conventional pedagogical texts and practices used for girls' home education alongside evidence gleaned from women's diaries and letters suggests domestic settings were the loci for far more rigorous intellectual training than has previously been acknowledged. Contributors cast a wide net engaging with debates between private and public education the educational agenda of Hannah More women schoolteachers the role of diplomats in educating boys embarked on the Grand Tour English Jesuit education eighteenth-century print culture and education in Ireland the role of the print trades in the use of teaching aids in early nineteenth-century infant school classrooms and the rhetoric and reality of children's book use. Taken together the essays are an inspiring foray into the rich variety of educational activities in Britain the multitude of cultural and social contexts in which young people were educated and the extent of the differences between principle and practice throughout the period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250666

Education Culture and Critical Thinking Published in 1998. Interest in the subject of "critical thinking" has mounted seeking ways to transcend rote learning and to remedy a widely perceived lack of critical analytical abilities amongst school students. A growing literature on "teaching thinking" and "problem solving" maintains this commitment reflecting a common belief that thinking skills of a general nature can not only be identified but can be taught successfully. The paucity of empirical evidence that intellectual skills thus identified actually transfer between domains of thought or subject matters has done little to diminish faith in the possiblity that this is achievable. The principal message of this book is that theories of critical thinking which disregard its historical origins and dialectical traditional character are likely to be seriously flawed. All human societies exhibit problem solving abilities often of a high order - all language and thought is fundamentally criteriological. Relevant distinctions between critical thought and its alternative are found in history and culture in dialogue and criticism not just in the operations of individual minds. The critical traditions embody a sovereign principle - a criterion of the effectiveness of educational institutions to represent the legacy and social liberties and democratic values in which they are deeply enmeshed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138312777

Education Cultures and EconomicsDilemmas for Development This edited volume reviews the conflict between economic prescriptions for improved education in the developing world and local cultures. Among the issues reviewed are: conceptions of culture and economics in development and education literature economic considerations of school systems to promote cultural goals the differentiation of schools from other sites of cultural reproduction learning experiences of various cultural groups and the cross-cultural work of development agencies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138968455

Education and the Culture of ConsumptionPersonalisation and the Social Order For nearly 200 years the organisational form of the school has changed little. Bureaucracy has been its enduring form. The school has prepared the worker for the factory of mass production. It has created the 'mass consumer' to be content with accepting what is on offer not what is wanted. However a ‘revised’ educational code appears to be emerging. This code centres upon the concept of ‘personalisation’ which operates at two levels: first as a new mode of public service delivery; and second as a new ‘grammar’ for the school with new flexibilities of structure and pedagogical process. Personalisation has its intellectual roots in marketing theory not in educational theory and is the facilitator of 'education for consumption'. It allows for the 'market' to suffuse even more the fabric of education albeit under the democratic-sounding call of freedom of choice. Education and the Culture of Consumption raises many questions about personalisation which policy-makers seem prone to avoid: Why now are we concerned about personalisation? What are its theoretical foundations? What are its pedagogical curricular and organisational consequences? What are the consequences for social justification of personalisation? Does personalisation diminish the socialising function of the school or does it simply mean that the only thing we share is that we have the right to personalised service? All this leads the author to consider an important question for education: does personalisation mark a new regulatory code for education one which corresponds with both the new work-order of production and with the makeover-prone tendencies of consumers? The book will be of great interest to postgraduate students and academics studying in the fields of education policy and the social foundations of education and will also be relevant to students studying public policy especially health care and social care and public management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415598835

Education ReconfiguredCulture Encounter and Change As philosophers throughout the ages have asked: What is justice? What is truth? What is art? What is law? In Education Reconfigured the internationally acclaimed philosopher of education Jane Roland Martin now asks: What is education? In answer she puts forward a unified theory that casts education in a brand new light. Martin’s "theory of education as encounter" places culture alongside the individual at the heart of the educational process thus responding to the call John Dewey made over a century ago for an enlarged outlook on education. Look through her theory’s lens and you can see that education takes place not only in school but at home on the street in the mall—everywhere and all the time. Look through that lens and you can see that education does not always spell improvement; rather it can be for the better or the worse. Indeed you can see that education is inevitably a maker and shaper of both individuals and cultures. Above all Martin’s new educational paradigm reveals that education is too important to be left solely to the professionals; that it is one of the great forces in human society and as such deserves the attention and demands the vigilance of every thoughtful person. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203829141

Education Write Now Volume IITop Strategies for Improving Relationships and Culture In this innovative series Education Write Now ten of education’s most inspiring thought-leaders meet for a three-day retreat to think and write collaboratively and then bring you the top takeaways you need right now to improve your school or classroom. This second volume edited by Jeff Zoul and Sanée Bell focuses on relationships—the heart of everything we do in education. Building strong relationships and a positive school culture takes intentional consistent effort and the authors provide strategies and examples to help you along the way. Throughout the book you’ll find insights and inspiration on these topics: Connecting the dots among students and staff (Jeffrey Zoul) Strengthening relationships in the learner-centered class (Randy Ziegenfuss) Building a culture of equity and access (Rosa Isiah) Cultivating student strengths and interests (Elisabeth Bostwick) Bridging the gap between schools and families (Laura Gilchrist) Deepening connections through productive conflict (Sanée Bell) Finding relationships beyond the four walls (Onica Mayers) Connecting through the power of generosity (Winston Sakurai) Bringing passion into the schoolhouse (Sean Gaillard) Tapping into dreams for a world-class culture (Danny Bauer) The royalties generated from this book will support the Will to Live Foundation a nonprofit foundation working to prevent teen suicide. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138338975

Educational Theories Cultures and LearningA Critical Perspective Educational Theories Cultures and Learning focuses on how education is understood in different cultures the theories and related assumptions we make about learners and students and how we think about them and how we can understand the principle actors in education - learners and teachers. Within this volume internationally renowned contributors address a number of fundamental questions designed to take the reader to the heart of current debates around pedagogy globalisation and learning and teaching such as: What role does culture play in our understanding of pedagogy? What role do global influences especially economic cultural and social have in shaping our understanding of education? How does language influence our thinking about education? What implications does our view of childhood have for education? How do learners negotiate the transition between the different phases of education? How best can children learn the 'school knowledge'? What is a teacher? And how do teachers learn? How do we understand learners their minds identity and development? To encourage reflection many of the chapters also include questions for debate and a guide to further reading. Read alongside its companion volume Knowledge Values and Educational Policy readers will be encouraged to consider and think about some of the key issues facing education and educationists today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415686501

Educators' Stories of Creating Enduring Change - Enhancing the Professional Culture of Academic Health Science Centers This inspiring new book weaves a web of stories focusing on people whose work in health professions education has touched the lives of others in very important ways. Each chapter is told from the viewpoint of an education innovator and is supplemented by short reflections from those individuals whose lives have been changed as a result of that work. With a focus on the process of innovation the book organically explores various phases from conceptualization implementation evaluation and dissemination. Educators' Stories of Creating Enduring Change generates a deeper understanding of an individual's capacity for creating enduring change. It is ideal for all medical professions educators. "We wanted to inspire other educators to live their dreams by following in the footsteps of a group of leaders in health professional education. By helping the authors tell their stories we wanted the readers to experience their deep commitment - actually it was more like a deep conviction - to realizing their vision of ways to improve health professional education and the learning environments. We asked these education leaders to write 'their stories' and lace their professional journeys with stories from those whom they have influenced along the way. In the end our goal was to have a collection of librettos that would inspire readers to say 'I can do that!'" From the Preface Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846195310

Edward Upward and Left-Wing Literary Culture in Britain Offering the first book-length consideration of Edward Upward (1903-2009) one of the major British left-wing writers this collection positions his life and works in the changing artistic social and political contexts of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Upward’s fiction and non-fiction from the 1920s onwards illustrate the thematic and formal richness of left-wing writing during the twentieth-century age of extremes. At the same time Upward’s work shows the inherent tensions of a life committed at once to writing and to politics. The full range of Upward’s work and a wealth of unpublished materials are examined including his early fantastic stories of the 1920s his Marxist fiction of the 1930s the extraordinary semi-autobiographical trilogy The Spiral Ascent and his formally and thematically innovative later stories. The essays collected here reevaluate Upward’s central place in twentieth-century British literary culture and assess his legacy for the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409450603

Edwardian CultureBeyond the Garden Party Edwardian Culture: Beyond the Garden Party is the first truly interdisciplinary collection of essays dealing with culture in Britain c.1895-1914. Bringing together essays on literature art politics religion architecture marketing and imperial history the study highlights the extent to which the culture and politics of Edwardian period were closely intertwined. The book builds upon recent scholarship that seeks to reclaim the term ‘Edwardian’ from prevalent restrictive usages by venturing beyond the garden party – and the political rally – to uncover some of the terrain that lies between. The essays in the volume – which deal with both famous writers such as J. M. Barrie and Arnold Bennett as well as many lesser-known figures – draw attention to the nuanced multiplicity of experience and cultural forms that existed during the period and highlight the ways in which a closer examination of Edwardian culture complicates our definitions of ‘Victorian’ and ‘Modern’. The book argues that the Edwardian era rather than constituting a coda to the Victorian period or a languid pause before modernism shook things up possessed a compelling and creative tenor of its own. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367890513

E-Governance in IndiaInterlocking politics technology and culture E-Governance has been one of the strategic sectors of reform in India since late 1990s under the rubric of ‘good governance’ agenda promoted by International Organizations. As India’s policy focus changed towards economic liberalization deregulation and privatization proliferating domestic and foreign investment ICT (Information Communication Technology) has been one of the leading areas for such heightened investment. Consequently there has been a burgeoning interest in deploying ICT in revamping the public service delivery and eventually the overall system of governance. This book analyses e-Governance in India and argues that such initiatives did not take place in isolation but followed in the footsteps of broader governance reform agenda that has already made considerable impact on the discourses and practices of governance in India. Employing interdisciplinary methodology by combining approaches from the Political Sciences Sociology and Postcolonial/ transcultural studies this book presents a qualitative account of the policies and practices of e-Governance reform in India along with a detailed case study of the Common Services Centres (CSCs) Scheme under the National e-Governance Plan of the Government of India and its resultant impact on the overall system of governance. It unfolds general theoretical issues in terms of the relationship between technology and governance and the entanglement of politics technology and culture in the complex whole of governance. This furthers our understanding of the impact of the transnational governance reform agenda on post-colonial and post-communist societies of the developing world. Making an important and original contribution to the emerging field of e-Governance and to the existing body of research on governance in general this book will be of interest to students and scholars of Political Science Political Sociology South Asian Politics and Governance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815374749

Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture vol 1 Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature science and medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138660595

Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture vol 2 Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature science and medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138660601

Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House Culture vol 4 Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature science and medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138660625

Eighteenth-Century Coffee-House CultureVol 3 Helps scholars and students form an understanding of the contribution made by the coffee-house to British and even American history and culture. This book attempts to make an intervention in debates about the nature of the public sphere and the culture of politeness. It is intended for historians and scholars of literature science and medicine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138660618

Eighteenth-Century Thing Theory in a Global ContextFrom Consumerism to Celebrity Culture Exploring Enlightenment attitudes toward things and their relation to human subjects this collection offers a geographically wide-ranging perspective on what the eighteenth century looked like beyond British or British-colonial borders. To highlight trends fashions and cultural imports of truly global significance the contributors draw their case studies from Western Europe Russia Africa Latin America and Oceania. This survey underscores the multifarious ways in which new theoretical approaches such as thing theory or material and visual culture studies revise our understanding of the people and objects that inhabit the phenomenological spaces of the eighteenth century. Rather than focusing on a particular geographical area or on the global as a juxtaposition of regions with a distinctive cultural footprint this collection draws attention to the unforeseen relational maps drawn by things in their global peregrinations celebrating the logic of serendipity that transforms the object into some-thing else when it is placed in a new locale. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548237

Electronic and Experimental MusicTechnology Music and Culture Electronic and Experimental Music: Technology Music and Culture Sixth Edition presents an extensive history of electronic music—from its historical beginnings in the late nineteenth century to its everchanging present—recounting the musical ideas that arose in parallel with technological progress. In four parts the author details the fundamentals of electronic music its history the major synthesizer innovators and contemporary practices. This examination of the music’s experimental roots covers the key composers genres and techniques used in analog and digital synthesis including both art and popular music Western and non-Western. New to this edition: A reorganized and revised chapter structure places technological advances within a historical framework. Shorter chapters offer greater modularity and flexibility for instructors. Discussions on the elements of sound listening to electronic music electronic music in the mainstream Eurorack and more. An appendix of historically important electronic music studios around the globe. Listening Guides throughout the book provide step-by-step annotations of key musical works focusing the development of student listening skills. Featuring extensive revisions and expanded coverage this sixth edition of Electronic and Experimental Music represents an comprehensive accounting of the technology musical styles and figures associated with electronic music highlighting the music’s deep cultural impact. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138365469

Elite Girls' Schooling Social Class and Sexualised Popular Culture Young women’s identities are an issue of public and academic interest across a number of western nations at the present time. This book explores how young women attending an elite school for girls understand and construct ‘empowerment’. It investigates the extent to which and the ways in which their constructions of empowerment and identity work to overturn or resist key regulations and normative expectations for girls in post-feminist hyper-sexualised cultural contexts. The book provides a succinct overview of feminist theorisations of normative femininities in young women’s lives in western cultural contexts. It includes familiar sexist discourses such as sexual double standards as well as more recent commentary about the regulation of young women’s subjectivities in neoliberal post-feminist hyper-sexualised cultures. Drawing on ethnographic research in the context of an elite girls’ secondary school the author explores how empowerment for young women is constructed and understood across a range of textual practices. From visual representations of young women in school promotional material to students’ constructions of popular celebrities the question of how girls’ resistance to normative femininities begins to develop is examined. This rich empirical work makes a unique contribution to the study of elite schooling within the sociology of education drawing on important insights from the field of critical girlhood studies and posing a challenge to popular feminist notions about media literacy young women and empowerment. It will be of interest to scholars and postgraduates in the areas of gender studies sociology education youth studies and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415636568

Elite Sport and Sport-for-AllBridging the Two Cultures? Sport is often perceived as being divided into two separate domains: mass participation and elite . In many countries policy and funding in these two fields are managed by separate agencies and investment is often seen as a choice between the two.　Elite Sport and Sport-for-All　explores the points of connection and sources of tension between elite and mass participation sport. The book’s multi-disciplinary and international line-up of contributors seeks to define examine and develop solutions to this problematic relationship. Drawing on research and case studies from around the world—with examples from Denmark Canada South Africa and Israel—the book explores key contemporary issues including: does effective talent identification require depth of participation? do elite performances inspire greater participation? the role of the Paralympic movement in mass participation and elite sport; and the economic aspects of their co-existence. The first study of its kind 　Elite Sport and Sport-for-All　addresses a central dichotomy in sport policy and as such is important reading for all students researchers policy-makers or administrators working in sport development and policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138707542

Elsewhere in AmericaThe Crisis of Belonging in Contemporary Culture Americans think of their country as a welcoming place where everyone has equal opportunity. Yet historical baggage and anxious times can restrain these possibilities. Newcomers often find that civic belonging comes with strings attached––riddled with limitations or legally punitive rites of passage. For those already here new challenges to civic belonging emerge on the basis of belief behavior or heritage. This book uses the term "elsewhere" in describing conditions that exile so many citizens to "some other place" through prejudice competition or discordant belief. Yet in another way "elsewhere" evokes an undefined "not yet" ripe with potential. In the face of America’s daunting challenges can "elsewhere" point to optimism hope and common purpose? Through 12 detailed chapters the book applies critical theory in the humanities and social sciences to examine recurring crises of social inclusion in the U.S.　After two centuries of incremental "progress" in securing human dignity today the U.S. finds itself torn by new conflicts over reproductive rights immigration health care religious extremism sexual orientation mental illness and fear of terrorists. Is there a way of explaining this recurring tendency of Americans to turn against each other? Elsewhere in America engages these questions charting the ever-changing faces of difference (manifest in contested landscapes of sex and race to such areas as disability and mental health) their spectral and intersectional character (recent discourses on performativity normativity and queer theory) and the grounds on which categories are manifest in ideation and movement politics (metapolitics cosmopolitanism dismodernism). Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138654440

Embedding Culture and Quality for High Performing Organizations Embedding Culture and Quality for High Performing Organizations (978-1-138-48338-5 K349105) Shelving Guide: The aim of this book is to bridge two different core disciplines: quality management and cross-cultural management based on how multinational corporations work and how culture determines individual practices and values. Understanding these previously separate fields is essential to keeping multinational cultures innovative and sustainable. The authors’ research blends corporate and cultural perspectives to promote quality management practices that build organizational excellence. Whereas most books currently on the market are based on corporate culture and quality management this book uniquely considers cross-cultural impacts on organizational effectiveness and global human resource management. This book provides opportunities for business practitioners and researchers to learn practices that are effective in building sustainable organizational excellence. It offers a practice guide to building a quality management program that emphasizes culturally-diverse work environments cross-cultural management and organizational excellence. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138483385

Embedding Service Learning in European Higher EducationDeveloping a Culture of Civic Engagement Service learning brings together students academics and the community whereby all become teaching resources problem solvers and partners. In addition to enhancing academic and real-world learning the overall purpose of service learning is to instil in students a sense of civic engagement and responsibility and work towards positive social change within society. Embedding Service Learning in European Higher Education promotes service learning as a pedagogical approach that develops civic engagement within higher education. It both describes and assesses the most recent developments and contextual positioning of service learning in European higher education and considers if and how the pedagogy is responding to European Union policy and the strategy of higher education institutions and towards engagement with broader societal issues. With case studies from 12 universities across Europe this book draws on existing practice shares knowledge and develops best practice to provide conceptual and practical tools for teaching researching and practising service learning. This book: exposes service learning as a key approach in terms of embedding a culture of political and civic literacy within higher education; considers service learning in Europe an area of growing research in service learning practice; explores the issue of university social responsibility; presents chapters from leaders in the service learning movement at a national and international level. Practical and engaging Embedding Service Learning in European Higher Education is a fascinating read for anyone working in service learning as well as those working at universities with an interest in social and civic engagement and institutional reform. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138089747

Emergent FeminismsComplicating a Postfeminist Media Culture Through twelve chapters that historicize and re-evaluate postfeminism as a dominant framework of feminist media studies this collection maps out new modes of feminist media analysis at both theoretical and empirical levels and offers new insights into the visibility and circulation of feminist politics in contemporary media cultures. The essays in this collection resituate feminism within current debates about postfeminism considering how both operate as modes of political engagement and as scholarly traditions. Authors analyze a range of media texts and practices including American television shows Being Mary Jane and Inside Amy Schumer Beyonce’s "Formation" music video misandry memes and Hong Kong cinema. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815386612

Emerging Trends in Psychology Law Communication Studies Culture Religion and Literature in the Global Digital RevolutionProceedings of The Fourth Industrial Revolution has the potential to raise global income levels and improve the quality of life for populations around the world. Technology development of AI self-driving big data the Internet of things and many digital revolutions have changed how people interact with each other. Therefore developing a comprehensive and globally shared view of how technology is affecting our lives and reshaping our social cultural and human environments is essential. There has never been a time of more significant promise or one of greater potential peril. Today’s decision-makers however are too often trapped in traditional linear thinking or too absorbed by the multiple crises demanding their attention to think strategically about the forces of disruption and innovation shaping our future.The main goal of the conference was to provide an outlet for papers discussing the importance and impact of industrial revolution 4.0 to influence social aspect in human life. The proceedings consist of papers covering issues on psychology law communication studies culture religion and literature. The proceedings will provide the latest research and constitute a concise but timely medium for the dissemination.The Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Sciences Series (SOSCIS 2019) will be invaluable to professionals and academics in psychology law communication studies culture religion and literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367338367

Emily Dickinson and Hymn CultureTradition and Experience Extending the critical discussion which has focused on the hymns of Isaac Watts as an influence on Emily Dickinson's poetry this study brings to bear the hymnody of Dickinson's female forbears and contemporaries and considers Isaac Watts's position as a Dissenter for a fuller understanding of Dickinson's engagement with hymn culture. Victoria N. Morgan argues that the emphasis on autonomy in Watts a quality connected to his position as a Dissenter and the work of women hymnists who sought to redefine God in ways more compatible with their own experience posing a challenge to the hierarchical 'I-Thou' form of address found in traditional hymns inspired Dickinson's adoption of hymnic forms. As she traces the powerful intersection of tradition and experience in Dickinson's poetry Morgan shows Dickinson using the modes and motifs of hymn culture to manipulate the space between concept and experience-a space in which Dickinson challenges old ways of thinking and expresses her own innovative ideas on spirituality. Focusing on Dickinson's use of bee imagery and on her notions of religious design Morgan situates the radical re-visioning of the divine found in Dickinson's 'alternative hymns' in the context of the poet's engagement with a community of hymn writers. In her use of the fluid imagery of flight and community as metaphors for the divine Dickinson anticipates the ideas of feminist theologians who privilege community over hierarchy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266056

Emissaries in Early Modern Literature and CultureMediation Transmission Traffic 1550–1700 With its emphasis on early modern emissaries and their role in England's expansionary ventures and cross-cultural encounters across the globe this collection of essays takes the messenger figure as a focal point for the discussion of transnational exchange and intercourse in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. It sees the emissary as embodying the processes of representation and communication within the world of the text itself an 'emissary' that strives to communicate and re-present certain perceptions of the 'real.' Drawing attention to the limits and licenses of communication the emissary is a reminder of the alien quality of foreign language and the symbolic power of performative gestures and rituals. Contributions to this collection examine different kinds of cross-cultural activities (e.g. diplomacy trade translation espionage missionary endeavors) in different world areas (e.g. Asia the Mediterranean the Levant the New World) via different critical methods and approaches. They take up the literary and cultural productions and representations of ambassadors factors traders translators spies middlemen merchants missionaries and other agents who served as complex conduits for the global transport of goods religious ideologies and socio-cultural practices throughout the early modern period. Authors in the collection investigate the multiple ways in which the emissary became enmeshed in emerging discourses of racial religious gender and class differences. They consider how the emissary's role might have contributed to an idealized progressive vision of a borderless world or conversely permeated and dissolved borders and boundaries between peoples only to further specific group interests. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138265561

Emotion Place and Culture Recent years have witnessed a rapid rise in engagement with emotion and affect across a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences with geographers among others making a significant contribution by examining the emotional intersections between people and places. Building on the achievements of Emotional Geographies (2005) the editors have brought together leading scholars such as Nigel Thrift Alphonso Lingis and Frances Dyson as well as young up and coming academics from a diverse range of disciplines to investigate feelings and affect in various spatial and social contexts environments and landscapes. The book is divided into five sections covering the themes of remembering understanding mourning belonging and enchanting. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138276390

Empowering InteractionsPolitical Cultures and the Emergence of the State in Europe 1300–1900 The emergence of the state in Europe is a topic that has engaged historians since the establishment of the discipline of history. Yet the primary focus of has nearly always been to take a top-down approach whereby the formation and consolidation of public institutions is viewed as the outcome of activities by princes and other social elites. Yet as the essays in this collection show such an approach does not provide a complete picture. By investigating the importance of local and individual initiatives that contributed to state building from the late middle ages through to the nineteenth century this volume shows how popular pressure could influence those in power to develop new institutional structures. By not privileging the role of warfare and of elite coercion for state building it is possible to question the traditional top-down model and explore the degree to which central agencies might have been more important for state representation than for state practice. The studies included in this collection treat many parts of Europe and deal with different phases in the period between the late middle ages and the nineteenth century. Beginning with a critical review of state historiography the introduction then sets out the concept of 'empowering interactions' which is then explored in the subsequent case studies and a number of historiographical methodological and theoretical essays. Taken as a whole this collection provides a fascinating platform to reconsider the relationships between top-down and bottom-up processes in the history of the European state. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315579375

Empress Eugénie and the ArtsPolitics and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century Reconstructing Empress Eugénie's position as a private collector and a public patron of a broad range of media this study is the first to examine Eugénie (1826-1920) whose patronage of the arts has been overlooked even by her many biographers. The empress's patronage and collecting is considered within the context of her political roles in the development of France's institutions and international relations. Empress Eugénie and the Arts: Politics and Visual Culture in the Nineteenth Century also examines representations of the empress and the artistic transformation of a Hispanic woman into a leading figure in French politics. Based on extensive research at architectural sites and in archives museums and libraries throughout Europe and in Britain and the United States this book offers in-depth analysis of many works that have never before received scholarly attention - including reconstruction and analysis of Eugénie's apartment at the Tuileries. From her self-definition as empress through her collections to her later days in exile in England art was integral to Eugénie's social and political position. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253728

Enacting BrittanyTourism and Culture in Provincial France 1871–1939 Brittany offers an excellent example of a French region that once attracted a certain cultivated elite of travel connoisseurs but in which more popular tourism developed relatively early in the twentieth century. It is therefore a strategic choice as a case study of some of the processes associated with the emergence of mass tourism and the effects of this kind of tourism development on local populations. Efforts to package Breton cultural difference in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries marked a significant advance in heritage tourism and a departure from what is commonly perceived to be a French intolerance of cultural diversity within its borders. This study explores the means by which key actors - middle class associations businesses governmental bodies cultural intermediaries - pursued tourist development in the region and the effect this had on Breton cultural identification. Chapters are arranged thematically and consider the rise of rural tourism in France and the preservation display and enactment of Breton culture in its most visible locations: the natural landscape of Brittany Breton dress early heritage festivals and religious Pardons. The final chapter explores the staging of Breton culture at the Paris World's Fair of 1937 and the roots of state-sponsored mass tourism. Beyond those interested in the history of French tourism this study will also be invaluable to historians and social scientists concerned with understanding the dynamics involved in the emergence of mass tourism its causes and consequences in particular locales in the present as well as in the past. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138108837

Encountering NatureToward an Environmental Culture This book argues that an attentive encounter with nature is of key importance for the development of an environmentally appropriate culture. The fundamental idea is that the environmental degradation that we are increasingly experiencing is best conceived as the consequence of a cultural mismatch: our cultures seem not to be appropriate to the natural environment in which we move and on which we depend in thoroughgoing ways. In addressing this problem Thomas Heyd weaves together a rich tapestry of perspectives on human interactions with the natural world ranging from traditional modes of managing human communities that include the natural environment to the consideration of poetic travelogues ecological restoration and botanic gardens. The volume is divided into three parts which respectively consider the relation of human beings to nature in terms of ethics aesthetics and culture. It engages the current literature in each of these areas with the help of inter-disciplinary approaches as well as on the basis of personal encounters with natural spaces and processes. The ultimate aim of this book is to make a contribution to the development of a cultural fabric that is suitable to the natural spaces and processes in which we may thrive and on which we all depend as individuals and as a species. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275928

Encounters with American CultureVolume 1 1963-1972 This collection of essays discusses some of the important books authors and literary trends of a volatile era in American and world literature whose cultural repercussions are still being felt. Peter S. Prescott was one of the most penetrating knowledgeable and sensitive critics to write for a general audience in the tradition of Edmund Wilson. Readers will discover not only Prescott's acute and subtle comments on the enduring and/or representative books of the time but also his humor and style his way with an anecdote or aphorism his talent for parody and his ability to laugh at himself as well as at the authors he sometimes skewers.Prescott's writing has an immediacy and vivacity that suggests what it was like to read new books during his time. Here is one critic's view--ironic and complex--of good books by famous writers like Norman Mailer Jorge Luis Borges Joyce Carol Oates Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and Vladimir Nabokov as well as of good books by little-known writers and others who would later achieve reknown. Here too is some astringent criticism of distinguished and popular authors who have fallen into self-indulgence. Prescott writes about the New Journalism in its early days and about fragmentary autobiography as a literary form--genres whose importance he was among the first to recognize. His essays also touch on theater film food and politics.The criticism in this volume are examples of the literary essay in its truest sense--an attempt to explore in however brief space allowed what the author sees around him and connections between books and other aspects of the way people live. Always personal and urbane these essays are often hilarious generally moving and exemplify the essay as an art form. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138522800

Encounters with American CultureVolume 2 1973-1985 Peter S. Prescott was one of the most informed and incisive American literary critics to write for the general public. Never content merely to summarize or to pronounce quick judgments Prescott's reviews are witty and delightful essays to be enjoyed for their own sake as examples of civilized discourse. Whether he is exploring a well-known novelist's outlook and methods or the peculiar deficiencies of a work of nonfiction Prescott's grace elegance and insights make each piece proof that real criticism need not be pedantic obscure or interminably long.The focus in this second volume of Prescott's writings published by Transaction is on both fiction by American authors and on nonfiction reflecting our American unease. He casts an ironic eye on how we in this country think we live now; on what we are saying about ourselves in our fiction our history and our biography. Prescott considers some of our century's classic writers: Hemingway and Henry Miller; John Cheever and Thornton Wilder. He offers new insights regarding those who are still at work: Mailer John Irving Oates Updike Ozick and Alice Walker. Some authors do not fare well. With his customary flair; Prescott explains why the reputations of Kurt Vonnegut and Barbara Tuchman the Encyclopedia Britannica and John Gardner urgently need deflation. He includes essays on writers and books not generally noticed in collections of criticism: Stephen King The Joy of Sex fairy tales science fiction thrillers books on survival and etiquette. Here is a critic with a personal voice and a sense of style. For essays published in this collection Prescott received the most highly regarded prize in journalism: the rarely presented George Polk Award for Criticism.This is a chronicle of our contemporary American culture as revealed by its books written with verve intelligence wisdom and wit by a critic who's cruel only when appropriate. Encounters with American Culture is quite simply literary journalism at its urbane best. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138522817

Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Culture As a meeting point for world cultures the USA is characterized by its breadth and diversity. Acknowledging that diversity is the fundamental feature of American culture this volume is organized around a keen awareness of race gender class and space and with over 1 200 alphabetically-arranged entries - spanning 'the American century' from the end of World War II to the present day - the Encyclopedia provides a one-stop source for insightful and stimulating coverage of all aspects of that culture.Entries range from short definitions to longer overview essays and with full cross-referencing extensive indexing and a thematic contents list this volume provides an essential cultural context for both teachers and students of American studies as well as providing fascinating insights into American culture for the general reader. The suggestions for further reading which follows most entries are also invaluable guides to more specialized sources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415515023

Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture Boasting more than 970 alphabetically-arranged entries the Encyclopedia of Contemporary British Culture surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the twentieth century. It examines high and popular culture and encompasses both institutional and alternative aspects of British culture. It provides insight into the whole spectrum of British contemporary life. Topics covered include: architecture pubs film internet and current takes on the monarchy. Cross-referencing and a thematic contents list enable readers to identify related articles. The entries range from short biographical synopses to longer overview essays on key issues. This Encyclopedia is essential reading for anyone interested in British culture. It also provides a cultural context for students of English Modern History and Comparative European Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138006997

Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture With more than 1 100 entries written by an international group of over 150 contributors the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture brings together myriad strands of social political and cultural life in the post-1945 German-speaking world. With a unique structure and format an inclusive treatment of the concept of culture and coverage of East West and post-unification Germany as well as Austria and Switzerland the Encyclopedia of Contemporary German Culture is the first reference work of its kind. Containing longer overviews of up to 2 000 words as well as shorter factual entries cross-referencing to other relevant articles useful further reading suggestions and extensive indexing this highly useable volume provides the scholar teacher student or non-specialist with an astonishing breadth and depth of information. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203029527

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture This encyclopedia examines Russian culture from 1953 Stalin's death to the present day. Both ‘Russian’ and ‘Culture’ are defined broadly. Given the diversity of the Federation in its ethnic composition and regional characteristics questions of national regional and ethnic identity receive special attention as do Russian-speaking immigrant communities. ‘Culture’ embraces all aspects of culture and lifestyle high and popular artistic and material: art fashion literature music cooking transport politics and economics film crime – all are covered to give a full picture of the Russian way of life through the extraordinary changes since the middle of the twentieth century. The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture is an unbeatable resource on recent Russian culture and history for students teachers and researchers. It is a valuable acquisition for both academic and public libraries. Entries include cross-references and often short bibliographies. There is a full index. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415758628

Encyclopedia of Gay Histories and Cultures First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138867840

Encyclopedia of Lesbian Histories and Cultures A rich heritage that needs to be documented Beginning in 1869 when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology this encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavours. It covers a long history and a dynamic and ever changing present while opening up the academic profession to new scholarship and new ways of thinking. A groundbreaking new approach While gays and lesbians have shared many aspects of life their histories and cultures developed in profoundly different ways. To reflect this crucial fact the encyclopedia has been prepared in two separate volumes assuring that both histories receive full unbiased attention and that a broad range of human experience is covered. Written for and by a wide range of people Intended as a reference for students and scholars in all fields as well as for the general public the encyclopedia is written in user-friendly language. At the same time it maintains a high level of scholarship that incorporates both passion and objectivity. It is written by some of the most famous names in the field as well as new scholars whose research continues to advance gender studies into the future. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415763738

Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture The Encyclopedia of Modern Jewish Culture  is an extensively updated revision of the very successful Companion to Jewish Culture published in 1989 and has now been updated throughout. Experts from all over the world contribute entries ranging from 200 to 1000 words broadly covering the humanities arts social sciences sport and popular culture  and 5000-word essays contextualize the shorter entries and provide overviews to aspects of culture in the Jewish world. Ideal for student and general readers  the articles and biographies have been written by scholars and academics musicians artists and writers and the book now contains up-to-date bibliographies suggestions for further reading comprehensive cross referencing and a full index. This is a resource no student of Jewish history will want to go without. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415863124

Endangerment Biodiversity and Culture The notion of Endangerment stands at the heart of a network of concepts values and practices dealing with objects and beings considered threatened by extinction and with the procedures aimed at preserving them. Usually animated by a sense of urgency and citizenship identifying endangered entities involves evaluating an impending threat and opens the way for preservation strategies. Endangerment Biodiversity and Culture looks at some of the fundamental ways in which this process involves science but also more than science: not only data and knowledge and institutions but also affects and values. Focusing on an "endangerment sensibility " it encapsulates tensions between the normative and the utilitarian the natural and the cultural. The chapters situate that specifically modern sensibility in historical perspective and examine central aspects of its recent and present forms. This timely volume offers the most cutting-edge insights into the Environmental Humanities for researchers working in Environmental Studies History Anthropology Sociology and Science and Technology Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138743564

Ending the Blame Culture This book is about mistakes and what we can learn from them. It faces up to and explains how organizations can escape from ’blame cultures’ where fearful conformance and risk avoidance lead to stagnation to ’gain cultures’ which tolerate and even encourage mistakes in the pursuit of innovation change and improvement. Ending the Blame Culture was written as a result of systematic analysis of the content of over 200 accounts of real mistakes within businesses and organizations. This analysis provides both insight and understanding into the type of mistakes made the context they were made in and how they helped learning and development. As a result the authors are able to distinguish between intelligent and undesirable mistakes: those which should be tolerated and those which must be avoided. The result is a book which gives sound advice on how individuals learn practical measures that organizations can adopt to enhance learning through better management of mistakes and the promotion of a culture which supports and fosters experimentation and risk taking. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256156

Energy and Agriculture: Their Interacting FuturesPolicy Implications of Global Models Originally published in 1984 this volume examines the consequences of increasing energy prices on agricultural production. It discusses whether it is possible to use agriculture to produce energy without endangering the food supply for the highly populated areas of the devloping world. Analyzing the global consquences of the 'food energy nexus' at the turn of the millenium it asks whether there will be a good crisis in those same developing countries which have suffered from the energy crisis. The editors and contributors are high-level specialists of global modelling in energy and agriculture and decision makers involved in food and agriculture planning in the developing world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138306943

Energy and CulturePerspectives on the Power to Work How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a truly trans-disciplinary and trans-cultural look at the problem of energy production and consumption in modern times. Discussing issues of history politics science risk lifestyle and representation contributors demonstrate that experiences through time can provide insights into the kinds of solutions that have succeeded as well as reasons why other solutions have failed. They also show what different countries and cultures might learn from each other emphasizing how discoveries in one discipline have inspired new approaches in another discipline. Among many other important conclusions the book suggests that energy transitions do not occur simply because of the exhaustion of old energy sources and any solutions to the incipient energy crisis of the 21st century will depend on people's perceptions of science environment and risk informed and shaped in turn by the media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266865

Engaging MindsCultures of Education and Practices of Teaching Engaging Minds: Cultures of Education and Practices of Teaching explores the diverse beliefs and practices that define the current landscape of formal education. The 3rd edition of this introduction to interdisciplinary studies of teaching and learning to teach is restructured around four prominent historical moments in formal education: Standardized Education Authentic Education Democratic Citizenship Education Systemic Sustainability Education. These moments serve as the foci of the four sections of the book each with three chapters dealing respectively with history epistemology and pedagogy within the moment. This structure makes it possible to read the book in two ways – either "horizontally" through the four in-depth treatments of the moments or "vertically" through coherent threads of history epistemology and pedagogy. Pedagogical features include suggestions for delving deeper to get at subtleties that can’t be simply stated or appreciated through reading alone several strategies to highlight and distinguish important vocabulary in the text and more than 150 key theorists and researchers included among the search terms and in the Influences section rather than a formal reference list. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138905412

Engaging with Contemporary CultureChristianity Theology and the Concrete Church Theology and the churches are often considered to be at the margins of contemporary culture frequently struggling for identity and attention. In this important new book Martyn Percy argues that a rich form of practical theological engagement is needed if the churches are to comprehend their situation in the modern world thereby enabling them to engage more confidently with society. Drawing on a range of perspectives in the religion-culture debate and from case studies in the USA and Europe the book explores the myriad of ways in which culture is now shaping contemporary Christianity and how vital an appreciation of this dynamic is for the self-understanding of churches and theology. This book explores the crucial and continuing contribution that theology can make to public life in an era that is often perceived to be dominated by consumerism and secularity. It will especially appeal to scholars of contemporary religion practical theologians and all those who are engaged in ministerial formation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315579665

Engines of CulturePhilanthropy and Art Museums This book shows why American social policy was incomplete with respect to the arts and argues that art museums are an instructive example of the accommodation of public and private interests. It is useful for political scientists policymakers scholars of philanthropy artists and historians. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138509603

English National Identity and Football Fan CultureWho Are Ya? In recent years scholars have understood the increasing use of the St George’s Cross by football fans to be evidence of a rise in a specifically ’English’ identity. This has emerged as part of a wider ’national’ response to broader political processes such as devolution and European integration which have fragmented identities within the UK. Using the controversial figurational sociological approach advocated by the twentieth-century theorist Norbert Elias this book challenges such a view drawing on ethnographic research amongst fans to explore the precise nature of the relationship between contemporary English national identity and football fan culture. Examining football fans’ expressions of Englishness in public houses and online spaces the author discusses the effects of globalization European integration and UK devolution on English society revealing that the use of the St George’s Cross does not signal the emergence of a specifically ’English’ national consciousness but in fact masks a more complex multi-layered process of national identity construction. A detailed and grounded study of identity nationalism and globalization amongst football fans English National Identity and Football Fan Culture will appeal to scholars and students of politics sociology and anthropology with interests in ethnography the sociology of sport fan cultures globalization and contemporary national identities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367332914

Enhancing the Professional Culture of Academic Health Science CentersCreating and Sustaining Research Communities The future of basic and translational research in health care depends on the ability of large complex health science centers to educate discover new answers to complex problems and operate in the service of the public good. So what ingredients are required for successful research in academic health science centers (AHSCs)? This volume presents a number of compelling international stories about personal and professional investments in research activities as well as the challenges opportunities and satisfactions. Each chapter explores concepts for successful research with a focus on the ways communities of practice form and sustain themselves in this complex environment. They explore questions such as creating and sustaining community promoting innovation transitions in leadership and cross-generation collaboration from a personal perspective. They also present a series of portraits of scientists at work: building relationships supporting one another and contributing to their fields of study in unique ways. Enhancing the Professional Culture of Academic Health Science Centers offers enlightening reading for researchers administrators and policy makers interested in present and future research activities in AHSCs who will be inspired by narratives of perseverance passion generosity and generativity that fuel research in the centers. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781846195235

Enlightenment's WakePolitics and Culture at the Close of the Modern Age John Gray is the bestselling author of such books as Straw Dogs and Al Qaeda and What it Means to be Modern which brought a mainstream readership to a man who was already one of the UK's most well respected thinkers and political theorists. Gray wrote Enlightenment’s Wake in 1995 – six years after the fall of the Berlin Wall and six years before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Turning his back on neoliberalism at exactly the moment that its advocates were in their pomp trumpeting 'the end of history' and the supposedly unstoppable spread of liberal values across the globe Gray’s was a lone voice of scepticism. The thinking he criticised here would lead ultimately to the invasion of Iraq. Today its folly might seem obvious to all but as this edition of Enlightenment’s Wake shows John Gray has been trying to warn us for some fifteen years – the rest of us are only now catching up with him. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138170223

Enter Culture Exit Arts?The Transformation of Cultural Hierarchies in European Newspaper Culture Sections 1960–2010 Key debates of contemporary cultural sociology – the rise of the ‘cultural omnivore’ the fate of classical ‘highbrow’ culture the popularization commercialization and globalization of culture – deal with temporal changes. Yet systematic research about these processes is scarce due to the lack of suitable longitudinal data. This book explores these questions through the lens of a crucial institution of cultural mediation – the culture sections in quality European newspapers – from 1960 to 2010.Starting from the framework of cultural stratification and employing systematic content analysis both quantitative and qualitative of more than 13 000 newspaper articles Enter Culture Exit Arts? presents a synthetic yet empirically rich and detailed account of cultural transformation in Europe over the last five decades. It shows how classifications and hierarchies of culture have changed in course of the process towards increased cultural heterogeneity. Furthermore it conceptualizes the key trends of rising popular culture and declining highbrow arts as two simultaneous processes: the one of legitimization of popular culture and the other of popularization of traditional legitimate culture both important for the loosening of the boundary between ‘highbrow’ and ‘popular’.Through careful comparative analysis and illustrative snapshots into the specific socio-historical contexts in which the newspapers and their representations of culture are embedded – in Finland France Spain Sweden Turkey and the UK – the book reveals the key patterns and diversity of European variations in the transformation of cultural hierarchies since the 1960s. The book is a collective endeavour of a large-scale international research project active between 2013 and 2018. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367665319

Enterprise Culture (Routledge Revivals) First published in 1991 this book consists of twelve papers all specifically written for this volume and an Introduction which maps out some of the key conceptual and theoretical issues raised by the phenomenon. The first group of papers draws upon and analyses the political claims made on behalf of enterprise culture. The papers in the second section explore the international dimension of enterprise culture. The final section is devoted to a consideration of the role of consumers in an enterprise culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415613521

Enterprise Culture in Neoliberal IndiaStudies in Youth Class Work and Media The promotion of an enterprise culture and entrepreneurship in India in recent decades has had far-reaching implications beyond the economy and transformed social and cultural attitudes and conduct. This book brings together pioneering research on the nature of India’s enterprise culture covering a range of different themes: workplace education religion trade films media youth identity gender relations class formation and urban politics. Based on extensive empirical and ethnographic research by the contributors the book shows the myriad manifestations of enterprise culture and the making of the aspiring enterprising-self in public culture social practice and personal lives ranging from attempts to construct hegemonic ideas in public discourse to appropriation by individuals and groups with unintended consequences to forms of contested and contradictory expression. It discusses what is ‘new’ about enterprise culture and how it relates to pre-existing ideas and goes on to look at the processes and mechanisms through which enterprise culture is becoming entrenched as well as how it affects different classes and communities. The book highlights the social and political implications of enterprise culture and how it recasts family and interpersonal relationships as well as personal and collective identity. Illuminating one of the most important aspects of India’s current economic and social transformation this book is of interest to students and scholars of Asian Business Sociology Anthropology Development Studies and Media and Cultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138087026

Entomology Ecology and AgricultureThe Making of Science Careers in North America 1885-1985 This study is facilitated by following economic entomologists' and ecologists' changing ideas about different pest control strategies chiefly 'chemical' 'biological' and 'integrated' control. The author then follows the efforts of one specific group of entomologists at the University of California over three generations from their advocacy of 'biological' controls in the 1930s and 40s through their shifting attention to the development of an 'integrated pest management' in the context of 'big biology' during the 1970s. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203783290

Entre-TextesDialogues littéraires et culturels Entre-Textes introduces advanced students of French to the richness of the Francophone world through literature from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. The course anthology is divided into fourteen modules each of which pairs a classical text with a modern one. Students are guided to read works from different periods of time and cultural origin and consider how these echo complement or question each other. Through comparing and contrasting the texts students will develop a new approach to reading literature while simultaneously reinforcing linguistic and cultural competencies. Suitable for advanced students of French and featuring texts from across the French-speaking world Entre-Textes is an innovative course anthology with a flexible structure and versatile methodology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138939844

Environment Development AgricultureIntegrated Policy Through Human Ecology This reissue first published in 1995 focuses on philosophy and social science in human ecology and includes case studies dealing with the problems of political implementation of development plans and schemes. Part One deals with theory including a comprehensive introduction to the field and an overview of the conceptual modelling typical in human ecology. Part Two moves towards questions of human behaviour and action exploring the relationship between environmental ethics and policy in terms of the justification and implementation of human interactions with nature and the environment on an ecologically sustainable basis. In Part Three the author focuses on environmental policy in China since 1949 and on a regional case study in India. The final part of the book discusses the prospects for sustainable development more broadly in terms of favouring ecological and cultural variety in agriculture and of viewing the relationship between human beings and the natural environment as a matter of overexploitation rather than crisis. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203838938

Environment Development AgricultureIntegrated Policy through Human Ecology Summarising the democratic experience in modern Western civilisation this text defines the term and looks at its changing meanings over the past two centuries or so. It records criticisms and is especially concerned with the conditions that are necessary for democracy to exist. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315481173

Environmental Communication and Critical Coastal PolicyCommunities Culture and Nature The vast majority of the world’s population lives on or near the coast. These communities are an extraordinary and largely untapped resource that can be used to mitigate planetary disaster and foster environmental stewardship. Repeated waves of scientific fact and information are not inciting action nor apparently producing enough momentum to change voting behaviour towards a progressive environmental politics. A critical coastal policy underpinned by a deeper understanding of environmental communication can offer something new to this status quo. Environmental Communication and Critical Coastal Policy argues that more science and ‘better’ communication has been largely responsible for the lacklustre response by citizens to environmental challenges. Foxwell-Norton asserts that the inclusion of a range of local meanings and cultural frameworks with which experts could engage would better incite participation in and awareness of local environmental issues. The value and possible role of ‘geo-community media’ (mainstream alternative and social media) is examined here to illustrate and support the key argument that meaningful local engagement is a powerful tool in coastal management processes. This is a valuable resource for postgraduates researchers and academics across environmental science and management policy studies communication studies and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367248857

Environmental Humanities and the UncannyEcoculture Literature and Religion Sigmund Freud’s essay 'The Uncanny' is celebrating a century since publication. It is arguably his greatest and most fruitful contribution to the study of culture and the environment. Environmental Humanities and the Uncanny brings into the open neglected aspects of the uncanny in this famous essay in its centenary year and in the work of those before and after him such as Friedrich Schelling Walter Benjamin E. T. A. Hoffmann and Bram Stoker. This book does so by focussing on religion especially at a time and for a world in which some sectors of the monotheisms are in aggressive and sometimes violent contention against those of other monotheisms and even against other sectors within their own monotheism. The chapter on Schelling’s uncanny argues that monotheisms come out of polytheism and makes the plea for polytheism central to the whole book. It enables rethinking the relationships between mythology and monotheistic and polytheistic religions in a culturally and politically liberatory and progressive way. Succeeding chapters consider the uncanny cyborg the uncanny and the fictional and the uncanny and the Commonwealth concluding with a chapter on Taoism as a polytheistic religion. Building on the author’s previous work in Environmental Humanities and Theologies in bringing together theories of religion and the environment this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of the environmental humanities ecocultural studies and religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367730260

Environmental Humanities and TheologiesEcoculture Literature and the Bible Many ways of thinking about and living with ‘the environment’ have their roots in the Bible and the Christian cultural tradition. Environmental Humanities and Theologies shows that some of these ways are problematic. It also provides alternative ways that value both materiality and spirituality. Beginning with an environmentally friendly reading of the biblical story of creation Environmental Humanities and Theologies goes on to discuss in succeeding chapters the environmental theology of wetlands dragons and watery monsters (including crocodiles and alligators) in the Bible and literature. It then gives a critical reading of the environmental theology of the biblical book of Psalms. Theological concepts are found in the works of English writers of detective and devotional stories and novels American nature writers and European Jewish writers (as succeeding chapters show). Environmental Humanities and Theologies concludes with an appreciation for Australian Aboriginal spirituality in the swamp serpent. It argues for the sacrality of marsh monsters and swamp serpents as figures of reverence and respect for living bio- and psycho-symbiotic livelihoods in bioregions of the living earth in the Symbiocene. This is the hoped-for age superseding the Anthropocene. Environmental Humanities and Theologies is aimed at those who have little or no knowledge of how theology underlies much thinking and writing about ‘the environment’ and who are looking for ways of thinking about being and living with the earth that respect and value both spirituality and materiality. It is a new text nurturing sacrality for the Symbiocene. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367497590

Environmental Law Across CulturesComparisons for Legal Practice This book provides a practical functional comparison among various institutions tools implementation practices and norms in environmental law across legal cultures. This is a new approach that focuses on the act of comparison looking at legal practice from the ground up including the perspective of citizens. Most literature on comparative environmental law either focuses on a two-way comparison of state jurisdictions or simply juxtaposes environmental features of two or more state jurisdictions without engaging in any analysis of the comparison. However this book treats legal cultures as the objects of comparison as it provides practical comparisons among various institutions tools and norms in environmental law. The arrangement and organisation of the material reverses the more traditional presentation of comparative environmental law as a series of countries within which separate descriptions are respectively presented. In this book the reader is presented with environmental legal themes with examples and case studies drawn from various cultures that are compared in order to help understand the theme. Case studies draw on the authors’ experiences in a range of legal cultures including in Australia Brazil China Chile Ethiopia Germany India Nigeria Slovakia and the USA. The comparative nature of the book allows domestic professionals to develop skills to enable them to understand and advocate broader contexts for clients and helps students become more aware of specific legal systems while questioning why their own system functions (or does not function) as it does. The book is aimed at advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of environmental law as well as researchers and practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367028268

Environmental Management In Tropical Agriculture This book summarizes the major environmental hazards confronted in tropical agriculture and presents specific management options that could be used to reduce or avoid them. It addresses the problem of the high cost of agricultural development in tropical regions. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367165338

Environmental Management of Air Water Agriculture and Energy Environmental Management of Air Water Agriculture and Energy brings together the most current state of knowledge on four major elements for sustaining life on planet Earth: air water food and energy. It examines how green technology aids in mitigating the global water energy and climate change crises including the use of electrostatic force and green infrastructure. The concepts of underwater vegetation and aquatic cultivation as well as vertical farms are presented to spark discussion on emerging water-energy-food nexus lessons experiences and opportunities. This book takes a comprehensive global-scale approach to examining potential future environmental scenarios and outcomes. Features: Analyzes the most recent research findings in each of the areas covered Synthesizes the state-of-the-art understanding Recommends ways to strive forward and to shape future research Serves as an educational tool for educators and students Supported by detailed examples and case studies this book serves not only as an up-to-date source of information for environmental experts and researchers in the field but also as an educational tool for relevant undergraduate and graduate courses. It is also suitable for industry professionals concerned with preserving planet Earth for generations to come. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367184841

Environmentally Sustainable ViticulturePractices and Practicality This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. As climate change becomes a growing reality more industries must grapple with how to implement sustainable business practices at every step of the production process. This is especially true for viticulture where every step of production can take years to come to fruition and any decision made must take into account the future. This valuable volume serves as an introduction to some of the important concerns that viticulturists must address to keep this industry moving in the right direction including the best sustainable practices in the wine industry how to assess sustainability programs how to consider viticulture in the broader context of sustainable agriculture and industry and the role of the consumer. Edited by a researcher from Cornell University this easily accessible volume offers a glimpse into the future of the winemaking industry and points to future steps in both research and business practices. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771881128

Envisioning LegalityLaw Culture and Representation Envisioning Legality: Law Culture and Representation is a path-breaking collection of some of the world’s leading cultural legal scholars addressing issues of law representation and the image. Law is constituted in and through the representations that hold us in their thrall and this book focuses on the ways in which cultural legal representations not only reflect or contribute to an understanding of law but constitute the very fabric of legality itself. As such each of these ‘readings’ of cultural texts takes seriously the cultural as a mode of envisioning constituting and critiquing the law. And the theoretically sophisticated approaches utilised here encompass more than simply an engagement with ‘harmless entertainment’. Rather they enact and undertake specific political and critical engagements with timely issues such as: the redressing of past wrongs; recognising and combatting structural injustices; and orienting our political communities in relation to uncertain futures. Envisioning Legality thereby presents a cultural legal studies that provides the means for engaging in robust sustained and in-depth encounters with the nature and role of law in a global mediated world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367232566

Epigraphic Culture in the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity This book investigates the epigraphic habit of the Eastern Mediterranean in antiquity from the inception of alphabetic writing to the seventh c. CE aiming to identify whether there was one universal epigraphic culture in this area or a number of discrete epigraphic cultures. Chapters examine epigraphic culture(s) through quantitative analysis of 32 062 inscriptions sampled from ten areas in the Eastern Mediterranean from the Black Sea coast to Greece western to central Asia Minor Phoenicia to Egypt. They show that the shapes of the epigraphic curves are due to different factors occurring in different geographical areas and in various epochs including the pre-Greek epigraphic habit the moment of urbanization and Hellenization and the organized Roman presence. Two epigraphic maxima are identified in the Eastern Mediterranean: in the third c. BCE and in the second c. CE. This book differs from previous studies of ancient epigraphic culture by taking into account all categories of inscriptions not just epitaphs and in investigating a much broader area over the broadly defined classical antiquity. This volume is a valuable resource for anyone working on ancient epigraphy history or the cultures of the Eastern Mediterranean. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367456221

Epigraphy and Islamic CultureInscriptions of the Early Muslim Rulers of Bengal (1205-1494) Architectural inscriptions are a fascinating aspect of Islamic cultural heritage because of their rich and diverse historical contents and artistic merits. These inscriptions help us understand the advent of Islam and its gradual diffusion in Bengal which eventually resulted in a Muslim majority region making the Bengali Muslims the second largest linguistic group in the Islamic world. This book is an interpretive study of the Arabic and Persian epigraphic texts of Bengal in the wider context of a rich epigraphic tradition in the Islamic world. While focusing on previously untapped sources it takes a fresh look into the Islamic inscriptions of Bengal and examines the inner dynamics of the social intellectual and religious transformations of this eastern region of South Asia. It explores many new inscriptions including Persian epigraphs that appeared immediately after the Muslim conquest of Bengal indicating an early introduction of Persian language in the region through a cultural interaction with Khurasan and Central Asia. In addition to deciphering and editing the epigraphic texts the information derived from them has been analyzed to construct the political administrative social religious and cultural scenario of the period. The first survey of the Muslim inscriptions in India ever to be attempted on this scale the book reveals the significance of epigraphy as a source for Islamic history and culture. As such it will be of interest to students and scholars of Asian Studies Asian History and Islamic Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138320208

Equine Cultures in TransitionEthical Questions Societal views on animals are rapidly changing and have become more diversified: can we use them for our own pleasure and how should we understand animal agency? These questions asked both in theoretical discourses and different practices are also relevant for our understanding of horses and the human–horse relation. Equine Cultures in Transition stands as the first volume to bring together ethical questions of the new field of human–horse studies. For instance: what sort of ethics should be developed in relation to the horse today: an egalitarian ethics or an ethics that builds upon asymmetrical relations? How can we understand the horse as a social actor and as someone who just like the human being becomes through interspecies relations? Through which methods can we give the horse a stronger voice and better understand its becoming? These questions are not addressed from a medical or ethological perspective focused on natural behaviour but rather from human acknowledgement of the horse as a sensing feeling acting and relational being; and as a part of interspecies societies and relations. Providing an introductory yet theoretically advanced and broad view of the field of post humanism and human animal studies Equine Cultures in Transition will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as human–animal studies political sociology animals and ethics animal behaviour anthropology and sociology of culture. It may also appeal to riders and other practitioners within different horse traditions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367582005

Equity In Mathematics EducationInfluences Of Feminism And Culture This text provides a critical overview of current thinking about equity issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics. Grounded in feminist theories of curriculum change and a broad range of cultural perspectives the new approaches described here go beyond "special programmes" and "experimental treatments" designed to correct perceived problems and deficits. Instead they establish how improved instructional practices and a fuller understanding of the nature of the mathematical enterprise can overcome the systemic obstacles that have thwarted women's participation in this important field.; This book will appeal to all those who are interested in the mathematical education of women including teachers parents administrators and researchers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138180482

Eros and Music in Early Modern Culture and Literature What is the relationship between Eros and music? How does the intersection of love and music contribute to define the perimeter of Early Modern love? The Early Moderns hold parallel discourses on the metaphysical doctrines of love and music as theories of harmony. Statements of love as music of music as love and of both as harmonic ideals are found across a wide range of cultural contexts highlighting the understanding of love as a cultural construct. The book assesses the complexity of cultural discourses on this linkage of Eros and music. The ambivalence of music as an erotic agent is enacted in the controversy over dancing and reflected in the ubiquitous symbolism of music instruments. Likewise the trivialization of musical imagery in madrigal lyrics and love poetry highlights a sense of degradation and places the love-music relationship at the meeting point of two epistemes. The book also shows the symbolic deployment of the intertwined ideas of love and music in the English epyllion and offers close readings of Shakespeare’s poems The Rape of Lucrece and Venus and Adonis.The book is the first to propose an overview of the theoretical cultural and poetical intersections of Eros and music in Early Modern England. It discusses the connections in a richly interdisciplinary manner drawing on a wealth of primary material which includes rhetoric natural philosophy educational literature medicine music theory and musical performance dance books performance politics Protestant pamphlets and sermons and emblem books. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367666606

Erotic Cultures of Renaissance Italy Concentrating largely on the 'middle ranks' of society in Renaissance Italy - artisans merchants and professionals such as bankers and lawyers - this book focuses on new social subjects new documents and unusual objects. Using innovative methods of inquiry and interdisciplinary analytical tools contributors explore a little-known but pervasive erotic culture in which sexually explicit artefacts games and gestures were considered essential to a number of rituals and social occasions. At the same time they demonstrate how a burgeoning market for erotica along with a cultural tradition of allusion and innuendo played an increasingly important role in the Italian peninsula between the fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries. This volume fills some pervasive lacunae in both Renaissance studies and the history of sexuality through a series of critical engagements with material culture and social custom. It reflects recent scholarly interest in interdisciplinary areas such as the material Renaissance visual communications urban sociability in the domestic context and court records regarding marital disputes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138265578

Erotic Geographies in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture Erotic Geographies in Ancient Greek Literature and Culture addresses the following question: how does a place "get a reputation?" The Athenians associated sexual behaviors with particular places and their inhabitants and this book decodes the meaning of the sexualization of place and traces the repercussions of these projections. Focusing on Corinth Sparta and Lesbos each section starts from the fact that there were comic joke words that made a verb out of a place name to communicate a sexual slur. Corinth was thought of as a hotbed of prostitution; Sparta was perceived as a hyper-masculine culture that made femininity a problem; Lesbos had varying historically determined connotations but was always associated with uninhibited and adventurous sexuality. The cultural beliefs encoded in these sexualized stereotypes are unpacked.These findings are then applied to close readings ultimately demonstrating how sensitivity to the erotics of place enables new interpretations of well-known texts. In the process of moving from individual word to culture to text Erotic Geographies recovers a complex mode of identity construction illuminating the workings of the Athenian imaginary as well as the role of discourse in shaping subjectivity. Gilhuly brings together a deep engagement with the robust scholarly literature on sex and gender in Classics with the growing interest in cultural geography in a way that has never been done before. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367594640

Essays on the Sociology of Culture Karl Mannheim was one of the leading sociologists of the twentieth century. Essays on the Sociology of Culture originally published in 1956 was one of his most important books. In it he sets out his ideas of intellectuals as producers of culture and explores the possibilities of a democratization of culture. This new edition includes a superb new preface by Bryan Turner which sets Mannheim's study in the appropriate historical and intellectual context and explains why his thought on culture remains essential for students engaged in debates about mass culture the politics of culture and postmodernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415755917

Essentials of Teaching Adapted Physical EducationDiversity Culture and Inclusion Essentials of Teaching Adapted Physical Education: Diversity Culture and Inclusion offers a wealth of knowledge for teaching today's diverse student population including those with disabilities. Readers will learn how to teach a variety of students organize learning within various curricular models assess and evaluate students and manage behavior. Readers will also learn more about the conditions and disabilities they may encounter when teaching how to understand students' various abilities and how to adapt and modify instructional methods to include all students.The book emphasizes the importance of being culturally responsive and acquiring the necessary knowledge to infuse appropriate socially just practices into educational settings. Future teachers will learn how to apply culturally responsive instructional methods and behavior management strategies and will understand broader social and economic contexts for their students' behavior.At the same time this book provides more than a how-to approach to teaching adapted physical education. Its content and features promote reflective learning encouraging readers to anticipate the types of teaching situations and challenges that may arise and think through how they will respond. Scenarios and vignettes throughout provide context for the material and promote critical thinking and problem solving. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781934432372

Estuarine and Marine Bivalve Mollusk Culture This book presents the biology culture techniques research and development and future of the fishery of some of the most important bivalve mollusks cultured throughout the world. The book emphasizes those species that are truly cultured during some part of their life cycle rather than those that are harvested from natural populations. Graphs and figures summarize fisheries information and provide quick access to important production figures. Species covered include oysters soft-shell and hard-shell clams scallops mussels pearl oysters razor clams cockles and giant clams. Geographic areas featured include United States Mexico South and Central America Europe India Japan China Philippines Australia New Zealand and the coral atolls of the Pacific Ocean. Estuarine and Marine Bivalve Mollusk Culture brings together the lifetime efforts of the late Dr. Winston Menzel to characterize and improve bivalve mollusk culture worldwide. Aquaculturalists private oyster and bivalve culturalists and fisheries scientists will find this book to be an invaluable guide to bivalve mollusk culture. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315892818

Ethics and Media Culture: Practices and Representations Ethics and Media Culture straddles the practical and ethical issues of contention encountered by journalists. The book's various contributors cover a diversity of issues and viewpoints attempting to broaden out the debates particularly in relation to Journalism Studies Cultural Studies Sociology of Culture and Communications Philosophy and History.The debate concerning media ethics has intensified in recent years fuelled mainly by the standards of journalist and media practices. The role of practitioners has taken centre-stage as concerns over what constitutes ethical and therefore socially acceptable practice and behaviour by the public practitioners and intellectuals alike. The discursive relationship between the production and consumption of information is central to the debate regarding moral conduct particularly in light of the commercialisation of the media. Considering that media institutions operate in a climate of intense competition the value of information and its corresponding quality have begun to be critically assessed in terms of ethical understanding. A degree of open-endedness is maintained in discussions throughout this book which is intended to engage the reader with the issues raised and determine their own conclusions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138459953

Ethics and the Internal Auditor's Political DilemmaTools and Techniques to Evaluate a Company's Ethical Culture This book helps auditors understand the reality of performing the internal audit role and the importance of properly managing ethical standards. It provides many examples of ethical conflicts and proposes alternative actions for the internal auditor. Internal auditors are well-schooled on the IIA Standards but the reality is that the pressure placed on internal auditors related to execution of work and upholding ethical standards can be very difficult. Regardless of best practice or theory auditors must be personally prepared to manage through issues they run across. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781498767804

Ethnography of a Neoliberal SchoolBuilding Cultures of Success As a school ethnography this book explores the controversial schooling practices and strategies embedded in charter school management organizations (CMOs) as well as how these practices influence teaching and learning school leadership teachers’ professional identities and students’ understanding of success. By theorizing the common practices within the organization Stahl connects current research in neoliberal governance neoliberal structuring of educational policy aspiration and social reproduction in schooling. Honing in on the discourse on education reform Stahl demonstrates that a "unique blend" of neoliberalism and social justice values have permeated the CMO’s institutional culture promoting the belief that adopting corporate practices will fix America’s schools and ensure equity of opportunity for all. The inclusion of institutional texts (emails Blackberry messages posters and rubrics) balances the personal-subjective and inter-subjective to capture a blend of neoliberalism and social justice reframing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367878610

Ethno-ornithologyBirds Indigenous Peoples Culture and Society Indigenous knowledge that embraces ornithology takes in whole social dimensions that are inter-linked with environmental ethos conservation and management for sustainability. In contrast western approaches have tended to reduce knowledge to elemental and material references. This book looks at the significance of indigenous knowledge of birds and their cultural significance and how these can assist in framing research methods of western scientists working in related areas. As well as its knowledge base this book provides practical advice for professionals in conservation and anthropology by demonstrating the relationship between mutual respect local participation and the building of partnerships for the resolution of joint problems. It identifies techniques that can be transferred to different regions environments and collections as well as practices suitable for investigation adaptation and improvement of knowledge exchange and collection in ornithology. The authors take anthropologists and biologists who have been trained in and largely continue to practise from a western reductionist approach along another path - one that presents ornithological knowledge from alternative perspectives which can enrich the more common approaches to ecological and other studies as well as plans of management for conservation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781849774758

Eugenic FantasiesRacial Ideology in the Literature and Popular Culture of the 1920's Eugenic Fantasies is an innovative work that combines interpretive strategies from the fields of psychoanalysis anthropology and literary studies to create a new model for theorizing race. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415860994

Eugenics Literature and Culture in Post-war Britain This book explores eugenics in its wider social context and in literary representations in post-war Britain. Drawing on a wide range of sources in medicine social and educational policy genetics popular science science fiction and literary texts Hanson tracks the dynamic interactions between eugenic ideas across diverse cultural fields demonstrating the strength of the eugenic imagination. Challenging assumptions that eugenics was fatally compromised by its association with Nazi atrocities or that it petered out in the context of changed social attitudes in an egalitarian post-war society the book demonstrates that eugenic thought not only persisted after 1945 but became more prominent. Throughout eugenics is defined as a cultural movement rather than more narrowly as a science and the study is focused on its border-crossing capacity as a ‘style of thought.’ By tracing the expression of eugenic ideas across disciplinary boundaries and in both high and low culture this book demonstrates the powerful and pervasive influence of eugenics in the post-war years. Authors visited include Raymond Williams John Braine Agatha Christie Muriel Spark Anthony Burgess Doris Lessing and J.G. Ballard. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138109490

Europe and the Asia-PacificCulture Identity and Representations of Region The many points of contact and conflict about culture and identity that exist between Europe and the Asia Pacific are highlighted in this book. This work surveys a variety of issues relating to culture identity and representation from an interdisciplinary perspective with contributions from sociology economics history politics international relations security studies museum studies translation studies and literary and cultural studies. Each brings a different perspective to bear on questions of culture and identity in the contemporary period and how these relate to the politics of representation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367026936

European Culture Wars and the Italian CaseWhich side are you on? This book aims to understand the European political debate about contentious issues framed in terms of religious values by religious and/or secular actors in 21st century. It specifically focuses on the Italian case which due to its peculiar history and contemporary political landscape is a paradigmatic case for the study of the relationships between religion and politics.In recent years a number of controversies related to religious issues have characterised the European public debate at both the EU and the national level. The ‘affaire du foulard’ in France the referendum on abortion in Portugal the recognition of same-sex marriages in many Western European States the debate over bioethics and the regulation of euthanasia are only a few examples of contentious issues involving religion. This book aims to shed light on the interrelation between these different debates as well as their broader meaning through the analysis of the paradigmatic case of Italy. Italy summarizes and sometimes exasperates wider European trends both because of the peculiar role traditionally played by the Vatican in Italian politics and for the rise since the 1990s of new political entrepreneurs eager to exploit ethical and civilizational issues.This work will be of great interest to scholars and students of a number of fields within the disciplines of political science sociology and law and will be useful for courses on religion and politics political parties social movements and civil society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598167

European Identity and CultureNarratives of Transnational Belonging As the EU continues its integration process the concepts of culture and transnational European belonging remain ambivalent whether in the realm of socio-historical representation or mass politics. Engaging with recent scholarly debates surrounding the formation of collective transnational identities this collection draws on the latest empirical case studies to explore the meaning and composition of European identity the mechanisms that create and shape it and the question of whom it includes. Each author pays close attention to the cultural aspects of identity formation whether manifested in official institutional articulations such as symbols coinage ceremonies and discursive manifestations or in the cultures of the everyday such as through new forms of communication networks consumption or leisure. Exploring attempts by various actors - institutions groups individuals - to create transnational European identities European Identity and Culture scrutinizes the cultural formations that have either reignited or emerged in often contradictory relations to the EU project including local regional and transnational allegiances. A rich interdisciplinary investigation of the role of culture in the formation of European identity whether as a central building block to unity or as a formidable obstacle to a common sense of purpose this book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities working on questions of political culture European integration citizenship and (trans-) national identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138247109

European Military Culture and Security GovernanceSoldiers Scholars and National Defence Universities This book offers the first systematic comparative analysis of military education and training in Europe within the context of the post-Cold War security environment. Based on an analysis of military education institutions in the UK Germany Finland Romania and the Baltic States this book demonstrates that the convergence of European military cultures since the end of the Cold War is linked to changes in military education. The process of convergence originates at least in part from the full or partial adoption of a new concept by post-commissioning professional military education institutions: the National Defence University. Officers are now educated alongside civilians and public servants wherein they enjoy a socialization experience that is markedly different from that of previous generations of European officers and is increasingly similar across national borders. In addition this book argues that with the control over the curricula and graduation criteria increasingly set by civilian higher education authorities the European armed forces while continuing to exist and hold significant (although declining) capabilities stand to lose their status as a profession in the traditional sense. This book will be of much interest to students of military European security policy European politics and IR in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367026158

European Security CultureLanguage Theory Policy Grounded on tenets of cultural realism and social constructivism Monica Gariup develops a theoretical framework to enhance our understanding of security culture at the European Union level. She employs tools from political theory linguistic analysis and international relations theory to examine the implications of discourse and practice in European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP). Innovative in scope the volume analyzes whether elaborating a structurationist solution and proposing a discursive syntax of security makes it possible to identify and compare different types of security actors. Providing a comprehensive and objective analysis on the links and implications between the discourse and actual policy of the ESDP this is essential reading for scholars and researchers in European politics international relations security and cultural studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315581002

European Security Policy and Strategic Culture With the Lisbon Treaty in place and the European Union increasingly involved in international crisis management and stabilization operations in places near and far this volume revisits the trajectory of a European strategic culture. Specifically it studies the usefulness of its application in a variety of circumstances including the EU’s operations in Africa and the Balkans as well as joint operations with NATO and the United Nations. The contributors find that strategic culture is a useful tool to explain and understand the EU's civilian and military operations not in the sense of a ‘cause’ but as a European normative framework of preferences and constraints. Accordingly classical notions of strategic culture in the field of international security must be adapted to highlight the specific character of Europe's strategic culture especially by taking the interaction with the United Nations and NATO into account. Though at variance over the extent to which security and defence missions have demonstrated or promoted a shared strategic culture in Europe the authors reveal a growing sense that a cohesive strategic culture is critical in the EU’s ambition of being a global actor. Should Europe fail to nurture a shared strategic culture its actions will be based much more on flexibility than on cohesion. This book was published as a special issue of Contemporary Security Policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138944305

European Witch Trials (RLE Witchcraft)Their Foundations in Popular and Learned Culture 1300-1500 In popular tradition witches were either practitioners of magic or people who were objectionable in some way but for early European courts witches were heretics and worshippers of the Devil. This study concentrates on the period between 1300 and 1500 when ideas about witchcraft were being formed and witch-hunting was gathering momentum. It is concerned with distinguishing between the popular and learned ideas of witchcraft. The author has developed his own methodology for distinguishing popular from learned concepts which provides adequate substantiation for the acceptance of some documents and the rejection of others. This distinction is followed by an analysis of the contents of folk tradition regarding witchcraft the most basic feature of which is its emphasis on sorcery including bodily harm love magic and weather magic rather than diabolism. The author then shows how and why learned traditions became superimposed on popular notions – how people taken to court for sorcery were eventually convicted on the further charge of devil worship. The book ends with a description of the social context of witch accusations and witch trials. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138969131

Evaluation CulturesSense-Making in Complex Times Evaluation Cultures draws upon a sample of reflections drawn from organizational practices nationally centered political cultures and ethnic cultures as a framework for understanding how culture influences the work of evaluation. Two main conclusions seem to emerge: first that there exists no single uniform and homogenous national evaluation culture; second that the idea of a unified transnational culture of evaluation is an illusion.The evaluation community includes a diverse group of professionals; a diversity that is not just represented in national or ethnic culture but also in academic backgrounds public and private sector allegiances and personal character. The contributors to this book represent in part this diversity by reflecting a range of views.Evaluation Cultures draws upon the experience of senior evaluation practitioners who share their reflections on their practice and experience in order to put forth challenges to purely academic analysis. Evaluation Cultures presents a consistent if not exhaustive attempt to give analytical and empirical sense to all of the cultures of the evaluation community. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138509870

Everybody's AmericaThomas Pynchon Race and the Cultures of Postmodernism Everybody’s America reassesses Pynchon’s literary career in order to explain the central role played by the racialization of American culture in the postmodernist deconstruction of subjectivity and literary authority and in the crisis in white liberal culture. It charts the evolution of both these cultural transformations from Pynchon’s early short stories composed in the late 1950s through Gravity’s Rainbow published in 1973. This book demonstrates that Pynchon deploys techniques associated with the decentering of the linguistic sign and the fragmentation of narrative in order to work through the anxieties of white male subjects in their encounter with racial otherness. It also charts Pynchon’s attention to non-white and non-Euro-American voices and cultural forms which imply an awareness of and interest in processes of transculturation occurring both within U.S. borders and between the U.S. and the Third World. In these ways his novels attempt to acknowledge the implicit racism in many elements of white American culture and to grapple with the psychological and sociopolitical effects of that racism on both white and black Americans. The argument of Everybody’s America however also considers the limits of Pynchon’s implicit commitment to hybridity as a social ideal identifying attitudes expressed in his work that suggest a residual attraction to the mainstream liberalism of the fifties and early sixties. Pynchon’s fiction dramatizes the conflict between the discourses and values of such liberalism and those of an emergent multiculturalist ethos that names and valorizes social difference and hybridity. In identifying the competition between residual liberalism and an emergent multiculturalism Everybody’s America makes its contribution to the broader understanding of postmodern culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203479681

Everyday AestheticsProsaics the Play of Culture and Social Identities Katya Mandoki advances in this book the thesis that it is not only possible but crucial to open up the field of aesthetics (traditionally confined to the study of art and beauty) toward the richness and complexity of everyday life. She argues that in every process of communication whether face to face or through the media fashion and political propaganda there is always an excess beyond the informative and functional value of a message. This excess is the aesthetic. Following Huizinga's view of play as an ingredient of any social environment Mandoki explores how various cultural practices are in fact forms of playing since for the author aesthetics and play are Siamese twins. One of the unique contributions of this book is the elaboration and application of a semiotic model for the simultaneous analysis of social interactions in the four registers namely visual auditory verbal and body language to detect the aesthetic strategies deployed in specific situations. She argues that since the presentation of the self is targeted towards participants' sensibilities aesthetics plays a key role in these modes of exchange. Consequently the author updates important debates in this field to clear the way for a socio-aesthetic inquiry through contexts such as the family school medical artistic or religious traditions from which social identities emerge. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249660

Everyday Culture in EuropeApproaches and Methodologies This book discusses the history and contemporary practice of studying cultures 'at home' by examining Europe's regional or 'small' ethnologies of the past present and future. With the rise of nationalism and independence in Europe ethnologies have often played a major role in the nation-building process. The contributors to this book offer case studies of ethnologies as methodologies showing how they can address key questions concerning everyday life in Europe. They also explore issues of European integration and the transnational dimension of culture in Europe today and examine how regional ethnologies can play a crucial part in forming a wider 'European ethnology' as local participants have experience of combining identities within larger regions or nations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138264434

Everyday CultureFinding and Making Meaning in a Changing World Everyday Culture examines the confluence of cultural and material possibility--the bringing together of thought and action in daily life. David Trend argues that an informed and invigorated citizenry can help reverse patterns of dehumanization and social control. The impetus for Everyday Culture can be described in the observation by Raymond Williams that the "culture is ordinary " and that the fabric of meanings that inform and organize everyday life often go undervalued and unexamined. Everyday Culture shares with thinkers like Williams the conviction that it is precisely the ordinariness of culture that makes it extraordinarily important. The ubiquity of everyday culture means that it affects all aspects of contemporary economic social and political life. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315634852

Everyday eBayCulture Collecting and Desire Everyday eBay is the first scholarly analysis of the internet marketplace that has become a global social cultural and economic phenomenon. The eighteen new and classic essays gathered here examine eBay from a wide variety of perspectives as a bellwether of taste and material culture; as a rich site of cultural racial and sexual discourse and practice; as an emergent media form; and as a facilitator of global consumerism. From old toys steeped in nostalgia to 'rare' limited edition shoes the contributors demonstrate that value on eBay is never simply about 'price'. On any given day more than two million items are listed for sale on eBay from everyday objects to kitsch and collectibles to the truly bizarre. Since its debut ten years ago eBay has quickly become a central destination for millions of web browsers. According to eBay itself up to 165 000 Americans now make their living by selling through the website and other business analysts project that hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide now make their living through eBay. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203958988

Everyday Media Culture in AfricaAudiences and Users African audiences and users are rapidly gaining in importance and increasingly targeted by global media companies social media platforms and mobile phone operators. This is the first edited volume that addresses the everyday lived experiences of Africans in their interaction with different kinds of media: old and new state and private elite and popular global and national material and virtual. So far the bulk of academic research on media and communication in Africa has studied media through the lens of media-state relations thereby adopting liberal democracy as the normative ideal and examining the potential contribution of African media to development and democratization. Focusing instead on everyday media culture in a range of African countries this volume contributes to the broader project of provincializing and decolonizing audience and internet studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367890285

Everyday ObjectsMedieval and Early Modern Material Culture and its Meanings This book is about the objects people owned and how they used them. Twenty-three specially written essays investigate the type of things that might have been considered 'everyday objects' in the medieval and early modern periods and how they help us to understand the daily lives of those individuals for whom few other types of evidence survive - for instance people of lower status and women of all status groups. Everyday Objects presents new research by specialists from a range of disciplines to assess what the study of material culture can contribute to our understanding of medieval and early modern societies. Extending and developing key debates in the study of the everyday the chapters provide analysis of such things as ceramics illustrated manuscripts pins handbells carved chimneypieces clothing drinking vessels bagpipes paintings shoes religious icons and the built fabric of domestic houses and guild halls. These things are examined in relation to central themes of pre-modern history; for instance gender identity space morality skill value ritual use belief public and private behaviour continental influence materiality emotion technical innovation status competition and social mobility. This book offers both a collection of new research by a diverse range of specialists and a source book of current methodological approaches for the study of pre-modern material culture. The multi-disciplinary analysis of these 'everyday objects' by archaeologists art historians literary scholars historians conservators and museum practitioners provides a snapshot of current methodological approaches within the humanities. Although analysis of material culture has become an increasingly important aspect of the study of the past previous research in this area has often remained confined to subject-specific boundaries. This book will therefore be an invaluable resource for researchers and students interested in learning about important new work which demonstrates the potential of material culture study to cut across traditional historiographies and disciplinary boundaries and access the lived experience of individuals in the past. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315255798

Everyday Youth Cultures in the Gulf PeninsulaChanges and Challenges Focusing on the struggles of youth in the Arabian Gulf to find their place in their encounters with modernity Everyday Youth Cultures in the Gulf Peninsula explores how global forces are reshaping everyday cultural experiences in authoritarian societies. A deeper understanding of Gulf youth emerges from reading about the everyday lives and struggles opportunities and contributions of youth who in the process of developing their personal identities are also incrementally transforming their societies and cultures. Based on ethnographic fieldwork in Kuwait Oman Saudi Arabia the UAE and Qatar the chapters bring fresh insight into Gulf youth microcultures from the ground and invite dialogue by engaging young local and foreign academics in the discussion. In light of the general difficulties of accessing Gulf societies the book’s nuanced richly detailed depictions of everyday life can be of interest to academic research in Middle East studies youth sociology political science and anthropology as well as to business and governmental decision-making. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367500658

Evidence-based Practice in Social WorkDevelopment of a New Professional Culture The role of evidence-based practice is one of most central and controversial issues in social work today. This concise text introduces key concepts and processes of evidence-based practice whilst engaging with contemporary debates about its relevance and practicality. Evidence-based Practice in Social Work provides both an argument for the importance of evidence-based practice in social work and fresh perspectives on its controversies and organizational prerequisites. It gives an accessible overview of: Why evidence-based practice is relevant to social work. The challenges that the realities of social work practice present to models of evidence-based practice. Concepts of evidence-based practice as a process and professional culture. The role and nature of evidence. How evidence-based practice can be implemented and the importance of the organisational context. The globalization of evidence-based practice including issues of cultural diversity and adaptability of evidence-based interventions. Controversies and criticism of evidence-based practice. Written by internationally well-respected experts this text is an important read for all those with an interest in the area from social work students to academics and researchers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415657341

Evolution Culture and the Human Mind An enormous amount of scientific research compels two fundamental conclusions about the human mind: The mind is the product of evolution; and the mind is shaped by culture. These two perspectives on the human mind are not incompatible but until recently their compatibility has resisted rigorous scholarly inquiry. Evolutionary psychology documents many ways in which genetic adaptations govern the operations of the human mind. But evolutionary inquiries only occasionally grapple seriously with questions about human culture and cross-cultural differences. By contrast cultural psychology documents many ways in which thought and behavior are shaped by different cultural experiences. But cultural inquires rarely consider evolutionary processes. Even after decades of intensive research these two perspectives on human psychology have remained largely divorced from each other. But that is now changing - and that is what this book is about. Evolution Culture and the Human Mind is the first scholarly book to integrate evolutionary and cultural perspectives on human psychology. The contributors include world-renowned evolutionary cultural social and cognitive psychologists. These chapters reveal many novel insights linking human evolution to both human cognition and human culture – including the evolutionary origins of cross-cultural differences. The result is a stimulating introduction to an emerging integrative perspective on human nature. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138990845

Evolving Lacanian Perspectives for Clinical PsychoanalysisOn Narcissism Sexuation and the Phases of Analysis in Contemporary Culture This book presents an evolving Lacanian reading of the psychoanalytic theory of narcissism of the phases within Oedipus transference and within different types of analytic treatments. Sexual difference between psychical masculinity and femininity is formulated as a negative dialectic: both sexes are not without having and not having the phallus across levels of logical organization and the three registers of experience. Many clinical examples and vignettes are offered to illustrate Lacanian theory the permutations within sexuation as well as the various principles of Lacanian clinical practice.The Lacanian multiform criterion for the practice of psychoanalysis is presented as an alternative to the post-Freudian notions of a standard frame or a holding environment. The criterion extends the use of psychoanalysis to a larger group of clinical socio-economic and multicultural populations. Finally the book explores the criteria used for the authorization of the analyst and how supervision differs from analysis and from the teacher-student and lover-beloved relationships. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367105808

Execution Culture in Nineteenth Century BritainFrom Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual This edited collection offers multi-disciplinary reflections and analysis on a variety of themes centred on nineteenth century executions in the UK many specifically related to the fundamental change in capital punishment culture as the execution moved from the public arena to behind the prison wall. By examining a period of dramatic change in punishment practice this collection of essays provides a fresh historical perspective on nineteenth century execution culture with a focus on Scotland Wales and the regions of England. From Public Spectacle to Hidden Ritual has two parts. Part 1 addresses the criminal body and the witnessing of executions in the nineteenth century including studies of the execution crowd and executioners’ memoirs as well as reflections on the experience of narratives around capital punishment in museums in the present day. Part 2 explores the treatment of the execution experience in the print media from the nineteenth and into the twentieth century. The collection draws together contributions from the fields of Heritage and Museum Studies History Law Legal History and Literary Studies to shed new light on execution culture in nineteenth century Britain. This volume will be of interest to students and academics in the fields of criminology heritage and museum studies history law legal history medical humanities and socio-legal studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367332457

Ex-Gay ResearchAnalyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science Religion Politics and Culture Defenders and critics of the controversial Spitzer study analyze its methodologies and findingsIn 2001 Robert L. Spitzer MD presented his study on sexual conversion therapy with its controversial findings that some homosexuals can change their sexual orientation. The resulting media sensation and political firestorm enraged the study’s critics and emboldened its supporters. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science Religion Politics and Culture presents leading experts examining Spitzer’s research methodology and findings to discern whether the study itself deserves deeper consideration or outright dismissal. Every facet of the study is reviewed to discuss the positive or negative aspects of the results its significance in political and social terms and the implications for the future. Dr. Spitzer himself was an instrumental figure in the American Psychiatric Association's decision in 1973 to remove homosexuality as a mental illness listing from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-III. His later study that states that in some individuals homosexuality may be more fluid than previously thought stirred controversy in the psychiatric community and society at large. His study is presented here to allow the reader to evaluate and consider it for themselves. Leading experts then voice their own pro or con views on the methodology and findings. Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science Religion Politics and Culture fearlessly illustrates the sometimes fuzzy boundary between science and politics courageously spotlighting the culture wars now dividing our society.Ex-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science Religion Politics and Culture discusses: the ex-gay movement the nature of scientific inquiry the relationship between science and politics the results of sexual conversion therapies gay and lesbian rightsEx-Gay Research: Analyzing the Spitzer Study and Its Relation to Science Religion Politics and Culture is essential reading for sex researchers mental health professionals pastoral counselors political activists and any person asking if one can truly “change” his or her homosexuality. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203057414

Exhibitions and the Development of Modern Planning Culture The evolution of city planning theory and practice in the first half of the twentieth century was captured and driven by a range of exhibitionary practices in a variety of settings globally from international expos to local public halls. The agendas of the promoters varied but exhibitions generally drew their social legitimacy from their status as ’appropriate educative agencies of citizenship’. Bringing together a range of international case studies this volume explores the highly visual genre of public planning exhibitions worldwide. In doing so it provides a unique lens on the development of modern urban planning and design from the late 19th century to the present day. Focussing mainly on the first half of the 20th century it looks in particular at historic exhibitions which sought to transform urban society’s understanding of the possibilities of planning as a force for social betterment. The visuality of presentation contemporary reactions and outcomes for the planning profession and the community are explored to make for a unique innovative and attractive approach to the history of planning ideas. The five major themes are the visual representation of ideas and ideologies; institutions and individuals involved; the broader context of display; and the impacts and implications for the development planning culture. With contributors including Karl Fischer John Gold Carola Hein Peter Larkham Javier Monclus and Mark Tewdwr-Jones the dominant intellectual paradigm further unifying the collection is planning history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138247741

Exile in Global Literature and CultureHomes Found and Lost Prompted by centuries of warfare political oppression natural disasters and economic collapses exile has had an enormous impact not only on individuals who have undergone transplantation from one culture to another but also on the host societies they have joined and those worlds they have left behind. Written by prominent literary critics creative authors and artists the essays gathered within Exile in Global Literature and Culture: Homes Found and Lost meditate upon the painful journeys—geographic spiritual emotional psychological—brought about due to exilic rupture loss and dislocation. Yet exile also fosters potential pleasures and rewards: to extend scholar Martin Tucker’s formulation wherever the exile might land in flight he bears with him the sweetness of survival the triumph of transcendence the luxury of liminality and the invitation to innovate and invent in new lands. Indeed exile embodies both blessing and curse homes found and lost. Furthermore this book adheres to (and tests) the premise that exile‘s deepest and innermost currents are manifested through writing and other artistic forms. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367497903

Experiences of Freedom in Postcolonial Literatures and Cultures Modern ideas of freedom and human rights have been repeatedly contested and are hotly debated at the beginning of the third millennium in response to new theories needs and challenges in contemporary life. This volume offers culturally diverse contributions to the debate on freedom from the literatures and arts of the postcolonial world exploring experiences that evoke desire imagine and perform freedom across five continents and two centuries of history. Experiences of Freedom opens with an introductory philosophical essay by Achille Mbembe and is divided into four sections that consider: • resisting history and colonialism • the right to move and to belong • the right to (believe in) free futures • imaginative freedom and critical engagement. Each section contains a piece of creative writing directly connected to these topics from authors Chris Abani Anita Desai Caryl Phillips and Alexis Wright followed by a selection of critical essays. Contributors: Chris Abani Rochelle Almeida Gil Anidjar Jogamaya Bayer Elena Bernardini Anne Collett Carmen Concilio Paola Della Valle Roberto Derobertis Anita Desai Lorna Down Francesca Giommi Gareth Griffiths Dave Gunning John C. Hawley Peter H. Marsden Russell McDougall Achille Mbembe Cinzia Mozzato Kevin Newmark Berndt Ostendorf Mai Palmberg Owen Percy Kirsten Holst Petersen Caryl Phillips Annel Pieterse Christiane Schlote Nermeen Shaikh Patrick Williams Alexis Wright and Robert J. C. Young. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415591928

Experiencing Music and Visual CulturesThreshold Intermediality Synchresis Bringing the research of musicologists art historians and film studies scholars into dialogue this book explores the relationships between visual art forms and music. The chapters are organized around three core concepts – threshold intermediality and synchresis – which offer ways of understanding and discusssing the interplay between the arts of sounds and images. Refuting the idea that music and visual art forms only operate in parallel the contributors instead consider how the arts of sound and vision are entwined across a wide array of materials genres and time periods. Contributors delve into a rich variety of topics ranging from the art of Renaissance Italy to the politics of opera in contemporary Los Angeles to the popular television series Breaking Bad. Placing these chapters in conversation this volume develops a shared language for cross-disciplinary inquiry into arts that blend music and visual components integrates insights from film studies with the conversation between musicology and art history and moves the study of music and visual culture forward. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367188047

Experiencing RomeCulture Identity and Power in the Roman Empire First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203754672

Explaining Human DiversityCultures Minds Evolution Why are humans so different from each other and what makes the human species so different from all other living organisms? This introductory book provides a concise and accessible account of human diversity of its causes and the ways in which anthropologists go about trying to make sense of it. Carles Salazar offers students a thoroughly integrated view by bringing together biological and sociocultural anthropology and including perspectives from evolutionary biology and psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815356547

Explaining PoliticsCulture Institutions and Political Behavior This unique text offers a comprehensive overview of who participates in politics and why how social and political institutions shape that involvement and ultimately what form citizen political participation takes. Drawing on a multitude of factors to explain politics and political behaviour Woshinsky shows that political outcomes depend on a complex interplay between individuals and their environment. Psychology personality and ideology together with culture institutions and social context shape political behaviour. Explaining Politics offers a wealth of comparative examples and practical applications through a lively and engaging narrative. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138161283

Exploring BordersUnderstanding Culture and Psychology In Exploring Borders Giuseppe Mantovani highlights and explores the ways in which culture acts as a framework organising our experience. He emphasises the differences across and between cultures and examines the depths to which these can go. He also analyses the functions of culture including: mediation meaning-making and forming a repertory of values and principles. Finally he considers some of the challenges raised by taking a cultural perspective and examines how these may be addressed in society. This highly original and eminently readable narrative will be invaluable to scholars of psychology media and cultural studies and to all those fascinated by culture and eager to to make the cultural dimension visible to all. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203130926

Exploring Masculinity Sexuality and Culture in Gestalt TherapyAn Autoethnography Exploring Masculinity Sexuality and Culture in Gestalt Therapy is an invitation to explore social and political issues within the psychotherapeutic framework. It describes and analyses the author’s journey of becoming a gestalt therapist in Poland and England through analyses of masculinity sexuality relationality and culture. This book addresses the collective gestalts exploring the psychotherapeutic taboos of sexual transference same-sex attraction use or lack of touch gender equality and inter-cultural conflicts. Each chapter is an exploration of prejudices embedded in our cultures and therapeutic work and provides a theoretical challenge to current practices within gestalt therapy and beyond. The author advocates for a more collective understanding of embodied sensations emerging in the therapeutic context as collective gestalts. Through the use of autoethnographic research methodology this book shows how personal embodied experiences are intertwined with the social political and material context. It is essential reading for gestalt therapists as well as readers interested in gestalt approaches. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367633066

Facing the MirrorOlder Women and Beauty Shop Culture This innovative ethnographic study of a neighborhood beauty salon investigates how customers constitute a lively affirming community of peers during their weekly visits. Facing the Mirror gives voice to older women who in a sexist and ageist society are frequently devalued and rendered invisible. These older mostly Jewish women articulate their experiences of bodily self-presentation femininity aging and caring pertaining to their lives within and outside Julie's International Salon. This book explores the socio-moral significance of these experiences which reveals as much about society as about older women themselves. Women's narratives expose structures of power inequality and resistance in the ways women perceive reality make choices and live in their worlds. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203825310

Failure or Reform?Market-Based Policy Instruments for Sustainable Agriculture and Resource Management Market reform promises more environmental protection and more profitable agriculture at lower financial cost. Too good to be true? This book examines numerous empirical examples of policy in action to identify principles for the successful application of market-based policy instruments. Where some market instruments are used to fix market failures by putting a value on environmental protection others use market-like mechanisms to allocate financial incentives for environmental work. They are promoted as flexible efficient and politically neutral solutions to the competing demands of social economic and ecological sustainability. But they also attract criticism for rolling back environmental regulation and privatizing public goods. This book argues that while many market-based instruments have merit decisions about responsibility cannot be left entirely to the market. Whichever instruments we use decision-making needs to be embedded in a logic of democratization. Using case studies from around the world this book investigates how instruments like eco-standards payments for ecosystem services pollution trading and community-based natural resource management perform in practice and what can be learned about applying them more effectively. While the approach is primarily sociological it is deliberately written to bridge the gap between sociology economics environmental sciences and the concerns of environmental policy makers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138223394

Fair and Equitable Benefit-Sharing in Agriculture (Open Access)Reinventing Agrarian Justice This book explores the emergence and development of the legal concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing and its application in agriculture. Developed in the 1990s the concept of fair and equitable benefit-sharing has been deployed in an ever-wider variety of international instruments including those on biodiversity climate change and human rights. A lack of clarity persists however on what fair and equitable benefit-sharing requires and entails and whether its implementation supports or eventually undermines equity and justice. This book examines these questions in the area of land food and agriculture addressing for the first time several instances of the agricultural production chain including research and development land governance and land use and access to markets. It identifies challenges regarding implementation of the concept as enshrined in environmental treaties and soft-law instruments with a focus on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture the Voluntary Guidelines on Tenure and the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants. It investigates its role enabling conditions and limitations in a contradictory policy context involving environmental food security and human rights objectives but also a growing web of multilateral and bilateral trade and investment agreements. Linking international law research with a socio-legal analysis the book addresses four grassroots examples which offer ideas for institutional and legal innovation from the local to the global level.　　　　　　　　　　　　　 This interdisciplinary title will be of great interest to students and scholars of international environmental law agriculture land law development studies and global governance as well as policymakers and practitioners working in these fields. “The Open Access version of this book available at https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429198304  has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367181864

Fair Trade and Organic Initiatives in Asian AgricultureThe Hidden Realities In addition to constituting an evolving area of inquiry within the social sciences agricultural certification and particularly its Fair Trade and organic components has emerged as a significant tool for promoting rural development in the global South. This book is unique for two reasons. First in contrast to existing studies that have tended to examine Fair Trade and organic certification as independent systems the studies presented in this book reveal their joint application within actual production settings demonstrating the greater complexity entailed in these double certification systems through the generation of contradictions and tensions compared with single certification systems. Second the authors who are both Asian reveal the realities of applying Fair Trade and organic certification systems within Asian agriculture. In doing so they challenge the fact that most Fair Trade studies have been undertaken by Western scholars who have tended to focus on Latin American and African producers. Drawing on a wealth of grounded case studies conducted in India Thailand and the Philippines this pioneering study on double certification makes a significant contribution to studies on Fair Trade and organic agriculture beyond Asia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367350482

Faith Culture and the Dual SystemA Comparative Study of Church and County Schools Originally published in 1986 this book is based on research carried out in 102 County secondary and Church of England secondary and primary schools in London the North West Region and the West Midlands. It analyses data collected from interviews with 102 headteachers 67 religious education teachers and 139 parents whose children were attending Church schools. The book is divided into four main areas. First it examines pupil admission policies illustrating their effect both with the schools and on the neighbourhood. Second it outlines the policies and practices adopted by Church school governors in appointing teaching staff and discusses the implications of these policies. The third area deals with school worship assemblies and religious education and their place in the life of the school. The study highlights important issues and challenges facing schools especially where there is considerable religious diversity among pupils. It discusses some of the difficulties of implementing the law relating to the daily act of worship and why some schools observe the law while others disregard it. Key issues are explored which are central to the teaching of religious education: How RE teachers respond to religious diversity; why Christianity may or may not be given a central place in RE classes; what parents and RE teachers hope RE classes will achieve for pupils by the time they leave school. The fourth area focusses on multicultural education and illustrates the divergent views of headteachers on the aims purposes and relevance on multicultural education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138560437

Family Culture and Self in the Development of Eating Disorders This book takes a unique approach to the examination of the eating disorder anorexia nervosa (and bulimia). White middle-class heterosexual women share their insights into the emergence of their illnesses through detailed interviews that consider perceptions of the role of family the influence of cultural messages regarding thinness and beauty the agency these women exert in the use of weight control to cope with life’s stressors the meaning they attach to their eating disorders and how these issues together perpetuate their disease.The book uses a Symbolic Interactionist framework and a grounded theory approach to examine the narratives which emerge from these women’s stories. Themes of family culture and self arise in their narratives; these form the theoretical underpinnings for this book and combine to shape the comprehensive model of eating disorders that emerges from this study. Haworth-Hoeppner’s book will appeal to researchers and advanced students of sociology women’s studies family studies social psychology and gender studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367874889

Family Self and Human Development Across CulturesTheory and Applications Çiğdem Kağıtçıbaşı's influential volume was a work of masterful scholarship and field-defining thought that challenged the existing assumptions in mainstream western psychology about the nature of individuals. During the past two decades since its publication cultural and cross-cultural research and theory on the self family and human development have expanded greatly developing fruitfully from the basic issues and paradigms Kağıtçıbaşı explored. This Classic Edition provides a critical assessment consideration and reflection of recent scholarship in this field. It brings this essential work up to date and appraises it in the light of current prevailing perspectives. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138228801

Family and Human Development Across CulturesA View From the Other Side The culmination of 15 years of research by a Turkish psychologist who was educated in the West this volume examines both the theoretical and practical aspects of cross-cultural psychology. It takes a contextual-developmental-functional approach linking the child family and society as they are embedded in culture. A refreshingly different view the author presents a portrait of human development from "the other side"--from the perspective of the "majority world." In a world seemingly dominated by American psychology she proposes the cross-cultural orientation as a corrective to the culture-boundedness of much of Euro-American psychology. Analyzing human development in context while avoiding the pitfalls of extreme relativism this work studies development with an inclusive holistic and ecological perspective focusing on the development of the self and of competence. In so doing it also attempts to combine cultural contextualism with universalistic standards and psychological processes. It proposes a theory of family change which challenges some commonly held modernization assumptions and links theory and application while examining the role of psychology in inducing social change. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781315805993

Family ValuesSubjects Between Nature and Culture Family Values shows how the various contradictions at the heart of Western conceptions of maternity and paternity problematize our relationships with ourselves and with others. Using philosophical texts psychoanalytic theory studies in biology and popular culture Kelly Oliver challenges our traditional concepts of maternity which are associated with nature and our conceptions of paternity which are embedded in culture. Oliver's intervention calls into question the traditional image of the oppositional relationship between nature and culture maternal and paternal. Family Values also undercuts recent returns to the rhetoric of a "battle between the sexes" by analyzing the conceptual basis of these descriptions in biological research and the presuppositions of such suggestions in philosophy and psychoanalysis. By developing a reconception of maternity and paternity Family Values offers hope for peace in the battle of the sexes. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315865867

FamilyThe Making Of An Idea An Institution And A Controversy In American Culture Assumptions about the family of the past pervade the expectations we bring to our personal interactions and shape the way we think about and study the family as a social institution. Most often undergraduate courses in family sociology have a ?marriage and family? focus which emphasizes the dynamics of interpersonal relations and contemporary fam Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367315689

Fan Culture in European Football and the Influence of Left Wing Ideology Drawing on the varied traditions of fan cultures across Europe this book examines how football carries with it the possibility of promoting the voices of the disenfranchised and the marginalised and so the basis for nurturing solidarity against exploitation current in modern capitalist society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138058163

Fantasy and BeliefAlternative Religions Popular Narratives and Digital Cultures Religion and spirituality are being transformed in our late modern and secularising times. New forms of belief proliferate often notable for not being limited to traditional systems of reference or expression. Increasingly these new religions present worldviews which draw directly upon popular culture - or occulture - in fiction film art and the internet. Fantasy and Belief explores the context and implications of these types of beliefs through the example of the Otherkin community. The Otherkin are a loosely-affiliated group who believe themselves to be in some way more than just human their non-humanity often rooted in the characters and narratives of popular fantasy and science fiction. Challenging much current sociological thinking about spirituality and consumption Fantasy and Belief reveals how popular occulture operates to recycle develop and disseminate metaphysical ideas and how the popular and the sacred are combining in new ways in today's world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781908049230

Farm Management in Peasant Agriculture First published in 1972 Farm Management in Peasant Agriculture remains the only detailed discussion of on-site research techniques for economists working on the development of small-holder agriculture in Africa. Part 1 describes the conditions of the agricultural sector within which the African peasant farmer must operate and then outlines an approach to farm management tailored to those conditions. Part 2 sets out the research planning and investigation tasks implied by the approach. Survey techniques as well as the value of a pre-survey for understanding general attributes of a farm system are reviewed and alternative data-collection methods are elaborated. Part 3 shows how research data can be used in planning content for extension programs. Dr. Collinson concludes with the details of a planning method that interpolates changes in farm practice into a model of the existing farm system and that projects a sequence of changes representing a sequence of extension content on the basis of farmer acceptability. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367019778

Farmers and Agriculture in the Roman Economy Often viewed as self-sufficient Roman farmers actually depended on markets to supply them with a wide range of goods and services from metal tools to medical expertise. However the nature extent and implications of their market interactions remain unclear. This monograph uses literary and archaeological evidence to examine how farmers – from smallholders to the owners of large estates – bought and sold lent and borrowed and cooperated as well as competed in the Roman economy. A clearer picture of the relationship between farmers and markets allows us to gauge their collective impact on and exposure to macroeconomic phenomena such as monetization and changes in the level and nature of demand for goods and labor. After considering the demographic and environmental context of Italian agriculture the author explores three interrelated questions: what goods and services did farmers purchase; how did farmers acquire the money with which to make those purchases; and what factors drove farmers’ economic decisions? This book provides a portrait of the economic world of the Roman farmer in late Republican and early Imperial Italy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367666224

Fashion and Masculinities in Popular Culture Popular culture in the latter half of the twentieth century precipitated a decisive change in style and body image. Postwar film television radio shows pulp fiction and comics placed heroic types firmly within public consciousness. This book concentrates on these heroic male types as they have evolved from the postwar era and their relationship to fashion to the present day. As well as demonstrating the role of male icons in contemporary society this book’s originality also lies in showing the many gender slippages that these icons help to effect or expose. It is by exploring the somewhat inviolate types accorded to contemporary masculinity that we see the very fragility of a stable or rounded male identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367333188

Fashion Cultures RevisitedTheories Explorations and Analysis Following on from the ground-breaking collection Fashion Cultures this second anthology Fashion Cultures Revisited contains 26 newly commissioned chapters exploring fashion culture from the start of the new millennium to the present day. The book is divided into six parts each discussing different aspects of fashion culture: Shopping spaces and globalisation Changing imagery changing media Altered landscapes new modes of production Icons and their legacies Contestation compliance feminisms Making masculinities Fashion Cultures Revisited explores every facet of contemporary fashion culture and the associated spheres of photography magazines and television and shopping .Consequently it is an ideal companion to those interested in fashion studies cultural studies art film fashion history sociology and gender studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415680066

Fashionability Exhibition Culture and Gender PoliticsFair Women Fair Women was the Victorian equivalent of a ‘blockbuster’ exhibition. Organised by a committee of women it opened to great fanfare in the Grafton Galleries in London and was comprised of both historical and contemporary portraits of women as well as decorative objects. Meaghan Clarke argues that the exhibition challenged contemporary assumptions about the representation of women and the superficiality of female collectors. The Fair Women phenomenon complicated gender stereotypes and foregrounded women as cultural arbiters. This book uncovers a wide range of texts and images to reveal that Fair Women brought together fashion modernity and gender politics in new and surprising ways. It shows that while invariably absent in institutional histories women were vital to the development of the modern blockbuster exhibition. This book will be of interest to scholars in art and gender studies museum studies feminist art history women artists and art history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138493568

Fatherhood Authority and British Reading Culture 1831-1907 During a period when the idea of fatherhood was in flux and individual fathers sought to regain a cohesive collective identity debates related to a father’s authority were negotiated and resolved through competing documents. Melissa Shields Jenkins analyzes the evolution of patriarchal authority in nineteenth-century culture drawing from extra-literary and non-narrative source material as well as from novels. Arguing that Victorian novelists reinvent patriarchy by recourse to conduct books biography religious manuals political speeches and professional writing in the fields of history and science Jenkins offers interdisciplinary case studies of Elizabeth Gaskell George Meredith William Makepeace Thackeray George Eliot Samuel Butler and Thomas Hardy. Jenkins’s book contributes to our understanding of the part played by fathers in the Victorian cultural imagination and sheds new light on the structures underlying the Victorian novel. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138257849

Felice Giardini and Professional Music Culture in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London Felice Giardini and Professional Music Culture in Mid-Eighteenth-Century London explores Giardini’s influence on British musical life through his multifaceted career as performer teacher composer concert promoter and opera impresario. The crux of the study is a detailed account of Giardini’s partnership with the music seller/publisher John Cox during the 1750s presented using new biographical information which contextualizes their business dealings and subsequent disaccord. The resulting litigation the details of which have only recently come to light is explored here via a complex set of archival materials. The findings offer new information about the economics of professional music culture at the time including detailed figures for performers’ fees the printing and binding of music scores the charges arising from the administration of concerts and operas the sale hire and repair of various instruments and the cost of what today we would call intellectual property rights. This is a fascinating study for musicologists and followers of Giardini as well as for readers with an interest in classical music social history and legal history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367322052

Female Corporate Culture and the New SouthWomen in Business Between the World Wars First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138863873

Female Fans Gender Relations and Football FandomChallenging the Brotherhood Culture This book assesses the transformation of football fan culture from a gender perspective. Referring to the notions of homosociality hegemonic masculinity and performative perspectives on gender and fandom it investigates the processes of women entering the world of football fandom. Drawing on multidimensional qualitative and quantitative research the book analyses different aspects of female fandom such as women’s socialisation to be a fan building their sense of fan identity ways of performing fandom and gender. Also it explores the response of male fans by shedding light on the sense-making process of a growing number of female fans in the stands and its consequences for prevailingly male football culture. This study stands out for its richness and diversity of empirical material used in order to make a significant contribution to our understanding of social dynamics related to the changing nature of female football fandom. The book is fascinating reading for researchers and students in a broad range of areas including gender studies sociology of sport football women’s studies and Central Eastern European studies. It is also a valuable resource for scholars and football and club authorities who have an interest in understanding the development of female football fandom and its impact on the male fandom community. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367365523

Female Students and Cultures of Violence in Cities As the economy constricts it seems living with a chronic sense of fear and anxiety is the new normal for a growing number of urban females. Many females are susceptible to victimization by cumulative strands of violence in school their communities families and partnerships. Exposure to violence has been shown to contribute to physical and mental health problems a propensity for substance abuse transience and homelessness and unsurprisingly poor school attendance and performance. What does a girl do when there is no place to get away from this and even school is a danger zone? Why have so many educators turned their attention away from the reality of violence against girls? Why is there a tendency to categorize such violence as just another example of the general concept of "bullying?" Critical educators who research the effects of current market logics on the schooling of marginalized youth have yet fully to focus on this issue. This volume puts the reality of violence in the lives of urban school girls back on the map investigates answers to the above questions and presents suggestions for change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138084940

Femininity Self-harm and Eating Disorders in JapanNavigating contradiction in narrative and visual culture From the 1980s onwards the incidence of eating disorders and self-harm has increased among Japanese women who report receiving mixed messages about how to be women. Mirroring this women’s self-directed violence has increasingly been thematised in diverse Japanese narrative and visual culture. This book examines the relationship between normative femininity and women’s self-directed violence in contemporary Japanese culture. To theoretically define the complexities that constitute normativity the book develops the concept of ‘contradictive femininity’ and shows how in Japanese culture women’s paradoxical roles are thematised through three character construction techniques broadly derived from the doppelgänger motif. It then demonstrates how eating disorders and self-harm are included in normative femininity and suggests that such self-directed violence can be interpreted as coping strategies to overcome feelings of fragmentation related to contradictive femininity. Looking at novels artwork manga anime TV dramas and news stories the book analyses both globally well known Japanese culture such as Murakami Haruki’s literary works and Miyazaki Hayao’s animation as well as culture unavailable to non-Japanese readers. The aim of juxtaposing such diverse narrative and visual culture is to map common storylines and thematisation techniques about normative femininity self-harm and eating disorders. Furthermore it shows how women’s private struggles with their own bodies have become public discourse available for consumption as entertainment and lifestyle products. Highly interdisciplinary it will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Japanese studies Japanese culture and society and gender and women's studies as well as to academics and consumers of Japanese literature manga and animation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138502796

Femininity and PsychoanalysisCinema Culture Theory For Freud famously the feminine was a dark continent or a riddle without an answer. This understanding concerns man’s relationship to the question of ‘woman’ but femininity is also a matter of sexuality and gender and therefore of identity and experience. Drawing together leading academics including film and literary scholars clinicians and artists from diverse backgrounds Femininity and Psychoanalysis: Cinema Culture Theory speaks to the continued relevance of psychoanalytic understanding in a social and political landscape where ideas of gender and sexuality are undergoing profound changes. This transdisciplinary collection crosses boundaries between clinical and psychological discourse and arts and humanities fields to approach the topic of femininity from a variety of psychoanalytic perspectives. From object relations to Lacan to queer theory the essays here revisit and rethink the debates over what the feminine might be. The volume presents a major new work by leading feminist film scholar Elizabeth Cowie in which she presents a first intervention on the topic of film and the feminine for over 20 years as well as a key essay by the prominent artist and psychoanalyst Bracha Ettinger. Written by an international selection of contributors this collection is an indispensable tool for film and literary scholars engaged with psychoanalysts and anybody interested in different approaches to the question of the feminine. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138500938

Feminism Culture and Embodied PracticeThe Rhetorics of Comparison Within both feminist theory and popular culture establishing similarities between embodied practices rooted in different cultural and geo-political contexts (e.g. ‘African’ female genital cutting and ‘Western’ cosmetic surgery) has become increasingly common as a means of countering cultural essentialism ethnocentrism and racism. Feminism Culture and Embodied Practice examines how cross cultural comparisons of embodied practices function as a rhetorical device – with particular theoretical social and political effects - in a range of contemporary feminist texts. It asks: Why and how are cross-cultural links among these practices drawn by feminist theorists and commentators and what do these analogies do? What knowledges hierarchies and figurations do these comparisons produce disrupt and/or reify in feminist theory and how do such effects resonate within popular culture? Taking a relational web approach that focuses on unravelling the binary threads that link specific embodied practices within a wider representational community this book highlights how we depend on and affect one another across cultural and geo-political contexts. This book is valuable reading for undergraduates postgraduates and researchers in Gender Studies Postcolonial or Race Studies Cultural and Media Studies and other related disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415528887

Feminism Domesticity and Popular Culture The relationship between feminism and domesticity has recently come in for renewed interest in popular culture. This collection makes an intervention into the debates surrounding feminism’s contentious relationship with domesticity and domestic femininities in popular culture. It offers an understanding of the place of domesticity in contemporary popular culture whilst considering how these domesticities might be understood from a feminist perspective. All the essays contribute to a more complex understanding of the relationships between feminism femininity and domesticity developing new ways of theorizing these relationships that have marked much of feminist history. Essay topics include Marguerite Patten reality television shows like How Clean is Your House? the figure of the maid in contemporary American cinema aging or widowed domestic femininities and the relationship between domesticity and motherhood. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415897877

Feminism Without WomenCulture and Criticism in a "Postfeminist" Age In a series of essays scrutinizing feminist and post-structuralists positions Tania Modleski examines "the myth of postfeminism" and its operation in popular culture especially popular film and cultural studies. (First published in 1991.) Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138178540

Feminist Criticism and Social Change (RLE Feminist Theory)Sex class and race in literature and culture This lively and controversial collection of essays sets out to theorize and practice a ‘materialist-feminist’ criticism of literature and culture. Such a criticism is based on the view that the material conditions in which men and women live are central to an understanding of culture and society. It emphasises the relation of gender to other categories of analysis such as class and race and considers the connection between ideology and cultural practice and the ways in which all relations of power change with changing social and economic conditions. By presenting a wide range of work by major feminist scholars this anthology in effect defines as well as illustrates the materialist-feminist tendency in current literary criticism. The essays in the first part of the book examine race ideology and the literary canon and explore the ways in which other critical discourse such as those of deconstruction and French feminism might be useful to a feminist and materialist criticism. The second part of the book contains examples of such criticism in practice with studies of individual works writers and ideas. An introduction by the editors situates the collected essays in relation both to one another and to a shared materialist/feminist project. Feminist Criticism and Social Change demonstrates the important contribution of materialist-feminist criticism to our understanding of literature and society and fulfils a crucial need among those concerned with gender and its relation to criticism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415752251

Feminist Experiences (RLE Feminist Theory)The Women's Movement in Four Cultures The Women’s Movement is usually referred to as if it were a constant global phenomenon. There are women’s movements in Europe North and South America Africa the Middle East India Japan and Australia and many women and men assume that they are regional manifestations of the same thing and share a common core. Susan Bassnett has lived and been involved in the struggles of the women’s movement in the United States Italy and the United Kingdom and has had extensive contacts with feminists in the German Democratic Republic. On the basis of her personal experiences and study of women’s history and literature in these countries she is able to present a striking picture of the variety of feminist aims tactics and priorities in the four countries and of the character of the women’s movement in four very different cultures. In Italy she focuses on the violence of the women’s movement – its intellectualism and energy. In analysing the American women’s movement she dwells on its roots in the past and its faith in pragmatic solutions. The GDR presents completely different questions hinging on the relationship between state socialism and feminism. In the UK Susan Bassnett finds herself returning to that all-pervasive aspect of British life – class and its importance for feminists. Throughout the author writes with a double commitment: first to furthering our understanding of the diversity of aims of women’s movements and their common ground – the no-man’s land of female existence; second to making her book as accessible as possible to all feminists through drawing on her own personal experience of countries in which she has lived worked travelled and made friends. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138008007

Feminist Visual Culture First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315023663

Festival CitiesCulture Planning and Urban Life Festivals have always been part of city life but their relationship with their host cities has continually changed. With the rise of industrialization they were largely considered peripheral to the course of urban affairs. Now they have become central to new ways of thinking about the challenges of economic and social change as well as repositioning cities within competitive global networks. In this timely and thought-provoking book John and Margaret Gold provide a reflective and evidence-based historical survey of the processes and actors involved charting the ways that regular festivals have now become embedded in urban life and city planning. Beginning with David Garrick’s rain-drenched Shakespearean Jubilee and ending with Sydney’s flamboyant Mardi Gras celebrations it encompasses the emergence and consolidation of city festivals. After a contextual historical survey that stretches from Antiquity to the late nineteenth century there are detailed case studies of pioneering European arts festivals in their urban context: Venice’s Biennale the Salzburg Festival the Cannes Film Festival and Edinburgh’s International Festival. Ensuing chapters deal with the worldwide proliferation of arts festivals after 1950 and with the ever-increasing diversifycation of carnival celebrations particularly through the actions of groups seeking to assert their identity. The conclusion draws together the book’s key themes and sketches the future prospects for festival cities. Lavishly illustrated and copiously researched this book is essential reading not just for urban geographers social historians and planners but also for anyone interested in contemporary festival and events tourism urban events strategy urban regeneration regeneration or simply building a fuller understanding of the relationship between culture planning and the city. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415486569

Festival Culture in the World of the Spanish Habsburgs In recent years there has been an increasing interest in Early Modern Festivals. These spectacles articulated the self-image of ruling elites and played out the tensions of the diverse social strata. Responding to the growing academic interest in festivals this volume focuses on the early modern Iberian world in particular the spectacles staged by and for the Spanish Habsburgs. The study of early modern Iberian festival culture in Europe and the wider world is surprisingly limited compared to the published works devoted to other kingdoms at the time. There is a clear need for scholarly publications to examine festivals as a vehicle for the presence of Spanish culture beyond territorial boundaries. The present books responds to this shortcoming. Festivals and ceremonials played a major role in the Spanish world; through them local identities as well as a common Spanish culture made their presence manifest within and beyond the peninsula through ephemeral displays music and print. Local communities often conflated their symbols of identity with religious images and representations of the Spanish monarchy. The festivals (fiestas in Spanish) materialized the presence of the Spanish diaspora in other European realms. Royal funerals and proclamations served to establish kingly presence in distant and not so distant lands. The socio-political religious and cultural nuances that were an intrinsic part of the territories of the empire were magnified and celebrated in the Spanish festivals in Europe Iberia and overseas viceroyalties. Following a foreword and an introduction the remaining 12 chapters are divided up into four sections. The first explores Habsburg Visual culture at court and its relationship with the creation of a language of triumph and the use of tapestries in festivals. The second part examines triumphal entries in Madrid Lisbon Cremona Milan Pavia and the New World; the third deals with the relationship between religion and the empire through the examination of royal funerals hagiography and calendric celebrations. The fourth part of the book explores cultural artistic and musical exchange in Naples and Rome. Taken together these essays contribute further to our growing appreciation of the importance of early-modern festival culture in general and their significance in the world of the Spanish Habsburgs in particular. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409435617

Festive Funerals in Early Modern ItalyThe Art and Culture of Conspicuous Commemoration Celebrated at the heart of a notoriously unstable period the Vacant See papal funerals in early modern Rome easily fell prey to ceremonial chaos and disorder. Charged with maintaining decorum papal Masters of Ceremonies supervised all aspects of the funeral from the correct handling of the papal body to the construction of the funeral apparato: the temporary decorations used during the funeral masses in St Peter’s. The visual and liturgical centre of this apparato was the chapelle ardente or castrum doloris: a baldachin-like structure standing over the body of the deceased decorated with coats of arms precious textiles and hundreds of burning candles. Drawing from printed festival books and previously unpublished sources such as ceremonial diaries and diplomatic correspondence this book offers the first comprehensive overview of the development of early modern funeral apparati. What was their function in funeral liturgy and early modern festival culture at large? How did the papal funeral apparati compare to those of cardinals the Spanish and French monarchy and the Medici court in Florence? And most importantly how did contemporaries perceive and judge them? By the late sixteenth century new trends in conspicuous commemoration had rendered the traditional papal funeral apparati in St Peter’s obsolete. The author shows how papal families wishing to honor their uncles according to the new standards needed to invent ceremonial opportunities from scratch showing off dynastic resilience while modelling the deceased’s memoria after carefully constructed ideals of post-Tridentine sainthood. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548145

Fiction Invention and Hyper-realityFrom popular culture to religion The twentieth century was a period of rapid change for religion. Secularisation resulted in a dramatic fall in church attendance in the West and the 1950s and 1960s saw the introduction of new religions including the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) the Church of Scientology and the Children of God. New religions were regarded with suspicion by society in general and Religious Studies scholars alike until the 1990s when the emergence of a second generation of 'new new' religions – based on popular cultural forms including films novels computer games and comic books – and highly individualistic spiritualities confirmed the utter transformation of the religio-spiritual landscape. Indeed Scientology and ISKCON appeared almost traditional and conservative when compared to the radically de-institutionalised eclectic parodic fun-loving and experimental fiction-based invented and hyper-real religions. In this book scholarly treatments of cutting-edge religious and spiritual trends are brought into conversation with contributions by representatives of Dudeism the Church of All Worlds the Temple of the Jedi Order and Tolkien spirituality groups. This book will simultaneously entertain shock challenge and delight scholars of religious studies as well as those with a wider interest in new religious movements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138386044

Fictions of Old Age in Early Modern Literature and Culture Fiction of Old Age in Early Modern Literature and Culture is a new and timely exploration of the issues and circumstances at work in representations of old age in the early modern period. It deals with both factual and literary material drawn from a range of genres as a means of rounding out the experience of growing old and aims to give readers a sense of the diversity involved in the theorising politics and gendering of old age and ageing. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415809078

Fictions of the SeaCritical Perspectives on the Ocean in British Literature and Culture This timely collection brings together twelve original essays on the cultural meaning of the sea in British literature and history from early modern times to the present. Interdisciplinary in conception it charts metaphorical and material links between the idea of the sea in the cultural imagination and its significance for the social and political history of Britain offering a fresh analysis of the impact of the ocean on the formation of British cultural identities. Among the cultural and literary artifacts considered are early modern legal treatises on marine boundaries Renaissance and Romantic poetry 19th- and 20th-century novels popular sea songs recent Hollywood films as well as a diverse range of historical and critical writings. Writers discussed include Shakespeare Milton Coleridge Scott Conrad du Maurier Unsworth O'Brian and others. All these cultural and literary 'fictions of the sea' are set in relation to wider issues relevant to maritime history and the historical experience of seafaring: problems of navigation and orientation piracy empire colonialism slavery multi-ethnic shipboard communities masculinity gender relations. By combining the interests of three related but distinct areas of study-the analysis of sea fiction critical maritime history and cultural studies-in a focus upon the historical meaning of the sea in relation to its textual and cultural representation Fictions of the Sea offers an original contribution to the practice of existing disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138246652

Fields Capitals HabitusAustralian Culture Inequalities and Social Divisions Fields Capitals Habitus provides an insightful analysis of the relations between culture and society in contemporary Australia. Presenting the findings of a detailed national survey of Australian cultural tastes and practices it demonstrates the pivotal significance of the role culture plays at the intersections of a range of social divisions and inequalities: between classes age cohorts ethnicities genders city and country and the relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The book looks first at how social divisions inform the ways in which Australians from different social backgrounds and positions engage with the genres institutions and particular works of culture and cultural figures across six cultural fields: the visual arts literature music heritage television and sport. It then examines how Australians’ cultural preferences across these fields interact within the Australian ‘space of lifestyles’. The close attention paid to class here includes an engagement with role of ‘middlebrow’ cultures in Australia and the role played by new forms of Indigenous cultural capital in the emergence of an Indigenous middle class. The rich survey data is complemented throughout by in-depth qualitative data provided by interviews with survey participants. These are discussed more closely in the final part of the book which explores the gendered political personal and community associations of cultural tastes across Australia’s Anglo-Celtic Italian Lebanese Chinese and Indian populations. The distinctive ethical issues associated with how Australians relate to Indigenous culture are also examined. In the light it throws on the formations of cultural capital in a multicultural settler colonial society Fields Capitals Habitus makes a landmark contribution to cultural capital research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138392304

FIFA World Cup and BeyondSport Culture Media and Governance Soccer the most popular mass spectator sport in the world has long been a site which articulates the complexities and diversities of the everyday life of the nation. The imaging and prioritization of the game as a ‘national’ or an ‘international’ event in public opinion and the media also play a critical role in transforming the soccer culture of a nation. In this context the FIFA World Cup remains the grand spectacle for asserting the identity of the nation. This book intends to offer eclectic perspectives and discourses on the FIFA World Cup and to throw light on the changing dimensions of football and sports culture in terms of identity race ethnicity gender fandom governance and so on. On the one hand it focuses on the significance of the FIFA World Cup for nations in terms of hosting performance playing style and identity formation. On the other it looks beyond the World Cup to highlight the growing importance of a host of perspectives in sport in general and football in particular with reference to art fandom gender media and governance. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Sport in Society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815396338

Film Form and CultureFourth Edition Film Form and Culture (4th edition) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present this textbook explores film from part to whole; from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. It then examines those narratives (both fiction and non-fiction) as stories and genres that speak to the culture of their time and our perceptions of them today. Composition editing genres (such as the gangster film the Western science fiction and melodrama) are analyzed alongside numerous images to illustrate the discussion. Chapters on the individuals who make films - the production designer cinematographer editor composer producer director and actor - illustrate the collaborative nature of filmmaking. This new edition includes: An expanded discussion of the digital 'revolution" in filmmaking: exploring the movement from celluloid to digital recording and editing of images as well as the use of CGI A new chapter on international cinema that covers filmmaking from Italy to Mumbai offering students a broader understanding of cinema on a worldwide scale A new chapter on film acting that uses images to create a small catalogue of gestures and expressions that are recognizable in film after film Expanded content coverage and in-depth analysis throughout including a visual analysis of a scene from Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight An expanded chapter on the cultural contexts of film summarizes the theories of cultural and media studies concluding with a comparative analysis of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and Judd Apatow’s This is 40 Over 260 images many in color that create a visual index to and illustration of the discussion of films and filmmaking Each chapter ends with updated suggestions for further reading and viewing and there is an expanded glossary of terms. Additional resources for students and teachers can also be found on the companion website (www.routledge.com/cw/kolker) which includes additional case studies discussion questions and links to useful websites. This textbook is an invaluable and exciting resource for students beginning film studies at undergraduate level. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138845725

Film Music in the Sound EraA Research and Information Guide Volume 2: People Cultures and Contexts Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927–2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies studies of musicians and filmmakers genre studies theory and aesthetics and other key aspects of film music studies. Broad coverage of works from around the globe paired with robust indexes and thorough cross-referencing make this research guide an invaluable tool for all scholars and students investigating the intersection of music and film. This guide is published in two volumes: Volume 1: Histories Theories and Genres covers overviews historical surveys theory and criticism studies of film genres and case studies of individual films. Volume 2: People Cultures and Contexts covers individual people social and cultural studies studies of musical genre pedagogy and the Industry. A complete index is included in each volume. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367821050

Finance and Society in 21st Century ChinaChinese Culture versus Western Markets In this revealing book Junie Tong reflects on the role of banking and finance in China. The author adopts a critical perspective that views the societal as well as economic functioning of banking and finance. Finance and Society in 21st Century China considers how far the modern economy is disconnected from Chinese culture and history and the problems this separation may cause. She questions the common assumption that China has outgrown its reliance on its Western counterparts. The author believes that the country is still very much dependent on exports and foreign investments and any radical or rapid reduction in either would have serious adverse consequences for China's sustainable economic growth. To provide a model for 'finance and society' that integrates culture and economy Tong draws on the seminal work of Belgian economist banker and social commentator Bernard Lietaer who has focused on cultural forces and the future of money in the world generally. Using representative case studies for illustration Tong applies Lietaer's work in a specifically Chinese context highlighting the need to root finance and enterprise in the rhythms and forces within Chinese culture to avoid future chaos and achieve socio-economic stability in a country now so critical to global well-being. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409401292

Financial Cultures and Crisis Dynamics The recent financial crisis exposed both a naïve faith in mathematical models to manage risk and a crude culture of greed that embraces risk. This book explores cultures of finance in sites such as corporate governance hedge funds central banks the City of London and Wall Street and small and medium enterprises. It uses different methods to explore these cultures and their interaction with different financial orders to improve our understanding of financial crisis dynamics. The introduction identifies types of cultural turn in studies of finance. Part I outlines relevant research methods including comparison of national cultures viewed as independent variables cultural political economy and critical discourse and narrative policy analysis. Part II examines different institutional cultures of finance and the cult of entrepreneurship. Part III offers historical comparative and contemporary analyses of financial regimes and their significance for crisis dynamics. Part IV explores organizational cultures modes of calculation and financial practices and how they shape economic performance and guide crisis management. Part V considers crisis construals and responses in the European Union and China. This book’s great strength is its multi-faceted approach to cultures of finance. Contributors deploy the cultural turn creatively to enhance comparative and historical analysis of financial regimes institutions organizations and practices as well as their roles in crisis generation construal and management. Developing different paradigms and methods and elaborating diverse case studies the authors illustrate not only how and why ‘culture matters’ but also how its significance is shaped by different financial regimes and contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138226807

Financing Agriculture Into The Twenty-first Century This book is concerned with the paradigm shifts occurring in U.S. agriculture and its related financial services sector. It explains the major challenges and opportunities confronting those firms that lend to agricultural producers and agribusinesses as they prepare for the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367159757

Finding Art's PlaceExperiments in Contemporary Education and Culture Finding Art's Place showcases three artistic/educational experiments located outside of school settings. Nicholas Paley presents the texts voices and the teaching and learning practices of Tim Rollins + K.O.S. (Kids of Survival); the video work of Sadie Benning the adolescent filmmaker who has won critical acclaim for her sensitive self-explorations of her lesbian sexuality; and the photographic efforts of Jim Hubbard who shares his expertise with homeless and urban children in Washington D.C. Finding Art's Place explores the many ways education occurs in each of these experiments. Allowing the children and young adults their mentors and their work to speak for themselves about their educational experiences Paley brings forward multiple standpoints on educational methodologies and materials identity literacy and the configurations of art in the lives of urban youth. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203610114

Fingerponds: Seasonal Integrated Aquaculture in East African Freshwater Wetlands: Exploring their potential for wise use strategiesPhD: UNES Wetlands play an important role in the livelihoods of many rural households particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. However due to decline in rainfed terrestrial agriculture many wetlands are being encroached upon to grow crops. The question to any wetland scientist/policy maker in the region is: what efforts can be made to achieve a balance between human needs for food and income and maintenance of ecosystem integrity?. This study analyses the potential of smallholder integrated aquaculture farming systems (calledFingerponds ) around the Lake Victoria wetlands in Kenya. Various analytical tools were used to evaluate the biophysical suitability nutrient flows benefits and environmental implications of this innovative technology. The critical biophysical factors determining Fingerponds productivity are site selection and water supply. The analysis of nutrient flows in the entire agroecosystem using nitrogen as the currency indicated that the total system throughput and hence the overall productivity of the system were low. Fingerponds contributed to household livelihoods by providing protein and income and added diversity to the household activities with minimal impacts on the natural environment. With careful implementation and adaptive management Fingerponds can be incorporated into national wetland policies and enhance the balance between economic development and environmental conservation. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138424340

FlamencoPassion Politics and Popular Culture Flamenco is renowned for its passion and flamboyance. Yet because it generates such visceral responses it is often overlooked as a site for subtler discourses. This absorbing book articulates powerful and convincing arguments on such key subjects as ethnicity irony authenticity the body and resistance. Franco's 'politics of original sin' had left its mark on every aspect of Spanish life between 1936 and 1975 and flamenco music was no exception. Although widely portrayed as an apolitical even frivolous form of entertainment flamenco is shown here to have played a role in both the strategies of Franco's supporters and of those who opposed him. The author explores how the meaning of flamenco shifts according to the social cultural and historical contexts within which it appears. In so doing he demonstrates that flamenco is an ideal subject for analyzing the construction and appropriation of popular culture given the way in which it was developed for middle-class audiences converted into grand spectacle and conscripted to serve political ends. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003085416

Flow Cytometry Applications in Cell Culture This work present practical biotechnological applications of flow cytometry techniques for the study of animal plant and microbial cells explaining methodologies for sample preparation staining and analysis. It discusses cell variability in cell culture processes and shows how the quantitative analysis of heterogeneous populations aids in the biotechnological exploitation of cells. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367401498

Flowing Water Fish Culture Flowing Water Fish Culture provides an in-depth discussion of the husbandry of fin fish in a stream of water. It guides the reader through the technical considerations of intensive aquaculture including fish growth rates hydraulic characteristics of fish rearing units oxygen consumption rates in relation to oxygen solubility and fish tolerance of hypoxia and water reconditioning by reaeration and ammonia filtration. Unlike other publications that provide only general overviews on the subject this text/reference offers specific details that will be useful in the actual design and operation of a facility. Problem sets at the end of each chapter provide ample opportunity to develop skills. The information in the book is valuable for those teaching considering or practicing aquaculture at intensity levels ranging from conventional single-pass trout hatcheries to closed aquaculture systems. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367449339

Folk Song Style and Culture Song and dance style--viewed as nonverbal communications about culture--are here related to social structure and cultural history. Patterns of performance theme text and movement are analyzed in large samples of films an recordings from the whole range of human culture according to the methods explained in this volume. Cantometrics which means song as a measure of man finds that traditions of singing trace the main historic distributions of human culture and that specific traits of performance are communications about identifiable aspects of society. The predictable and universal relations between expressive communication and social organization here established for the first time open up the possibility of a scientific aesthetics useful to planners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138523623

Food Agriculture And Development In The Pacific BasinProspects For International Collaboration In A Dynamic Economy This book is concerned with the management of food production and the distribution of food in the Pacific Basin discussing the role of food and agriculture in the international economy. It looks at how agriculture can contribute to the development of the economy in individual countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367155926

Food Agriculture and Rural Policy into the Twenty-First CenturyIssues and Trade-Offs This book contributes to 1995 policymaking by offering information concerning an array of issues fundamentally important to the U.S. agricultural and food sector. It reviews a set of policy approaches for dealing with these issues and assesses trade-offs among these alternative approaches. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367011857

Food Agriculture and Social ChangeThe Everyday Vitality of Latin America In recent years food studies scholarship has tended to focus on a number of increasingly abstract largely unquestioned concepts with regard to how capital markets and states organize and operate. This has led to a gulf between public policy and people’s realities with food as experienced in homes and on the streets. Through grounded case studies in seven Latin American countries this book explores how development and social change in food and agriculture are fundamentally experiential contingent and unpredictable. In viewing development in food as a socio-political-material experience the authors find new objects intersubjectivities and associations. These reveal a multiplicity of processes  effects and affects largely absent in current academic literature and public policy debates. In their attention to the contingency and creativity found in households neighbourhoods and social networks as well as at the borders of human–nonhuman experience the book explores how people diversely meet their food needs and passions while confronting the region’s most pressing social health and environmental concerns. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138214989

Food Ecology and CultureReadings in the Anthropology of Dietary Practices First published in 1980. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138883451

Food Policy And PoliticsA Perspective On Agriculture And Development This book addresses the issues surrounding food policy with an emphasis on the roles played by the U.S. family farm markets government subsidies Third World politics and international economy. It discusses the nature of the agricultural problems and suggests specific solutions for each of them. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367162870

Food and Culture in Contemporary American Fiction Establishing an interdisciplinary connection between Food Studies and American literary scholarship Piatti-Farnell investigates the significances of food and eating in American fiction from 1980 to the present day. She argues that culturally-coded representations of the culinary illuminate contemporary American anxieties about class gender race tradition immigration nationhood and history. As she offers a critical analysis of major works of contemporary fiction Piatti-Farnell unveils contrasting modes of culinary nostalgia disillusionment and progress that pervasively address the cultural disintegration of local and familiar culinary values in favor of globalized economies of consumption. In identifying different incarnations of the "American culinary " Piatti-Farnell covers the depiction of food in specific categories of American fiction and explores how the cultural separation that molds food preferences inevitably challenges the existence of a homogenous American identity. The study treads on new grounds since it not only provides the first comprehensive study of food and consumption in contemporary American fiction but also aims to expose interrelated politics of consumption in a variety of authors from different ethnic cultural racial and social backgrounds within the United States. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548039

Food and CultureA Reader This innovative and global best-seller helped establish food studies courses throughout the social sciences and humanities when it was first published in 1997. The fourth edition of Food and Culture contains favorite articles from earlier editions and several new pieces on food politics globalism agriculture and race and gender identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138930582

Food and Foodways in African NarrativesCommunity Culture and Heritage Food is a defining feature in every culture. Despite its very basic purpose of sustaining life it directly impacts the community culture and heritage in every region around the globe in countless seen and unseen ways including the literature and narratives of each region. Across the African continent food and foodways which refer to the ways that humans consume produce and experience food  were influened by slavery and forced labor colonization foreign aid and the anxieties prompted by these encounters all of which can be traced through the ways food is seen in narratives by African and colonial storytellers. The African continent is home to thousands of cultures but nearly every one has experienced alteration of its foodways because of slavery transcontinental trade and colonization. Food and Foodways in African Narratives: Community Culture and Heritage takes a careful look at these alterations as seen through African narratives throughout various cultures and spanning centuries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367886851

Food and LanguageDiscourses and Foodways across Cultures Food and Language: Discourses and Foodways across Cultures explores in innovative ways how food and language are intertwined across cultures and social settings. How do we talk about food? How do we interact in its presence? How do we use food to communicate? And how does social interaction feed us? The book assumes no previous linguistic or anthropological knowledge but provides readers with the understanding to pursue further research on the subject. With a full glossary at the end of the book and additional tools hosted on an eResources page (such as recommended web and video links and some suggested research exercises) this book serves as an ideal introduction for courses on food language and food-and-language in anthropology departments linguistics departments and across the humanities and social sciences. It will also appeal to any reader interested in the semiotic interplay between food and language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138907010

Food and MulticultureA Sensory Ethnography of East London In this book Alex Rhys-Taylor offers a ground-breaking sensory ethnography of East London. Drawing on the multicultural context of London one of the most cosmopolitan cities in the world he explores concepts such as gentrification class antagonism new ethnicities and globalization. Rhys-Taylor shows how London is characterized by its rich history of socioeconomic change and multiculture exploring how its smells and food are integral to understanding both its history and the reality of London’s urban present. From the fiery chillies sold by street grocers which are linked to years of cultural exchange through ‘cuisines of origin’ like jellied eels to hybridized dishes such as the chicken katsu wrap sensory experiences are key to understanding the complex cultural genealogies of the city and its social life.Each of the eight chapters combines micro histories of ingredients such as fried chicken bush-meat and curry sauce featuring narratives from individuals that provide a unique engaging account of the evolution of taste and culture through time and space.With its innovative methodology this is a highly original contribution to the fields of sensory studies food studies urban studies and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472581150

Food Culture and Politics in the Baltic States This book focuses on food culture and politics in three Baltic States: Estonia Latvia and Lithuania. In popular and scholarly writings the Baltic states are often seen as a meat-and-potatoes kind of place inferior to sophisticated cuisines of the West and exotic diets in the East. Such views stem from the long intellectual tradition that focuses on political and cultural centers as sources of progress. But as a new generation of writers has argued in order to fully grasp the ongoing cultural and political changes we need to shift the focus from capital cities such as Paris Berlin Rome or Moscow to everyday life in borderland regions that are primary arenas where such transformations unfold. Building on this perspective chapters featured in this book examine how identities were negotiated through the implementation of new food laws how tastes were reinvented during imperial encounters and how ethnic and class boundaries were both maintained and transgressed in Baltic kitchens over the course of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. In so doing the book not only explores culinary practices across the region but also offers a new vantage point for understanding everyday life and the entanglement between nature and culture in modern Europe. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Baltic Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595128

Food Culture in Colonial AsiaA Taste of Empire Presenting a social history of colonial food practices in India Malaysia and Singapore this book discusses the contribution that Asian domestic servants made towards the development of this cuisine between 1858 and 1963. Domestic cookbooks household management manuals memoirs diaries and travelogues are used to investigate the culinary practices in the colonial household as well as in clubs hill stations hotels and restaurants. Challenging accepted ideas about colonial cuisine the book argues that a distinctive cuisine emerged as a result of negotiation and collaboration between the expatriate British and local people and included dishes such as curries mulligatawny kedgeree country captain and pish pash. The cuisine evolved over time with the indigenous servants preparing both local and European foods. The book highlights both the role and representation of domestic servants in the colonies. It is an important contribution for students and scholars of food history and colonial history as well as Asian Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138785151

Food For One BillionChina's Agriculture Since 1949 This book examines the agricultural policies and programs adopted by the Chinese leadership since 1949 and analyzes the role of agriculture in China's changing development strategies. It gives particular attention to the measures intended to improve agricultural technology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367168278

Food in SocietyEconomy Culture Geography Who can deny the significance of food? It has a central role in our health and pleasure as well as in our economy politics and culture. Food in Society provides a social science perspective on food systems and demonstrates the rich variety of disciplinary and theoretical contexts of food studies.While hunger and malnutrition remain a reality in many countries for some food has become an experience rather than a sustenance. This book addresses the different worldwide understandings of food through thematic chapters and a wide range of material including: description of the political economy of the food chain from production to the point of sale; analysis of global issues of supply and demand; critical debate of environmental and health aspects of food including GM food the role of habits taboos age and gender in food consumption.Each chapter contains a guide to further reading and to websites of relevance to food. Extensively illustrated this book is essential reading for students of food studies in the social sciences and humanities. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315824819

Food Production in Urban AreasA Study of Urban Agriculture in Accra Ghana Published in 1999 this book explores the emergence of contemporary urban agriculture as well as official attitudes toward this practice. Using three theoretical models the author tells us who is more likely to be involved in urban agriculture. In line with this he explains why contrary to expectations in Ghana there are more males than females involved in urban agriculture. The author also addresses issues such as the influence of social inequality and the effects of social networks on urban agriculture. Furthermore he identifies the problems urban cultivators encounter as city farmers and how they cope with such problems. Finally the author predicts the future trend in urban agriculture. This thought-provoking book will be of interest not only to public policy makers and planners but also to students and teachers of African studies urban studies and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138314443

Food Security Diversification and Resource Management: Refocusing the Role of Agriculture?Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Con Published in 1999 the book is the proceedings volume of the 23rd International Conference of Agricultural Economists held in Sacramento California in August 1997. It continues the series of triennial IAAE conferences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138313958

Food Systems FailureThe Global Food Crisis and the Future of Agriculture This book provides a critical assessment of the contemporary global food system in light of the heightening food crisis as evidence of its failure to achieve food security for the world's population. A key aspect of this failure is identified in the neoliberal strategies which emphasize industrial efficiencies commodity production and free trade-ideologies that underlie agricultural and food policies in what are frequently referred to as 'developed countries'. The book examines both the contradictions in the global food system as well as the implications of existing ideologies of production associated with commodity industrial agriculture using evidence from relevant international case studies. The book's first section presents the context of the food crisis with contributions from leading international academics and food policy activists including climate scientists ecologists and social scientists. These contributions identify current contradictions in policy and practice that impede solutions to the food crisis. Set within this context the second section assesses current conditions in the global food system including economic viability sustainability and productivity. Case study analyses of regions exposed to neoliberal policy at the production end of the system provide insights into both current challenges to feeding the world as well as alternative strategies for creating a more just and moral food system. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415712606

Football Culture and Power What does it mean when a hit that knocks an American football player unconscious is cheered by spectators? What are the consequences of such violence for the participants of this sport and for the entertainment culture in which it exists? This book brings together scholars and sport commentators to examine the relationship between American football violence and the larger relations of power within contemporary society. From high school and college to the NFL Football Culture and Power analyses the social political and cultural imprint of America’s national pastime. The NFL’s participation in and production of hegemonic masculinity alongside its practices of racism sexism heterosexism and ableism provokes us to think deeply about the historical and contemporary systems of violence we are invested in and entertained by. This social scientific analysis of American football considers both the positive and negative power of the game generating discussion and calling for accountability. It is fascinating reading for all students and scholars of sports studies with an interest in American football and the wider social impact of sport. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138494190

Football and Accelerated CultureThis Modern Sporting Life In Football and Accelerated Culture Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world. Incorporating cutting-edge concepts from accelerated culture and claustropolitanism to non-postmodernity he reflects on the demise of working class football cultures and the rapid media globalisation of ‘the people’s game’. Drawing on international empirical research and a unique and ground-breaking study of football hooligan memoirs the book delves into a wide array of disciplines examining fascinating topics such as the relationship between music and football; hooligans and ultras; the rise of social media and anti-modern football movements; and ultra-realist criminology. Football and Accelerated Culture offers a new way of thinking about sporting cultures that expands the boundaries of physical cultural studies. As such it is important reading for anybody with an interest in the culture of sport and leisure social theory communication studies criminology or socio-legal studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138705074

Football CultureLocal Conflicts Global Visions These essays provide a critical investigation of football cultures examining local and national impacts of the game's new millennial order over five continents. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203045152

Football in AsiaHistory Culture and Business This book is the first comprehensive study on history culture and business of football in Asia. Football has been a symbol of the modern invention a catalyst of local national and regional identities all time favourite among kids and youths and even a harbinger for cultural globalization and consumerism in Asia. The economic growth and the current proliferation of football culture in Asia make it imperative to examine the complex relationship between the globalization of football and the local appropriation. The essays in the book deal with various topics on football in Asia from history of football in Asia football and local national and regional identities to commercialization of football cultures global mobility and athletes’ migration and then new Asianism and football. This book argues that football in Asia contributes to reconfiguring both national and regional identities among football fans in the active interconnection with the global flows of football and cultural globalization without homogenizing Asian identities into a cosmopolitan one. This is the textbook to presents football’s implication and influence on Asian populace and social changes while using football as a lens assessing the modern development and current diversification of Asia. This book was published as a special issue of Soccer and Society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138379480

Foreign BodiesTrauma Corporeality and Textuality in Contemporary American Culture "Foreign Bodies" investigates the relation between the notion of trauma and possible forms of representation within the necessary constraints that traumatic experience itself imposes. While many influential trauma theorists have focused on the notion of textual "voice" in their search for appropriate effective and adequate representational modes the book argues that the act of narrating trauma cannot exclude corporeality as one of the central figures of this telling. One of the distinctive features of this book is therefore the attempt at tracing the indissoluble bond--detected in the work of a number of contemporary artists such as Toni Morrison Don DeLillo Dorothy Allison and photographer Sally Mann--between voice and body trauma and corporeality. In so doing the book proposes a new direction within trauma studies one that explicitly views the body as a medium of self-expression and crucially textual working through. By conceptually reading these narratives against the Freudian metaphor for traumatic memory that of a quasi-palpable "foreign body" the author attempts to increase or modify current knowledge on the relationship between expressive culture and trauma. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415867177

Foreign Direct Investment in Large-Scale Agriculture in AfricaEconomic Social and Environmental Sustainability in Ethiopia This book examines environmental sustainability and inclusive economic growth providing in-depth analysis of foreign direct investment (FDI) in large-scale agriculture in Ethiopia. In most African states arable land and other natural resources play a pivotal role for economic growth and development. Ethiopia is one of those countries where agriculture is the backbone of the economy. This sector has also been an attraction for FDI in Sub-Saharan Africa since the global food and financial crisis of 2007 and 2008. This book uses six foreign investments in large-scale agriculture as case studies to examine current Ethiopian policies the patterns of investment they promote how these impact on land-based resources and communities’ wellbeing. Presenting analyses of the economic social and political realities of foreign direct investment in the local context Foreign Direct Investment in Large-Scale Agriculture in Africa discusses how the fundamental principles of pro-poor and environmentally sustainable investments intersect with the government’s ambition to advance Ethiopia’s development agenda. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of African economics and sustainable development African policy makers intergovernmental organisations as well as multilateral and bilateral development partners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367030360

Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular CultureGender Crime and Science This book identifies traces and interrogates contemporary American culture's fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites genres and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. It turns firstly to the most visible spaces where forensic science has captured the collective imagination: crime films and television programs. In contemporary screen culture crime is increasingly framed as an area of scientific inquiry and even more frequently as an area of concern for female experts. One of the central concerns of this book is the gendered nature of expert scientific knowledge as embodied by the ubiquitous character of the female investigator. Steenberg argues that our fascination with the forensic depends on our equal fascination with (and suspicion of) women's bodies—with the bodies of the women investigating and with the bodies of the mostly female victims under investigation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138118546

Forgetting in Early Modern English Literature and CultureLethe's Legacy This collection of essays historicizes and theorizes forgetting in English Renaissance literary texts and their cultural contexts. Its essays open up an area of study overlooked by contemporary Renaissance scholarship which is too often swayed by a critical paradigm devoted to the "art of memory." This volume recovers the crucial role of forgetting in producing early modernity's subjective and collective identities desires and fantasies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138008748

Forging a Kaizen Culture The elimination of wastes is paramount to Kaizen and continuous improvement but it encompasses more than simply removing physical waste within a physical process. Every frivolous movement of a person or a part down to an improperly planned day and careless waste of time should be looked at to uncover what can be removed. From communication to management leadership and beyond Muda-tori helps you create a strong energized workplace. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781926537405

Forgotten ConnectionsOn culture and upbringing Klaus Mollenhauer’s Forgotten Connections: On Culture and Upbringing is internationally regarded as one of the most important German contributions to educational and curriculum theory in the 20th century. Appearing here in English for the first time the book draws on Mollenhauer’s concern for social justice and his profound awareness of the pedagogical tension between the inheritance of the past and the promise of the future. The book focuses on the idea of Bildung in which philosophy and education come together to see upbringing and maturation as being much more about holistic experience than skill development. This translation includes a detailed introduction from Norm Friesen the book’s translator and editor. This introduction contextualizes the original publication and discusses its application to education today. Although Mollenhauer’s work focused on content and culture particularly from a German perspective this book draws on philosophy and sociology to offer internationally relevant responses to the challenge of communicating cultural values and understandings to new generations. Forgotten Connections will be of value to students researchers and practitioners working in the fields of education and culture curriculum studies and in educational and social foundations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138652224

Framing CelebrityNew directions in celebrity culture Celebrity culture has a pervasive presence in our everyday lives – perhaps more so than ever before. It shapes not simply the production and consumption of media content but also the social values through which we experience the world. This collection analyses this phenomenon bringing together essays which explore celebrity across a range of media cultural and political contexts. The authors investigate topics such as the intimacy of fame political celebrity stardom in American ‘quality’ television (Sarah Jessica Parker) celebrity 'reality' TV (I’m a Celebrity … Get Me Out of Here!) the circulation of the porn star the gallery film (David/David Beckham) the concept of cartoon celebrity (The Simpsons) fandom and celebrity (k.d. lang *NSYNC) celebrity in the tabloid press celebrity magazines (heat Celebrity Skins) the fame of the serial killer and narratives of mental illness in celebrity culture. The collection is organized into four themed sections: Fame Now broadly examines the contemporary contours of fame as they course through new media sites (such as 'reality' TV and the internet) and different social cultural and political spaces. Fame Body attempts to situate the star or celebrity body at the centre of the production circulation and consumption of contemporary fame. Fame Simulation considers the increasingly strained relationship between celebrity and artifice and ‘authenticity’. Fame Damage looks at the way the representation of fame is bound up with auto-destructive tendencies or dissolution. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203715406

Francis Bedford Landscape Photography and Nineteenth-Century British CultureThe Artist as Entrepreneur Focusing on one broadly representative figure Francis Bedford this study emphasizes how photographs operated to form and transmit cultural ideas and values. The first writing on Bedford since the 1970s the book examines the work of a man who was one of Victorian England's premier landscape photographers and also a successful photographic entrepreneur. His fusion of art and commerce illuminates classifications of each field exemplifies the tensions between them and demonstrates a reconciliation of two often conflicting sets of issues. This study fills an informational gap and analyzes the definitions expectations and positioning of photography in its seminal decades. The multiple interpretative possibilities arising from Bedford's photographs in particular elucidate the range of discussions and complexity of ideas about culture and nature the individual and the nation home and abroad and the past and the present engaging the mid-Victorian public. Major themes of the book include the intersection of nature and culture the related practice of nineteenth-century tourism attitudes toward historical identity and the formation of a national identity in England and Wales c. 1856-94. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138254497

Frankenstein's ScienceExperimentation and Discovery in Romantic Culture 1780–1830 Though Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has inspired a vast body of criticism there are no book-length studies that contextualise this widely taught novel in contemporary scientific and literary debates. The essays in this volume by leading writers in their fields provide new historical scholarship into areas of science and pseudo-science that generated fierce controversy in Mary Shelley's time: anatomy electricity medicine teratology Mesmerism quackery and proto-evolutionary biology. The collection embraces a multifaceted view of the exciting cultural climate in Britain and Europe from 1780 to 1830. While Frankenstein is all too often read as a cautionary tale of the inherent dangers of uncontrolled scientific experimentation the essays here take the reader back to a period when experimenters and radical thinkers viewed science as the harbinger of social innovation that would counter the virulent conservative backlash following the French Revolution. The collection will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars specialising in Romanticism cultural history philosophy and the history of science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138257993

Frankness Greek Culture and the Roman Empire Frankness Greek Culture and the Roman Empire discusses the significance of parrhēsia (free and frank speech) in Greek culture of the Roman empire. The term parrhēsia first emerged in the context of the classical Athenian democracy and was long considered a key democratic and egalitarian value. And yet references to frank speech pervade the literature of the Roman empire a time when a single autocrat ruled over most of the known world Greek cities were governed at the local level by entrenched oligarchies and social hierarchy was becoming increasingly stratified. This volume challenges the traditional view that the meaning of the term changed radically after Alexander the Great and shows rather that parrhēsia retained both political and ethical significance well into the Roman empire. By examining references to frankness in political writings rhetoric philosophy historiography biographical literature and finally satire the volume also explores the dynamics of political power in the Roman empire where politics was located in interpersonal relationships as much as if not more than in institutions. The contested nature of the power relations in such interactions - between emperors and their advisors between orators and the cities they counseled and among fellow members of the oligarchic elite in provincial cities - reveals the political implications of a prominent post-classical intellectual development that reconceptualizes true freedom as belonging to the man who behaves - and speaks - freely. At the same time because the role of frank speaker is valorized those who claim it also lay themselves open to suspicions of self-promotion and hypocrisy. This volume will be of interest to students and scholars of rhetoric and political thought in the ancient world and to anyone interested in ongoing debates about intellectual freedom limits on speech and the advantages of presenting oneself as a truth-teller. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367262419

Freedom and Culture in Western Society Critically examining conceptions of freedom of some of the leading contemporary philosophers from Isaiah Berlin to Charles Taylor Hans Blokland explores the value and significance that freedom has acquired on our political consciousness. He looks specifically at: * positive and negative freedom * freedom of the individual * freedom and society * emancipation and paternalism * freedom and cultural politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974630

Freedom to CareLiberalism Dependency Care and Culture This book presents the first systematic account of dependency care in a liberal theory of justice. Despite the fact that receiving dependency care is necessary for human survival the practices with which we meet society’s care needs are seldom recognized for their functional role. Instead norms about gender and race obscure and shape expectations about whose needs for care are legitimate as well as about whose caregiving labor more advantaged members of society will receive. These opaque arrangements must be made visible if we are to remedy skewed intuitions and judgements about care. Freedom to Care develops a modified form of social contract theory with which to evaluate society’s caregiving arrangements. Building on work by feminist liberals and care ethicists it reframes debates about care to move beyond gender with an inequality-tracking framework that can be employed in any culture. Because care provision has been enmeshed in the subordination of women and people of color eliminating the invisibility of these forms of labor yields a critical liberal theory of justice with feminist and anti-racist aims. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367245481

French Encounters with the American Counterculture 1960-1980 French-American interrelationships in the areas of design and creative thinking have been under-acknowledged. It is normally asserted that French architects looked to North America for technical lessons in the development of modern architecture in the 1960s but that the French cultural environment was generally hostile to American ideas. This book includes interviews with French architects who visited the United States in the 1960s-1970s and then assumed influential positions in the press and education in France. Some of these architects found in non-mainstream America and its radical groups of architectural drop-outs a liberating force free of the taint of American capitalism and the high-investment technology. Often living in alternative student communities they saw highly innovative low-cost technical and structural systems placed in the service of collective forms of living which represented a critique not only of professional architectural practice but also of bourgeois forms of living. Many of them also studied in American schools of architecture and came in contact with an intellectual and interdisciplinary style of architectural education unavailable in France at that time. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409423867

French FoodOn the Table On the Page and in French Culture More than a book about food alone French Food uses diet as a window into issues of nationality literature and culture in France and abroad. Outstanding contributors from cultural studies literary criticism performance studies and the emerging field of food studies explore a wide range of food matters. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203952795

Freshwater Crayfish Aquaculture in North America Europe and AustraliaFamilies Astacidae Cambaridae and Parastacidae Freshwater Crayfish Aquaculture in North America Europe and Australia is the first text to summarize the methods of culture for the eight most important crayfish species in the world. Methods developed to culture crayfishes around the world differ significantly and this book enables readers to develop workable strategies for cultivating different crayfish species in specific environments. Huner and associate authors cover the following topics in detail: methods of crayfish culture crayfish diseases crayfish processing economics of crayfish cultureEach of the the three major crayfish industries are well-represented in this new book and special attention is given to the specific needs and accomplishments of each area which is beneficial to producers in other countries. For example while hatching technology has been important in Australia and Europe it hasn?t yet been applied to any degree in North America. At the same time North America has developed a major crayfish processing industry. Disease problems have resulted in more emphasis on that subject in Europe and yet it is vital to all involved in crayfish aquaculture. Businessmen farmers scientists laymen or students need to be exposed to the methods and problems associated with crayfish production in different parts of the world if they are to be successful in any crayfish project whether it be research- or profit-oriented. Freshwater Crayfish Aquaculture in North America Europe and Australia is intended to provide all readers with one source of information on the subject of freshwater crayfish aquaculture.Professional staff advanced students and extension personnel will find the entire text beneficial. Those in corporate organizations and the agriculture field especially decisionmakersin operations will find the methods markets and financial considerations in this book a helpful guide. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315275116

Freud and Culture In this book Eric Smadja explores the representations of society and culture that Freud developed in the course of his work. Distinct from contemporary sociological and anthropological conceptions they led to his construction of a personal socio-anthropology that was virulently criticised by the social sciences. But what exactly is meant here by 'culture' and 'society'? Do we mean Freud's own Viennese society or Western 'civilised' society in general? In addition Freud was interested in historical and 'primitive' societies from the evolutionist perspective of the British anthropologists of his time. This book considers the interrelationship between these different societies and cultures and raises many questions. What constitutes a culture? What are its essential traits its functions its relationships with society with nature and with other aspects of 'reality' or of the 'external world'? How did Freud construct the idea of culture? What roles does culture play in the development of the individual in the construction and functioning of his or her psyche? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782202080

Freud and the Culture of Psychoanalysis (RLE: Freud)Studies in the Transition from Victorian Humanism to Modernity Originally published in 1984 this book broke new ground in assessing Freud as both an exemplary late-Victorian and as a pivotal figure in the creation of modern thought and culture. In his close reading of various of Freud’s theoretical and clinical texts including two of the most famous case histories Steven Marcus uncovers the steps in the development of Freud’s thought the dynamics and contradictions and ‘the intellectual and emotional urgings forces and conflicts that were at work… as the first original insights and discoveries that constituted the inception of psychoanalysis as a theory discipline of inquiry and new kind of therapy came suddenly often unexpectedly and without being bidden upon Freud’. Central to Professor Marcus’ inquiry is the relationship of Freud’s work to cultural change and to the very process of disclosure formation and construction in the transition to modernity. Freud’s writings and the psychoanalytic discipline of which they are the foundations are placed in the context of their contribution to modern modes of thought and of their influence on our notions of the centres of significance of each existence as a whole. Freud and the Culture of Psychoanalysis is a major contribution to our understanding of how ideas and theories become internalized into the intellectual framework of our lives and affect the way we think about the world. By moving backward and forward from pre-Freudian to post-Freudian thinkers Professor Marcus takes us on a journey through cultural transition that is also an exploration of how the individual interacts with his own moment in history to forge new modes of consciousness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138993136

Friendship and Work Culture of Women Managers in JapanTokyo After Ten Drawing on ethnographic data gathered from fieldwork spanning a 15-year period this book offers new insights into understanding the lives and experiences of women managers in Japan. Based on empirical case studies it explores the ways in which professional women in Tokyo creatively mobilize their friendships as a strategic site for mitigating the disappointments in their working lives and conceptualizing new understandings of independence and equality. It analyses their use of language time space and money to negotiate new identities in an increasingly flexible work environment. In examining the challenges and opportunities faced by these corporate workers this book also extends anthropological debates about the changing meaning and importance of work for women as well as their relationship with money and separation from the realm of domesticity. As a study of women's lives in and out of the workplace in Japan this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Japanese studies Japanese culture and society anthropology sociology gender and women's studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367355814

From ‘Aggressive Masculinity’ to ‘Rape Culture’An Educational Philosophy and Theory Gender and Sexualities Reader Volume V From ‘Aggressive Masculinity’ to ‘Rape Culture’ is the fifth volume in this series and explores the relationship between gender and sex roles and socialisation and education foregrounding issues of inequity and different forms of oppression in various contexts. It tells a rich story of transformation of a field over nearly half a century in relation to the theorisation of gender and sexuality in educational philosophy and theory. The transformation of this field is mapped on to broader social trends during the same period enabling a better understanding of the potential role of educational philosophy and theory in developing feminist queer and related veins of scholarship in the future. The collection of texts focuses on a wide range of topics including nature versus nurture and the debate over whether gender and sex roles are natural or based upon culture and socialisation gender and sexual binaries and how power is organised and circulates within educational spaces (including possibly online spaces) with regard to enabling or disrupting sexually oppressive or violently gendered social conditions. Other important trends include Internet activism and the use of intersectional theory postcolonial theory and global studies approaches. From ‘Aggressive Masculinity’ to ‘Rape Culture’ will be key reading for academics researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of philosophy of education philosophy education educational theory post-structural theory the policy and politics of education and the pedagogy of education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367488949

From Accidents to ZeroA Practical Guide to Improving Your Workplace Safety Culture As leaders increasingly understand the importance of good safety practice to support their business objectives safety and health practitioners develop better tools and solutions. However there is still a gulf between these two groups where engagement communication and shared understanding can be found lacking. From Accidents to Zero opens up the field of safety culture and breaks it down into bite-sized pieces to facilitate new critical thought and inspire practical action. Based on the concept of creating safety as opposed to just preventing accidents each of the 26 chapters in this user-friendly book includes explanation commentary reflections and practical activities designed to systematically and sustainably improve workplace safety culture. Core topics range from behaviour to values daily rituals to unsafe acts felt leadership to trust. Andrew Sharman's practical guide blends current academic thinking with authoritative guidance and sets up the opportunity for all parts of the organization to close the gap by providing very clear steps to thinking and acting differently. It sparks insight into how both traditional methods and novel approaches can be brought to life in real world situations. From Accidents to Zero offers a clear route to culture change through over one hundred pragmatic ideas to motivate and lead people influence behaviour and drive a positive evolution in workplace safety. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472477033

From Belief to KnowledgeAchieving and Sustaining an Adaptive Culture in Organizations Belief is not knowledge but we tend to hold our beliefs as if they represent knowledge selecting whatever evidence is required to justify them. And because humans tend to cling to their beliefs as truths organizations often ignore the need for change no matter how urgent that need.From Belief to Knowledge: Achieving and Sustaining an Adaptive Culture in Organizations offers potential change agents an integrative analysis and treatment of the problem of organizational learning. It demonstrates the importance of looking beneath beliefs and assumptions to find the roots and persistent influences that preserve them. It gives us a much broader definition of organizational knowledge than that associated with information technology and the currently popular idea of knowledge as an asset. Furthermore it provides an alternative view of culture and change one that is defined by the ability to continually align collective beliefs with reality. "Douglas and Wykowski…answer the question that lingers in the minds of many managers – What does organizational learning mean and how does it influence ongoing organizational success?"    – Lee Newick Shell Downstream Rather than offer simple recipes this book shows how good leaders can evolve and sustain an adaptive culture that develops knowledge through purposeful human interaction. It explores key dynamics of learning considers the diversity of beliefs present in any group and demonstrates ways that those leaders can explore and encourage the potential of both the group and individuals within the group. "Although this book is geared to organizational change it has the potential to change all areas of human endeavor."    – David Julian Hodges City University of New York Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138374393

From Classicism to ModernismWestern Musical Culture and the Metaphysics of Order This title was first published in 2001. The last century has witnessed the ascendancy of the avant-garde in music. From Schoenberg to Boulez to Stockhausen the avant-garde has defined the modern conception of musical creativity. Contemporary serious music demands the "new" in terms of style form and ways of listening and hearing. Implicit in this approach is the rejection of the "old" from the baroque to the music of the later 19th-century symphonists. Paradoxically however it is this "old" repertoire which contiues to dominate concert programmes. An exploration of this dichotomy lies at the heart of this book. Drawing on a wealth of European philosophical and musical texts the author examines the origins of the avant-garde and its relation to modernity in tandem with the history of the tonal tradition. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138736771

From Idolatry to Advertising: Visual Art and Contemporary CultureVisual Art and Contemporary Culture The true measure of the practice of public service is its ability to remain faithful to the tenets of democratic society. This introductory text links the practice of public administration to the core concepts of American democracy. It covers the nuts and bolts of public administration in the context of "delivering democracy" in public service. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315480015

From Molecular Genetics to GenomicsThe Mapping Cultures of Twentieth-Century Genetics With the rise of genomics the life sciences have entered a new era. Maps of genomes have become the icons for a comprehensive knowledge of the organism on a previously unattained level of complexity and the organisation of genetic knowledge in maps has been a major driving force in the establishment of the discipline. This book provides a comprehensive history of molecular genetics and genomics.The first section of the book shows how the genetic cartography of classical genetics was linked to the molecular analysis of gene structure through the introduction of new model organisms such as bacteria and through the invention of new experimental tools such as gene transfer. The second section addresses the moral and political economy of human genome sequencing in all its technical epistemic social and economic complexity.With detailed analyses of the scientific practices of mapping and its illustration of the diversity of mapping practices this book is a significant contribution to the history of genetics. A companion volume from the same editors - Classical Genetic Research and Its Legacy: The Mapping Cultures of Twentieth Century Genetics - covers the history of mapping procedures as they were developed in classical genetics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415511247

From Popular Culture to Everyday Life From Popular Culture to Everyday Life presents a critical exploration of the development of everyday life as an object of study in cultural analysis wherein John Storey addresses the way in which everyday life is beginning to replace popular culture as a primary concept in cultural studies. Storey presents a range of different ways of thinking theoretically about the everyday; from Freudian and Marxist approaches to chapters exploring topics such as consumption mediatization and phenomenological sociology. The book concludes drawing from the previous nine chapters with notes towards a definition of what everyday life might look like as a pedagogic object of study in cultural studies. This is an ideal introduction to the theories of everyday life for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies communication studies and media studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415657389

From Popular Liberalism to National SocialismReligion Culture and Politics in South-Western Germany 1860s-1930s ’Long live liberty equality fraternity and dynamite’ So went the traditional slogan of the radical liberals in Greater Swabia the south-western part of modern Germany. This book investigates the development of what the author terms ’popular liberalism’ in this region in order to present a more nuanced understanding of political and cultural patterns in Germany up to the early 1930s. In particular the author offers an explanation for the success of National Socialism before 1933 in certain regions of South Germany arguing that the radical liberal sub-culture was not subsumed by the Nazi Party but instead changed its form of representation. Together with the famous völkish fraction and the leftist fraction within the chapters of the Nazi Party there were radical-liberal associations ex-members of radical-liberal parties sympathizers with these parties and notables with a radical orientation derived from family and regional traditions. These people and associations believed that the Nazi Party could fulfil their radical - liberal vision rooted in the local democratic and liberal traditions which stretched from 1848 to the early 20th century. By looking afresh at the relationship between local-regional identities and national politics this book makes a major contribution to the study of the roots of Nazism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472456991

From the Arab Other to the Israeli SelfPalestinian Culture in the Making of Israeli National Identity This book examines the role played by Arab-Palestinian culture and people in the construction and reproduction of Israeli national identity and culture showing that it is impossible to understand modern Israeli national identity and culture without taking into account its crucial encounter and dialectical relationship with the Arab-Palestinian indigenous 'Other'. Based on extensive and original primary sources including archival research memoirs advertisements cookbooks and a variety of cultural products â€“ from songs to dance steps â€“ From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self sheds light on an important cultural and ideational diffusion that has occurred between the Zionist settlers â€“ and later the Jewish-Israeli population â€“ and the indigenous Arab-Palestinian people in Historical Palestine. By examining Israeli food culture national symbols the Modern Hebrew language spoken in Israel and culture the authors trace the journey of Israeli national identity and culture in which Arab-Palestinian culture has been imitated adapted and celebrated but strikingly also rejected forgotten and denied. Innovative in approach and richly illustrated with empirical material this book will appeal to sociologists anthropologists historians and scholars of cultural and Middle Eastern studies with interests in the development and adaptation of culture national thought and identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138367005

From the Knights of Labor to the New World OrderEssays on Labor and Culture First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974807

From Vision to Folly in the American SoulJung Politics and Culture In From Vision to Folly in the American Soul Thomas Singer collates his investigations into soul both in its personal and collective manifestations. With selected essays from twenty years of writing about American politics in the context of contemporary cultural trends the book as a whole depicts an ongoing exploration of the complex relationships between individual and collective psyche in which reality illusion vision and folly get all mixed up in overlapping political cultural and psychological conflicts. This text is a valuable resource for academics and students of Jungian and post-Jungian ideas politics sociology and American studies as well as for anyone interested in the current state of the US. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367432652

Frontier CulturesA Social History of Assamese Literature The study of Assamese literature has so far been in terms of the history of the Assamese language. This book is a history of the narratives written in Assamese language and its relation to the process of region formation. The literature dealt with ranges from pre-colonial chronicles ballads and drama to modern genres of fiction and critical writing in Assamese language. Taking the Brahmaputra valley and Assamese literature as case studies the author attempts to link literature its nature and use to processes of region formation arguing that such a study needs to take the context of historical geography into consideration. The book views region formation in north-east India as a dialectical process that is the dialectic between the shared and the distinct in inter-group and community relations. It borrows an anthropological approach to study written narratives and cultures so as to locate such narratives in specific processes of region formation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138662384

Fruits of Her PlumeEssays on Contemporary Russian Women's Culture The 1980s witnessed the ascendency of Russian women in multiple spheres of artistic creation including literature film and painting. This volume may thus be said to engage not only women's artistic production but indeed the best and most colourful of recent Russian culture. Treating contemporary Russian women's creativity it approaches women's texts films and canvasses from a range of perspectives from anti-gendered to feminist. Some of the essays introduce writers not previously well studied others challenge conventional interpretations and assumptions while still others yield original viewpoints through novel juxtapositions. In addition to offering insights into the various artists under analysis the essays map the wide terrain of issues and methodologies proliferating in cultural criticism today and mirror the diversity that is one of the most appealing features of women's creativity in contemporary Russia. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315704166

Fugitive CulturesRace Violence and Youth Fugitive Cultures examines how youth are being increasingly subjected to racial stereotyping and violence in various realms of popular culture especially children's culture. But rather than dismissing popular culture Henry Giroux addresses its political and pedagogical value as a site of critique and learning and calls for a reinvigorated critical relationship between cultural studies and those diverse cultural workers committed to expanding the possibilities and practices of democratic public life. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699447

Fundamentals of Research on Culture and PsychologyTheory and Methods This unique text covers the core research methods and the philosophical assumptions that underlie various strategies designs and methodologies used when researching cultural issues. It teaches readers why and for what purpose one conducts research on cultural issues so as to give them a better sense of the thinking that should happen before they go out and collect data. More than a "methods text" it is about all the steps that go into doing cross-cultural research. It discusses how to select the most appropriate methods for data analysis and which approach to use and details quantitative qualitative and mixed methods for experimental lab studies and ethnographic field work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415820325

Furthering HumanityA Theology of Culture How should we reflect theologically about culture? Tim Gorringe presents a threefold and interrelated reflection organised around culture power and mission. First Gorringe interrogates culture through contemporary cultural studies but also through the contribution of the great eighteenth century theologian J.G. Herder. He concludes by considering the question of cultural imperialism. Secondly Gorringe asks where power is located in culture and how the church relates to that arguing that the central theses of liberation theology are far from dead. The third part turns to questions of mission asking whether this is morally feasible in a culturally pluralist world and considering the implications of Samuel Huntington's notorious thesis of the 'clash of civilizations'. Gorringe argues that mission is in fact a vital part of a respectful multicultural society. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315254807

Gadamer and HermeneuticsScience Culture Literature This title first published in 1991 opens with an account by Gadamer of his own life and work and their relation to the achievements of hermeneutics. Building upon the key theme of dialogue Gadamer and Hermeneutics provides a series of essays either linked Gadamer to other major contemporary philosophers or focusing on a given Gadamerian theme. This book will be of interest to students of literary theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138685789

Gaelic ScotlandThe Transformation of a Culture Region This book originally published in 1988 examines the Highlands and Islands of Scotland over several centuries and charts their cultural transformation from a separate region into one where the processes of anglicisation have largely succeeded. It analyses the many aspects of change including the policies of successive governments the decline of the Gaelic language the depressing of much of the population into peasantry and the clearances.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138963047

Gambling CulturesStudies in History and Interpretation First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415755818

Gaming Culture(s) in IndiaDigital Play in Everyday Life This volume critically analyzes the multiple lives of the "gamer" in India. It explores the "everyday" of the gaming life from the player’s perspective not just to understand how the games are consumed but also to analyze how the gamer influences the products’ many (virtual) lives. Using an intensive ethnographic approach and in-depth interviews this volume situates the practice of gaming under a broader umbrella of digital leisure activities and foregrounds the proliferation of gaming as a new media form and cultural artifact; critically questions the term gamer and the many debates surrounding the gamer tag to expand on how the gaming identity is constructed and expressed; details participants’ gaming habits practices and contexts from a cultural perspective and analyzes the participants’ responses to emerging industry trends reflections on playing practices and their relationships to friends communities and networks in gaming spaces; and examines the offline and online spaces of gaming as sites of contestation between developers of games and the players. A holistic study covering one of the largest video game bases in the world this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of cultural studies media and communication studies and science and technology studies as well as be of great appeal to the general reader. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367142926

Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific This collection explores the relationship between digital gaming and its cultural context by focusing on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific region. Encompassing key locations for global gaming production and consumption such as Japan China and South Korea as well as increasingly significant sites including Australia and Singapore the region provides a wealth of divergent examples of the role of gaming as a socio-cultural phenomenon. Drawing from micro ethnographic studies of specific games and gaming locales to macro political economy analyses of techno-nationalisms and trans-cultural flows this collection provides an interdisciplinary model for thinking through the politics of gaming production representation and consumption in the region. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415535892

Gangbangs and Drive-BysGrounded Culture and Juvenile Gang Violence This study based on quantitative and qualitative data gathered over a twelve-year period takes its title from the two predominant styles of gang violence: 'drive-bys ' which have replaced 'rumbles' as the primary form of gang violence; and 'gang-bangs' - a generic term for other gang violence that includes assaults knifings and beatings.The author attempts to understand the situations in which a young man would drive up to another human being and without further ado blow his head off. By examining hundreds of such situations and employing both structural and phenomenological analysis Sanders explores the various configurations of gang violence.Gangbangs and Drive-bys also examines the routines of gang members and their view of life the different styles of gangs and changes undergone by gangs from the early 1980s to the end of the same decade. Over that period the emphasis shifted from parties and paybacks to big money from the sale of rock cocaine and from unstructured to organized crime. Along with that shift came an increase in the violence.Finally Sanders traces the beginning and evolution of a metropolitan police gang unit over the same decade in order to present an inside view of how the police attempt to deal with and understand gangs. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203791066

Gangs and Youth SubculturesInternational Explorations Gangs are growing in many different social economic and political environments coupled with an alarming breakdown of public order. Failures to contain or reduce gang crime in European Asian South American African and North American cities may be symptoms of fundamental problems threatening the fabric of many societies. The spread of gangs to suburbia and remote locations is a palpable worldwide threat. But despite nearly a century of scholarly inquiry into street gangs and youth subcultures no single work systematically reflects on comparative international experiences with gangs. Gangs and Youth Subcultures takes up this challenge.Kayleen Hazlehurst and Cameron Hazlehurst argue that theories of gang behavior in immigrant communities and the influence of transnational crime syndicates are better tested in more than one host society. Similar phenomena would be better understood if placed in a comparative context. To this purpose the editors assembled expert scholars and policy advisers from North America Europe South Africa and Australasia. Gangs and Youth Subculture lays the groundwork for an explanation of why gangs continue to grow in strength and influence and why they have spread to remote locations.Kayleen Hazlehurst and Cameron Hazlehurst present new findings and innovative preventive strategies in a clear concise fashion. No other work brings together experts on gangs and youth subcultures from so many countries. As such this trailblazing book will interest scholars and teachers of criminology and sociology justice system administrators as well as law enforcement officers and youth workers internationally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138510296

Gay and Lesbian AsiaCulture Identity Community How do Asian cultures construct queer genders sexualities and eroticism?Gay and Lesbian Asia demonstrates the astonishing diversity of gay lesbian bisexual and transgendered identities in countries including Korea Thailand Malaysia China India Indonesia Singapore and the Philippines. Although many Asian cultures borrow the language of the West when discussing queerness the attitudes relationships and roles described are quite different. Gay and Lesbian Asia discusses cultural issues as well as the unique political position of gays in Asian societies. For example the Thai concept of phet--eroticized gender--is quite different from the Western view that classifies people by the sex of the partners they desire not by their level of masculine or feminine traits. Similarly some gay and lesbian Chinese people “come home” rather than “come out.” By bringing their partners into the extended family they can maintain the filial relationships that define them while being able to love whom they choose. The essays in Gay and Lesbian Asia cover a broad range of approaches and subjects: globalization theory exploring the political and cultural ramifications of the Western gay identity movement Foucauldian discourse on sexuality and sharply distinct erotic cultures political and cultural analyses of gay and lesbian comradeship and filial relationships in Chinese societies research on the “T” and “po” lesbians (similar to butch and femme) in Malaysian bars the formation of gay cybercommunities in Asia the effects of class distinctions on Jakarta lesbians studies of local historical forms of homoeroticism and transgenderismGay and Lesbian Asia continues Haworth's landmark series of books on gay and lesbian issues in Asia and Australia. Along with Tongzhi: Politics of Same-Sex Eroticism in Chinese Societies; Queer Asian Cinema; Multicultural Queer: Australian Narratives; Gays and Lesbians in Asia and the Pacific; and Lady Boys Tom Boys Rent Boys: Male and Female Homosexualities in Contemporary Thailand this book presents some of the most original powerful current thought available on cultural political sexual and gender issues for queer subcultures within Asian cultures. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315877143

Gay and Lesbian Subculture in Urban China This book contributes to a critical understanding of how Chinese same-sex identity in urban China is variously imagined; how it is transformed; and how it presents its resistances as China continues to open up to global power relations. Equally important the book will 1) sharpen knowledge of China’s recent socio-economic change and political agenda 2) build a greater awareness of Chinese cultural sexual and ethical values and 3) offer new perspectives on ‘Chineseness’ and Chinese same-sex identity. Uniquely it explores the emergence of Chinese same-sex identity through understanding the everyday lived same-sex experience amid China’s opening up to cultural sexual and economic globalisation. This understanding is based on a culturally sensitive framework which accommodates the diverse and sometimes paradoxical articulation of same-sex identity in urban China. It come sto the conclusion that same–sex identity in china is articulated in a paradoxical way: open and decentred but at the same time nationalist and conforming to state control. This book will be of interest to scholar and students in Chinese studies Gender Studies sexuality and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415666190

Gay Men Identity and Social MediaA Culture of Participatory Reluctance This book explores how the social and technical integration of mainstream social media into gay men’s digital cultures since the mid 2000s has played out in the lives of young gay men looking at how these convergences have influenced more recent iterations of gay men’s digital culture. Focusing on platforms such as Gaydar Facebook Grindr and Instagram Cassidy highlights the ways that identity and privacy management issues experienced in this context have helped to generate a culture of participatory reluctance within gay men’s digital environments. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367592479

Gay TourismCulture and Context The gay tourism industry—a progressive social force or a pull towards an oppressive status quo?The pink tourism dollar is now recognized as a highly profitable niche of the tourism market. Gay Tourism: Culture and Context critically investigates the emergence of a commercial gay tourism industry for male clients the way it is organized and how the tourism industry promotes cities resorts and nations as ’gay’ destinations. This careful examination critically questions the social political and cultural implications regarding relationships between gay tourism Western gay male culture the erotic sexual politics and sexual diversity.Gay Tourism: Culture and Context begins by detailing how travel often enabled the expression of Western same-sex male desire in the nineteenth century and then charts the emergence of a Western gay tourism industry in the late twentieth century. A critical analysis is given of gay guidebooks and erotic videos that help to establish and maintain destinations as seemingly gay utopias including Hawaii and the Greek island Mykonos. Carefull consideration as to debates about how the gay tourism industry operates in the context of questions regarding the globalization of sexuality sexual citizenship and place-marketing of (homo)sexualised cities. The text includes an extensive bibliography plus several photographs charts and figures to clearly present concepts and ideas.Topics in Gay Tourism: Culture and Context include: the history of gay travel and tourism the effect of HIV/AIDS on gay tourist destinations gay travel writing sustaining same-sex fantasies about popular gay tourist destinations analysis of the socio-political ramifications of gay tourism the sexual politics of a heterosexual nation gay tourists as an “invading force” of corruption the economic rationale for the (homo)sexualized city the concept of “gay villages” the role of special events and festivals in gay tourism and many more!Gay Tourism: Culture and Context is enlightening reading for tourism policymakers tourism planners tourism managers and teachers and students in the fields of tourism studies gay studies social and cultural geography and sociology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203824993

Gaydar CultureGay Men Technology and Embodiment in the Digital Age Popular culture has recognized urban gay men's use of the Web over the last ten years with gay Internet dating and Net-cruising featuring as narrative devices in hit television shows. Yet to date the relationship between urban gay male culture and digital media technologies has received only limited critical attention. Gaydar Culture explores the integration of specific techno-cultural practices within contemporary gay male sub-culture. Taking British gay culture as its primary interest the book locates its critical discussion within the wider global context of a proliferating model of Western 'metropolitan' gay male culture. Making use of a series of case studies in the development of a theoretical framework through which past present and future practices of digital immersion can be understood and critiqued; this book constitutes a timely intervention into the fields of digital media studies cultural studies and the study of gender and sexuality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138276888

Gender Agriculture and Agrarian TransformationsChanging Relations in Africa Latin America and Asia This book presents research from across the globe on how gender relationships in agriculture are changing. In many regions of the world agricultural transformations are occurring through increased commodification new value-chains technological innovations introduced by CGIAR and other development interventions declining viability of small-holder agriculture livelihoods male out-migration from rural areas and climate change. This book addresses how these changes involve fluctuations in gendered labour and decision making on farms and in agriculture and in many places have resulted in the feminization of agriculture at a time of unprecedented climate change. Chapters uncover both how women successfully innovate and how they remain disadvantaged when compared to men in terms of access to land labor capital and markets that would enable them to succeed in agriculture. Building on case studies from Africa Latin America and Asia the book interrogates how new agricultural innovations from agricultural research new technologies and value chains reshape gender relations. Using new methodological approaches and intersectional analyses this book will be of great interest to students and scholars of agriculture gender sustainable development and environmental studies more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367728557

Gender Culture and Consumer Behavior This book covers the gamut of topics related to gender and consumer culture. Changing gender roles have forced scholars and practitioners to re-examine some of the fundamental assumptions and theories in this area. Gender is a core component of identity and thus holds significant implications for how consumers behave in the marketplace. This book offers innovative research in gender and consumer behavior with topics relevant to psychology marketing advertising sociology women’s studies and cultural studies. It offers 16 chapters of cutting-edge research on gender international culture and consumption. Unique to this volume is its emphasis on consumption and masculinity and inclusion of topics on a rapidly changing world of issues related to culture and gender in advertising communications psychology and consumer behavior. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138110441

Gender Culture and PerformanceMarathi Theatre and Cinema before Independence This book presents a lucid comprehensive and entertaining narrative of culture and society in late 19th- and early 20th-century Maharashtra through a perceptive study of its theatre and cinema. An intellectual tour de force it will be invaluable to scholars and researchers of modern Indian history theatre and film studies cultural studies soc Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367176990

Gender Culture and Organizational ChangePutting Theory into Practice An engaging contribution to the increasing body of knowledge about gender and organizations Gender Culture and Organizational Change examines gender-based inequality in organizations and considers how sexual and social relations between women and men based on sexuality power and control determine the cultures structures and practices of organization and the experiences of men and women working in them. Gender Culture and Organizational Change represents a decade of experience of managing change and implementing theory in public sector organizations during a period of major social political and economic transition and analyses the progress that has been made. It expands to make wider connections with women and trade unions in Europe and management development for women in the "developing" countries of Africa and Asia. It will be valuable reading for students in social policy gender studies and sociology and for professionals with an interest in understanding the dynamics of the workplace. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138867505

Gender Economy and Culture in the European Union Providing a comprehensive analysis of comparative gender difference in the EU this book addresses a spectrum of gender issues. From employment and households to culture sexuality and male violence the book transcends any 'economy/culture' divide. This wide coverage is placed within a conceptual view of structured 'gender cultures' which vary spatially and historically. Individual chapters are written around this common theme by an expert board of international contributors drawn from a variety of intellectual and disciplinary backgrounds allowing the reader to compare between chapters and read across them. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203186015

Gender Law and Material CultureImmobile Property and Mobile Goods in Early Modern Europe This interdisciplinary volume discusses the division of the early modern material world into the important legal economic and personal categories of mobile and immobile property possession and the rights to usufruct. The chapters describe and compare different modes of acquisition and intergenerational transfer via law and custom. The varying perspectives including cultural history legal history social and economic history philosophy and law allow for a more nuanced understanding of the links between the movability of an object and the gender of the person who owned possessed or used it. Case studies and examples come from a wide geographical range including Norway England Scotland the Holy Roman Empire Italy Tyrol the Ottoman Empire Greece Romania and the European colonies in Brazil and Jamaica. By covering both urban and rural areas and exploring all social groups from ruling elites to the lower strata of society the chapters offer fresh insight into the division of mobile and immobile property that socially and economically posed disadvantages for women. By exploring a broad scope of topics including landownership marriage contracts slaveholding and the dowry this book is an essential resource for both researchers and students of women’s history social and economic history and material culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367371777

Gender Society and Print Culture in Late-Stuart EnglandThe Cultural World of the Athenian Mercury Focusing on a largely unknown type of popular print culture that developed in the late 1600s-the coffee house periodical-Helen Berry here offers new evidence that the politics of gender far from being a marginal or frivolous topic was an issue of general interest and wide-spread concern to the early modern reader. Berry's study provides the first full length analysis of John Dunton's Athenian Mercury (1691-97) an influential specimen of the coffee-house periodical genre as well as the original question-and-answer publication which addressed both men's and women's issues in one journal. As the chapter headings in this book indicate the topics addressed in the "agony column" of the Athenian Mercury-for example the body courtship and sex-are of enduring interest across the centuries. Berry's study of this periodical provides new insights into the gendered ideas and debates that circulated among middling sorts in early modern England. An historical survey of the social effects of mass communication in the early modern period this volume makes an important contribution to the ongoing study of how gendered ideas and values were communicated culturally particularly beyond the milieu of elite groups such as the nobility and gentry. It argues that the mass media was from its infancy an important means of communicating powerful messages about gender norms particularly among the middling sorts. The study will appeal not only to historians women and gender studies scholars and literature scholars but also to scholars of publishing history. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315254555

Gender Space and the Gaze in Post-Haussmann Visual CultureBeyond the Flâneur Charles Baudelaire’s flâneur as described in his 1863 essay "The Painter of Modern Life " remains central to understandings of gender space and the gaze in late nineteenth-century Paris despite misgivings by some scholars. Baudelaire’s privileged and leisurely figure at home on the boulevards underlies theorizations of bourgeois masculinity and by implication bourgeois femininity whereby men gaze and roam urban spaces unreservedly while women lacking the freedom to either gaze or roam are wedded to domesticity. In challenging this tired paradigm and offering fresh ways to consider how gender space and the gaze were constructed this book attends to several neglected elements of visual and written culture: the ubiquitous male beggar as the true denizen of the boulevard the abundant depictions of well-to-do women looking (sometimes at men) the popularity of windows and balconies as viewing perches and the overwhelming emphasis given by both male and female artists to domestic scenes. The book’s premise that gender space and the gaze have been too narrowly conceived by a scholarly embrace of Baudelaire’s flâneur is supported across the cultural spectrum by period sources that include art criticism high and low visual culture newspapers novels prescriptive and travel literature architectural practices interior design trends and fashion journals.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367200138

Gender Violence and Popular CultureTelling Stories This book examines the intersection of gender and violence in popular culture. Drawing on the latest thinking in critical international relations media and cultural studies and gender studies it focuses in particular on a number of popular TV shows including Angel Buffy the Vampire Slayer Firefly Generation Kill The Corner and The West Wing. The book makes a unique theoretical contribution to the ‘narrative turn’ in International Relations by illustrating the ways in which popular culture and global politics are intertwined and how we make sense of our worlds through these two frames. Methodologically the book enhances discourse-theoretical analysis in IR through its incorporation of methods from narratology and film studies. The book proposes an aesthetic ethicopolitical approach to global politics which challenges us to interrogate how it becomes possible that we think what we think it challenges the truths that we hold to be self-evident and that which we take to be common sense. It demands that we think carefully critically uncomfortably about our world(s) – even when we’re ‘only’ watching television. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415525916

Gender After Gender in Consumer Culture Gender After Gender in Consumer Culture provides an updated discussion of how gender cuts across consumer culture in light of increasing gender fragmentation and integration with other identity positions. Sex the biological distinction male/female and gender which refers to a person’s sense of being male female or any other combinations of these inform issues as varied as personal identity social interactions and market behaviours. First contributions account for the increasing fluidity and/or fragmentation of gender positions which reshape the interplay between consumers and marketers. Second they provide a timely illustration of how consumption and markets concur in contrasting gender inequalities taken both individually and jointly (e.g. at the intersection of ethnicity or positions of market marginalisation). Third chapters question the role of gender in granting personal and societal well-being as they reflect on the collective capacity of constantly undoing gender stereotypes. Focusing on gender this book allows the reader to trace the links among cultural categories (e.g. masculinity femininity gender identity) social phenomena and market (dis)functioning. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in the journal Consumption Markets & Culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367646219

Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture This intellectually vibrant volume is the first collection to deal with Australian celebrity in ways that account for both cultural and gendered specificities demonstrating how gendered ways of imagining Australia are reinforced and contested in celebrity representations and self-presentations. Gender and Australian Celebrity Culture engages with celebrities across a diverse range of fields – actors journalists athletes comedians writers and television personalities – and in doing so critically reflects upon different forms of Australian fame and the media platforms and practices that sustain them. Authors in this volume engage directly with pertinent issues relating to gender and sexuality including celebrity feminism and the generative capacity of feminist rage; normative femininity and its instability; hegemonic masculinities; and queerness and its (in)visibility. Contributors also intervene in a number of ongoing debates in media and cultural studies more broadly including those around the politics and affordances of digital media; whiteness and Australia’s colonial histories; celebrity labour; and methodologies for celebrity studies. This timely collection urges scholars of celebrity to attend further both to the gendered nature of celebrity culture and to local conditions of production and consumption. This book will be of key interest to researchers and graduate students in cultural studies television and film studies digital media studies critical race and whiteness studies gender and sexuality studies and literary studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138366220

Gender and ConsumptionDomestic Cultures and the Commercialisation of Everyday Life Drawing upon anthropological sociological and historical perspectives this volume provides a unique insight into women’s domestic consumption. The contributors argue that domestic consumption represents an important lens through which to examine the everyday production and reproduction of socio-economic relations. Through a variety of case studies (such as gambling wedding day consumption and bedroom décor) the essays explore and reconsider the nature of public and private spaces and the subsequent nature of domestic space - often by challenging traditional notions of what constitutes ’the domestic’. The volume demonstrates the broad range of experiences that domestic consumption offers women and reveals some of the complex meanings and motivations underpinning women’s consumption practices. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138099173

Gender and CultureKibbutz Women Revisited Based on a study of the Israeli kibbutz movement Gender and Culture discusses the differences in male and female orientations to marriage the family and work. Spiro describes the counterrevolution in the kibbutz movement as it evolved over a quarter century period. The kibbutz Spiro first studied Kiryat Yedidim was thirty years old at the time and he returned there twenty-five years later. Spiro initially found that the pioneers of the kibbutz movement in their attempt to implement their vision of a society based on sexual equality had created a revolution in the character of marriage the structure of the family patterns of child rearing and the sexual division of labor.The counterrevolution he found twenty-five years later was no less fascinating: a return to certain important features of the prerevolutionary forms of these social institutions. This return to tradition has been the work primarily of the young women who born and raised in the kibbutz had been inculcated with the revolutionary ideology of the kibbutz pioneers. Studying the same community after a twenty-five-year interval enables readers to observe the children of the first study as adults in the follow-up study. This longitudinal dimension provides the most important basis for the interpretations offered in Gender and Culture. A new introduction discusses additional even more radical changes that have occurred since the book's original publication in 1979 situating the kibbutz experience in the context of contemporary gender studies and feminist thought. The book will be of continuing importance for sociologists anthropologists psychologists and women's studies scholars. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138524125

Gender and Digital CultureBetween Irreconcilability and the Datalogical Gender and Digital Culture offers a unique contribution to the theoretical and methodological understandings of digital technology as inherently gendered and classed. The silences within through and from the systems we experience every day create inequalities that are deeply affective and constitute very real forms of algorithmic vulnerability. The book explores these lived and mundane algorithmic vulnerabilities across three interrelated research projects. These focus on recent digital phenomena including sexting selfies and wearables and particular decision-making systems used in health education and social services. Central to this book are the themes of irreconcilability and the datalogical. It makes the case that feminism and gender politics have become increasingly irreconcilable with not only long-running debates around representation and embodiment but also with conceptions of the technological conceptions of the user and of the systems themselves. In keeping with longstanding feminist scholarship these irreconcilabilities can be productive and generative; they can be used to interrogate the power politics of digital culture. By studying the lived and routine elements of digital technologies Gender and Digital Culture asks about the many convolutions that are held together through the everyday use of these technologies and the implications for how gender and technology are approached discussed and theorised. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138569959

Gender and Material CultureThe Archaeology of Religious Women Gender and Material Culture is the first complete study in the archaeology of gender exploring the differences between the religious life of men and women. Gender in medieval monasticism influenced landscape contexts and strategies of economic management the form and development of buildings and their symbolic and iconographic content. Women's religious experience was often poorly documented but their archaeology indicates a shared tradition which was closely linked with and valued by local communities. The distinctive patterns observed suggest that gender is essential to archaeological analysis. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203037126

Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe 1400-1800 Gender and Political Culture in Early Modern Europe investigates the gendered nature of political culture across early modern Europe by exploring the relationship between gender power and political authority and influence. This collection offers a rethinking of what constituted ‘politics’ and a reconsideration of how men and women operated as part of political culture. It demonstrates how underlying structures could enable or constrain political action and how political power and influence could be exercised through social and cultural practices. 　 The book is divided into four parts - diplomacy gifts and the politics of exchange; socio-economic structures; gendered politics at court; and voting and political representations – each of which looks at a series of interrelated themes exploring the ways in which political culture is inflected by questions of gender.　 In addition to examples drawn from across Europe including Austria the Dutch Republic the Italian States and Scandinavia the volume also takes a transnational comparative approach crossing national borders while the concluding chapter by Merry Wiesner-Hanks offers a global perspective on the field and encourages comparative analysis both chronologically and geographically.　 As the first collection to draw together early modern gender and political culture this book is the perfect starting point for students exploring this fascinating topic. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138667426

Gender and Popular Culture The interconnections of gender and popular culture are multiple and varied and serious scholarly work that examines gender through the lens of popular culture—and vice versa—is of central and growing significance in the academy. This is not only because battles about gender roles rights and ideologies are often fought in popular-cultural forms but also because there is a growing realization that gender inequality stubbornly persists despite the existence of formal legal parity in many jurisdictions. Now this timely new four-volume collection from Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series brings together a well-considered balance of foundational and cutting-edge scholarship. With a focus on examples drawn from digital culture fashion music mass and new media—and an intersectional approach to gender—Gender and Popular Culture provides a comprehensive and exciting ‘one-stop’ compendium. With a full index and introductions newly written by the editors it is an indispensable reference resource for researchers and students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138848436

Gender and Scientific Discourse in Early Modern Culture In the wake of new interest in alchemy as more significant than a bizarre aberration in rational Western European culture this collection examines both alchemical and medical discourses in the larger context of early modern Europe. How do early scientific discourses infiltrate other cultural domains such as literature philosophy court life and the conduct of households? How do these new contexts deflect scientific pursuits into new directions and allow a larger participation in the elaboration of scientific methods and perspectives? Might there have been a scientific subculture particularly surrounding alchemy which allowed women to participate in scientific pursuits long before they were admitted in an investigative capacity into official academic settings? This volume poses those questions as a starting point for a broader discussion of scientific subcultures and their relationship to the restructuring and questioning of gender roles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266070

Gender and Sexuality Diversity in a Culture of LimitationStudent and Teacher Experiences in Schools Gender and Sexuality Diversity in a Culture of Limitation provides an outstanding and insightful critique of the ways that contemporary education is impacted by a range of political social and cultural influences that inform the approaches that schools take in relation to gender and sexuality diversity. By applying feminist poststructural and Foucauldian frameworks the book examines the ongoing impact of broader socio-cultural discourse on the lives of gender and sexuality diverse students and teachers. Beginning with an overview of the impact of how a culture of limitation is realised in Australia the focus moves beyond this context to examine state and federal policies from comparable societies in countries including the USA and the UK and their effect on the production of knowledges and what’s permissible to include in educational curriculum. This research-driven book thus provides a comparative international overview of the current state of gender and sexuality diversity in schools and convincingly demonstrates that despite some empowerment of gender and sexuality diverse individuals silencing and marginalization remain powerful forces. This book will be of great interest to graduate and postgraduate students academics professionals and policy makers interested in the field of gender and sexuality in education. It is essential reading for those involved in pre-service and in-service teacher education diversity education the sociology of education as well as education more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138062313

Gender and Sexuality in Muslim Cultures A must-read for anyone interested in Muslim cultures this volume not only explores Muslim identities through the lens of sexuality and gender - their historical and contemporary transformations and local and global articulations - but also interrogates our understanding of what constitutes a 'Muslim' identity in selected Muslim-majority countries at this pivotal historical moment characterized by transformative destabilizations in which national ethnic and religious boundaries are being re-imagined and re-made. Contributors take on the most fundamental questions at the intersections of gender sexuality and the body. Several overarching questions frame the volume: How does studying gender and sexuality expand and enrich our understanding of Muslim-majority countries historically and at present? How does the embodiment of 'Muslim' identity get reconfigured in the context of twenty-first-century globalism? What analytical questions are raised about 'Islam' when its diverse meanings and multifaceted expressions are closely examined? What roles do gender and sexuality play in the construction of cultural religious nationalistic communal and militaristic identities? How have power struggles been signified in and on the bodies of women and sexuality? How have global dynamics such as the intensification and spread of neoliberal ideologies and policies affected changing dynamics of gender and sexuality in specific locales? Here global dynamics touch down in diverse contexts from masculinity crises around war disabilities transnational marriages and fathering in Turkey Egypt and Pakistan; to Muslim femininity narratives around female genital cutting sexuality in divorce proceedings and spouse selection; to gender crossing practices as well as protesting bodies queering voices and claims of authenticity in literary and political discourse. This book brings exciting research on these and other topics together in one place allowing the essays to speak to one another across time cultural locales and disciplines and enables the reader to engage the volume in comparative and cross-disciplinary fashion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138690479

Gender and Sexuality in Online Game CulturesPassionate Play How do gender and sexuality come to matter in online game cultures? Why is it important to explore "straight" versus "queer" contexts of play? And what does it mean to play together with others over time as co-players and researchers? Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures is a book about female players and their passionate encounters with the online game World of Warcraft and its player cultures. It takes seriously women’s passions in games and as such draws attention to questions of pleasure in and desire for technology. The authors use a unique approach of what they term a "twin ethnography" that develops two parallel stories. Sveningsson studies "straight" game culture and makes explicit that which is of the norm by exploring the experiences of female gamers in a male-dominated gaming context. Sundén investigates "queer" game culture through the queer potentials of mainstream World of Warcraft culture as well as through the case of a guild explicitly defined as LGBT. Academic research on game culture is flourishing yet feminist accounts of gender and sexuality in games are still in the making. Drawing on feminist notions of performance performativity and positionality as well as the recent turn to affect and phenomenology within cultural theory the authors develop queer feminist studies of online player cultures in ways that are situated and embodied. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415719704

Gender at Work in Victorian CultureLiterature Art and Masculinity Martin A. Danahay's lucidly argued and accessibly written volume offers a solid introduction to important issues surrounding the definition and division of labor in British society and culture. 'Work ' Danahay argues was a term rife with ideological contradictions for Victorian males during a period when it was considered synonymous with masculinity. Male writers and artists in particular found their labors troubled by class and gender ideologies that idealized 'man's work' as sweaty muscled labor and tended to feminize intellectual and artistic pursuits. Though many romanticized working-class labor the fissured representation of the masculine body occasioned by the distinction between manual labor and 'brain work' made it impossible for them to overcome the Victorian class hierarchy of labor. Through cultural studies analyses of the novels of Dickens and Gissing; the nonfiction prose of Carlyle Ruskin and Morris; the poetry of Thomas Hood; paintings by Richard Redgrave William Bell Scott and Ford Madox Brown; and contemporary photographs including many from the Munby Collection Danahay examines the ideological contradictions in Victorian representations of men at work. His book will be a valuable resource for scholars and students of English literature history and gender studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138270930

Gender in Physical CultureCrossing Boundaries - Reconstituting Cultures This volume outlines existing research relating to gender in physical culture. The introductory chapter employs Lamont and Molnàr’s (2002) idea of ‘boundaries’ as visible and invisible socially constructed borders that create social differences as the theoretical framework for the book. Seven empirically-driven case studies follow which on the one hand demonstrate how boundary ‘work’ has taken and is taking place at the level of media institutions communities and individuals; and on the other hand show how individuals groups of individuals and organisations challenge and change dominant gender discourses and practices. The wide variety of rich case materials reveal how gender ideals not only normalize but are actively and purposefully negotiated and transformed to create individualised and inclusive physical culture contexts. The final chapter explores how the book builds on and extends existing gender and physical culture research. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Sport in Society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367142605

Gender ReconstructionsPornography and Perversions in Literature and Culture Timely and politically pertinent this collection of essays links the fields of women’s studies and cultural studies examining women’s desires and women as objects of desire. Working in diverse disciplines and time periods the contributors address the common theme of 'perversion' as a cultural often linguistic construct. Analysing texts and images from medieval times to the twentieth century the volume affords the reader modernist and postmodernist perspectives on the connected issues of erotics pornography and perversion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256385

Gendered FieldsRural Women Agriculture And Environment Applying a feminist and environmentalist approach to her investigation of how the changing global economy affects rural women Carolyn Sachs focuses on land ownership and use cropping systems and women's work with animals in highly industrialized as well as developing countries.Viewing rural women's daily lives in a variety of circumstances Sach Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367319786

Gendering Global TransformationsGender Culture Race and Identity The authors collected in Gendering Global Transformations: Gender Culture  Race and Identity probe the effects of global and local forces in reshaping notions of gender race class identity human rights and community across Africa and its Diaspora. The essays in this unique collection employ diverse interdisciplinary approaches--drawing from subjects such as history sociology religion anthropology gender studies feminist studies--in an effort to centralize gender as a category of analysis in developing critical perspectives in a globalizing world. From this approach come a host of exciting insights and subtle analyses that serve to illuminate the effects of issues such as international migration globalization and cultural continuities among diaspora communities on the articulation of women’s agency community organization and identity formation at the local and the global level. Bringing together the voices of scholars from Africa Europe and the United States  Gendering Global Transformations: Gender Culture  Race and Identity offers a multi-national and wholly original perspective on the intricacies of life in a globalized era. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415807814

General Agriculture for West Africa First published in 1979. This study examines various aspects of agriculture in West Africa. There is a strong chapter on the economics of agriculture and records farm machinery agricultural improvement fish and the basics of crop and livestock production are all dealt with. The role of government policy in the improvement of agriculture is also examined. This title will be useful to undergraduates concerned with agriculture who want a good grounding before going on to their specialised fields of the applied sciences as well as to those interested in commercial farming and policy makers in civil administration. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367250027

Generation EcstasyInto the World of Techno and Rave Culture In Generation Ecstasy Simon Reynolds takes the reader on a guided tour of this end-of-the-millenium phenomenon telling the story of rave culture and techno music as an insider who has dosed up and blissed out. A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138135352

Generation X Goes GlobalMapping a Youth Culture in Motion This edited volume is the first book of its kind to engage critics’ understanding of Generation X as a global phenomenon. Citing case studies from around the world the research collected here broadens the picture of Generation X as a demographic and a worldview. The book traces the global and local flows that determine the identity of each country’s youth from the 1970s to today. Bringing together twenty scholars working on fifteen different countries and residing in eight different nations this book present a community of diverse disciplinary voices. Contributors explore the converging properties of "Generation X" through the fields of literature media studies youth culture popular culture sociology philosophy feminism and political science. Their ideas also enter into conversation with fourteen other "textbox" contributors who address the question of "Who is Generation X" in other countries. Taken together they present a highly interactive and open book format whose conversations extend to the reading public on the website www.generationxgoesglobal.com. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138799820

Genes and the BioimaginaryScience Spectacle Culture Genes and the Bioimaginary examines the dramatic rise and contemporary cultural apotheosis of 'the gene'. The book traces not only the genetification of modern life but is also a journey through the complex relationship between science and culture. At the heart of this book are three interlinked questions. The first concerns the paradigmatic transformations of the 'genetics revolution': how can we understand the impact of genes on social arenas as diverse as law and agriculture politics and medicine genealogy and jurisprudence? Second how has the language of genes come to pervade public discourse - as much a trope of personal narrative as of the popular imaginary? And third how can we gain critical purchase not only on the conditions and consequences of a particular science but on its projective seductions the terms of its persuasion and the dilemmas and anxieties provoked in its wake? Through a series of illuminating case studies ranging from 'gay genes' to 'Jew genes' to genes for crime; from CSI to the Innocence Project from genetics (post)racial imaginary to its phantasies of redemption the book examines the emergence of the gene as a pre-eminent locus of both scientific and social explanation and as a powerful object of spectacle projective phantasy and attachment. Genes and the Bioimaginary makes a distinctive contribution to our understanding of how knowledge comes to be not only powerful but plausible. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598921

Genetic Codes of Culture?The Deconstruction of Tradition by Kuhn Bloom and Derrida In this text first published in 1994 the author examines the interdisciplinary significance of the theory of science literature and philosophy according to the figures who achieved prominence in those fields - Kuhn Bloom and Derrida. Each scholar's theory is discussed in terms of its major concepts and the book then relates their fields within the context of deconstruction's interdisciplinary movement. This title will be of interest to students of literature and philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138689770

Genetics as Social PracticeTransdisciplinary Views on Science and Culture Recent debate about the ethical and regulatory dimensions of developments in genetics has sidelined societal and cultural aspects which arguably are indispensable for a nuanced understanding of the complexities of the topic. Regulatory and ethical debates benefit from taking seriously this ’third dimension’ of culture which often determines the configurations and limits of the space within which scientific ethical and legal debate can take place. To fill this gap this volume brings together contributions exploring the mutual relationships between genetics markets societies and identities in genetics and genomics. It draws upon the recent transdisciplinary debate on how socio-cultural factors influence understandings of ’genetics2.0' and shows how individual and collective identities are challenged or reinforced by cultural meanings and practices of genetics. This book will become a standard reference for everyone seeking to make sense of the controversies and shifts in the field of genetics in the second decade of the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138053601

Genre Knowledge in Disciplinary CommunicationCognition/culture/power Although genre studies abound in literary criticism researchers and scholars interested in the social contexts of literacy have recently become interested in the dynamic rhetorical dimensions of speech genres. Within this burgeoning scholarly community the authors are among the first researchers working within social science traditions to study genre from the perspective of the implicit knowledge of language users. Thus this is the first sociocognitive study of genre using case-study naturalistic research methods combined with the techniques of rhetorical and discourse analysis. The term "genre knowledge" refers to an individual's repertoire of situationally appropriate responses to recurrent situations -- from immediate encounters to distanced communication through the medium of print and more recently the electronic media. One way to study the textual character of disciplinary knowledge is to examine both the situated actions of writers and the communicative systems in which disciplinary actors participate. These two perspectives are presented in this book. The authors' studies of disciplinary communication examine operations of systems as diverse as peer review in scientific publications and language in a first grade science classroom. The methods used include case study and ethnographic techniques rhetorical and discourse analysis of changing features within large corpora and in the texts of individual writers. Through the use of these techniques the authors engaged in both micro-level and macro-level analyses and developed a perspective which reflects both foci. From this perspective they propose that what micro-level studies of actors' situated actions frequently depict as individual processes can also be interpreted -- from the macro-level -- as communicative acts within a discursive network or system. The research methods and the theoretical framework presented are designed to raise provocative questions for scholars researchers and teachers in a number of fields: linguists who teach and conduct research in ESP and LSP and are interested in methods for studying professional communication; scholars in the fields of communication rhetoric and sociology of science with an interest in the textual dynamics of scientific and scholarly communities; educational researchers interested in cognition in context; and composition scholars interested in writing in the disciplines. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315538747

Geographic Realities in the Middle East and North AfricaState Oil and Agriculture Celebrating the work of Keith McLachlan a well-known and much-admired geographer of the Middle East and North Africa this book combines three interrelated topics that define the region. The Middle East has been integral to the growth of the global oil industry an aspect of its evolution since 1908 which has had profound geopolitical implications as well. The territory was also the arena for the last European experiment in colonialism a development that has left its legacy even today. And historically it has been the location of the great hydraulic civilisations of Egypt and Mesopotamia yet is still dependent on the flow of its two major river systems – the Nile and the Tigris-Euphrates – in an era of impending climate crisis. These themes form the essence of themes that are discussed in the chapters that follow. Keith McLachlan played a significant role in our understanding of these themes and of their effects in the contemporary world as the comments of those who worked with him and have contributed towards this book reveal. Examining agriculture oil and state construction this volume offers an insight into how the contemporary Middle East was constructed after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. It is a key resource for scholars and students interested in geopolitics and the geography of the Middle East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138387874

Geographical Knowledge and Imperial Culture in the Early Modern Ottoman Empire Exploring the reasons for a flurry of geographical works in the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century this study analyzes how cartographers travellers astrologers historians and naval captains promoted their vision of the world and the centrality of the Ottoman Empire in it. It proposes a new case study for the interconnections among empires in the period demonstrating how the Ottoman Empire shared political cultural economic and even religious conceptual frameworks with contemporary and previous world empires. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138247543

Geographies of AgricultureGlobalisation Restructuring and Sustainability First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138837621

Geographies of Digital Culture “Digital culture” reflects the ways in which the ubiquity and increasing use of digital devices and infrastructures is changing the arenas of human experience creating new cultural realities. Whereas much of the existing literature on digital culture addresses the topic through a sociological anthropological or media theoretic lens this book focuses on its geographic aspects.The first section “infrastructures and networked practices” highlights the integration of digital technologies into everyday practices in very different historical and geographical contexts—ranging from local lifeworlds urban environments web cartographies up to global geopolitics. The second section on “subjectivities and identities” shows how digital technology use possesses the capacity to alter the subjective perceptive and affective engagement with the spatial world. Finally “politics and inequalities” investigates the social and spatial disparities concerning digital technology and its use.This book draws attention to the deep interconnectedness of the cultural digital and spatial aspects of everyday practices by referring to a broad range of empirical examples taken from tourism banking mobility and health. Scholars in human geography anthropology media and communication studies and history will find this research indispensable reading. It addresses both young and seasoned researchers as well as advanced students in the aforementioned disciplines. The wealth of examples also makes this publication helpful in academic teaching. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367885380

Geographies of MeatPolitics Economy and Culture With the ever rising demand for meat around the world the production of meat has changed dramatically in the past few decades. What has brought about the increasing popularity and attendant normalization of factory farms across many parts of the world? What are some of the ways to resist such broad convergences in meat production and how successful are they? This book locates the answers to these questions at the intersection between the culture science and political economy of meat production and consumption. It details how and why techniques of production have spread across the world albeit in a spatially uneven way. It argues that the modern meat production and consumption sphere is the outcome of a complex matrix of cultural politics economics and technological faith. Drawing from examples across the world (including America Europe and Asia) the tensions and repercussions of meat production and consumption are also analyzed. From a geographical perspective food animals have been given considerably less attention compared to wild animals or pets. This book framed conceptually by critical animal studies governmentality and commodification is a theoretically driven and empirically rich study that advances the study of food animals in geography as well as in the wider social sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367138813

Geographies of Rural Cultures and Societies The last decade or so has witnessed a flourishing of research in rural geography; in particular approaches which have developed socio-cultural perspectives on rural issues. This book brings together well-established and newer researchers to examine the position of rural social and cultural geography at the beginning of the 21st century and to suggest new research agendas. It offers critical evaluations of theoretical positions and advances introduces new conceptual and methodological tools and reports on recent empirical work on a variety of topical issues in a number of countries. With diverse theoretical and empirical content the book makes a valuable contribution to the development of research into changing social and cultural geographies of rurality in 'developed' or 'Western' countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275102

Geography The Media and Popular Culture In this book originally published in 1985 British and North American geographers present original and challenging viewpoints on the media. The essays deal with a diverse content ranging from the presentation of news to the nature of television programming and from rock music lyrics to film visions of the city. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138962606

Geography of Agriculture in Developed Market Economies The First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138160309

George Gissing the Working Woman and Urban Culture George Gissing's work reflects his observations of fin-de-siècle London life. Influenced by the French naturalist school his realist representations of urban culture testify to the significance of the city for the development of new class and gender identities particularly for women. Liggins's study which considers standard texts such as The Odd Women New Grub Street and The Nether World as well as lesser known short works examines Gissing's fiction in relation to the formation of these new identities focusing specifically on debates about the working woman. From the 1880s onward a new genre of urban fiction increasingly focused on work as a key aspect of the modern woman's identity elements of which were developed in the New Woman fiction of the 1890s. Showing his fascination with the working woman and her narrative potential Gissing portrays women from a wide variety of occupations ranging from factory girls actresses prostitutes and shop girls to writers teachers clerks and musicians. Liggins argues that by placing the working woman at the center of his narratives rather than at the margins Gissing made an important contribution to the development of urban fiction which increasingly reflected current debates about women's presence in the city. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315254418

George Newnes and the New Journalism in Britain 1880�1910Culture and Profit This is a study of the noted newspaper proprietor publisher and editor George Newnes and his involvement in the so-called New Journalism in Britain from 1880 to 1910. The author examines seven of Newnes’s most successful periodicals - Tit-Bits (1881) The Strand Magazine (1891) The Million (1892) The Westminster Gazette (1893) The Wide World Magazine (1898) The Ladies’ Field (1898) and The Captain (1899) - from a biographical journalistic and broader cultural perspective. Newnes assumed a pioneering role in the creation of the penny miscellany paper the short-story magazine the true-story magazine and the respectable boys’ paper in the development of colour printing magazine illustration and photographic reproduction and in the redefinition of both political and sporting journalism. His publications were shaped by his own distinctive brand of paternalism his professional progression within the field of journalism his liberal-democratic and imperialist beliefs and his particular skill as an entrepreneur. This innovative periodical publisher utilised the techniques of personalised journalism commercial promotion and audience targeting to establish an interactive relationship and a strong bond of identification with his many readers. Kate Jackson employs an interdisciplinary approach building on recent scholarship in the field of periodical research to demonstrate that Newnes balanced and synthesised various potentially conflicting imperatives to create a kind of synergy between business and benevolence popular and quality journalism old and new journalism and ultimately culture and profit. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367888275

Geothermal Wind and Solar Energy Applications in Agriculture and Aquaculture The agri-food chain consumes about one third of the world’s energy production with about 12% of it for crop production and nearly 80% for processing distribution retail preparation and cooking. The agri-food chain also accounts for 80-90% of total global freshwater use where 70% alone is for irrigation. Additionally on a global scale freshwater production consumes nearly 15% of the entire energy production. It can therefore be argued that making agriculture and the agri-food supply chain independent from fossil fuel use has a huge potential to contribute to global food security and climate protection not only for the next decades but also for the coming century. Provision of secure accessible and environmentally sustainable supplies of water energy and food must thus be a priority. One of the major objectives of the world’s scientists farmers decisions makers and industrialists is to overcome the present dependence on fossil fuels in the agro-food sector. This dependency increases the volatility of food prices and affects economic access to sustenance. This book provides a critical review of recent developments in solar wind and geothermal energy applications in agriculture and the agro-food sector such as processing distribution retail preparation and cooking. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367573317

German Colonialism Visual Culture and Modern Memory There is no overarching master narrative in understanding the history of German colonialism and over the past decade the study of Germany’s colonial past has experienced a dramatic transformation in its scope of inquiry. Influenced by new theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of race nationalism and globalization these new studies initiate a process of reevaluating and redefining the parameters within which German Colonialism is understood. The role of visual materials in particular is ideal for exploring the porousness of disciplinary boundaries though visual culture studies pertaining to German history – and especially German colonialism – have previously been almost completely neglected. Investigating visual communication and mass culture print culture and suggestive racial politics racial aesthetics racial politics and early German film racial continuity and German film and photography German Colonialism Visual Culture and Modern Memory offers compelling evidence of a German society between 1884 and 1919 that produced vibrant and heterogeneous – and at times contradictory – cultures of colonialism. This collection of new essays illustrates the dramatic changes and vast array of perspectives that have recently emerged in the study of German colonialism. In documenting the latest cutting-edge research of German colonial history the contributors to this volume prove wrong the persistent assumptions that the creation of Germany’s colonial empire did not have any lasting impact on German political and cultural life. Their essays document how colonialism in its various forms was entwined with the inner workings of modern German life and society especially through the cultural and technical innovations of its time. In contrast to existing research these studies show that colonial Germany played a significant role in shaping German perceptions of racial difference influenced German support for World War I and facilitated the construction of German nationalism. German Colonialism Visual Culture and Modern Memory uniquely demonstrates that the visual culture of colonialism is closely linked to the fascination with new modes of seeing and the enigma of visual experience that have become trademarks of modernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415647977

German Culture and the Uncomfortable PastRepresentations of National Socialism in Contemporary Germanic Literature Beginning with the question of the role of the past in the shaping of a contemporary identity this volumes spans three generations of German and Austrian writers and explores changes and shifts in the aesthetics of Vergangenheitsbewältigung (coming to terms with the past). The purpose of the book is to assess contemporary German literary representations of National Socialism in a wider context of these current debates. The contributors address questions arising from a shift over the last decade triggered by a generation change-questions of personal and national identity in Germany and Austria and the aesthetics of memory. One of the central questions that emerges in relation to the Hitler youth generation is that of biography as examined through Günter Grass' and Martin Walser's conflicting views on the subject of National Socialism. Other themes explored here are the conflict between the post-war generations and the contributions of that conflict to (West)-German mentality and the growing historical distance and its influence on the aesthetics of representation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138272866

German-East Asian Encounters and EntanglementsAffinity in Culture and Politics Since 1945 This volume surveys transnational encounters and entanglements between Germany and East Asia since 1945 a period that has witnessed unprecedented global connections between the two regions. It examines their sociopolitical and cultural connections through a variety of media. Since 1945 cultural flow between Germany and East Asia has increasingly become bidirectional spurred by East Asian economies’ unprecedented growth. In exploring their dynamic and evolving relations this volume emphasizes how they have negotiated their differences and have frequently cooperated toward common goals in meeting the challenges of the contemporary world. Given their long-standing historical differences their post-1945 relations reveal a surprisingly high degree of affinity in many areas. To show how they have deeply shaped each other’s views this volume presents 12 chapters by scholars from the fields of history sinology sociology literature music and film. Topics include cultural topics such as German and Swiss writers on East Asia (Enzensberg Muschg and Kreitz) Japanese writer on Germany (Tezuka and Tawada) German commemorative culture in Korea Beethoven in China metal music in Germany and Japan diary films on Japan (Wenders) as well as sociopolitical topics such as Sino– East German diplomacy Germans and Korean democracy and Japanes and Korean communities in Germany. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367633967

German-Jewish Popular Culture before the HolocaustKafka's kitsch David A. Brenner examines how Jews in Central Europe developed one of the first "ethnic" or "minority" cultures in modernity. Not exclusively "German" or "Jewish " the experiences of German-speaking Jewry in the decades prior to the Third Reich and the Holocaust were also negotiated in encounters with popular culture particularly the novel the drama and mass media. Despite recent scholarship the misconception persists that Jewish Germans were bent on assimilation. Although subject to compulsion they did not become solely "German " much less "European." Yet their behavior and values were by no means exclusively "Jewish " as the Nazis or other anti-Semites would have it. Rather the German Jews achieved a peculiar synthesis between 1890 and 1933 developing a culture that was not only "middle-class" but also "ethnic." In particular they reinvented Judaic traditions by way of a hybridized culture. Based on research in German Israeli and American archives German-Jewish Popular Culture before the Holocaust addresses many of the genres in which a specifically German-Jewish identity was performed from the Yiddish theatre and Zionist humour all the way to sensationalist memoirs and Kafka’s own kitsch. This middle-class ethnic identity encompassed and went beyond religious confession and identity politics. In focusing principally on German-Jewish popular culture this groundbreaking book introduces the beginnings of "ethnicity" as we know it and live it today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138780088

Germany 1914-1933Politics Society and Culture Germany 1914-1933: Politics Society and Culture takes a fresh and critical look at a crucial period in German history. Rather than starting with the traditional date of 1918 the book begins with the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and argues that this was a pivotal turning point in shaping the future successes and failures of the Weimar Republic.   Combining traditional political narrative with new insights provided by social and cultural history the book reconsiders such key questions as:   How widespread was support for the war in Germany between 1914 and 1918?   How was the war viewed both ‘from above’ by leading generals admirals and statesmen and ‘from below’ by ordinary soldiers and civilians?   What were the chief political social economic and cultural consequences of the war? In particular did it result in a brutalisation of German society after 1918?   How modern were German attitudes towards work family sex and leisure during the 1920s? What accounts for the extraordinary richness and experimentalism of this period?   The book also provides a thorough and comprehensive discussion of the difficulties faced by the Weimar Republic in capturing the hearts and minds of the German people in the 1920s and of the causes of its final demise in the early 1930s. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138836655

Getting the PictureThe Visual Culture of the News Powerful and often controversial news pictures promise to make the world at once immediate and knowable. Yet while many great writers and thinkers have evaluated photographs of atrocity and crisis few have sought to set these images in a broader context by defining the rich and diverse history of news pictures in their many forms. For the first time this volume defines what counts as a news picture how pictures are selected and distributed where they are seen and how we critique and value them. Presenting the best new thinking on this fascinating topic this book considers the news picture over time from the dawn of the illustrated press in the nineteenth century through photojournalism’s heyday and the rise of broadcast news and newsreels in the twentieth century and into today’s digital platforms. It examines the many kinds of images: sport fashion society celebrity war catastrophe and exoticism; and many mediums including photography painting wood engraving film and video. Packed with the best research and full colour-illustrations throughout this book will appeal to students and readers interested in how news and history are key sources of our rich visual culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472526496

Ghosts in the MachineRethinking Learning Work and Culture in Air Traffic Control This book provides a socio-cultural analysis of the ways in which air traffic controllers formally and informally learn about their work and the active role that organisational cultures play in shaping interpretation and meaning. In particular it describes the significant role that organizational cultures have played in shaping what is valued by controllers about their work and its role as a filter in enabling or constraining conscious inquiry. The premise of the book is that informal learning is just as important in shaping what people know and value about their work and that this area is frequently overlooked. By using an interpretative research approach the book highlights the ways in which the social structure of work organisation culture and history interweaves with learning work to guide and shape what is regarded by controllers as important and what is not. It demonstrates how this social construction is quite different from a top-down corporate culture approach. Technological and organizational reform is leading to changes in work practice and to changes in relationships between workers within the organization. These have implications for anyone wishing to understand the dynamics of organizational life. As such this study provides insights into many of the changes that are occurring in the nature of work in many different industries. Previous research into learning in air traffic control has centred largely on cognitive individual performance performance within teams or more recently on performance at a systems level. By tracing the role of context in shaping formal and informal learning this book shows why interventions at these levels sometimes fail. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367882211

Gifts Romance and Consumer Culture How do people communicate their romantic feelings? Gift giving is one way. Giving and receiving of gifts is a characteristic of intimate relationships. Gifts are a message a form of communication with a tangible material object about love affection or concern for the recipient. The "romantic gift" evokes a multitude of intertwined meanings: passion intimacy affection persuasion care celebration altruism and nostalgia. They can also connote the negative images of obligation and reciprocity. Romantic gift giving may be practiced at rituals during rites of passage or for casual occasions to affirm the continued importance of the romantic relationship. We may even romanticize the giving of gifts to the self to nonhuman companions and to others we do not know personally. If loving and giving are a practice then romantic gift giving is a practice of loving with intimate—or would-be intimate—others.This book addresses gift giving among consumers attempting to express and construct romantic love. It lies at the intersection of consumption markets and culture. In societies shaped by the globalizing neo-liberal economic order increasing wealth disparity and a partially digitized social environment that they help to co-construct it may be time to rethink romantic love. Gift giving is a key arena to do so as gifts make love tangible and act as carriers of meaning as well as cultural symbols. In gift giving the meanings of romance are renewed renegotiated and reconstructed. Gifts Romance And Consumer Culture demonstrates a wide variety of scholarly work bearing on romantic gift giving using an interpretive consumer research perspective. The book introduces critical studies by scholars in this unfolding and new interdisciplinary field. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367733346

Girl GangsA Programme of Education and Support for Girls Vulnerable to Gang Culture This vital resource offers an intervention designed to help divert young women from engaging in girl gang culture by providing them with the opportunities to explore alternative options for themselves that ensure a sense of self-worth and belonging in a non-aggressive culture where crime in not integral to their self-definition. This unique resource will give your school access to tools and evidence-based solutions that educate students about the risks of gang culture and provide them with strategies to rationalise and reject anti-social and offending behaviours. This essential resource will enable you to: identify the existence of both girl and boy gangs in school; develop whole school curriculum offering effective teaching and learning about gang issues; adopt a holistic approach to tackling gang culture including parents community groups and local agencies; secure help for the most vulnerable students; and prepare staff to deal with the difficulties that arise in tackling these issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781906517557

Girl Groups Girl CulturePopular Music and Identity in the 1960s Then He Kissed Me He's A Rebel Chains Stop! In the Name of Love all these songs capture the spirit of an era and an image of "girlhood" in post-World War II America that still reverberates today. While there were over 1500 girl groups recorded in the '60s--including key hitmakers like the Ronettes the Supremes and the Shirelles - studies of girl-group music that address race gender class and sexuality have only just begun to appear. Warwick is the first writer to address '60s girl group music from the perspective of its most significant audience--teenage girls--drawing on current research in psychology and sociology to explore the important place of this repertoire in the emotional development of young girls of the baby boom generation. Girl Groups Girl Culture stands as a landmark study of this important pop music and cultural phenomenon. It promises to be a classic work in American musicology and cultural studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203940907

GIS Applications in Agriculture Volume FourConservation Planning Conservation planning involves targeted management practices and land use decision-making based on careful analysis of landscape limitations in order to protect soil and water resources. Developing solutions to conservation planning is of worldwide interest due to anticipated population growth growing demand of feedstocks for biofuels decreasing freshwater resources and increasing land degradation in the developed world. Recent advances in geospatial technologies now provide land managers with tools and resources to conserve soil and water resources more efficiently than has ever been possible before. GIS Applications in Agriculture Volume 4: Conservation Planning presents approaches developed by leading researchers working at the intersection of conservation and spatial technologies. Among others the technologies include global positioning systems (GPS) geographic information systems (GIS) Internet mapping technologies remote sensing and various modeling applications. These advances allow improved prediction of soil erosion and environmental effects better prioritization of land for conservation initiatives and funding and enhanced prediction of the impact of management practices on natural resources. They also facilitate the development of conservation management plans and improve the accessibility of conservation knowledge and tools. The strategies presented are designed to provide the greatest benefit to preserving natural resources while reducing economic expenses. Each chapter includes a detailed background on the specific topic with case studies describing the design and implementation of the solution. Readers are guided through step-by-step exercises to gain experience in executing the conservation practice. Substantial online data and modeling are available that can be immediately implemented or modified to suit users’ needs. The exercises are accessible enough to be used in the classroom yet detailed enough for self-instruction by highly motivated professionals active in developing conservation plans. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781439867228

GIS Applications in Agriculture Volume ThreeInvasive Species While many "alien" plant and animal species are purposefully introduced into new areas as ornamentals livestock crops and even pets these species can escape into other areas and threaten agricultural and native ecosystems causing economic and environmental harm or harm to human health. Increasingly scientists are using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to track and manage the invaders mitigate the potential rate of spread and level of impact and protect the native economy and ecosystem.Beginning with an introduction to the use of GIS technology to capture store analyze manage and present data GIS Applications in Agriculture Volume Three: Invasive Species examines five relevant categories of geographic information including dispersal and transport prediction and forecasting mapping of current infestations maps for management and control tactics and impact assessment and method of control. It address GIS for studying the population ecology of a new species niche requirements for species success and the monitoring and control of several different species including Australian examples of intentionally introduced invasive species insects and other animals that may also vector a disease and invasive weed management from prediction to management. Chapters cover maps and imageries available on various Web sites and provide step-by-step tutorials or case studies that allow manipulation of datasets featured on the accompanying CD-ROM to make maps perform statistical analyses and predict future problems. It offers hands-on experience with a variety of software programs that create interactive queries (user-created searches) analyze spatial information edit data and maps and present the results of these operations in several different formats. Some of the programs are freeware others are not but each can be used to integrate edit share and display geographic information. Color figures are Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367383053

Global Border CrossingsFeminist Activists and Peace Workers Collaborating Across Cultures This book brings together a group of feminist activists psychologists and peace workers from countries on every continent who describe how they apply global/transnational feminism in their activist peace and justice projects in the cultures and countries in which they live and work. The contributors who are from different locations in the “global village” reflect on their engagement in Global South/North border crossings and partnerships taking into consideration such variables as the gender economic/class ethnic racial political and imperializing/colonizing tensions inherent in the work. Authors discuss the feminist principles that guide their work describe a project or set of projects illustrating how they apply feminist theory and practice and reflect on the complexitites tensions and conundrums inherent in negotiating cross-national feminist partnerships in research practice and activism. This book was originally published as a special issue of Women & Therapy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138108844

Global Capitalism Culture and Ethics Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by Choice Magazine in 2014! This book aims to deepen the student’s understanding of the complex ethical challenges that businesses face in an increasingly globalized world. As the world moves towards greater interdependence it has been demonstrated that globalization is linked to economic growth. This raises a critical question: as a key player in fostering economic growth how does the multinational corporation function as a moral agent? Global Capitalism Culture and Ethics offers a sophisticated analysis of theoretical ethical issues such as universalism versus pluralism; the connection between law and morality; the validity of a corporate social agenda; and the general parameters of moral responsibilities for multinational corporations. With these foundational issues addressed the book proceeds to analyze a number of specific controversies such as the proper scope of political activism disinvestment environmental sustainability and responsible sourcing from low wage countries. The analysis of globalization is not confined to a treatment of the moral obligations of multinational corporations but also reviews the history of global capitalism the interdependence between governments and multinational corporations and the beneficial and harmful effects of globalization on social welfare. Weaving together themes from economics history philosophy and law this book allows the reader to appreciate globalization from multiple perspectives. Its theoretical cogency and uncompromising clarity make it a rewarding read for students interested in issues of ethics and globalization. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415843966

Global Chinese CinemaThe Culture and Politics of 'Hero' The film Hero directed by Zhang Yimou and released in 2002 is widely regarded as the first globally successful indigenous Chinese blockbuster. A big expensive film with multiple stars spectacular scenery and astonishing action sequences it touched on key questions of Chinese culture nation and politics and was both a domestic sensation and an international hit. This book explores the reasons for the film’s popularity with its audiences discussing the factors which so resonated with those who watched the film. It examines questions such as Chinese national unity the search for cultural identity and role models from China’s illustrious pre-communist past and the portrayal of political and aesthetic values and attitudes to gender sex love and violence which are relatively new to China. The book demonstrates how the film and China’s growing film industry more generally have in fact very strong international connections with Western as well as Chinese financing stars recruited from the East Asian region more widely and extensive interactions between Hollywood and Asian artists and technicians. Overall the book provides fascinating insights into recent developments in Chinese society popular culture and cultural production. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415697095

Global Convergence CulturesTransmedia Earth Today’s convergent media industries readily produce stories that span multiple media telling the tales of superheroes across comics film and television inviting audiences to participate in the popular universes across cinema novels the Web and more. This transmedia phenomenon may be a common strategy in Hollywood’s blockbuster fiction factory tied up with digital marketing and fictional world-building but transmediality is so much more than global movie franchises. Different cultures around the world are now making new and often far less commercial uses of transmediality applying this phenomenon to the needs and structures of a nation and re-thinking it in the form of cultural political and heritage projects. This book offers an exploration of these national and cultural systems of transmediality around the world showing how national cultures – including politics people heritage traditions leisure and so on – are informing transmediality in different countries. The book spans four continents and twelve countries looking across the UK Spain Portugal France Estonia USA Canada Colombia Brazil Japan India and Russia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367591007

Global Culture Island Identity Looking at the development of cultural identity in the global context this text uses the approach of historical anthropology. It examines the way in which the West Indian Community of Nevis has since the 1600s incorporated both African and European cultural elements into the framework of social life to create an Afro-Caribbean culture that was distinctive and yet geographically unbounded - a "global culture". The book takes as its point of departure the processes of cultural interaction and reflectivity. It argues that the study of cultural continuity should be guided by the notion of cultural complexity involving the continuous constitution development and assertion of culture. It emphasizes the interplay between local and global cultures and examines the importance of cultural display for peoples who have experienced the process of socioeconomic marginalization in the Western world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138180680

Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity The current discourse of globalization is overwhelmingly centred upon the interconnectedness or connectivity of the contemporary world; to the great neglect of the issues of global culture and global consciousness. With contemporary worldwide culture increasingly characterized by such themes as astronomy cosmology space travel and exploration there is an increasing disjuncture between academic concern with connectivity on the one hand and culture and consciousness of the place of planet earth in the cosmos as a whole on the other. This book addresses this deficiency from a variety of closely related perspectives presenting studies of religion science sport international organizations global resistance movements and migrations and developments in East Asia. It brings together the latest theoretical empirical work from scholars in the US UK Australia Japan China and Israel on the significance of culture and global consciousness. As such Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity will be of great interest to scholars across and beyond the social sciences working in the areas of global studies cultural studies social theory the sociology of religion and related issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138346901

Global CultureMedia Arts Policy and Globalization First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315538792

Global LeanSeeing the New Waste Rooted in Communication Distance and Culture Just because a problem is invisible doesn’t mean it’s not affecting your operation. While communication distance and culture are often ignored as real threats to your results these unnoticed forces are negatively affecting companies that operate internationally. Globalization has amplified a series of obstacles we not have paid enough attention to in our organizations. Ultimately it’s humans that solve problems in coordination with other humans and this requires excellent communication. Currently people must coordinate actions and collaborate with teams sitting in geographically separated places. Misunderstandings and lack of clarity however cause high unbudgeted costs. Global Lean: Seeing the New Waste Rooted in Communication Distance and Culture highlights the waste created by these interactions and adopts Lean thinking to provide methods approaches and real case studies to eliminate these problems at the source. As organizations evolve into global networks Lean initiatives must now meet new needs. The book follows the story of a CEO and his company that while successful in their local environment are heavily impacted by new obstacles as they expand internationally. It illustrates how they adopt Lean methodologies to bring hidden problems to the surface. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781498773348

Global Media Culture and IdentityTheory Cases and Approaches This edited volume examines the ways that global media shapes relations between place culture and identity. Through the included essays Chopra and Gajjala offer a mix of theoretical reflections and empirical case studies that will help readers understand how the media can shape cultural identities and conversely how cultural formations can influence the political economy of global media. The interdisciplinary international scholars gathered here push the discussion of what it means to do global media studies beyond uncritical celebrations of the global media technologies (or globalization) as well as beyond perspectives that are a priori dismissive of the possibilities of global media. Some of the key questions and themes that the international contributors explore within the text include: Is the global audience of global television the same as the global audience of the internet? Can we conceptualize the global culture-media-identity dynamic beyond the discourse of postcolonialism? How does the globalization of media affect feelings of nationalism? How is the growth of a consumer "global middle class" spread and resisted through media? Global Media Identity and Culture takes a comparative media approach to addressing these and other issues across media forms including print television film and new media Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415877916

Global Metal Music and CultureCurrent Directions in Metal Studies This book defines the key ideas scholarly debates and research activities that have contributed to the formation of the international and interdisciplinary field of Metal Studies. Drawing on insights from a wide range of disciplines including popular music cultural studies sociology anthropology philosophy and ethics this volume offers new and innovative research on metal musicology global/local scenes studies fandom gender and metal identity metal media and commerce. Offering a wide-ranging focus on bands scenes periods and sounds contributors explore topics such as the riff-based song writing of classic heavy metal bands and their modern equivalents and the musical-aesthetics of Grindcore Doom metal Death metal and Progressive metal. They interrogate production technologies sound engineering album artwork and band promotion logos and merchandising t-shirt and jewellery design and fan communities that define the global metal music economy and subcultural scene. The volume explores how the new academic discipline of metal studies was formed also looking forward to the future of metal music and its relationship to metal scholarship and fandom. With an international range of contributors this volume will appeal to scholars of popular music cultural studies and sociology as well as those interested in metal communities around the world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138062597

Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative to sporting practices from a historical perspective. A variety of movement cultures are examined and analysed such as various aspects of the turner and gymnastic movements the transnational development of dance competitive sport non-competitive performance and mountaineering. Michael Krüger´s introductory chapter sets a framework for analysis with a historiographical and philosophical treatment of modern sport as an example of nationalism internationalism and cultural imperialism. The succeeding chapters discuss the confrontation of commercialization with national interests the importance of gender in the construction of various movement cultures as well as the conditions and circumstances that effect societal and cultural change. This book was previously published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367023805

Global ReformationsTransforming Early Modern Religions Societies and Cultures Global Reformations offers a sustained comparative and interdisciplinary exploration of religious transformations in the early modern world. The volume explores global developments and tracks the many ways in which Reformation movements shaped relations of Christians with other Christians and also with Jews Muslims Buddhists and aboriginal groups in the Americas. Contributions explore the negotiations tensions and contacts that developed across social gender and religious lines in different parts of the globe focusing on how different convictions about religious reform and approaches to it shaped social action and cross-confessional encounters. The essays explore the convergence of religious reform global expansion and governmental consolidation in the early modern world and examine the Reformation as a global phenomenon; the authors ask how a global frame complicates our understanding of what the Reformation itself was and offer a unique and up-to-date examination of the Reformation that broadens readers’ understanding in creative and useful ways. Demonstrating new research and innovative approaches in the study of cross-cultural contact during the early modern period this volume is ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduates of early modern history religious history women's & gender studies and global history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367025137

Global Spaces of Chinese CultureDiasporic Chinese Communities in the United States and Germany This book is an exploration of how Chinese communites in the United States and Germany create and disseminate a sense of diasporic Chinese identity. It not only compares the local conditions of the Chinese communities in the two locations but also moves to a global dimension to track the Chinese transnational imaginary. Van Ziegert analyzes three strategies that overseas Chinese use to articulate their identities as diasporic subjects: being more American/German being more Chinese hybridizing and commodifying Chinese culture through trans-cultural performances. These three strategies are not mutually exclusive and they often intersect and supplement each other in unexpected ways. The author also analyzes how the everyday lives of overseas Chinese connect with global and local factors and how these experiences contribute to the formation of a global Chinese identity. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203960493

Global Thinking and Local ActionAgriculture Tropical Forest Loss and Conservation in Southeast Nigeria This title was first published in 2001. Based on extensive local field research undertaken in and around the Cross River National Park in Nigeria this book provides a socio-economic study of the tensions between agriculture and nature conservation. Taking a ’bottom-up’ approach and focussing on the farm household and the dynamics of forest farming at household level it brings together a wealth of new information on the subject of tropical forestry the causes and dynamics of tropical rain forest loss and the problematic relations between conservation authorities in National Parks and local people. Its conclusions raise important questions about practical ways forward in the development of such areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138702028

Globalisation Education and Culture Shock How has globalisation affected educational thought and practice? This volume presents a fascinating exploration of the impact of globalisation on education. The authors consider the changes - sometimes subtle sometimes revolutionary - that arise when ideas practices and experiences are discussed and analysed by people of contrasting cultural backgrounds. Through a series of case studies they examine the dilemmas and contradictions as well as the new ideas and opportunities that globalisation offers to individuals to states and to intellectual cultures. Key areas of discussion include: ¢ The effects of globalisation on individuals ¢ The contradictions embedded in the process of globalisation - especially in the economic sphere ¢ The impact on education of globalising ideas thoughts and values ¢ The relationship between globalisation and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138254862

Globalization Violence and the Visual Culture of Cities What connects garbage dumps in New York bomb sites in Baghdad and skyscrapers in São Paulo? How is contemporary visual culture – extending from art and architecture to film and digital media – responding to new forms of violence associated with global and globalizing cities? Addressing such questions this book is the first interdisciplinary volume to examine the complex relationship between globalization violence and the visual culture of cities. Violence – in both material and cultural forms – has been a prominent and endemic feature of urban life in the global metropolitan era. Focusing on visual culture and offering a strong humanities perspective that is currently lacking in existing scholarship this book seeks to understand how the violent effects of globalization have been represented theorized and experienced across a wide range of cultural contexts and urban locations in Asia Europe North and South America and the Middle East. Organized around three interrelated themes – fear memory and spectacle – essay topics range from military targeting in Baghdad carceral urbanism in São Paulo and the Paris banlieue riots to the security aesthetics of G8 summits the architecture of urban paranoia and the cultural afterlife of the Twin Towers. Globalization Violence and the Visual Culture of Cities offers fresh insight into the problems and potential of cities around the world including Beijing Berlin London New York Paris and São Paulo. With specially-commissioned essays from the fields of cultural theory architecture film photography and urban geography this innovative volume will be a valuable resource for students scholars and researchers across the humanities and social sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138975293

Going GlobalManaging the HR Function Across Countries and Cultures As organizations operate across countries and continents there is an increasing demand for the development of an HR function designed to deliver global support. This requires rethinking the structure of HR how it is managed and how it operates. However adopting a fully global model is not the right answer for all organizations. HR has a key role in determining the business strategy in terms of the required scale of operations (i.e. local/regional/global) and in delivering the business transformation required to realize that strategy once it has been agreed. As a result HR must be both able and prepared to transform itself to support the new business model. Going Global outlines of the types of activity and capability needed to establish an HR function able to supporting business operations at a regional or global level. It focuses on two areas the decision to go global and the activities needed to deliver a global HR function. This latter section targets three areas: designing the right service; building a cohesive team; and delivering HR talent. The authors point out some of the key decisions you will need to take together with advice on your overall approach and some of the lessons learned by other organizations along the way. About The Gower HR Transformation Series: The Human Resources function faces a continuing challenge to its role and purpose in many organizations it has suffered from serious under-representation at strategic board level. Yet faced with the challenges of globalism the need to innovate manage knowledge attract and retain the very best employees organizations need an HR function that can lead from the front. The process of transforming the function is complex and rarely linear. It involves understanding and adapting to the needs of your offices in the various countries cultures and markets within which you operate. All of which involves a highly complex and often painful process of change. The Gower HR Transformation Series will help; it uses a blend of conceptual frameworks practical advice and global case study examples to cover each of the main elements of the HR transformation process. The books in the series follow a standard format to make them easy to read and reference. Together the titles create a definitive guide from one of the leading specialist HR transformation consultancies; an organization that has been involved in HR transformation for clients as diverse as Bombardier Transportation Marks & Spencer Barnardo's Oxfam Schroders UnitedHealth Group Nestlé BP HM Prison Service Transport for London and Vodafone. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315253978

Google and the Culture of Search What did you do before Google? The rise of Google as the dominant Internet search provider reflects a generationally-inflected notion that everything that matters is now on the Web and should in the moral sense of the verb be accessible through search. In this theoretically nuanced study of search technology’s broader implications for knowledge production and social relations the authors shed light on a culture of search in which our increasing reliance on search engines influences not only the way we navigate classify and evaluate Web content but also how we think about ourselves and the world around us online and off. Ken Hillis Michael Petit and Kylie Jarrett seek to understand the ascendancy of search and its naturalization by historicizing and contextualizing Google’s dominance of the search industry and suggest that the contemporary culture of search is inextricably bound up with a metaphysical longing to manage order and categorize all knowledge. Calling upon this nexus between political economy and metaphysics Google and the Culture of Search explores what is at stake for an increasingly networked culture in which search technology is a site of knowledge and power. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415883016

Goth MusicFrom Sound to Subculture  Is "goth music" a genre and if so how does it relate to the goth subculture? The music played at goth club nights and festivals encompasses a broad range of musical substyles from gloomy Batcave reverberations to neo-medieval bagpipe drones and from the lush vocals of goth metal to the harsh distortion of goth industrial. Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture argues that within this variegated musical landscape a number of key consistencies exist. Not only do all these goth substyles share a number of musical and textual characteristics but more importantly these aspects of the music are constitutive of goth social reality. Drawing on their own experiences in the European and American goth scenes the authors explore the ways in which the sounds of goth inform the scene’s listening practices its fantasies of other worlds and its re-enchantment of their own world. Goth music this book asserts engenders a musical timespace of its own a musical chronotope that is driven by nostalgic yearning.Goth Music: From Sound to Subculture reorients goth subcultural studies onto music: goth music must be recognized not only as simultaneously diverse and consistent but also as the glue that holds together goth scenes from all over the world. It all starts with the music. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367597412

Governing CulturesArt Institutions in Victorian London This title was first published in 2000. London in the nineteenth century saw the founding of the National Gallery the National Portrait Gallery the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Other less permanent organisations flourished among them the British Institution water-colour societies and the Society of Female Artists. These worked alongside the schools such as the Royal Academy and the Slade School of Art. In this volume eleven scholars experts on the individual institutions analyse their complex histories to investigate such issues as: How did they generate and redesign their publics? What identities did they create? What practice of art making connoisseurship and spectatorship did they enshrine? These reports elucidate the values associated with the key institutions and describe the responses and adaptation over time to major cultural developments: new movements political change and the development of the Empire. The volume as a whole offers a fascinating account of the interconnections between these key institutions. Challenging conventional readings of the subject the Introduction by Paul Barlow and Colin Trodd offers a definition of public art during the Victorian period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138727489

Government Confronts CultureThe Struggle for Local Democracy in Southern Africa Transitional societies—struggling to build democratic institutions and new political traditions—are faced with a painful dilemma. How can Government become strong and effective building a common good that unites disparate ethnic and class groups while simultaneously nurturing democratic social rules at the grassroots? Professor Fuller brings this issue to light in the contentious multicultural setting of Southern Africa. Post-apartheid states like South Africa and Namibia are pushing hard to raise school quality reduce family poverty and equalize gender relations inside villages and townships. But will democratic participation blossom at the grassroots as long as strong central states—so necessary for defining the common good—push universal policies onto diverse local communities? This book builds from a decade of family surveys and qualitative village studies led by Professor Fuller at Harvard University and African colleagues inside Botswana Namibia and South Africa. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138975392

GrandmothersThe Changing Culture Over the past few years there has been a surge of interest in Britain on grandparenting - although it is still a long way behind the USA and several European countries in research in the area. The driving impetus for research is coming from parenting organizations and government departments concerned about the effects on female employment of shortages in nursery places and about the effect of "parenting deficits" on children. Greater involvement of grandmothers in caring for children has seemed to offer a solution to many related problems. It promises to improve care within the family and enable mothers to take on paid work with fewer fears for the consequences without removing other working adults in the family from their jobs. This text discusses how today's grandmothers are changing the image and role that they filled in the past. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138524538

Graphic Novels and Visual Cultures in South Asia Graphic Novels and Visual Cultures in South Asia explores the shifting landscapes of the graphic narratives and related visual cultures scene in South Asia today. This exciting volume explores the ever-developing scene of graphic novels graphic narratives and related visual cultures in South Asia. Covering topics such as Tamil comics material memory the politics of graphic adaptation the fandom of Ms Marvel as well as watching Pakistani social lives on Indian TV this collection of essays are testament to how visual cultures across South Asia are responding to a new world order. The collection of work explores how certain visual cultures in South Asia are attempting to re-shape previous modes of visuality by unpacking what it means to be living in South Asia today. Through its inclusion of articles visual essays and in-conversation pieces this collection offers insight into the ways in which this narrative is unfolding the kind of stories which are being told and how in telling these stories South Asian society is called upon to engage and crucially to react to what we see how and why we see it. This book was originally published as a special issue of the South Asian Popular Culture journal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367437114

Great AwakeningsPopular Religion and Popular Culture As religious fervor grows Dr. Fishwick a recipient of the Ray and Pat Browne Award for Lifetime Achievement from The American Culture Association takes a sweeping look at religion in the United States--the country with the highest church attendance in the Western world. Popular religion can take many shapes and forms. It can wax and wane but it cannot be eliminated or ignored. That is what prompted him to write Great Awakenings: Popular Religion and Popular Culture.He ponders how religion affects American life and popular culture and why religion has become a major force in contemporary politics. How has the Electronic Revolution furthered the religious right? What does popular religion tell us about popular culture? And about our faith?He identifies and explores five great religious revivals or “Great Awakenings:” the Atlantic Seaboard Awakening the Urban Awakening the Modernist Awakening the Celebrity Preacher Awakening the Electronic AwakeningFishwick explores the current events preceding and during each awakening its leaders followers and critics. Great Awakenings gives a new understanding of the American religious past and leaves us with an anticipation for the next great awakening. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315800967

Greater ChinaPolitical Economy Inward Investment and Business Culture A critical analysis of the reasons underlying the emergence of the Asia Pacific as an economic superpower and the need for judicious evaluation of the likely shape and character of the region's future development. The aim of this collection is to illuminate key areas of debate concerning the People's Republic of China Hong Kong and Taiwan here collectively referred to as Greater China in the belief that the destiny of the Pacific Rim as a whole will be decisively influenced by economic and political developments in this particular region. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203044339

Greater ChinaPolitical Economy Inward Investment and Business Culture This book first published in 1996 focuses on the possible (but problematic) emergence of a so-called ‘Greater China’ encompassing mainland China Taiwan and Hong Kong and the economic reforms inward investment spatial disparities and changes to business culture that would ensue. The similarities differences underpinnings results and prospects for the future of Greater China are analysed in close detail in the chapters collected here. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138369863

Greek Agriculture in a Changing International Environment Published in 1998 the aim of this text is to promote awareness of the evolution of Greek agriculture as well as of the development of national strategies in conformity with the Common Agricultural Policy provision - which is important for a successful confrontation of modern and prospective international challenges. It offers a case study developing integrated policies for unemployment for prevention of diversification of rural areas and for provision of solutions to the problem of increasing competition while enhancing environmental quality and making rational use of productive resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138319202

Greek Culture and the EgoA psycho-analytic survey of an aspect of Greek civilization and of art Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have since gone out of print or are difficult to locate. Published by Routledge 112 volumes in total are being brought together under the name The International Behavioural and Social Sciences Library: Classics from the Tavistock Press. Reproduced here in facsimile this volume was originally published in 1958 and is available individually. The collection is also available in a number of themed mini-sets of between 5 and 13 volumes or as a complete collection. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415848077

Greek Diaspora and Migration since 1700Society Politics and Culture The Greek diaspora is one of the paradigmatic historical diasporas. Though some trace its origins to ancient Greek colonies it is really a more modern phenomenon. Diaspora exile and immigration represent three successive phases in Modern Greek history and they are useful vantage points from which to analyse changes in Greek society politics and culture over the last three centuries. Embracing a wide range of case studies this volume charts the role of territorial displacements as social and cultural agents from the eighteenth century to the present day and examines their impact on communities politics institutional attitudes and culture. By studying migratory trends the aim is to map out the transformation of Greece from a largely homogenous society with a high proportion of emigrants to a more diverse society inundated by immigrants after the end of the Cold War. The originality of this book lies in the bringing together of diaspora exile and immigration and its focus on developments both inside and outside Greece. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315585857

Greek Thought Arabic CultureThe Graeco-Arabic Translation Movement in Baghdad and Early 'Abbasaid Society (2nd-4th/5th-10th c.) From the middle of the eighth century to the tenth century almost all non-literary and non-historical secular Greek books including such diverse topics as astrology alchemy physics botany and medicine that were not available throughout the eastern Byzantine Empire and the Near East were translated into Arabic.Greek Thought Arabic Culture explores the major social political and ideological factors that occasioned the unprecedented translation movement from Greek into Arabic in Baghdad the newly founded capital of the Arab dynasty of the 'Abbasids' during the first two centuries of their rule. Dimitri Gutas draws upon the preceding historical and philological scholarship in Greco-Arabic studies and the study of medieval translations of secular Greek works into Arabic and analyses the social and historical reasons for this phenomenon.Dimitri Gutas provides a stimulating erudite and well-documented survey of this key movement in the transmission of ancient Greek culture to the Middle Ages. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203017432

Green AsiaEcocultures Sustainable Lifestyles and Ethical Consumption Economic development in Asia is associated with expanding urbanism overconsumption and a steep growth in living standards. At the same time rapid urbanisation changing class consciousness and a new rural–urban divide in the region have led to fundamental shifts in the way ecological concerns are articulated politically and culturally. Moreover these changes are often viewed through a Western moralistic lens which at the same time applauds Asia’s economic growth as the welcome reviver of a floundering world economy and simultaneously condemns this growth as encouraging hyperconsumerism and a rupture with more natural ways of living. This book presents an analysis of a range of practices and activities from across Asia that demonstrate that people in Asia are alert to ecological concerns that they are taking action to implement new styles of green living and that Asia offers interesting alternatives to narrow Anglo-American models of sustainable living. Subjects explored include eco-tourism in the Philippines green co-operatives in Korea the importance of "tradition" within Asian discourses of sustainability and much more. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138588172

GreenhousesAdvanced Technology for Protected Horticulture A greenhouse provides an essential means of livelihood to its owner and must be economically practical for the particular climate in which it stands. Greenhouses: Advanced Technology for Protected Horticulture addresses the major environmental factors of light temperature water nutrition and carbon dioxide and features extensive discussions of greenhouse types construction and climate control. The book highlights technology such as hydroponics computer control of environments and advanced mathematical procedures for environmental optimization. Greenhouses: Advanced Technology for Protected Horticulture is the definitive text/reference for the science of greenhouse engineering and management.The author Dr. Joe J. Hanan Professor Emeritus of Colorado State University is the recipient of the Society of American Florists' (SAF) 2000 (Millenium) Alex Laurie Award for Research and Education. The Alex Laurie Award is presented annually to an individual who has made broad-scope long-lasting contributions to the floriculture industry through research or education. The award is named for Alex Laurie a professor at The Ohio State University who pioneered work in many areas of floriculture."Joe is one of the most precise floricultural researchers I have known " said Dr. Gus De Hertogh Chairman of SAF's Research Committee. "That excellence is reflected in his latest book Greenhouses Advanced Technology for Protected Horticulture which was published in 1998 nine years after his official 'retirement.'" Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780203719824

Greenwashing Culture Greenwashing Culture examines the complicity of culture with our environmental crisis. Through its own carbon footprint the promotion of image-friendly environmental credentials for celebrities and the mutually beneficial engagement with big industry polluters Toby Miller argues that culture has become an enabler of environmental criminals to win over local national and international communities. Topics include: the environmental liabilities involved in digital and print technologies used by cultural institutions and their consumers; Hollywood's 'green celebrities' and the immense ecological impact of their jet-setting lifestyles and filmmaking itself; high profile sponsorship deals between museums and oil and gas companies such as BP's sponsorship of Tate Britain; radical environmental reform via citizenship and public policy illustrated by the actions of Greenpeace against Shell's sponsorship of Lego. This is a thought-provoking introduction to the harmful impact of greenwashing. It is essential reading for students of cultural studies and environmental studies and those with an interest in environmental activism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138962712

Grounding MoralityFreedom Knowledge and the Plurality of Cultures Put together to honour one of the most influential philosophers in recent times Mrinal Miri this book brings together articles on philosophy politics literature and society and updates the status of enquiry in each of these fields. In his philosophical writings Miri has broken the stranglehold that early training has on academics and written on a range of themes and areas including analytical philosophy political philosophy tribal identity ethics and more recently an abiding engagement with the ideas of Gandhi. The articles in this volume mirror some of Miri’s concerns and philosophical interests but go beyond the format of a festschrift as they seek to enhance and restate themes in moral philosophy ethics questions of identity Gandhi’s philosophy and offer a fresh perspective on themes such as secularism religion and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138664906

Grounding SocialityNeurons Mind and Culture This volume concerns the longstanding intellectual puzzle of how individuals overcome their biological neural and mental finitude to achieve sociality. It explores how humans take each other into account coordinate their actions and are able to share their inner states and to communicate. Sophisticated views on the bases of sociality are detailed at the level of neural mechanisms perception and memory motivation communication and dialog culture and evolution. These insights have been inspired by major strides and exciting new developments in disciplines as far afield as ethology evolutionary ecology neuroscience cognition memory developmental and social psychology psycholinguistics philosophy robotics and sociology. The volume is the first to bridge these disciplinary boundaries to lay the foundations for an integrated and general conceptualization of the bases of sociality and its implications for psychology. Each contribution presents different levels of the grounding of sociality and will further stimulate novel approaches to linking different layers of sociality from the neural to the cultural level. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138992078

Growth CulturesThe Global Bioeconomy and its Bioregions This groundbreaking book is the first comparative analysis of the relative strengths of global bioregions. Growth Cultures investigates the rapidly growing phenomena of biotechnology and sets this study within a knowledge economy context. Philip Cooke proposes a new knowledge-focused theoretical framework ‘the New Global Bioeconomy’ against which to test empirical characteristics of biotechnology. In this timely volume Cooke unifies concepts from the sociology of science economic sociology and evolutionary economic geography to focus on the problems and prospects for policy agencies worldwide trying to build ‘biotechnology clusters’. He develops a superior policy approach of thinking in terms of platforms that integrate proximities and pipelines which will be of significant interest for the scientific and technological communities as well as economic development policy communities. Growth Cultures will make fascinating reading for students policy makers and researchers across management and business studies innovation and knowledge studies sociology science and technology policy applied economics development studies and regional science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415860192

Growth in GhanaA Macroeconometric Model Simulation Integrating Agriculture Published in 1997 this text is set in a context where Ghana has experienced improvements in aggregate output performance over the past decade (1986-1996) yet agriculture's performance remains sub-optimal. The author focuses on agriculture's fragmentation as attributable to space (storage transportation and marketing) form (rudimentary production methods in general) and content (stagnent productivity and poor organization of production) and notes that whilst current policies have impinged on the space fragmentation issues on form and content seem to have been left to the dictates of the market. The author calls for a strategy of government plan in promoting modern technology in agriculture to enhance its linkage to industry for rapid and sustainable economic growth. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138320383

Grub Street (Routledge Revivals)Studies in a Subculture First published in 1972 this is the first detailed study of the milieu of the eighteenth-century literary hack and its significance in Augustan literature. Although the modern term ‘Grub Street’ has declined into vague metaphor for the Augustan satirists it embodied not only an actual place but an emphatic lifestyle. Pat Rogers shows that the major satirists – Pope Swift and Fielding – built a potent fiction surrounding the real circumstances in which the scribblers lived and the importance of this aspect of their writing. The author first locates the original Grub Street in what is now the Barbican and then presents a detailed topographical tour of the surrounding area. With detailed studies of a number of key authors as well as the modern and metaphorical development of the term ‘Grub Street’ this book offers comprehensive insight into the nature of Augustan literature and the social conditions and concerns that inspired it. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138024816

Guila NaquitzArchaic Foraging and Early Agriculture in Oaxaca Mexico Updated Edition This volume reports on the excavation of Guil�aquitz cave in Oaxaca a site that provides important evidence for the earliest plant domestication in the New World. Stratigraphic studies examinations of artifactual and botanical remains simulations and an imaginative reconstruction make this a model project of processual archaeology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138404472

Guilty MoneyThe City of London in Victorian and Edwardian Culture 1815-1914 This is an engaging study of the place occupied by the City of London within British cultural life during the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Michie uses both literary and popular novels to examine socio-economic representations during this period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138665231

Guitar Cultures The guitar is one of the most evocative instruments in the world. It features in music as diverse as heavy metal blues indie and flamenco as well as Indian classical music village music making in Papua New Guinea and carnival in Brazil. This cross-cultural popularity makes it a unique starting point for understanding social interaction and cultural identity. Guitar music can be sexy soothing melancholy or manic but it nearly always brings people together and creates a common ground even if this common ground is often the site of intense social cultural economic and political negotiation and contest.This book explores how people use guitars and guitar music in various nations across the world as a musical and symbolic basis for creating identities. In a world where place and space are challenged by the pace of globalization the guitar provides images sounds and styles that help define new cultural territories. Guitars play a crucial part in shaping the commercial music industry educational music programmes and local community atmosphere. Live or recorded guitar music and performance collecting and manufacture sustains a network of varied social exchanges that constitute a distinct cultural milieu.Representing the first sustained analysis of what the guitar means to artists and audiences world-wide this book demonstrates that this seemingly simple material artefact resonates with meaning as well as music. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003085522

Gun Culture or Gun Control?Firearms and Violence: Safety and Society n 1996 the shooting and killing of 16 young children in a Dunblane primary school provoked wide reaching parliamentary reform to British gun laws. Within months virtually all privately owned handguns had been outlawed. Gun Culture or Gun Control? presents the first substantial analysis of the social and political reactions to events in Dunblane and also examines many of the wider issues relating to gun control in the United Kingdom.Rigorously comparative throughout Peter Squires provides a non-partisan exploration of the differences between attitudes to firearms and their control in Britain and in the United States. Amongst the topics the author considers are:* the social history of firearms on both sides of the atlantic* the differing policy directions adopted in Britain and the USA* media coverage of the gun question* firearms and policing* the future of the gun in society. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203187753

Guns Culture and MoorsRacial Perceptions Cultural Impact and the Moroccan Participation in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) The history of the Moroccan troops in the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) is the story of an encounter between two culturally and ethnically different people and the attempts by both sides Moroccan and Spanish to take control of this contact. This book shows to what extent colonials could participate in negotiating limits and taboos rather than being only on the receiving end of them. The examination of this encounter in its military religious as well as sexual aspects sheds new light on colonial relations and on how unique or typical the Spanish colonial case is in comparison to other European ones. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367591663

Gym BodiesExploring Fitness Cultures Drawing on empirical research this fascinating new book explores the embodied experiences of ‘gym goers’ and the fitness cultures that are constructed within gyms and fitness spaces. Gym Bodies offers a personal interactive ethnographic account of the multiplicity of contemporary gym practices spaces and cultures including bodybuilding CrossFit and Spinning. It argues that gym bodies are historically constructed social sensual emotional and political; that experience intersects with multiple embodied identities; and that fitness cultures are profoundly important in shaping the body in wider contemporary culture. This is important reading for students tutors and researchers working in sport and exercise studies sociology of the body health studies leisure cultural studies gender and education. It is also a valuable resource for policy makers and practitioners within the fields of sport leisure health and education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138666269

Gym Culture Identity and Performance-Enhancing DrugsTracing a Typology of Steroid Use This book is about gym culture the pursuit of fit muscular bodies and the use of drugs as a means to get there.  Building on the international research literature and in-depth interviews with men who have experience of image and performance enhancing drugs (IPEDs) the book explores the fascination with muscles motivations for using drugs to enhance them assessments of risks and experience of side effects. The book examines what the altered body does to the men’s identity self-image and relationships with peers and partners. Taking an evolutionary psychological approach it also investigates the biological and psychological foundations of the fascination with the muscular body and discusses the notion of precarious manhood. Building on these analyses the book considers the political and regulatory initiatives in place to prevent the use of IPEDs and assesses those strategies’ potential to reach their aims.  This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in the issue of drugs in sport the ethics of sport sociology of sport sociology of the body masculinity or public health. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367863302

Hacker Culture and the New Rules of Innovation Fifteen years ago a company was considered innovative if the CEO and board mandated a steady flow of new product ideas through the company’s innovation pipeline. Innovation was a carefully planned process driven from above and tied to key strategic goals. Nowadays innovation means entrepreneurship self-organizing teams fast ideas and cheap customer experiments. Innovation is driven by hacking and the world’s most innovative companies proudly display their hacker credentials. Hacker culture grew up on the margins of the computer industry. It entered the business world in the twenty-first century through agile software development design thinking and lean startup method the pillars of the contemporary startup industry. Startup incubators today are filled with hacker entrepreneurs running fast cheap experiments to push against the limits of the unknown. As corporations not-for-profits and government departments pick up on these practices seeking to replicate the creative energy of the startup industry hacker culture is changing how we think about leadership work and innovation. This book is for business leaders entrepreneurs and academics interested in how digital culture is reformatting our economies and societies. Shifting between a big picture view on how hacker culture is changing the digital economy and a detailed discussion of how to create and lead in-house teams of hacker entrepreneurs it offers an essential introduction to the new rules of innovation and a practical guide to building the organizations of the future. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138102118

Handbook of Conservation Agriculture [Two-Volume set] Conservation agriculture is a sustainable production model that not only optimizes crop yields but also reaps economic and environmental benefits as well. The adoption of successful conservation agriculture methods has resulted in energy savings higher organic matter content and biotic activity in soil increased crop-water availability and thus resilience to drought improved recharge of aquifers less erosion and reduced impacts from the weather associated with climate change in general. This two-volume set Agricultural Impacts of Climate Change and Applied Agricultural Practices for Mitigating Climate Change examines several important aspects of crop production such as climate change soil management farm machinery and different methods for sustainable conservation agriculture. It presents the latest techniques in crop modeling best practices for irrigation under water deficit conditions and other approaches for sustainable conservation agriculture that consider the environmental effects of climate change. It also discusses solar energy-based greenhouse modeling precision farming using remote sensing and GIS and various types of machinery used for conservation agriculture. Features: Examines the effects of climate change on agriculture and the related strategies for mitigation through practical real-world examples Explores innovative on-farm technology options to increase system efficiency resulting in improved water usage Presents examples of precision farming using climate-resilient technologies Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367340483

Handbook of Culture Therapy and Healing Emotional as well as physical distress is a heritage from our hominid ancestors; it has been experienced by every group of human beings since our emergence as a species. And every known culture has developed systems of conceptualization and intervention for addressing it. The editors have brought together leading psychologists psychiatrists anthropologists and others to consider the interaction of psychosocial biological and cultural variables as they influence the assessment of health and illness and the course of therapy. The volume includes broadly conceived theoretical and survey chapters; detailed descriptions of specific healing traditions in Asia the Americas Africa and the Arab world. The Handbook of Culture Therapy and Healing is a unique resource containing information about Western therapies practiced in non-Western cultures non-Western therapies practiced both in their own context and in the West. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138003965

Handbook of Energy Utilization In Agriculture The aim of this volume is to collect and present available data both published and unpublished on energy use in agriculture and forestry production. Energy analyses for some sciences such as ecology are not new but their applications to agriculture started in 1973. These analyses have grown rapidly in number and complexity. This handbook is intended for agriculturalists and others concerned with energy use in crop livestock and forestry production. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315893419

Handbook of Gender Culture and Health This Handbook illustrates how gender ethnicity age and even sexual orientation and understanding influence the health practices and risk factors for health problems in diverse groups of people. Contributions from leading researchers in psychology health and epidemiology provide an interdisciplinary approach to the topic. In addition to epidemiological issues this book discusses the view that public health policy and programs must be individually tailored to specific groups to maximize their effectiveness. Part I deals with the effects of stress on the health of diverse populations. Part II of the book raises the issues of varied health risk factors and health practices for different cultural and socioeconomic groups. Part III examines specific health problems and issues common to women and men of varying ethnicity. The last section deals with the health problems of specific populations. Featuring the latest information for understanding how diverse groups of people perceive and respond to issues relating to their health this Handbook should prove to be a valuable resource to a wide range of practitioners and researchers in psychology medicine psychiatry sociology social work nursing exercise science and counseling. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138002814

Handbook of Sampling Methods for Arthropods in Agriculture Handbook of Sampling Methods for Arthropods in Agriculture offers a comprehensive look at the principles and practicality of developing accurate sampling programs for arthropod pests and their arthropod enemies. The book examines developments in sampling populations and reviews sampling plans that produce accurate and affordable population estimates. The text stresses practicality as well as the theoretical background of sampling. This book will be an indispensable reference for researchers students and practitioners in entomology and agriculture. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781003067900

Handbook of Soils and Climate in Agriculture The sections in this handbook series reflect the input of different editors and advisory boards and as a consequence there is considerable variation in both the depth and coverage offered within a given area. However an attempt has been made throughout to bring together pertinent information that will serve the needs of nonspecialists provide a quick reference to material that might otherwise be difficult to locate and furnish a starting point for further study.The project was undertaken with the realization that the initial volumes in the series could have some obvious deficiencies that will necessitate subsequent revisions. In the meantime it is felt that the primary objectives of the Sections Editors and their Advisory Boards has been met in this first Edition. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315893976

Handbook of Writing Literacies and Education in Digital Cultures At the forefront of current digital literacy studies in education this handbook uniquely systematizes emerging interdisciplinary themes new knowledge and insightful theoretical contributions to the field. Written by well-known scholars from around the world it closely attends to the digitalization of writing and literacies that is transforming daily life and education. The chapter topics—identified through academic conference networks rigorous analysis and database searches of trending themes—are organized thematically in five sections: Digital Futures Digital Diversity Digital Lives Digital Spaces Digital Ethics This is an essential guide to digital writing and literacies research with transformational ideas for educational and professional practice. It will enable new and established researchers to position their studies within highly relevant directions in the field and to generate new themes of inquiry. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138206335

Hans Folz and Print Culture in Late Medieval GermanyThe Creation of Popular Discourse In this study author Caroline Huey analyzes the copious literary output of medieval poet and barber-surgeon Hans Folz in all its variety-whether Meisterlied Reimpaarspruch or carnival play. Heretofore published research to do with Folz's multifaceted and compelling oeuvre has been fragmentary because scholars have restricted themselves by genre in examining themes in Folz's work. By integrating the different themes across Folz's output and by integrating consideration (previously neglected by earlier critics) of Folz's role as barber-surgeon Huey offers new insights as to the interaction of these themes and to the character of the poet's work overall. She shows that ultimately Folz is concerned with the circulation of knowledge and power correct and incorrect behavior and above all with finding order. In each chapter Huey examines a particular theme from Folz's life and/or work. She looks at how adeptly he commandeers the new technology of printing to further his own ends; how his ubiquitous physicality connects his medical body to his Christian body; his attitude toward women; and the anti-Jewish thread in his work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138117372

Happily Ever AfterFairy Tales Children and the Culture Industry First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203949153

Harvest Of ConfusionMigrant Workers In U.s. Agriculture This book is intended as the first building block to assist in the development of realistic solutions for migrant farmworker issues in the U.S. It analyzes the vast and diverse data and literature which generate the confusion over the number and distribution of farmworkers who work in agriculture. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367162504

Health Culture and Religion in South AsiaCritical Perspectives Health Culture and Religion in South Asia brings together top international scholars from a range of social science disciplines to critically explore the interplay of local cultural and religious practices in the delivery and experiences of health in South Asia. This groundbreaking text provides much needed insight into the relationships between health culture community livelihood and the nation-state and in particular the recent struggles of disadvantaged groups to gain access to health care in South Asia. The book brings together anthropologists sociologists economists health researchers and development specialists to provide the reader with an interdisciplinary approach to the study of South Asian health and a comprehensive understanding of cutting edge research in this area. Addressing key issues affecting a range of geographical areas including India Nepal and Pakistan this text will be essential reading for students and researchers interested in Asian Studies and for those interested in gaining a better understanding of health in developing countries. This book was published as a special issue of South Asian History and Culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415848817

Health Illness and CultureBroken Narratives This collection of essays examines the interrelations between illness disability health society and culture. The contributors examine how "narratives" have emerged and been utilized within these areas to help those who have experienced d injury disability dementia pain grief or psychological trauma to express their stories. Encompassing clinical case studies ethnographic field studies and autobiographical case studies Health Illness and Culture offers a broad overview and critical analysis of the present state of "illness narratives" within the fields of health and social welfare. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415898003

Health and CitizenshipPolitical Cultures of Health in Modern Europe This collection of essays looks at issues of health and citizenship in Europe across two centuries. Contributors examine the extent to which the state can interfere with the private lives of its citizens the role of individual responsibility and if any boundary occurs in terms of what the state can realistically provide. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138662988

Health Maintenance of Cultured FishesPrincipal Microbial Diseases The text concentrates on the infectious viral and bacterial diseases that are most prevalent in aquaculture. Although much information has been derived from North American studies important diseaase problems from other parts of the world are included. Also where applicable the influence of the various diseases on wild populations has been included. This book is intended for students and scientists who are interested in health maintenance of aquatic animals aquatic pathobiology and infectious diseases of fin fish. Hopefully it will be used as a text for beginning fish pathologists and as a reference source for those of broader experience. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781315894041

Healthcare Performance and Organisational Culture People from different cultural backgrounds prefer adhering to their own religious beliefs which could restrict treatment options leading to the detriment of health especially if it involves the health of a disabled child. This comprehensive but concise work highlights the problems faced in managing the care of disabled children from different cultural backgrounds. It examines the problems inherent in the medical social and educational management of children with developmental disability in populations whose value systems differ from other cultures. In particular it considers how care may be varied according to cultural background without compromising its quality. The book is of immense value for all healthcare and social care professionals policy makers and shapers patient organisations and those with an interest in medical ethics. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315376202

Healthcare Value PropositionCreating a Culture of Excellence in Patient Experience Never before in the healthcare industry has there been such intense emphasis and open debate on the issue of quality. The steady rise in the cost of healthcare coupled with the need for quality have combined to put the healthcare industry at the top of the national agenda. Quality costs and service are not just socially provocative ideas. They are critical criteria for decision-making by patients physicians and many key constituents of healthcare organizations. The pursuit of improved performance has driven a host of executives and managers in search of techniques for structuring rehabilitating redesigning and reengineering the organizations they serve. Unfortunately the narrow-mindedness with which programs are implemented and the discontinuity in their application weaken the promise of success. The process of quality improvement can become an undisciplined search for illusions rather than reality. For many years healthcare managers have embraced the narrow definition of performance solely in the context of financial success. Forward-thinking executives now realize that the road to financial success begins with success in quality and service. Quality and service are no longer separate issues – they are the same. Neither one by itself will bring about lasting success. The ultimate measure of performance is in an organization’s ability to create value for its customers and true performance must be measured in the context of the customers’ total experience. This book is about how to manage performance in the context of value to the customer or patient. It brings together the many pieces of the performance improvement puzzle – quality technology costs productivity and customer service. The author also covers process improvement tools including Lean and Six Sigma and how to create a culture of continuous improvement as well as how to improve the patient experience and productivity improvement strategies. The book is filled with examples illustrations and tools for improving key aspects of a healthcare organization’s performance. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138499690

Hearing CulturesEssays on Sound Listening and Modernity Vision is typically treated as the defining sense of the modern era and a powerful vehicle for colonial and postcolonial domination. This is in marked contrast to the almost total absence of accounts of hearing in larger cultural processes. Hearing Cultures is a timely examination of the elusive often evocative and sometimes cacophonous auditory sense - from the intersection of sound and modernity through to the relationship between audio-technological advances and issues of personal and urban space. As cultures and communities grapple with the massive changes wrought by modernization and globalization Hearing Cultures presents an important new approach to understanding our world. It answers such intriguing questions as: Did people in Shakespeare's time hear differently from us? In what way does technology affect our ears? Why do people in Egypt increasingly listen to taped religious sermons? Why did Enlightenment doctors believe that music was an essential cure? What happens acoustically in cross-cultural first encounters? Why do Runa Indians in the Amazon basin now consider onomatopoetic speech child's talk? The ear as much as the eye nose mouth and hand offers a way into experience. All five senses are instruments that record interpret and engage with the world. This book shows how sound offers a refreshing new lens through which to examine culture and complex social issues. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003103189

Hearing the Voice of the Shingo PrinciplesCreating Sustainable Cultures of Enterprise Excellence For more than 50 years organizations of all types have struggled to achieve lasting benefits from the many tools and programs associated with various continuous-improvement initiatives. In fact the notion of "continuous" improvement is largely a misnomer -- for many organizations continuous improvement has been anything but continuous. Responding to this challenge Hearing the Voice of the Shingo Principles chronicles key insights that went into development of the Shingo Model for Operational Excellence at Utah State University. While responsible for the Shingo Prize at USU the author observed that even recipients -- theoretically the best of the best -- were experiencing this same up-and-down phenomenon. It was as though many of these organizations were reviewed on their very best days but then started declining from that point forward. To build long-term credibility of the Shingo Prize the author and his team had to understand what was causing such wide variation in results and make certain they were only recognizing those organizations that could demonstrate sustainability of improvements over the long term. They found that sustainability depended less on application of the tools for improvement than on embedding principles deep into the culture of the organization from top to bottom and side to side. This book helps leaders understand their role in building sustainable cultures of enterprise excellence – That is how to keep the entire enterprise focused on guiding principles that will change beliefs behaviors and the overall mindset. In addition managers will learn how to align systems with principles so that they drive ideal principle-based behaviors – the goal is for every leader to realign their values with the voice of principles and become an example so that every associate becomes self-motivated to continuously improve every aspect for which they are accountable. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780815387046

Heart- and Soul-Like Constructs across Languages Cultures and Epochs All languages and cultures appear to have one or more "mind-like" constructs that supplement the human body. Linguistic evidence suggests they all have a word for someone and another word for body but that doesn’t mean that whatever else makes up a human being (i.e. someone) apart from the body is the same everywhere. Nonetheless the (Anglo) mind is often reified and thought of in universal terms. This volume adds to the literature that denounces such reification. It looks at Japanese Longgu (an Oceanic language) Thai and Old Norse-Icelandic spelling out in a culturally neutral Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM) how the "mind-like" constructs in these languages differ from the Anglo mind. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138745308

Heaven's GatePostmodernity and Popular Culture in a Suicide Group On March 26 1997 the bodies of 39 men and women were found in an opulent mansion outside San Diego all victims of a mass suicide. Messages left by the Heaven's Gate group indicate that they believed they were stepping out of their 'physical containers' in order to ascend to a UFO that was arriving in the wake of the Hale-Bopp comet. The Heaven's Gate suicides were part of a series of major incidents involving New Religions in the 1990s as the new millennium approached. Despite the major attention that Heaven's Gate attracted at the time of the suicides there have been relatively few scholarly studies. This anthology on Heaven's Gate includes a combination of articles previously published in academic journals some new writings from experts in the field and some original Heaven's Gate documents. All the material is expertly brought together under the editorship of George D. Chryssides. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754663744

HellenismsCulture Identity and Ethnicity from Antiquity to Modernity This volume casts a fresh look at the multifaceted expressions of diachronic Hellenisms. A distinguished group of historians classicists anthropologists ethnographers cultural studies and comparative literature scholars contribute essays exploring the variegated mantles of Greek ethnicity and the legacy of Greek culture for the ancient and modern Greeks in the homeland and the diaspora as well as for the ancient Romans and the modern Europeans. Given the scarcity of books on diachronic Hellenism in the English-speaking world the publication of this volume represents nothing less than a breakthrough. The book provides a valuable forum to reflect on Hellenism and is certain to generate further academic interest in the topic. The specific contribution of this volume lies in the fact that it problematizes the fluidity of Hellenism and offers a much-needed public dialogue between disparate viewpoints in the process making a case for the existence and viability of such a polyphony. The chapters in this volume offer a reorientation of the study of Hellenism away from a binary perception to approaches giving priority to fluidity hybridity and multi-vocality. The volume also deals with issues of recycling tradition cultural category and perceptions of ethnicity. Topics explored range from European Philhellenism to Hellenic Hellenism from the Athens 2004 Olympics to Greek cinema from a psychoanalytical engagement with anthropological material to a subtle ethnographic analysis of Greek-American women's material culture. The readership envisaged is both academic and non-specialist; with this aim in mind all quotations from ancient and modern sources in foreign languages have been translated into English. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269491

Her Husband was a Woman!Women's Gender-Crossing in Modern British Popular Culture Tracking the changing representation of female gender-crossing in the press this text breaks new ground to reveal findings where both desire between women and cross-gender identification are understood. Her Husband was a Woman! exposes real-life case studies from the British tabloids of women who successfully passed as men in everyday life perhaps marrying other women or fighting for their country. Oram revises assumptions about the history of modern gender and sexual identities especially lesbianism and transsexuality. This book provides a fascinating resource for researchers and students grounding the concepts of gender performativity lesbian and queer identities in a broadly-based survey of the historical evidence. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203607299

Herbivorous FishesCulture and Use for Weed Management Published in 1995: This book is not designed as a culture manual for herbivorous fishes but the reader is directed to other sources. This book should meet the needs that exist for a comprehensive publication on herbivorous fishes. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367218454

Heredity and Child Culture First published in 1923 this book explores the impact on development that heredity and environment has on children. Chaplin argues that too much reliance is placed on education and in fact parents physicians and teachers should equally be taking into consideration the physical and mental constitution of the child which could be linked to hereditary and environmental factors. In conjunction with the moral spiritual and intellectual predispositions that the child may have Chaplin argues the pros of eugenics (in the perspective of the early 20th century) and equally the importance of euthenics for future prosperity of generations to come. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138616714

Heresy and the Making of European CultureMedieval and Modern Perspectives Scholars and analysts seeking to illuminate the extraordinary creativity and innovation evident in European medieval cultures and their afterlives have thus far neglected the important role of religious heresy. The papers collected here - reflecting the disciplines of history literature theology philosophy economics and law - examine the intellectual and social investments characteristic of both deliberate religious dissent such as the Cathars of Languedoc the Balkan Bogomils the Hussites of Bohemia and those who knowingly or unknowingly bent or broke the rules creating their own 'unofficial orthodoxies'. Attempts to understand police and eradicate all these through methods such as the Inquisition required no less ingenuity. The ambivalent dynamic evident in the tensions between coercion and dissent is still recognisable and productive in the world today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367601430

Heritage Culture and SocietyResearch agenda and best practices in the hospitality and tourism industry Heritage Culture and Society contains the papers presented at the 3rd International Hospitality and Tourism Conference (IHTC2016) & 2nd International Seminar on Tourism (ISOT 2016) Bandung Indonesia 10—12 October 2016). The book covers 7 themes: i) Hospitality and tourism managementii) Hospitality and tourism marketingiii) Current trends in hospitality and tourism managementiv) Technology and innovation in hospitality and tourismv) Sustainable tourismvi) Gastronomy foodservice and food safety and vii) Relevant areas in hospitality and tourism Heritage Culture and Society is a significant contribution to the literature on Hospitality and Tourism and will be of interest to professionals and academia in both areas. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138032767

Heritage Diaspora and the Consumption of CultureMovements in Irish Landscapes Using an interdisciplinary and transhistorical framework this book examines the cultural material and symbolic articulations of Irish migration relationships from the medieval period through to the contemporary post-Celtic Tiger era. With attention to people’s different uses of social space relationships with and memories of the landscape as well as their symbolic expressions of diasporic identity Heritage Diaspora and the Consumption of Culture examines the different forms of diaspora over time and contributes to contemporary debates on home foreignness globalization and consumption. By examining various movements of people into and out of Ireland the book explores how expressions of cultural capital and symbolic power have changed over time in the Irish collective imagination shedding light on the ways in which Ireland is represented and Irish culture consumed and materialized overseas. Arranged around the themes of home and location identity and material culture and global culture and consumption this collection brings together the work of scholars from the UK Ireland Europe the US and Canada to explore the ways in which the processes of movement affect the people’s negotiation and contestation of concepts of identity the local and the global. As such it will appeal to scholars working in fields such as sociology politics cultural studies history and archaeology with interests in migration gender studies diasporic identities heritage and material culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367600167

Heritage and Social MediaUnderstanding heritage in a participatory culture Heritage and Social Media explores how social media reframes our understanding and experience of heritage. Through the idea of ‘participatory culture’ the book begins to examine how social media can be brought to bear on the encounter with heritage and on the socially produced meanings and values that individuals and communities ascribe to it. To highlight the specific changes produced by social media the book is structured around three major themes:　 Social Practice. New ways of understanding and experiencing heritage are emerging as a result of novel social practices of collection representation and communication enabled and promoted by social media. Public Formation. In the presence of widely available social technologies peer-to-peer activities such as information and media sharing are rapidly gaining momentum as they increasingly promote and legitimate a participatory culture in which individuals aggregate on the basis of common interests and affinities. Sense of Place. As computing becomes more pervasive and digital networks extend our surroundings social media and technologies support new ways to engage with the people interpretations and values that pertain to a specific territorial setting. Heritage and Social Media provides readers with a critical framework to understand how the participatory culture fostered by social media changes the way in which we experience and think of heritage. By introducing readers to how social media are theorized and used particularly outside the institutional domain the volume reveals through groundbreaking case studies the emerging heritage practices unique to social media. In doing so the book unveils the new issues that are emerging from these practices and the new space for debate and critical argumentation that is required to illuminate what can be done in this burgeoning sector of heritage work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415616676

Heroism as a Global Phenomenon in Contemporary Culture Heroes and heroic discourse have gained new visibility in the twenty-first century. This is noted in recent research on the heroic but it has been largely ignored that heroism is increasingly a global phenomenon both in terms of production and consumption. This edited collection aims to bridge this research void and brings together case studies by scholars from different parts of the world and diverse fields. They explore how transnational and transcultural processes of translation and adaptation shape notions of the heroic in non-Western and Western cultures alike. The book provides fresh perspectives on heroism studies and offers a new angle for global and postcolonial studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367671105

Heteronormativity in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture The resurgence of marriage as a transnational institution same-sex or otherwise draws upon as much as it departs from enlightenment ideologies of sex gender and sexuality which this collection aims to investigate interrogate and conceptualize anew. Coming to terms with heteronormativity is imperative for appreciating the literature and culture of the eighteenth century writ large as well as the myriad imaginaries of sex and sexuality that the period bequeaths to the present. This collection foregrounds British European and to a lesser extent transatlantic heteronormativities in order to pose vital if vexing questions about the degree of continuity subsisting between heteronormativities of the past and present questions compounded by the aura of transhistoricity lying at the heart of heteronormativity as an ideology. Contributors attend to the fissures and failures of heteronormativity even as they stress the resilience of its hegemony: reconfiguring our sense of how gender and sexuality came to be mapped onto space; how public and private spheres were carved up or gendered and sexual bodies socially sanctioned; and finally how literary traditions scholarly criticisms and pedagogical practices have served to buttress or contest the legacy of heteronormativity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880118

Hindu Women's Property Rights in Rural IndiaLaw Labour and Culture in Action Hindu women in India have independent right of ownership to property under the Law of Succession (The Hindu Succession Act 1956). However during the last five decades of its operation not many women have exercised their rights under the enactment. This volume addresses the issue of Hindu peasant women's ability to effectuate the statutory rights to succession and assert ownership of their share in family land. The work combines a critical evaluation of law with economic analyses into allocation of resources within the family as a means of addressing gender relations and explaining resulting gender inequalities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815389514

Hip-Hop Culture in College Students' LivesElements Embodiment and Higher Edutainment College campuses have become rich sites of hip-hop culture and knowledge production. Despite the attention that campus personnel and researchers have paid to student life the field of higher education has often misunderstood the ways that hip-hop culture exists in college students’ lives. Based upon in-depth interviews observations of underground hip-hop spaces and the author’s own active roles in hop-hop communities this book provides a rich portrait of how college students who create hip-hop—both male and female and of multiple ethnicities—embody its principles and aesthetics on campuses across the United States. The book looks beyond rap music school curricula and urban adolescents to make the empirical argument that hip-hop has a deep cultural logic habits of mind and worldview components that students apply to teaching learning and living on campus. Hip-Hop Culture in College Students’ Lives provides critical insights for researchers and campus personnel working with college students while pushing cultural observers to rethink the basic ways that people live hip-hop. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415889711

Historical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country "This thought-provoking book demonstrates how processes of landscape transformation usually illustrated only in simplified or idealized form play out over time in real complex landscapes. Trimble illustrates how a simple landscape disturbance generated in this case by agriculture can spread an astonishing variety of altered hydrologic and sedimentation processes throughout a drainage basin. The changes have spatial and temporal patterns forced on them by the distinctive topographic structure of drainage basins. "Through painstaking field surveys comparative photographic records careful dating a skillful eye for subtle landscape features and a geographer’s interdisciplinary understanding of landscape processes the author leads the reader through the arc of an instructive and encouraging story. Farmers—whose unfamiliarity with new environmental conditions led initially to landscape destruction impoverishment and instability—eventually adapted their land use and settlement practices and supported by government institutions recovered and enriched the same working landscape. "For the natural scientist Historical Agriculture and Soil Erosion in the Upper Mississippi Valley Hill Country illustrates how an initially simple alteration of land cover can set off a train of unanticipated changes to runoff erosion and sedimentation processes that spread through a landscape over decades—impoverishing downstream landscapes and communities. Distinct zones of the landscape respond differently and in sequence. The effects take a surprisingly long time to spread through a landscape because sediment moves short distances during storms and can persist for decades or centuries in relatively stable forms where it resists further movement because of consolidation plant reinforcement and low gradients. "For the social scientist the book raises questions of whether and how people can be alerted early to their potential for environmental disturbance but also for learning and adopting restorative practices. Trimble’s commitment to all aspects of this problem should energize both groups."—Professor Thomas Dunne Bren School of Environmental Science and Management UC Santa Barbara Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138071612

Historical Archaeology in South AfricaMaterial Culture of the Dutch East India Company at the Cape This volume documents the analysis of excavated historical archaeological collections at the Cape of Good Hope South Africa. The corpus provides a rich picture of life and times at this distant outpost of an immense Dutch seaborne empire during the contact period. Representing over three decades of excavation conservation and analysis the book examines ceramics glass metal and other categories of artifacts in their archaeological contexts. An enclosed CD includes a video reconstruction plus a comprehensive catalog and color illustrations of the artifacts in the corpus. The parallels and contrasts this volume reveals will help scholars studying the European expansion period to build a richer comparative picture of colonial material culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781598741643

Historical Interplay in French Music and Culture 1860�1960 This edited volume of case studies presents a selective history of French music and culture but one with a dynamic difference. Eschewing a traditional chronological account the book explores the nature of relationships between one main period broadly the 'long' modernist era between 1860–1960 and its own historical ‘others’ referencing topics from the Romantic classical baroque renaissance and medieval periods. It probes the emergent interplay intertextualities and scope for reinterpretation across time and place. Notions of cultural meaning are paramount especially those pertaining to French identity national and individual. While founded on historical musicology the approach benefits from interdisciplinary association with philosophy political history literature fine art film studies and criticism. Attention is paid to French composers’ celebrations and remakings of their predecessors. Editions of and writings about earlier music are examined together with the cultural reception of performances of past repertoire. Organized into two parts each of the eleven chapters characterizes a specific cultural network or temporal interplay which may result in synthesis disjunction or historical misreading. The interwar years and those surrounding the Second World War prove particularly rich sources of enquiry. This volume aims to attract a wide readership of musicologists and musicians as well as cultural historians other humanities scholars and concert-goers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367881641

Historicism Psychoanalysis and Early Modern Culture First published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203949498

History and Material CultureA Student's Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources Sources are the raw material of History but whereas the written word has traditionally been seen as the principal source historians now recognize the value of sources beyond text. In this new edition of History and Material Culture contributors consider a range of objects – from an eighteenth-century bed curtain to a twenty-first-century shopping trolley – which can help historians develop new interpretations and new knowledge about the past. Containing two new chapters on healing objects in East Africa and the shopping trolley in the social world this book examines a variety of material sources from around the globe and across centuries to assess how such sources can be used to study the distant and the recent past. In a revised introduction Karen Harvey discusses some of the principal issues raised when historians use material culture particularly in the context of 'the material turn' and suggests some initial steps for those unfamiliar with these kinds of sources. While the sources are discussed from interdisciplinary perspectives the emphasis of the book is on what historians stand to gain from using material culture as well as what historians have to offer the broader study of material culture. Clearly written and accessible this book is the ideal introduction to the opportunities and challenges of researching material culture and is essential reading for all students of historical theory and method. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138928671

History of the PresentThe Contemporary and its Culture This book explores the demise of the grand narrative of European modernity. That once commanding narrative located the meaning of the past in the present and the meaning of the present in an ever-receding future. Today instead the present defines both the past and the future. The ‘contemporary’ has replaced ‘modern’ and ‘post-modern’ self-understandings. The times of the past and the future have been transformed into versions of ‘now’ while the present has acquired its own history. History of the Present describes the emergence of this ‘contemporary’ historical consciousness across a wide spectrum of cultural phenomena ranging from historiography to heritage and museum studies and from the globalization of the novel to the rise of science fiction. The culture of the ‘contemporary’ appears particularly clearly in the merging of high and low culture along with art and fashion. This book will appeal to scholars of sociology cultural and social theory museum and heritage studies and literary history and criticism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367530952

HIV in World CulturesThree Decades of Representations This book analyses the way that HIV/AIDS is often narrativised and represented in contemporary world cultures as well as the different strategies of remembrance deployed by different (sub)cultural groups affected by the illness. Through a close study of a variety of cultural texts; including cinema literature theatre art and photography amongst others it demonstrates the trajectory that such narratives and representations have undergone since the advent of the ’discovery’ of the disease in the 1980s. Acknowledging the central - yet often overlooked - role that cultural products have played in the construction of public opinion towards the condition itself and those who suffer it this ground-breaking volume focuses on a variety of narratives as well as strategies of coping with HIV/AIDS that have emerged across the globe. Bringing together research on the UK North and South America Africa and China it provides rich textual analyses of the ways in which the HIV positive body has been portrayed in contemporary culture with attention to the differences between specific national contexts whilst keeping in view a space of commonality amongst the different experiences reflected in such texts. As such it will be of interest to social scientists and scholars of cultural and media studies concerned with cultural production and representations of the body and sickness. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367601270

Hollywood and the Rise of Physical Culture This book examines the relationship between cinema and physical culture i.e. activities such as dieting and muscle-building. It presents a case study of Hollywood's impact on the American reducing craze of the 1920s as the basis for speculating interrelationship of Hollywood and physical culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415762427

Hollywood on StagePlaywrights Evaluate the Culture Industry First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138884076

Holocaust IntersectionsGenocide and Visual Culture at the New Millennium This book charts how visual culture at the new millennium has engaged with the Holocaust and provides insight into a number of significant trends in the production distribution and reception of recent works about the Nazi genocide. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367600662

Holy TerrorUnderstanding Religion and Violence in Popular Culture The authors of religious scriptures had little difficulty enhancing sacred narratives with the rhetoric of violence. The phenomenon continues in the habitual linkage of violence and religion in contemporary film music and literature. 'Holy Terror' brings together scholars of religious studies biblical studies film studies and sociology to examine the social function of violence in popular discourse. The book questions how violent rhetoric shapes belief and values how audience empathy with violent protagonists can be understood and the significance of the association of violence with particular religious groups and ideas. A range of phenomena are analysed including terrorism in Scripture apocalyptic texts in film and violence in sport. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781845533601

Hombres Y MachosMasculinity And Latino Culture Although patriarchy machismo and excessive masculine displays are assumed to be prevalent among Latinos in general and Mexicans in particular little is known about Latino men or macho masculinity. Hombres y Machos: Masculinity and Latino Culture fills an important void by providing an integrated view of Latino men masculinity and fatherhood?in Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316099

Home PossessionsMaterial Culture Behind Closed Doors Although so much of the life we care about takes place at home this private space often remains behind closed doors and is notoriously difficult for researchers to infiltrate. We may think it is just up to us to decorate transform and construct our homes but in this book we discover a new form of ‘estate agency' the active participation of the home and its material culture in the construction of our lives. What do the possessions people choose to take with them when moving say about who they are and should we emphasize the mobility of a move or the stability of what movers take with them? How is the home an active partner in developing relationships? Why are our homes sometimes haunted by 'ghosts'?. This intriguing book is a rare behind-the-scenes exposé of the domestic sphere across a range of cultures. Examples come from working class housewives in Norway a tribal society in Taiwan a museum in London tenants in Canada and students from Greece to produce a genuinely comparative perspective based in every case on sustained fieldwork. So Japan long thought to be a nation that idealizes uncluttered simplicity is shown behind closed doors to harbour illicit pockets of disorganization while the warmth inside Romanian apartments is used to expel the presence of the state. Representing a vital development in the study of material culture this book clearly shows that we may think we possess our homes but our homes are more likely to possess us. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003085607

Home Schooling in ChinaCulture Religion Politics and Gender Home Schooling in China seeks to provide a better understanding of the social movement of home schooling in China. In this book the author addresses several major themes of home education including marketization social stratification culture religion Confucianism gender policy gender and home schooling. This book draws a broad attention to the in-depth information to the relationship of marketisation social stratification and home education in China. It offers an implication for a better understanding not only for influences of religion (e.g. Christianity) but also the effects of Confucianism on the growth of home education in China. With a strong theoretical foundation the book comprehensively untangles the key possible factors that shape China’s social movement of home education. The book offers a background on theories and research methodology as well as reports on empirical studies that analyse the influences of marketisation on home schooling social stratification and the development of home schooling. This book is ideal reading for academics researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of Confucianism social class gender and education in China. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367202767

Homosexuality in French History and Culture Deconstruct changing representations of homosexuality with this important new work of cultural criticism! Homosexuality in French History and Culture explores episodes patterns and images of same-sex attraction in France from the sixteenth to the twenty-first century from the essays of Michel de Montaigne to pride parades in contemporary Paris. This groundbreaking book documents the ways homosexuality has been named experienced regulated understood and imagined. During these centuries homosexuality has been stigmatized as a sin crime or disease and denounced as a threat to social order and national identity. Yet the rhetoric of condemnation has always co-existed with the reality of toleration. This groundbreaking collection analyzes the ways in which persecutions as well as differences within minority sexual subcultures have highlighted stereotypes and anxieties about class and age differences gendered roles and separatism. Homosexuality in French History and Culture offers historical and literary studies based on a wide variety of sources including: novels plays and poetry gossip and satires police reports medical texts travel literature newspapers and periodicals memoirsHomosexuality in French History and Culture combines fresh creative re-interpretation of familiar texts with exciting new explorations of neglected historical episodes and cultures. It is a landmark of meticulous scholarship and rigorous theoretical analysis and a vital resource for scholars of queer theory French history and culture and literary criticism. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315877068

Hospice Care and CultureA Comparison of the Hospice Movement in the West and Japan First published in 1999 Maruyama explores some significant difficulties and differences in bringing the western hospice philosophy to the Japanese medical culture. Whilst not giving any definite answers this study determines what some of the critical questions that need to be considered into Japanese medicine as Mayuyama argues without defining these questions to begin with we cannot find appropriate solutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138319271

Hospitality in American Literature and CultureSpaces Bodies Borders This volume examines hospitality in American immigrant literature and culture situating this ancient virtue at the crossroads of space and border theory and exploring the relationship among the intersecting themes of migration citizenship identity formation and spatiality. Assessing the conditions duration and shifting roles of hosts and guests in the United States the book concentrates on the ways the US administers protocols of belonging and non-belonging and distinguishes between those who can feel at home from those who will always be outside the body politic even if they were the original "hosts." The volume opens with a genealogy of hospitality through a focus on its sites from its origins in the Bible to its national and post-national renditions in contemporary American literature and culture. The authors explore recent representations of immigrant spatiality from the space of the body in Spielberg’s The Terminal and Frears’s Dirty Pretty Things to the different ways in which immigrants are incorporated into the United States in Alex Rivera’s Sleep Dealer Karen T. Yamashita’s I Hotel Junot Díaz’s "Invierno " and Ernesto Quiñonez’s Chango’s Fire concluding with the spectrality of the immigrant body in George Saunders’ "The Semplica Girl Diaries." Timely and imperative in light of the legacies of colonialism and the realities of modern-day globalization this book will be of value to specialists in post-colonialism; American Studies; immigration diaspora and border studies; and critical race and gender studies for its innovative approaches to media and literary texts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367877194

How Blacks Built AmericaLabor Culture Freedom and Democracy How Blacks Built America examines the many positive and dramatic contributions made by African Americans to this country over its long history. Almost all public and scholarly discussion of African Americans accenting their distinctive societal position especially discussion outside black communities has emphasized either stereotypically negative features or the negative socioeconomic conditions that they have long faced because of systemic racism. In contrast Feagin reveals that African Americans have long been an extraordinarily important asset for this country. Without their essential contributions indeed there probably would not have been a United States. This is an ideal addition to courses race and ethnicity courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415703291

How Culture Makes Us HumanPrimate Social Evolution and the Formation of Human Societies What separates modern humans from our primate cousins—are we a mere blink in the march of evolution or does human culture represent the definitive evolutionary turn? Dwight Read explores the dilemma in this engaging thought-provoking book taking readers through an evolutionary odyssey from our primate beginnings through the development of culture and social organization. He assesses the two major trends in this field: one that sees us as a logical culmination of primate evolution arguing that the rudiments of culture exist in primates and even magpies and another that views the human transition as so radical that the primate model provides no foundation for understanding human dynamics. Expertly synthesizing a wide body of evidence from the anthropological and life sciences in accessible prose Read’s book will interest a broad readership from experts to undergraduate students and the general public. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781598745894

How to Engage Involve and Motivate EmployeesBuilding a Culture of Lean Leadership and Two-Way Communication This book which takes the employees' perspective illustrates what works and what doesn't work to engage involve and motivate a workforce. Through examples it shows how the "engage" methodology links to the Lean Process. While focusing on the softer/"people" part of Lean it maximizes the value returned on the organization's investment in Lean. It links "engagement" to measurable performance improvements. The how-to book includes a methodology overview and details on how to implement including communication do's and don'ts as well as a checklist for leader standard work (a tool for individual leaders to track and be recognized for their "engage involve and motivate" behaviors). Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781498777759

Human Centered Organizational CultureGlobal Dimensions This book is part of the Human Centered Book Trilogy the 2021 volumes of the Routledge Human Centered Management HCM Series. HCM books are pioneering transformation from the traditional humans-as-a-resource approach of the industrial past to the humans at the center management and organizational paradigm of the 21st century. HCM is built on talent and wellbeing of people in the workplace driving work engagement quality standards high performance and productivity for long-term organizational sustainability in the global VUCA (volatile uncertain complex ambiguous) environment. This book was carefully crafted by recognized international human centered scholars from four continents. Although all organizations seek to have an optimal culture unstoppable disruptions in the VUCA environment easily derail even the best efforts. Conventional assumptions of culture as a unifying organizational force are hardly defendable today. HCM maintains that culture is not only about cohesiveness and consensus but effective management of conflict and disagreements continuously testing the capacity of people to work together. This book is about organizational transformation positioning people at the center. Complementary chapters integrate as antidotes to overcome disruptions in the VUCA environment and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic affecting people and organizations worldwide. This and its two complementary titles Soft Skills for Human Centered Management and Global Sustainability and Sensible Leadership: Human Centered Insightful and Prudent are timely readings for leaders managers researchers academics practitioners students and the general public responsible for organizations across industries and sectors worldwide pursuing quality standards and organizational transformation to attain sustainability. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367551117

Human Landscapes in Classical AntiquityEnvironment and Culture First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415692472

Human Specialization in Design and TechnologyThe Current Wave for Learning Culture Industry and Beyond Human Specialization in Design and Technology explores emerging trends in learning and training—standardization personalization customization and specialization—with a unique focus on innovations specific to human needs and conditions. Analyzing evidence from current academic research as well as the popular press this concise volume defines and examines the trajectory of instructional design and technologies toward more human-centered and specialized products services processes environments and systems. Examples from education healthcare business and other sectors offer real-world demonstrations for scholars and graduate students of educational technology instructional design and business development. The book features insights into the future of professors public schools equity and access extended technologies open educational resources and more concluding with a set of concrete solutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367557430

Humans and Other Animals in Eighteenth-Century British CultureRepresentation Hybridity Ethics Combining historical and interpretive work this collection examines changing perceptions of and relations between human and nonhuman animals in Britain over the long eighteenth century. Persistent questions concern modes of representing animals and animal-human hybrids as well as the ethical issues raised by the human uses of other animals. From the animal men of Thomas Rowlandson to the part animal-part human creature of Victor Frankenstein hybridity serves less as a metaphor than as a metonym for the intersections of humans and other animals. The contributors address such recurring questions as the implications of the Enlightenment project of naming and classifying animals the equating of non-European races and nonhuman animals in early ethnographic texts and the desire to distinguish the purely human from the entirely nonhuman animal. Gulliver's Travels and works by Mary and Percy Shelley emerge as key texts for this study. The volume will be of interest to scholars and students who work in animal colonial gender and cultural studies; and will appeal to general readers concerned with the representation of animals and their treatment by humans. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138255876

Humor and Chinese CultureA Psychological Perspective This book addresses psychological studies of humour in Chinese societies. It starts by reviewing how the concept of humour evolves in Chinese history and how it is perceived by Confucianism Taoism and Buddhism respectively. It then compares differences in the Western and the Chinese perceptions of humor and discusses empirical studies that were conducted to examine such differences. It also discusses the cultural origin and empirical evidence of the Chinese ambivalence about humor and presents empirical findings that illustrate its existence. Having done these it proceeds to discuss psychological studies that examine how humour is related to various demographic dispositional variables as well as how humour is related to creativity in Chinese societies. It also discusses how humour is related to emotional expressions and mental health in Chinese society as well. It concludes with a discussion on how workplace humor is reflected and developed in Chinese contexts. Taken together this book attempts to bring together the theoretical propositions empirical studies and cultural analyses of humor in Chinese societies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367271947

Hunter-Gatherers of the Congo BasinCultures Histories and Biology of African Pygmies The forest foragers of the Congo Basin known collectively as "Pygmies " are the largest and most diverse group of active hunter-gatherers remaining in the world. At least fifteen different ethno-linguistic groups exist in the Congo Basin with a total population of 250 000 to 350 000 individuals. Extensive knowledge about these groups has accumulated in the last forty years but readers have been forced to piece together what is known from many sources. French Japanese American and British researchers have conducted the majority of the research; each national research group has its own academic traditions history and publications. Here leading academic authorities from diverse national traditions summarize recent research on forest hunter-gatherers.The volume explores the diversity and uniformity of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life by providing detailed but accessible overviews of recent research. It represents the first book in over twenty-five years to provide a comprehensive and holistic overview of African forest hunter-gatherers. Chapters discuss the cultural variation in characteristic features of Congo Basin hunter-gatherer life such as their yodeled polyphonic music pronounced egalitarianism multiple-child caregiving and complex relations with neighboring farming groups. Other contributors address theoretical issues such as why Pygmies are short how tropical forest hunter-gatherers live without the carbohydrates they receive from neighboring farmers and how hunter-gatherer children learn to share so extensively. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412853613

Hybrid Media CultureSensing Place in a World of Flows The distinction between online and offline realities is becoming more and more difficult to sustain. As computer-mediated communication evolves and as interaction becomes more and more dependent on the Internet social cultural and political aspects begin to get caught and entangled in the web of contemporary digital communication technologies. Digital tools and platforms for communication are progressively becoming commonplace while the cultural conceptions that surround these technologies—immediacy constant accessibility availability—are becoming increasingly mainstream. Hybrid Media Culture is an interdisciplinary exploration of how the online and the offline interact in present-day culture. In the aftermath of all-encompassing perspectives on ‘postmodernisation’ and ‘globalization’ there is now a pressing need for scholars of new media and society to come to terms with issues of place embodiment and materiality in a world of ‘virtual’ flows and ‘cyber’ culture. This book explores ways of conceptualizing the intricate intermingling of the online and the offline through case studies of hybrid media places including: user-generated videos about self-harm; visibility surveillance and digital media; digital communication tools and politics; and physical and virtual churches.This interdisciplinary edited collection investigates the effects of the internet and digital culture on perceptions and uses of identities bodies and localities. It will be of interest to students and scholars of digital culture sociology media and communications studies new media body studies politics and science and technology studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367867997

Hybridity: Law Culture and Development This book explores recent developments in the concept of hybridity through a multi-disciplinary perspective bringing ideas about legal plurality together with the fields of peace development and cultural studies. Analysing the concepts of hybridity and hybridization their history their application in law and legal studies and their implications for thinking and rethinking legal plurality the book shows how the concept of hybridity can contribute to an understanding of the processes that occur when different normative or legal orders or frameworks confront each other. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138333598

Hyperreality and Global Culture This book explores a world where the boundaries between reality and representation have become blurred a world where LA Law is used to train lawyers. Drawing on examples from around the globe Nick Perry presents a fascinating and entertaining analysis of both familiar objects and situations as well as the more unusual and absurd. Meals served in British pubs motor-cycle gangs in downtown Tokyo Australian movies are just some examples used by the author in his engaging exploration of modern sense of the 'unreal'. Hyperrealities also engages with well known theorists of contemporary culture from Baudrillard and Umberto Eco to Jameson and Sartre. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203019375

Hyperspectral Indices and Image Classifications for Agriculture and Vegetation Written by leading global experts including pioneers in the field the four-volume set on Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation Second Edition reviews existing state-of- the-art knowledge highlights advances made in different areas and provides guidance for the appropriate use of hyperspectral data in the study and management of agricultural crops and natural vegetation. Volume II Hyperspectral Indices and Image Classifications for Agriculture and Vegetation evaluates the performance of hyperspectral narrowband or imaging spectroscopy data with specific emphasis on the uses and applications of hyperspectral narrowband vegetation indices in characterizing modeling mapping and monitoring agricultural crops and vegetation. This volume presents and discusses topics such as the non-invasive quantification of foliar pigments leaf nitrogen concentration of cereal crop the estimation of nitrogen content in crops and pastures and forest leaf chlorophyll content among others. The concluding chapter provides readers with useful guidance on the highlights and essence of Volume II through the editors’ perspective. Key Features of Volume II: Provides the fundamentals of hyperspectral narrowband vegetation indices and hyperspectral derivative vegetation indices and their applications in agriculture and vegetation studies. Discusses the latest advances in hyperspectral image classification methods and their applications. Explains the massively big hyperspectral sensing data processing on cloud computing architectures. Highlights the state-of-the-art methods in the field of hyperspectral narrowband vegetation indices for monitoring agriculture vegetation and their properties such as plant water content nitrogen chlorophyll and others at leaf canopy field and landscape scales. Includes best global expertise on hyperspectral remote sensing of agriculture crop water use plant species detection crop productivity and water productivity mapping and modeling. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138066038

Ibn al-'Arabi and Islamic Intellectual CultureFrom Mysticism to Philosophy Ibn al-'Arabī (d. 1240) was one of the towering figures of Islamic intellectual history and among Sufis still bears the title of al-shaykh al-akbar or "the greatest master." Ibn al-'Arabī and Islamic Intellectual Culture traces the history of the concept of "oneness of being" (wahdat al-wujūd) in the school of Ibn al- 'Arabī in order to explore the relationship between mysticism and philosophy in Islamic intellectual life. It examines how the conceptual language used by early mystical writers became increasingly engaged over time with the broader Islamic intellectual culture eventually becoming integrated with the latter’s common philosophical and theological vocabulary. It focuses on four successive generations of thinkers (Sadr al-Dīn al-Qūnawī Mu'ayyad al-Dīn al-Jandī 'Abd al-Razzāq al-Kāshānī and Dāwūd al-Qaysarī) and examines how these "philosopher-mystics" refined and developed the ideas of Ibn al-'Arabī. Through a close analysis of texts the book clearly traces the crystallization of an influential school of thought in Islamic history and its place in the broader intellectual culture.Offering an exploration of the development of Sufi expression and thought this book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of Islamic thought philosophy and mysticism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367869885

Ibn Khaldûn's Philosophy of HistoryA Study in the Philosophic Foundation of the Science of Culture This book first published in 1957 is the study of 14th-century Arab historian Ibn Khaldun who founded a special science to consider history and culture based on the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle and their Muslim followers. In no other field has the revolt of modern Western thought against traditional philosophy been so far-reaching in its consequences as in the field of history. Ibn Khaldun realized that history is more immediately related to action than political philosophy because it studies the actual state of man and society. He found that the ancients had not made history the object of an independent science and thought it was important to fill this gap. A factual acquaintance with the conclusions of Ibn Khaldun’s reflections on history is not the same as the full comprehension of their theoretical significance. When these fundamental questions are answered it becomes possible to pose the specific question of the relation of Ibn Khaldun’s philosophy of history or his new science of culture to other practical sciences and particularly to the art of history. After an exposition of the major trends of Islamic historiography part of this book attempts to answer this question through the analysis of the method and intention of the sections of the ‘History’ where Ibn Khaldun himself examines the works of major Muslim historians shows the necessity of the new science of culture and distinguishes it from other practical sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138947245

Icons of American Popular CultureFrom P.T. Barnum to Jennifer Lopez Traces the evolution of American popular culture over the past two centuries. In a lengthy chronology of landmark events and ten chapters each revolving around the lives of two individuals who are in some way emblematic of their times this provides a window on the social economic and political history of US democracy from the antebellum period to the present. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703596

Identical TwinsThe Social Construction and Performance of Identity in Culture and Society In Identical Twins: The Social Construction and Performance of Identity in Culture and Society Ncube conceptualises twin identity as a multi-layered dynamic that changes through performance and explores twin identity through a social constructionist approach. Until now mainstream twin studies have mostly sought to explain social phenomena about twins from ‘inside’ the person providing their explanations in terms of internal entities such as personality structures with an obvious underlying essentialist assumption. By examining the theories of Michel Foucault and Judith Butler Ncube shows that the ‘identity’ of twins is managed in both an academic and cultural context and in relation to specific audiences. Relocating the explanations that we gather in social research including in qualitative research in psychology the book focuses its enquiry on the social practices and interactions that people engage in with each other not delving ‘inside’ the person. Using real-world twin accounts the book maps out the social construction of twin identity and allows for the twins’ own voices to be examined in relation to twin experiences. Also addressing aspects of being misunderstood as well as the idea of misunderstanding oneself this is fascinating reading for students and researchers in critical and cultural psychology and anyone interested in twin studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815353553

Identification PapersReadings on Psychoanalysis Sexuality and Culture The notion of identification especially in the discourse of feminist theory has come sharply and dramatically into focus with the recent interest in such topics as queer performativity cross-dressing and racial passing. Identification Papers is the first book to track the evolution of identification's emergence in psychoanalytic theory. Diana Fuss seeks to understand where this notion of identification has come from and why it has emerged as one of the most difficult problems in contemporary theory and politics. Identification Papers situates the recent critical interest in identification in the intellectual tradition that first gave the idea its theoretical relevance: psychoanalysis. Fuss begins from the assumption that identification has a history and that the term carries with it a host of theoretical problems conceptual difficulties and ideological complications. By tracking the evolution of identification in Freud's work over a forty year period Fuss demonstrates how the concept of identification is neither a theoretically neutral notion nor a politically innocent one. Identification Papers closely examines the three principal figures -- gravity ingestion and infection -- that psychoanalysis invokes to theorize identification. Fuss then deconstructs the psychoanalytic theory of identification in order to open up the possibility of more innovative rethinkings of the political. Drawing on literature film and Freud's own case histories and engaging with a wide range of disciplines -- including critical theory philosophy film theory cultural studies psychoanalysis and feminism -- Identification Papers will be a necessary starting point in any future theoretical project that seeks to mobilize the concept of identification for a feminist politics. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699539

Identity Culture and Chinese Foreign PolicyTHAAD and China’s South Korea Policy This book assesses the role of identity and Chinese face culture in Chinese foreign policy by analyzing China’s political and economic retaliation against South Korea’s deployment of the THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense) system on its soil.By examining the history and military action of China Japan and North and South Korea the book argues that China’s divergent responses were caused by different expectations according to whether states had a perceived identity as a friend or a rival. The author demonstrates that Chinese face culture shapes China’s reaction to others through three dynamics of seeking saving and losing face. This book shows how identity and culture have worked in the relationship between China and neighboring countries through three case studies exploring North Korea’s Taepodong-2 missile launch and first nuclear test in 2006 South Korea’s decision to allow the United States to deploy the THAAD around 2016 and Japan’s decision to deploy two U.S. X-band radars in 2005 and 2014.A timely analysis of the importance of identity and culture in international relations the book will be of interest to scholars of Chinese foreign policy Sino-South Korean relations Sino-North Korean relations Sino-Japanese relations Korean Politics Asian Politics and International Relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367553302

Identity Formation Agency and CultureA Social Psychological Synthesis The goal of Identity Formation Agency and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization (culture). James E. Côté and Charles G. Levine have compiled state-of-the-art psychological and sociological theory and research into a concise synthesis. This volume utilizes a vast interdisciplinary literature in a reader-friendly style. Playing the role of narrators the authors take readers through the most important theories and studies of self and identity focusing on pragmatic issues of identity formation--those things that matter most in people's lives. Identity Formation Agency and Culture is intended for identity-related researchers in the behavioral and social sciences as well as clinicians counselors and social workers dealing with identity-related disorders. It also serves as a main or supplemental text in advanced courses on identity identity and human development social development moral development personality the sociology of identity and the individual and society taught in departments of psychology sociology human development and family studies. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9781410612199

Identity in AnimationA Journey into Self Difference Culture and the Body Identity in Animation: A Journey into Self Difference Culture and the Body uncovers the meaning behind some of the most influential characters in the history of animation and questions their unique sense of who they are and how they are formed. Jane Batkin explores how identity politics shape the inner psychology of the character and their exterior motivation often buoyed along by their questioning of ‘place’ and ‘belonging’ and driven by issues of self difference gender and the body. Through this Identity in Animation illustrates and questions the construction of stereotypes as well as unconventional representations within American European and Eastern animation. It does so with examples such as the strong gender tropes of Japan’s Hayao Miyazaki the strange relationships created by Australian director Adam Elliot and Nick Park’s depiction of Britishness. In addition this book discusses Betty Boop’s sexuality and ultimate repression Warner Bros’ anarchic self-aware characters and Disney’s fascinating representation of self and society. Identity in Animation is an ideal book for students and researchers of animation studies as well as any media and film studies students taking modules on animation as part of their course. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138849785

Ideology and Evolution in Nineteenth Century BritainEmbryos Monsters and Racial and Gendered Others in the Making of Evolutionary Theory and Culture Written over several decades and collected together for the first time these richly detailed contextual studies by a leading historian of science examine the diverse ways in which cultural values and political and professional considerations impinged upon the construction acceptance and applications of nineteenth century evolutionary theory. They include a number of interrelated analyses of the highly politicised roles of embryos and monsters in pre- and post- Darwinian evolutionary theorizing including Darwin’s; several studies of the intersection of Darwinian science and its practitioners with issues of gender race and sexuality featuring a pioneering contextual analysis of Darwin’s theory of sexual selection; and explorations of responses to Darwinian science by notable Victorian women intellectuals including the crusading anti-feminist and ardent Darwinian Eliza Lynn Linton the feminist and leading anti-vivisectionist Frances Power Cobbe and Annie Besant the bible-bashing birth-control advocate who confronted Darwin’s opposition to contraception at the notorious Knowlton Trial. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138607712

Illicit AntiquitiesThe Theft of Culture and the Extinction of Archaeology The exploitation of archaeological sites for commercial gain is a serious problem worldwide. In peace and during wartime archaeological sites and cultural institutions both on land and underwater are attacked and their contents robbed for sale on an international 'antiquities' market. Objects are excavated without record smuggled across borders and sold for exorbitant prices in the salesrooms of Europe and North America. In some countries this looting has now reached such a scale as to threaten the very survival of their archaeological and cultural heritage. This volume highlights the deleterious effects of the trade on cultural heritage but in particular it focuses upon questions of legal and local responses: How can people become involved in the preservation of their past and what in economic terms are the costs and benefits? Are international conventions or export restrictions effective in diminishing the volume of the trade and the scale of its associated destruction? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415510776

Illusions Of SafetyCulture And Earthquake Hazard Response In California And Japan This book describes Japanese earthquakes and United States earthquakes and presents the study of human response to earthquake hazards. It discusses risk perception about earthquakes government policies and adoption of earthquake mitigation measures in these countries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367159726

Image Making in Byzantium Sasanian Persia and the Early Muslim WorldImages and Cultures Relations between Byzantium and its neighbours are the focus of this volume. The papers address questions of cultural exchange with special attention to art historical relations as shown by technical iconographic and diplomatic exchanges. While addressed to specialists both their approach and the language make these papers accessible to students at all levels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138375246

Image-Making-IndiaVisual Culture Technology Politics Image-Making-India explores the evolving meaning of images in a digital landscape from the vantage point of contemporary India. Building upon long-term ethnographic research among image-makers in Delhi Mumbai and other Indian cities the author interrogates the dialogue between visual culture technology and changing notions of political participation. The book explores selected artistic experiences in documentary and fiction film photography contemporary art and digital curation that have in common a desire to engage with images as tools for social intervention. These experiences reveal images’ capacity not only to narrate and represent but also to perform do and affect. Particular attention is devoted to the 'digital' a critical landscape that offers an opportunity to re-examine the significance of images and visual culture in a rapidly changing India. This volume will be of particular interest to scholars of visual and digital anthropology and cultures as well as South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350029880

Images of SavagesAncient Roots of Modern Prejudice in Western Culture In Images of Savages the distinguished psychologist Gustav Jahoda advances the provocative thesis that racism and the perpetual alienation of a racialized 'other' are a central leagacy of the Western tradition. Finding the roots of these demonizations deep in the myth and traditions of classical antiquity he examines how the monstrous humanoid creatures of ancient myth and the fabulous "wild men" of the medieval European woods shaped early modern explorers' interpretations of the New World they encountered. Drawing on a global scale the schematic of the Western imagination of its "others " Jahoda locates the persistent identification of the racialized other with cannibalism sexual abandon and animal drives. Turning to Europe's scientific tradition Jahoda traces this imagery through the work of 18th century scientists on the relationship between humans and apes the new racist biology of the 19th century studies of "savagery" as an arrested evolutionary state and the assignment especially of blacks to a status intermediate between humans and animals or that of children in need of paternal protection from Western masters. Finding in these traditional tropes a central influence upon the most current psychological theory Jahoda presents a startling historical continuity of racial figuration that persists right up to the present day. Far from suggesting a program for the eradication of racial stereotypes this remarkable effort nevertheless isolates the most significant barriers to equality buried deep within the Western tradition and proposes a potentially redemptive self-awareness that will contribute to the gradual dismantling of racial injustice and alienation. Gustav Jahoda demonstrates how deeply rooted Western perceptions going back more than a thousand years are still feeding racial prejudice today. This highly original socio-historical contextualisation will be invaluable to scholars of psychology sociology and anthropology and to all those interested in the sources of racial prejudice. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315787909

ImagesIconography of Music in African-American Culture (1770s-1920s) This lavishly illustrated book brings together for the first time a significant body of imagery devoted to the traditional culture of the African-American slave. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315052335

Imaginaries of ModernityPolitics Cultures Tensions This book offers a new perspective on the issue of modernity through a series of interconnected essays. Drawing centrally on the works of Castoriadis Luhmann Heller and Lefort and in critical discussion with Weber Durkheim Simmel Adorno Habermas and Taylor the author argues that modernity is not only a unique historical creation but also a multiple one. With a focus on five broad themes - the problem of understanding of modernity after the decline of grand narratives; the complexity of the modern condition; politics especially with reference to freedom and totalitarian regimes; the variety and density of modern life; and the centrality of a concept of culture to social and critical theory - John Rundell advances the view that modernity is not the outcome of an evolutionary process or historical development but is unique and indeterminate as are the constitutive dimensions that can be identified as 'modern'. There are then different modernities. A rigorous engagement with a range of prominent and contemporary social theorists Imaginaries of Modernity casts new light on the significance of understanding the multidimensional character of modernity and the plurality of its forms beyond the conventional paradigms associated with only the West. As such it will appeal to scholars of social theory critical theory sociology and philosophy concerned with questions of culture politics and modernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595623

Imagine NationThe American Counterculture of the 1960's and 70's Amidst the recent flourishing of Sixties scholarship Imagine Nation is the first collection to focus solely on the counterculture. Its fourteen provocative essays seek to unearth the complexity and rediscover the society-changing power of significant movements and figures. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203615171

Imagining Culture (Routledge Revivals)Essays in Early Modern History and Literature Imagining Culture first published in 1996 discusses literature as a whole rather than a partisan interest in those who are in or out of favour and how that literature relates to other arts as well as to philosophical historical and cultural contexts. This title will be of interest to students of literature and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138832800

Imagining CultureEssays in Early Modern History and Literature This book of original essays explores three important areas in comparative literature and history and in cultural studies: the boundaries between history and fiction;women as writers and subjects; and the connection between the early modern modern and postmodern.New history and new literary studies look at innovative ways to see past cultures in a new light. Traditional methods are used to new ends and writers who are familiar within their cultures are translated to other cultures. This study promotes an expanded understanding of our cultural artifacts in a rapidly changing present. It discusses English-speaking culture in the early modern period in the context of other European cultures and relates Europe to other parts of the world most notably America.After grounding the discussion of culture in history identity dialogue as a genre that crosses the boundaries between philosophy and fiction the rhetoric of prefaces to historical collections cosmographies and histories that share something with the techniques of literary and forensic rhetoric the book proceeds to discuss two central issues in cultural studies today: gender and postmodernity. The final section of the book provides a general assessment through early modern texts of modernity and postmodernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864337

Imagining Japan in Post-war East AsiaIdentity Politics Schooling and Popular Culture In the decades since her defeat in the Second World War Japan has continued to loom large in the national imagination of many of her East Asian neighbours. While for many Japan still conjures up images of rampant military brutality at different times and in different communities alternative images of the Japanese ‘Other’ have vied for predominance – in ways that remain poorly understood not least within Japan itself. Imagining Japan in Postwar East Asia analyses the portrayal of Japan in the societies of East and Southeast Asia and asks how and why this has changed in recent decades and what these changing images of Japan reveal about the ways in which these societies construct their own identities. It examines the role played by an imagined ‘Japan’ in the construction of national selves across the East Asian region as mediated through a broad range of media ranging from school curricula and textbooks to film television literature and comics. Commencing with an extensive thematic and comparative overview chapter the volume also includes contributions focusing specifically on Chinese societies (the mainland PRC Hong Kong and Taiwan) Korea the Philippines Malaysia and Singapore. These studies show how changes in the representation of Japan have been related to political social and cultural shifts within the societies of East Asia – and in particular to the ways in which these societies have imagined or constructed their own identities. Bringing together contributors working in the fields of education anthropology history sociology political science and media studies this interdisciplinary volume will be of interest to all students and scholars concerned with issues of identity politics and culture in the societies of East Asia and to those seeking a deeper understanding of Japan’s fraught relations with its regional neighbours. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138120945

Imagining MasculinitiesSpatial and Temporal Representation and Visual Culture This book examines the intersections between debates in critical studies of men and masculinities and debates on visual representation investigating representations of men and masculinities in contemporary culture and examples of visual art that deconstruct those representations. It attends to various spaces associated with heteronormativity including the visible domains of working life leisure and public discourses as well as less visible domains such as private spaces lifestyle desire and sexual agency. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367601669

Imagining the AcademyHigher Education and Popular Culture The essays in this book examine various forms of popular culture and the ways in which they represent shape and are constrained by notions about and issues within higher education. From an exploration of rap music to an analysis of how the academy presents and markets itself on the World Wide Web the essays focus attention on higher education issues that are bound up in the workings and effects of popular culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203112908

Immigration and EntrepreneurshipCulture Capital and Ethnic Networks Many nations invite foreigners to work within their borders but few welcome them. Those countries that do receive a torrent of immigrants create pressures that analysts expect to intensify as population growth and social unrest mount in the less developed countries of the world. Immigration and Entrepreneurship now in paperback offers a comparative analysis of worldwide immigration issues while focusing more specifically on the emerging influence of entrepreneurship as a potent factor in the economic and social integration of immigrants.In linking the common immigrant and settler experiences with the upsurge in self-employment the contributors to this volume use California as their base of comparison. The state has both a huge and varied immigrant population and an entrepreneurial economy that has facilitated the formation of immigrant-owned firms. The Los Angeles riots of the nineties indicated the volatility of the mix. Aided by ethnic and familial networks such firms have served as a route of economic advancement.Immigration and Entrepreneurship offers a comparative perspective unique in the literature of immigration by broaching the topic from both global and local perspectives. Whereas most studies examine the experience of a single group or groups in a particular destination economy this volume emphasizes variations in the way different nations receive immigrants as causes of differences in immigrant behavior. Among the innovative themes discussed by a range of international scholars are the entrepreneurial efforts and tensions in the garment industry in Los Angeles Paris and Berlin; Koreans' enterprise and identities in Los Angeles and Japan; and U.S. immigration policies. The result is a genuinely global methodology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203789056

Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources in Agriculture Climate change and its impact on water resources in agriculture pose one of the biggest challenges for food energy fiber and water security worldwide and as a consequence for society. This book presents a multidisciplinary approach towards climate change and water resources in agriculture and provides a comprehensive perspective about the core points central to this subject. Other topics that are covered in this book include important insights concerning hydrological cycle forests land use change and water low carbon agriculture green economy concepts as well as the state of the art on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and Global Research Alliance are provided. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367738075

Implementing Patient SafetyAddressing Culture Conditions and Values to Help People Work Safely Over the last two decades across the globe we have seen a multitude of programs projects and books to help improve the safety of patient care in healthcare. However the full potential of these has not yet been reached. Most of the current approaches are top down programmatic and target driven. These look at problems in isolation one harm at a time with simplistic solutions that fail to support a holistic systematic approach. They are focused on collecting incident data and learning from failure using tools that are not fit for purpose in a complex nonlinear system. Very rarely do the solutions help build the conditions cultures and behaviours that support a safer system and help the people involved work safely. Healthcare is stuck in a relentlessly negative approach to safety. Those working in patient safety and healthcare are struggling and books on patient safety to date instruct the reader to continue doing the same things we have been doing for the last 20 years. This book uniquely combines the latest thinking in safety including creating a balanced approach to learning from what works as a way to understand why it fails together with the evidence on building a just culture positive workplaces and working relationships that we now know are so important for safety. It helps people understand how to address issues despite their complexities and improve safety with practical ways to truly understand what day to day healthcare work is actually like rather than what people imagine it is like. This book builds on the author’s first book Rethinking Patient Safety which exposed what we need to do differently to truly transform our approach to patient safety. It updates the reader further on the concepts explored in the first book but also vitally helps readers understand the ‘how’. Implementing Patient Safety goes beyond the rhetoric and provides the reader with ideas and examples for how the latest thinking can actually be achieved. It is based on the author’s personal experience of leading a national culture change campaign in the National Health Service for five years. The lessons arise from helping hundreds of organisations and people rethink and implement a whole new way of thinking about improving patient safety in healthcare. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780815376859

Implementing TWICreating and Managing a Skills-Based Culture Featuring strategies employed in Lean this volume describes the experiences of organizations using TWI more than 60 years after the Training Within Industry program turned the U.S. into the industrial giant that won World War II. Based on their experience implementing TWI in organizations as diverse as Virginia Mason Medical Center and Donnelly Manufacturing Shingo Prize Winners Patrick Graupp and Robert Wrona prove why many consider them the most successful TWI trainers in the world. Their hands-on manual provides the tools and templates that can turn your company�s employees into a skilled and invested workforce capable of realizing unprecedented profits. Praise for: If you want to get from interesting displays to true standardized work read this book.� Jeffrey K. Liker author The Toyota Way � uses cases to explain how to create no-nonsense culture change by teaching people how to do work differently and how to relate to each other differently in order to work more effectively.� Robert "Doc" Hall Editor-in Chief Target Magazine Graupp and Wrona bring many examples of companies that [improved] competitiveness by improving their capacity to fully engage their workforce � .�Steven Spear Sr. Lecturer MIT Sloan School of Management Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138438828

Improving data management and decision support systems in agriculture This collection reviews and summarises the wealth of research on key challenges in developing better data management and decision support systems (DSS) for farmers and examples of how those systems are being deployed to optimise efficiency in crop and livestock production. Part 1 reviews general issues underpinning effective decision support systems (DSS) such as data access standards tagging and security. Part 2 contains case studies of the practical application of data management and DSS in areas such as crop planting nutrition and use of rotations livestock feed and pasture management as well as optimising supply chains for fresh produce. With its distinguished editor and international team of authors Improving data management and decision support systems in agriculture will be a standard reference for researchers in agriculture and computer science interested in improving data management modelling and decision support systems in farming as well as government and other agencies supporting the use of precision farming techniques and companies supplying decision support services to the farming sector. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781003047872

Improving grassland and pasture management in temperate agriculture The shift to more intensive livestock system has put more pressure on grasslands used for pasture. At the same time there is a greater understanding of the role of grasslands in delivering a range of ecosystems services. This volume reviews the range of research on more sustainable use of grasslands to optimise livestock nutrition whilst protecting biodiversity and delivering a range of broader environmental benefits.  Part 1 assesses grassland functions and dynamics including plant-soil and plant-animal interactions. Part 2 reviews key aspects of grassland management including sowing soil health irrigation and weed control as well as monitoring. The final part of the book considers wider aspects of sustainability such as protecting biodiversity as well as silage processing.  With its distinguished editors and international team of subject experts this will be a standard reference for grassland and rangeland scientists livestock producers government and non-governmental organisations responsible for grassland management. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781351114561

In Laudem HierosolymitaniStudies in Crusades and Medieval Culture in Honour of Benjamin Z. Kedar In the thirty-five years since B.Z. Kedar published the first of his many studies on the crusades he has become a leading historian of this field and of medieval and Middle Eastern history more broadly. His work has been groundbreaking uncovering new evidence and developing new research tools and methods of analysis with which to study the life of Latins and non-Latins in both the medieval West and the Frankish East. From the Israeli perspective Kedar's work forms a important part of the historical and cultural heritage of the country. This volume presents 31 essays written by eminent medievalists in his honour. They reflect his methods and diversity of interest. The collection outstanding in both quality and range of topics covers the Latin East and relations between West and East in the time of the crusades. The individual essays deal with the history archaeology and art of the Holy Land the crusades and the military orders Islam historiography Mediterranean commerce medieval ideas and literature and the Jews Given Benjamin Kedar's close involvement with the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East and his years as its President and his work to establish the journal Crusades it is fitting that this volume should appear as the first in a series of Subsidia to the journal. For information about the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East see the society's website: www.sscle.org. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138259751

In Pursuit Of Contemporary East Asian Culture This book examines East Asian culture through an interdisciplinary crosscultural lens. Readings of film television and visual and literary texts reveal the historical condition as well as the contemporary impulses driving East Asian culture today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367160005

In Search of Common Ground on AbortionFrom Culture War to Reproductive Justice This book brings together academics legal practitioners and activists with a wide range of pro-choice pro-life and other views to explore the possibilities for cultural philosophical moral and political common ground on the subjects of abortion and reproductive justice more generally. It aims to rethink polarized positions on sexuality morality religion and law in relation to abortion as a way of laying the groundwork for productive and collaborative dialogue. Edited by a leading figure on gender issues and emerging voices in the quest for reproductive justice - a broad concept that encompasses the interests of men women and children alike - the contributions both search for 'common ground' between opposing positions in our struggles around abortion and seek to bring balance to these contentious debates. The book will be valuable to anyone interested in law and society gender and religious studies and philosophy and theory of law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472420466

In the Beginning is the IconA Liberative Theology of Images Visual Arts and Culture Icons provide depictions of God or encounters with the divine that enable reflection and prayer. 'In the Beginning is the Icon' explores the value of these images for a theology of liberation. Iconology art theory philosophical aesthetics art history and anthropology are integrated with rigorous theological reflection to argue that the creation and observation of pictures can have a liberating effect on humanity. In presenting art from across the world 'In the Beginning is the Icon' reflects the ethnocentricity of both art and religious studies and offers a new cross-cultural approach to the theology of art. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138661059

In the Culture SocietyArt Fashion and Popular Music How do different artistic and cultural practices develop in the contemporary consumer culture? Providing a new direction in cultural studies as well as a vigorous defence of the field Angela McRobbie's new collection of essays considers the social consequences of cultural proliferation and the social basis of aesthetic innovation.In the wake of postmodernism McRobbie offers a more grounded and even localised account of key cultural practices from the new populism of young British artists including Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin to the underground London sounds of drum'n'bass discussing music by artists such as Tricky Talvin Singh and Goldie; from the new sexualities in girls' and women's magazines like More! and Sugar to the dynamics of fashion production and consumption.Throughout the essays the author returns to issues of livelihoods and earning a living in the cultural economy while at the same time pressing the issue of cultural value. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315004808

In the Front DoorCreating a College-Going Culture of Learning This book provides a critical analysis of the origins nature development and transformation of the state and society historically and today examining the class nature and social basis of politics and the state in different societal settings. The book emphasizes the centrality of class relations in explaining political power and the role of the state in class-divided societies by providing powerful theoretical and empirical analyses of themes in political sociology in an era of globalization. It examines in detail the major political issues and events of our time and makes them relevant to the study of power and politics today. Students from many ethnic minority backgrounds and low-income families are underrepresented in American colleges and universities. This book describes and assesses educational policies and practices that seek to rectify this important manifestation of structured inequality. Inspired by a commitment to providing a pathway to college and beyond Mehan and his team document the innovate practices developed and implemented at the nationally recognized schools created by The Center for Research in Educational Equity Access and Teaching Excellence (CREATE) at the University of California-San Diego: the Preuss School a 6-12 charter school on the UCSD campus for underrepresented minority students; and nearby schools located in economically depressed neighborhoods. Based on long-term research Mehan's book makes important contributions to the literature on educational achievement disparities that exist-and are growing-within the United States. He sheds light on how we can improve public policy for the futures of secondary school students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781612051048

Inarticulate LongingsThe Ladies' Home Journal Gender and the Promise of Consumer Culture Inarticulate Longings explores the contradictions of a social agenda for women that promoted both traditional roles and the promises of a growing consumer culture by examining the advertising industry in the early 20th century. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003061526

Incentive Systems for Wastewater Treatment and Reuse in Irrigated Agriculture in the MENA Region Evidence from Jordan and Tunisia This study investigates the use of constructed wetlands as a cheaper and more effective alternative method of treating domestic wastewater in tropical environments. This book determines the technical viability of the model with respect to treatment performance under different operating conditions and the economic competitiveness of technology in Uganda and across the region. The Pilot Constructed Wetland investigated in this study was situated at the National Water and Swerage Corporation's Jinja Sewage Works at Kirinya Uganda. The study revealed the economic viability of constructed wetland systems in the tropical regions. These could be established at competitive costs with waste stabilisation ponds. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138475090

Incentives and Agriculture in East Africa (Routledge Revivals) Agriculture is at the centre of the economies of many developing countries and its stagnation and poor performance across large parts of Africa is a major cause for concern. First published in 1990 this book focuses on the nature and role of incentives in agricultural organization and production in East Africa looking in particular at the political and ideological determinants of that role. Mats Lundahl analyses ways of improving agricultural performance and considers the ‘African socialism’ of Julius Nyererein contrast with this with market-led approaches which he favours. A detailed title this volume will of interest to all those concerned with the issues of rural development including students of development studies economics and African studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138819030

Inclusive Physical Education Around the WorldOrigins Cultures Practices Inclusive Physical Education Around the World is the first book to survey inclusive physical education worldwide to examine the history of inclusive physical education across different regions and to compare their policy practice and educational cultures. Featuring the work of leading researchers from Africa Asia Australia Europe the Middle East North America and South America the book provides a unique interdisciplinary contribution to the fields of physical education history and pedagogy. It provides readers with information on the origins and historical development of inclusion in schools and teaches them about different ways that inclusive physical education has grown and is implemented in different countries. This is essential reading for anybody with an interest in physical education disability sport adapted physical activity special educational needs (SEN) teaching or social justice in education. It is a vital resource for postgraduates researchers and academics who are interested in studies on inclusion and heterogeneity as well as sport and cultural historians physical education teachers and students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367134082

Incorrect ThoughtsNotes on Our Wayward Culture In this new volume of political essays and social commentary John Leo offers a lively alternative to the Washington-oriented slant of much political journalism. Rejecting the dry insider's air of knowing punditry Leo's conversational style and acerbic wit engage the reader with his insightful and humorous views of what is going on in education law advertising television the news media language and the various liberation movements that are shaping-and sometimes convulsing-the country.The unifying thread of Incorrect Thoughts is the emergence of Political Correctness and its diffusion throughout American social and cultural life. Most of the media have viewed the rise of PC as a collection of unimportant oddball anecdotes but Leo perceives it as a coherent social movement sweeping through colleges and schools the courts the media the feminist movement and the art world. Its goals are traditional goals of the left-equality inclusion liberation racial justice-but as Leo notes the tactics employed are often less than noble and the contempt for tradition standards and Western culture has grown each year.The new orthodoxy has developed a taste for censorship and coercion. Speech codes and anti-harassment policies are used as weapons to silence and intimidate opponents. Speakers have been shouted down and whole editions of college newspapers stolen to keep students from reading the arguments of conservatives and moderates. Readers will find here judicious and often devastating appraisals of self-esteem and therapeutic trends in education of efforts to revamp history along multicultural lines and of the extremities and absurdities of identity politics among other of the latest fashions in radical chic.Drawing from ideas first presented in his U.S. News and World Report columns Leo charts the political fever of a contentious and disordered period in American society. At the same time his pointed humor long-term perspective and strong moral edge ensures his continuing importance to the debates of our time. This book will interest those who share Leo's concerns as well as those who appreciate models for incisive political commentary. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138510890

Independent VideogamesCultures Networks Techniques And Politics Independent Videogames investigates the social and cultural implications of contemporary forms of independent video game development. Through a series of case studies and theoretical investigations it evaluates the significance of such a multi-faceted phenomenon within video game and digital cultures. A diverse team of scholars highlight the specificities of independence within the industry and the culture of digital gaming through case studies and theoretical questions. The chapters focus on labor gender distribution models and technologies of production to map the current state of research on independent game development. The authors also identify how the boundaries of independence are becoming opaque in the contemporary game industry – often at the cost of the claims of autonomy freedom and emancipation that underlie the indie scene. The book ultimately imagines new and better narratives for a less exploitative and more inclusive videogame industry. Systematically mapping the current directions of a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly difficult to define and limit this book will be a crucial resource for scholars and students of game studies media history media industries and independent gaming. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367336202

India Sri Lanka and the SAARC RegionHistory Popular Culture and Heritage This book examines the historical and socio-cultural connections across the SAARC region with a special focus on the relationship between India and Sri Lanka. It investigates hitherto unexplored narratives of history popular culture and intangible heritage in the region to identify the cultural parallels and intersections that link them together. In doing so the volume moves away from an organised and authorised heritage discourse and encourages possibilities of new understandings and re-interpretations of cross-cultural communication and its sub-texts. Based on original ethnographic work the book discusses themes such as cultural ties between India and Sri Lanka exchanges between Arthur C. Clarke in Sri Lanka and Satyajit Ray in India cultural connectivity reflected through mythology and folklore the influence of Rabindranath Tagore on modern dance in Sri Lanka the introduction of railways in Sri Lanka narrative scrolls and masked dance forms across SAARC countries Hindi cinema as the pioneer of cultural connectivity and women’s writing across South Asia. Lucid and compelling this book will be useful for scholars and researchers of cultural studies South Asian studies cultural anthropology sociology popular culture cross-cultural communication gender studies political sociology cultural history diplomacy international relations and heritage studies. It will also appeal to general readers interested in the linkages between India and Sri Lanka. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367335519

India’s Strategic CultureThe Making of National Security Policy This book provides a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of India’s strategic culture in the era of globalization. It examines dominant themes that have governed India’s foreign and security policy and events which have shaped India’s role in global politics. The author Examines the traditional and new approaches to diplomacy and the state’s response to internal and external conflicts; Delineates policy pillars which are required to protect the state’s strategic interests and forge new relationships in the current geopolitical climate; Compares the domestic and international security policies followed during the tenures of Narsimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh; and Analyzes how the Narendra Modi era has brought on changes in India’s security strategy and the use of soft power and diplomacy. With extensive additions drawing on recent developments this edition of the book will be a key text for scholars teachers and students of defence and strategic studies international relations history political science and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367257590

India’s Strategic CultureThe Making of National Security Policy This book argues that the Indian strategic worldview underpinning its national security policy is born out of a predominant historical–civilizational perspective. Based on an understanding of India as a ‘civilization-state’ with long history this evolved strategic approach engages with security from a global point of view and not a national one that typically focuses on the survival of the nation-state. Guided by its cultural and civilizational ethos this approach has helped define India’s changing role in the post-colonial world order — from maintaining its strategic autonomy and attending to its developmental needs in the Cold War era to adopting a measured mature and assertive role in the international affairs of the post-Soviet era of globalization. Providing a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of India’s strategic culture in terms of conceptual formulations in the West as well as its own distinct historic trajectory of evolution in the subcontinent the book traces its origins and pivotal applications in changing security policy frameworks in the post-independence and post-liberalization international relations. Further the author examines the role of India’s strategic thinking in defining state’s policy responses to internal conflicts along political economic religious and ethnic lines. The volume also evaluates the prevailing debates on the legitimacy of situation-based use of force the traditional peace approach and the revisionist position that India seeks to emphasize in the current unequal geopolitical order. It will especially interest scholars teachers and students of defence and strategic studies international relations history and political science. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138664036

Indian Agriculture after the Green RevolutionChanges and Challenges From a country plagued with chronic food shortage the Green Revolution turned India into a food-grain self-sufficient nation within the decade of 1968-1978. By contrast the decade of 1995-2005 witnessed a spate in suicides among farmers in many parts of the country. These tragic incidents were symptomatic of the severe stress and strain that the agriculture sector had meanwhile accumulated. The book recounts how the high achievements of the Green Revolution had overgrown to a state of this ‘agrarian crisis’. In the process it also brings to fore the underlying resilience and innovativeness in the sector which enabled it not just to survive through the crisis but to evolve and revive out of it. The need of the hour is to create an environment that will enable the sector to acquire the robustness to contend with the challenges of lifting levels of farm income and coping with Climate Change. To this end a multi-pronged intervention strategy has been suggested. Reviving public investment in irrigation tuning agrarian institutions to the changed context strengthening of market institution for better farm-market linkage and financial access of farmers and preparing the ground for ushering in technological innovations should form the major components of this policy paradigm. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367374839

Indian AgriculturePerformance growth and challenges. Essays in honour of Ramesh Kumar Sharma This volume examines the transitions in Indian agriculture since the 1980s and emphasizes upon the role of neoliberal policies and their impact. The essays presented here deal with a range of pertinent and contemporary issues including global food security livelihoods of agricultural labourers and public and private investment. These weave together glimpses of the impasse faced by petty commodity producers (marginal and small farmers) and their subsequent economic distress and social exclusion. Comprehensive in analysis this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of agricultural economics political economy political science and public policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138488465

Indian Culture and Work Organisations in Transition This book analyses key theoretical influences on Indian culture in a business context. It shows the interactions between indigenous culture and workplace ethics which is increasingly being populated by multinational corporations. It discusses how the Indian workplace has evolved over time as well as retained some managerial practices dating back to Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367177102

Indigeneity in the CourtroomLaw Culture and the Production of Difference in North American Courts The central question of this book is when and how does indigeneity in its various iterations – cultural social political economic even genetic – matter in a legal sense? Indigeneity in the Courtroom focuses on the legal deployment of indigenous difference in US and Canadian courts in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Through ethnographic and historical research Hamilton traces dimensions of indigeneity through close readings of four legal cases each of which raises important questions about law culture and the production of difference. She looks at the realm of law seeking to understand how indigeneity is legally produced and to apprehend its broader political and economic implications. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415896887

Indigenous Cultures and Mental Health CounsellingFour Directions for Integration with Counselling Psychology North America’s Indigenous population is a vulnerable group with specific psychological and healing needs that are not widely met in the mental health care system. Indigenous peoples face certain historical cultural-linguistic and socioeconomic barriers to mental health care access that government health care organizations and social agencies must work to overcome. This volume examines ways Indigenous healing practices can complement Western psychological service to meet the needs of Indigenous peoples through traditional cultural concepts. Bringing together leading experts in the fields of Aboriginal mental health and psychology it provides data and models of Indigenous cultural practices in psychology that are successful with Indigenous peoples. It considers Indigenous epistemologies in applied psychology and research methodology and informs government policy on mental health service for these populations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367196158

Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World Increasingly Indigenous people are being drawn into global networks. In the long term cultural isolation is unlikely to be a viable even if sometimes desired option so how can Indigenous people protect and advance their cultural values in the face of pressures from an interconnected world?Indigenous Cultures in an Interconnected World is a comprehensive thought provoking discussion of the challenges that globalisation brings to Indigenous peoples. It discusses successful strategies that have been used by Indigenous peoples to promote their identities and cultural values. It looks at their roles as equal and active participants and indeed as innovators and leaders in an interconnected world.The chapters in this book present a global perspective on Indigenous issues. They feature a cross-disciplinary integration that takes a holistic approach in-line with that of most Indigenous peoples and include vignettes of Indigenous cultural practices. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003116097

Indigenous Perspectives on Sacred Natural SitesCulture Governance and Conservation Much previous literature on sacred natural sites has been written from a non-indigenous perspective. In contrast this book facilitates a greater self-expression of indigenous perspectives regarding treatment of the sacred and its protection and governance in the face of threats from various forms of natural resource exploitation and development. It provides indigenous custodians the opportunity to explain how they view and treat the sacred through a written account that is available to a global audience. It thus illuminates similarities and differences of both definitions interpretations and governance approaches regarding sacred natural phenomena and their conservation. The volume presents an international range of case studies from the recent controversy of pipeline construction at Standing Rock a sacred site for the Sioux people spanning North and South Dakota to others located in Australia Canada East Timor Hawaii India Mexico Myanmar Nigeria and the Philippines. Each chapter includes an analytical introduction and conclusion written by the editors to identify common themes unique insights and key messages. The book is therefore a valuable teaching resource for students of indigenous studies anthropology religion heritage human rights and law nature conservation and environmental protection. It will also be of great interest to professionals and NGOs concerned with nature and heritage conservation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815377023

Indigenous Symbols and Practices in the Catholic ChurchVisual Culture Missionization and Appropriation Indigenous Symbols and Practices in the Catholic Church presents views concepts and perspectives on the relationships among Indigenous Peoples and the Catholic Church as well as stories images and art as metaphors for survival in a contemporary world. Few studies present such interdisciplinary interpretations from contributors in multiple disciplines regarding appropriation spiritual and religious tradition educational issues in the teaching of art and art history the effects of government sanctions on traditional practice or the artistic interpretation of symbols from Indigenous perspectives. Through photographs and visual materials interviews and data analysis personal narratives and stories these chapters explore the experiences of Indigenous Peoples whose lives have been impacted by multiple forces - Christian missionaries governmental policies immigration and colonization education assimilation and acculturation. Contributors investigate current contexts and complex areas of conflict regarding missionization appropriation and colonizing practices through asking questions such as 'What does the use of images mean for resistance transformation and cultural destruction?' And 'What new interpretations and perspectives are necessary for Indigenous traditions to survive and flourish in the future?' Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315588384

Industrial Energy Management StrategiesCreating a Culture of Continuous Improvement The importance of energy management has grown in recent years due to the heightened awareness of the impact of energy use on the environment and its very real impact on a company’s bottom line. This book provides a detailed and knowledgeable reference for those engaged in the energy management field or those just starting out by illustrating a practical approach to implementing energy management programs using case studies and real-world experience. Topics covered include new areas of development such as CUSUM and multivariate regression analysis. Also included is coverage of all systems and standards that affect energy management including ISO50001 EMIS Industrial Refrigeration Cooling Water System and Industrial Ventilation System. Technical organizational and behavioral considerations are covered. The book is designed as a quick reference guide for practicing energy managers. Media > Books > Print Books Fairmont Press 9780815380016

Infancy and CultureAn International Review and Source Book Infancy and Culture: An International Review and Source Book provides a cross-indexed annotated guide to social and behavioral studies of infants of color. Derived from five major data bases of published scientific literature this volume was designed to elevate the scientific study of infants of color to a level reflecting their majority status in the world's population. While the vast majority of the world's infants are infants of color a scan of 175 journals only resulted in 386 studies. This crisply underscores the need to intensify studies of cross-culture and within-culture variability in order to broaden our understanding of the cultural impact on social and behavioral development during the first few years of human life. Infancy and Culture takes a small step in that direction by cataloging the extant literature by geographic region and by cross-indexing it by topical content. Citations are numbered consecutively throughout the text and both author and subject indexes are pegged to the citation number not to page numbers thereby facilitating one's search for all published literature related to a particular topic. Finally the editors provide a brief summary of the research for each chapter in the volume. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992450

Infectious RhythmMetaphors of Contagion and the Spread of African Culture Barbara Browning follows the trail of "infectious rhythm" from the ecstatic percussion of a Brazilian carnival group to the eerily silent video image of the LAPD beating a man like a drum. Throughout she identifies the metaphoric strain of contagion which both celebrates the diasporic spread of African culture and serves as the justification for its brutal repression. The essays in this book examine both the vital and violent ways in which recent associations have been made between the AIDS pandemic and African diasporic cultural practices including religious worship music dance sculpture painting orature literature and film. While pointing to the lengthy and complex history of the metaphor of African contagion Browning argues that in its politicized life-affirming embodiment the figure might actually teach us to respond to epidemia humanely. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203611074

Influencing High Student Achievement through School Culture and ClimateA Quantitative Approach to Organizational Health-Based Leadership This book demonstrates how the school principal’s consideration of culture and climate of the school can significantly improve and sustain student achievement over time. Highlighting an innovative approach to organizational health and student achievement this volume uses inferential statistical data analysis to quantify the way school leaders can strategically interact within school culture and systems to improve student achievement. A cutting-edge analysis of the importance of school climate this book draws on current research from the Organizational Health Inventory diagnostic framework to provide data-based conceptual models of the relation between culture and leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367662936

Informal Credit Markets And The New Institutional EconomicsThe Case Of Philippine Agriculture This book combines the new theoretical approach to credit markets with certain precepts of the New Institutional Economics in order to analyze informal credit markets. The case of the Philippine agriculture is illustrated with the historical experience. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367165925

Inheritance in Nineteenth-century French CultureWealth Knowledge and the Family Inheritance in Nineteenth-century French Culture Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367602628

Initial Teacher TrainingThe Dialogue Of Ideology And Culture This text provides an account of the relationship between successive British governments and the profession of initial teacher training since the 1960s. In the 1970s the Robbins Report led to the introduction of a curriculum which both structurally and substantively represented the ideology of the day: social democracy. More recent government initiatives have re-created training in market image.; Currently this relationship is seen as one-sided the government apparently dominating the curriculum through a series of legislative measures. The author however suggests that a long-term view of this relationship may reveal a different picture - that the relationship is interactive and beneficial to both sides and can therefore be regarded as a dialogue. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315043197

Innovation in African Agriculture This book looks at the input-output relations of low-resource agriculture in Africa and shows how the intensification process through the application of modern technologies can work successfully to raise productivity and to sustain production over the long term. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367012731

Innovation in SMEs and Micro FirmsCulture Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Regional Development What is the role of culture in the innovation dynamic of small firms within the context of their territorial environments? How do shared values beliefs and practices underpin the knowledge production process that leads to innovation? In what way do symbolic aspects of social life shape European SMEs’ innovation processes?This volume gives an extensive insight into the complex links between culture and innovation in one of the key agents of economic life: SMEs and micro firms. The chapters employ different analytical and methodological strategies in regions of Europe to identify dimensions of culture especially values norms skills and institutions and to scrutinize which specific components of culture are relevant to firm innovation and to the more general dynamics of regional innovation. The original research presented shows how small firms learn interact compete and collaborate with other key agents of the innovation system. Taken as a whole the volume points the way towards a more comprehensive framework for understanding the nature of innovation in SMEs and micro firms.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of European Planning Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367589684

Innovative Change Management (ICM)Preparing Your Organization for the New Innovative Culture Innovative Change Management (ICM) represents the accumulated wisdom and knowledge of one of the world’s foremost performance improvement specialists. It includes a clear and thorough explanation of the necessary critical tools for creating a system that results in a much higher percentage of your initiatives progressing to successful projects. Studies conducted by organizations such as Gartner Ernst & Young and Harrington Management Systems indicate that on average less than 25% of the innovative projects achieve sustained success. The American Productivity Quality Center's 2018 survey report pointed out that 88% of the organizations felt that process management discipline must be changed and 53.8% felt they must create a continuous improvement culture. Through the effective use of the ICM methodology you can turn thousands of lost employee hours into millions of dollars in increased profit. This book unveils to the reader for the first time how ICM combines project change management culture change management and project management concepts to create an effective and innovative organization. These concepts combined result in homogeneous improvements in performance improvement and cultural change. The book outlines a step-by-step procedure designed to apply ICM to complex programs such as process redesign and supply chain management as well as to simpler ones such as relocation of offices. In addition it provides field-tested change methodologies to help you systematically include change into your strategic management plan. This book shows you how to: Set the stage for ICM. Develop a new management style that encourages innovation. Develop and implement a project change management methodology to support the project management methodology. Develop a cultural change management program. How to reward and recognize the innovation activities generated by your employees. Make ICM an important part of the strategic plan. Help employees understand the career-enhancing aspects of change How to maximize your organization’s ROC (return on change). Most of the activity related to change management focuses on successfully implementing individual projects. Statistics indicate that this is not enough to keep up with today’s rapid changing innovative competition. As most profitable organizations are working diligently on increasing their innovation capabilities this focus is requiring a completely new restructured management style and behavioral patterns that are foreign to most of today’s successful managers. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780815370789

Innovative Lean DevelopmentHow to Create Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles Innovation is the engine that drives much of what is called success in business and industry. Incorporating the fundamental principles of lean manufacturing and the rules and behaviors of structured innovation into the development process innovative lean development unleashes the creativity of everyone involved in developing new products services or processes; speeds the process; and leads to higher quality. Written by two experts who have successfully made the road by walking it for more than 20 years Innovative Lean Development: How to Create Implement and Maintain a Learning Culture Using Fast Learning Cycles focuses on six key areas necessary for dramatic development. It shows you how to 1. Identify and fill user gaps 2. Use multiple learning cycles 3. Stabilize the development process 4. Capture knowledge 5. Use rapid prototyping 6. Apply lean management principles including learning cycles and visual boards Applying these principles the authors have helped development teams cut development time in half and increase speed to market while delivering award-winning quality solutions. In this manual they share those examples while providing a road map that all companies can follow to reach a lean development culture one where creative thinking and practice converge in ways that lead to innovation improvement and success. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138438835

Insect Cell Culture Engineering Consolidating and expanding current fundamental notions of virology and animal cell cultivation this practical reference examines the development of insect cell culture techniques for the production of recombinant proteins and insect pathogenic viruses.;Resolving on-the-job problems such as sparging cell damage and reduced infectivity cells Insect Cell Culture Engineering: includes special introductory material as well as background information on insect pathogenic viruses the molecular biology of baculoviruses and bioreactor design; offers advice on how to save time when deciding which insect cell line bioreactor and medium to exploit; discusses the preparation of mathematical modelling in animal cell culture; addresses the concerns associated with insect cell immobilization and the use of serum-free culture media; provides insights into the protective effects of polymer additives and insect cell gene expression in pharmaceutical research; and analyzes process scale-up and reactor design.;Bridging the gap between laboratory research and pilot plant scale insect culture/baculovirus technology Insect Cell Culture Engineering is designed as a reference for biochemical and bioprocess engineers bioprocess technologists biochemists molecular and cell biologists microbiologists and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367402419

Inside CulturesA New Introduction to Cultural Anthropology This concise contemporary and inexpensive option for instructors of cultural anthropology breaks away from the traditional structure of introductory textbooks. Emphasizing the interaction between humans and their environment the tension between human universals and cultural variation and the impacts of colonialism on traditional cultures Inside Cultures shows students how cultural anthropology can help us understand the complex globalized world around us. This second edition: includes brand new material on a variety of subjects including genomic studies race and racism cross-cultural issues of gender identity terrorism and ethnography and business anthropology; presents updated and enhanced discussions of medical anthropology European colonialism and disease the Atlantic slave trade and much more; offers personal stories of the author’s fieldwork in Amazonia sidebars illustrating fascinating cases of cultures in action and other pedagogical elements such as timelines; is written is clear supple prose that delights readers while informing them Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781629582559

Inside the Changing Business of ChinaOrganizational Evolution Culture Leadership and Innovation The rapid speed and size of China’s economic expansion growth is well known. Several causes and reasons are commonly given for this performance now joined by some commentary questioning how sustainable this is in the light of slowing growth rates and the need for different types and forms of growth – knowledge/innovative services etc – as well as demographic trends within the global context of trade frictions and finally the ‘3Cs’ of 2020 – coronavirus contagion and containment. This collection of research provides further evidence about China’s performance in terms of the role of business and management and also points to future issues. This is detailed in terms of the key areas relevant to performance such as culture change leadership innovation and knowledge. The theoretical and practical implications of the work contained herein is also noted as well as some calls for future work in key areas. Inside the Changing Business of China is a significant new contribution to the study of China’s economic growth for researchers academics and advanced students of international business management leadership and innovation. This book was originally published as a special issue of Asia Pacific Business Review. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367522964

Integral PolityIntegrating Nature Culture Society and Economy Releasing the genius of an individual an enterprise and a society is a central pre-occupation of the contemporary business environment. A fascinating approach to how we can begin to tackle this challenge is presented by the authors of Integral Polity. Integral spirituality integral philosophy and the integral age at an overall or holistic level of consciousness has therefore become a strong enough idea to form the genesis of a movement over the course of the last half century. Taking as a starting point the ground-breaking work of the Trans4m Centre for Integral Development this book applies such an ’integral’ notion to the realms of business economics and enterprise. To be successful an integral approach must recognise the nuances of its environment - an integral approach in India is different from that in Indonesia or Iceland and they may in fact complement rather than conflict. Therefore this book also provides a fascinating alignment of such ’integrality’ with and between different ’southern’ and ’eastern’ ’northern’ and ’western’ worlds. Using case studies ranging across the globe this review of a newly integral theory and practice provides a new lease of life to what may increasingly be perceived as the self-seeking insulated and occasionally violent and corrupt realm of the political. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472442475

Integrated Land Use Planning for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Land represents an important resource for the economic life of a majority of people in the world. The way people handle and use land resources impacts their social and economic well-being as well as the sustained quality of land resources. Land use planning is also integral to water resources development and management for agriculture industry drinking water and power generation. This valuable work brings to the forefront the state of practice of land use planning in India highlighting governmental programs and research with wide-ranging chapters on important topics. Covering various agro-ecosystem including irrigated rainfed coastal semi-arid arid (drylands) and hill and mountain (temperate) regions this volume discusses a variety of issues related to sustainable agriculture and rural development. Chapters address the following questions: •What are the sources scales and quality of land resources and land use data for efficient planning • Which are the agroecological systems hot spots that are have been degraded? How can these areas be rejuvenated in terms of quality? • What should be the unit of planning for a holistic approach for the conservation and efficient use of natural resources at different administrative levels and domains? • What are the roles of state land use boards and district planning committees? • How can various programs be integrated and implemented by central and state agencies? • What are the technologies new policies and support systems required to address sustainable land use? • What are the legal issues? • What should be the role of communities in planning for poverty alleviation and integrated planning for sustainable agriculture based livelihoods? • What is the role GIS in sustainable agriculture and rural development? With high population growth endemic poverty and weak existing institutional capacity for land management India (and other regions of the world) require strong scientific and strategically important land use policies and methods for sustainable development. This book helps to show the way. This volume is being published in association with the Centre for Agrarian Studies and Disaster Mitigation of the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD and PR). Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771881043

Integrated Watershed Management in Rainfed Agriculture This book provides a comprehensive presentation of the realization of improved rainfed agriculture yield in semi-arid and dry land areas. The incentive of watershed programs is to increase the return on investment with over 20% for 65% of the projects that are currently underperforming. Besides techniques to improve the livelihood of the many small-scale farmers in developing countries it includes examples and case studies for further support. The methods discussed have recently shown to be successful and economically remunerative in India and in various African countries. Intended for professionals (investors policy makers) researchers and (post) graduate students working on dry land and sustainable agriculture and water and natural resources management. Suited for courses in dry land agriculture soil and water management and watershed development. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138117792

Integrated weed management for sustainable agriculture Weeds remain a major obstacle to increased yields. Past reliance on herbicides is no longer sufficient with increasing concerns about environmental effects regulation and resistance. This has led to the development of integrated weed management (IWM) which includes herbicides as part of a broader array of cultural physical and biological methods of control. This volume reviews key research on the use of IWM in sustainable agriculture.  Parts 1 and 2 introduce weed ecology and IWM principles including surveillance risk assessment and planning an IWM programme. Part 3 summarises the role of herbicides in IWM whilst Part 4 reviews the range of cultural and physical methods of weed control. The final part of the book surveys biological techniques for weed control.  With its eminent editor and international range of expert authors this will be a standard reference for weed scientists the agricultural community and the pesticide industry as well as government and non-governmental agencies supporting a more sustainable agriculture. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781351114417

Integrating Gender and Culture in Family Therapy Training Don't let hidden cultural expectations sabotage your therapeutic relationships! Integrating Gender and Culture in Family Therapy Training offers positive strategies for teaching your students to understand the ways in which cultural expectations affect individuals society the therapeutic relationship and even the relationship between supervisor and trainee. Integrating Gender and Culture in Family Therapy Training explores the ways you and your students can become more effective by bringing your unspoken assumptions into the light. It presents empirical research and personal experiences dealing with multicultural and gender issues in therapy and therapist training programs. In addition it offers dialogues with some of the founders of feminist family therapy cultural studies and a hilarious spoof of pop-psychology approaches to gender issues.Integrating Gender and Culture in Family Therapy Training offers practical strategies for: working with families in poverty cross-cultural interactions in the supervisor/trainee relationship integrating gender and culture into coursework supervision research service and clinical environments teaching and modeling multicultural awareness dealing with the inevitable conflicts misperceptions and misunderstandings that arise because of clashing cultural expectationsThis book takes a searching view of the dynamics and implications of power gender class and culture including such tough issues as: the moral issues of feminist therapy using the excuse of cultural tradition to mask abuses therapists’hidden gender assumptions ways feminist family therapy speaks--or fails to speak--to women of color minority women and women in povertyIncluding case studies figures tables and humor Integrating Gender and Culture in Family Therapy Training will enhance your effectiveness as a supervisor or therapist and inspire you to rethink your own cultural assumptions. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203725269

Integrating Gender and Culture in Parenting Show parents how to help their children break free of the artificial limitations placed upon them by society’s gender and cultural expectations! This book presents both theoretical and practical ideas for integrating gender and culture into parenting. Unlike other books on the subject this one examines interventions and activities and suggests discussion topics that provide children with the skills to become critical consumers and thinkers. You’ll learn to help children discover and celebrate who they are while infusing the message that they should notice and challenge exaggerated stereotypes of gender and ethnicity. From the editor: “If therapists can coach parents in helping to inoculate their children beginning at early ages against the negative effects of gender socialization perhaps the work of developing equal relationships in their friendships and intimate relationships will be less taxing as they grow and mature. Additionally as children are taught to challenge rigid gender and ethnicity messages perhaps they will feel a greater sense of flexibility as they dream about who they want to become and how they want to live their lives.” This essential book will teach you to help children defeat the harmful media messages they’re bombarded by. Integrating Gender and Culture in Parenting: presents 20 simple ideas and 5 group activities to teach children about social justice in our everyday lives explores parental socialization practices and the values transmitted to school-aged and young adult offspring focusing on the way parents’ teaching styles integrate race and gender investigates the parenting practices of middle-class dual-earner couples who feel that they are successfully balancing family and work—with a look at the specific strategies these couples use to achieve an appropriate balance shows what family therapists should know about sexuality education and highlights the specific roles that feminist family therapists can play with parents children and adolescents to help children be more sexually responsible and less likely to put themselves in sexually risky situations examines the gender messages found in 63 articles from the top three selling parenting magazines in the United States In addition you’ll find two revealing and insightful chapters in which interviewer Lori Lund discusses the cultural scripting that American boys and girls are subjected to with: Jackson Katz—one of America’s leading anti-sexist male activists and the creator/director of the United States Marine Corps Gender Violence Prevention Program and Mary Pipher—respected sociologist educator and bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls and Hunger Pains Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203050132

Integrating Sustainable Agriculture Ecology and Environmental Policy Find an interdiscliplinary view of sustainable agriculture that emphasizes the potential contributions of ecology to agricultural sustainability in this groundbreaking book. Integrating Sustainable Agriculture Ecology and Environmental Policy explores how ecological knowledge applied as part of a multidisciplinary effort can be used to design a sustainable and environmentally sound agriculture. A more ecologically based agriculture can increase production efficiency and decrease environmental impacts but hard choices regarding population control energy conservation and land use must still be made. This interdisciplinary approach ensures that the results are beneficial to all components for example an ecologically based management scheme which bankrupts the farmer is not considered a viable option for sustainable agriculture. These thought-provoking chapters are an excellent introduction to the contributions of ecological principles to an environmentally sound sustainable agriculture. This multidisciplinary examination provides readers interested in agriculture with a valuable introduction to related work in other fields including ecology and economics. Agronomists ecologists educators and policymakers will find essential information on diverse topics including: the definition and measurement of ecological sustainability in agriculture landscape ecology and the design of sustainable agricultural landscapes soil ecology as a foundation for sustainable agriculture Federal agricultural policies as incentives or deterrent to sustainable agriculture applying farming systems research and extension to sustainable agriculture population growth and other threats to sustainable agriculture environmental policies and their effects on sustainable agriculture the role of precollege education in developing sustainable agriculture Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203750582

Integrity in BusinessDeveloping Ethical Behavior Across Cultures and Jurisdictions Business integrity is rarely a matter of straight-forward rules. As the nature and geography of business transactions become more complex managers are required to make judgements and to tackle new ethical dilemmas that are often local and situational. Integrity in Business explores the complex nature of integrity and business and illustrates how organizations have avoided major setbacks to their reputations and value by encouraging integrity. It also examines those organizations that have failed or experienced serious reputational damage due to lack of preparation lack of transparency and lack of leadership. Frank Holder analyzes how transparency and integrity depend on a state of balance in competition and knowing who you are doing business with. He explains the significance of leadership awareness which whilst now global is alert to the need to establish integrity in local markets. Using his research from a review of significant fraud cases legislative mandates and governmental and nongovernmental initiatives over the past 15 years the author provides a rigorous and sophisticated guide to understanding and adopting an holistic business integrity strategy- one which has a realistic chance of protecting your organization from the kind of catastrophic loss or reputational damage that can easily be the result of an error of judgement in a world that is increasingly connected and driven by instant and social media. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780566091872

Intelligence and Strategic Culture Reliable information on potential security threats is not just the result of diligent intelligence work but also a product of context and culture. The volume explores the nexus between the intelligence process and strategic culture. How can and does the strategic outlook of the United States and the United Kingdom in particular influence the intelligence gathering assessment and dissemination process? This book contains an assessment of how political agendas and ideological outlook have significant influence on both the content and process of intelligence. It looks in particular at the premise of hearts and minds policies culture and intelligence gathering in counterinsurgency operations; at case studies from imperial Malaya and Iran in the 1950s and at instances of intelligence failure e.g. the case of Iraq in 2003. How was intelligence or the lack thereof a product of political culture and how did it play a role in the political praxis? The book shows that political agendas and the ideological outlook have a significant influence upon both the content and process of intelligence. This book was originally published as a special issue of Intelligence and National Security. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138115545

Interaction In The Thai BureaucracyStructure Culture And Social Exchange Presenting the results of seventeen months of field research conducted entirely in the Thai language this book describes and compares the patterns of culture and social exchange of two groups of Thai officials: district-level bureaucrats and physicians in a provincial hospital. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367171469

Interactions between Orality and Writing in Early Modern Italian Culture Investigating the interrelationships between orality and writing in elite and popular textual culture in early modern Italy this volume shows how the spoken or sung word on the one hand and manuscript or print on the other hand could have interdependent or complementary roles to play in the creation and circulation of texts. The first part of the book centres on performances ranging from realizations of written texts to improvisations or semi-improvisations that might draw on written sources and might later be committed to paper. Case studies examine the poems sung in the piazza that narrated contemporary warfare commedia dell'arte scenarios and the performative representation of the diverse spoken languages of Italy. The second group of essays studies the influence of speech on the written word and reveals that as fourteenth-century Tuscan became accepted as a literary standard contemporary non-standard spoken languages were seen to possess an immediacy that made them an effective resource within certain kinds of written communication. The third part considers the roles of orality in the worlds of the learned and of learning. The book as a whole demonstrates that the borderline between orality and writing was highly permeable and that the culture of the period with its continued reliance on orality alongside writing was often hybrid in nature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367346607

Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Aging in Nineteenth-Century Culture This essay collection develops new perspectives on constructions of old age in literary legal scientific and periodical cultures of the nineteenth century. Rigorously interdisciplinary the book places leading researchers of old age in nineteenth-century literature in dialogue with experts from the fields of cultural legal and social history. It revisits the origins of many modern debates about aging in the nineteenth century – a period that saw the emergence of cultural and scientific frameworks for the understanding of old age that continue to be influential today. The contributors provide fresh readings of canonical texts by Charles Dickens Elizabeth Gaskell Anthony Trollope Thomas Hardy Henry James and others. The volume builds momentum in the burgeoning field of aging studies. It argues that the study of old age in the nineteenth century has entered a new and distinctly interdisciplinary phase that is characterized by a set of research interests that are currently shared across a range of disciplines and that explore conceptions of old age in the nineteenth century by privileging respectively questions of agency of place of gender and sexuality and of narrative and aesthetic form. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415817967

Intergenerational RelationshipsConversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures Understand how multigenerational family relationships can benefit all generations!Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures focuses on how family and community relationships are affected by pressing social problems. Respected international authorities reveal how cultures from Africa Asia the US and Europe value connections among people of different ages and how these relationships are used to address crucial social problems. Insightful research bridges multiple disciplines to provide a unique perspective demonstrating the benefits of intergenerational relationships.Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures presents a variety of approaches to social and intergenerational issues from international authors. The book discusses issues in two intergenerational categories: relationships in families and relationships in communities. The diverse range of content presents an enlightened view of the transformation of societies by modern technologies and illustrates the importance of maintaining a firm cultural identity through the relationships of different age groups. The view that the interdependence of multiple generations and society's common goals are inseparable is discussed in papers that explore rites of passage language transfer art and literature community events and research. Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures explores: the devastation of intergenerational relationships in Nigeria because of AIDS intergenerational cultural transmission among the Akan of Ghana African views of elders in folklore and literature transitional changes in contemporary intergenerational relationships in India the construction of future theories of intergenerational relationships intergenerational initiatives in Sweden faith-based health and wellness programs in the US intergenerational relationships in US communities relationships between differing age groups among the Tumbuka of northern Malawi transformations over time in generational relationships in Africa intergenerational developments in England Intergenerational Relationships: Conversations on Practice and Research Across Cultures is an important text for educators and students in intergenerational studies; researchers delving into intergenerational relationships cultural transfer and social change; international policymakers; and interdisciplinary scholars in developmental psychology education gerontology sociology and political science. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203050996

Internalizing a Culture of Business ExcellencePerspectives from Quality Professionals Underline by the importance of sustainable quality management practices to contemporary organizations this edited book complies best practice cases of leaders who have initiated and facilitated quality practices in their organizations. The cases highlight how these best practices manifested in their work cultures values and beliefs. Not only do they address organizational efforts towards implementation of quality practices but they also discuss the challenges the leaders faced to instill a sense of quality in practices across the hierarchical structures of their organizations. The book highlights the profiles of quality leaders their journey and their successes in leading quality in their organizations. A book would be an interesting read for those who are eager to integrate quality in their work culture. A key message emerging from these expertise is that ‘passion’ is truly behind the quality success! Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780815381174

International Education and DevelopmentCulture Context and Narrative Drawing on a wide range of international contexts International Education and Development provides an innovative and comprehensive critique of developments to improve schooling in the global South. Offering both a theoretical critique of the field and a series of case studies drawn from recent research illustrating the usefulness of a narrative approach it generates a greater understanding of the meta-narratives that shape development and international education. Focusing on three periods of extensive field work in South Africa Bangladesh and Mauritius this book reflects upon the combination of narrative and biographical approaches in different national settings. Context is provided in three levels meta meso and micro through a clear and critical examination of the macro ‘stories’ of development and international education over the past fifty years and an examination of the role that narrative can play at local and micro levels looking at the stories of individual decision makers – from children in the classroom to education officers at the district education office – and the opportunities and challenges of using these accounts for research teaching and policy-making purposes. International Education and Development adds a global perspective to an area dominated by a concern with the Northern industrialised world making it an essential text for students following courses in the social sciences and individuals working the field of international education. It addresses a fundamental concern of development theory in a unique and engaging manner. A highly original contribution to a growing field this book synthesises developments both in this field and in the growing topic of narrative research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367487928

International Law and Agroecological HusbandryBuilding legal foundations for a new agriculture Remarkable advances are being made in life science and agricultural research to reform the methods of food production particularly with regard to staple grain and legume crops in ways that will better reflect ecological realities. However advances in science may be insufficient to ensure that these possibilities for agricultural reform are realized in practice and in a sustainable way. This book shows how these can only be achieved through changes in legal norms and institutions at the global level.  Interdisciplinary in character  the book draws from a range of issues involving agricultural innovation international legal history and principles treaty commitments global institutions and environmental challenges such as climate change to propose broad legal changes for transforming global agriculture. It first shows how modern extractive agriculture is unsustainable on economic environmental and social grounds. It then examines the potential for natural-systems agriculture (especially perennial-polyculture systems) for overcoming the deficiencies of modern extractive agriculture especially to offset climate change. Finally it analyses closely the legal innovations that can be adopted at national and international levels to facilitate a transition from modern extractive agriculture to a system based more on ecological principles. In particular the author argues for the creation of a Global Convention on Agroecology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367029876

International Organizational BehaviorTranscending Borders and Cultures This book focuses on understanding and managing organizational behavior in an international context considering the conceptual framework of culture and offering practical advice for navigating cultures in the workplace. Readers will gain new tools to interpret behavior helping them to manage international challenges effectively. The authors outline the critical management and adaptation skills necessary to develop within a globalized organization teaching the reader how to recruit coordinate and evaluate an international team. Updated "Culture Clash" and "Global Innovations" boxes provide important insights into identifying a core set of values to "customize" management techniques across cultures focusing particularly on growing countries like India and China. The new edition features a more streamlined chapter structure updated discussion questions and new end-of-chapter cases with self-scoring quizzes for further development. International Organizational Behavior will prove a valuable resource for any student of organizational behavior international management and international business. A companion website provides additional support for instructors featuring an instructor’s manual test bank and PowerPoint slides. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138124257

International Perspectives on Shojo and Shojo MangaThe Influence of Girl Culture This collaborative book explores the artistic and aesthetic development of shojo or girl manga and discusses the significance of both shojo manga and the concept of shojo or girl culture. It features contributions from manga critics educators and researchers from both manga’s home country of Japan and abroad looking at shojo and shojo manga’s influence both locally and globally. Finally it presents original interviews of shojo manga-ka or artists who discuss their work and their views on this distinct type of popular visual culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138549036

International Safeguards for Children in SportDeveloping and Embedding a Safeguarding Culture Safeguarding should be a central concern for any sports organisation working with children or young people. This significant new study examines the development implementation and impact of the International Safeguards for Children in Sport; a set of guidelines drawn up by a working group of international organisations committed to child protection which lays out the measures that need to be taken to ensure children are kept safe from harm. Including critical perspectives and in-depth real-life case studies this book looks beyond perpetrator victim and abuse to focus on the development of a systematic safeguarding culture. The first study to adopt a global perspective on safeguarding in sport it draws on the insights of researchers and practitioners to discuss best practise for child welfare organisational reform policy implementation and directions for future research. International Safeguards for Children in Sport: Developing and Embedding a Safeguarding Culture is important reading for all those working directly with children through the provision of sport in schools and communities as well as for students and researchers of the sociology of sport. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367406899

International Science and Technology EducationExploring Culture Economy and Social Perceptions Education in science technology engineering and mathematics (STEM) is crucial for taking advantage of the prospects of new scientific discoveries initiating or promoting technological changes and managing opportunities and risks associated with innovations. This book explores the emerging perspectives and methodologies of STEM education and its relationship to the cultural understanding of science and technology in an international context. The authors provide a unique perspective on the subject presenting materials and experiences from non-European industrialized as well as industrializing countries including China Japan South Korea India Egypt Brazil and the USA. The chapters offer a wide scope of interpretations and comparative reviews of STEM education by including narrative elements about cultural developments considering the influence of culture and social perceptions on technological and social change and applying innovative tools of qualitative social research. The book represents a comprehensive and multidisciplinary review of the current status and future challenges facing STEM education across the world including issues such as globalization interdependencies of norms and values effects on equity and social justice as well as resilience. Overall the volume provides valuable insights for a broad and comprehensive international comparison of STEM philosophies approaches and experiences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138506817

International Trade And Agriculture: Theory And Policy This book focuses on research needs in the field of international trade and agriculture. It provides general subject matter in trade and agriculture; the gains from trade; analyses of agricultural trade problems; and current research and research needs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367171223

Internet Culture The internet has recently grown from a fringe cultural phenomenon to a significant site of cultural production and transformation. Internet Culture maps this new domain of language politics and identity locating it within the histories of communication and the public sphere. Internet Culture offers a critical interrogation of the sustaining myths of the virtual world and of the implications of the current mass migration onto the electronic frontier. Among the topics discussed in Internet Culture are the virtual spaces and places created by the citizens of the Net and their claims to the hotly contested notion of "virtual community"; the virtual bodies that occupy such spaces; and the desires that animate these bodies. The contributors also examine the communication medium behind theworlds of the Net analyzing the rhetorical conventions governing online discussion literary antecedents and potential pedagogical applications. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699560

Internet Video Culture in ChinaYouTube Youku and the Space in Between Examining Internet culture in the People’s Republic of China Taiwan Hong Kong and the US this book analyzes videos which entertain both English and Chinese-speaking viewers to gain a better understanding of cultural similarities and differences. Each of the chapters in the volume studies streaming videos from YouTube and its Chinese counterparts Todou and Youku with the book using a combination of interpretative analysis of content commentary and ethnographic interviews. Employing a diverse range of examples from Michael Jackson musical mash-ups of Cultural Revolution visuals to short clips of Hitler ranting about twenty-first century issues with Chinese subtitles this book goes on to explore the ways in which traditional beliefs regarding gender romance religion and politics intersect. Looking at how these issues have changed over the years in response to new technologies and political economies it also demonstrates how they engage in regional transnational and global dialogues. Comparing and incorporating the production of videos with traditional media such as television and cinema Internet Video Culture in China will be useful to students and scholars of Internet and digital anthropology as well as Cultural Studies and Chinese Studies more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367201678

Interrogating Harmful Cultural PracticesGender Culture and Coercion This volume explores a variety of ’harmful cultural practices’: a term increasingly employed by organizations working within a human rights framework to refer to certain discriminatory practices against women in the global South. Drawing on recent work by feminists across the social sciences as well as activists from around the world this volume discusses and presents research on practices such as veiling forced marriage honour related and dowry violence female genital ’mutilation’ lip plates and sex segregation in public space. With attention to the analytic utility of the notion of harmful cultural practices this volume explores questions surrounding the contribution of feminist thought to international and NGO policies on such practices whether western beauty practices should be analysed in similar terms or should the notion as such from an anthropological perspective be rejected how harmful cultural practices relate to processes of culturalization religionization and secularization and how they can be challenged come to transform and disappear. Presenting concrete empirical case studies from Africa South East Asia Europe and the UK Interrogating Harmful Cultural Practices will be of interest to scholars of sociology anthropology development and law with interests in gender the body violence and women’s agency. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598457

Interrogating Popular CultureKey Questions Interrogating Popular Culture: Key Questions offers an accessible introduction to the study of popular culture both historical and contemporary. Beginning from the assumption that cultural systems are dynamic contradictory and hard to pin down Stacy Takacs explores the field through a survey of important questions addressing: Definitions: What is popular culture? How has it developed over time? What functions does it serve? Method: What is a proper object of study? How should we analyze and interpret popular texts and practices? Influence: How does popular culture relate to social power and control? Identity and disposition: How do we relate to popular culture? How does it move and connect us? Environment: How does popular culture shape the ways we think feel and act in the world? Illustrated with a wide variety of case studies covering everything from medieval spectacle to reality TV sports fandom and Youtube Interrogating Popular Culture gives students a theoretically rich analytical toolkit for understanding the complex relationship between popular culture identity and society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415841191

Interrogating Reorganisation of StatesCulture Identity and Politics in India The volume analyses the complex historical and political context for the processes of state formation in independent India. It provides both a conceptual and empirical framework for an understanding of Indian democracy through the perspective of reorganisation of states.Following the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission (SRC) in 1956 the territorial boundaries of the states were redrawn. However within a decade the geo-linguistic and cultural-ideological criteria could not be considered satisfactory for the future division of states. With the formation of three new states (Chhattisgarh Uttarakhand and Jharkhand) and the demand for Telangana statehood not accepted as yet new dimensions and perspectives about state formation as a critical political practice have surfaced yet again in contemporary India. The book addresses a number of significant themes related to states reorganisation and its effects — questions of underdevelopment size political participation governance cultural identities — and also analyses the demand for smaller states. It focuses on different states their historical and contemporary trajectory leading to the demand for territorial remapping and thus recognising specific political and cultural resources and identities in the regions and sub-regions of states in India.The book will be useful for those studying politics history sociology comparative politics and South Asian Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138660014

Intersectional Analysis as a Method to Analyze Popular CultureClarity in the Matrix Intersectional Analysis as a Method to Analyze Popular Culture: Clarity in the Matrix explores how race class gender sexuality and other social categories are represented in and constructed by some of the most significant popular culture artifacts in contemporary Western culture. Through readings of racialized television sitcoms LGBTQ+ representation in mainstream American music the role of Black Panther in Western imperialist projects and self-love narratives promoted by social media influencers it demonstrates how novice and emerging researchers can use intersectional theory as an analysis method in the field of cultural studies. The case studies presented are contextualized through a brief history of intersectional theory a methodological rationale for its use in relation to popular culture and a review of the ethical considerations researchers should take before during and after they approach popular artifacts. Intended to be a textbook for novice and emerging researchers across a wide range of social science disciplines this book serves as a practical guide to uncover the multiple and interlocking ways oppression is reified resisted and/or negotiated through popular culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367173425

Intersections of Race Class Gender and Nation in Fin-de-siècle Spanish Literature and Culture This volume focuses on intersections of race class gender and nation in the formation of the fin-de-siècle Spanish and Spanish colonial subject. Despite the wealth of research produced on gender social class race and national identity few studies have focused on how these categories interacted frequently operating simultaneously to reveal contexts in which dominated groups were dominating and vice versa. Such revelations call into question metanarratives about the exploitation of one group by another and bring to light interlocking systems of identity formation and consequently oppression that are difficult to disentangle. The authors included here study this dynamic in a variety of genres and venues namely the essay the novel the short story theater and zarzuelas. These essays cover canonical authors such as Benito Pérez Galdós and Emilia Pardo Bazán and understudied female authors such as Rosario de Acuña and Belén Sárraga. The authors included here study this dynamic in a variety of genres and venues namely the essay the novel the short story theater and zarzuelas. The volume builds on recent scholarship on race class gender and nation by focusing specifically on the intersections of these categories and by studying this dynamic in popular culture visual culture and in the works of both canonical and lesser-known authors. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367346614

Intersections of Sexuality and the Divine in Medieval CultureThe Word Made Flesh As distinct from the many recent collections and studies of medieval literature and culture that have focused on gender and sexuality as their major themes this collection considers and serves to re-think and re-situate religion and sexuality together. Including 'traditional' works such as Chaucer and the Pearl-poet as well as less well known and studied texts - such as alchemical texts and the Wohunge group - the contributors here focus on the meeting point of these two often-examined concepts. They seek an understanding of where sex and religion distinguish themselves from one another and where they do not. This volume locates the Divine and the Erotic within the continuum of experience and devotion that characterize the paradox of the medieval world. Not merely original in their approaches these authors seek a new vision of how these two inter-connected themes - sexuality and the Divine - meet connect distinguish themselves and merge within medieval life language and literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266537

IntersexionsGender/class/culture/ethnicity Do writings about ethnicity class and gender form a 'holy trinity' or challenge previous unidimensional analyses?Intersexions accepts the triple perspective but goes further. One aim is to understand the processes by which relations of power are maintained reproduced and resisted. Intersexions also examines modes of representation: within social theory feminism development theory and discussions of capitalism and postcolonialism as well as dominant ideological notions of caste domesticity and 'success'.The writers' approaches are all critical but concerned also with providing alternatives. Comparative and specific analyses are combined attention is paid to the written and spoken material of the people 'represented' and their own positions as commentators examined. Topics range from discussions of family ideology and paid and domestic work to analyses of writings by Aboriginals Vanuatuans and second generation Greek Australians and critiques of the cultural construction of gender and ethnicity in Bangladesh India and Indonesia.Themes recur and overlap. Unitary categories are questioned and the processes by which relations described as 'class' 'ethnic' 'cultural' and 'gender' intersect and interact are demonstrated. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003116165

Intoxicated IdentitiesAlcohol's Power in Mexican History and Culture First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203504567

Introducing Anthropology of ReligionCulture to the Ultimate This clear and engaging guide introduces students to key areas of the field and shows how to apply an anthropological approach to the study of religion in the contemporary world. Written by an experienced teacher it covers major traditional topics including definitions theories and beliefs as well as symbols myth and ritual. The book also explores important but often overlooked issues such as morality violence fundamentalism secularization and new religious movements. The chapters all contain lively case studies of religions practiced around the world. The second edition of Introducing Anthropology of Religion contains updated theoretical discussion plus fresh ethnographic examples throughout. In addition to a brand new chapter on vernacular religion Eller provides a significantly revised chapter on the emerging anthropologies of Christianity and Islam. The book features more material on contemporary societies as well as new coverage of topics such as pilgrimage and paganism. Images a glossary and questions for discussion are now included and additional resources are provided via a companion website. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138024915

Introducing Japanese Popular Culture Specifically designed for use on a range of undergraduate and graduate courses Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an up-to-date overview of a wide variety of media forms. It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in Japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic production as well as politics society and economics. As a result more than being a time capsule of influential trends this book teaches enduring lessons about how popular culture reflects the societies that produce and consume it. With contributions from an international team of scholars representing a range of disciplines from history and anthropology to art history and media studies the book’s sections include: Television Videogames Music Popular Cinema Anime Manga Popular Literature Fashion Contemporary Art Written in an accessible style by a stellar line-up of international contributors this textbook will be essential reading for students of Japanese culture and society Asian media and popular culture and Asian Studies in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138852105

Introduction to Contemporary Print CultureBooks as Media Introduction to Contemporary Print Culture examines the role of the book in the modern world. It considers the book’s deeply intertwined relationships with other media through ownership structures copyright and adaptation the constantly shifting roles of authors publishers and readers in the digital ecosystem and the merging of print and digital technologies in contemporary understandings of the book object. Divided into three parts the book first introduces students to various theories and methods for understanding print culture demonstrating how the study of the book has grown out of longstanding academic disciplines. The second part surveys key sectors of the contemporary book world – from independent and alternative publishers to editors booksellers readers and libraries – focusing on topical debates. In the final part digital technologies take centre stage as eBook regimes and mass-digitisation projects are examined for what they reveal about information power and access in the twenty-first century. This book provides a fascinating and informative introduction for students of all levels in publishing studies book history literature and English media communication and cultural studies cultural sociology librarianship and archival studies and digital humanities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367338992

Introduction to the General Principles of Aquaculture Introduction to the General Principles of Aquaculture provides novice aquaculturists with an overview of the aquaculture industry so you may proceed successfully in academic studies or commercial ventures. The authors furnish you with insight into the history and development of aquaculture and cover the subjects of natural production versus aquaculture the aquatic environment energy requirements of and relationships in aquaculture systems important components of aquaculture systems selection of aquaculture species major cultured species and their distribution global aquaculture production a comparison of agriculture and aquaculture and those factors promoting and constraining aquaculture. The book is liberally illustrated so that students and laymen are able to visualize systems and species. Furthermore tables and figures are used throughout to emphasize important points facts and methods. As an introductory text it emphasizes several aspects of aquaculture that must be understood by those new to the industry. These aspects include water quality species of importance around the world and current and projected aquaculture production on a global basis. The important components of any aquaculture system are also covered in some detail--biological factors technical-biological factors technical-economic factors production cost factors socioeconomic factors and species selection factors.Laypersons considering aquaculture as an investment and students considering aquaculture as a career but who have no real background in agriculture and fisheries sciences will find this book to be a key information source. Introduction to the General Principles of Aquaculture is written with the global market in mind and instructors will find it to be a useful introductory text at the undergraduate level. Persons in advisory capacities such as County Extension Agents extension service specialists and bureaucrats in various arms of government who hav Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367401979

Inventing Ancient CultureHistoricism periodization and the ancient world Inventing Ancient Culture discusses aspects of antiquity which we have tended to ignore. It asks the reader how far we have reinvented antiquity by applying modern concepts and understandings to its study. Furthermore it challenges the common notion that perceptions of the self of modern societal and institutional structures originated in the Enlightenment. Rather the authors and contributors argue there are many continuities and marked similarities between the classical and the modern world. Mark Golden and Peter Toohey have assembled a lively cast of contributors who analyse and argue about classical culture its understandings of philosophy friendship the human body sexuality and historiography Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203754078

Investigating Young People's Sexual Cultures This book examines ways of developing research on young people’s sexual cultures in the context of a media-saturated and technology-focused contemporary culture an area of study that remains relatively unexplored despite heightened concern about young people sex and culture. Unlike the widespread sensationalist reporting about the ‘pornification’ of young people’s lives and the policy documents which have emerged on ‘sexualization’ the book foregrounds the need for a critical approach which recognizes the complexity of culture and is able to unpack what is at stake in the construction of particular views and practices. It emphasizes how concerns about ‘harm’ and ‘risk’ however well-intentioned can work against young people’s interests and argues that education will only be effective if it engages with young people and is based on a commitment to young people’s rights and to the broader notion of sexual rights. Drawing together key researchers in the area the book examines health policy sex and relationships education sex abuse therapy television production sport internet use and the production and consumption of commercial goods and media. This book will be of interest to the many academics and groups who are concerned with young people’s sexual cultures and their place within society. This book was originally published as a special issue of Sex Education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138952799

Iranian CultureRepresentation and Identity Throughout modern Iranian history culture has served as a means of imposing unity and cohesion onto society. The Pahlavi monarchs used it to project an image of Iran as an ancient civilisation re-emerging as an equal to Western nations while the revolutionaries deployed it to remake the country into an Islamic nation. Just as Iranian culture has been continually re-interpreted the representations and avocations of Iranian identity vary amongst Iranians across the world. Iranian Culture: Representation and Identity demonstrates these fissures and the incompatibilities that refuse to be written out of national culture analysing works of literature popular music graphic art and film as well as oral narratives. Using works produced before and after the 1979 revolution created both inside and outside of Iran this study reveals neglected complexities and contradictions in the field of Iranian cultural production. It considers how contested claims to culture whether they originated in Iran or the Iranian diaspora shape our understanding of this culture and what spaces they create for new articulations of it and in doing so offers an important re-examination of our collective concept of culture. This book would be an excellent resource for students and scholars of Middle East Studies and Iranian Studies specifically Iranian culture including film and contemporary literature and the Iranian diaspora. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138299436

IranPolitical Culture in the Islamic Republic Since the Islamic revolutionary movement overthrew the "Peacock Throne" (the Shah) in 1979 the Islamic Republic has maintained its credibility and the loyalty of the people of Iran. It has survived an extremely destructive war with Iraq isolation from the West and the rest of the Middle East except Syria and the death of the Ayaltollah Khomeini. This book explores the social transformation of Iran in this period stressing the importance of political culture and ideology. It argues that the systematic building of a legitimate Islamic political culture is the key to the success of the regime. The authors of the book address specific aspects of Iran's political culture within a general theoretical framework laid out in the introduction. There is discussion of a wide range of topics ranging from the relationship of the individual to society to "Westoxication" from Shi'ism to the Islamisation of film culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138992665

Irish Children's Literature and CultureNew Perspectives on Contemporary Writing Irish Children’s Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with major genres forms and issues including the gothic the speculative picturebooks ethnicity and globalization. It contextualizes modern Irish children’s literature in relation to Irish mythology and earlier writings as well as in relation to Irish writing for adults thereby demonstrating the complexity of this fascinating area. What constitutes a "national literature" is rarely straightforward and it is especially complex when discussing writing for young people in an Irish context. Until recently there was only a slight body of work that could be classified as "Irish children’s literature" in comparison with Ireland’s contribution to adult literature in the twentieth century. The contributors to the volume examine a range of texts in relation to contemporary literary and cultural theory and children’s literature internationally raising provocative questions about the future of the topic. Irish Children’s Literature and Culture is essential reading for those interested in Irish literature culture sociology childhood and children’s literature. Valerie Coghlan Church of Ireland College of Education Dublin is a librarian and lecturer. She is a former co-editor of Bookbird: An International Journal of Children's Literature. She has published widely on Irish children's literature and co-edited several books on the topic. She is a former board member of the IRSCL and a founder member of the Irish Society for the Study of Children's Literature Children's Books Ireland and IBBY Ireland. Keith O’Sullivan lectures in English at the Church of Ireland College of Education Dublin. He is a founder member of the Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature a former member of the board of directors of Children’s Books Ireland and past chair of the Children’s Books Ireland/Bisto Book of the Year Awards. He has published on the works of Philip Pullman and Emily Brontë. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415623551

Irrigation Horticulture In Highland GuatemalaThe Tablon System Of Panajachel This book examines the tablon system a type of irrigated raised-bed horticulture found in the present-day village of Panajachel in Guatemala. It demonstrates how individual Mayan farmers use the tablon system as a strategy for adapting to the demands of a local economy. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367170233

Irving Babbitt Literature and the Democratic Culture This is a sustained inquiry into the thought of the influential scholar and critic Irving Babbitt (1865-1933) intellectual leader of the movement known as the New Humanism. Milton Hindus considers the subjects that most interested Babbitt: ethics literature education and social and political conservatism in the United States. In their most general sense his concerns were man and his nature as the root of all social order. For Babbitt efforts to improve social conditions must begin and end with the individual human being.In rejecting notions that society is primarily responsible for moral deficiencies in the individual or that the individual is bom good only to be corrupted by society Babbitt places responsibility squarely with the individual. As Hindus shows Babbitt sees human beings as a mixture of good and evil impulses shaped by what he called "the inner check." Virtue is thus a result of self-discipline reinforced and confirmed by habit.Babbitt's thinking emphasizing as it does proven values and accepted wisdom calls upon us to advance ourselves by rediscovery of the lessons of the past. Hindus demonstrates that Babbitt has much to offer us as we consider contemporary social and political issues. In contrast to those who emphasize avant-garde postures and fashionable ideologies as well as those conservative followers of outdated theories and dead-end formulas Babbitt's reinvigorating spirit inspires new insights.Although there have been a number of studies of Irving Babbitt and the New Humanism Hindus is singular in his combination of detailed consideration of a number of Babbitt's books with his own essays on contemporary issues approached in what Hindus calls a Babbitian spirit. Like Babbitt's own writings this book is addressed to the general reader. It will be of particular importance to teachers of comparative literature and those interested in the connections between literature and social thought and philosophy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511088

Islam Culture and Women in AsiaComplex Terrains An examination of the place of religion especially Islam in political and cultural life took on a special urgency after the events of 9/11. The essays in this volume concentrate on the way that Islam impacts on the everyday lives of people who reside in societies where Islam plays a large part. The relationship between Islam and women has always been seen as problematic and by highlighting women’s negotiations with this religion this volume seeks to understand the many and various strategies and connections that are made and their political and cultural ramifications. By keeping an Asian focus the authors also seek to understand the wide panorama that Islamic societies inhabit and the manifold political and cultural expressions that ensue from this. The effort is not only to break the image of a monolithic structure and set of beliefs but also to highlight on-the-ground negotiations and the ways that women in particular find spaces within Islamic structures and discourses. This book was originally published as a special issue of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415528269

Islam and Pakistan's Political Culture This book explores the ideological rivalry which is fuelling political instability in Muslim polities discussing this in relation to Pakistan. It argues that the principal dilemma for Muslim polities is how to reconcile modernity and tradition. It discusses existing scholarship on the subject outlines how Muslim political thought and political culture have developed over time and then relates all this to Pakistan’s political evolution present political culture and growing instability. The book concludes that traditionalist and secularist approaches to reconciling modernity and tradition have not succeeded and have in fact led to instability and that a revivalist approach is more likely to be successful. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138576902

Islam and Popular Culture This collection aims to bring together writings that trace and critically analyse Islamic aspects of many modern-day popular cultural practices and products. The concepts of 'Islam' and 'popular culture' are both contested and context-dependent and as such they are understood here on inclusive rather than exclusive terms. Islam and Popular Culture provides an authoritative reference work that makes sense of a vast and growing literature and is an essential resource for advanced students scholars and researchers interested in gaining a thorough understanding of this topic.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138681606

Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia Home to approximately one-fifth of the world’s Muslim population Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Islam is a religion but there is also a popular culture or popular cultures of Islam that are mass mediated commercialized pleasure-filled humorous and representative of large segments of society. During the last forty years popular forms of Islam targeted largely towards urbanized youth have played a key role in the Islamisation of Indonesia and Malaysia. This book focuses on these forms and the accompanying practices of production circulation marketing and consumption of Islam. Dispelling the notion that Islam is monolithic militaristic and primarily Middle Eastern the book emphasizes its dynamic contested and performative nature in contemporary South East Asia. Written by leading scholars alongside media figures such as Rhoma Irama and Ishadi SK the case studies although not focused on theology per se illuminate how Muslims (and non-Muslims) in Indonesia and Malaysia make sense of their lives within an increasingly pervasive culture of Islamic images texts film songs and narratives. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415838245

Islamic Culture in CrisisA Reflection on Civilizations in History Islamic Culture in Crisis examines efforts by intellectuals and leaders in the Islamic world to adapt to what Hichem Djait calls the "incredible novelty of modernity" that has come to Europe during the past 150 years. The chapters in the work are grouped into three sections and were written by the author over a twenty-year period. Djait describes the different meanings of modernity the crisis of Islamic culture in its encounter with modernity similarities and differences between Arabs and Muslims and other cultures the politics of the Arabs and the force of democracy in the Islamic world.In the sphere of politics the Arabs have been excluded from history for a very long time. Instead Turks Mongols Berbers Persians and Caucasians have led the destinies of the Islamic world a domain that had become politically fragmented. But history has overlooked the concrete developments of that time although they were full of consequences for the lives of the people. Paradoxically what remains are the spiritual trans-historic elements: religion culture and science.Contrasting the achievements of other civilizations both past and present Djait demonstrates eloquently that Arabs and Muslims will not be able to connect with the modern world unless they are able to be inspired by a supreme ambition to further the causes of high culture in knowledge science art literature and other spheres. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138511095

Islamist RhetoricLanguage and Culture in Contemporary Egypt Islamism in Egypt is more diversified in terms of its sociology and ideology than is usually assumed. Through linguistic analysis of Islamist rhetoric this book sheds light upon attitudes towards other Muslims religious authority and secular society. Examining the rhetoric of three central Islamist figures in Egypt today - Yusuf al-Qaradawi Amr Khalid and Muhammad Imara - the author investigates the connection between Islamist rhetoric and the social and political structures of the Islamic field in Egypt. Highlighting the diversity of Islamist rhetoric the author argues that differences of form disclose sociological and ideological tensions. Grounded in Systemic Functional Grammar the book explores three linguistic areas in detail: pronoun use mood choices and configurations of processes and participants. The author explores how the writers relate to their readers and how they construe concepts that are central in the current Islamic revival such as ‘Islamic thought’ ‘Muslims’ and ‘the West’. Introducing an alternative divide in Egyptian public debate - between text cultures rather than ideologies - this book approaches the topic of Islamism from a unique analytical perspective offering an important addition to the existing literature in the areas of Middle Eastern society and politics Arabic language and religious studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415860826

Island In TrustCulture Change And Dependence In A Micronesian Economy This book is a case study of economic change on a small Pacific island. The island called Kosrae by the inhabitants lies in the eastern Caroline Islands which are part of the geographic and culture area known popularly as Micronesia. The author’s major aim is to show how economic change in one of the island's four villages is affected by the recent policies of the United States government which has administered the widely scattered islands of Micronesia since 1947. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429038112

Island LandscapesAn Expression of European Culture Island Landscapes takes a critical look at the evolution of European islandscapes and seascapes to examine the conditions facing them in the twenty first century. Considering island landscapes as an expression of European culture this book envisages future trends and presents clearly the need to find a balance between preservation and development to ensure sustainability. Both large and small islands are illustrated in the book including the British Isles Malta and Cyprus as well as archipelagos in Norway Italy and Greece. Their unique identities and values reveal the remarkable breadth of cultural heritage possessed by these diverse European islands. An interdisciplinary approach is applied to the history perception characterisation and planning of islandscape and seascape in Europe to support culturally-oriented strategies for these fragile landscapes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472425447

Israel Strategic Culture and the Conflict with HamasAdaptation and Military Effectiveness This book offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of ‘strategic culture’ on Israeli military operations against Hamas between 1987 and 2014. It has often been argued that Israeli policies and military operations against Hamas have proven tactically effective but strategically disastrous allowing the Islamic Resistance Movement to grow from a small spin-off of the Muslim Brotherhood into a powerful military and political actor in the Palestinian arena. This book argues contrary to this opinion that Israel was effective in its struggle against the Islamic Resistance Movement between 1987 and 2014 as the Jewish state ultimately managed to deny the majority of Hamas' strategic aims and to preserve a position of relative strength. By relying on a synthesis of primary sources interviews memoirs scholarly and professional military studies and information gathered from the media the study delivers a careful and comprehensive analysis of the conflict. It provides an historical outline of the development of the Israeli ‘strategic culture’ and analyzes its impact on the process of military adaptation during the First Intifada the Oslo Peace Process the al-Aqsa Intifada and the Gaza wars. Finally the book illuminates how the Israeli strategic culture moulded a distinctive ‘way of war’ that though marked by successes and failures ultimately proved effective against Hamas. This book will be of much interest to students of strategic studies Middle Eastern politics counter-insurgency counter-terrorism and security studies in general. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138749962

Israel at the Polls 2013Continuity and Change in Israeli Political Culture The 2013 elections took place less than two years after the overwhelming wave of social protests of summer 2011. At first the election campaign did not raise much public interest but the emergence of new players and young political forces energized the political race. Polls conducted throughout the campaign greatly deviated from the final results which eventually enabled Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to form a cabinet again despite a loss of 11 seats for his list. This book describes and analyses a variety of political and sociological developments in Israel both before and after the elections. These include the nature of the campaign the developments in the National Camp among religious Zionists the ultra-Orthodox parties and the Russian vote. Furthermore it assesses the impact of media including new media. The variety of subjects makes the book suitable for undergraduate and graduate students in Middle-Eastern Israeli and Jewish studies as well as political science and liberal arts in general. Israel at the Polls has been updated and published regularly for thirty-five years providing readers with up-to-date analysis and continuity of scholarship. This book offers a long-term assessment of Israeli politics. This book was published as a special issue of Israel Affairs. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138204591

Issues in Latino EducationRace School Culture and the Politics of Academic Success Candid and illuminating this text exposes the educational realities of Latinos (U.S. and foreign-born) in K–12 public schools in the Western United States from the students’ own perspectives. Through the testimonies of students who struggled to graduate from high school issues that are often oversimplified and commonly misunderstood are brought to life. The students themselves offer pragmatic solutions to reduce the unchanging academic gap among culturally diverse groups. Their accounts are then compared with the viewpoints of a range of K–12 teachers on matters of community learning race culture and school politics. Examining in depth the question of how to best educate a growing culturally and linguistically diverse student population this critical case study provides food for thought and provokes reflection on the critical role that human interactions and networking play in attaining one’s dreams and human aspirations. Changes in the Second Edition Updated demographics; New chapter: The Role of the Media in the Transmission of Ideologies Related to Latino Students;  Updated conclusions and study implications. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138228535

Itadakimasu! The Food Culture of Japanいただきます！ Itadakimasu! The Food Culture of Japan is designed as a first- or second-year college course in Japanese culture for students who have little to no background in the Japanese language culture literature or history. Unlike any other culture text Itadakimasu! offers a unique approach to learning about culture through a country’s cuisine. This account takes students on an exciting journey into the world of Japanese food culture both past and present exploring themes such as regional specialties annual festivals traditional foodways prominent tea masters culinary expressions restaurant menus dining etiquette mealtime customs and culinary aesthetics. Itadakimasu! also addresses current events in the food industry and agribusiness health and nutrition dieting trends fast food and international and Western influences. Enhancing this wealth of cultural material are autobiographical essays written by guest contributors and varied literary excerpts featuring food themes across different genres in literature spanning many centuries. Each of the readings is supplemented by general comprehension questions followed by more probing queries calling on critical and analytical thinking to methodically guide students from a cursory understanding of a new culture to reflections on their own experiences and other world cultures. Resources also highlight food-centric films so that students can witness what they are learning about in an authentic cultural context. Furthermore teachers and students alike can enjoy food tasting labs in the classroom fostering yet another authentic experience for the students. With the intention of reaching a broad audience of students majoring or minoring in Japanese or Asian Studies or students learning English as a Foreign Language or English for Specific Purposes Itadakimasu! could also be useful for composition and conversation courses and the Writing Across the Curriculum series or as a supplement for 'Four Skills' Japanese language courses and introductory Japanese literature offerings. Above all its multifaceted design with a broad spectrum of self-contained sections welcomes individual teaching styles and preferences. Itadakimasu! paints an appetizing image of Japan’s society with just a dash of culture a pinch of language and a taste of literature to tempt the palate of students new to the study of Japan. Meant to enhance the regular curriculum this innovative approach to learning about Japan suggests that the culinary world can lend an insightful view into a country’s culture. Historical and contemporary foodways are universal elements common to all cultures making the subject matter inherently relatable. An Instructors Manual containing sample syllabi learning outcomes handout templates study guides background content and more is available at www.routledge.com/9780367903572.  Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367903572

Italian Culture in the Drama of Shakespeare and His ContemporariesRewriting Remaking Refashioning Applying recent developments in new historicism and cultural materialism - along with the new perspectives opened up by the current debate on intertextuality and the construction of the theatrical text - the essays collected here reconsider the pervasive influence of Italian culture literature and traditions on early modern English drama. The volume focuses strongly on Shakespeare but also includes contributions on Marston Middleton Ford Brome Aretino and other early modern dramatists. The pervasive influence of Italian culture literature and traditions on the European Renaissance it is argued here offers a valuable opportunity to study the intertextual dynamics that contributed to the construction of the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatrical canon. In the specific area of theatrical discourse the drama of the early modern period is characterized by the systematic appropriation of a complex Italian iconology exploited both as the origin of poetry and art and as the site of intrigue vice and political corruption. Focusing on the construction and the political implications of the dramatic text this collection analyses early modern English drama within the context of three categories of cultural and ideological appropriation: the rewriting remaking and refashioning of the English theatrical tradition in its iconic thematic historical and literary aspects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275966

IT's All about the PeopleTechnology Management That Overcomes Disaffected People Stupid Processes and Deranged Corporate Cultures By and large cost-effective information technology (IT) management is more about people personal relationships and corporate culture than it is about the technology itself. Simply put IT doesn’t work if you are surrounded by bad people and stupid processes in a deranged corporate culture. IT's All about the People: Technology Management That Overcomes Disaffected People Stupid Processes and Deranged Corporate Cultures explains how to achieve dramatic improvements in service and agility by enhancing the people processes and culture within your organization. It details the various roles within the technology management process and supplies authoritative insight into the realities of human behavior—including the range of best and worst behaviors from managers executives and corporate culture.Industry veteran Stephen J. Andriole explains the reason behind why many business cases fail and includes helpful insights on new governance models organic transformation guerilla budgeting and open source software. Providing a fresh perspective on the old basics of IT management through a twenty-first-century lens this book arms you with the methods needed to master the soft art of IT management as well as purchasing deployment and technological support. Media > Books > Print Books Auerbach Publications 9781439876589

Jörg Breu the ElderArt Culture and Belief in Reformation Augsburg This title was first published in 2002: Jörg Breu belonged to the generation of German Renaissance artists that included Dürer Cranach Grünewald Altdorfer and in his own city of Augsburg Hans Burgkmair the Elder. His art registered the early reception of Italian art in Germany and spanned the dramatic years of the Reformation in Augsburg when the city was riven with social and religious tensions. Uniquely for a German artist Breu left a diary chronicling his reaction to the massive social and cultural forces that engulfed him including his own conversion to the Protestant cause. His story is representative of the condition of many artists during the Reformation years living through this watershed between two cultural eras which witnessed the transfer of creative energies from religious painting to secular and applied forms of art. In this wide ranging and original study Andrew Morrall examines the effect of these events on the nature and practice of Jörg Breu's art and its reception not just in his own period but right up to the present day. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138723245

James Joyce Science and Modernist Print Culture“The Einstein of English Fiction” This book makes an important intervention in the ongoing debates about modernism science and the divisions of early Twentieth-Century print culture. In order to establish Joyce's place in the nexus of modernism and scientific thought Drouin uses the methods of periodical studies and textual criticism to examine the impact of Einstein's relativity theories on the development of Ulysses (1922) and Finnegans Wake (1939). Looking at experiments with space time motion and perspective it rigorously surveys discourse of science and the novel in the print culture networks connected to Joyce with concrete analysis of avant-garde magazines newspapers popular science books BBC pamphlets and radio broadcasts between 1914 and 1939. These sources elucidate changes that Joyce made to the manuscripts typescripts and page proofs of certain episodes of his final two novels. The new evidence establishes for the first time the nature of the material link between Joyce and non-technical science and the manner in which Ulysses and Finnegans Wake owe their structure and meaning to the humanistic issues associated with science during the wartime and inter-war years. In examining the relationships between Joyce's later work and the popular science industry the book elucidates the often conflicting attitudes toward science in inter-war British print culture filling in a piece of the puzzle that is modernism's relationship to the new physics and simultaneously the history of the novel. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138378049

Japan in AustraliaCulture Context and Connection Japan in Australia is a work of cultural history that focuses on context and connection between two nations. It examines how Japan has been imagined represented and experienced in the Australian context through a variety of settings historical periods and circumstances. Beginning with the first recorded contacts between Australians and Japanese in the nineteenth century the chapters focus on ‘people-to people’ narratives and the myriad multi-dimensional ways in which the two countries are interconnected: from sporting diplomacy to woodblock printing from artistic metaphors to iconic pop imagery from the tragedy of war to engagement in peace movements from technology transfer to community arts. Tracing the trajectory of this 150-year relationship provides an example of how history can turn from fear enmity and misunderstanding through war foreign encroachment and the legacy of conflict to close and intimate connections that result in cultural enrichment and diversification. This book explores notions of Australia and ‘Australianness’ and Japan and ‘Japaneseness’ to better reflect on the cultural fusion that is contemporary Australia and build the narrative of the Japan–Australia relationship. It will be of interest to academics in the field of Asian Japanese and Japanese-Pacific studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367184698

Japan PopInside the World of Japanese Popular Culture A fascinating illustrated look at various forms of Japanese popular culture: pop song jazz enka (a popular ballad genre of music) karaoke comics animated cartoons video games television dramas films and "idols" -- teenage singers and actors. As pop culture not only entertains but is also a reflection of society the book is also about Japan itself -- its similarities and differences with the rest of the world and how Japan is changing. The book features 32 pages of manga plus 50 additional photos illustrations and shorter comic samples. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703220

Japanese And American AgricultureTradition And Progress In Conflict This book includes papers presented in a one-day symposium and four discussion-group sessions during the International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference on "Comparative Analysis of Food Demand/Consumption and Agricultural Structure/Supply in the United States and Japan" in 1991. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367160982

Japanese Bankers in the City of LondonLanguage Culture and Identity in the Japanese Diaspora The globalisation of the present day world economy means that more and more people are experiencing different cultures through their work. Focusing on the real experiences of workers in Japanese transnational finance companies this book not only throws light on this specific case but at the same time raises timely questions and insights into the newly-emerging multicultural work experience worldwide. Japanese Bankers in the City of London reflects on contemporary discussions in sociology anthropology and cultural studies of individual global movement and cultural interaction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138863958

Japanese Culture Through Videogames Examining a wide range of Japanese videogames including arcade fighting games PC-based strategy games and console JRPGs this book assesses their cultural significance and shows how gameplay and context can be analyzed together to understand videogames as a dynamic mode of artistic expression.Well-known titles such as Final Fantasy Metal Gear Solid Street Fighter and Katamari Damacy are evaluated in detail showing how ideology and critique are conveyed through game narrative and character design as well as user interface cabinet art and peripherals. This book also considers how ‘Japan’ has been packaged for domestic and overseas consumers and how Japanese designers have used the medium to express ideas about home and nation nuclear energy war and historical memory social breakdown and bioethics. Placing each title in its historical context Hutchinson ultimately shows that videogames are a relatively recent but significant site where cultural identity is played out in modern Japan.Comparing Japanese videogames with their American counterparts as well as other media forms such as film manga and anime Japanese Culture Through Videogames will be useful to students and scholars of Japanese culture and society as well as Game Studies Media Studies and Japanese Studies more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367728151

Japanese CultureIts Development and Characteristics This book presents an authoritative and illuminating insight into the development and most important characteristics of Japanese society and culture. Approaching the subject from a number of different points of view. Originally published in 1963. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415869270

Japanese Popular Culture Japanese popular culture has developed in many unexpected and fascinating ways. From contemporary pop culture’s beginnings in the shadow of the Second World War and the earlier China campaign Japan’s sense of identity has been contested challenged reconsidered restructured and revived through multiple popular media. Pop culture though has always occupied a singular place in Japan’s expression of selfhood and otherness providing vicarious experiences of life within Japan. Today Japanese popular culture’s global influence is felt most keenly in movie culture animation television the Internet social media music fashion and comics (manga) to name but a few fields and technologies. Indeed visual culture specifically television and movies with a strong emphasis on animation (anime) and manga led the first wave of Japanese pop-culture exports in the second half of the twentieth century. Since then academic interest in these exports both at home in Japan and overseas has developed rapidly. The second wave of Japanese popular culture followed the digitization of much of the global media: rapid communications global connectedness and the development of new media have provided platforms on which Japanese pop culture has been presented and critiqued engaged and transformed. More complex more hybrid and more sophisticated the relationships between Japan and the rest of the world are often given voice through new readings and interpretations of the interconnected popular cultural world. The assembled articles in Volume I of this new Routledge collection of major works provide a comprehensive overview of the postwar history of Japanese popular culture. Topics include the emergence of popular culture as an academic field in Japan; the genesis of manga and anime; analyses of various cultural artefacts and phenomena such as censorship and popular culture during the postwar occupation; the 1970s origin of kawaii culture; and street fashion in the 1980s. Volumes II and III meanwhile focus on the twenty-first century. Over the last decade especially the transnational presence of Japanese popular culture has accelerated and with it scholarship on Japanese popular culture has grown in depth and diversity. The themes explored in these volumes include the role of digital technology in popular culture; esoteric cultural artefacts and activities such as loli fashion maid cafés otaku culture and traditional music reinvented as pop as well as more conventionally popular products such as anime TV drama and shojo manga. Collectively the volume demonstrates the complex and heterogeneous nature of the Japanese pop-culture landscape in the twenty-first century. The final volume in the collection addresses broader issues associated with Japanese popular culture and globalization. As Japan sought to boost its international ‘soft power’ via a ‘Cool Japan’ strategy the academy began to pay serious attention to the political-economic implications of Japan’s pop-culture exports. The soft-power rhetoric has become a significant marker of popular culture in Asia in particular and Japan’s influence regionally has been explored from a number of angles. Along with seminal pieces from Nye Huat and Iwabuchi authors in the first section of Volume IV examine the rise of Japan’s pop-culture industry and investigate the socio-economic and political-economic implications of topics such as ‘the Japan Brand’ ‘Cool Japan’ and ‘Cute Japan’. In the second section case studies of soft power are brought to the fore and analyses of the implications for people and culture are developed. Collectively the materials gathered in this volume demonstrate the highly mobile and complex nature of the globalization of Japanese popular culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415827898

Japanese Popular Culture and Contents Tourism Contents tourism is tourism induced by the contents (narratives characters locations and other creative elements) of films novels games manga anime television dramas and other forms of popular culture. Amidst the boom in global interest in Japanese popular culture the utilization of popular culture to induce tourism domestically and internationally has been central to the "Cool Japan" strategy and since 2005 government policy for local community revitalization. This book presents four main case studies of contents tourism: the phenomenon of "anime pilgrimage" to sites appearing in animated film; the travel behaviours and "pop-spiritualism" of female history fans to heritage sites; the collaboration between local community fans and copyright holders that underpinned an anime-induced tourism boom in a small town north of Tokyo; and the large-scale economic impacts of tourism induced by NHK’s annual samurai period drama (Taiga Drama). It is the first major collection of articles published in English about media-induced tourism in Japan using the "contents tourism" approach. This book will be of particular interest to students and researchers of media and tourism studies in Asia. This book was previously published as a special issue of Japan Forum. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367029401

Japanese Popular MusicCulture Authenticity and Power Japanese popular culture has been steadily increasing in visibility both in Asia and beyond in recent years. This book examines Japanese popular music exploring its historical development technology business and production aspects audiences and language and culture. Based both on extensive textual and aural analysis and on anthropological fieldwork it provides a wealth of detail finding differences as well as similarities between the Japanese and Western pop music scenes. Carolyn Stevens shows how Japanese popular music has responded over time to Japan's relationship to the West in the post-war era gradually growing in independence from the political and cultural hegemonic presence of America. Similarly the volume explores the ways in which the Japanese artist has grown in independence vis-à-vis his/her role in the production process and examines in detail the increasingly important role of the jimusho or the entertainment management agency where many individual artists and music industry professionals make decisions about how the product is delivered to the public. It also discusses the connections to Japanese television film print and internet thereby providing through pop music a key to understanding much of Japanese popular culture more widely. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203945018

Japanese Tea CultureArt History and Practice From its origins as a distinct set of ritualised practices in the sixteenth century to its international expansion in the twentieth tea culture has had a major impact on artistic production connoisseurship etiquette food design and more recently on notions of Japaneseness. The authors dispel the myths around the development of tea practice dispute the fiction of the dominance of aesthetics over politics in tea and demonstrate that writing history has always been an integral part of tea culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315888071

Japanese Tourism and Travel Culture This book examines Japanese tourism and travel both today and in the past showing how over hundreds of years a distinct culture of travel developed and exploring how this has permeated the perceptions and traditions of Japanese society. It considers the diverse dimensions of modern tourism including appropriation and consumption of history nostalgia identity domesticated foreignness and the search for authenticity and invention of tradition. Japanese people are one of the most widely travelling peoples in the world both historically and in contemporary times. What may be understood as incipient mass tourism started around the 17th century in various forms (including religious pilgrimages) long before it became a prevalent cultural phenomenon in the West. Within Asia Japan has long remained the main tourist sending society since the beginning of the 20th century when it started colonising Asian countries. In 2005 some 17.8 million Japanese travelled overseas across Europe Asia the South Pacific and America. In recent times however tourist demands are fast growing in other Asian countries such as Korea and China. Japan is not only consuming other Asian societies and cultures it is also being consumed by them in tourist contexts. This book considers the patterns of travelling of the Japanese examining travel inside and outside the Japanese archipelago and how tourist demands inside influence and shape patterns of travel outside the country.  Overall this book draws important insights for understanding the phenomenon of tourism on the one hand and the nature of Japanese society and culture on the other. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415674461

Japanese Tree BurialEcology Kinship and the Culture of Death Tree burial a new form of disposal for the cremated remains of the dead was created in 1999 by Chisaka Genpo the head priest of a Zen Buddhist temple in northern Japan. Instead of a conventional family gravestone perpetuating the continuity of a household and its identity tree burial uses vast woodlands as cemeteries with each burial spot marked by a tree and a small wooden tablet inscribed with the name of the deceased. Tree burial is gaining popularity and is a highly-effective means of promoting the rehabilitation of Japanese forestland critically damaged by post-war government mismanagement. This book based on extensive original research explores the phenomenon of tree burial tracing its development discussing the factors which motivate Japanese people to choose tree burial and examining the impact of tree burial on traditional views of death memorialisation and the afterlife. The author argues that non-traditional non-ancestral modes of burial have become a means of negotiating new social orders and that this symbiosis of environmentalism and memorialisation corroborates the idea that graveyards are not only places for the containment of human remains and the memorialisation of the dead but spaces where people (re)construct challenge and find new senses of belonging to the wider society in which they live. Throughout the book demonstrates how the new practice fits with developing ideas of ecology with the individual’s corporality nourishing the earth and thus re-entering the cycle of life in nature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138200333

Japanese Visual CultureExplorations in the World of Manga and Anime Born of Japan's cultural encounter with Western entertainment media manga (comic books or graphic novels) and anime (animated films) are two of the most universally recognized forms of contemporary mass culture. Because they tell stories through visual imagery they vault over language barriers. Well suited to electronic transmission and distributed by Japan's globalized culture industry they have become a powerful force in both the mediascape and the marketplace.This volume brings together an international group of scholars from many specialties to probe the richness and subtleties of these deceptively simple cultural forms. The contributors explore the historical cultural sociological and religious dimensions of manga and anime and examine specific sub-genres artists and stylistics. The book also addresses such topics as spirituality the use of visual culture by Japanese new religious movements Japanese Goth nostalgia and Japanese pop "cute" (kawali) subculture and comics for girls and more. With illustrations throughout it is a rich source for all scholars and fans of manga and anime as well as students of contemporary mass culture or Japanese culture and civilization. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315703152

Je Tu NousToward a Culture of Difference First published in 1993. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138150546

Je Tu NousTowards a Culture of Difference A passionate celebrator of "sexual difference " Luce Irigaray was never simply after the social equality that her generation so publicly demanded. She was seeking more fundamentally a society that celebrated the differences between the genders and their coming together in a union without hierarchy. As she formulates it in this compellingly readable introduction to her own thought Irigaray is writing about how "I" and "You" become "We." Exploring along the way women’s experiences of motherhood abortion the AIDS crisis and the beauty industry this book presents one of the most important thinkers of our day in her own words. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138834712

Jesuits and the Politics of Religious Pluralism in Eighteenth-Century TransylvaniaCulture Politics and Religion 1693–1773 This book tells the story of the Jesuit mission to Cluj Transylvania (now Romania) from 1693 when the Jesuits were allowed to return after almost a century of restricted activity in the region until 1773 when the order was suppressed. During these eight decades the Jesuits created a complex multi-faceted community whose impact reached throughout Transylvania and beyond into neighbouring regions. In addition to an ongoing missionary program in this predominantly non-Catholic region the Jesuits established a cluster of schools and a university that trained the elite introduced Baroque architecture music and literature and became the masters of extensive properties. The Jesuits' schools staged dramas in several languages their printing press produced a wide range of publications including a Hungarian 'ABC for Girls' and a catechism in Ukrainian and Jesuit scientists including Miksa Hell later Court Astronomer in Vienna conducted experiments and observations. Among the unique features of this study are the accounts of how Jesuits sought to impose social conformity on the ethnically and religiously diverse community the Jesuits' project to develop a 'Uniate Church' that would retain the Eastern Rite while acknowledging the authority of Rome and the story of the long-forgotten Jesuit 'brothers' who contributed their talents as craftsmen and artists to the Jesuit enterprise. A chapter is devoted to the ill-fated 1743 mission to Moldavia in which Transylvanian Jesuits hoped to establish a missionary and educational outpost in this Ottoman-dominated principality. Special attention is given to Jesuit interactions with the many minority groups present in Cluj: Armenians Jews Roma (Gypsies) and German speaking 'Saxons' as well as encounters with ethnic Romanians who made up the majority of the population of Transylvania and among whom the Uniate Church was promoted. Cluj a city where the cultures of Eastern and Western Europe meet represented the furthermost penetration into Orthodox Europe of the Baroque aesthetic and of the domination of the Habsburgs supported and glorified by the Jesuits. The successes and failures of this religious order helped shape the history of the region for the next two centuries. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315251530

Jewish BloodReality and metaphor in history religion and culture This book deals with the Jewish engagement with blood: animal and human real and metaphorical. Concentrating on the meaning or significance of blood in Judaism the book moves this highly controversial subject away from its traditional focus exploring how Jews themselves engage with blood and its role in Jewish identity ritual and culture. With contributions from leading scholars in the field the book brings together a wide range of perspectives and covers communities in ancient Israel Europe and America as well as all major eras of Jewish history: biblical Talmudic medieval and modern. Providing historical religious and cultural examples ranging from the "Blood Libel" through to the poetry of Uri Zvi Greenberg this volume explores the deep continuities in thought and practice related to blood. Moreover it examines the continuities and discontinuities between Jewish and Christian ideas and practices related to blood many of which extend into the modern contemporary period. The chapters look at not only the Jewish and Christian interaction but the interaction between Jews and the individual national communities to which they belong including the complex appropriation and rejection of European ideas and images undertaken by some Zionists and then by the State of Israel. This broad-ranging and multidisciplinary work will be of interest to students of Jewish Studies History and Religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415845489

Jewish Culture and Society in Medieval France and Germany These studies explore the history of the Jewish minority of Ashkenaz (northern France and the German Empire) during the High Middle Ages. Although the Jews in medieval Europe are usually thought to have been isolated from the Christian majority they actually were part of a 'Jewish-Christian symbiosis.' A number of studies in the collection focus on Jewish-Christian cultural and social interactions the foundations of the community ascribed to Charlemagne and especially on the fashioning of a martyrological collective identity in 1096. Even when Jews resisted Christian pressures they often did so by internalizing Christian motifs and turning them on their heads to argue for the truth of Judaism alone. This may be seen especially in the formation of Jews as martyrs a trope that places Jews as collective Christ figures whose suffering brings about vicarious atonement. The remainder of the studies delve into the lives and writings of a group of Jewish ascetic pietists Hasidei Ashkenaz which shaped the religious culture of most European Jews before modernity. In Sefer Hasidim (Book of the Pietists) attributed to Rabbi Judah the Pietist of Regensburg (d. 1217) one finds a mirror of everyday Jewish-Christian interactions even while the author advances a radical view of Jewish religious pietism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367600280

Jewish Culture in the Age of Globalisation This interdisciplinary anthology explores the impact of current globalization processes on Jewish communities across the globe. The volume explores the extent to which nationalized constructs of Jewish culture and identity still dominate Jewish self-expressions as well as the discourses about them in the rapidly globalizing world of the twenty-first century. Its contributions address the ways in which Jewishness is now understood as transcending the old boundaries and ideologies of nation states and their continental reconfigurations such as Europe or North America but also as crossing the divides of Ashkenazi Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews as well as the confines of Israel and the Diaspora. Which new paradigms of Jewish self- location within the evolving and conflicting global discourses about the nation race the Holocaust and other genocides anti-Semitism colonialism and postcolonialism gender and sexual identities open up in the current era of globalisation and to what extent might transnational notions of Jewishness such as European-Jewish identity create new discursive margins and centers? Chapters explore the impact of the Arab-Israeli conflict on cross-cultural relations between Jews and other racialized groups in the Diaspora and discuss the ways in which recent discourses such as postcolonialism and transnationalism might relate to global Jewish cultures. The intent of the volume is to begin a process of investigation into twenty-first century Jewish identity.This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Review of History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367739836

Jewish Property After 1945Cultures and Economies of Ownership Loss Recovery and Transfer Questions arose after 1945 and have persisted about the ownership of properties which had belonged to Jewish communities before the Second World War to Holocaust victims and survivors and to Jewish expellees from the Middle East and North Africa. Studies of these properties have often focused on their symbolic values their places in cultures of memory and identity construction and measures of justice achieved or denied.This collection explores contesting conceptions of ownership and property claims advanced in the post-war years. The authors focus considerably upon how conflicts over these properties both shaped and reflected shifting and competing ideas about Jewish belonging. They show their outcomes to have had considerable consequences for the lived experiences of both Jews and non-Jews around the world. This is because the properties in questions always maintained their worth as material assets just as they could also impart financial liabilities and other responsibilities to their stewards regardless of the morality of their title. The unique decision to include studies of European Middle Eastern and North African communities into one volume represents an attempt to achieve a more globally sensitive language for thinking about these histories especially at their points of contact and mutual-reference. This book was originally published as a special issue of Jewish Culture and History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367891619

Jews Antisemitism and Culture in Vienna Originally published in 1987 this book explores the emergence structure and ultimate fate of the Viennese Jewish community. Thirteen eminent specialists on Viennese social political and cultural history combine to cover a wide variety of topics including the social and psychological causes of the highly successful and intellectually creative position held by the Jewish community as a minority within the larger Viennese society. They also analyse the conservative politics of the pre-1914 Jewish community and their relationship both to Zionism and to Austro-Marxism. The book also traces the continuities with the past in interwar Austria and analyse the stages leading to the expulsion expropriation and annihilation of the Jews in Nazi-dominated Austria. The book concludes with an examination of post-Holocaust antisemitism in Vienna. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367461171

Jews of TurkeyMigration Culture and Memory Jews of Turkey: Migration Culture and Memory explores the culture of Jews who immigrated from East Turkey to Israel. The study reveals the cultural values of their communities way of life beliefs and traditions in the multicultural and multi-religious environment that was the East of Turkey. The book presents their immigration processes social relationships and memories of their past from a cultural perspective. Consequently this study reconstructs the life of Eastern Jews of Turkey before their immigration to Israel. The anthropological fieldwork for this research was carried out over a year in Israel. The author visited eleven cities where he found Jewish communities from the Ottoman Empire. The book examines their history and origins personal stories of their immigration and different social aspects such as their relationships with Muslims other Jewish neighbourhoods the family childhood status of women marriages clothing cuisine religious life education economic conditions Shabbat and holidays.This is the first book that discusses multiple Jewish communities living in Israel who moved from East Turkey. The book will be a valuable resource for researchers and students who are interested in Jewish and Israeli studies Turkish minorities and anthropology.Süleyman Åžanlı is the chair of the anthropology department at Mardin Artuklu University Turkey. He was a visiting scholar at the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University where he conducted the anthropological fieldwork on Jews who migrated to Israel from Turkey. His research interests are Ottoman Jews Jews of Turkey Jewish cultural studies and social and cultural anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367664145

Joan of Arc in French Art and Culture (1700�1855)From Satire to Sanctity In her meticulous and wide-ranging study Nora M. Heimann follows the metamorphosis of Joan of Arc's posthumous representation during the years in which her image ascended from relative obscurity as a minor provincial figure in the middle ages through her treatment as a figure of political satire in the eighteenth century to her ultimate emergence as an image of piety and sanctity in the mid-nineteenth century. Offering the first scholarly art historical and cultural analysis of the origins of the modern Joan of Arc cult she takes on the challenge of charting as no previous critic has why and how the Maid of Orl‘s has been all things to such a diverse public through the ages particularly during the rapid shifts in political regimes that came in the wake of the French Revolution. Joan of Arc's image has shown a protean capacity to embody a vast and often contradictory range of qualities from martial ascendancy to vulnerable piety from maidenly purity to transgressive androgyny from the power of the people to the divine right of kings. Heimann makes a persuasive case for this enduringly resonant woman as the only figure in French culture to be warmly embraced simultaneously by republicans monarchists feminists and neo-fascists alike. In its recounting of the iconographic fortunes of this remarkable woman during her transformation from an image of satire to one of sanctity Joan of Arc in French Art and Culture (1700-1855) offers an illustrated interdisciplinary depiction of the relationship between art and politics that will appeal not only to art historians but also to those working in literature women's studies cultural studies intellectual history and religious history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815389965

John Cassian and the Reading of Egyptian Monastic Culture This book examines the method of meditative reading encouraged by John Cassian (c. 360-435) in his ascetic writings the bulk of which are fictive dialogues that purportedly record the instruction he had received from Egyptial Christian monks. This instruction was at its core an interactive experience depending upon both the discernment of the master and diligent application of instruction by the student. Driver examines Cassian's understanding of the act of reading and suggests the implications of this for Cassian's monastic teaching and it interprets Cassian's method of reading in light of contemporary discussions of reading and the self. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138973855

John Williams: Changing the Culture of the Classical GuitarPerformance perception education and construction This book assesses the influence and reception of many different forms of guitar playing upon the classical guitar and more specifically through the prism of John Williams. Beginning with an examination of Andrés Segovia and his influence upon Williams’ life’s work a further three incisive chapters cover key areas such as performance perception education and construction considering social and cultural contexts of the guitar over the past century. A final chapter on new directions in classical guitar examines the change in reception of the instrument from the mid-1970s to the present day and Williams’ impact upon what might be termed ‘standard classical guitar repertoire’.With in-depth discussion of the cultural and perceptual impact of Williams’ more daring crossover projects and numerous musical examples this is an informative reference for all classical guitar practitioners as well as scholars and researchers of guitar studies reception studies cultural musicology and performance studies. An online lecture by the author and a transcript of the author’s interview with John Williams are also available as e-resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367730383

Journalism in a Culture of Grief This book considers the cultural meanings of death in American journalism and the role of journalism in interpretations and enactments of public grief which has returned to an almost Victorian level. A number of researchers have begun to address this growing collective preoccupation with death in modern life; few scholars however have studied the central forum for the conveyance and construction of public grief today: news media. News reports about death have a powerful impact and cultural authority because they bring emotional immediacy to matters of fact telling stories of real people who die in real circumstances and real people who mourn them. Moreover through news media a broader audience mourns along with the central characters in those stories and in turn news media cover the extended rituals. Journalism in a Culture of Grief examines this process through a range of types of death and types of news media. It discusses the reporting of horrific events such as September 11 and Hurricane Katrina; it considers the cultural role of obituaries and the instructive work of coverage of teens killed due to their own risky behaviors; and it assesses the role of news media in conducting national patriotic memorial rituals. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203942000

Judaism Philosophy CultureSelected Studies by E. I. J. Rosenthal One of the outstanding interpreters of Jewish culture in the twentieth century has been Erwin Rosenthal. This book contains some of his most influential work ranging from the nature of Jewish political thought both classical and medieval to Christian reactions to Judaism and to varying approaches to the study of the Bible. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315028156

Junior and Youth Grassroots Football CultureThe Forgotten Game Football is ubiquitously acknowledged as ‘The Global Game’ and/or ‘The People’s Game’ – everyday all-encompassing terms familiar to anyone with an interest in football which illustrate albeit nebulously the game’s international reach and popularity. Yet much academic and popular attention has been and continues to be narrowly centred on topics pertaining to the elite and professional aspects of the game. At a time when there appears to be an ever-widening gap between the grassroots and elite levels of the sport this book brings together for the first time a collection of research articles dedicated solely to youth and junior grassroots football. The intention is to generate future inquiry encourage theoretical debate and stimulate empirical research on topics and issues within the relatively marginalised area of the game that is youth and junior grassroots football. The collection represents a preliminary consideration of what is already currently known about grassroots football and no less importantly point towards what remains unknown and under-researched but which deserves much more attention than has been given hitherto. As such the collection includes contributions from practitioners and researchers alike. Topics included range from the provision organisation and development of grassroots football in one national association to broader issues such as the sources of enjoyment in participation the lived experiences of junior players and coaches to the causes of youth dropout from football. In addition the significance of social stratification and various forms of social division which structure children’s participation in grassroots football are discussed. These include female participation and the role of elite female role models and issues relating to the participation of immigrant youth. The book is intended to appeal to practitioners academics and football enthusiasts alike. This book was originally published as a special issue of Soccer & Society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367220457

Just CultureBalancing Safety and Accountability Building on the success of the 2007 original Dekker revises enhances and expands his view of just culture for this second edition additionally tackling the key issue of how justice is created inside organizations. The goal remains the same: to create an environment where learning and accountability are fairly and constructively balanced. The First Edition of Sidney Dekker’s Just Culture brought accident accountability and criminalization to a broader audience. It made people question perhaps for the first time the nature of personal culpability when organizational accidents occur. Having raised this awareness the author then discovered that while many organizations saw the fairness and value of creating a just culture they really struggled when it came to developing it: What should they do? How should they and their managers respond to incidents errors failures that happen on their watch? In this Second Edition Dekker expands his view of just culture additionally tackling the key issue of how justice is created inside organizations. The new book is structured quite differently. Chapter One asks ’what is the right thing to do?’ - the basic moral question underpinning the issue. Ensuing chapters demonstrate how determining the ’right thing’ really depends on one’s viewpoint and that there is not one ’true story’ but several. This naturally leads into the key issue of how justice is established inside organizations and the practical efforts needed to sustain it. The following chapters place just culture and criminalization in a societal context. Finally the author reflects upon why we tend to blame individual people for systemic failures when in fact we bear collective responsibility. The changes to the text allow the author to explain the core elements of a just culture which he delineated so successfully in the First Edition and to explain how his original ideas have evolved. Dekker also introduces new material on ethics and on caring Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781409440604

Just CultureRestoring Trust and Accountability in Your Organization Third Edition A just culture is a culture of trust learning and accountability. It is particularly important when an incident has occurred; when something has gone wrong. How do you respond to the people involved? What do you do to minimize the negative impact and maximize learning? This third edition of Sidney Dekker’s extremely successful Just Culture offers new material on restorative justice and ideas about why your people may be breaking rules. Supported by extensive case material you will learn about safety reporting and honest disclosure about retributive just culture and about the criminalization of human error. Some suspect a just culture means letting people off the hook. Yet they believe they need to remain able to hold people accountable for undesirable performance. In this new edition Dekker asks you to look at 'accountability' in different ways. One is by asking which rule was broken who did it whether that behavior crossed some line and what the appropriate consequences should be. In this retributive sense an 'account' is something you get people to pay or settle. But who will draw that line? And is the process fair? Another way to approach accountability after an incident is to ask who was hurt. To ask what their needs are. And to explore whose obligation it is to meet those needs. People involved in causing the incident may well want to participate in meeting those needs. In this restorative sense an 'account' is something you get people to tell and others to listen to. Learn to look at accountability in different ways and your impact on restoring trust learning and a sense of humanity in your organization could be enormous. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781472475787

Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture Darrell A Posey died in March 2001 after a long and distinguished career in anthropology and ecology. Kayapó Ethnoecology and Culture presents a selection of his writings that result from 25 years of work with the Kayapó Indians of the Amazon Basin. These writings describe the dispersal of the Kayapó sub-groups and explain how with this diaspora useful biological species and natural resource management strategies also spread. However the Kayapó are threatened with extinction like many of the inhabitants of the Amazon basin. The author is adamant that it is no longer satisfactory for scientists to just do 'good science'. They are are increasingly asked and morally obliged to become involved in political action to protect the peoples they study. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415753784

Keeping up Her GeographyWomen's Writing and Geocultural Space in Early Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Culture Recently literary critics and some historians have argued that to use the language of separate spheres is to "mistake fiction for reality." However the tendency in this criticism is to ignore the work of feminist political theorists who argue that a range of ideologies of the public and private consistently work to mask gender inequalities. In Keeping Up Her Geography Tanya Ann Kenedy argues that these inequalities are shaped by multiple but interconnected spatial constructions of the public and private in US culture. Moreover the early twentieth century when key spatial concepts – the nation the urban the regional and the domestic – were being redefined is a pivotal era for understanding how the public-private binary remains tenaciously central to the defining of gender. Keeping Up Her Geography shows that this is the case in a range of literary and cultural contexts: in feminist speeches at the World’s Columbian Exposition in middle-class women’s urban reform texts in southern writer Ellen Glasgow’s novels and in the autobiographical narratives of Zora Neale Hurston and Agnes Smedley. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138813946

Kenyan RunningMovement Culture Geography and Global Change 1997 British Society of Sports History - Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for Sports HistoryThe record-breaking achievements of Kenyan athletes have caught the imagination of the world of sport. How significant really is Kenya in the world of sports? This book the first to look in detail at the evolution and significance of a single sport in an African country seeks to answer these and many other questions. Kenyan Running blends history geography sociology and anthropology in its quest to describe the emergence of Kenyan athletics from its pre-colonial traditions to its position in the modern world of globalized sport. The authors show the qualities of stamina and long distance running were recognized by early twentieth century travellers in east Africa and how modern running was imposed by colonial administrators and school teachers as a means of social control to replace the indigenous fold traditions. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315037660

KindercultureThe Corporate Construction of Childhood America is a corporatized society defined by a culture of consumerism and the youth market is one of the groups that corporations target most. By marketing directly to children through television movies radio video games toys books and fast food advertisers have produced a 'kinderculture'. In this eye-opening book editor Shirley R. Steinberg reveals the profound impact that our purchasing-obsessed culture has on our children and argues that the experience of childhood has been reshaped into something that is prefabricated.Analyzing the pervasive influence of these corporate productions top experts in the fields of education sociology communications and cultural studies contribute incisive essays that students parents educators and general readers will find insightful and entertaining. Including seven new chapters this third edition is thoroughly updated with examinations of the icons that shape the values and consciousness of today's children including Twilight True Blood and vampires hip hop Hannah Montana Disney and others. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367097394

Kinship and Culture At one time Francis L.K. Hsu put forth a hypothesis on kinship that proposed a functional relationship between particular kinship systems and behavior patterns in particular cultural contexts. The controversy provoked among cultural anthropologists by this hypothesis is reflected in this book which points the way toward more fruitful investigations of kinship in cultural and psychological anthropology.Hsu's hypothesis offers an alternative to the study of kinship as a mathematical game and to the treatment of fragmentary aspects of child-rearing practices as major causal factors in culture. Considering the kinship system as the psychological factory of culture Hsu's aim is to discover the crucial forces in each system that shape the interpersonal orientation of the individual which forms the individual's basis for adequate functioning as a member of his society and which in turn provides his culture with a basis for continuity and change. His central hypothesis is that the attributes of the dominant dyads in a given kinship system (such as father-son or mother-daughter) tend to determine the attitudes and action patterns that the individual in such a system develops toward other relationships in that system as well as toward his relationships outside of it.The topics are varied ranging from the link between dyadic dominance and household maintenance to role dilemmas and father-son dominance to sex-role identity and dominant kinship relationships. The editor has contributed an introduction an original essay on kinship and patterns of social cohesion and a summary chapter to bring coherence to the diversity of opinion stated. This new presentation of Hsu's hypothesis together with its discussion by eminent anthropologists and its recommendations for future research in the area is an important addition to the literature on kinship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526761

Knockin' on Heaven's DoorThe Bible and Popular Culture Knockin' On Heaven's Door offers a critically sophisticated and truly interdisciplinary analysis of the relationship between biblical studies and contemporary culture.Specific biblical texts are examined in the light of cultural criticism and areas of popular culture including pornography heavy metal music and McDonald's hamburgers in the light of biblical criticism. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203012383

Knowledge in ContextRepresentations Community and Culture In this classic edition of her groundbreaking text Knowledge in Context Sandra Jovchelovitch revisits her influential work on the societal and cultural processes that shape the development of representational processes in humans. Through a novel analysis of processes of representation and drawing on dialogues between psychology sociology and anthropology Jovchelovitch argues that representation a social psychological construct relating Self Other and Object-world is at the basis of all knowledge. Exploring the dominant assumptions of western conceptions of knowledge and the quest for a unitary reason free from the ‘impurities’ of person community and culture Jovchelovitch recasts questions related to historical comparisons between the knowledge of adults and children ‘civilised’ and ‘primitive’ peoples scientists and lay communities and examines the ambivalence of classical theorists such as Piaget Vygotsky Freud Durkheim and Lévy-Bruhl in addressing these issues. Featuring a new introductory chapter the author evaluates the last decade of research since Knowledge in Context first appeared and reassesses the social psychology of the contemporary public sphere exploring how challenges to the dialogicality of representations reconfigure both community and selfhood in this early 21st century. This book will make essential reading for all those wanting to follow debates on knowledge and representation at the cutting edge of social cultural and developmental psychology sociology anthropology development and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138042896

Kohut's Twinship Across CulturesThe Psychology of Being Human Kohut's Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human chronicles a 10-year-voyage in which the authors struggled initially independently to make sense of Kohut‘s intentions when he radically re-defined the twinship experience to one of "being human among other human beings". Commencing with an exploration of Kohut’s work on twinship and an illustration of the value of what he left for elaboration Togashi and Kottler proceed to introduce a new and very different sensitivity to understanding particular psychoanalytic relational processes and ideas about human existential anguish trauma and the meaning of life. Together they tackle the twinship concept which has often been misunderstood and about which little has been written. Uniquely the book expands and elaborates upon Kohut’s final definition "being human among other human beings." It problematizes this apparently simple concept with a wide range of clinical material demonstrating the complexity of the statement and the intricacies involved in recognizing and working with traumatized patients who have never experienced this feeling.　 It asks how a sense of being human as opposed to being described as human can be generated and how this might help clinicians to better understand and work with trauma. Written for psychoanalysts and psychoanalytic psychotherapists interested in self-psychological intersubjective and relational theories Twinship Across Cultures will also be invaluable to clinicians working in the broader areas of psychoanalysis psychotherapy social work psychiatry and education. It will enrich their sensitivity and capacity to understand and treat traumatized patients and the alienation they feel among other human beings. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138819177

KoinoniaFrom Hate through Dialogue to Culture in the Larger Group A study of the larger group focusing on the processes and dynamics whereby the group micro-culture emerges. As the initial frustrations of the group find expression in hate this is transformed through dialogue to what the Greeks knew as 'koinonia' or the state of impersonal fellowship. Essentially Koinonia concerns itself with an opera Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367325282

Korea and GlobalizationPolitics Economics and Culture Korea faces two challenges in the twenty-first century: unification and globalization. Both entail problems of economic political and cultural integration. In the past Koreans successfully 'unified' in various forms and 'globalized' in many ways. This book is a study of the theme of globalization addressing various aspects of Korea's integration into the global community from a social scientific or humanistic perspective. This investigation begins with a focus on contemporary South and North Korea: the 'globalized' southern daily life South Korean labour as a global player the southern development state and the cultural division that poses the greatest threat to reunification. Moving outwards in concentric circles chapters address Korea's connections with its region and Koreans' contributions to the wider world. Relations with Japan Korea's most difficult bi-lateral relationship are surveyed to identify both patterns and images. The thirteenth century Tripitaka Koreana is the most complete collection of Buddhist scripture in Chinese and its recent digitization points towards a renaissance of this world religion. South Korea's pursuit of a Nobel Prize in Literature is put in perspective when one considers Korean contribution to the pre-modern Sinitic literary world. South Korea may owe its existence to the United Nations but since entering the UN in 1991 it has taken to heart the altruistic urge of global peacekeeping. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138974074

Korean Women Managers and Corporate CultureChallenging Tradition Choosing Empowerment Creating Change The typical view of Korean women is not as managers. The stereotype is of Korean women serving and pleasing men or more recently as aggressive shopkeepers and bar-owners. Very little has been written to challenge this misconception. This fascinating book reveals there have always been managers amongst Korean women particularly in occupations like money lending retail and fashion and women continue to serve after the economic crash at the beginning of a new century.  Korean Women Managers and Corporate Culture illuminates the many roles of women - from management leadership and policy making to the more traditional positions as homemaker and wife – and describes the distinctive Korean corporate culture and economy in order to evaluate the future of women as well as that of Korea itself. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415726245

Kristeva Psychoanalysis and CultureSubjectivity in Crisis Examining Julia Kristeva's contention that contemporary Western society is witnessing a crisis of subjectivity due to the failure of the paternal function Gambaudo places Kristeva's thesis within the context of Freudian psychoanalytic thought and shows how Kristeva defends her position against a cultural climate privileging scientific and cognitive answers to aesthetic concerns. Gambaudo argues that while Kristeva's position might be construed as defensive and a reactive clinging on to paternal modes of organisation of subjectivity it also offers a unique and visionary analysis of subjectivity that rescues the paternal project from its decline. Eschewing a traditional emphasis on Kristeva's feminism this book's primary interest is located at the intersection between psychoanalysis and culture specifically analysing the superseding of Oedipus by narcissistic organisation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315251035

Kyoto Visual Culture in the Early Edo and Meiji PeriodsThe arts of reinvention The city of Kyoto has undergone radical shifts in its significance as a political and cultural center as a hub of the national bureaucracy as a symbolic and religious center and as a site for the production and display of art. However the field of Japanese history and culture lacks a book that considers Kyoto on its own terms as a historic city with a changing identity. Examining cultural production in the city of Kyoto in two periods of political transition this book promises to be a major step forward in advancing our knowledge of Kyoto’s history and culture. Its chapters focus on two periods in Kyoto’s history in which the old capital was politically marginalized: the early Edo period when the center of power shifted from the old imperial capital to the new warriors’ capital of Edo; and the Meiji period when the imperial court itself was moved to the new modern center of Tokyo. The contributors argue that in both periods the response of Kyoto elites—emperors courtiers tea masters municipal leaders monks and merchants—was artistic production and cultural revival. As an artistic cultural and historical study of Japan's most important historic city this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of Japanese history Asian history the Edo and Meiji periods art history visual culture and cultural history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367026752

Labour Theory of Culture Routledge Library Editions: Political Science Volume 42 Despite its importance in understanding the social relations of labour little attention has been paid by Western Marxists to evolutionary theory. Taking as a starting point an unfinished essay by Engels the author argues that the human species must be seen as discontinuous with its nearest biological ancestors – that a qualitative distinction was brought about by social labour. It is argued that the most likely forms of human organization were co-operative and field studies are discussed which apparently provide evidence for tool use and linguistic ability among the higher primates. The relationship between hand and brain in terms of Marxist psychology is also elaborated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649551

Lacanian Psychoanalysis between the Child and the OtherExploring the Cultures of Childhood Lacanian Psychoanalysis between the Child and the Other explores what topology can contribute to clinical work with children emphasizing that psychoanalytic listening goes beyond the individuals who attend a session. This kind of listening does not seek for what is hidden inside; rather it seeks to create a continuous topological transformation with topology regarded as the most sophisticated way in which structure structuring and playing can be thought. Using Lacan’s theoretical framework the book provides a new perspective on working with children re-examining fundamental Lacanian concepts such as structure subject lack Other clinic and of course child itself. It charts how time and space are knitted together for children in psychoanalysis and how a Lacanian approach can enable clinical practitioners and researchers to venture into cultures of childhood helping them conceptualize and intervene in the process of knitting and unknotting. The book will be of interest to psychoanalytic child clinicians in practice and training as well as researchers in the field of child psychoanalysis. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367001278

Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture This accessible and insightful book merges Lacanian theory psychoanalytic case studies and the author’s personal experiences to illuminate the relevance of Lacanian psychoanalysis in mapping contemporary subjectivity. Using examples from cinema artificial intelligence and clinical and cultural references the book covers major topics within the field including dreams the mirror phase psychosis hysteria the position of the analyst the drive supervision and the symptom. Each is set within the context of our technologically oriented market-based society and complemented with empirical vignettes. The book’s final section examines contemporary society and radicalization. Lacanian Psychoanalysis from Clinic to Culture is important reading for students and academics in Lacanian psychoanalysis as well as professionals concerned with complex social problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367330927

Lad Culture in Higher EducationSexism Sexual Harassment and Violence Responding to increasing concerns about the harmful effects of so-called ‘lad culture’ in British universities and related ‘bro’ and ‘frat’ cultures in US colleges this book is the first to explore and analyse the perspectives of university staff on these cultures which students suggest foster the normalisation of sexism homophobia racism sexual harassment and violence. Drawing on in-depth interviews with a broad range of staff and faculty across different types of universities in England the book explores the following key questions: What is lad culture? How and where is it manifest in higher education and what are the effects on students and staff? How can ‘laddish’ behaviour be explained? How can we theorise lad culture to enable us to better understand and challenge it? How do dynamics in the United Kingdom compare to so-called ‘bro’ and ‘frat’ cultures in US colleges? By examining the ways in which lad culture is understood and explained the authors illustrate that current understandings of lad culture obscure the broader processes through which problematic attitudes practices and educational climates are fostered. This analysis enables a theorisation of lad culture that makes visible the gendered norms and intersecting structural inequalities that underpin it. This timely and accessible volume will be of great interest to anyone looking to understand and tackle sexism sexual harassment and violence in and beyond university contexts. It will be of particular significance to researchers undergraduate and postgraduate students academics and policy makers in the fields of gender and sexuality in education higher education and sociology of education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138571310

Lady Gaga and Popular MusicPerforming Gender Fashion and Culture This book is a multi-faceted interdisciplinary examination of the music and figure of Lady Gaga combining approaches from scholars in cultural studies art fashion and music. It represents one of the first scholarly volumes devoted to Lady Gaga who has become over a few short years central to both popular (and indeed populist) as well as more scholarly thought in these areas and who the contributors argue is helping to shape—directly and indirectly—thought and culture both in the fields of the "scholarly" and the "everyday." Lady Gaga's output is firmly embedded in a self-consciously intellectual pop culture tradition and her music videos are intertextually linked to icons of pop culture intelligentsia like Alfred Hitchcock and open to multiple interpretations. In examining her music and figure this volume contributes both to debates on the status of intertextuality held in tension with originality and to debates on the figuring of the sexualized female body and representations of disability. There is interest in these issues from a wide range of disciplines: popular musicology film studies queer studies women’s studies gender studies disability studies popular culture studies and the burgeoning sub-discipline of aesthetics and philosophy of fashion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138630482

Land Expropriation in IsraelLaw Culture and Society Historically Israel's Supreme Court has failed to limit the state's powers of expropriation and to protect private property. This book argues that the Court's land expropriation jurisprudence can only be understood against the political cultural and institutional context in which it was shaped. Security and economic pressures the precarious status of the Court in the early years the pervading ethos of collectivism the cultural symbolism of public land ownership and the perceived strategic and demographic risks posed by the Israeli Arab population - all contributed to the creation of a harsh and arguably undemocratic land expropriation legal philosophy. This philosophy the book argues was applied by the Supreme Court to Arabs and Jews alike from the creation of the state in 1948 and until the 1980s. The book concludes with an analysis of the constitutional change of 1992 and its impact on the legal treatment of property rights under Israeli law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138249271

Land MattersLandscape Photography Culture and Identity In this major work on landscape photography extensively illustrated in colour and black & white Liz Wells is concerned with the ways in which photographers engage with issues about land its representation and idealisation. She demonstrates how the visual interpretation of land as landscape reflects and reinforces contemporary political social and environmental attitudes. She also asks what is at stake in landscape photography now through placing critical appraisal of key examples of work by photographers working in for example the USA in Europe Scandinavia and Baltic areas within broader art historical and political concerns. This illuminating book will interest readers in photography and media geography art history and travel as well as those concerned with environmental issues. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781845118648

Land Ownership And Taxation In American Agriculture This book examines the foundations of the system for owning and taxing agricultural land in the United States. It considers the conditions of land policy at several levels of government and questions some of the historical views of progress. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367160951

Land Use IntensificationEffects on Agriculture Biodiversity and Ecological Processes By 2050 the global population of humans is predicted to increase by 35%. Approximately 70% more food may be required and this will take place against a backdrop of 15-40% land degradation. This book examines land use intensification and biodiversity conservation and its impacts. It also discusses whether suites of species and/or functional groups of taxa will either benefit or suffer from land use intensification and whether it is possible to make robust predictions of biotic responses across landscapes regions and continents. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781466517141

Landscape and Culture in Northern Eurasia This unique volume aims to break down the lingering linguistic boundaries that continue to divide up the circumpolar world to move beyond ethnographic ‘thick description’ to integrate the study of northern Eurasian hunting and herding societies more effectively by encouraging increased international collaboration between archaeologists ethnographers and historians and to open new directions for archaeological investigation of spirituality and northern landscape traditions. Authors examine the life-ways and beliefs of the indigenous peoples of northern Eurasia; chapters contribute ethnographic ethnohistoric and archaeological case-studies stretching from Fennoscandia through Siberia and into Chukotka and the Russian Far East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781611327809

Landscapes of MobilityCulture Politics and Placemaking Our world is unquestionably one in which ubiquitous movements of people goods technologies media money and ideas produce systems of flows. Comparing case studies from across the world including those from Benin the United States India Mali Senegal Japan Haiti and Romania this book focuses on quotidian landscapes of mobility. Despite their seemingly familiar and innocuous appearances these spaces exert tremendous control over our behavior and activities. By examining and mapping the politics of place and motion this book analyzes human beings’ embodied engagements with their built world and provides diverse perspectives on the ideological and political underpinnings of landscapes of mobility. In order to describe landscapes of mobility as a historically socially and politically constructed condition the book is divided into three sections-objects contacts and flows. The first section looks at elements that constitute such landscapes including mobile bodies buildings and practices across multiple geographical scales. As these variable landscapes are reconstituted under particular social economic ecological and political conditions the second section turns to the particular practices that catalyze embodied relations within and across such spaces. Finally the last section explores how the flows of objects bodies interactions and ecologies are represented presenting a critical comparison of the means by which relations processes and exchanges are captured depicted reproduced and re-embodied. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138245969

Language Culture and Community in Teacher Education Published by Routledge for the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education This volume addresses the pressing reality in teacher education that all teachers need to be prepared to work effectively with linguistically and culturally diverse student populations. Every classroom in the country is already or will soon be deeply affected by the changing demographics of America’s students.   Marilyn Cochran-Smith’s Foreword and Donaldo Macedo’s Introductory Essay set the context with respect to teacher education and student demographics followed by a series of chapters presented in three sections: knowledge practice and policy. The literature on language education has typically been discussed in relation to preparing ESL or bilingual teachers. Typically needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students including immigrants refugees language minority populations African Americans and deaf students have been addressed separately. This volume emphasizes that these children have both common educational needs and needs that are culturally and linguistically specific. It is directed to the preparation of ALL teachers who work with culturally and linguistically diverse students. It not only focuses on how teachers need to change but how faculty and curriculum need to be transformed and how to better train teacher education candidates to understand and work efficaciously with the communities in which culturally and linguistically diverse students tend to be predominant. The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) is a national voluntary association of higher education institutions and related organizations. Our mission is to promote the learning of all PK-12 students through high-quality evidence-based preparation and continuing education for all school personnel. For more information on our publications visit our website at: www.aacte.org. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203857168

Language Culture and Identity among Minority Students in ChinaThe Case of the Hui This book explores Hui (one of the Muslim minority groups in China) students’ lived experiences in an elementary school in central P. R. China from the perspectives of philosophical foundations of education and the sociology of education the impact of their experiences on their identity construction and what schooling means to Hui students. The book describes a vivid picture of how the Hui construct their own identities in the public school setting and how the state curricula teachers and parents play roles in student identity construction. The objectives of the book are to discover factors that impact Hui students’ identity construction and have caused Hui students to know little about their own culture and language; and to explore what should be done to help teachers administrators and policy makers appreciate minority culture and include minority culture and knowledge in school curriculum in order to meet the needs of Hui students.The book provides historical policy and curricular contexts for readers to understand Hui students’ experiences in central China and discusses the cultural differences between Han and Hui from a philosophical level. The book uses postcolonial theory to critique the assimilative nature of school education the construction of Hui students’ identity from Han ideology and the cultural hegemony of the mainstream Han group. It also discusses curriculum reconceptualization both in China and globally and the possibility of multicultural education in China.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415540032

Language Culture and SocietyAn Introduction to Linguistic Anthropology Why should we study language? How do the ways in which we communicate define our identities? And how is this all changing in the digital world? Since 1993 many have turned to Language Culture and Society for answers to questions like those above because of its comprehensive coverage of all critical aspects of linguistic anthropology. This seventh edition carries on the legacy while addressing some of the newer pressing and exciting challenges of the 21st century such as issues of language and power language ideology and linguistic diasporas. Chapters on gender race and class also examine how language helps create - and is created by - identity. New to this edition are enhanced and updated pedagogical features such as learning objectives updated resources for continued learning and the inclusion of a glossary. There is also an expanded discussion of communication online and of social media outlets and how that universe is changing how we interact. The discussion on race and ethnicity has also been expanded to include Latin- and Asian-American English vernacular. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780813350608

Language Culture and TeachingCritical Perspectives Distinguished multiculturalist Sonia Nieto speaks directly to current and future teachers in this thoughtful integration of a selection of her key writings with creative pedagogical features. Offering information insights and motivation to teach students of diverse cultural racial and linguistic backgrounds examples are included throughout to illustrate real-life dilemmas about diversity that teachers face in their own classrooms; ideas about how language culture and teaching are linked; and ways to engage with these ideas through reflection and collaborative inquiry. Designed for upper-undergraduate and graduate-level students and professional development courses each chapter includes critical questions classroom activities and community activities suggesting projects beyond the classroom context. Language Culture and Teaching • explores how language and culture are connected to teaching and learning in educational settings; • examines the sociocultural and sociopolitical contexts of language and culture to understand how these contexts may affect student learning and achievement; • analyzes the implications of linguistic and cultural diversity for classroom practices school reform and educational equity; • encourages practicing and preservice teachers to reflect critically on their classroom practices as well as on larger institutional policies related to linguistic and cultural diversity based on the above understandings; and • motivates teachers to understand their ethical and political responsibilities to work together with their students colleagues and families for more socially just classrooms schools and society. Changes in the Third Edition: This edition includes new and updated chapters section introductions critical questions classroom and community activities and resources bringing it up-to-date in terms of recent educational policy issues and demographic changes in the U.S. and beyond. The new chapters reflect Nieto’s current thinking about the profession and society especially about changes in the teaching profession both positive and negative since the publication of the second edition of this text. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138206151

Language Culture Identity and Citizenship in College Classrooms and Communities Language Culture Identity and Citizenship in College Classrooms and Communities examines what takes place in writing classrooms beyond academic analytical and argumentative writing to include forms that engage students in navigating the civic political social and cultural spheres they inhabit. It presents a conceptual framework for imagining how writing instructors can institute campus-wide initiatives such as Writing Across Communities that attempt to connect the classroom and the campus to the students’ various communities of belonging especially students who have been historically underserved. This framework reflects an emerging perspective—writing across difference—that challenges the argument that the best writing instructors can do is develop the skills and knowledge students need to make a successful transition from their home discourses to academic discourses. Instead the value inherent in the full repertoire of linguistic cultural and semiotic resources students use in their varied communities of belonging needs to be acknowledged and students need to be encouraged to call on these to the fullest extent possible in the course of learning what they are being taught in the writing classroom. Pedagogically this book provides educators with the rhetorical discursive and literacy tools needed to implement this approach. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415722780

Language Culture and PowerEnglish�Tamil in Modern India 1900 to Present Day This volume examines the relationship between language and power across cultural boundaries. It evaluates the vital role of translation in redefining culture and ethnic identity. During the first phase of colonialism mid-18th to late-19th century the English-speaking missionaries and East India Company functionaries in South India were impelled to master Tamil the local language in order to transact their business. Tamil also comprised ancient classical literary works especially ethical and moral literature which were found especially suited to the preferences of Christian missionaries.This interface between English and Tamil acted as a conduit for cultural transmission among different groups. The essays in this volume explore the symbiotic relation between English and Tamil during the late colonial and postcolonial as also the modernist and the postmodernist periods. The book showcases the modernity of contemporary Tamil culture as reflected in its literary and artistic productions — poetry fiction short fiction and drama — and outlines the aesthetics philosophy and methodology of these translations. This volume and its companion (which looks at the period between 1750 to 1900 CE) cover the late colonial and postcolonial era and will be of interest to students scholars and researchers of translation studies literature linguistics sociology and social anthropology South Asian studies colonial and postcolonial studies literary and critical theory as well as culture studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367886837

Language Culture and Young ChildrenDeveloping English in the Multi-ethnic Nursery and Infant School Originally published in 1992. This book is designed to help the teacher facing the challenge posed by multi-ethnic multi-cultural multi-language classes. The contributions from teachers and Higher Education tutors are based on experience and research in this area and their emphasis is practical with theoretical support being provided where relevant. Part one considers issues of difference including looking at oral language development issues of assessment and the particular needs of traveller children among other topics. The second part looks at stories and books while the third looks at active language use in writing and drama. Part four suggests useful resources. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138080447

Language Learning and Culture in Early ChildhoodHome School and Community Contexts Complex factors affect young children and their families in today’s increasingly diverse world characterized by globalization the transnational movement of people and neo-liberal government policies in western and industrialized countries. This book focuses on three of these factors—culture language and learning—and how they affect children’s development and learning in the context of their communities families and schools. Taking an ecological perspective it challenges normative and hegemonic views of young children’s language literacy and numeracy development and offers examples of demonstrated educational practices that acknowledge and build on the knowledge that children develop and learn in culturally specific ways in their homes and communities. The authors highlight issues and perspectives that are particular to Indigenous people who have been subjected to centuries of assimilationist and colonialist policies and practices and the importance of first or home language maintenance and its cognitive cultural economic psychological and social benefits. Links are provided to a package of audio-video resources (http://blogs.ubc.ca/intersectionworkshop/) including key note speeches and interviews with leading international scholars and a collection of vignettes from the workshop from which this volume was produced . Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138920835

Language Media and CultureThe Key Concepts Language Media and Culture: The Key Concepts is an authoritative and indispensable guide to the essential terminology of the overlapping fields of Language Media and Culture. Designed to give students and researchers ‘tools for thinking with’ in addressing major issues of communicative change in the 21st century the book covers over 500 concepts as well as containing an extensive bibliography to aid further study. Subjects covered include: Authenticity Truthiness Structures of feeling Turn-taking Transitivity Validity claims With cross referencing and further reading provided throughout this book provides an inclusive map of the discipline and is an essential reference work for students in communication media journalism and cultural studies as well as for students of language and linguistics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138047075

Language and Culture at Work Language and Culture at Work provides an overview of the complex role that culture plays in workplace contexts. Eight chapters cover the core aspects of culture at work comprising: Face and politeness Decision making Leadership Identity Gender Work-life balance The authors draw on a significant corpus of authentic workplace data collected in numerous professional and medical settings involving participants from a variety of different socio-cultural backgrounds (including Chinese Filipino Indian British Dutch Hong Kong Taiwanese and Australian). Using in-depth analyses of authentic interactions and interviews the book proposes a new integrated framework for researching culture at work from a sociolinguistic perspective. This is key reading for researchers and recommended for those working in the areas of sociolinguistics communication studies discourse analysis and applied linguistics. It will be of particular interest to students of professional and workplace communication intercultural communication and intercultural pragmatics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138688490

Language and Culture in Dialogue In this book Andrew J. Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart delineate the relationship between “language in particular” and “culture in general” by focusing on language as both social practice and a means of classifying and interpreting the world. A traditional linguistic approach to a focus on language is illuminated by their anthropological emphasis on the embodiment of relationships and experience. In the book the body is placed in the foreground for understanding language in culture which helps in turn to understand how it enables us to adapt to the world of lived material experience. Written in an accessible style and drawing on an extensive corpus of primary field research from Papua New Guinea Samoa Japan Taiwan Scotland and Ireland Strathern and Stewart present a world anthropology which links together European North American and Asia-Pacific approaches to the topic. Students and scholars alike of sociocultual anthropology linguistic anthropology and linguistics will benefit from this engaging work on how the various components of our culture are informed and shaped through language. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350059818

Language and Culture in EU LawMultidisciplinary Perspectives Written by distinguished legal and linguistic scholars and practitioners from the EU institutions the contributions in this volume provide multidisciplinary perspectives on the vital role of language and culture as key forces shaping the dynamics of EU law. The broad spectrum of topics sheds light on major Europeanization processes at work: the gradual creation of a neutralized EU legal language with uniform concepts for example in the DCFR and CESL and the emergence of a European legal culture. The main focus is on EU multilingual lawmaking with special emphasis on problems of legal translation and term formation in the multilingual and multicultural European context including comparative law aspects and an analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of translating from a lingua franca. Of equal importance are issues relating to the multilingual interpretation of EU legislation and case law by the national courts and interpretative techniques of the CJEU as well as the viability of the autonomy of EU legal concepts and the need for the professionalization of court interpreters Union-wide in response to Directive 2010/64/EU. Offering a good mix of theory and practice this book is intended for scholars practitioners and students with a special interest in the legal-linguistic aspects of EU law and their impact on old and new Member States and candidate countries as well. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138637566

Language and Culture on the MarginsGlobal/Local Interactions This collection of thirteen essays examines sociolinguistic phenomena in a wide variety of marginal environments providing both an overview of globalizaiton on the margins and a foundation for an expanded understanding of the processes of linguistic and cultural changes at work in these settings. Taking an expansive conceptual view of margins the volume is organized in three parts looking at examples of marginal spaces in the nation-state in online environments and in the peripheries of urban locations globally to call attention to new and changing discursive genres patterns practices and identities emerging in these spaces as a result of contemporary mobilities the evolving global economy and socio-political changes. With previous research previously confined to the study of globalization in urban areas this volume opens the door for further research on the complex sociolinguistic processes resulting from globalization on the margins making this an ideal resource for students and scholars in sociolinguistics globalization and heritage studies new media anthropology and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367585662

Language and Popular Culture in Japan When this book was originally published it was the first work of its kind to examine the way in which language is used to express the ‘myth’ of advertising slogans and other popular cultural forms. By making use of general theories from the disciplines of anthropology linguistics media studies and semiotics the book attempts to demystify Japanese culture as it has been hitherto presented in the West and shows how such cultural forms as ‘noodle westerns’ and high-school baseball uphold the well-known ideologies of ‘selflessness’ ‘diligence’ ‘compliance’ and ‘co-operation’ typically associated with the Japanese. Ultimately the book poses the question: are those whom we call the Japanese ‘real’ people in their own right or merely a nation acting out a part written for them by Western civilisation? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415845557

Language Policy Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts Bringing together scholarship on issues relating to language culture and identity with a special focus on Asian countries this volume makes an important contribution in terms of analyzing and demonstrating how language is closely linked with crucial social political and economic forces particularly the tensions between the demands of globalization and local identity. A particular feature is the inclusion of countries that have been under-represented in the research literature such as Nepal Bangladesh Brunei Darussalam Pakistan Cambodia Vietnam and Korea. The book is organized in three sections: Globalization and its Impact on Language Policies Culture and Identity Language Policy and the Social (Re)construction of National Cultural Identity Language Policy and Language Politics: The Role of English. Unique in its attention to how the domination of English is being addressed in relation to cultural values and identity by non-English speaking countries in a range of sociopolitical contexts this volume will help readers to understand the impact of globalization on non-English speaking countries particularly developing countries which differ significantly from contexts in the West in their cultural orientations and the way identities are being constructed. Language Policy Culture and Identity in Asian Contexts will interest scholars and research students in the areas of language policy education sociolinguistics applied linguistics and critical linguistics. It can be adopted in graduate and advanced undergraduate courses on language policy language in society and language education. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315092034

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Ethiopian This volume brings together a set of contributions many appearing in English for the first time together with a new introduction covering the history of the Ethiopian Christian civilization in its formative period (300-1500 AD). Rooted in the late antique kingdom of Aksum (present day Northern Ethiopia and Eritrea) and lying between Byzantium Africa and the Near East this civilization is presented in a series of case studies. At a time when philological and linguistic investigations are being challenged by new approaches in Ethiopian studies this volume emphasizes the necessity of basic research while avoiding the reduction of cultural questions to matters of fact and detail. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754669975

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Georgian This volume brings together a set of key studies on the history and culture of Christian Georgia along with a substantial new introduction. The opening section sets the regional context in relation to the Byzantine empire in particular while subsequent parts deal with the conversion and christianization of the country the making of a 'national' church and the development of a historical identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780754659860

Languages and Cultures of Eastern Christianity: Greek This volume brings together a set of fundamental contributions many translated into English for this publication along with an important introduction. Together these explore the role of Greek among Christian communities in the late antique and Byzantine East (late Roman Oriens) specifically in the areas outside of the immediate sway of Constantinople and imperial Asia Minor. The local identities based around indigenous eastern Christian languages (Syriac Coptic Armenian Georgian etc.) and post-Chalcedonian doctrinal confessions (Miaphysite Church of the East Melkite Maronite) were solidifying precisely as the Byzantine polity in the East was extinguished by the Arab conquests of the seventh century. In this multilayered cultural environment Greek was a common social touchstone for all of these Christian communities not only because of the shared Greek heritage of the early Church but also because of the continued value of Greek theological hagiographical and liturgical writings. However these interactions were dynamic and living so that the Greek of the medieval Near East was itself transformed by such engagement with eastern Christian literature appropriating new ideas and new texts into the Byzantine repertoire in the process. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367888077

Languages and Literary Cultures in Hyderabad There is great interest in recent scholarship in the study of metropolitan cultures in India as evident from the number of books that have appeared on cities such as Delhi Mumbai Chennai and Kolkata. Though Hyderabad has a rich archive of history scattered in many languages very few attempts have been made to bring this scholarship together. The papers in this volume bring together this scholarship at one place. They trace the contribution of different languages and literary cultures to the multicultural mosaic that is the city of Hyderabad How it has acquired this uniqueness and how it has been sustained is the subject matter of literary cultures in Hyderabad. This work attempts to trace some aspects of the history of major languages practiced in the city. It also reviews the contribution of the various linguistic groups that have added to the development not just of varied literary cultures but also to the evolution of an inclusive Hyderabadi culture. The present volume it is hoped will enthuse both younger and senior scholars and students to take a fresh look at the study of languages and literary cultures as they have evolved in India's cities and add to the growing scholarship of metropolitan cultures in India. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138095441

Large-Scale Mammalian Cell Culture Technology An interdisciplinary approach integrating biochemistry biology genetics and engineering for the effective production of protein pharmaceuticals. The volume offers a biological perspective of large-scale animal cell culture and examines diverse processing strategies process management regulator Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203749166

Latin American Gothic in Literature and Culture This book explores the Gothic mode as it appears in the literature visual arts and culture of different areas of Latin America. Focusing on works from authors in Mexico Central America the Caribbean the Andes Brazil and the Southern Cone the essays in this volume illuminate the existence of native representations of the Gothic while also exploring the presence of universal archetypes of terror and horror. Through the analysis of global and local Gothic topics and themes they evaluate the reality of a multifaceted territory marked by a shifting colonial and postcolonial relationship with Europe and the United States. The book asks questions such as: Is there such a thing as "Latin American Gothic" in the same sense that there is an "American Gothic" and "British Gothic"? What are the main elements that particularly characterize Latin American Gothic? How does Latin American Gothic function in the context of globalization? What do these elements represent in relation to specific national literatures? What is the relationship between the Gothic and the Postcolonial? What can Gothic criticism bring to the study of Latin American cultural manifestations and conversely what can these offer the Gothic? The analysis performed here reflects a body of criticism that understands the Gothic as a global phenomenon with specific manifestations in particular territories while also acknowledging the effects of "Globalgothic" on a transnational and transcultural level. Thus the volume seeks to open new spaces and areas of scholarly research and academic discussion both regionally and globally with the presentation of a solid analysis of Latin American texts and other cultural phenomena which are manifestly related to the Gothic world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138234222

Latin American Transnational Children and YouthExperiences of Nature and Place Culture and Care Across the Americas Latin American Transnational Children and Youth focuses on understanding young people’s connection to nature and place within a transnational and Latin American context. It serves to diversify elaborate and sometimes challenge the assumptions made in researching people and place and unearths the complexities of a world in which the identity of many is not shaped by a single place or culture but instead by complex interactions among these. Spanning across ages and geographies the book explores the central themes of sense of place identity and environmental action with an emphasis on Latinx and Indigenous communities. This book balances theoretical questions with geographically contextual empirical research. Each section is situated in current interdisciplinary research and provides geographically specific examples of children and youth’s perspectives on place relations migration transnationalism and an emerging demographic of environmentalists. Contributors from Latin America and the United States advance the fields of childhood and youth studies environmental psychology geography sociology planning and education. This book looks across the Americas to see how young people experience their worlds and constructively contribute to their places and environments. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367463885

Latino Gay Men and HIVCulture Sexuality and Risk Behavior With research based on focus group and individual interviews in the United States as well as a thorough and integrative review of the current literature Latino Gay Men and HIV discusses the six main sociocultural factors in Latino communities -- machismo homophobia family cohesion sexual silence poverty and racism--which undermine safe sex practices. In an attempt to explain the alarmingly high incidence of unprotected intercourse in this population this in-depth cultural and psychological analysis shows how an apparent incongruence between knowledge or intention and behavior can possess its own sociocultural logic and meaning. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315811499

Latino History and CultureAn Encyclopedia Latinos are the fastest growing population in America today. This two-volume encyclopedia traces the history of Latinos in the United States from colonial times to the present focusing on their impact on the nation in its historical development and current culture. "Latino History and Culture" covers the myriad ethnic groups that make up the Latino population. It explores issues such as labor legal and illegal immigration traditional and immigrant culture health education political activism art literature and family as well as historical events and developments. A-Z entries cover eras individuals organizations and institutions critical events in U.S. history and the impact of the Latino population communities and ethnic groups and key cities and regions. Each entry includes cross references and bibliographic citations and a comprehensive index and illustrations augment the text. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315702971

Latino-Anglo BargainingCulture Structure and Choice in Court Mediation This book shows the mechanisms by which cultural differences reinforce structural privilege and disadvantage in the informal process of mediated negotiation. Are all people equally likely to pursue their own material self-interest in the negotiation process used in small claims mediation? Did Latinos and Anglos bargain more generously with members of their own group? The central questions derived from theories of ethnic and gender differences concerned how and to what degree; culture structure and individual choice operated to alter the goals bargaining process and outcomes expressed motivations and outcome evaluations for outsider groups. This book demonstrates how there are real cultural differences in the way that Latinos and Anglos pursue monetary justice that defy dominant assumptions that all culture groups are equally likely to maximize their own outcomes at the expense of others. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415649629

Law Culture and Africana Studies Ever since the first contacts between Europe and Africa African people have been confined to the fringes of Eurocentric experience in the Western mind. Much of what we have studied in African history and culture or literature and linguistics or politics and economics has been orchestrated from the standpoint of Europe's interests. Whether it is a matter of economics history politics geographical concepts or art Africans have been seen as peripheral. This volume reviews the past in order to evaluate the present and move ahead with appropriate policies for the future. The authors focus on issues of affirmative action legal culture theories of black culture and methodologies of scholarly work in Africana studies.Contents include: Cecil Blake "The Culture Nexus Construct in Africana Studies " Ronald Turner "On Palatable Palliative and Paralytic Affirmative Action Grutter-Style " Winston A. Van Horne "Three Concepts of Legitimacy " Robert E. Weems Jr. "Africana Studies and the Quest for Black Economic Empowerment: What Can be Done " Ula Y. Taylor "Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam: Separatism Regendering and a Secular Approach to Black Power after Malcolm X " Lewis R. Gordon "Must Revolutionaries Sing the Blues? Thinking through Fanon and the Leitmotif of the Black Arts Movement " Delores P. Aldridge "Race Gender and Africana Theorizing " and James L. Conyers "Biography and Africology: Method and Interpretation." The volume concludes with reviews of significant recent scholarship on black history and culture.Law Culture and Africana Studies will have particular interest for scholars in the fields of American and European studies cultural studies history sociology and specialists in African-American studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138526990

Law Culture and SocietyLegal Ideas in the Mirror of Social Theory This book presents a distinctive approach to the study of law in society focusing on the sociological interpretation of legal ideas. It surveys the development of connections between legal studies and social theory and locates its approach in relation to sociolegal studies on the one hand and legal philosophy on the other. It is suggested that the concept of law must be re-considered. Law has to be seen today not just as the law of the nation state or international law that links nation states but also as transnational law in many forms. A legal pluralist approach is not just a matter of redefining law in legal theory; it also recognizes that law's authority comes from a plurality of diverse sometimes conflicting social sources. The book suggests that the social environment in which law operates must also be rethought with many implications for comparative legal studies. The nature and boundaries of culture become important problems while the concept of multiculturalism points to the cultural diversity of populations and to problems of fragmentation or perhaps to new kinds of unity of the social. Theories of globalization raise a host of issues about the integrity of societies and about the need to understand social networks and forces that extend beyond the political societies of nation states. Through a range of specific studies closely interrelated and building on each other the book seeks to integrate the sociology of law with other kinds of legal analysis and engages directly with current juristic debates in legal theory and comparative law. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138467682

Law Judges and Visual Culture Law Judges and Visual Culture analyses how pictures have been used to make manage and circulate ideas about the judiciary through a variety of media from the sixteenth century to the present. This book offers a new approach to thinking about and making sense of the important social institution that is the judiciary. In an age in which visual images and celebrity play key roles in the way we produce communicate and consume ideas about society and its key institutions this book provides the first in-depth study of visual images of judges in these contexts. It not only examines what appears within the frame of these images; it also explores the impact technologies and the media industries that produce them have upon the way we engage with them and the experiences and meanings they generate. Drawing upon a wide range of scholarship – including art history film and television studies and social and cultural studies as well as law – and interviews with a variety of practitioners painters photographers television script writers and producers as well as court communication staff and judges the book generates new and unique insights into making managing and viewing pictures of judges. Original and insightful Law Judges and Visual Culture will appeal to scholars postgraduates and undergraduates from a variety of disciplines that hold an interest in the role of visual culture in the production of social justice and its institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138618619

Law Legal Culture and SocietyMirrored Identities of the Legal Order This volume addresses the pluralistic identity of the legal order. It argues that the mutual reflexivity of the different ways society perceives law and law perceives society eclipses the unique formal identity of written law. It advances a distinctive approach to the plural ways in which legal cultures work in a modern society through the metaphor of the mirror. As a mirror of society it distinguishes between the structure and function of legal culture within the legal system and the external representation of law in society. This duality is further problematized in relation to the increasing transnationalisation of law. Based on a multi-level interpretation of the concept of legal culture the work is divided into three parts: the first addresses the mutual reflections of social and legal norms that support a pluralist representation of internal legal cultures the second concentrates on the external legal cultures that constantly enable pragmatic adjustments of the legal order to its social environment and the third concludes the book with a theoretical discussion of the issues presented. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367588878

Law Literature and the Transmission of Culture in England 1837–1925 Focusing on the last will and testament as a legal literary and cultural document Cathrine O. Frank examines fiction of the Victorian and Edwardian eras alongside actual wills legal manuals relating to their creation case law regarding their administration and contemporary accounts of curious wills in periodicals. Her study begins with the Wills Act of 1837 and poses two basic questions: What picture of Victorian culture and personal subjectivity emerges from competing legal and literary narratives about the will and how does the shift from realist to modernist representations of the will accentuate a growing divergence between law and literature? Frank’s examination of works by Emily Brontë George Eliot Charles Dickens Wilkie Collins Anthony Trollope Samuel Butler Arnold Bennett John Galsworthy and E.M. Forster reveals the shared rhetorical and cultural significance of the will in law and literature while also highlighting the competition between these discourses to structure a social order that emphasized self-determinism yet viewed individuals in relationship to the broader community. Her study contributes to our knowledge of the cultural significance of Victorian wills and creates intellectual bridges between the Victorian and Edwardian periods that will interest scholars from a variety of disciplines who are concerned with the laws literature and history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138260559

Law and Justice in Japanese Popular CultureFrom Crime Fighting Robots to Duelling Pocket Monsters In a world of globalised media Japanese popular culture has become a signifi cant fountainhead for images narrative artefacts and identity. From Pikachu to instantly identifi able manga memes to the darkness of adult anime and the hyper- consumerism of product tie- ins Japan has bequeathed to a globalised world a rich variety of ways to imagine communicate and interrogate tradition and change the self and the technological future. Within these foci questions of law have often not been far from the surface: the crime and justice of Astro Boy; the property and contract of Pokémon; the ecological justice of Nausicaä; Shinto’s focus on order and balance; and the anxieties of origins in J- horror. This volume brings together a range of global scholars to refl ect on and critically engage with the place of law and justice in Japan’s popular cultural legacy. It explores not only the global impact of this legacy but what the images games narratives and artefacts that comprise it reveal about law humanity justice and authority in the twenty-first century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367895211

Layered LandscapesEarly Modern Religious Space Across Faiths and Cultures This volume explores the conceptualization and construction of sacred space in a wide variety of faith traditions: Christianity Hinduism Islam Judaism and the religions of Japan. It deploys the notion of "layered landscapes" in order to trace the accretions of praxis and belief the tensions between old and new devotional patterns and the imposition of new religious ideas and behaviors on pre-existing religious landscapes in a series of carefully chosen locales: Cuzco Edo Geneva Granada Herat Istanbul Jerusalem Kanchipuram Paris Philadelphia Prague and Rome. Some chapters hone in on the process of imposing novel religious beliefs while others focus on how vestiges of displaced faiths endured. The intersection of sacred landscapes with political power the world of ritual and the expression of broader cultural and social identity are also examined. Crucially the volume reveals that the creation of sacred space frequently involved more than religious buildings and was a work of historical imagination and textual expression. While a book of contrasts as much as comparisons the volume demonstrates that vital questions about the location of the sacred and its reification in the landscape were posed by religious believers across the early-modern world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880484

Leadership and PurposeHow to Create a Sustainable Culture Companies that have integrated a contribution to society into their business models are more likely than others to succeed for the long term. This book provides you with information tips and tools to assess and strengthen your company for ongoing success. Through the use of case studies the book describes the leaders’ journeys – the mistakes they made the successes they achieved and the lessons they learned. Some are certified as Benefits Corporations (B Corps) because they have incorporated a clear societal purpose into their missions and they are able to demonstrate positive social impact. Others while not certified B Corps are at various stages in their commitments to society. The book is for leaders at many levels including CEOs senior leaders and managers as well as those without formal positions of authority but who can influence others and contribute to a sustainable culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367217693

Leadership in DisguiseRole of the European Commission in EC Decision-making on Agriculture in the Uruguay Round First published in 1997 this volume is situated within a general discussion in which the European Commission is the subject of much myth and speculation. While the political debate on its role in EC decision-making continues there is still little consensus among academics on the basic nature of the institution – is the Commission an independent supranational body or is it dominated by intergovernmental influences? Leadership in Disguise enters this general discussion by providing an original empirical analysis of the Commission’s role during the Uruguay Round of trade negotiations (1986-93). Focusing on the controversial agricultural issue the book sets out to discover how decisions were made within the European Community. This is a systematic and thorough study of how the Commission can play a leading role in Community decision-making and will appeal to policy-makers students and all those seeking an insight into the Commission’s role and EC decision-making. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138333956

Leading a Diversity Culture Shift in Higher EducationComprehensive Organizational Learning Strategies Leading a Diversity Culture Shift in Higher Education offers a practical and timely guide for launching implementing and institutionalizing diversity organizational learning. The authors draw from extensive interviews with chief diversity officers and college and university leaders to reveal the prevailing models and best practices for strengthening diversity practices within the higher education community today. They complement this original research with an analysis of key contextual factors that shape the organizational learning process including administrative leadership institutional mission and goals historical legacy geographic location and campus structures and politics. Given the substantive challenge of engendering a cultural shift for diversity in a university setting this book will serve as a concrete primer for institutions seeking to develop a systematic and progressive approach to diversity organizational learning. Readers will be able to engage with provocative case studies that grapple with the current pressures emanating from diversity training and learn effective strategies for creating more inclusive environments. This book is a perfect resource for institutional leaders administrators faculty members and key campus constituencies who are seeking transformational change institutional success and stability in a rapidly diversifying national and global environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138280717

Leading a School Culture of LearningHow to Improve Attainment Progress and Wellbeing This practical book is designed to help school leaders develop a sustainable culture of learning across the curriculum. It offers a personal insight into how one school embraced a range of dialogic and analytical tools to create an environment in which all stakeholders were inspired to evaluate and innovate. Each chapter tackles one piece of the ‘jigsaw’ that makes up a successful school environment considering topics such as Attitudes for Learning Coaching for Learning and Love of Learning. Utilising theory case studies and activities it illustrates how the reader can realistically and practically increase student attainment in their own school setting. This book will help leaders: Develop a supportive and encouraging leadership style that will create a cycle of self-improvement and self-efficacy for all Adapt the curriculum to focus on progress and engagement Use the Philosophy 4 Children strategies to promote deeper thinking and enquiry increasing the rate of school improvement through a system of enquiry based staff professional development Using an inner-city primary school as a working example this book will be a source of inspiration and encouragement for school leaders teachers and school advisors looking to cultivate and embed a love of learning into their school. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367361143

Leading LibrariesHow to create a service culture Quality leadership is integral to the very future of our profession. And it doesn't only come from the top down. Effective leadership is customer-focused and collaborative fostering a service culture that invites the involvement of individuals in every part and at every level of the organization as the authors persuasively demonstrate in this practical new book. Drawing from case studies as well as the literature of business and social sciences Leading Libraries provides guidance on how to apply the values of service leadership to both public and academic libraries. Through the use of examples exercises and tools for development this book walks readers through the steps needed to create a sustainable service-oriented model by: Explaining how a service culture reaches beyond the individual leader with positional authority and extends to all individuals Showing ways to build rapport and trust within an organization and how to balance encouragement with accountability Detailing strategic thinking and planning methods that will lead to improvements in customer service human resources organizational development and training Helping library leaders create a sustainable service culture through codifying their organization's values with advice on policies and procedures such as recruitment performance evaluation compensation and succession planning Discussing the environment of change in libraries showing how a library's organizational culture is at the centre of being responsive and staying relevant. This valuable resource gathers the principles and best practices of leadership and points the way towards creating a service culture that makes every staff member a library leader. Readership: This book will be useful for information professionals and aspiring leaders seeking to understand leadership and to develop their own service-lead leadership. Media > Books > Print Books Facet Publishing 9781783300655

Leading the Lean Healthcare JourneyDriving Culture Change to Increase Value Second Edition This book reveals and describes the leadership and culture change required to remove waste from healthcare processes and eliminate the root cause of soaring costs poor quality and safety and limited access. The book's delivery strategy revolves around personal and organizational stories and case studies told by physician and administrative leaders all students of the Toyota Production System. This revised edition uniquely blends updated case studies with practical theory to describe how the healthcare value proposition can be changed by reducing waste variation and complexity in healthcare. New to the book are chapters on clinical standard work and integration of lean and safety. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781498739566

Lean – Let’s Get It Right!How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement Lean – Let’s Get It Right!: How to Build a Culture of Continuous Improvement (978-0-367-42991-1 340939) Shelving Guide: Business & Management / Lean Management This book addresses the root causes of why a majority of Lean transformations have not met expectations. More importantly it provides the information needed to turn around the failure mechanisms and transform them into critical success factors. Lean – Let’s Get It Right! delves into the psychology of change and motivation and clarifies the roles and responsibility changes which are required for alignment with Lean principles. While the author includes a review of Lean principles the majority of the book either provides more depth of understanding of the principles or highlights how misalignment can thwart Lean transformation efforts. What this provides is not only clarity but it establishes a solid reference point or framework to guide the Lean strategy. The reader will begin to see how the principles are not simply a random set of characteristics or features of Lean but are actually a set of fundamental beliefs on which all else is based. Though repeated throughout the book that an organization must develop the specifics of their own Lean roadmap this book concludes with guidance on making it happen. This book with its primary focus on people leadership and principles and less so on the details of tools and techniques can be thought of as providing the few critical missing puzzle pieces to enable an effective Lean transformation. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9780367335076

Lean Culture for the Construction IndustryBuilding Responsible and Committed Project Teams Second Edition Many of the struggles that we are currently experiencing when attempting to implement Lean in the construction environment are the direct result of applying Lean tools out of proper context. Understanding Lean as an overall operating system will help to avert this all too common pitfall. An in-depth exploration of the application of Lean initiatives in the construction industry Lean Culture for the Construction Industry: Building Responsible and Committed Project Teams Second Edition provides updated chapters with new insights on the relationships between owners architects general contractors and subcontractors - demonstrating how Kaizan events focused on building positive culture through vulnerability-based trust improved processes and eliminated work stoppages. Lean tools alone don't lead to successful Lean initiatives: the missing piece is culture. Written by a veteran consultant in the construction field the book draws a connection between how construction professionals act as leaders and how their attitude and behavior affect productivity and waste daily. While value stream mapping is an important tool for righting broken processes and resolving conflicts future state maps will fail if leaders continue to work in silos protect their territories and don't see that their success is directly tied to the success of their co-leaders. The author expands the notion of ethics beyond the simple litmus test of right and wrong so team leaders can adopt professional and productive attitudes and behaviors toward the implementation of Lean improvements. This book demonstrates how in an industry where waste is rampant and depends on wide range of people and personalities to successfully build a job Lean thinking can make the difference between a profitable competitive construction team and mass inefficiencies stunted profitability and lost future opportunities. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781498787246

Lean CultureCollected Practices and Cases The hard part of implementing a lean transformation according to most experts is dealing with the "soft" issues such as culture change. Getting employees to live and breathe lean -- actively supporting and buying into lean concepts and philosophy always searching for ways to eliminate waste and continuously improving processes and providing greater value for customers -- is the real challenge when building and sustaining a lean culture.Lean Culture: Collected Practices and Cases provides a variety of case studies taken from articles previously published in Lean Manufacturer Advisor: the monthly newsletter by Productivity Press. All focus on cultural issues ranging from the role of top management to training and development of workers and managers to building buy-in and to sustaining the culture.Highlights include: Practical in-depth descriptions of cultural issues in a lean transformation written in a conversational easy-to-read style.Many case studies unavailable from any other single source.Articles categorized by specific area - all desired information is easily located.Real-world information about culture change collected in one handy book. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138438477

Lean Human ResourcesRedesigning HR Processes for a Culture of Continuous Improvement Encouraging a long overdue shift in thinking this book gives managers and executives the means to maximize employee potential by first showing them how to increase the improvement power of their HR departments. Cheryl M. Jekiel who has been implementing Lean initiatives out of HR offices for 20 years defines the people-related approaches and practices needed to alter any cultural dynamic that keeps employees from leveraging their peak abilities. She looks at why so many companies allow this sort of waste to exist how traditional HR departments have not been especially effective in combating waste and why today‘s HR department should be seen differently as a partner delivering exceptional customer service to employees. Everyone Needs to Learn and ImproveEveryone Needs to Participate and Be Involved Ultimately lasting change requires evolution in an organizational cultural and to achieve such change requires definitive changes in behavior. To ensure that changes are properly paced and effectively put into operation the book puts forth a proven five-year plan that includes the building of improvement-linked competencies into each job. Everyone Can LeadLead with the Customer in MindLead by Teaching and CoachingLead by Creating More Leaders A final section is designed especially for CEOs who must address their own views of HR before addressing improvement. They must recognize that Lean HR strategies and methods can be used to create a highly motivating place to work and that anything less would be a waste of talent. To begin an organization must realize the value of its HR staff and put it to use implementing improvement that is organic fundamental and self perpetuating. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138463585

Lean Human ResourcesRedesigning HR Processes for a Culture of Continuous Improvement Second Edition Lean Human Resources addresses a critical issue facing organisations undertaking lean transformation or attempting to create a lean culture of continuous improvement. People are the single biggest factor necessary to ensure success but it is common for the role of the HR department to be overlooked. Cheryl M. Jekiel who has been implementing Lean initiatives out of HR offices for more than 20 years defines the people-related approaches and practices required for success. She explains how the HR function must work hand-in-hand with senior leaders to alter the cultural dynamic that keeps employees from leveraging their peak abilities analysing why so many companies allow this sort of waste to exist and how traditional HR departments have not been especially effective in combating waste. The book provides continuous improvement professionals executives and business owners with the means to maximize employee potential by showing them how to increase the improvement power of their HR departments. It also helps them understand what lean transformations can achieve with the correct investment of time funds resources and leadership approach. It is also the perfect introduction to lean for those working in HR explaining the role they should take to support lean implementation and help their colleagues achieve their full potential. Much has been learned since the first edition published five years ago based on the hundreds of conversations the author has had about Lean HR with people from all over the world. This new edition brings Lean Human Resources right up-to-date. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138595385

Lean in AgricultureCreate More Value with Less Work on the Farm Responding to a recent surge in interest and application this book is the first to comprehensively address how Lean thinking and tools can be implemented in agriculture and agribusiness. This tactical guide breaks down barriers clearly depicting how improvement techniques originally developed for factories can derive the same powerful results on farms. Expert Lean farming consultants Susanne Pejstrup and Vibeke Fladkjaer Nielsen present these methods in a clear easy-to-read style accessible to farmers all over the world. Case studies from multiple farm types – including crops pigs and dairy cattle – demonstrate how respect for people continuous improvement and visual management techniques can improve resilience and profitability on the farm. Richly illustrated Lean in Agriculture appeals not only to farmers but to farm workers food processing companies veterinarians consultants and other stakeholders in the agribusiness sector. Key Features: Translates Lean thinking into agricultural terms. Takes a people-centric approach to a Lean agricultural production system. Serves as an implementation guide with clear writing and concise easy-to-follow instructions tailored to the agricultural sector. Illustrates agriculture-specific Lean implementation with a wide range of case studies and memorable images. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138317703

Lean Safety Gemba WalksA Methodology for Workforce Engagement and Culture Change A Lean Safety Gemba Walk is a walk through the work area (Gemba) that focuses on the continuous improvement of safety. When conducted in a respectful manner by skilled facilitators Safety Gemba Walks can have a dramatic long-lasting impact on the culture of a business. Lean Safety Gemba Walks: A Methodology for Workforce Engagement and Culture Change is a follow-up to the author's bestselling book Lean Safety published in 2010. It is a natural progression from the philosophical overview provided by Lean Safety to the reality of the application of those principles in facilities around the world.This book presents a collection of Lean Safety Gemba Walk case studies that are based on the author’s experiences over the last four years. As the stories unfold readers are transported on a journey of discovery through the Gemba and begin to see safety differently just as those who physically participated. Illustrating the importance of employee engagement and culture change the book provides you with the tools to engage managers employees and hourly staff in the continuous improvement of safety. The concepts covered will allow you to empower employees to make a difference in their safety culture rather than simply complying with safety rules. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781482258981

Lean SafetyTransforming your Safety Culture with Lean Management While worker safety is often touted as a company�s first priority more often than not safety activity is driven by compliance to legislation rather than any safety improvement initiative. Lean takes a proactive approach � it is not contingent on legislation. A serious Lean effort will tear apart an old inefficient entitlement-riddled culture and build it into something effective. Lean Safety: Transforming your Safety Culture with Lean Management takes lessons learned from Lean and applies them to the building of a world-class safety-first organization. Based on 30 years of experience with successful implementation of continuous improvement Robert Hafey focuses the power of Lean improvement on the universal topic of safety. In doing so he shows how Lean and safety are linked; that the achievement of one is often dependent upon achievement of the other. In this book written for managers and executives as well as workers on the line Hafey: Challenges each stakeholder to think proactively and accept individual responsibility for safety Emphasizes that the building of a top safety program requires the building of a world-class safety culture Demonstrates how basic Lean tools are as applicable to safety as they are to Lean such as the A3 problem-solving process and the facilitated kaizen blitz Removes fear from the accident investigation process so that root causes are addressed rather than hidden Establishes standards and metrics for safety management that are clearly definable and measurable Any lasting improvement must become both institutionalized and perpetually capable of adaptation. World class safety is not about writing correct rules but more about righting the culture responsible for the well-being of its stakeholders. Listen to what Robert Hafey has to say about

Learning and Culture in Carolingian EuropeLetters Numbers Exegesis and Manuscripts Nine of the ten essays in this collection appeared first between 1995 and 2005. Centered in the Carolingian age they explore how the seventh-century Visio Baronti was read in the ninth century and how social and cultural imperatives transformed the life of scholarship schools and learning in Carolingian Europe. Several essays consider the significance of numerical and scientific studies in the Carolingian curriculum including the impact of Bede's scientific works in the schools and on the thought of John Scottus (Eriugena). Another reconstructs Eriugena's early career in light of his Glossae divinae historiae. Carolingian biblical culture is the subject of two essays including a reading of Haimo of Auxerre's commentary on Ezechiel that highlights the unfinished and unpublished commentary's critique of Carolingian society. A poem in the Anthologia Latina long ascribed to Octavian the Roman emperor is restored to the monastic culture of the ninth century. Finally an article on the Laon Formulary originally published in French in 1973 is here translated and revised. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409420415

Learning DesirePerspectives on Pedagogy Culture and the Unsaid First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203948965

Learning How to FallArt and Culture after September 11 Beginning with Richard Drew’s controversial photograph of a man falling from the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11 　Learning How to Fall　investigates the changing relationship between world events and their subsequent documentation asking: 　 Does the mediatization of the event overwhelm the fact of the event itself? How does the mode by which information is disseminated alter the way in which we perceive such information? How does this impact upon our memory of an event? 　 T. Nikki Cesare Schotzko posits contemporary art and performance as not only a stylized re-envisioning of daily life but inversely as a viable means by which one might experience and process real-world political and social events. This approach combines two concurrent and contradictory trends in aesthetics narrative and dramaturgy: the dramatization of real-world events so as to broaden the commercial appeal of those events in both mainstream and alternative media and the establishment of a more holistic relationship between politically and aesthetically motivated modes of disseminating and processing information. 　 By presenting engaging and diverse case studies from both the art world and popular culture – including Aliza Shvarts’s censored senior thesis at Yale University Kerry Skarbakka’s provocative photographs of falling Didier Morelli’s crawl through Toronto and Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom –　Learning How to Fall creates a new understanding of the relationship between the event and its documentation where even the truth of an event might be called into question. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138796898

Learning to CurseEssays in Early Modern Culture Stephen Greenblatt argued in these celebrated essays that the art of the Renaissance could only be understood in the context of the society from which it sprang. His approach - 'New Historicism' - drew from history anthropology Marxist theory post-structuralism and psychoanalysis and in the process blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. Learning to Curse charts the evolution of that approach and provides a vivid and compelling exploration of a complex and contradictory epoch. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138138452

Learning to Teach in Two CulturesJapan and the United States Originally published in 1995. This ethnographic account of teaching practise in both Japan and the USA offers an excellent cross-cultural perspective of education. It focuses on beginning teachers and particularly highlights both the similarities and the contrasting elements between the two countries. In part the authors inquire into the socialisation of new teachers in their particular culture. Chapters provide detailed accounts of how teachers in the study in both countries learned to teach and the strategies they used when facing problems and key issues such as child motivation. Both countries have sought to learn from each other’s practices but this fascinating study will be of interest to anyone in the teaching world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138545007

Legacies of RomanticismLiterature Culture Aesthetics This book visits the Romantic legacy that was central to the development of literature and culture from the 1830s onward. Although critical accounts have examined aspects of this long history of indebtedness this is the first study to survey both Nineteenth and Twentieth century culture. The authors consider the changing notion of Romanticism looking at the diversity of its writers the applicability of the term and the ways in which Romanticism has been reconstituted. The chapters cover relevant historical periods and literary trends including the Romantic Gothic the Victorian era and Modernism as part of a dialectical response to the Romantic legacy. Contributors also examine how Romanticism has been reconstituted within postmodern and postcolonial literature as both a reassessment of the Modernist critique and of the imperial contexts that have throughout this time-frame underpinned the Romantic legacy bringing into focus the contemporaneity of Romanticism and its political legacy. This collection reveals the diversity and continuing relevance of the genre in new and exciting ways offering insights into writers such as Browning Ruskin Pater Wilde Lewis MacNeice and Auster. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415730679

Legal Culture in the United States: An Introduction For law students and lawyers to successfully understand and practice law in the U.S. recognition of the wider context and culture which informs the law is essential. Simply learning the legal rules and procedures in isolation is not enough without an appreciation of the culture that produced them. This book provides the reader with an understandable introduction to the ways in which U.S. law reflects its culture and each chapter begins with questions to guide the reader and concludes with questions for review challenge and further understanding. Kirk W. Junker explores cultural differences employing history social theory philosophy and language as "reference frames " which are then applied to the rules and procedures of the U.S. legal system in the book’s final chapter. Through these cultural reference frames readers are provided with a set of interpretive tools to inform their understanding of the substance and institutions of the law. With a deeper understanding of this cultural context international students will be empowered to more quickly adapt to their studies; more comprehensively understand the role of the attorney in the U.S. system; draw comparisons with their own domestic legal systems and ultimately become more successful in their legal careers both in the U.S. and abroad. 　　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138194304

Legal Reform and Business Contracts in Developing EconomiesTrust Culture and Law in Dakar This book examines the prospects for business law reform to drive economic development in developing countries. It argues that despite statements to the contrary cultural factors and other local conditions in developing countries are not properly taken into account in current business law reform programs. Utilizing the city of Dakar as an example this book investigates the consequences of this lack of fit between local needs and transplanted legal models by examining the potential and actual impact of the OHADA program of law reform on local business practices. Focusing on how managers make decisions and apply appropriate norms in routine business operations the book documents how contractual disputes arise and are solved in Dakar and the role played by formal law in these processes. By examining imported law from the point of view of the end-users of legal reforms the book reveals the complex relationship between formal law local cultural norms and the activities of SMEs operating in developing economies and calls for a reconsideration of current law and development theory as well as the role of contract law in business decisions. It will be relevant to all developing countries seeking to align their laws with ’best practice’ as identified by aid institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367601775

Leisure Culture and the Olympic Games This edited collection contains six refreshing critical assessments of the leisure-sport relationship from societies that have staged the Olympic and Paralympic Games and contains valuable information for those who live in societies that aspire to host the Games. The collection begins and ends with discussions of the Olympic Games as a platform for protest. The first and last chapters consider the changing political relationships from 1968 in Mexico City when one of the most politically-charged gestures ever made by athletes took place and the campaigns surrounding the ethical responsibilities of those hosting the Olympics in London in 2012. Other chapters consider the sociocultural legacy of the Seoul Olympics assess the likely regeneration legacies of the London 2012 Games examine the relationship between hosting societies and indigenous cultures and analyse the effectiveness and appeal of Olympic mascots. This collection provides not just insight into the past and present effects of the Olympic and Paralympic Games but also offers readers the opportunity to reflect upon and consider the impact of these sports mega-events on their everyday lives. This book was published as a special issue of Leisure Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415826884

Leon Battista Alberti and Nicholas CusanusTowards an Epistemology of Vision for Italian Renaissance Art and Culture Providing a fresh evaluation of Alberti’s text On Painting (1435) along with comparisons to various works of Nicholas Cusanus - particularly his Vision of God (1450) - this study reveals a shared epistemology of vision. And the author argues it is one that reflects a more deeply Christian Neoplatonic ideal than is typically accorded Alberti. Whether regarding his purpose in teaching the use of a geometric single point perspective system or more broadly in rendering forms naturalistically the emphasis leans toward the ideal of Renaissance art as highly rational. There remains the impression that the principle aim of the painter is to create objective even illusionistic images. A close reading of Alberti’s text however including some adjustments in translation points rather towards an emphasis on discerning the spiritual in the material. Alberti’s use of the tropes Minerva and Narcissus for example indicates the opposing characteristics of wisdom and sense certainty that function dialectically to foster the traditional importance of seeing with the eye of the intellect rather than merely with physical eyes. In this sense these figures also set the context for his and as the author explains Brunelleschi’s earlier invention of this perspective system that posits not so much an objective seeing as an opposition of finite and infinite seeing which moreover approximates Cusanus’s famous notion of a coincidence of opposites. Together with Alberti’s and Cusanus’s ideals of vision extensive analysis of art works discloses a ubiquitous commitment to stimulating an intellectual perception of divine essential and unseen realities that enliven the visible material world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472429230

Lesbian Images in International Popular Culture Lesbian images are everywhere these days–cable television film popular magazines advertising Internet and the news–creating desire in men and women alike selling commercial products and services and stirring up controversy on many levels. But do these images truly represent the diverse identities of women-centered women worldwide? This book addresses the limited access to images of diverse and international lesbian identities and experiences in order to provide the reader with a more complete understanding of what it means to be lesbian in a global context. It investigates how lesbians portray themselves as well as how they are portrayed by others in several areas of popular culture including television film the arts Internet advertising and the news. It features articles on U.S. lesbian cartoonists Canadian viewer perceptions of lesbians on the cable show Queer as Folk panoramic looks at lesbians' representation in Australian and Spanish television programming and in-depth explorations of films by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar leading Indian film producers and independent Chinese-American filmmakers. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Lesbian Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415845601

LGBTQ CultureThe Changing Landscape Recent decades have seen remarkable changes in the cultural visibility legal status and social acceptance of LGBTQ+ people from positive representations of queerness in television series like The L-Word and Will & Grace to films about queer intersectionality like Moonlight to openly-gay and lesbian elected officials and leaders in the business community to the end of anti-sodomy laws and marriage discrimination. With these advances have come assimilation of the queer subculture into the mainstream and with it loss of both some of the stigmatization of non-heteronormativity and the very cornerstones of the distinctiveness of LGBTQ+ communities including queer neighbourhoods bars and nightclubs bookstores publications and other queer businesses. Queer couples and their children are migrating from LGBTQ+ enclaves to neighbourhoods with better schools queer singles meet in virtual spaces rather than in bars and LGBTQ+ bookstores and community centres once the hub of queer communities are closing replaced by Amazon.com and social media. These changes raise the question of how LGBTQ+ culture is changing and whether like many assimilated subcultures before it it may be in fact endangered. This book examines these seismic changes their sociological and cultural implications reminisces about what has been lost and gained and hints at what the future may hold for LGBTQ+ people. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of the Journal of Homosexuality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367634940

LGBTQ Voices in EducationChanging the Culture of Schooling LGBTQ Voices in Education: Changing the Culture of Schooling addresses the ways in which teachers can meet the needs of LGBTQ students and improve the culture surrounding gender sexuality and identity issues in formal learning environments. Written by experts from a variety of backgrounds including educational foundations leadership cultural studies literacy criminology theology media assessment and more these chapters are designed to help educators find the inspiration and support they need to become allies and advocates of queer students whose safety well-being and academic performance are regularly and often systemically threatened. Emphasizing socially just curricula supportive school climates and transformative educational practices this innovative book is applicable to K-12 college-level and graduate settings and beyond. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138187092

LGBTQs Media and Culture in Europe Media matter particularly to social minorities like lesbian gay bisexual transgender and queer people. Rather than one homogenised idea of the ‘global gay’ what we find today is a range of historically and culturally specific expressions of gender and sexuality which are reflected and explored across an ever increasing range of media outlets. This collection zooms in on a number of facets of this kaleidoscope each chapter discussing the intersection of a particular European context and a particular medium with its affordances and limitations. While traditional mass media form the starting point of this book the primary focus is on digital media such as blogs social media and online dating sites. All contributions are based on recent original empirical research using a plethora of qualitative methods to offer a holistic view on the ways media matter to particular LGBTQ individuals and communities. Together the chapters cover the diversity of European countries and regions of LGBTQ communities and of the contemporary media ecology. Resisting the urge to extrapolate they argue for specificity contextualisation and a provincialized understanding of the connections between media culture gender and sexuality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367877156

Liangzhu CultureSociety Belief and Art in Neolithic China The Liangzhu Culture (3 300-2 300 BC) represented the peak of prehistoric cultural and social development in the Yangtze Delta. With a wide sphere of influence centred near present-day Hangzhou City Liangzhu City is considered one of the earliest urban centres in prehistoric China. Although it remains a mystery for many in the West Liangzhu is well known in China for its fine jade-crafting industry; its enormous well-structured earthen palatial compound and recently discovered hydraulic system; and its far-flung impact on contemporary and succeeding cultures. The archaeological ruins of Liangzhu City were added to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List in July 2019. Liangzhu Culture contextualises Liangzhu in broad socio-economic and cultural backgrounds and provides new first-hand data to help explain the development and structure of this early urban centre. Among its many insights the volume reveals how elites used jade as a means of acquiring social power and how Liangzhu and its centre stand in comparison to other prehistoric urban centres in the world. This book the first of its kind published in the English language will be a useful guide to students at all levels interested in the material culture and social structures of prehistoric China and beyond. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138557406

Liberal Rights and Political CultureEnvisioning Democracy in China This book argues that the liberal concept of rights presupposes and is grounded in an individualistic culture or shared way of relating and that this particular shared way of relating emerged only in the wake of the Reformation in the modern West. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203958407

Liberalization And Crisis In Colombian Agriculture Liberalization Crisis and Change in Colombian Agriculture provides an in-depth look at the impact of economic reforms on Latin American agriculture. It focuses on the experience of Colombia a country with a large and complex agricultural sector. The bold attempt at reform initiated in 1990 posed strong challenges to Colombian agriculture at a ti Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780429040511

Liberating CultureCross-Cultural Perspectives on Museums Curation and Heritage Preservation Using examples of indigenous models from Indonesia the Pacific Africa and native North America Christina Kreps illustrates how the growing recognition of indigenous curation and concepts of cultural heritage preservation is transforming conventional museum practice. Liberating Culture explores the similarities and differences between Western and non-Western approaches to objects museums and curation revealing how what is culturally appropriate in one context may not be in another. For those studying museum culture across the world this book is essential reading. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203389980

LibyaAgriculture and Economic Development Oil revenues have made Libya rich since 1961 when oil exports began. This new wealth has affected all sectors of the economy and especially the agricultural sector; there have been considerable movements of population changes in the use of land and possibly most important there has been a profound change in the expectations of the Libyan people. Agriculture was the major contributor to GDP before oil and even in 1968 it was still the major sector in terms of employment occupying 32 per cent of the employed population; as such it has always been given prominence in government planning. This study begins by introducing the major economic and geographical features relevant to agricultural development and examines the extension of agricultural activity in the twentieth century prior to independence in 1951. The later chapters deal with the changes which have taken place since the discovery of oil with respect to land use in all parts of Libya and deals in detail with agricultural investment and wages. First published in 1973. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138820210

Life in CitationsBiblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture In her latest book Life in Citiations: Biblical Narratives and Contemporary Hebrew Culture Ruth Tsoffar studies several key biblical narratives that figure prominently in Israeli culture. Life in Citations provides a close reading of these narratives along with works by contemporary Hebrew Israeli artists that respond to them. Together they read as a modern commentary on life with text or even life under the rule of its verses to answer questions like How can we explain the fascination and intense identification of Israelis with the Bible? What does it mean to live in such close proximity with the Bible and What kind of story can such a life tell? Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367256548

Life in SchoolThe Sociology of Pupil Culture There can be little doubt that pupils’ own interpretations of what happens in their schools represent a crucial link in the educational chain. We need to understand how pupils respond to different forms of pedagogy and school organization and why they respond in the ways they do in order to increase the effectiveness of our schooling. In the ten years prior to first publication ethnographic studies of pupils in schools had increased in number and importance. They had come to represent a leading area of inquiry which is still of relevance to practising and student teachers today. However this material was not easily accessible being widely distributed across educational and sociological journals and books. Originally published in 1984 this book collects together significant contributions to the field in a single volume and will still be of relevance to practising and trainee teachers and students of sociology and education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367422929

Life Writing and Victorian Culture In this collection of interdisciplinary essays experts from Britain and the United States in the fields of nineteenth-century literature and social and cultural history explore new directions in the field of Victorian life writing. Chapters examine a varied yet interrelated range of genres from the biography and autobiography to the relatively neglected diary collective biography and obituary. Reflecting the rich research being conducted in this area the contributors link life writing to the formation of gendered and class-based identities; the politics of the Victorian family; and the broader professional political colonial and literary structures in which social and kinship relations were implicated. A wide variety of Victorian works are considered from the diary of the Radical Samuel Bamford to the diary of the homosexual George Ives; from autobiographies of professional men to collective biographies of eminent women. Embracing figures as diverse as Gandhi Wilde and Bradlaugh the collection explores the way in which narratives contested one another in a society that devoted an abundance of cultural energy to writing about and reading of lives. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138277984

Lifestyle Media in American CultureGender Class and the Politics of Ordinariness This book explores the emergence of "lifestyle" in the US first as a term that has become an organizing principle for the self and for the structure of everyday life and later as a pervasive form of media that encompasses a variety of domestic and self-improvement genres from newspaper columns to design blogs. Drawing on the methodologies of cultural studies and feminist media studies and built upon a series of case studies from newspapers books television programs and blogs it tracks the emergence of lifestyle’s discursive formation and shows its relevance in contemporary media culture. It is in the broadest sense about the role played by the explosion of lifestyle media texts in changing conceptualizations of selfhood and domestic life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138206465

Lifestyles and SubculturesHistory and a New Perspective Lifestyles and subcultures are tools through which people say – to themselves and to others – who they think they are who they think they are similar to and who they think they are different from. Lifestyles and subcultures are ways which people adopt to look at their own lives and to try to keep together different roles different practices and different realms which they are involved in. Lifestyles and subcultures are lenses through which we as observers analyze society and orientate ourselves within it looking for similarities and differences among individuals and collectivities which allow us to understand their thoughts and their actions. This book presents the main analytical approaches through which lifestyles and subcultures have been studied and also proposes a new interpretative perspective. Today a growing panorama of social phenomena and processes possess intermediate characteristics with regard to those which in the past were identified either as lifestyles or as subcultures. The hypothesis is that consequently these phenomena could be explained and interpreted by means of an analytical framework developed by the intersection of these two perspectives and the last part of the book is therefore devoted to the presentation of this innovative framework. This book provides new lenses and a fresh view to try to both grasp and understand a constantly-changing reality. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367599010

Lineages and Advancements in Material Culture StudiesPerspectives from UCL Anthropology This volume comprises a curated conversation between members of the Material Culture Section of University College London Anthropology. In laying out the state of play in the field it challenges how the anthropology of material culture is being done and argues for new directions of enquiry and new methods of investigation. The contributors consider the ramifications of specific research methods and explore new methodological frameworks to address areas of human experience that require a new analytical approach. The case studies draw from a range of contexts including digital objects infrastructure data extraterrestriality ethnographic curation and medical materiality. They include timely reappraisals of now-classical analytical models that have shaped the way we understand the object the discipline knowledge formation and the artefact. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350127487

Linguistic Culture and Language Policy By looking closely at the multilingual democracies of India France and the USA Harold F. Schiffman examines how language policy is primarily a social construct based on belief systems attitudes and myths.Linguistic Culture and Language Policy exposes language policy as culture-specific helping us to understand why language policies evolve the way they do; why they work or not; and how people's lives are affected by them. These issues will be of specific interest to linguists specialising in multilingual/multicultural societies bilingual educationalists curriculum planners and teachers. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203021569

Linguistic Foundations of IdentityReadings in Language Literature and Contemporary Cultures The collection of chapters in this book brings together researchers working in paradoxes and complexities of cultural identities through uses of language and literature from varied perspectives. This volume is an important step towards achieving the goal of reaching out to many who have been looking at the complexities of identity formation from linguistic cultural social and political perspectives.Please note: This title is co-published with Aakar Books New Delhi. Taylor & Francis does not sell or distribute the Hardback in India Pakistan Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh Maldives and Sri Lanka. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367618414

Literacy Narrative and Culture An important contribution to the multi-disciplinary study of literacy narrative and culture this work argues that literacy is perhaps best described as an ensemble of socially and historically embedded activities of cultural practices. It suggests viewing written language producing and distributing deciphering and interpreting signs are closely related to other cultural practices such as narrative and painting. The papers of the first and second parts illustrate this view in contexts that range from the pre-historical beginnings of tracking signs' in hunter-gatherer cultures and the emergence of modern literate traditions in Europe in the 17th to 19th century to the future of electronically mediated writing in times of the post-Gutenberg galaxy. The chapters of the third present results of recent research in developmental and educational psychology. Contributions by leading experts in the field make the point that there is no theory and history of writing that does not presuppose a theory of culture and social development. At the same time it demonstrates that every theory and history of culture must unavoidably entail a theory and history of writing and written culture. This book brings together perspectives on literacy from psychology linguistics history and sociology of literature philosophy anthropology and history of art. It addresses these issues in plain language – not coded in specialized jargon – and addresses a multi-disciplinary forum of scholars and students of literacy narrative and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415760027

Literacy Moves OnUsing Popular Culture New Technologies and Critical Literacy in the Primary Classroom This book looks at the changing nature of literacy and at the way in which new and different literacies are emerging in the first part of the 21st century. It considers how children are shaping and being shaped by these changes it also looks at how teachers need to bridge-the-gap between children's out of school interests and school based curriculum demands. This edited collection which features chapters by international experts and voices in the field aims to: Take a closer look at (and demystify) some of the influences on literacy in the 21st century e.g. popular culture multi-modal texts email text messaging and critical literacy. Enhance teachers' awareness of these developments and show how they can use them to improve the literacy skills of their pupils. Show through the Implications for Practice sections how teachers can find different but straightforward ways of linking children's personal out-of-school interests with the demands of the school curriculum. Media > Books > Print Books David Fulton Publishers 9781138174719

Literary Criticism Culture and the Subject of 'English': F.R. Leavis and T.S. Eliot This volume considers the highly convoluted relationship between F. R. Leavis and T. S. Eliot comparing their ideas in literary and cultural criticism and connecting it to the broader discourse of English Studies as a university subject that developed in the first half of the twentieth century. Comparing and contrasting all the many writings of Leavis on Eliot and the two on Lawrence the study examines how Eliot is formative for the theory and practice of Leavis’s literary criticism in both positive and negative ways and investigates Lawrence’s significance in relation to Leavis’s changing attitude to Eliot. It also examines how profound differences in social cultural religious and national thinking strengthened Leavis’s alliance with Lawrence to the detriment of his relationship with Eliot. These differences between the two writers are presented as dichotomies between nationalism and Europeanism/internationalism ruralism/organicism and industrialism/metropolitanism and relate to the two men’s views on literary education the subject of ‘English’ and the position of the Classics in the curriculum. It explores how Leavis’s increasingly conflicted feelings about a figure to whom he owned an enormous critical debt and inspiration but whose various beliefs and literary affiliations caused him much misgiving result in a deep sense of division in Leavis himself which he sought to transfer onto Eliot as what he called a pathological ‘case’. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367360870

Literary Secretaries/Secretarial Culture Secretaries are the hidden technicians of much literary (and non-literary) writing; they also figure startlingly often as characters in modern literature film and even literary criticism. Literary Secretaries/Secretarial Culture brings together secretaries' role in the production (and more surprisingly consumption) of modern culture with interpretations of their function in literature and film from Chaucer to Heidegger by way of Dickens Dracula and Erle Stanley Gardner. These essays probe the relation of office practice to literary theory asking what changes when literary texts represent address or acknowledge the human copyist or the mechanical writing machine. Topics range from copyright law to voice recognition software from New Women to haunted typewriters and from the history of technology to the future of information management. Together the essays will provide literary critics with a new angle on current debates about gender labour and the material text as well as a window into the prehistory of our information age. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138378827

Literature and Culture in Global Africa Engaging and interrogating the idea of a ‘Global Africa’ this book examines how African literary and cultural productions have changed over the years due to the social and political influences brought about by increased globalisation. Tanure Ojaide takes a variety of European theoretical concepts and applies these to African literature oral traditions culture sexuality political leadership environmentalism and advocacy demonstrating the universality of the African experience.Challenging African literary artists and scholars to think creatively about the future of the culture and literature this new collection of literary and cultural criticism from scholar-writer Tanure Ojaide is an essential read for students and scholars of African literature and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367887469

Literature and Culture in Modern Britain: Volume 11900-1929 The first in a three-volume sequence this book covers the period between 1900 and 1929 providing a perceptive and thorough analysis of British literature within its historical cultural and artistic context. It identifies the crucial interwoven relationships between literature and the visual arts modern poetry popular fiction journalism cinema music and radio. Much factual detail and a literary chronology guide the reader through the text. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138176102

Literature and Culture in Modern BritainVolume Three: 1956 - 1999 British culture has changed almost beyond recognition since 1956. Angry young men have been displaced by Yuppies Elvis by the Spice Girls and meat and two veg by continental cuisine. What is more as the death of Diana Princess of Wales showed the British are now more famous for a trembling lower lip than a stiff upper one. This volume the last in the series examines the transformations in literature and culture over the last forty years. An introductory essay provides a context for the following chapters by arguing that although there have been significant changes in British life there are also profound continuities. It also discusses the rise of 'theory' and its impact on the humanities. Each essay in the volume concentrates on a facet of British culture over the last half century from painting to poetry from the seriousness of the novel to the postmodern ironies of the computing age. What we get from this selection is not only an informed history of the relations between literature and culture but also a lively sense of cultural change not least of which is the new found relationship between literature and other arts which ushers us into the new millennium. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138177123

Literature and Culture in Northern Ireland Since 1965Moments of Danger This study considers writing within the cultural context of Northern Ireland and discusses how writing creates a sense of community and the different forms this takes when written from loyalist or republican perspectives. The book takes its major theoretical energy from readings of Antonio Gramsci's concept of hegemony and Walter Benjamin's work on historiography. hese are applied to major writers such as Seamus Heaney Tom Paulin Paul Muldoon and Edna Longley and to institutions such as the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138165236

Literature and Culture of the Chicago RenaissancePostmodern and Postcolonial Development The Chicago Renaissance has long been considered a less important literary movement than the Harlem Renaissance. While the Harlem Renaissance began and flourished during the 1920s but faded during the 1930s the Chicago Renaissance originated between 1890 and 1910 gathered momentum in the 1930s and paved the way for the postmodern and postcolonial developments in American Literature. To portray Chicago as a modern spacious cosmopolitan city the writers of the Chicago Renaissance developed a new style of writing based on a distinct cultural aesthetic that reflected ethnically diverse sentiments and aspirations. Whereas the Harlem Renaissance was dominated by African American writers the Chicago Renaissance originated from the interactions between African and European American writers. Much like modern jazz writings in the movement became a hybrid cross-cultural product of black and white Americans. The second period of the movement developed at two stages. In the first stage the older generation of African American writers continued to deal with racial issues. In the second stage African American writers sought solutions to racism by comparing American culture with other cultures. The younger generation of African American writers such as Ishmael Reed Charles Johnson and Colson Whitehead followed their predecessors and explored Confucianism Buddhist Ontology and Zen. This volume features essays by both veteran African Americanists and upcoming young critics. It is highlighted by essays from scholars located around the globe such as Toru Kiuchi of Japan Yupei Zhou of China Mamoun Alzoubi of Jordan and Babacar M'Baye of Senegal. It will be invaluable reading for students of Americanists at all levels. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367246518

Literature and Mass CultureVolume 1 Communication in Society This first volume of the collected writings of sociologist Leo Lowenthal contains his classic theoretical and historical writings on the relationship of art to mass culture. This book series presents Lowenthal's contributions to a theory of the role of communication in modern society.This volume lays out the basis for a theory of mass culture. Lowenthal demonstrates that the juxtaposition of a "low" mass culture and a "high" esoteric culture did not originate in contemporary industrial bourgeois society but can be traced back to the Middle Ages and antiquity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412856980

Literature and Popular Culture in Early Modern England 1978 witnessed the publication of Peter Burke's groundbreaking study Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe. Now in its third edition this remarkable book has for thirty years set the benchmark for cultural historians with its wide ranging and imaginative exploration of early modern European popular culture. In order to celebrate this achievement and to explore the ways in which perceptions of popular culture have changed in the intervening years a group of leading scholars are brought together in this new volume to examine Burke's thesis in relation to England. Adopting an appropriately interdisciplinary approach the collection offers an unprecedented survey of the field of popular culture in early modern England as it currently stands bringing together scholars at the forefront of developments in an expanding area. Taking as its starting point Burke's argument that popular culture was everyone's culture distinguishing it from high culture which only a restricted social group could access it explores an intriguing variety of sources to discover whether this was in fact the case in early modern England. It further explores the meaning and significance of the term 'popular culture' when applied to the early modern period: how did people distinguish between high and low culture - could they in fact do so? Concluded by an Afterword by Peter Burke the volume provides a vivid sense of the range and significance of early modern popular culture and the difficulties involved in defining and studying it. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315250427

Lived Experiences of MulticultureThe New Social and Spatial Relations of Diversity In an increasingly ethnically diverse society debates about migration community cultural difference and social interaction have never been more pressing.Drawing on the findings from a two-year qualitative Economic and Social Research Council funded study of different locations across England Lived Experiences of Multiculture uses interdisciplinary perspectives to examine the ways in which complex urban populations experience negotiate accommodate and resist cultural difference as they share a range of everyday social resources and public spaces. The authors present novel ways of re-thinking and developing concepts such as multiculture community and conviviality whilst also repositioning debates which focus on conflict models for understanding cultural differences.Amidst highly charged arguments over the social relations of belonging and the meanings of local and national identities this timely volume will appeal to advanced undergraduate students and graduate students interested in fields such as Race and Ethnicity Studies Sociology Urban Studies Human Geography and Migration Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367877378

Living Out LoudAn Introduction to LGBTQ History Society and Culture Living Out Loud: An Introduction to LGBTQ History Society and Culture offers students an evidence-based foundation in the interdisciplinary field of LGBTQ Studies. Chapters on history diversity dating/relationships education sexual health and globalization reflect current research and thinking in the social sciences humanities and sciences. Coverage of current events and recommendations for additional readings videos and web resources help students apply the contents in their lives making Living Out Loud the perfect core text for LGBTQ+ Studies (and similar) courses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138191921

Locating Asian Australian Cultures Locating Asian Australian Cultures is a timely and challenging interdisciplinary compilation that sets a contemporary benchmark for Asian Australian studies and its future directions. In the dynamic field of diasporic Asian studies Asian Australian Studies is an emerging and contentious area. While cognisant of issues and critical developments in North America Europe and Asia Asian Australian studies forges its own specific engagements with questions of identity racialization and nationalisms in a world of globalized cultures and movements. This book deliberately engages with international perspectives on Asian Australian studies that offer contingent connections and address crucial questions for fields that are rapidly 'de-nationalizing'. The volume focuses on Asian Australian cultural production and identity presenting work that interrogates notions of belonging and citizenship representational politics and disciplinarity in the academy. The broad-ranging essays examine the politics of Asian Australian art and literature as well as the area's significant interventions in disciplinary formations nationally and internationally. Other essays discuss the Vietnamese War memorial in Cabramatta notions of the 'sacrificial Asian' in contemporary films and Chinatown sites in Australia. This book will be essential reading not only for researchers in Asian Australian studies but also for those with an interest in Asian diaspora and Australian studies.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138980006

Locating Imagination in Popular CulturePlace Tourism and Belonging Locating Imagination in Popular Culture offers a multi-disciplinary account of the ways in which popular culture tourism and notions of place intertwine in an environment characterized by ongoing processes of globalization digitization and an increasingly ubiquitous nature of multi-media. Centred around the concept of imagination the authors demonstrate how popular culture and media are becoming increasingly important in the ways in which places and localities are imagined and how they also subsequently stimulate a desire to visit the actual places in which people’s favourite stories are set. With examples drawn from around the globe the book offers a unique study of the role of narratives conveyed through media in stimulating and reflecting desire in tourism. This book will have appeal in a wide variety of academic disciplines ranging from media and cultural studies to fan- and tourism studies cultural geography literary studies and cultural sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367492625

Look a Negro!Philosophical Essays on Race Culture and Politics First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315870618

Lost in MusicCulture Style and the Musical Event This collection of essays first published in 1987 provides a sociological treatment of many musical forms – rock jazz classical – with special emphasis on the perspective of the practising musician. Among the topics covered are the legal structures governing musical production and the question of copyright; recording and production technology; the social character of musical style; and the impact of lyrical content considered socially and historically. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138652736

Lost in PerfectionImpacts of Optimisation on Culture and Psyche The permanent struggle for optimisation can be seen as one of the most significant cultural principles of contemporary Western societies: the demand for improved performance and efficiency as well as the pursuit of self-improvement are con-sidered necessary in order to keep pace with an accelerated competitive modern-ity. This affects not only work and education but also family life parent–child relationships and intimate relationships in respect to the body and the self in regard to the public as well as the private realm. Bringing together contributions from renowned scholars from the fields of sociology psychology and psycho-analysis this book explores the impacts of optimisation on culture and psyche examining the contradictions and limitations of optimisation in conjunction with the effects of social transformations on individuals and shifts in regard to the meaning of ‘pathology’ and ‘normality’. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367897260

Louts and LegendsMale youth culture in an inner-city school For five years Jim Walker followed the stories of four groups of young men from their last years at an inner-city high school to their early twenties. Louts and Legends is a rich portrayal of their ways of life their responses to school and teachers and their experience of job-seeking employment unemployment further education and training.Louts and Legends presents a unique perspective on Australian culture showing the problems achievements and social context of four distinct cultural styles: the macho 'Aussie' culture of the footballers; the competitive challenge of the Greeks; the 'nice guy' friendliness of the handballers; the artistic aspirations of the stigmatised three friends.The interview and participant observation data gathered over a long period contains fresh insights on youth culture as well as moving individual stories. The findings in this book pose a challenge to educational and social policy but they also offer realistic suggestions for teachers youth workers parents and for other young people. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003116332

Love Sex and Teenage Sexual Cultures in South Africa16 turning 17 Love Sex and Teenage Sexual Cultures in South Africa interrupts the relative silence around teenage constructions of love in South Africa. Against the backdrop of gender inequalities HIV and violence the book situates teenage constructions of love and romance within the wider social and cultural context underwritten by the histories of apartheid chronic unemployment poverty and the endless struggle to survive.By drawing on focus group discussions with African teenage men and women the book addresses teenage Africans as active agents providing a more nuanced picture of their desires and their dilemmas through which sexuality and love are experienced. The chapters in the book conceptualise desiring love material love pure love forced love and fearing love. It argues that love is intrinsically linked to cultural practices and material realities which mold particular formations of teenage masculinities and femininities.This book will be of interest to academics undergraduates postgraduates and researchers in sociology HIV health and gender studies development and postcolonial studies and African studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367594190

Loving PsychoanalysisLooking at Culture with Freud and Lacan Psychoanalysis was neither a product of philosophy nor of academic study. Freud took his lead from hysterical women; the accounts of their pain anxieties and physical symptoms led him to formulate his theories on the existence of the unconscious. Psychoanalysis is neither a theory nor a way of seeing life. It is a form of ethics unlike any othe Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367325473

Luce Irigaray and Premodern CultureThresholds of History The essays in this groundbreaking collection stage conversations between the thought of the controversial feminist philosopher linguist and psychoanalyst Luce Irigaray and premodern writers ranging from Empedocles and Homer to Shakespeare Spenser and Donne. They explore both the pre-Enlightenment roots of Luce Irigaray's thought and the impact that her writings have had on our understanding of ancient medieval and Renaissance culture. Luce Irigaray has been a major figure in Anglo-American literary theory philosophy and gender studies ever since her germinal works Speculum of the Other Woman and This Sex Which Is Not One were published in English translation in 1985. This collection is the first sustained examination of Irigaray's crucial relationship to premodern discourses underpinning Western culture and of the transformative effect she has had on scholars working in pre-Enlightenment periods. Like Irigaray herself the essays work at the intersections of gender theory historicism and language. This collection offers powerful ways of understanding premodern texts through Irigaray's theories that allow us to imagine our past and present relationship to economics science psychoanalysis gender ethics and social communities in new ways. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415758697

M.E.Sharpe Library of Franklin D.Roosevelt Studies: v. 1: Franklin D.Roosevelt and the Shaping of American Political Culture How did Americans respond to the economic catastrophe of 1929? In what ways did the social and cultural responses of the American people inform the politics of the period? How did changes in political beliefs alter cultural activities? This volume examines the presidency of FDR through a very distinctive set of lenses: the representation of FDR in film and popular culture discussions of New Deal art and art policy the social and political meanings of public architecture 1930s music and many more. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003059523

Macroeconomics Agriculture And Exchange Rates This book is an outcome of the conference on the linkages between macroeconomics and agricultural trade in 1986. It establishes some of the fundamental influences on the exchange rate. The book develops linkages between the macroeconomy and agriculture using traditional models. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367164546

Made in EuropeThe Production of Popular Culture in the Twentieth-Century This edited collection studies the production and dissemination of popular music tourism cinema fashion broadcasting programmes advertising and coffee in Western Europe in the twentieth century. Focussing on the supply side of popular culture it addresses a field of study that is neglected in European historiography. Moreover it provides a theoretical and methodological discussion that takes into account the inherent dynamics of content production and the role of cultural intermediaries in the change of cultural repertoires. Taking key developments in the culture industries in the USA as a point of reference the book highlights particularities of cultural production in Europe. It identifies a greater autonomy of creatives stronger influence of critics and a lesser concern with audience research as three characteristics of the production regime in Western Europe. It takes into view the transfer of popular culture across the Atlantic and between European countries and offers new insights into research on the cultural Americanisation of Europe. This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Review of History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138794443

Magic Culture and the New Economy What happens when economies 'heat up'? This book looks at the 1990s years of intense economic experimentation when buzz words such as 'network society' 'the experience economy' 'creative cities' and 'glocalization' were everywhere. A fascinating perspective on 'The New Economy' emerges as the authors explore the worlds of coolhunters biotech brokers career coaches software entrepreneurs and event managers and tackle such questions as: - how is magic used in the quest for newness and change? - what happens when cultural techniques such as branding and styling colonize new arenas? - what turns out to be just a flash-in-the-pan and what has a lasting impact? This book is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand how economies operate in periods of rapid transformation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003103196

Making CitizensRousseau's Political Theory of Culture By analysing Rousseau's conception of the general will Zev Trachtenberg characterises the attitude of civic virtue Rousseau believes individuals must have to cooperate successfully in society. Rousseau holds that culture affects political life by either fostering or discouraging civic virtue. However while the cultural institutions Rousseau endorses would motivate citizens to obey the law they would not prepare citizens to help frame it. Rousseau's view of culture thus works against his account of legitimacy and Trachtenberg concludes that Rousseau's political theory as a whole is inconsistent. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138009219

Making Culture Changing Society Making Culture Changing Society proposes a challenging new account of the relations between culture and society focused on how particular forms of cultural knowledge and expertise work on order and transform society. Examining these forms of culture’s action on the social as aspects of a historically distinctive ensemble of cultural institutions it considers the diverse ways in which culture has been produced and mobilised as a resource for governing populations. These concerns are illustrated in detailed case studies of how anthropological conceptions of the relations between race and culture have shaped – and been shaped by – the relationships between museums fieldwork and governmental programmes in early twentieth-century France and Australia. These are complemented by a closely argued account of the relations between aesthetics and governance that in contrast to conventional approaches interprets the historical emergence of the autonomy of the aesthetic as vastly expanding the range of art’s social uses. In pursuing these concerns particular attention is given to the role that the cultural disciplines have played in making up and distributing the freedoms through which modern forms of liberal government operate. An examination of the place that has been accorded habit as a route into the regulation of conduct within liberal social cultural and political thought brings these questions into sharp focus. The book will be of interest to students and scholars of sociology cultural studies media studies anthropology museum and heritage studies history art history and cultural policy studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415738491

Making Culture VisibleThe Public Display of Photography at Fairs Expositions and Exhibitions in the United States 1847-1900 First published in 2001. Making Culture Visible provides a fresh focus on the history of nineteenth-century photography. The narrative moves from a close focus on several selected events between 1847 and 1900 beginning with six industrial fairs of the 1840s-1860s to the looming presence of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition in the mid-1870s. The last two chapters deal with the exhibition work of the Smithsonian Institution’s US National Museum in the 1880s and finally the collecting and displays of public libraries in the 1890s. The evolution of the increasingly complex social function of photography is clearly demonstrated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138386563

Making CultureCommercialisation Transnationalism and the State of ‘Nationing’ in Contemporary Australia Making Culture provides an in-depth discussion of Australia’s relationship between the building of national cultural identity – or ‘nationing’ – and the country’s cultural production and consumption. With the 1994 national cultural policy Creative Nation as a starting point for many of the essays included in this collection the book investigates transformations within Australia’s various cultural fields exploring the implications of nationing and the gradual movement away from it. Underlying these analyses are the key questions and contradictions confronting any modern nation-state that seeks to develop and defend a national culture while embracing the transnational and the global.Including topics such as publishing sport  music tourism art  Indigeneity television heritage and the influence of digital technology and output Making Culture is an essential volume for students and scholars within Australian and Cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367591014

Making Diaspora in a Global CitySouth Asian Youth Cultures in London The exciting diasporic sounds of the London Asian urban music scene are a cross-section of the various genres of urban music that include bhangra "remix " R&B and hip hop styles as well as dubstep and other "urban" sample-oriented electronic music. This book brings together a unique analysis of urban underground music cultures in exploring just how members of this "scene" take up space in "super-diverse" London. It provides a fresh perspective on the creativity of British South Asian youth culture and makes a significant sociological intervention into this area by bringing the focus back onto urgent issues of "race" ethnicity alongside class and gender within youth cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415793049

Making Digital CulturesAccess Interactivity and Authenticity Many people in the West or global North now live in a culture of 24/7 instant messaging iPods and MP3s streamed content blogs ubiquitous digital images and Facebook. But they are also surrounded by even more paper books telephone calls and material objects of one kind or another. The juxtaposition and proliferation of older and newer technologies is striking. Making Digital Cultures brings together recent theorizing of the 'digital age' with empirical studies of how institutions embrace these technologies in relation to older established technological objects processes and practices. It asks how relations between 'analogue' and 'digital' are conceptualized and configured both in theory and inside the public library the business organization and the archive. With its direct engagement with new media theory science and technology studies and cultural sociology this volume will be of interest to scholars and students in the areas of media and communication and science and technology studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367603397

Making Gender Culture and the Self in the Fiction of Samuel RichardsonThe Novel Individual Proposing that Samuel Richardson's novels were crucial for the construction of female individuality in the mid-eighteenth century Bonnie Latimer shows that Richardson's heroines are uniquely conceived as individuals who embody the agency and self-determination implied by that term. In addition to placing Richardson within the context of his own culture recouping for contemporary readers the influence of Grandison on later writers including Maria Edgeworth Sarah Scott and Mary Wollstonecraft is central to her study. Latimer argues that Grandison has been unfairly marginalised in favor of Clarissa and Pamela and suggests that a rigorous rereading of the novel not only provides a basis for reassessing significant aspects of Richardson's fictional oeuvre but also has implications for fresh thinking about the eighteenth-century novel. Latimer's study is not a specialist study of Grandison but rather a reconsideration of Richardson's novelistic canon that places Grandison at its centre as Richardson's final word on his re-envisioning of the gendered self. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880231

Making It NationalNationalism and Australian popular culture Making it National argues that we need to rethink the way national identity is constructed in Australia today. Graeme Turner takes a series of recent instances - the mythologising of Bond and the larrikin entrepreneurs the Spycatcher trials Maralinga and the Bicentenary - showing how popular images of national identity are used to serve specific rather than national interests.'Graeme Turner's writing has a remarkable power to engage its readers with all the immediacy vividness and drama of our very best journalism while putting cultural theory to work in new and creative ways.' - Meaghan Morris'Making it National could be to the 1990s what Richard White's Inventing Australia was to the 1980s.' - Tony Bennett Institute for Cultural Policy Studies Griffith University Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003116363

Making Organizational Change StickHow to create a culture of partnership between Project and Change Management Business needs change. And it needs it in ways at a rate and on a scale that is unprecedented. Current success rates for organizational change projects are dismal and are likely to remain so until organizations reinvent their approach to project delivery and learn how to integrate Change Management and Project Management successfully. In this ground-breaking and innovative book Gabrielle O Donovan shows you how to design strategy structures and processes to realize this integration and deliver sustainable and commercially powerful business change. She opens the book by providing the context describing both the problem and the solution; how the disconnect between Project Management and Change Management feeds the 40–70 per cent failure rate and the laying of many a dud egg; and how cross-discipline integration efforts thus far have only addressed the tip of the iceberg ignoring the subterranean cultural element that can divide or unite project teams. From there she profiles Project Management and Change Management in turn and crucially the value and service propositions of these respective disciplines and the different theories models and tools they employ. In the second half of the book she makes a ‘Project and Change Partnership’ (PCP) culture explicit and measurable articulating those cultural assumptions that will support an effective alliance and that relate to those universal problems all organizations face regarding the macro environment external adaptability and survival and internal integration. From there she describes how Project Managers and Change Managers can cooperate daily by dividing work packages and activities throughout the end-to-end project lifecycle. Project leaders who instill a PCP culture will benefit from the unique value that these interdependent disciplines bring to project delivery. It is they who will lay golden eggs and realize business benefits. Making Organizational Change Stick is written for project leaders Change Managers Project/Programme Managers design thinkers business architects and anyone concerned with business change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138736290

Making Public Private Partnerships WorkBuilding Relationships and Understanding Cultures Public Private Partnerships are no longer new. They are now a well-established vehicle for delivering large capital projects or managing services. Many organizations are now working with 'multi sector partnerships' across a huge range of sectors involving multiple partners. The increasing complexity of these partnerships of the risks associated with them and the outcomes required of them demand a new level of skill from those establishing and building the partnership. Michael Geddes' Making Public Private Partnerships Work offers a highly pragmatic guide to the processes behind multi sector partnerships including the skills of championing and managing the partnership internally the organizational structure that underpins most successful partnerships how to resource and staff the partnership assuring accountability and good governance and how to manage and communicate the performance of any partnership. He uses case study examples drawn from a whole range of partnerships to compare different practical approaches to each part of the process; against which you may benchmark your own approach and identify best-practice to follow. Making any medium- or long-term partnership work is a challenge for any organization. The different partners bring different skills expectations and needs to the partnership. Managed well the diversity of the partners adds to the success of the relationship and the outcome of the partnership but this is a process that requires careful planning management and review all of which is explained in Making Public Private Partnerships Work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138380936

Making Residential Care WorkStructure and Culture in Children's Homes This book was originally published in 1998 when over 6 000 children lived in residential homes in England and Wales. The fact that some children's homes are better than others is well established but why should this be so? Past answers have tended to be tautologous - rather on the lines of 'a good home is one where children do well; children do well because they are in a good home.' This study examines various aspects of children's homes and explores the connections between them in an attempt to break down the old circular argument. Structures are discernible in the relationship between different types of goals - societal formal and belief; the variable balance between these goals determines staff cultures which in turn shape the child cultures that develop. Such relationships are important because of their close association with outcomes - whether the children do well whether the homes prosper. The model described in the book provides a conceptual framework and a set of causal relationships that should help professionals to plan and manage residential care better and so meet the needs of vulnerable children more effectively. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367134785

Making Sense of CultureCross-Cultural Expeditions and Management Practices of Self-Initiated Expatriates in the Foreign Workplace This book lies within two interdisciplinary fields that should be bridged: cross-cultural management and international human resource management. The consequences of globalization lead to a more extensive recruitment process of global talents to fit the different work structures and competitive work environment of tomorrow. The emergence of self-initiated expatriates (SIEs) further intensify the challenges faced by multinational organizations because people are searching for better career prospects and they are willing to re-locate in order to obtain competitive salary or compensation packages. With the emergence of SIEs multinational corporations need to acknowledge the influence of culture on management practices because the expatriates will bring their own cultural baggage and uniqueness to the company’s doorsteps. By integrating both fields this book provides a valuable understanding in order to educate SIEs on the richness of cultural behaviors. Indeed the complexities of human behaviours opens up the window of opportunities to recognize that we are all human beings with unique characteristics personality and attitudes. It is until and when we equally acknowledge that culture is an essence of humankind and that culture continues to shape people with a magical touch of diversity and uniqueness only then will the global world greet people inclusively by embracing ‘tolerance appreciation and happiness!’ Culture has a paramount impact on how leaders manage their colleagues and teams in the workplace. One’s attitudes values beliefs and perceptions all matter when people work with culturally diverse colleagues. Cultural differences cannot be ignored as a work structure that thrives only in a monoculture environment is hardly in existence for multinational corporation of today. Instead the multi-cultured environment takes priority with the soaring number of demands for global talents and workforces that need to be recruited. It is clearly established in the field of international human resources that there are increasing trends and phenomenon of burgeoning SIEs in newly occupied cosmopolitan cities in the world such as Dubai Qatar Jeddah Kuala Lumpur Hong Kong Shanghai Tokyo and many others. At the end one key question matters for the journey of cultural sense making to begin: What is it like to experience the forces and effects of culture in the workplace when one is an expatriate? Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781138490765

Male Alienation at the Crossroads of Identity Culture and Cyberspace "I’m broken." When a boy or man says this he is expressing deep alienation from himself and the world. Something’s wrong and he usually cannot begin to explain why. What brings boys and men into psychotherapy or analysis? Many of them struggle with access to their inner worlds. Experiences of alienation can lead to destructive and self-destructive behaviors including addiction and violence. This book explores the reasons for this and considers why boys and men seek professional help. How do psychotherapists and analysts engage them when they often protest that they want to be left alone? Looking at the male psyche from boyhood through adolescence and into adulthood Male Alienation at the Crossroads of Identity Culture and Cyberspace provides examples from clinical practice current events art and literature that show what happens when alienation is severe and leads boys and men to discharge their emotional problems in the outside world. The book examines compulsive internet use flawed concepts of masculinity difficulties with mutually intimate relationships trouble showing emotions and identity issues as well as the role of fathers with a focus on the types of fathers that many boys and men describe as being difficult. Tyminski provides various practical ideas about working with boys and men to encourage them to be open to their inner worlds and emphasizes a contrast between having meaningful contacts or having a merely transactional approach to relating. Male Alienation at the Crossroads of Identity Culture and Cyberspace will be essential reading for Jungian analysts psychotherapists and psychoanalysts as well as a wide range of other professionals who work with men and boys. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138065406

Man and CultureAn Evaluation of the Work of Malinowski [1957] This volume is a reassessment of Malinowski's work by a group of his former pupils and colleagues. A frank evaluation not a eulogy it examines the real and lasting importance of Malinowski's contribution to a range of subjects. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315014470

Management in South-East AsiaBusiness Culture Enterprises and Human Resources This edited volume deals with Management in South-East Asia. It widely agreed that this is a region of growing importance economically in today’s globalized world. This area contains a diverse range of dynamic economies ranging from the ‘highly developed’ through to the ‘newly emerging’ each competing in a different manner and with different characteristics. This book specifically focuses on current and future developments in areas such as Business Culture Enterprises and Human Resources. It covers a range of topics industries size of firms and countries (Malaysia Singapore Thailand Vietnam three of which are capitalist economies with the latter a transitional communist one). These locations also comprehend a variety of business cultures with a variety of religious values ranging from Buddhist to Islamic and ethnic identities. The approach taken is inter-disciplinary and most of the contributions are by locally-based authors who are very well qualified to write about their chosen country-setting. The experts contributing include those specialized in banking business management economics finance sociology psychology and so on all based in business schools and universities encompassing a good number of national origins. This book was previously published as a special issue of the Asian Pacific Business Review. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315880693

Management of Organizational Culture as a Stabilizer of ChangesOrganizational Culture Management Dilemmas No enterprise today is proud of being unchanged. Stability is understood more as a sign of stagnation than reliability and enterprises that do not change and do not evolve are commonly regarded as fossilized. Increasing globalization processes often force today’s enterprises to make organizational changes but the effectiveness of these processes relies on its organizational culture. This book argues that the problem behind organizational culture is its multilevel structure including the visible and hidden levels. It addresses difficult questions such as: Is it better to make thorough but more painful changes or to gradually introduce small improvements? It also demonstrates that organizational culture is not a fixed phenomenon: its shaping takes place in stages and it is essential to take such stages into account in the process of implementing the strategy of an enterprise. Providing a comprehensive insight into "organizational culture" and its relationship to change this book will be essential reading for professionals involved in business management and IT management throughout the world. Its analyses and suggestions will allow for improved organizational culture and change management in business environments. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367460594

Management Practices for Engaging a Diverse WorkforceTools to Enhance Workplace Culture This unique volume shows how to tackle the challenges of diversity in the workplace. It addresses the need to keep the workforce engaged while taking into consideration the diverse backgrounds of employees. The book explores 12 themes of workforce diversity and culture including differences of race religion gender sexuality income class education level marital status generation/age physical ability and more. Focusing on the benefits of engaging a diverse workforce the volume considers the issue through the different stages of the human resource process including recruitment selection performance appraisal demand forecasting supply forecasting job description and specification job analysis and evaluation training and development career planning and development succession planning etc. Employing an abundance of case studies the volume enables readers to comprehend what it means to have a diverse workforce and how to engage such a workforce for the betterment of the employees as well as the employer. The volume acts as a textbook for courses on diversity in human resource management as well as a valuable resource for HRM and other management professionals. The discussions and questions sections will be useful for faculty and the short case studies are designed to keep students interested and engaged. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771888639

Managerial CulturesA Comparative Historical Analysis How did the conduct of business come to be so different in different countries? Why are some less developed countries in the process of rapid industrialization while so many others remain poor? Analysts often point to national differences in the cultures of business to explain these patterns. What then accounts for these differences in culture? We can gain some insights into these issues by considering the incentives that are likely to shape the behaviors of upwardly mobile sub-elites. Patterns of elite initiatives in the early years of industrialization have an enduring impact on the subsequent conduct of business. Understanding the impact of history can provide important insights into contemporary business practices. Viewed from the perspective of developmental history apparently independent phenomena can often be seen as different aspects of a common pattern. Questions about the relation between our collective past experiences and future performances are also relevant for our understanding of democratic self-governance. Governments are generally engaged in nation building. What works? Why? Where are we collectively headed? This volume suggests some answers. Author David Hanson develops an analysis that focuses on governing elites the need for security and the search for status. His analysis rests on considerations of social structure conflict and psychology rather than on resources markets and economics. The result is a book to offer international managers an understanding of history’s critical role in fully understanding the societies in which they operate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138212671

Managing Across Diverse Cultures in East AsiaIssues and challenges in a changing globalized world Why ‘Managing across diverse cultures in East Asia’? We re-examine in this book the link between culture and management across the region vis a vis the new economic political and social landscape that has appeared over the last decade. We accordingly present a set of chapters on East Asian cultures economies societies and their management across the board focusing on countries such as China Japan South Korea as well as the Overseas Chinese enclaves of Hong Kong SAR Macao and Taiwan. The contributors to this edited book are all specialists in their respective fields; they hail from a variety of universities and business schools across the world located in a wide range of countries in the East and in the West. The chapters we believe reflect a balance between the past and present theory and practice as well as the general and the particular. 'East Asia could not be more important. Malcolm Warner could not be more insightful. Reading Managing Across Diverse Cultures in East Asia will allow you to gain a profound understanding of the cultural complexity in this dynamic region of the world.' - Nancy J. Adler McGill University Montreal 'We all need to understand more about management in East Asia and to learn from it. Managing Across Diverse Cultures in East Asia has contributions from international experts who provide significant insights into the cultures of the most dynamic region in the world today. This book is a landmark publication.' - John Child University of Birmingham 'This edited volume with contributions by significant scholars from around the globe provides a timely and penetrating review of management issues across East Asia a region that rivals Europe and North American in economic significance and is still ascending. It is a must read for anyone who is interested in international management.' - Kwok Leung City University of Hong Kong 'Helping a new generation of readers interested in this important region to make better sense Managing Across Diverse Cultures in East Asia is destined to become a new classic. I expect this well-researched book to be widely read cited and debated in the years to come.' - Mike W Peng University of Texas at Dallas 'Having had such unexpected disasters as earthquakes floods and financial crises in recent years we are increasingly dependent on people-management. Development of human resources in turn requires region-specific and organization-specific strategies. The present volume edited by Malcolm Warner points the reader to the secret of success in high-performing economies and firms in East Asia.' - Yoko Sano Kaetsu University Tokyo Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415680905

Managing Corporate Values in Diverse National CulturesThe Challenge of Differences How should a Western company manage cross-culturally corporate values in its foreign subsidiaries? Do these values make sense everywhere and can they assumed to be universal or on the contrary are they culturally Western specific? Philippe d’Iribarne provides answers to these timely and urgent questions based on research carried out in the subsidiaries of a leading global company Lafarge in the contrasting cultural environments of China the United States France and Jordan. It appears that in a large part of the world  people's expectations are similar; they expect from a good employer clear and decisive leadership and fair and compassionate treatment helping them to live a good life. But treating these expectations as the â€˜same’ could be misleading. Western companies with a humanistic orientation are well positioned to fulfil them provided they are willing in each and every geography to take into account the local vision of the right way to achieve a good life. By following the example presented in this book companies who care can deliver economic efficiency as well as progressive people management in the countries in which they operate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138118287

Managing Culture and Interspace in Cross-border InvestmentsBuilding a Global Company This book focuses on the dialectics between spatio-organisational gaps and local contexts that characterise cross-border investments. "Interspatial" investments – be it mergers & acquisitions (M&A) or greenfield investments – are usually characterised by what is referred to as "otherness" i.e. organisational and cultural distances of the firms involved in relation to their regional contexts. At the same time economic political and socio-cultural linkages are decisive for attracting cross-border investments to regions and for providing firms with conditions supportive of their market success. As a consequence of being locked into complex structures of proximities cross-border investments are situated in contested terrain. This terrain triggers learning processes in both regional actors and investors which can result in the convergence of mindsets and organisational issues. This book is unique in that it combines interspace (defined as the distance between the new owner and the cross-border venture) place (the target region) interpretation (perception and understanding of the investment by the actors involved) and context (institutions actor networks and interaction) thus offering better understanding of recent processes of globalisation. Crossing disciplinary boundaries by integrating economic geography and management studies the volume adopts an innovative and spatially informed perspective on foreign direct investments (FDI). This perspective will be of great value to scholars students and practitioners. The volume is inventive in its approach in that it offers fresh readings from interdisciplinary theoretical approaches and combines these with valuable empirical insights from developed as well as Emerging Economies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367243074

Managing Defense TransformationAgency Culture and Service Change Why are some military organizations more adept than others at reinventing themselves? Why do some efforts succeed rapidly while others only gather momentum over time or become sidetracked or even subverted? This book explicates the conditions under which military organizations have both succeeded and failed at institutionalizing new ideas and forms of warfare. Through comparative analysis of some classic cases - US naval aviation during the interwar period; German and British armour development during the same period; and the US Army's experience with counter-insurgency during the Vietnam War - the authors offer a novel explanation for change rooted in managerial strategies for aligning service incentives and norms. With contemporary policy makers scrambling to digest the lessons of recent wars in Kosovo Afghanistan and Iraq as well as to meet the unfolding challenges of the new revolution in military affairs (RMA) understanding the sources and impediments to transformation has become critical. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315593524

Managing Diversity in the MilitaryThe value of inclusion in a culture of uniformity This edited book examines the management of diversity and inclusion in the military. Owing to the rise of asymmetric warfare a shift in demographics and labor shortfalls the US Department of Defense (DoD) has prioritized diversity and inclusion in its workforce management philosophy. In pursuing this objective it must ensure the attractiveness of a military career by providing an inclusive environment for all personnel (active and reserve military civilian and contractors) to reach their potential and maximize their contributions to the organization. Research and practice alike provide substantial evidence of the benefits associated with diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Diversity and inclusion programs are more strategic in focus than equal opportunity programs and strive to capitalize on the strengths of the workforce while minimizing the weaknesses that inhibit optimal organizational performance. This new book provides vital clarification on these distinct concepts in addition to offering concrete best practices for the successful management of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Written by scholars and practitioners each chapter addresses major areas raises crucial issues and comments on future trends concerning diversity and inclusion in the workplace. The book will be of great interest to students of military studies war and conflict studies business management/HRM psychology and politics in general as well as to military professionals and leaders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415586368

Managing Korean BusinessOrganization Culture Human Resources and Change During the 1990s the Korean economy was regarded as a possible "role model" to be followed by other newly industrializing economies but the "Asian Crisis" of 1997 destroyed this image. Past practices challenges and responses are explored in this collection by an international group of authors. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203045763

Managing ModernityPolitics and the Culture of Control In the last thirty years the USA and the UK have witnessed a profound change in the way in which we think about and respond to crime and social control. Crime has become part of everyday life as for many citizens has imprisonment.Managing Modernity brings together criminologists social theorists and philosophers to consider what explains these changes and what they tell us about ourselves and the way in which we live. The authors consider the pervasive the obvious and the covert ways in which crime and social order have come to structure social discourses and social life from mass imprisonment to zero tolerance to on-the-spot fines.This volume was previously published as a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy (CRISPP). Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203335321

Managing Nongovernmental OrganizationsCulture Power and Resistance The idea that international development aid needs to be better managed and coordinated gained currency in the early 1990s. The increasing emphasis on management has resulted in the present vogue of ‘managing for development results’ as one of the central tenets in the discourse on international aid. But how appropriate are these ideas tools and techniques for non-governmental development organizations (NGOs) and how much does geographic context matter? Examining the current debate on aid effectiveness and the role of NGOs in contributing to it this book highlights the critical importance of understanding how the global and the local interact to increase aid efficacy and develop more culturally astute ways of managing NGOs. With a focus on NGOs active in sub-Saharan Africa as case studies author Frederik Claeyé demonstrates that NGOs are not mere passive recipients of management knowledge and practices emanating from the global governance structure of international aid but actively engage with these ideas and practices to translate and rework them through a local cultural lens. This process results in the emergence of unique hybrid management systems that combine the pressure to become more business-like with the mission to satisfy the demands of the communities they serve. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138617902

Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Volume 1Fundamentals There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living biological systems. This volume reviews the latest research on soil science.  After an overview of the role of soil as a provider of ecosystem services and in conservation agriculture the book reviews soil structure and chemistry as well organic matter soil microorganisms and fauna. The second part of the book discusses soil dynamics from water and nutrient cycles to carbon capture and erosion mechanisms.  With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors this will be a standard reference for soil scientists and agronomists as well as the farming community and government agencies responsible for monitoring soil health. It is accompanied by a companion volume looking at soil monitoring and management. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781351114530

Managing soil health for sustainable agriculture Volume 2Monitoring and management There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living biological systems. This volume reviews the latest research on soil monitoring and management.  Part 1 starts by reviewing soil classification sampling and ways of monitoring soil dynamics. Part 2 surveys key techniques for managing soil from irrigation and fertiliser use to crop rotations intercropping and cover crops. The final part of the book discusses ways of supporting smallholders in maintaining soil health in regions such as Africa Asia and South America.  With its distinguished editor and international team of expert authors this will be a standard reference for soil scientists and agronomists as well as the farming community and government agencies responsible for monitoring soil health. It is accompanied by a companion volume looking at developments in soil science. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9781351114585

Managing the Modern WorkplaceProductivity Politics and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain A recurring theme in the history of modern Britain in the twentieth-century has been the failure of its manufacturing industry and the record of disorder and conflict in the industrial workplace. This image was reinforced by the evidence of national strikes from the 1960s until 1984. This emphasis on decline and disorder in British manufacturing has distorted our understanding of workplace relationships and cultures in the post-war years. This volume provides a fresh assessment of the diverse and complex world of the workplace and Britain's production cultures during the long boom. Essays investigate the public and private sectors and both manufacturing and service industries. The volume begins with a comparison of labour management in the post-war automobile industry exploring the role of the foreman in the management of shop floor labour in Britain and the USA. The following two essays are concerned with relations between management and workers in the publicly-owned corporations. The first examines negotiations over pay and effort at the Swindon locomotive works including the cultural values which informed the behaviour of the bargainers. The second investigates managerial responses to technical change in the British gas industry. We then move into the service sector with an essay on the management of clerical staff in banks including a discussion of the different roles available to male and female workers and the incorporation of automated technologies. The final essay looks at the involvement of the unions in workplace productivity and the extent to which Labour politics informed union behaviour. The essays in this volume shed new light on the reasons for Britain's economic performance and opens up earlier interpretations of national decline and adversarial workplace cultures for further debate. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275294

Manet Wagner and the Musical Culture of Their Time How did the tumult caused by German composer Richard Wagner result in the first modernist painting? In the first full-length book dedicated to the study of Edouard Manet and music art historian Therese Dolan demonstrates that the 1862 painting Music in the Tuileries represents the progressive musical culture of his time heretofore read by scholars predominantly through the words of Charles Baudelaire. Dolan sees in this painting's radical style the conceptual shift to modernism in both painting and music a transition that she convincingly argues received a strong impetus from Manet's Music in the Tuileries and Wagner's controversial Tannhäuser which premiered the previous year. Supplemental to analysis of the painting Dolan incorporates discussion of texts by Theophile Gautier Champfleury and Baudelaire who are represented in the painting. This book incorporates studies of the major artistic literary and musical figures of nineteenth-century France. It represents an important contribution to an understanding of French culture in the third quarter of the nineteenth century a period of intense literary artistic and musical activity that formed the crucible for modernism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548053

Manhood and American Political Culture in the Cold War Manhood and American Political Culture in the Cold War explores the meaning of anxiety as expressed through the political and cultural language of the early cold war era. Cuordileone shows how the preoccupation with the soft malleable American character reflected not only anti-Communism but acute anxieties about manhood and sexuality. Reading major figures like Arthur Schlesinger Jr. Adlai Stevenson Joseph McCarthy Norman Mailer JFK and many lesser known public figures Cuordileone reveals how the era’s cult of toughness shaped the political dynamics of the time and inspired a reinvention of the liberal as a cold warrior. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203613559

Manufacturing DesireMedia Popular Culture and Everyday Life The average person in America watches four hours of television per day and spends the equivalent of nine years of his or her life in front of the television set. If the attention most people devote to popular culture - listening to the news watching soap operas reading the comics-were added up it would reveal that most people spend an enormous amount of time with popular culture which becomes in large measure their culture. "Manufacturing Desire" is a study of how the mass media broadcast or spread various popular arts; further how the media and popular arts play a major role in shaping our everyday lives.The television shows we watch the movies we see the radio programs we listen to and all the comic strips we read influence social behavior. They give us ideas about what is good and evil about how to solve problems and about how we should relate to others. If we understand this says Berger then the way we think about our media-influenced culture will be far different than if we see popular culture as mindless entertainment. Berger provides an analysis of the way popular culture and the mass media simultaneously reflect and affect various aspects of American culture and society. He examines commercials television shows comics film humor and everyday life in terms of what beliefs and values are found in them what attitudes toward ourselves and our societies are contained in them how they achieve their effects and what they reflect about present-day American culture and society.This book is analysis of the impact mass media have across America cross-culturally and internationally. "Manufacturing Desire" will provide the general reader as well as specialists in communication and information sociology and psychology with a better understanding of the effects of mass media and popular culture on contemporary society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527621

Mapping China and Managing the WorldCulture Cartography and Cosmology in Late Imperial Times From the founding of the Qin dynasty in 221 BCE to the present the Chinese have been preoccupied with the concept of order (zhi). This cultural preoccupation has found expression not only in China’s highly refined bureaucratic institutions and methods of social and economic organization but also in Chinese philosophy religious and secular ritual and a number of comprehensive systems for classifying every form of human achievement as well as all natural and supernatural phenomena. Richard J. Smith’s Mapping China and Managing the World focuses on several crucial devices employed by the Chinese for understanding and ordering their vast and variegated world which they saw as encompassing "all under Heaven."　 The book begins with discussions of how the ancient work known as the Yijing (Classic of Changes) and maps of "the world" became two prominent means by which the Chinese in imperial times (221 BCE to 1912) managed space and time. Smith goes on to show how ritual (li) served as a powerful tool for overcoming disorder structuring Chinese society and maintaining dynastic legitimacy. He then develops the idea that just as the Chinese classics and histories ordered the past and ritual ordered the present so divination ordered the future. The book concludes by emphasizing the enduring relevance of the Yijing in Chinese intellectual and cultural life as well as its place in the history of Sino-foreign interactions.　 This selection of essays by one of the foremost scholars of Chinese intellectual and cultural history will be welcomed by Chinese and East Asian historians as well as those interested more broadly in the cultures of and interactions between China and East Asia.　 Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415685108

Mapping Modernity in ShanghaiSpace Gender and Visual Culture in the Sojourners' City 1853-98 This book argues that modernity first arrived in late nineteenth-century Shanghai via a new spatial configuration. This city’s colonial capitalist development ruptured the traditional configuration of self-contained households towns and natural landscapes in a continuous spread producing a new set of fragmented as well as fluid spaces. In this process Chinese sojourners actively appropriated new concepts and technology rather than passively responding to Western influences. Liang maps the spatial and material existence of these transient people and reconstructs a cultural geography that spreads from the interior to the neighbourhood and public spaces. In this book the author: discusses the courtesan house as a　 surrogate home and analyzes its business gender and material configurations; examines a new type of residential neighbourhood and shows how its innovative spatial arrangements transformed the traditional social order and hierarchy; surveys a range of public spaces and highlights the mythic perceptions of industrial marvels the adaptations of colonial spatial types the emergence of an urban public and the spatial fluidity between elites and masses. Through reading contemporaneous literary and visual sources the book charts a hybrid modern development that stands in contrast to the positivist conception of modern progress. As such it will be a provocative read for scholars of Chinese cultural and architectural history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415631167

Mapping Security in the PacificA Focus on Context Gender and Organisational Culture This book examines questions about the changing nature of security and insecurity in Pacific Island Countries (PICs). Previous discussions of security in the Pacific region have been largely determined by the geopolitical interests of the Global North. This volume instead attempts to centre PICs’ security interests by focussing on the role of organisational culture power dynamics and gender in (in)security processes and outcomes. Mapping Security in the Pacific underscores the multidimensional nature of security its relationship to local international organisational and cultural dynamics the resistances engendered through various forms of insecurities and innovative efforts to negotiate gender context and organisational culture in reducing insecurity and enhancing justice. Covering the Pacific region widely the volume brings forth context-specific analyses at micro- meso- and macro-levels allowing us to examine the interconnections between security crime and justice and point to the issues raised for crime and justice studies by environmental insecurity. In doing so it opens up opportunities to rethink scholarly and policy frames related to security/insecurity about the Pacific. Written in a clear and direct style this book will appeal to students and scholars in criminology sociology cultural studies social theory and those interested in learning about the Pacific region and different aspects of security.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367143923

Mapping Spaces of Translation in Twentieth-Century Latin American Print Culture This book reflects on translation praxis in 20th century Latin American print culture tracing the trajectory of linguistic heterogeneity in the region and illuminating collective efforts to counteract the use of translation as a colonial tool and affirm cultural production in Latin America. In investigating the interplay of translation and the Americas as a geopolitical site Guzmán Martínez unpacks the complex tensions that arise in these “spaces of translation” as embodied in the output of influential publishing houses and periodicals during this time period looking at translation as both a concept and a set of narrative practices. An exploration of these spaces not only allows for an in-depth analysis of the role of translation in these institutions themselves but also provides a lens through which to uncover linguistic plurality and hybridity past borders of seemingly monolingual ideologies. A concluding chapter looks ahead to the ways in which strategic and critical uses of translation can continue to build on these efforts and contribute toward decolonial narrative practices in translation and enhance cultural production in the Americas in the future. This book will be of particular interest to scholars in translation studies Latin American studies and comparative literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367856694

Mapping the FuturesLocal Cultures Global Change There are now new experiences of space and time; new tensions between globalism and regionalism socialism and consumerism reality and spectacle; new instabilities of value meaning and identity - a dialectic between past and future. How are we to understand these? Mapping the Futures is the first of a series which brings together cultural theorists from different disciplines to assess the implications of economic political and social change for intellectual inquiry and cultural practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138147249

Marianne Moore and the Cultures of Modernity Victoria Bazin examines the poetry of Marianne Moore as it is shaped by and responsive to the experience of being a modern woman of living in the aftermath of the First World War of being interpellated as a modern consumer and of writing in "the age of mechanical reproduction." She argues that Moore's textual collages and syllabic sculptures are based on the cultural clutter or debris of modernity on textual extracts and reproductions on the phantasmagoria of city life revealing something modernism worked hard to conceal: its relation to modernity more specifically its relation to the new emerging and expanding mass consumer culture. Drawing extensively on archival resources to trace Moore's influences and to describe her own distinctive modernist aesthetic this book argues that it was her feminist adaptation of pragmatism that shaped her poetic response to modernity. Moore's use of the quoted fragment is conceptualised in relation not only to Walter Benjamin's philosophical history but also to William James's image of the world as a series of "partial stories." As such this account of Marianne Moore not only contributes to a greater understanding of the poet and her work but it also offers up a more politicized and historically nuanced understanding of poetic modernism between the wars one that retains a sense of the formal complexities of poetic language and the poet's own ethical imperatives whilst also recognising the material impact of modernity upon the modernist poem. This book will appeal therefore not only to scholars already familiar with Moore's poetry but more widely to those interested in modernism and American culture between the wars. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315593906

Market CulturesSociety And Morality In The New Asian Capitalisms One of the most remarkable developments of our time has been the spectacular growth of capitalist enterprise among overseas Chinese and Southeast Asians. Market Cultures examines this event not in terms of formal models and faceless abstractions but in light of the institutions through which local people give meaning and moral value to business e Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316808

Marketing TechnologiesCorporate Cultures and Technological Change Global corporations initiate join and maintain socio-technological change and hence alter the ways in which we organize our lives. Demanding significant investment of resources and time the development and implementation of new technologies on different levels must take into consideration these subtle processes. As such it is particularly important that we have a greater insight into the practices of hi-tech corporations in view of the often inflated promises of and concerns about the destiny of technological breakthroughs especially those promising sizeable economic outcomes and societal transformation. Elena Simakova undertook a lengthy ethnographic study working alongside marketing managers in a global IT corporation in their Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA) headquarters in the UK. Using the experience gained through a close participation in their everyday corporate rituals and routines her account challenges common perceptions of how corporations make the world think and act with regard to technologies in particular ways. The book contains an interesting case study on the launch of a radio frequency identification (RFID) based solution. Unravelling the construction of expectations inclusions and exclusions around emerging technologies this reflexive account also tackles uneasy practical and methodological questions pertinent to corporate ethnography. This book is an essential read for scholars in science and technology studies economic sociology anthropology as well as management and organizational studies and research policy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138205994

Marrying Jesus in Medieval and Early Modern Northern EuropePopular Culture and Religious Reform The first full-length study of the notion of marriage to Jesus in late medieval and early modern popular culture this book treats the transmission and transformation of ideas about this concept as a case study in the formation of religious belief and popular culture. Marrying Jesus in Medieval and Early Modern Northern Europe provides a history of the dispersion of theology about the bride of Christ in the period between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries and explains how this metaphor initially devised for a religious elite became integral to the laity's pursuit of salvation. Unlike recent publications on the bride of Christ which explore the gendering of sanctity or the poetics of religious eroticism this is a study of popular religion told through devotional media and other technologies of salvation. Marrying Jesus argues against the heteronormative interpretation that brides of Christ should be female by reconstructing the cultural production of brides of Christ in late medieval Europe. A central assertion of this book is that by the fourteenth century worldly sexually active brides of Christ both male and female were no longer aberrations. Analyzing understudied vernacular sources from the late medieval period - including sermons early printed books spiritual diaries letters songs and hagiographies - Rabia Gregory shows how marrying Jesus was central to late medieval lay piety and how the 'chaste' bride of Christ developed out of sixteenth-century religious disputes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138379978

Martial Arts in AsiaHistory Culture and Politics The reawakening of Asian martial arts is a distinct example of cultural hybridity in a global setting. This book deals with history of Asian martial arts in the contexts of tradition religion philosophy politics and culture. It attempts to deepen the study of martial arts studies in their transformation from traditional to modern sports. It is also important that this book explores how Asian martial arts including Shaolin martial arts and Taekwondo have worked as tools for national advocate of identities among Asians in order to overcome various national hardships and to promote nationalism in the modern eras. The Asian martial arts certainly have been transformed in both nature and content into unique modern sports and they have contributed to establishing cultural homogeneity in Asia. This phenomenon can be applied to the global community. 　 The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in the International Journal of the History of Sport. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815348139

Mary Magdalene in Medieval CultureConflicted Roles This innovative and multidisciplinary collection visits representations and interpretations of Mary Magdalene in the medieval and early modern periods questioning major scholarly assumptions behind the examination of female saints and their depictions in medieval artworks literature and music. Mary Magdalene’s many and various characterizations from reformed prostitute to conversion-figure to devotee of Christ to "apostle to the apostles" to spiritual advisor to the Prince of Marseilles to hermit in the desert to list just a few examples mean that the many conflicted representations of Mary Magdalene apply to a staggering variety of cultural material including art liturgy music literature theology hagiography and the historical record. Furthermore Mary Magdalene has grown into an extremely popular and controversial figure due to recent books and movies concerning her and due to a groundswell of general speculation concerning her relationship to Jesus: was she his acquaintance follower companion wife family-member or lover? This volume employs a broad spectrum of theoretical methodologies in order to present poststructuralist postcolonial postmodernist hagiographic and feminist readings of the figure of Mary Magdalene addressing and interrogating her conflicting roles and the precise relationship between her sacred and secular representations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138377660

Masculinities in Contemporary American CultureAn Intersectional Approach to the Complexities and Challenges of Male Identity Masculinities in Contemporary American Culture offers readers a multidisciplinary intersectional overview of masculinity studies that includes both theoretical and applied lenses. Keith combines current research with historical perspectives to demonstrate the contexts in which masculine identities have come evolved. With an emphasis on popular culture -- particularly film TV video games and music -- this text invites students to examine their gendered sensibilities and discuss the ways in which different forms of media appeal to toxic masculinity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138818071

MasculinityBodies Movies Culture Lehman brings together new work on masculinity in film by established film scholars new academics performance artists and cultural critics. The essays analyze trends from the role of gay men in saving heterosexuality to the emergence of new queer cinema. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203949986

Mass Culture Popular Culture And Social Life In The Middle East This book presents a collection of papers having a common theme in the question of modernity and mass culture. Two papers discuss aspects of this theme in a general global context all the others are concerned more specifically with the regional context of the Middle East. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367155292

Mass Culture and Everyday Life Mass Culture and Everyday Life is a collection of lively work from the small but seminal journal Tabloid. The book offers a clarification of the study of mass culture as it transforms daily life providing a detailed survey of a wide range of the mass culture phenomena that have defined our everyday lives in recent years: from Hillary's hairdo to tampons exercise fads and fashion trends; from soaps to opera to rythmn and blues; from horror movies to the interrelation of cats pigs and mothers in Babe. This volume includes ground-breaking essays on: the boom of talk radio and talk TV; shopping as cinematic spectacle; and how "everyday life" in the university community has become a key battleground in America's "culture wars." The direct accessible and refreshingly personal work speak not only to an academic audience but to a wide general readership. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699706

Mass-Observation and Visual CultureDepicting Everyday Lives in Britain Mass-Observation and Visual Culture: Depicting Everyday Lives in Britain critically analyses the role that visual culture played in the early development of Mass-Observation the innovative British anthropological research group founded in 1937. The group’s production and use of painting collage photography and other media illustrates not only the broad scope of Mass-Observation’s efforts to document everyday life but also more specifically the centrality of visual elements to its efforts at understanding national identity in the 1930s. Although much interest has previously focused on Mass-Observation’s use of written reports and opinion surveys as well as diaries that were kept by hundreds of volunteer observers this book is the first full-length study of the group’s engagement with visual culture. Exploring the paintings of Graham Bell and William Coldstream; the photographs of Humphrey Spender; the paintings collages and photographs of Julian Trevelyan; and Humphrey Spender’s photographs and widely recognized ‘Mass-Observation film’ Spare Time among other sources Mass-Observation and Visual Culture: Depicting Everyday Lives in Britain positions these works as key sources of information with regard to illuminating the complex character of British identity during the Depression era. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472436504

Mastering Advanced Modern Chinese through the ClassicsAn Advanced Language and Culture Course Mastering Advanced Modern Chinese through the Classics is a textbook to teach those who wish to achieve an advanced or native proficiency and cultural competence in modern Chinese as well as to experience the beauty of Classical Chinese literature. Collecting representative works containing vibrant views of Chinese culture from different dynasties this book is focused on how the grammatical patterns vocabulary and idioms that are found in Classical Chinese are relevant in the modern adaptation of the language and how the accumulated traditional values and beliefs found there still shape the thinking and lifestyle of modern society. Online resources including audio answer keys and instructor aids will be part of the teaching package. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138631298

Matériel CultureThe Archaeology of Twentieth-Century Conflict Matériel culture encompasses the material remains of conflict from buildings and monuments to artefacts and militia as well as human remains. This collection of essays from an international range of contributors illustrates the diversity in this material record highlights the difficulties and challenges in preserving presenting and interpreting it and above all demonstrates the significant role matériel culture can play in contemporary society. Among the many studies are: * the 'culture of shells' * the archaeology of nuclear testing grounds * Cambodia's 'killing fields' * the Berlin Wall * and the biography of a medal *the reappearance of Argentina's 'disappeared' *World War II concentration camps. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415510769

Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding 1870–1914Bodies Boundaries and Intimacy Material and Visual Cultures Beyond Male Bonding 1870-1914 presents the first cross-disciplinary analysis of the visual and material representations and spaces of male same-sex culture in turn-of-the-century Britain which positions intimacy as its central object. Through both historical and theoretical lenses this groundbreaking study considers photographs interior design decorative art architecture and illustrations from the popular press to reveal the interwoven narratives of intimacy aesthetics and identity. The author sustains close readings to expose the challenges the representations of 'men together' posed not only for the men of the time but also for the contemporary viewer and scholar. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138265196

Material Culture and Asian ReligionsText Image Object Traditionally research on the history of Asian religions has been marked by a bias for literary evidence privileging canonical texts penned in ‘classical’ languages. Not only has a focus on literary evidence shaped the dominant narratives about the religious histories of Asia in both scholarship and popular culture but it has contributed to the tendency to study different religious traditions in relative isolation from one another. Today moreover historical work is often based on modern textual editions and increasingly on electronic databases. What may be lost in the process is the visceral sense of the text as artifact – as a material object that formed part of a broader material culture in which the boundaries between religious traditions were sometimes more fluid than canonical literature might suggest. This volume brings together specialists in a variety of Asian cultures to discuss the methodological challenges involved in integrating material evidence for the reconstruction of the religious histories of South Southeast Central and East Asia. By means of specific ‘test cases ’ the volume explores the importance of considering material and literary evidence in concert. What untold stories do these sources help us to recover? How might they push us to reevaluate historical narratives traditionally told from literary sources? By addressing these questions from the perspectives of different subfields and religious traditions contributors map out the challenges involved in interpreting different types of data assessing the problems of interpretation distinct to specific types of material evidence (e.g. coins temple art manuscripts donative inscriptions) and considering the issues raised by the different patterns in the preservation of such evidence in different locales. Special attention is paid to newly-discovered and neglected sources; to our evidence for trade migration and inter-regional cultural exchange; and to geographical locales that served as "contact zones" connecting cultures. In addition the chapters in this volume represent the rich range of religious traditions across Asia – including Hinduism Buddhism Taoism Shinto and Chinese religions as well as Islam and eastern Christianities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138546141

Material Culture and AuthenticityFake Branded Fashion in Europe The study of material culture demonstrates that objects make people just as much as people make exchange and consume objects. But what if these objects are in the eyes of others only fakes? What kind of material mirror are people looking into? Are their real selves really reflected in this mirror? This book provides an original and revealing study into engagements with objects that are not what they are claimed and presumed to be and subsequently are believed to betray their makers as well as users. Drawing upon an ethnography of fake branded garments in Turkey and Romania Material Culture and Authenticity shows how people can make authentic positions for themselves in and through fake objects.The book will be of interest to students and scholars working in the fields of anthropology material culture and cultural studies as well as to general readers interested in ethnographic alternatives to biographies of famous fakers and fakes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780857854513

Material Culture and Kinship in PolandAn Ethnography of Fur and Society In this ethnography of Krakowian society Siobhan Magee explores essential questions on the relationship between fur and culture in Poland. How can wearing a fur coat indicate someone's political views in Krakow beyond their opinion on animal rights? What kinds of associations are given to someone wearing a fur coat in Poland? And what impact does generational difference have on the fur-wearing traditions of modern day Krakowians? Magee looks further into detailed analyses of conversations held relating to fur including why fur is an apt inheritance for a grandmother to pass on to her granddaughter; what it was like trading fur on 'black markets' during socialism and why some anti-fur activists link fur to patriarchal power and the Roman Catholic Church. In so doing it becomes clear how fur is an evocative textile with an uncommonly rich symbolic and historical significance."Magee's research uncovers the symbolic and historic significance that fur evokes in relation to culture in Poland. In her investigations her ethnography becomes a means for understanding generational difference in Poland. Written with reference to extensive fieldwork Magee goes on to show how the classification of generation can be a much more accessible indicator and measure of difference than other categories including sexuality class and faith. Thus 'generation' and 'inheritance' are shown to be uniquely powerful idioms with which to discuss power and social change in Poland. A new contribution to material culture and the sensory turn this will be of interest to scholars of anthropology ethnography eastern Europe and material culture and textiles. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781501345623

Material Culture and TextThe Art of Ambiguity Originally published in 1991 this is the first book-length exploration of post-structuralist discourse theory in archaeology. It tackles the most basic problem of historical and archaeological analysis - the relationship between text and artefact – in an analysis of prehistoric art fusing theory and the practice of interpretation to create a fresh framework for understanding the relationship between past and present. Focusing on a collection of rock carvings from northern Sweden the author shows how alternative conceptualizations of the material from structuralist hermeneutic and structural-Marxist frameworks substantially alter our understanding of their meaning and significance. Engaging readers in an interpretive process this book is for specialists in archaeology anthropology art history and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138818095

Material Culture in Russia and the USSRThings Values Identities Material Culture in Russia and the USSR comprises some of the most cutting-edge scholarship across anthropology history and material and cultural studies relating to Russia and the Soviet Union from Peter the Great to Putin.Material culture in Russia and the USSR holds a particularly important role as the distinction between private and public spheres has at times developed in radically different ways than in many places in the more commonly studied West. With case studies covering alcohol fashion cinema advertising and photography among other topics this wide-ranging collection offers an unparalleled survey of material culture in Russia and the USSR and addresses core questions such as: what makes Russian and Soviet material culture distinctive; who produces it; what values it portrays; and how it relates to 'high culture' and consumer culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350091795

Material Culture of Breweries From antique bottles to closely guarded recipes and treasured historic architecture breweries have a special place in American history. This fascinating book brings the material culture of breweries in the United States to life from many regions of the country and from early 16th century production to today’s industrial operations. Herman Ronnenberg traces the evolution of techniques equipment raw materials and architecture over five centuries discusses informal production outside of breweries and offers detailed information on makers marks patents labels and beer containers that allows readers to identify items in their own collections. Heavily illustrated with photographs and line drawings this book will be popular with collectors and general readers and a key reference in historical archaeology local history material culture and related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781598741674

Material Cultures 1740–1920The Meanings and Pleasures of Collecting Interweaving notions of identity and subjectivity spatial contexts materiality and meaning this collection makes a significant contribution to debates around the status and interpretation of visual and material culture. Material Cultures 1740-1920 has four primary theoretical and historiographic lines of inquiry. The first is how concepts of otherness and difference inform imbricate and impose themselves on identity and the modes of acquisition as well as the objects themselves. The second concern explores the intricacies of how objects and their subjects negotiate and represent spatial narratives. The third thread attempts to unravel the ideological underpinnings of collections of individuals which inevitably and invariably rub up against the social the institutional and the political. Finally at the heart of Material Cultures 1740-1920 is an intervention moving beyond the disciplinary ethos of material culture to argue more firmly for the aesthetic visual and semiotic potency inseparable from any understanding of material objects integral to the lives of their collecting subjects. The collection argues that objects are semiotic conduits or signs of meanings pleasures and desires that are deeply subjective; more often than not they reveal racial gendered and sexual identities. As the volume demonstrates through its various case studies material and visual cultures are not as separate as our current disciplinary ethos would lead us to believe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269729

Material Cultures of Childhood in Second World War Britain How do children cope when their world is transformed by war? This book draws on memory narratives to construct an historical anthropology of childhood in Second World Britain focusing on objects and spaces such as gas masks air raid shelters and bombed-out buildings. In their struggles to cope with the fears and upheavals of wartime with families divided and familiar landscapes lost or transformed children reimagined and reshaped these material traces of conflict into toys treasures and playgrounds. This study of the material worlds of wartime childhood offers a unique viewpoint into an extraordinary period in history with powerful resonances across global conflicts into the present day. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138565265

Material Cultures of Financialisation This collection offers pathbreaking framing of the material culture of financialisation. It begins with a tight definition of financialisation in order to distinguish the phenomenon of financialisation from its effects and from the looser associations prevalent within much of the literature such as the presence of credit or even simply (more extensive) monetary relations. To locate financialisation within economic and social reproduction of which material culture is a part close attention is paid to the distinctive forms of financialisation arising from commodification commodity form and commodity calculation. The differences in the extent to which and how these prevail are addressed through the innovative system of provision approach and its framing of material culture through use of ten distinctive attributes of such cultures known as the 10Cs (Constructed Construed Conforming Commodified Contextual Contradictory Closed Contested Collective and Chaotic). This framing of the cultures attached to financialisation is then illustrated through case studies demonstrating the diverse ways in which shifting cultures have served to embed financialisation in our daily lives. After a discussion of the material culture of financialisation itself there are two sector examples which review financial cultures in the provision of water and housing. These are followed by considerations of financialisation in financial literacy and financial inclusion the media and finally well-being. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of New Political Economy. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367586522

Material Cultures of Slavery and Abolition in the British Caribbean Material things mattered immensely to those who engaged in daily struggles over the character and future of slavery and to those who subsequently contested the meanings of freedom in the post-emancipation Caribbean. Throughout the history of slavery objects and places were significant to different groups of people from the opulent master class to enslaved field hands as well as to other groups including maroons free people of colour and missionaries all of who shared the lived environments of Caribbean plantation colonies. By exploring the rich material world inhabited by these people this book offers new ways of seeing history from below of linking localised experiences with global transformations and connecting deeply personal lived realities with larger epochal events that defined the history of slavery and its abolition in the British Caribbean. This book was originally published as a special issue of Slavery & Abolition. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367029869

Material Religion and Popular Culture In this study E. Frances King explores how people first learn to relate to the images and artefacts of religious belief within their domestic environments. As a sense of religious belonging is instilled on a daily basis in the home it also becomes emotionally linked to family community and homeland resulting in two different genealogies â€“ one to do with faith and one to do with motherland – that become entangled. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138008779

Materiality and Popular CultureThe Popular Life of Things This book critically approaches contemporary meanings of materiality and discuses ways in which we understand experience and engage with objects through popular culture in our private social and professional lives. Appropriating Arjun Appadurai’s famous phrase: "the social life of things" with which he inspired scholars to take material culture more seriously and as a result treat it as an important and revealing area of cultural studies the book explores the relationship between material culture and popular practices and points to the impact they have exerted on our co-existence with material worlds in the conditions of late modernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367878177

Materializing Memory in Art and Popular Culture Memory matters. It matters because memory brings the past into the present and opens it up to the future. But it also matters literally because memory is mediated materially. Materiality is the stuff of memory. Meaningful objects that we love (or hate) function not only as aide-mémoire but are integral to memory. Drawing on previous scholarship on the interrelation of memory and materiality this book applies recent theories of new materialism to explore the material dimension of memory in art and popular culture. The book’s underlying premise is twofold: on the one hand memory is performed mediated and stored through the material world that surrounds us; on the other hand inanimate objects and things also have agency on their own which affects practices of memory as well as forgetting. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138203235_oachapter1.pdfChapter 4 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138203235_oachapter4.pdfChapter 5 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138203235_oachapter5.pdf Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367890230

Mathematizing Your SchoolCreating a Culture for Math Success Learn the secrets to getting your entire school excited about math! This book from acclaimed author Dr. Nicki Newton and experienced instructional specialist Janet Nuzzie shows you how to integrate engaging math instruction at every level from the small group project to the school-wide assembly. With contributions from math coaches district leaders and classroom teachers this book will give you the practical tools you need to boost student proficiency encourage collaboration between staff members and make math an important part of school life. You’ll also learn how to: Create a safe and inviting environment for mathematics instruction; Devote adequate amounts of instructional time to help students develop their skill set as proficient mathematicians; Use real-world contexts and hands-on instruction to boost engagement; Give students the tools and opportunities to be confident to question to take risks and to make mistakes; And much much more! Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138323230

Matter Materiality and Modern Culture Matter Materiality and Modern Culture offers a new approach to the study of contemporary objects to give the reader a new understanding of the relationship between people and their material world. It asks how the very stuff of our world has shaped our societies by addressing a broad array of questions including: * why do Berliners have such strange door keys? * should the Isle of Wight pop festival be preserved? * could aliens tell a snail shell from a waste paper basket * why did Victorian England make so much of death and burial? Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203351635

Max Klinger and Wilhelmine CultureOn the Threshold of German Modernism The Wilhelmine Empire’s opening decades (1870s - 1880s) were crucial transitional years in the development of German modernism both politically and culturally. Here Marsha Morton argues that no artist represented the shift from tradition to unsettling innovation more compellingly than Max Klinger. The author examines Klinger’s early prints and drawings within the context of intellectual and material transformations in Wilhelmine society through an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses Darwinism ethnography dreams and hypnosis the literary Romantic grotesque criminology and the urban experience. His work in advance of Expressionism revealed the psychological and biological underpinnings of modern rational man whose drives and passions undermined bourgeois constructions of material progress social stability and class status at a time when Germans were engaged in defining themselves following unification. This book is the first full-length study of Klinger in English and the first to consistently address his art using methodologies adopted from cultural history. With an emphasis on the popular illustrated media Morton draws upon information from reviews and early books on the artist writings by Klinger and his colleagues and unpublished archival sources. The book is intended for an academic readership interested in European art history social science literature and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547582

Meaning Madness and Political SubjectivityA study of schizophrenia and culture in Turkey This book explores the relationship between subjective experience and the cultural political and historical paradigms in which the individual is embedded. Providing a deep analysis of three compelling case studies of schizophrenia in Turkey the book considers the ways in which private experience is shaped by collective structures offering insights into issues surrounding religion national and ethnic identity and tensions modernity and tradition madness gender and individuality. Chapters draw from cultural psychiatry medical anthropology and political theory to produce a model for understanding the inseparability of private experience and collective processes. The book offers those studying political theory a way for conceptualizing the subjective within the political; it offers mental health clinicians and researchers a model for including political and historical realities in their psychological assessments and treatments; and it provides anthropologists with a model for theorizing culture in which psychological experience and political facts become understandable and explainable in terms of rather than despite each other. Meaning Madness and Political Subjectivity provides an original interpretative methodology for analysing culture and psychosis offering compelling evidence that not only "normal" human experiences but also extremely "abnormal" experiences such as psychosis are anchored in and shaped by local cultural and political realities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138235564

Meaning in Culture Meaning in Culture discusses the question of whether 'culture' refers to some superorganic entity that exists in its own right or is only convenient short-hand for the shared beliefs and behaviour of human individuals. It also investigates the problem of relativism and explores the question of whether anthropology and the other social sciences are really scientific. First published in 1975. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415869256

Meanings and Values of Water in Russian Culture Bringing together a team of scholars from the diverse fields of geography literary studies and history this is the first volume to study water as a cultural phenomenon within the Russian/Soviet context. Water in this context is both a cognitive and cultural construct and a geographical and physical phenomenon representing particular rivers (the Volga the Chusovaia in the Urals the Neva) and bodies of water (from Baikal to sacred springs and the flowing water of nineteenth-century estates) but also powerful systems of meaning from traditional cultures and those forged in the radical restructuring undertaken in the 1930s. Individual chapters explore the polyvalence and contestation of meanings dimensions and values given to water in various times and spaces in Russian history. The reservoir of symbolic association is tapped by poets and film-makers but also by policy-makers the popular press and advertisers seeking to incite reaction or drive sales. The volume's emphasis on the cultural dimensions of water will link material that is often widely disparate in time and space; it will also serve as the methodological framework for the analysis undertaken both within chapters and in the editors' introduction. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138329935

Meanings of the MarketThe Free Market in Western Culture For almost twenty years the 'Free Market' has been a central feature of public debate in the West Eastern Europe and elsewhere. In the name of the Market and its supposed benefits governments and international agencies have imposed massive changes on peoples' lives. Curiously scholars have paid little attention to the ways that the idea of the Market is invoked to what it might mean and how it is being used. This book helps correct that state of affairs. Focusing on the United States where the Market model is strongest authors analyze portrayals of the Market its values and the people within it as a way of teasing out its assumptions and contradictions. They also describe extensions and practical applications of the Market model in policy-making in the United States and in explaining how firms work show its political strengths and conceptual limitations. In bringing rigor and sustained critical analysis to a topic of growing global significance this truly interdisciplinary study represents a coherent and incisive contribution to anthropology sociology politics history and economics as it challenges these disciplines to come to grips with one of the most potent cultural symbols of postmodernity. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003086055

Measuring Up in EducationPhilosophical Explorations for Justice and Democracy Within and Beyond Cultures of Measurement in Educational Systems Cultures of measurement are often considered to dominate educational practices to the degree that as Biesta (2010) has identified in Good Education in an Age of Measurement we no longer measure what we value but rather we have become conditioned to value what is measured. A clear example of this occurs when institutions and staff "teach to the test" by emphasising narrow conceptions of learning and of knowledge simply because the consequences of high-stakes assessments have important implications regarding funding resources and even tenure. This collection explores via various philosophical means how valuable educational practices can occur within and beyond cultures of measurement. What seems to be required is for practitioners in education to regain their relationship to the overall purposes of education such as the furthering of justice and democracy for both individual students and societies as a whole. Such a reconnection has the potential to re-humanise curricular experiences for students which may have become dehumanised through particular cultures of measurement. It is argued that certain legitimate measures can advance justice and democracy and so careful attention must be assigned to their validity and value. This book was originally published as a special issue of Educational Philosophy and Theory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367360320

Measuring UpThe Performance Ethic In American Culture Measuring Up explores the relentless pressure many Americans feel to measure up successfully with respect to grades beauty economic achievement and various quantified ?aptitudes.? This unique text focuses both on the macro and micro aspects of social and cultural life discussing such topics as culture socialization peer groups reference grou Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316822

Media Culture and the Meanings of HockeyConstructing a Canadian Hockey World 1896-1907 This volume examines the cultural meanings of high-level amateur and professional hockey in Canada during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. In particular the author analyzes English Canadian media narratives of Stanley Cup "challenge" games and championship series between 1896 and 1907. Newspaper coverage and telegraph reconstructions of Stanley Cup challenges contributed significantly to the growth of a mediated Canadian "hockey world" – and a broader "world of sport" – during this time period. By 1903 Stanley Cup hockey games had become national Canadian events followed by audiences across the country. Hockey also played an important role in the construction of gender and class identities and in debates about amateurism professionalism and community representation in sport. The author also explores the connections between violence and masculinity in Canadian hockey by examining media descriptions of "brutal" and "strenuous" play. He analyzes how notions of civic identity changed as hockey clubs evolved from amateur teams represented by players who were members of their home community to professional aggregations that included paid imports from outside the town. As a result this volume addresses important gaps in the study of sport history and the analysis of sport and popular culture. This book was originally published as a special issue of The International Journal of the History of Sport. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367142506

Media Culture and Society in Malaysia This book presents a comprehensive full-length analysis of the uses of media and communication technologies by different social actors in Malaysia. Unlike other studies of the media in Malaysia which concentrate on "political economy" or "freedom of the media" approaches this book focuses on the ways in which different media forms have constituted cultural practices and power relations amongst particular audiences and publics. It also examines the ways in which technologies of varying scales and range have been appropriated for various subaltern purposes and counter-hegemonic agendas. Drawing upon recent case studies on the deployment of different media – including mainstream and independent films television programming black metal music community rituals political advertising the internet and artistic visual installations – it provides valuable insights into the complex vibrant ways in which these different media forms have negotiated with the dominant cultural representations of Malaysian society. The book makes an important contribution to the emergent disciplines of media studies and cultural studies in Malaysia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415697057

Media Culture And The Environment This book is intended for final year undergraduates and postgraduates in cultural and media studies as well as postgraduate and academic researchers. Courses on culture and the media within sociology environmental studies human geography and politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138167445

Media Religion and CultureAn Introduction Religion has always been shaped by the media of its time and today we live in a media culture that informs much of what we think and how we behave. Religious believers communities and institutions use media as tools to communicate but also as locations where they construct and express identity practice religion and build community. This lively book offers a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary field of religion media and culture. It explores: the religious content of media texts and the reception of those texts by religious consumers who appropriate and reuse them in their own religious work; how new forms of media provide fresh locations within which new religious voices emerge people reimagine the "task" of religion and develop and perform religious identity. Jeffrey H. Mahan includes case study examples from both established and new religions and each chapter is followed by insightful reflections from leading scholars in the field. Illustrated throughout the book also contains a glossary of key terms discussion questions and suggestions for further reading. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415683203

Media and ClassTV Film and Digital Culture Although the idea of class is again becoming politically and culturally charged the relationship between media and class remains understudied. This diverse collection draws together prominent and emerging media scholars to offer readers a much-needed orientation within the wider categories of media class and politics in Britain America and beyond. Case studies address media representations and media participation in a variety of platforms with attention to contemporary culture: from celetoids to selfies Downton Abbey to Duck Dynasty and royals to reality TV. These scholarly but accessible accounts draw on both theory and empirical research to demonstrate how different media navigate and negotiate caricature and essentialize or contain and regulate class. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138229792

Media and the Rhetoric of Body PerfectionCosmetic Surgery Weight Loss and Beauty in Popular Culture Against the background of the so-called ’obesity epidemic’ Media and the Rhetoric of Body Perfection critically examines the discourses of physical perfection that pervade Western societies shedding new light on the rhetorical forces behind body anxieties and extreme methods of weight loss and beautification. Drawing on rich interview material with cosmetic surgery patients and offering fresh analyses of various texts from popular culture including internationally-screened reality-television shows including The Biggest Loser Extreme Makeover and The Swan as well as entertainment programs and documentaries this book examines the ways in which Western media capitalize on body anxiety by presenting physical perfection as a moral imperative while advertising quick and effective transformation methods to erase physical imperfections. With attention to contemporary lines of resistance to standards of thinness and attempts to redefine conceptions of beauty Media and the Rhetoric of Body Perfection will appeal to scholars and students of popular culture television media and cultural studies as well as the sociology of the body feminist thought body transformation and cosmetic surgery. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269538

Media Culture & Environ. Co-P First Published in 1997. This book is intended for final year undergraduates and postgraduates in cultural and media studies as well as postgraduate and academic researchers. Courses on culture and the media within sociology environmental studies human geography and politics. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315046419

Media Culture & Morality First published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315003634

Media CultureCultural Studies Identity and Politics in the Contemporary Moment In this thorough update of one of the classic texts of media and cultural studies Douglas Kellner argues that media culture is now the dominant form of culture that socializes us and provides and plays major roles in the economy polity and social and cultural life. The book includes a series of lively studies that both illuminate contemporary culture and society while providing methods of analysis interpretation and critique to engage contemporary U.S. culture. Many people today talk about cultural studies but Kellner actually does it carrying through a unique mixture of theoretical analysis and concrete discussions of some of the most popular and influential forms of contemporary media culture. Studies cover a wide range of topics including: Reagan and Rambo; horror and youth films; women’s films the TV series Orange is the New Black and Hulu’s TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale; the films of Spike Lee and African American culture; Latino films and cinematic narratives on migration; female pop icons Madonna Beyoncé and Lady Gaga; fashion and celebrity; television news documentary films and the recent work of Michael Moore; fantasy and science fiction with focus on the cinematic version of Lord of the Rings Philip K. Dick and the Blade Runner films and the work of David Cronenberg.　 Situating the works of media culture in their social context within political struggles and the system of cultural production and reception Kellner develops a multidimensional approach to cultural studies that broadens the field and opens it to a variety of disciplines. He also provides new approaches to the vexed question of the effects of culture and offers new perspectives for cultural studies. Anyone interested in the nature and effects of contemporary society and culture should read this book. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367199340

Media Cultures in Latin AmericaKey Concepts and New Debates Media Cultures in Latin America updates and expands contemporary global understandings of the region’s media and cultural research. Drawing on forty years of contributions made by Latin American cultural studies to the global media research the book connects this history to newly developing work that has yet to be given deep consideration in anglophone scholarship. 　 The authors emphasise themes that are key to media and cultural scholarship: distinctive from other world regions these intellectual debates have been central to how media and communication is studied and produced in Latin America. This approach provides students and scholars with a better framework for engaging with Latin American research beyond the specificities of just one place or one kind of cultural product or technology. 　 The book is an essential read for upper level undergraduate and postgraduate students of media studies anthropology cultural studies communication studies and Latin American studies. It will also be of interest to students and scholars learning about human rights environmental indigenous and political activism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138353954

Media CulturesReappraising Transnational Media This book first published in 1992 challenges the elitism and cultural pessimism of much Anglo-American and Continental cultural debate with regard to the role and power of transnational media practices. In a series of ten innovative essays an international group of media researchers explores a wide range of cultural practices across national borders and the cultural politics associated with these everyday practices and debates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138699557

Media Effects and BeyondCulture Socialization and Lifestyles Addressing a multitude of questions and issues surrounding how we use the media Media Effects and Beyond represents the results of an international research programme into the use and effects of television video and music. Seeing the viewer not simply as passive object but as a very active subject the contributors engage with every aspect of children's adolescents' and families' use of the media - its character causes and consequences. Topics explored include media and social mobility; family commumication and consumer lifestyles. Confronting the two traditions of lifestyle research and effects research Media Effects and Beyond offers a much-needed reconceptualization of both. Written at a time when traditional European public service media systems struggle against a tidal wave of commercial electronic media this book will be important reading for students of contemporary culture and communications as well as media policy for decision makers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415756198

Mediating Human RightsMedia Culture and Human Rights Law Drawing on social-legal cultural and media theory this book is one of the first to examine the media politics of human rights. It examines how the media construct the story of human rights investigating what lies behind the apparent media hostility to human rights and what has become of the original ambition to establish a human rights culture. The human rights regime has been high on the political agenda ever since the Human Rights Act 1998 was enacted. Often maligned in sections of the press the legislation has entered popular folklore as shorthand for an overbearing government an overzealous judiciary and exploitative claimants. This book examines a range of significant factors in the mediation of human rights including: Euroscepticism the war on terror the digital reordering of the media landscape press concerns about an emerging privacy law and civil liberties. Mediating Human Rights is a timely exploration of the relationship between law politics and media. It will be of immense interest to those studying and researching across Law Media Studies Human Rights and Politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138644847

Mediating Sexual CitizenshipNeoliberal Subjectivities in Television Culture Mediating Sexual Citizenship considers how the neoliberal imperatives of adaptation improvement and transformation that inform the shifting artistic and industrial landscape of television are increasingly indexed to performed disruptions in the norms of sexuality and gender. Drawing on examples from a range of television genres (quality drama reality television talk shows sitcoms) and outlets (network cable subscription video on demand) the analysis in this book demonstrates how as one of the most dominant cultural technologies television plays a critical role in the production maintenance and potential reconfiguring of the social organisation of embodiment be it within gender identities kinship structures or the categorisation of sexual desire. It suggests that in order to understand television’s role in producing gendered and sexual citizenship we must pay critical attention to the significant shifts in how television is produced broadcast and consumed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138351875

Mediation & Popular Culture This book examines mediation topics such as impartiality self-determination and fair outcomes through popular culture lenses. Popular television shows and award-winning films are used as illustrative examples to illuminate under-represented mediation topics such as feelings and expert intuition conflicts of interest and repeat business and deception and caucusing. The author also employs research from Australia Belgium Canada China Denmark France Germany Greece India Israel Japan the Netherlands New Zealand Singapore South Africa Spain the United Kingdom and the United States of America to demonstrate that real and reel mediation may have more in common than we think. How mediation is imagined in popular culture compared to how professors teach it and how mediators practise it provides important affective ethical legal personal and pedagogical insights relevant for mediators lawyers professors and students and may even help develop mediator identity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367181055

Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire Early modern Spain was a global empire in which a startling variety of medical cultures came into contact and occasionally conflict with one another. Spanish soldiers ambassadors missionaries sailors and emigrants of all sorts carried with them to the farthest reaches of the monarchy their own ideas about sickness and health. These ideas were in turn influenced by local cultures. This volume tells the story of encounters among medical cultures in the early modern Spanish empire. The twelve chapters draw upon a wide variety of sources ranging from drama poetry and sermons to broadsheets travel accounts chronicles and Inquisitorial documents; and it surveys a tremendous regional scope from Mexico to the Canary Islands the Iberian Peninsula Italy and Germany. Together these essays propose a new interpretation of the circulation reception appropriation and elaboration of ideas and practices related to sickness and health sex monstrosity and death in a historical moment marked by continuous cross-pollination among institutions and populations with a decided stake in the functioning and control of the human body. Ultimately the volume discloses how medical cultures provided demographic analytical and even geographic tools that constituted a particular kind of map of knowledge and practice upon which were plotted: the local utilities of pharmacological discoveries; cures for social unrest or decline; spaces for political and institutional struggle; and evolving understandings of monstrousness and normativity. Medical Cultures of the Early Modern Spanish Empire puts the history of early modern Spanish medicine on a new footing in the English-speaking world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367669225

Medical MaterialitiesToward a Material Culture of Medical Anthropology Medical Materialities investigates possible points of cross-fertilisation between medical anthropology and material culture studies and considers the successes and limitations of both sub-disciplines as they attempt to understand places practices methods and cultures of healing. The editors present and expand upon a definition of ‘medical materiality’ namely the social impact of the agency of often mundane at times non-clinical materials within contexts of health and illness as caused by the properties and affordances of this material. The chapters address material culture in various clinical and biomedical contexts and in discussions that link the body and healing. The diverse ethnographic case studies provide valuable insight into the way cultures of medicine are understood and practised. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367662882

Medicinal PlantsCulture Utilization and Phytopharmacology Medicinal Plants: Culture Utilization and Phytopharmacology covers over 400 species. Each chapter gathers valuable information from a wide variety of sources and supplies it to the user in convenient table format arranged alphabetically by scientific name followed by the common name. Data topics include: major constituents (active ingredients) and medicinal values of plants; toxicity or hazardous components; essential oils; value-added products and possible uses; cultivation and harvesting; diseases and insects found in medicinal plants. Three appendices (alphabetical listing of plants by common name followed by the scientific name; essential oils and their derivation; active ingredients and their sources) provide handy cross-references to the Tables. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367398460

Medieval Literature and Social PoliticsStudies of Cultures and Their Contexts Medieval Literature and Social Politics brings together seventeen articles by literary historian Stephen Knight. The book primarily focuses on the social and political meaning of medieval literature in the past and the present. It provides an account of how early heroic texts relate to the issues surrounding leadership and conflict in Wales France and England and how the myth of the Grail and the French reworking of Celtic stories relate to contemporary society and its concerns. Further chapters examine Chaucer’s readings of his social world the medieval reworkings of the Arthur and Merlin myths and the popular social statements in ballads and other literary forms. The concluding chapters examine the Anglo-nationalist `Arctic Arthur’ and the ways in which Arthur Merlin and Robin Hood can be treated in terms of modern studies of the history of emotions and the environment. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of medieval Europe as well as those interested in social and political history medieval literature and modern medievalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367511289

Memory Masculinity and National Identity in British Visual Culture 1914–1930A Study of 'Unconquerable Manhood' With its specific focus on British representations of masculinity in relation to the trauma of the First World War and notions of national identity class and sexuality this book provides a much needed addition to the historiography of visual culture during the period. The study interrogates the complications arising out of issues of trauma cultural expressions of sexuality and affect as well as the ways in which these are encoded in diverse forms in visual culture and commemorative objects. Concentrating on masculinity and cultural memory it investigates the ways in which these and the web of power relations that they entail worked during the interwar years in order to reconstruct the post-First World War British society. In the course of the narrative the author looks at Bolshevism and the Returning Ex-Servicemen the 1919 NUR Strike the Central Labour College in conjunction with banners and revolution as well as the Imperial War Graves the Cenotaph the London and North Western Railway memorial the Machine Gun Corps Memorial and the establishment of the Imperial War Museum. He also excavates new archival material particularly case studies of shell shock sufferers and film footage of male hysteria. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138257283

Memory and Commemoration in Medieval Culture In medieval society and culture memory occupied a unique position. It was central to intellectual life and the medieval understanding of the human mind. Commemoration of the dead was also a fundamental Christian activity. Above all the past - and the memory of it - occupied a central position in medieval thinking from ideas concerning the family unit to those shaping political institutions. Focusing on France but incorporating studies from further afield this collection of essays marks an important new contribution to the study of medieval memory and commemoration. Arranged thematically each part highlights how memory cannot be studied in isolation but instead intersects with many other areas of medieval scholarship including art history historiography intellectual history and the study of religious culture. Key themes in the study of memory are explored such as collective memory the links between memory and identity the fallibility of memory and the linking of memory to the future as an anticipation of what is to come. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367601713

Memory as a Moral DecisionThe Role of Ethics in Organizational Culture The notion of organizational culture has become a matter of central importance with the great increase in the size of organizations in the twentieth century and the need for managers to run them. Like morale in the military organizational culture is the great invisible force that decides the difference between success and failure and serves as the key to organizational change productivity effectiveness control innovation and communication. Memory as a Moral Decision provides a historical review of the literature on organizational culture. Its goal is to investigate the kind of world conceptualized by those who have described organizations and the kind of moral world they have in fact constructed through its ideals and images for the men and women who work in organizations.Feldman builds his analysis around a historically grounded concept of moral tradition. He demonstrates a central insight: when those who have written on organizational culture have addressed issues of ethics they have ignored the past as a foundation to stabilize and maintain moral commitments. Instead they have fluctuated between attempts to base ethics on executive rationality and attempts to escape the suffocating logic of rationalism. After an opening chapter defining the concept of moral tradition Feldman focuses on early works on organizational management by Chester Barnard and Melville Dalton. These define the tension between ethical rationalism and ethical relativism. He then turns to contemporary frameworks analyzing critical organizational theory and the "new institutionalism." In the final chapters Feldman considers ethical relativism in contemporary thinking including postmodern organization theory the exaggerated drive for diversity and such concepts as power/knowledge and deconstructionism.Memory as a Moral Decision is unique in its understanding of organizational culture as it relates to past present and future systems. Its interdisciplinary approach uses the insights of sociology psychology and culture studies to create an invaluable framework for the study of ethics in organizations. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781351325080

Memory CulturesMemory Subjectivity and Recognition In recent years memory has attracted increasing attention. From analyses of electronic communication and the Internet to discussions of heritage culture to debates about victimhood and sexual abuse memory is currently generating much cultural interest. This interdisciplinary collection takes a journey through memory in order to contextualize this current "memory boom."Memory Cultures focuses on memories "outside"--in the many fields within which understandings of memory have been produced. It focuses less on memory as an object whose inner workings are to be studied and more on memory as a concept. It traces the genealogies of our contemporary Western understandings of memory through studies of the early modern arts of memory. It also discusses nineteenth-century evolutionary museums and the modernist explorations of artists and writers. Here it explores the differences between Western and non-Western concepts of the lived past and compares understandings of memory in history psychoanalysis and anthropology.The volume is divided into five parts: "Believing the Body"; "Propping the Subject"; "What Memory Forgets: Models of the Mind"; "What History Forgets: Memory and Time"; and "Memory Beyond the Modern." Individual essays by many of the foremost international scholars in memory studies trace memory's intimate association with identity and recognition with cities with lived time with the science of the mind with fantasy and with the media.Memory Cultures will be of essential interest to those working in the fields of cultural studies history and also anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138527911

Mendacity in Early Modern Literature and Culture Mendacity in Early Modern Literature and Culture examines the historical cultural and epistemological underpinnings of lying and deception in early modern England including the political religious aesthetic and philosophical discourses that governed the codes of lying and truth-telling from the sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries. The contributions to this collection draw on a wide range of early modern English literature from Shakespeare to Swift and from travel writing to poetry in order to explore the extent to which plays poems and narrative texts in this period were sites of negotiation and at times of ideological warfare between the moral imperative of truth-telling and the expediency of telling lies. What were the cultural norms of truthfulness and lying and on what basis were they constructed? What were the consequences when someone did not share the assumed common project of truth-telling? And which forms of communication were exempt from the pragmatic strictures on mendacious discourse? This book was originally published as a special issue of the European Journal of English Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138391802

Mental CultureClassical Social Theory and the Cognitive Science of Religion Why is the set of human beliefs and behaviours that we call "religion" such a widespread feature of all known human societies past and present and why are there so many forms of religiosity found throughout history and culture? "Mental Culture" brings together an international range of scholars  -  from  Anthropology History Psychology Philosophy and Religious Studies - to answer these questions. Connecting classical theories and approaches with the newly established field of the Cognitive Science of Religion the aim of "Mental Culture" is to provide scholars and students of religion with an overview of contemporary scientific approaches to religion while tracing their intellectual development to some of the great thinkers of the past. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781844657421

Mental Health Across CulturesA Practical Guide for Health Professionals Every health professional interacts with patients from different cultures to their own not just those from different countries ethnic or religious groups but also those with cultural differences due to sexual orientation lifestyle beliefs age gender social status or perceived economic worth. The potential for confusions in communication and consequent problems are even greater in primary care mental health than in other areas.This guide for all health professionals provides a model for working in mental health across cultures and outlines practical ways of using psychotherapy skills across cultures. It can be used as personal preparation by individuals in any primary care setting at home or abroad or as a teaching tool for use with health professionals travelling to another culture including overseas aid workers and those moving to a new country. It is also of great value to everyone interested in transcultural medicine. 'Wherever we work whoever we are we are working across cultures often without realising it. The first step is to become conscious of this fact. The next step is to read this book' - Jill Benson and Jill Thistlethwaite. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9781315377780

Mentoring in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture In the first collection devoted to mentoring relationships in British literature and culture the editor and contributors offer a fresh lens through which to observe familiar and lesser known authors and texts. Employing a variety of critical and methodological approaches which reflect the diversity of the mentoring experiences under consideration the collection highlights in particular the importance of mentoring in expanding print culture. Topics include John Wilmot the Earl of Rochester's relationships to a range of role models John Dryden's mentoring of women writers Alexander Pope's problematic attempts at mentoring the vexed nature of Jonathan Swift's cross-gender and cross-class mentoring relationships Samuel Richardson's largely unsuccessful efforts to influence Urania Hill Johnson and an examination of Elizabeth Carter and Samuel Johnson's as co-mentors of one another's work. Taken together the essays further the case for mentoring as a globally operative critical concept not only in the eighteenth century but in other literary periods as well. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138266087

Merchants And FaithMuslim Commerce And Culture In The Indian Ocean The intersection of Islamic history and Indian Ocean history is vast but inadequately explored. It is essential to understanding how and why Islam influenced Asia and to determining the extent to which maritime success affected the mostly land-based Muslim political powers. This area of research has elicited a lively debate involving scholars as di Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367316839

Metal Nomads and Culture ContactThe Middle East and North Africa The fifth and fourth millennia BCE saw major cultural changes in the southern Levant and Northeast Africa: the spread of agriculture; developments in animal husbandry; increased contact between cultures; and the use of alloy bronze. 'Metal Nomads and Culture Contact' integrates archaeological data from across the Chalcolithic period to contextualise these changes. The book examines the introduction of metal to the southern Levant Egypt and Lower Nubia and the role of pastoral nomadism in cultural interaction and exchange. 'Metal Nomads and Culture Contact' will be valuable to scholars of archaeology and anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138664326

Meteorology and Physiology in Early Modern CultureEarthquakes Human Identity and Textual Representation Meteorology and Physiology in Early Modern Culture: Earthquakes Human Identity and Textual Representation provides the first sustained examination of the foundational set of early modern beliefs linking meteorology and physiology. This was a relationship so intimate and to us poetic that we have spent centuries assuming early moderns were using figurative language when they represented the matter and motions of their bodies in meteorological terms and weather events in physiological ones. Early moderns believed they inhabited a geocentric universe in which the matter and motions constituting all sublunary things were the same and that therefore all things were compositionally and interactively related. What physically generated anger  erotic desire  and plague also generated thunder the earthquake and the comet. As a result the interpretation of meteorological events such as the 1580 earthquake in the Dover Strait was consequential. With its radical and seemingly spontaneous shaking an earthquake could expose inconvenient truths about the cause of matter and motion and about what if anything distinguishes humans from every other thing and from events. Meteorology and Physiology in Early Modern Culture reveals a need for reexamination of all representations of meteorology and physiology in the period. This reexamination begins here with a focus on the Titanic metamorphoses captured by Edmund Spenser William Shakespeare John Donne and the many writers responding to the 1580 earthquake. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367667368

Methodological Challenges in Nature-Culture and Environmental History Research This book examines the challenges and possibilities of conducting cultural environmental history research today. Disciplinary commitments certainly influence the questions scholars ask and the ways they seek out answers but some methodological challenges go beyond the boundaries of any one discipline. The book examines: how to account for the fact that humans are not the only actors in history yet dominate archival records; how to attend to the non-visual senses when traditional sources offer only a two-dimensional non-sensory version of the past; how to decolonize research in and beyond the archives; and how effectively to use sources and means of communication made available in the digital age. This book will be a valuable resource for those interested in environmental history and politics sustainable development and historical geography. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138615205

Metropolis and ProvinceScience in British Culture 1780 - 1850 This collection of case studies focusing on British scientific culture during the first industrial revolution explores the social basis of science in the period and asks why such an extraordinarily rich variety of cultural-scientific experience should have flourished at the time. The book analyses science and scientific culture in their local contexts both metropolitan and provincial examining where possibel the relations between the two and emphasizing the range of scientific associations in London to individual savants in the provinces. This book was first published in 1983.     Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138873995

Michael J. ShapiroDiscourse Culture Violence Michael J. Shapiro’s writings have been innovatory with respect to the phenomena he has taken to be political and the concomitant array of methods that he has brilliantly mastered. This book draws from his vast output of articles chapters and books to provide a thematic yet integrated account of his boundary-crossing innovations in political theory and masterly contributions to our understanding of methods in the social sciences. The editors have focused on work in three key areas: Discourse Shapiro was one of the first theorists to demonstrate convincingly and in a manner that has had a long-standing impact on the field that language is not epiphenomenal to politics. Indeed he shows that language is constitutive of politics. From his frequently-cited article on metaphor from the early 1980s to recent work on discourse and globalization Shapiro has shown that politics happens not only with and through the use of language but within discourse as a material practice. Culture Gabriel Almond and Sidney Verba’s (1963) famous work on ‘The Civic Culture’ established a long-held but ultimately counterproductive relationship between culture and politics one in which culture is an independent variable that has effects on politics. Samuel Huntington’s (1998) (in)famous polemic ‘The Clash of Civilizations’ only pushes this relationship to its breaking point. Shapiro’s rich and numerous writings on culture provide a powerful and important antidote to this approach as Shapiro consistently shows (across wide-ranging contexts) that politics is in culture and culture is in politics and no politically salient approach to culture can afford to turn either term into a causal variable. Violence While violence is surely not a theme foreign to political studies no one has done more or better work in contemporary political theory to bring violence into play as a central term of political thought and to expand our understanding of violence. By reconceptualizing and reinterpreting this term Shapiro’s work has helped us to rethink the very boundaries between political theory and international relations as putatively separate subfields of political science. And it explains why both political theorists interested in International Relations and International Relations scholars concerned with a broader understanding of international politics must both start with Shapiro’s work as required reading. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415783477

Microbes in Agriculture and Environmental Development The collection of essays in Microbes in Agriculture and Environmental Development explores the applications of microbes for the improvement of environmental quality and agricultural productivity through inoculants and enzymes. These are useful for the conservation and restoration of degraded natural and agricultural ecosystems crop yield extension soil health improvement and other aspects of agriculture and the environment. It discusses the effective use of microbial technology wastewater treatment and recycling of agricultural and industrial wastes. It provides detailed accounts of recent trends in microbial application in plant growth promotion soil fertility microbial biomass and diversity and environmental sustainability through bioremediation biodegradation and biosorption processes Features: Discusses microbes and their applications for sustainable agriculture and environmental protection in agro-environmental circumstances Presents innovative and eco-friendly approaches for the remediation of contaminated soil and wastewater Focuses on green technologies and sustainability Includes chapters on sustainable agriculture development through increasing soil fertility physico-chemical properties and soil microbial biomass in nutrient-deprived soils Defines the role of microbial bio formulation-based consortia in the productivity improvement of agricultural crops It will be an invaluable addition to the bookshelves of researchers and graduate students in agriculture and environmental engineering soil science; microbiology sustainable agriculture and ecosystems.　 　 　 Dr. Chhatarpal Singh is presently the President of Agro Environmental Development Society (AEDS) Majhra Ghat Rampur Uttar Pradesh India. Dr. Tiwari is currently working in the field of methanotrophs ecology (methane oxidizing bacteria) which is sole entity responsible for the oxidation of potent greenhouse gas CH4. Dr. Jay Shankar Singh is presently working as a faculty member in the Department of Environmental Microbiology at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in Lucknow India. Dr. Ajar Nath Yadav is currently serving as an assistant professor in the Department of Biotechnology Akal College of Agriculture Eternal University Baru Sahib Himachal Pradesh India. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367524135

Microbial BiofilmsProperties and Applications in the Environment Agriculture and Medicine This book provides a broad range of applications and recent advances in the search for biofilm materials in nature. It also explains the future implications for biofilms in the areas of advanced molecular genetics pharmaceuticals pharmacology and toxicology. This book is comprised of 20 chapters from leading experts in the field and it examines immunology and microbiological studies derived from biofilms as well as explores environmental agricultural and chemical impacts on biofilms. It is divided into five subdivisions: biofilms and its complications biofilm infections in human body detection of biofilm-forming pathogens antibiofilm chemotherapy and biofilms production tools in aquaculture. This book may be used as a text or reference for everyone interested in microbial biofilms and their current applications. It is also highly recommended for environmental microbiologists medical microbiologists bioremediation experts and microbiologists working in biocorrosion biofouling biodegradation water microbiology quorum sensing and many other related areas. Scientists in academia research laboratories and industry will also find it of interest. This book includes chapter homework problems and case studies. Powerpoints are also available for adopting instructors. Discusses and clarifies the resource of isolation and chemical properties from biofilms Discusses the latest pharmaceutical pharmacological and medicinal approaches toward the treatment of chronic and uncured diseases such as Alzheimer’s osteoporotic sexual dysfunction sleep sickness allergy treatment asthma hair loss AIDS hypertension antiaging etc. Examines immunology and microbiological studies derived from biofilms Explores environmental agricultural and chemical impacts on biofilms. Dr. Bakrudeen Ali Ahmed Abdul is an Associate Professor the Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Dean of the School of Life Sciences Centre for Research and Development (CRD) PRIST Deemed University Vallam Thanjavur Tamil Nadu India. His research areas include the application of plant biochemistry bioactive compound production biotechnological methods development of pharmaceutical products and pharmacological studies. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367415068

Microbial Culture An introductory text covering all the major groups of microbes with an emphasis on bacteria and fungi. Media > Books > E-books Garland Science 9781003077091

Microbiology for Sustainable Agriculture Soil Health and Environmental Protection With contributions from a broad range of experts in the field this volume Microbiology for Sustainable Agriculture Soil Health and Environmental Protection focuses on important areas of microbiology related to soil and environmental microbiology associated with agricultural importance. The information and research on soil and environmental microbiology presented here seeks to act as a gateway to sustaining and improving agriculture and environmental security. Part I focuses on soil microbiology dealing extensively with studies on the isolation culture and use of Rhizobium spp. and mycorrhizae to improve soil fertility plant growth and yield. This includes research progress on biogeochemical cycles plant growth promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) microbial interactions in soil and other soil activities microbial diversity in soil biological control and bioremediation and improvement of beneficial microorganisms (N2 fixers phosphate solubilizers etc.). Part 2 goes on to focus on microbiology for crop disease management and pathogenic control in sustainable environment with chapters on disease management of agricultural and horticultural crop plants through microbial control and how microbial control may a be a potential solution for a sustainability in agriculture. Part 3 Microbiology for Soil Health and Crop Productivity Improvement features a chapter on the activity and mechanism of nitrogenase enzyme in soil which is very important for soil health and crop production and productivity. Part 4 presents two chapters entirely devoted to the environmental pollution and its control looking at the interaction of microbes in aqueous environments and eco-friendly approaches. There is an urgent need to explore and investigate the current shortcomings and challenges of the current innovations and challenges in agricultural microbiology. This book helps to fill that need. This volume will be valuable to those involved with agricultural microbiology including students instructors and researchers. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771886697

Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture Food and the Environment In agricultural education and research the study of agricultural microbiology has undergone tremendous changes in the past few decades leading to today’s scientific farming that is a backbone of economy all over the globe. Microorganisms in Sustainable Agriculture Food and the Environment fills the need for a comprehensive volume on recent advances and innovations in microbiology. The book is divided into four main parts: food microbiology; soil microbiology; environmental microbiology and industrial microbiology and microbial biotechnology. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771884792

Microphone FiendsYouth Music and Youth Culture Microphone Fiends a collection of original essays and interviews brings together some of the best known scholars critics journalists and performers to focus on the contemporary scene. It includes theoretical discussions of musical history along with social commentaries about genres like disco metal and rap music and case histories of specific movements like the Riot Grrls funk clubbing in Rio de Janeiro and the British rave scene. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699768

Mid-Century Modernism in TurkeyArchitecture Across Cultures in the 1950s and 1960s Mid-Century Modernism in Turkey studies the unfolding of modern architecture in Turkey during the 1950s and 1960s. The book brings together scholars who have carried out extensive research on post-WWII modernism in a global context. The authors situate Turkish architectural case studies within an international framework during this period providing a close reading of how architectural culture responded to ubiquitous post-war ideas and ideals and how it became intertwined with politics of modernization and urbanization. This book contributes to contemporary scholarship to reconsider post-war architecture beyond canonical explanations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138104341

Midfielder's MomentColoured Literature And Culture In Contemporary South Africa This book attempts to address crucial political and cultural issues in contemporary South Africa: the experience of being coloured the occupation of the racial interstices and the condition of hybridity in a society marked by a penchant for polarity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367160364

Migrant and Tourist EncountersThe Ethics of Im/mobility in 21st Century Dominican and Cuban Cultures Migrant and Tourist Encounters: The Ethics of Im/mobility in 21st Century Dominican and Cuban Cultures analyzes the effects of clashing flows of voluntary and involuntary travelers to and from these countries due to an increase in migration and tourism during the last three decades. I compare the ways in which literary works and films reflect on and critique the power relations and ethics of im/mobility and encounter both on the islands and in destinations abroad. The works draw attention to the interconnectedness of migration tourism and other forms of travel as well as immobility and portray growing local and global inequalities through characters’ disparate access to free voluntary movement. I consider how the works respond to the question of the moral potential of encounters produced by im/mobilities and the possibility of connection across differences. I argue that Dominican and Cuban artists not only critique neo-colonial paradigms of power and im/mobility but envision and enact strategies for belonging and in some cases suggest a path toward de-colonial cosmopolitanism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367503789

Migrant Labor and Border Securities in Pop Culture Migrant Labor and Border Securities in Pop Culture explores the conditions for migrant domestic agricultural and factory workers as that of continual crisis and examines how the borderlands are a workshop of neoliberalism. These borderland stories present a future of integrated networks in which the border is not just physical but temporal separating the present time of crisis and migrant phobia and a future of transborder interaction and settlement based on bridges and networks rather than walls and the proliferation of security technologies. Written in accessible prose for undergraduate and graduate students across American studies immigration studies media and cultural studies and more this book examines the collective action seen in Latina/o cultural productions after the economic crisis and how they reach across racial and geographic lines to imagine new entities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367890674

Migration Culture Conflict Crime and Terrorism Immigration and its consequences is a substantially contested subject with hugely differing viewpoints. While some contend that criminal participation by migrants is the result of environmental factors found in the host country that are beyond the control of migrants others blame migrants for all that is wrong in their communities. In this book experts from Europe the USA Turkey and Israel examine recent developments in the fields of culture conflict organized crime victimization and terrorism all of which intersect to varying degrees with migration and illegal conduct. While the essays further our understanding of a variety of issues surrounding migration at the same time they illuminate the complexities of managing the challenges as globalization increases. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138277885

Migration Culture Conflict and Crime This title was first published in 2002: The issue of immigration and crime in all of its many contexts and forms is a problem which affects numerous countries throughout the world. In many countries immigrants have been accused of disproportionate involvement in crime while in others immigrants are often claimed to be the victims of criminal offenders as well as indifferent criminal justice systems. The subjects covered within this informative collection include the offending and victimization rates of immigrants and their dependants institutional racism human trafficking/smuggling and ethnic conflicts. In particular the problems faced by female immigrants are addressed in detail. Whilst some papers look at the issues facing particular countries such as Germany the United Kingdom Australia Israel and Turkey others adopt a more comparative approach. Migration Culture Conflict and Crime is an essential and compelling read for all those with a strong interest in this important area. Not only does it significantly advance our scientific knowledge concerning the relationship between immigration crime and justice but it also sets forth a number of proposals which if implemented could address many of the problems found in these areas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138705166

Migration and AgricultureMobility and change in the Mediterranean area In recent years Mediterranean agriculture has experienced important transformations which have led to new forms of labour and production and in particular to a surge in the recruitment of migrant labour. The Mediterranean Basin represents a very interesting arena that is able to illustrate labour conditions and mobility the competition among different farming models and the consequences in terms of the proletarianization process food crisis and diet changes. Migration and Agriculture brings together international contributors from across several disciplines to describe and analyse labour conditions and international migrations in relation to agri-food restructuring processes. This unique collection of articles connects migration issues with the proletarianization process and agrarian transitions that have affected Southern European as well as some Middle Eastern and Northern African countries in different ways. The chapters present case studies from a range of territories in the Mediterranean Basin offering empirical data and theoretical analysis in order to grasp the complexity of the processes that are occurring. This book offers a uniquely comprehensive overview of migrations territories and agro-food production in this key region and will be an indispensable resource to scholars in migration studies rural sociology social geography and the political economy of agriculture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367200121

Militarizing CultureEssays on the Warfare State Militarizing Culture is a rousing critique of the American warfare state by a leading cultural commentator. Roberto J. González reveals troubling trends in the post-9/11 era as the military industrial complex infiltrates new arenas of cultural life from economic and educational arenas to family relationships. One of the nation’s foremost critics of the Human Terrain System program González makes passionate arguments against the engagement of social scientists and the use of anthropological theory and methods in military operations. Despite the pervasive presence of militarism and violence in our society González insists that warfare is not an inevitable part of human nature and charts a path toward the decommissioning of culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315424699

Military Culture and EducationCurrent Intersections of Academic and Military Cultures While studies of American military culture have proliferated in recent years and the culture of academic institutions has been a subject of perennial interest comparatively little has been written on the multiple ways the military and academe intersect. Focusing on this subject offers an opportunity to explore how teachers and researchers straddle the two quite different cultures. The contributors to this volume both embody and articulate how the two cultures co-exist and cooperate however unevenly at times. Chapters offer both ground-level perspectives of the classroom and campus as well as well-considered articulations of the tensions and opportunities involved in teaching and training civic-minded soldiers on issues especially important in the post-9/11 world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256798

Military Economics Culture and Logistics in the Burma Campaign 1942-1945 Following the fall of Burma to the Japanese in May 1942 reopening and expanding the link from India to China through Burma became the allied force's principal war aim in South-East Asia. This book argues that the campaign's development was driven more by what was logistictically possible than by pure strategic intent. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138663251

Military Ethos and Visual Culture in Post-Conquest Mexico Bringing to bear her extensive knowledge of the cultures of Renaissance Europe and sixteenth-century Mexico Mónica Domínguez Torres here investigates the significance of military images and symbols in post-Conquest Mexico. She shows how the 'conquest' in fact involved dynamic exchanges between cultures; and that certain interconnections between martial social and religious elements resonated with similar intensity among Mesoamericans and Europeans creating indeed cultural bridges between these diverse communities. Multidisciplinary in approach this study builds on scholarship in the fields of visual literary and cultural studies to analyse the European and Mesoamerican content of the martial imagery fostered within the indigenous settlements of central Mexico as well as the ways in which local communities and leaders appropriated manipulated modified and reinterpreted foreign visual codes. Military Ethos and Visual Culture in Post-Conquest Mexico draws on post-structuralist and post-colonial approaches to analyse the complex dynamics of identity formation in colonial communities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138251519

Millenarian Bolshevism 1900-1920Empiriomonism God-Building Proletarian Culture Millenarian Bolshevism had its origins in a debate between positivist and idealist Marxists at the turn of the 20th Century. This book originally published in 1987 charts the development of Millenarian Bolshevism by studying the careers of Bogdanov and Lunacharsky and analyzing their relations with Lenin Gorky and other left Bolsheviks. In discussing their relationship with Lenin the author maintains that the millenarian Bolsheviks gave expression to the voluntarist idealist spirit which was inherent in the program and organization of Bolshevism and which provided the philosophy of Soviet socialist idealism.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138229945

Millennials and Media EcologyCulture Pedagogy and Politics Millennials and Media Ecology explores issues pertaining to millennials and digital media ecology and studies the cultural pedagogical and political environments such heterogeneous generation populates. The book questions whether millennials are properly understood as a heterogeneous group particularly by the institutions and agencies that target them and whether they are demonstrating the ability to set out a path for themselves and take charge of their own life and future. A diverse team of expert authors review past and current studies with critical assessment of arguments and propositions and document actual experiences of members of the millennial generation through detailed studies. Engaging with topical subject matter and current research on millennials the chapters: Question the misunderstanding that digital tools and Internet technologies are making the younger generation ‘dumber’ and ‘disengaging’ them from the real world Underscore the legal and economic insights into the commodification of the younger generation as consumers rather than learners Examine the historical trajectory of media technology and whether new practices are having an empowering effect or one of enslavement to an increasingly irreversible technological and socio-political regime Shed light on issues of critical pedagogy emerging from digital environments in relation to one’s mental abilities and degrees of wisdom Discuss the cultural and political implications of millennials’ new media trends the changing relationship between millennials and legacy media which rely on the younger generation for survival;Offer new insights into the significance of current media trends in relation to issue of credibility and identity. This is an essential book for scholars in the fields of Media and Communications and Popular Culture and will be vital reading for postgraduate students and specialists in related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367200251

Milton and the Early Modern Culture of DevotionBodies at Prayer Miton and Early Modern Devotional Culture analyses the representation of public and private prayer in John Milton’s poetry and prose paying particular attention to the ways seventeenth-century prayer is imagined as embodied in sounds gestures postures and emotional responses. Naya Tsentourou demonstrates Milton’s profound engagement with prayer and how this is driven by a consistent and ardent effort to experience one’s address to God as inclusive of body and spirit and as loaded with affective potential. The book aims to become the first interdisciplinary study to show how Milton participates in and challenges early modern debates about authentic and insincere worship in public set and spontaneous prayers in private and gesture and voice in devotion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367887384

Milton Keynes in British CultureImagining England The new town of Milton Keynes was designated in 1967 with a bold flexible social vision to impose "no fixed conception of how people ought to live." Despite this progressive social vision and its low density flexible green urban design the town has been consistently represented in British media political rhetoric and popular culture negatively. as a fundamentally sterile paternalistic concrete imposition on the landscape as a "joke" and even as "Los Angeles in Buckinghamshire". How did these meanings develop at such odds from residents' and planners' experiences? Why have these meanings proved so resilient? 　Milton Keynes in British Culture traces the representations of Milton Keynes in British national media political rhetoric and popular culture in detail from 1967 to 1992 demonstrating how the town's founding principles came to be understood as symbolic of the worst excesses of a postwar state planning system which was falling from favour. Combining approaches from urban planning history cultural history and cultural studies political economy and heritage studies the book maps the ways in which Milton Keynes' newness formed an existential challenge to ideals of English landscapes as receptacles of tradition and closed fixed national identities. Far from being a marginal "foreign" and atypical town the book demonstrates how the changing political fortunes of state urban planned spaces were a key site of conflict around ideas of how the British state should function how its landscapes should look and who they should be for. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367662042

Mind Culture and Global UnrestPsychoanalytic Reflections In this compact and pithy book the distinguished and prolific psychoanalyst Salman Akhtar steps out of his consulting room to address certain matters of urgent global concern. These include migration across national borders the current refugee crisis ethno-racial prejudice subjective distress of minorities and above all the forever-present ominous shadow of terrorism. Akhtar evolves and advocates a uniquely 'anthropological psychoanalysis' which is a blend of depth psychology and humanities including sociology economics political science history and of course anthropology. He deconstructs what seems self-evident and confronts his readers with some socio-politically unpleasant realities both within psychoanalysis and in the prevalent perspectives on the on-going turmoil and bloodshed in today's world. His book is not all doom and gloom however. It also delineates ameliorative strategies for dealing with the pain of the disenfranchised and the misguided violence of the radicalized. This is applied psychoanalysis at its best. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782200673

Minor Knowledge and MicrohistoryManuscript Culture in the Nineteenth Century This book studies everyday writing practices among ordinary people in a poor rural society in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Using the abundance of handwritten material produced disseminated and consumed some centuries after the advent of print as its research material the book's focus is on its day-to-day usage and on "minor knowledge " i.e. text matter originating and rooted primarily in the everyday life of the peasantry. The focus is on the history of education and communication in a global perspective. Rather than engaging in comparing different countries or regions the authors seek to view and study early modern and modern manuscript culture as a transnational (or transregional) practice giving agency to its ordinary participants and attention to hitherto overlooked source material. Through a microhistorical lens the authors examine the strength of this aspect of popular culture and try to show it in a wider perspective as well as asking questions about the importance of this development for the continuity of the literary tradition. The book is an attempt to explain “the nature of the literary culture” in general – how new ideas were transported from one person to another from community to community and between regions; essentially the role of minor knowledge in the development of modern men. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367264048

Mistresses of the Transient HearthAmerican Army Officers' Wives and Material Culture 1840-1880 This book explores the ways in which mid-19th Century American army officers' wives used material culture to confirm their status as middle-class women. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415650199

Mobile Phone Cultures What do we really know about mobile phone culture? This provocative and comprehensive collection explores the cultural and media dimensions of mobile phones around the world. An international team of contributors look at how mobiles have been imagined through advertising and social representations - tracing the scripting and shaping of the technology through gender sexuality religion communication style - and explore the locations of mobile phone culture in modernity urban settings and even transnational families. This book also provides a guide to convergent mobile phone culture with fresh innovative accounts of text messaging Blackberry camera phones moblogging and mobile adventures in television. Mobile Phone Culture opens up important new perspectives on how we understand this intimate yet public cultural technology. Previously published as a special issue of Continuum: Journal of Media and Cultural Studies. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203895078

Mobility Space and Culture Over the past ten to fifteen years there has emerged an increasing concern with mobility in the social sciences and humanities. In Mobility Space and Culture Peter Merriman provides an important and timely contribution to the mobilities turn in the social sciences encouraging academics to rethink the relationship between movement embodied practices space and place. The book takes an interdisciplinary approach drawing upon theoretical and empirical work from across the social sciences and humanities to provide a critical evaluation of the relationship between 'mobility' and 'place'/'site' reformulating places as in process open and dynamic spatial formations. Merriman draws upon post-structuralist writings on space practice and society to demonstrate how movement is not simply practised or experienced in relation to space and time but gives rise to rhythms forces atmospheres affects and materialities which are often more crucial to embodied apprehensions of events than sensibilities of spatiality and temporality. He draws upon detailed empirical research on experiences of and social reactions to driving in late Victorian and Edwardian Britain to trace how the motor-car became associated with sensations of movement-space and enmeshed with debates about embodiment health visuality gender and politics. The book will be essential reading for undergraduates and postgraduates studying mobility in sociology geography cultural studies politics transport studies and history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415736985

Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture This volume offers a varied and informed series of approaches to questions of mobility—actual social virtual and imaginary—as related to visual culture. Contributors address these questions in light of important contemporary issues such as migration; globalization; trans-nationality and trans-cultural difference; art space and place; new media; fantasy and identity; and the movement across and the transgression of the proprieties of boundaries and borders. The book invites the reader to read across the collection noting differences or making connections between media and forms and between audiences critical traditions and practitioners with a view to developing a more informed understanding of visual culture and its modalities of mobility and fantasy as encouraged by dominant emergent and radical forms of visual practice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548985

Model Perspectives: Structure Architecture and Culture This book contains a unique collection of various perspectives on the relationship between structures and the forms and spaces of architecture. As such it provides students and professionals alike with an essential sourcebook that can be mined for visual inspiration as well as for textually rich and authoritative insight into the links between structure architecture and cultural context. The chapters address fundamental structural elements and systems: columns walls beams trusses frames tensile structures arches domes and shells. Each chapter is subdivided into two parts: • The essays – introduce the chapters with the reprinting of a curated set of essays and excerpts by various authors that uniquely address how particular structural elements or systems relate in essential fashion to architectural design concepts. • The model studies – physical models of the overall structural systems of several notable contemporary buildings from Europe North and South America Africa and Asia are illustrated with large photographs detail close-ups and views of their external forms and internal spaces that establish the exceptional qualities of these projects in connecting structural form to architectural design objectives. Mosaic layouts complete the chapters with a collection of photographs of yet more models whose particular details and unique features serve to extend the visual repertoire of the structural type being considered. The combination juxtaposition and mutual positive reinforcement of these two collections one largely textual and the other image based provides the reader with unique and multifaceted insights into how structural forms and systems can be related to architectural design intentions. Conveyed by a strong and deliberate graphical design format this assembly of materials gets to the very essence of structures within the context of architecture and will inspire students and practitioners alike to make strategic design decisions for their own projects. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415731942

Modelling the Efficiency of Family and Hired LabourIllustrations from Nepalese Agriculture This title was first published in 2003.The principal economic units in most developing countries are family based farm households. Empirical models that recognize the dual role of the farm household as producer and consumer in a theoretically consistent manner are essential tools for policy analyses. This book provides an important extension of the conventional farm household model by developing an analytical framework that allows for efficiency differences between family and hired labour as inputs in farm production. The model is estimated with survey data from the southern lowland region of Nepal. The estimation strategy is a two-step process. The first step estimates a farm-level production function in which is embedded a test for heterogeneity between family and hired labour. The labour heterogeneity detected in the production function estimation is incorporated at the second step in the labour supply estimation in a theoretically consistent manner. The methodological novelty is to relate the shadow wage rate for family labour to the observed market wage rate for hired labour adjusted for the differential productivity of family and hired labour detected in the production function estimation. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315196404

Modern Capitalist Culture This lost classic by famous anthropological theorist Leslie A. White published now for the first time represents twenty-five years of his scholarship on the anthropology of modern capitalism. Drawing out his now classic formulations of social organization cultural evolution and the relationship between technology ecology and culture this major theoretical work traces a vast expanse of history from the earliest forms of capitalism to the detailed inner workings of contemporary democratic institutions. A substantial foreword by Burton J. Brown Benjamin Urish and Robert Carneiro both situates this posthumous work within the history of anthropological theory and shows its importance to contemporary debates within the discipline. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815346739

Modern Capitalist Culture Abridged Edition This lost classic by Leslie A. White represents twenty-five years of his scholarship on the anthropology of modern capitalism. Drawing out his now classic formulations of social organization cultural evolution and the relationship between technology ecology and culture this major theoretical work traces a vast expanse of history from the earliest forms of capitalism to the detailed inner workings of contemporary democratic institutions. The abridged version of Modern Capitalist Culture delivers all of White‘s major arguments in a clear and concise manner. A substantial foreword by Burton J. Brown Benjamin Urish and Robert Carneiro both situates this posthumous work within the history of anthropological theory and shows its importance to contemporary debates within the discipline. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138403659

Modern ChinaSociety Culture and Literature This book looks at the transition of modern Chinese society in terms of its culture and literature. Since the economic reforms and open door policy in 1978 the Chinese society has undergone a drastic transformation. It is headed towards becoming an ultra-modern advanced society and a world superpower. Among the pillars of great change are the advances in technology and communication that have reshaped Chinese society. This volume explores China’s march towards modernity in the 21st century as defined by its own terms. It discusses China’s social structure ageing population gender stratification marriages cultural identity cosmopolitanism its history of communism law economic reforms financial institutions and challenges of the global markets. The book sheds light on Chinese literature and media and brings out various facets of social changes across time.With its topical debates and issues this volume will be useful to scholars and researchers of Chinese studies East Asian studies geopolitics area studies international relations politics and foreign policy along with think tanks and those in media and journalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367731694

Modern GermanyPolitics Society and Culture This book examines aspects of contemporary political economic social and cultural life in the new Germany. It underlines the significance of the federal system in Germany. The book describes the media landscape of the nation and the recent reforms to the German language and cultural scene. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415150347

Modern Gnosis and ZionismThe Crisis of Culture Life Philosophy and Jewish National Thought In the late nineteenth and early twentieth century the German intellectual world was challenged by a growing distrust in the rational ideals of the enlightenment and consequently by a belief in the existence of a radical ‘cultural crisis’. One response to this crisis was the emergence of ‘Life Philosophy’ which celebrated the irrational expressive instinctive and spontaneous while rejecting the rational conscious and logical. Around the same time and place Zionist thought crystallized. It discussed issues like the ‘Jewish essence’ the creation of a new Jewish person and a new Jewish community return to the Jewish homeland and the negation of the diasporic way of life. This book explores the connections between Zionism and Life Philosophy and argues that Life Philosophy represents a modern secularized version of gnostic dualism between God and world and that this was a particular secular impulse that lay at the core of the Zionist political mission. Consisting of two main sections the book first shows the manner in which Life Philosophy should be understood as a modern secularized gnostic theology before concluding by discussing its political Zionist interpretation. Drawing on published works of a wide range of thinkers and intellectuals alongside a variety of unpublished materials this book will be welcomed by students and scholars of Jewish studies the philosophy of Judaism and religion and philosophy more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138108776

Modern JapanAn Encyclopedia of History Culture and Nationalism First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315051543

Modern MizoramHistory Culture Poetics Mizoram is situated at a unique cusp in North East India in terms of both physical and social contexts. It shares its borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh while cultural influences range from the indigenous to the Western. This book offers an alternative understanding of the modern history of Mizoram through an analysis of its cultural practices through language music poetry and festivals. It explores the roots of modern cultural works not just in Christianity but also in precolonial Mizo traditional practices. The authors closely examine text performance and sculptural images including the first handwritten newspaper Mizo Chanchin Laisuih (1898) and the Puma Zai festival (1907–11) from the early colonial period along with a contemporary sculptural image. They argue that cultural works open up to new forms of interpretations and responses over time. The book indicates that the Mizo creative sensibility enmeshed in theological capitalistic-material and political/ideological regimes informs its modern enclosures be it region religion or nation. This book will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of cultural studies literature media history politics sociology and social anthropology area studies North East India studies and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367479398

Modern Palestinian Literature and Culture Studies of Palestinian society economy and politics are appearing with increasing frequency but works in English about Palestinian literature particularly that written in Israel are still scarce. This book looks at this literature within the political and social context of Palestinian society with a special focus on literature written during the Intifada "uprising" period (1987-93). Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315039480

Modern Practices in North East IndiaHistory Culture Representation This book brings together essays on North East India from across disciplines to explore new understandings of the colonial and contemporary realities of the region. Departing from the usual focus on identity and politics it offers fresh representations from history social anthropology culture literature politics performance and gender. Through the lens of modern practices the essays in this volume engage with diverse issues including state-making practices knowledge production and its politics history writing colonialism role of capital institutions changing locations of orality and modernity production and reception of texts performances and literatures social change and memory violence and gender relations along with their wider historical geographical and ideational mappings. In the process they illustrate how the specificities of the region can become useful sites to interrogate global phenomena and processes — for instance in what ways ideas and practices of modernity played an important role in framing the region and its people. Further the volume underlines the complex ways in which the past came to be imagined produced and contested in the region.With its blend of inter-disciplinary approach analytical models and perspectives this book will be useful to scholars researchers and general readers interested in North East India and those working on history frontiers and borderlands gender cultural studies and literature. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367886615

Modern South AsiaHistory Culture Political Economy Drawing on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field Modern South Asia provides challenging insights into the history of this fascinating region over the past three centuries. Jointly authored by two leading Indian and Pakistani historians it offers a rare depth of historical understanding of the politics cultures and economies that have shaped the lives of more than a fifth of humanity. In this comprehensive study the authors interpret and debate key developments in modern South Asian history and historical writing covering the diverse spectrum of the region’s social economic and political past. This fourth edition brings the debate up to the present day discussing recent events and exploring new themes such as the capture of state power in India by the forces of religious majoritarianism economic development in the context of the 'rise' of Asia and strategic shifts occasioned by the US withdrawal from Afghanistan. Providing new insights into the structure and ideology of the British raj the meaning of subaltern resistance the refashioning of social relations along the lines of caste class community and gender the different strands of anti-colonial nationalism and the dynamics of decolonization this is an essential resource for all students of the modern history of South Asia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138243682

Modernism Gender and CultureA Cultural Studies Approach First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864245

Modernism and the MarketplaceLiterary Culture and Consumer Capitalism in Rhys Woolf Stein and Nella Larsen Though the relationship of modernist writers and artists to mass-marketplaces and popular cultural forms is often understood as one of ambivalence if not antagonism Modernism and the Marketplace redirects this established line of inquiry considering the practical and conceptual interfaces between literary practice and dominant economic institutions and ideas. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415542906

Modernism in the GreenPublic Greens in Modern Literature and Culture Modernism in the Green　traces a trans-Atlantic modernist fascination with the creation use and representation of the modern green. From the verdant public commons in the heart of cities to the lookout points on mountains in national parks planned green spaces serve as felicitous stages for the performance of modernism. In its focus on designed and public green zones Modernism in the Green　offers a new perspective on modernism’s overlapping investments in the arts politics urbanism race class gender and the nature-culture divide. This collection of essays is the first to explore the prominent and diverse ways greens materialize in modern literature and culture along with the manner in which modernists represented them. This volume presents the idea of "the green" as a point of exploration as our contributors analyze social-organic spaces ranging from public parks to roadways and refuse piles. Like the term "green " one that evokes both more-than-human natural zones and crafted public meeting places these chapters uncover the social and spatial intersection of nature and culture in the very architecture of parks gardens buildings highways and dumps. This book argues that such greens facilitate modernists’ exploration of how nature can manifest in an era of increasing urbanization and mechanization and what identities and communities the green now enables or prevents. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367349479

Modernist Aesthetics and Consumer Culture in the Writings of Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde was a consumer modernist. His modernist aesthetics drove him into the heart of the mass culture industries of 1890s London particularly the journalism and popular theatre industries. Wilde was extremely active in these industries: as a journalist at the Pall Mall Gazette; as magazine editor of the Women’s World; as commentator on dress and design through both of these; and finally as a fabulously popular playwright. Because of his desire to impact a mass audience the primary elements of Wilde’s consumer aesthetic were superficial ornament and ephemeral public image – both of which he linked to the theatrical. This concern with the surface and with the ephemeral was ironically a foundational element of what became twentieth-century modernism – thus we can call Wilde’s aesthetic a consumer modernism a root and branch of modernism that was largely erased. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203942055

Modernist Experiments in Genre Media and Transatlantic Print Culture The years from 1890 through 1935 witnessed an explosion of print both in terms of the variety of venues for publication and in the vast circulation figures and the quantity of print forums. Arguing that the formal strategies of modernist texts can only be fully understood in the context of the material forms and circuits of print culture through which they were produced and distributed Jennifer Sorensen shows how authors and publishers conceptualized the material text as an object as a body and as an ontological problem. She examines works by Henry James Jean Toomer Djuna Barnes Katherine Mansfield and Virginia Woolf showing that they understood acts of reading as materially mediated encounters. Sorensen draws on recent textual theory media theory archival materials and paratexts such as advertisements illustrations book designs drafts diaries dust jackets notes and frontispieces to demonstrate how these writers radically redefined literary genres and refashioned the material forms through which their literary experiments reached the public. Placing the literary text at the center of inquiry while simultaneously expanding the boundaries of what counts as that  Sorensen shows that modernist generic and formal experimentation was deeply engaged with specific print histories that generated competitive media ecologies of competition and hybridization. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367346782

Modernist Reformers in Islam Hinduism and Confucianism 1865-1935Peripheral Geoculture in the Modern World-System This volume presents a comparison of seven major religious reformers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: For Islam Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani Muhammad ‘Abduh and Muhammad Rashid Rida; for Hinduism Dayananda Sarasvati and Swami Shraddhananda; for Confucianism K’ang Yu-wei and Liang Ch’i-ch’ao. Each of these reformers attempted to bring a major world religion in line with global modernity by creatively reinterpreting the traditions on which this religion was based. The book outlines the lives and major ideas of these reformers highlights the similarities between them interprets their agenda as expressions of peripheral geoculture (centrist liberalism antisystemic movements positivism) in line with the Modern World-System (MWS) approach and links them with their ‘fundamentalist’ successors from the mid-twentieth to the early twenty-first centuries. This way the author seeks to redress the Eurocentric bias that sometimes sneaks into the MWS perspective.While there are numerous studies dealing with each of these reformers the original contribution of this book is to provide a systematic comparison between them and to interpret them within a larger theoretical framework. It will be of interest for scholars and students working on issues related to religion modernity and historical sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367730505

Modernist Star MapsCelebrity Modernity Culture Bringing together Canadian American and British scholars this volume explores the relationship between modernism and modern celebrity culture. In support of the collection's overriding thesis that modern celebrity and modernism are mutually determining phenomena the contributors take on a range of transatlantic canonical and noncanonical figures from the expected (Virginia Woolf and F. Scott Fitzgerald) to the surprising (Elvis and Hitler). Illuminating case studies are balanced by the volume's attentiveness to broader issues related to modernist aesthetics as the contributors consider celebrity in relationship to identity commodification print culture personality visual cultures and theatricality. As the first book to read modernism and celebrity in the context of the crises of individual agency occasioned by the emergence of mass-mediated culture Modernist Star Maps argues that the relationship between modernism and the popular is unthinkable without celebrity. Moreover celebrity's strange evolution during the twentieth century is unimaginable without the intercession of modernism's system of cultural value. This innovative collection opens new avenues for understanding celebrity not only for modernist scholars but for critical theorists and cultural studies scholars. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138257368

Monarchy Political Culture and Drama in Seventeenth-Century MadridTheater of Negotiation In early modern Spain theater reached the height of its popularity during the same decades in which Spanish monarchs were striving to consolidate their power. Jodi Campbell uses the dramatic production of seventeenth-century Madrid to understand how ordinary Spaniards perceived the political developments of this period. Through a study of thirty-three plays by four of the most popular playwrights of Madrid (Pedro Caldern de la Barca Francisco de Rojas Zorrilla Juan de Matos Fragoso and Juan Bautista Diamante) Campbell analyzes portrayals of kingship during what is traditionally considered to be the age of absolutism and highlights the differences between the image of kingship cultivated by the monarchy and that presented on Spanish stages. A surprising number of plays performed and published in Madrid in the seventeenth century Campbell shows featured themes about kingship: debates over the qualities that make a good king tests of a king's abilities and stories about the conflicts that could arise between the personal interests of a king and the best interest of his subjects. Rather than supporting the absolutist and centralizing policies of the monarchy popular theater is shown here to favor the idea of reciprocal obligations between subjects and monarch. This study contributes new evidence to the trend of recent scholarship that revises our views of early modern Spanish absolutism arguing for the significance of the perspectives of ordinary people to the realm of politics. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315595979

Monarchy Print Culture and Reverence in Early Modern EnglandPicturing Royal Subjects This richly illustrated and interdisciplinary study examines the commercial mediation of royalism through print and visual culture from the second half of the seventeenth century. The rapidly growing marketplace of books periodicals pictures and material objects brought the spectacle of monarchy to a wide audience saturating spaces of daily life in later Stuart and early Hanoverian England. Images of the royal family including portrait engravings graphic satires illustrations medals and miniatures urban signs playing cards and coronation ceramics were fundamental components of the political landscape and the emergent public sphere. Koscak considers the affective subjectivities made possible by loyalist commodities; how texts and images responded to anxieties about representation at moments of political uncertainty; and how individuals decorated displayed and interacted with pictures of rulers. Despite the fractious nature of party politics and the appropriation of royal representations for partisan and commercial ends print media images and objects materialized emotional bonds between sovereigns and subjects as the basis of allegiance and obedience. They were read and re-read collected and exchanged kept in pockets and pasted to walls and looked upon as repositories of personal memory national history and political reverence. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367374594

Money Culture ClassElite Women as Modern Subjects Based on ethnographic research this book explores the ways in which elite women use and view money in order to construct identities – of class status and gender. Drawing on their everyday worlds it tracks the intricate and contested meanings they attach to money. Focusing on weddings travel and spirituality Parul Bhandari delineates the entitlements and privileges as well as the obsessions and vulnerabilities that underlie the construction of class the shaping of elite cultures and the curating of femininity. As such this book offers an innovative account of the interplay between money modernity class and gender. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815358886

Money Morality and Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe One of the first volumes to explore the intersection of economics morality and culture this collection analyzes the role of the developing monetary economy in Western Europe from the twelfth to the seventeenth century. The contributors”scholars from the fields of history literature art history and musicology”investigate how money infiltrated every aspect of everyday life modified notions of social identity and encouraged debates about ethical uses of wealth. These essays investigate how the new symbolic system of money restructured religious practices familial routines sexual activities gender roles urban space and the production of literature and art. They explore the complex ethical and theological discussions which developed because the role of money in everyday life and the accumulation of wealth seemed to contradict Christian ideals of poverty and charity revealing a rich web of reactions to the tensions inherent in a predominately Christian (neo)capitalist culture. Money Morality and Culture in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe presents a comprehensive multi-disciplinary assessment of the ways in which the rise of the monetary economy fundamentally affected morality and culture in Western Europe. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253636

Mongolia TodayScience Culture Environment and Development This is a wide-ranging collection of essays written by experts in the field. The variety of topics provide an interdisciplinary approach to the study of contemporary Mongolia. Topics include the impact of industrialization in Mongolia environmental policies of the nation the status of modern biotechnology in Mongolia Mongolian dairy products traditional husbandry techniques practised by nomadic people a description of medicinal plants and their uses in Mongolian traditional medicine descriptions of unique Mongolian birds fishes and microbiota discussion of the fascinating flora and fauna of the Gobi region and a conservation case-study of the endangered Gobi bear. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138976351

Mongolia's Culture And Society This book describes nomadic life and culture in Mongolia depicting the patterns of the Ch'ing period (1644-1912) in which all the Mongols lived under the administration and control of the Chinese empire. It explains the patterns of the subsequent revolutionary period which altered the life of them. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367170868

Monstrous Births and Visual Culture in Sixteenth-Century Germany Presents an exmination of printed representations of monstrous births in German-speaking Europe from the end of the fifteenth century and through the sixteenth century beginning with a seminal series of broadsheets from the late 1490s by humanist Sebastian Brant and including prints by Albrecht Durer and Hans Burgkmair. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138663275

Moral Education in sub-Saharan AfricaCulture Economics Conflict and AIDS The term ‘moral’ has had a chequered history in sub-Saharan Africa mainly due to the legacy of colonialism and Apartheid (in South Africa). In contrast to moral education as a vehicle of cultural imperialism and social control this volume shows moral education to be concerned with both private and public morality with communal and national relationships between human beings as well as between people and their environment. Drawing on distinctive perspectives from philosophy economics sociology and education it offers the African ethic of Ubuntu/Botho as a plausible alternative to Western approaches to morality and shows how African ethics speaks to political and economic life including ethnic conflict and HIV/AIDS and may be an antidote to the current practice of timocracy that values money over people. The volume provides sociological tools for understanding the lived morality of those marginalised by poverty and analyses the effects of culture religion and modern secularisation on moral education. With contributions from fourteen African scholars this book challenges dominant frameworks and begins conversations for mutual benefit across the North-South divide. It has global implications not just but especially where moral education is undertaken in pluralist contexts and in the presence of economic disparity. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Moral Education. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315873688

Moral Reform in Comedy and Culture 1696-1747 In the first half of the eighteenth century a new comic plot formula dramatizing the moral reform of a flawed protagonist emerged on the English stage. The comic reform plot was not merely a generic turn towards morality or sentimentality Aparna Gollapudi argues but an important social mechanism for controlling and challenging political and economic changes. Gollapudi looks at reform comedies by dramatists such as Colley Cibber Susanna Centlivre Richard Steele Charles Johnson and Benjamin Hoadly in relation to emergent trends in finance capitalism imperial nationalism political factionalism domestic ideology and middling class-consciousness. Within the context of the cultural anxieties engendered by these developments Gollapudi suggests the reform comedies must be seen not as clichéd and moralistic productions but as responses to vital ideological shifts and cultural transvaluations that impose a reassuring moral schema on everyday conduct. Thoroughly researched and elegantly written Gollapudi's study shows that reform comedies covered a range of contemporary concerns from party politics to domestic harmony and are crucial for understanding eighteenth-century literature and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409417965

Motherhood Spirituality and Culture Motherhood Spirituality and Culture explores spiritual skills that may assist women in changes challenges and transformations undergone through the transition to motherhood. This study comprises rich qualitative data gathered from interviews with 11 mothers. Results are analysed by constructing seven unique maternal narratives that elucidate and give voice to the mothers in their transition by in depth exploration of six themes emerging from the analysis. Overall discussion ranges across such realities as: • desires expectations and illusions for mothering; • birth and spiritual embodied experiences of mothering; • instinctual knowing; identity and crisis and connections of motherhood; • changes and transformations undergone through motherhood. This study presents a unique framework for qualitative studies of spirituality within motherhood research; by weaving together transpersonal psychology humanistic psychology spiritual intelligence and the spiritual maternal literature.This book will appeal to all women who have transitioned to motherhood. It willalso be of assistance to professionals who wish to approach any aspect of maternity care and support from a transpersonal perspective. It will also provideunique insights for academics and postgraduate students in the fields of anthropology psychology psychotherapy and feminism studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138601376

Motherhood and RepresentationThe Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama From novels of the nineteenth century to films of the 1990s American culture abounds with images of white middle-class mothers. In Motherhood and Representation E. Ann Kaplan considers how the mother appears in three related spheres: the historical in which she charts changing representations of the mother from 1830 to the postmodernist present; the psychoanalytic which discusses theories of the mother from Freud to Lacan and the French Feminists; and the mother as she is figured in cultural representations: in literary and film texts such as East Lynne Marnie and the The Handmaid's Tale as well as in journalism and popular manuals on motherhood. Kaplan's analysis identifies two dominant paradigms of the mother as `Angel' and `Witch' and charts the contesting and often contradictory discourses of the mother in present-day America. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138169760

Motherhood in Literature and CultureInterdisciplinary Perspectives from Europe Motherhood remains a complex and contested issue in feminist research as well as public discussion. This interdisciplinary volume explores cultural representations of motherhood in various contemporary European contexts including France Italy Germany Portugal Spain and the UK and it considers how such representations affect the ways in which different individuals and groups negotiate motherhood as both institution and lived experience. It has a particular focus on literature but it also includes essays that examine representations of motherhood in philosophy art social policy and film. The book’s driving contention is that through intersecting with other fields and disciplines literature and the study of literature have an important role to play in nuancing dialogues around motherhood by offering challenging insights and imaginative responses to complex problems and experiences. This is demonstrated throughout the volume which covers a range of topics including: discursive and visual depictions of pregnancy and birth; the impact of new reproductive technologies on changing family configurations; the relationship between mothering and citizenship; the shaping of policy imperatives regarding mothering and disability; and the difficult realities of miscarriage child death violence and infanticide. The collection expands and complicates hegemonic notions of motherhood as the authors map and analyse shifting conceptions of maternal subjectivity and embodiment explore some of the constraining and/or enabling contexts in which mothering takes place and ask searching questions about what it means to be a ‘mother’ in Europe today. It will be of interest not only to those working in gender women’s and feminist studies but also to scholars in literary and cultural studies and those researching in sociology criminology politics psychology medical ethics midwifery and related fields. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367667757

Motherhoods Markets and ConsumptionThe Making of Mothers in Contemporary Western Cultures It takes more than a baby to make a mother and mothers make more than babies. Bringing together a range of international studies Motherhoods Markets and Consumption examines how marketing and consumer culture constructs particular images of what mothers are what they should care about and how they should behave; exploring how women's use of consumer goods and services shapes how they mother as well as how they are seen and judged by others. Combining personal accounts from many mothers with different theoretical perspectives this book explores: How advertising media and consumer culture contribute to myths and stereotypes concerning good and bad mothers How particular consumer choices are bound up with women’s identities as mothers The role of consumption for women entering different phases of their mothering lives: such as pregnancy early motherhood and the "empty nest" Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138206106

Mothering Education and EthnicityThe Transformation of Japanese American Culture First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138976481

Mother's MilkBreastfeeding Controversies in American Culture Mother's Milk examines why nursing a baby is an ideologically charged experience in contemporary culture. Drawing upon medical studies feminist scholarship anthropological literature and an intimate knowledge of breastfeeding itself Bernice Hausman demonstrates what is at stake in mothers' infant feeding choices--economically socially and in terms of women's rights. Breastfeeding controversies she argues reveal social tensions around the meaning of women's bodies the authority of science and the value of maternity in American culture. A provocative and multi-faceted work Mother's Milk will be of interest to anyone concerned with the politics of women's embodiment. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699782

Motivation and Culture Although a growing number of researchers emphasize the social and psychocultural aspects of motivation and motivation theory few books have provided much coverage beyond well-tread studies of physiological and biological factors and theories. Motivation and Culture brings together eighteen writers with a variety of academic backgrounds and cultural experiences to explore the way that culture impinges on motivation. Exploring topics such as personal values and motives intercultural exchange in the workplace the intrapsychic process and the nexus between biology and culture they formulate theories of motivation that can be applied in the modern multicultural world. Contributors include: Dona Lee Davis Russell Geen Joan Miller John Paul Scott William Wedenoja Elisa J. Sobo and Stephen Wilson. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315865836

Multicultural Education in South KoreaLanguage ideology and culture in Korean language arts education This book examines the political ideological and socio-cultural politics underlying the 2009 National Multicultural Curriculum Reform and recent multicultural education policies in South Korea. Unlike the conservative groups in Western countries who argue that supporting cultural diversity and the cultural rights of minority groups balkanizes ethnic differences and divides the community the New Rights and the conservative groups in South Korea have been very supportive of multicultural discourses and practices and have created many multicultural policy agendas geared toward ushering in what have they called "the multicultural era." Through the Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) of government multicultural policy documents a range of media sources the 2009 national curriculum reform policy documents and the 200 Korean language arts textbooks from 23 textbook publishers Multicultural Education in South Korea: Language ideology and culture in Korean language arts education examines how the conservative Korean government’s interpretation and practices of multiculturalism have been infiltrated and challenged by progressive and migrant-led agents/agencies. The analysis of academic official and popular discourses on migrant Others is focused on but not limited to: "The multicultural era" and struggles for hegemonic power; Politics of multicultural knowledge control in education and society; Formation of discourses on multicultural society and multicultural education; Examining the national curriculum: The politics of representing migrant Others; and The hidden curriculum of multicultural education: Limitations and possibilities. The author’s insightful discussion on the politics of knowledge education and teaching in multicultural societies will prove particularly useful to policy makers think-tank officials and academic scholars in education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138576636

MultidisciplinarityProjects for Social Change in Art and Culture In Manifesto for an Independent Revolutionary Art André Breton and Diego Rivera under the effects of German fascism and Russian Stalinism in society argued that art can only impact society and be revolutionary if it becomes independent of any social constructs. Almost six decades later in the rise of what became known as "relational aesthetics" the field of multidisciplinarity is expanding and many artistic projects for social change claim to be multidisciplinarity. However such projects show that we are still far from a broad discourse of multidisciplinarity. Multidisciplinarity takes a step towards a down-to-earth discussion of the relation between disciplinary discourses and grand narratives in three different projects focusing mainly on its artistic cultural and management aspects. Indeed drawing from the eclectic construction of these three multidisciplinary projects this volume serves to bridge the gap between the theoretical debates of disciplinary discourses and the harshness of everyday life in communities where projects for social change are being implemented. Presenting a panoptical view that places academic research side by side with daily life Multidisciplinarity unveils the bigger picture of both projects and interdisciplinary discourses. This insightful volume will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as Project Management Multidisciplinarity Culture Studies and Organisational Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367589615

Multilevel Analysis of Individuals and Cultures In this book top specialists address theoretical methodological and empirical multilevel models as they relate to the analysis of individual and cultural data. Divided into four parts the book opens with the basic conceptual and theoretical issues in multilevel research including the fallacies of such research. Part II describes the methodological aspects of multilevel research including data-analytic and structural equation modeling techniques. Applications and models from various research areas including control values organizational behavior social beliefs well-being personality response styles school performance family and acculturation are explored in Part III. This section also deals with validity issues in aggregation models. The book concludes with an overview of the kinds of questions addressed in multilevel models and highlights the theoretical and methodological issues yet to be explored. This book is intended for researchers and advanced students in psychology sociology social work marriage and family therapy public health anthropology education economics political science and cultural and ethnic studies who study the relationship between behavior and culture. Media > Books > E-books Psychology Press 9780203888032

Multilingual Currents in Literature Translation and Culture At a time increasingly dominated by globalization migration and the clash between supranational and ultranational ideologies the relationship between language and borders has become more complicated and in many ways more consequential than ever. This book shows how concepts of ‘language’ and ‘multilingualism’ look different when viewed from Belize Lagos or London and asks how ideas about literature and literary form must be remade in a contemporary cultural marketplace that is both linguistically diverse and interconnected even as it remains profoundly unequal. Bringing together scholars from the fields of literary studies applied linguistics publishing and translation studies the volume investigates how multilingual realities shape not only the practice of writing but also modes of literary and cultural production. Chapters explore examples of literary multilingualism and their relationship to the institutions of publishing translation and canon-formation. They consider how literature can be read in relation to other multilingual and translational forms of contemporary cultural circulation and what new interpretative strategies such developments demand. In tracing the multilingual currents running across a globalized world this book will appeal to the growing international readership at the intersections of comparative literature world literature postcolonial studies literary theory and criticism and translation studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367667603

Multiple Democracies in EuropePolitical Culture in New Member States This book provides an in-depth discussion and analysis of democracy in Europe with a focus on the new EU member states and makes an important and original contribution to the debate on the future of European democracy. Author Paul Blokker seeks to provide a critical reconceptualization of the notion of democratic political culture by developing a ‘multiple democracies’ theoretical approach. He draws on debates in democratization theory and normative political theory and presents a cultural-sociological approach for the analysis of democratization and democratic regimes. This approach emphasizes the historical and cultural embedment of democracy identifies a potential variety of ‘ethics of democracy’ that underpin democratic political cultures and points to the significance of democratic imagination in the interpretation and recombination of such ethics. The book explores the relevance of this approach by analysing multiple political cultures and their role in the emergence of democratic regimes in three new member states - Hungary Poland and Romania - providing a detailed description and analysis of political cultures by means of the analysis of constitutional politics constitutional texts and political elite discourses and the identification of distinct politico-cultural elements that distinguish these societies from each other. It will be of interest to students and scholars of democracy European studies post-communist studies political theory and comparative politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415662444

Multiple Gender Cultures Sociology and Plural ModernitiesRe-reading Social Constructions of Gender across the Globe in a Decolonial Perspective Until today Western European sociology contributes to the social reality of colonial modernity and gender knowledge is a paradigmatic example of it. Multiple Gender Cultures Sociology and Plural Modernities critically engages with these ‘Western eyes’ and shifts the focus towards the global variety of gendered socialities and hierarchically entangled social histories. This is conceptualised as multiple gender cultures within plural modernities. The authors examine the multifaceted realities of gendered life in varying contexts across the globe. Bringing together different perspectives the volume provides a rereading of the social fabric of gender in contrast to androcentrist-modernist as well as orientalist representations of ‘the’ gendered Other. The key questions explored by this volume are: which social mechanisms lead to conflicting or shifting gender dynamics against the backdrop of global entanglements and interdependencies and to what extent are neocolonial gender regimes at work in this regard? How are varying gender cultures sociohistorically and culturally structured and how are they connected within (global) power relations? How can established hierarchies and asymmetries become an object of criticism? How can historical cultural social and political specificities be analysed without gendered and other reifications? That way the volume aims to promote border thinking in sociological understanding of social reality towards multiple gender cultures and plural modernities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138319028

Muscle BoysGay Gym Culture What was once a lifestyle for a small number of gay men in big cities has become a way of life for many  and the gay gym is now a culture on its own. Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture explores the evolution and current structure of this gay subculture that surfaced in San Francisco West Hollywood and New York during the 1970s. Covering ancient Greek gymnasium culture modern bodybuilding practices and homoerotic muscle-bound media Muscles Boys examines the origins of the male athletic ideal. A sociological investigation on masculinity fitness HIV steroids and sex in the locker room Muscle Boys dissects the gay gym experience  and celebrates gay body culture and its role in modern gay life. Author Erick Alvarez offers a candid study of the gay gym from his perspective as a physical trainer in the San Francisco Bay area and from his interviews and online surveys of nearly 6 000 gay men. Muscle Boys: Gay Gym Culture is an enlightening read for anyone interested in gay body culture and a valuable resource for academics working in GLBT studies human sexuality psychology or athletics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138143616

Museum CultureHistories Discourses Spectacles Museums display much more than artifacts; Museum Culture makes us on a tour through the complex of ideas values and symbols that pervade and shape the practice of exhibiting today. Bringing together a broad range of perspectives from history art history critical theory and sociology the contributors to this new collection argue that museums have become a central institution and metaphor in contemporary society.Discussing exhibition histories and practice in Western Europe the former Soviet Union Israel and the United States the authors explore the ways in which museums assign meaning to art through various kinds of exhibitions and display strategies examining the political implications of these strategies and the forms of knowledge they invoke and construct. The collection also discusses alternative exhibition forms the involvement of some museums with the more spectacular practices of mass media culture and looks at how museums construct their public. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138453104

Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture Museum Gallery Interpretation and Material Culture publishes the proceedings of the first annual Sackler Centre for Arts Education conference at the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in London. The conference launched the annual series by addressing the question of how gallery interpretation design and management can help museum visitors learn about art and material culture. The book features a range of papers by leading academics museum learning professionals graduate researchers and curators from Europe the USA and Canada. The papers present diverse new research and practice in the field and open up debate about the role design and process of exhibition interpretation in museums art galleries and historic sites. The authors represent both academics and practitioners and are affiliated with high quality institutions of broad geographical scope. The result is a strong consistent representation of current thinking across the theory methodology and practice of interpretation design for learning in museums. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138802247

Museums Emotion and Memory CultureThe Politics of the Past in Turkey Museums Emotion and Memory Culture examines the politics of emotion in history museums combining approaches and concerns from museum heritage and memory studies anthropology and studies of emotion. Exploring the meanings and politics of memory contests in Turkey a site for complex negotiations of identity the book asks what it means for museums to charge the past with political agendas through spectacular emotive representations. Providing an in-depth examination of emotional practice in two Turkish museums that present contrasting representations of the national past the book analyses relationships between memory governmentality identity and emotion. The museums discussed celebrate Ottoman and Early Republican pasts linking to geo- and party politics people’s senses of who they are popular memory culture and competing national stories and identities vis-à-vis Europe and the wider world. Both museums use dramatic emotive panoramas as key displays and the research at the heart of this book explores this seemingly anachronistic choice and how it links with memory cultures to prompt visitors to engage imaginatively socially politically and morally with a particular version of the past. Although the book focuses on museums in Turkey it uses this as a platform to address broader questions about memory culture emotion and identity. As such Museums and Memory Culture should be of great interest to academics and students around the world who are engaged in the study of museums heritage culture history politics anthropology sociology and the psychology of emotion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367141530

Museums Infinity and the Culture of ProtocolsEthnographic Collections and Source Communities Museums Infinity and the Culture of Protocols enters a dialogue about museums’ responsibility for the curation of their collections into an infinite future while also tackling contentious issues of repatriation and digital access to collections. Bringing into focus a number of key debates centred on ethnographic collections and their relationship with source communities Morphy considers the value material objects have to different ‘local’ communities – the museum and the source community – and the value-creation processes with which they are entangled. The focus on values and value brings the issue of repatriation and access into a dialogue between the two locals questioning who has access to collections and whose values are taken into consideration. Placing the museum itself firmly at the centre of the debate Morphy posits that museums constitute a kind of ‘local’ embedded in a trajectory of value. Museums Infinity and the Culture of Protocols challenges aspects of postcolonial theory that position museums in the past by presenting an argument that places relationships with communities as central to the future of museums. This makes the book essential reading for academics and students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies anthropology archaeology Indigenous studies cultural studies and history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138565593

Museums and the Interpretation of Visual Culture This is a multi-disciplinary study that adopts an innovative and original approach to a highly topical question that of meaning-making in museums focusing its attention on pedagogy and visual culture.This work explores such questions as: How and why is it that museums select and arrange artefacts shape knowledge construct a view? How do museums produce values? How do active audiences make meaning from what they experience in museums? This stimulating book provokes debate and discussion on these topics and puts forward the idea of a new museum - the post-museum which will challenge the familiar modernist museum.  A must for students and professionals in the field. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003124450

Museums and the Representation of Native CanadiansNegotiating the Borders of Culture First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864566

Museums as Cultures of CopiesThe Crafting of Artefacts and Authenticity Few institutions are warier of copies than museums. Few fields of knowledge are more prone to denounce copies as fake than the heritage field. Few discourses are as concerned with authenticity aura originals and provenance as those concerning exhibiting and collecting. So why is it that these are institutions fields and discourses where copies proliferate and copying techniques have thrived for hundreds of years? Museums as Cultures of Copies aims to make the copying practices of museums visible and to discuss from a range of interrelated perspectives precisely what function copies fulfil in the heritage field and in museums today.With contributions from Europe and Canada the book interrogates the meaning of copies and presents copying as a fully integrated part of museum work. Including chapters on ethnographic mannequins digitalized photos death masks museum documentation and mechanical models contributors consider how copying as a cultural form changes according to time and place and how new forms of copying and copy technologies challenge and expand museum work today. Arguing that copying is at the basis of museum practice and that new technologies and practices have been taken up and developed in museums since their inception the book presents both heritage work and copies in a new light.Museums as Cultures of Copies should be of great interest to academics scholars and postgraduate students working in the fields of museum and heritage studies as well as visual studies cultural history and archaeology. It should also be essential reading for museum practitioners. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367663292

Museums in a Culture of Human RightsNew Museums around the Globe For several decades museums have invested in the work of human rights. Museums dedicated to documenting abuses of human rights such as acts of genocide or significant advances in the field such as in the achievement of civil rights have proliferated since the 1980s when a veritable museum boom occurred around the world. A newer phenomenon is that of institutions that choose to self-identify as human rights museums in their name. Very little research exists on these and this book aims to address that with an international and comparative analysis of the emergence and practices of several key human rights museums in North and South America Europe and Asia. The author analyzes case studies in Canada Chile Paraguay Belgium Japan Taiwan Korea and Pakistan with careful attention to locating these museums in their specific geo-political and cultural contexts. The book develops successful methods for knowledge sharing and mobilization amongst scholars museum professionals students and wider communities of human rights activists by examining lessons learned in the creation of these museums and questioning which human rights discourses have informed the creation mission collecting exhibition and programming initiatives of these institutions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472441171

Museums in the Second World WarCurators Culture and Change Exploring the role of museums galleries and curators during the upheaval of the Second World War this book challenges the accepted view of a hiatus in museum services during the conflict and its immediate aftermath. Instead it argues that new thinking in the 1930s was realised in a number of promising initiatives during the war only to fail during the fragmented post-war recovery. Based on new research including interviews with retired museum staff letters diaries museum archives and government records this study reveals a complex picture of both innovation and inertia. At the outbreak of war precious objects were stored away and staff numbers reduced but although many museums were closed others successfully campaigned to remain open. By providing innovative modern exhibitions and education initiatives they became popular and valued venues for the public. After the war however museums returned to their more traditional collections-centred approach and failed to negotiate the public funding needed for reconstruction based on this narrower view of their role. Hence in the longer term the destruction and economic and social consequences of the conflict served to delay aspirations for reconstruction until the 1960s. Through this lens the history of the museum in the mid-twentieth century appears as one shaped by the effects of war but equally determined by the input of curators audiences and the state. The museum thus emerges not as an isolated institution concerned only with presenting the past but as a product of the changing conflicts and cultures within society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367595043

Music Branding and Consumer Culture in ChurchHillsong in Focus Starting as a single congregation in Australia Hillsong Church now has campuses worldwide releases worship music that sells millions of albums and its ministers regularly appear in mainstream media. So how has a single church gained such international prominence? This book offers an ethnographic exploration of the ways in which music and marketing have been utilised in the pursuit and production of spiritual experience for members of Hillsong Church. An experience that has proven to be incredibly popular. The main theme of this book is that marketing specifically branding is not just a way to "sell" religion but rather an integral part of spiritual experience in consumer society. Focussing on the London Hillsong church as a case study the use of its own music in tandem with strong branding is shown to be a co- and re-productive method of organizing patterning and communicating information. The church provides the branded material and cultural context in which participants’ sacred experience of self unfolds. However this requires participants to "do the work" to properly understand and ultimately embody the values associated with the brand. This book raises important questions about the role of branding and music in forming modern scared identities. As such it will be of great interest to scholars of Religious Studies Ethnomusicology and Media Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138579552

Music Culture and Identity in the Muslim WorldPerformance Politics and Piety In contrast to many books on Islam that focus on political rhetoric and activism this book explores Islam's extraordinarily rich cultural and artistic diversity showing how sound music and bodily performance offer a window onto the subtleties and humanity of Islamic religious experience.  Through a wide range of case studies from West Asia South Asia and North Africa and their diasporas - including studies of Sufi chanting in Egypt and Morocco dance in Afghanistan and "Muslim punk" on-line - the book demonstrates how Islam should not be conceived of as being monolithic or monocultural how there is a large disagreement within Islam as to how music and performance should be approached such disagreements being closely related to debates about orthodoxy secularism and moderate and fundamental Islam and how important cultural activities have been and continue to be for the formation of Muslim identity.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138203969

Music Electronic Media and Culture Technology revolutionised the ways that music was produced in the twentieth century. As that century drew to a close and a new century begins a new revolution in roles is underway. The separate categories of composer performer distributor and listener are being challenged while the sounds of the world itself become available for musical use. All kinds of sounds are now brought into the remit of composition enabling the music of others to be sampled (or plundered) including that of unwitting musicians from non-western cultures. This sound world may appear contradictory - stimulating and invigorating as well as exploitative and destructive. This book addresses some of the issues now posed by the brave new world of music produced with technology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138256330

Music Modern Culture and the Critical Ear In his 1985 book The Idea of Music: Schoenberg and Others Peter Franklin set out a challenge for musicology: namely how best to talk and write about the music of modern European culture that fell outside of the modernist mainstream typified by Schoenberg Berg and Webern? Thirty years on this collected volume of essays by Franklin’s students and colleagues returns to that challenge and the vibrant intellectual field that has since developed. Moving freely between insights into opera Volksoper film festival and choral movement and from the very earliest years of the twentieth century up to the 1980s its authors listen with a ‘critical ear’: they site these musical phenomena within a wider web of modern cultural practices - a perspective in turn that enables them to exercise a disciplinary self-awareness after Franklin’s manner. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367881702

Music \= Cultures in ContactConvergences and Collisions First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315075778

Music and Culture in America 1861-1918 First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138994287

Music and Performance Culture in Nineteenth-Century BritainEssays in Honour of Nicholas Temperley Music and Performance Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain: Essays in Honour of Nicholas Temperley is the first book to focus upon aspects of performance in the broader context of nineteenth-century British musical culture. In four Parts 'Musical Cultures' 'Societies' 'National Music' and 'Methods' this volume assesses the role music performance plays in articulating significant trends and currents of the cultural life of the period and includes articles on performance and individual instruments; orchestral and choral ensembles; church and synagogue music; music societies; cantatas; vocal albums; the middle-class salon conducting; church music; and piano pedagogy. An introduction explores Temperley's vast contribution to musicology highlighting his seminal importance in creating the field of nineteenth-century British music studies and a bibliography provides an up-to-date list of his publications including books and monographs book chapters journal articles editions reviews critical editions arrangements and compositions. Fittingly devoted to a significant element in Temperley's research this book provides scholars of all nineteenth-century musical topics the opportunity to explore the richness of Britain's musical history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138253780

Music and the Cultures of Print This collection of essays explores the cultures that coalesced around printed music in previous centuries. It focuses on the unique modes through which print organized the presentation of musical texts the conception of written compositions and the ways in which music was disseminated and performed. In highlighting the tensions that exist between musical print and performance this volume raises not only the question of how older scores can be read today but also how music expressed its meanings to listeners in the past. First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315051659

Music Genres and Corporate Cultures Music Genres and Corporate Cultures explores the seemingly haphazard workings of the music industry tracing the uneasy relationship between economics and culture; `entertainment corporations' and the artists they sign. Keith Negus examines the contrasting strategies of major labels like Sony and Polygram in managing different genres artists and staff. How do takeovers affect the treatment of artists? Why has Polygram been perceived as too European to attract US artists? And how did Warner's wooden floors help them sign Green Day? Through in-depth case studies of three major genres; rap country and salsa Negus explores the way in which the music industry recognises and rewards certain sounds and how this influences both the creativity of musicians and their audiences. He examines the tension between raps public image as the spontaneous `music of the streets' and the practicalities of the market and asks why country labels and radio stations promote top-selling acts like Garth Brooks over hard-to-classify artists like Mary Chapin-Carpenter and how the lack of soundscan systems in Puerto Rican record shops affects salsa music's position on the US Billboard chart. Drawing on over seventy interviews with music industry personnel in Britain and the United States Music Genres and Corporate Cultures shows how the creation circulation and consumption of popular music is shaped by record companies and corporate business styles while stressing that music production takes within a broader culture not totally within the control of large corporations. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203169469

Music in the Baroque WorldHistory Culture and Performance Music in the Baroque World: History Culture Performance offers an interdisciplinary study of the music of Europe and the Americas in the seventeenth and first half of the eighteenth centuries. It answers calls for an approach that balances culture history and musical analysis with an emphasis on performance considerations such as notation instruments and performance techniques. It situates musical events in their intellectual social religious and political contexts and enables in-depth discussion and critical analysis. The companion web site provide links to scores and audio/visual performances making this a complete course for the study of Baroque music. Features An interdisciplinary approach that balances detailed analysis of specific pieces of music and broader historical overview and relevance A selection of historical documents at the end of each chapter that position musical works and events in their cultural context Extensive musical examples that show the melodic textural harmonic or structural features of baroque music and enhance the utility of the textbook for undergraduate and graduate music majors A global perspective with a chapter on Music in the Americas A companion score anthology and website with links to audio/video content of key performances and research and writing guides Music in the Baroque World: History Culture Performance tells stories of local traditions cultural exchange performance trends and artistic mixing. It illuminates representative works through the lens of politics visual arts theology print culture gender domesticity commerce and cultural influence and exchange. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415842761

Music in the Classical WorldGenre Culture and History Music in the Classical World: Genre Culture and History provides a broad sociocultural and historical perspective of the music of the Classical Period as it relates to the world in which it was created. It establishes a background on the time span—1725 to 1815—offering a context for the music made during one of the more vibrant periods of achievement in history. Outlining how music interacted with society politics and the arts of that time this kaleidescopic approach presents an overview of how the various genres expanded during the period not just in the major musical centers but around the globe. Contemporaneous treatises and commentary documenting these changes are integrated into the narrative. Features include the following: A complete course with musical scores on the companion website plus links to recordings—and no need to purchase a separate anthology The development of style and genres within a broader historical framework Extensive musical examples from a wide range of composers considered in context of the genre A thorough collection of illustrations iconography and art relevant to the music of the age Source documents translated by the author Valuable student learning aids throughout including a timeline a register of people and dates sidebars of political importance and a selected reading list arranged by chapter and topic A companion website featuring scores of all music discussed in the text recordings of most musical examples and tips for listening Music in the Classical World: Genre Culture and History tells the story of classical music through eighteenth-century eyes exposing readers to the wealth of music and musical styles of the time and providing a glimpse into that vibrant and active world of the Classical Period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138503847

Music in Welsh Culture Before 1650A Study of the Principal Sources Music in Wales has long been a neglected area. Scholars have been deterred both by the need for a knowledge of the Welsh language and by the fact that an oral tradition in Wales persisted far later than in other parts of Britain resulting in a limited number of sources with conventional notation. Sally Harper provides the first serious study of Welsh music before 1650 and draws on a wide range of sources in Welsh Latin and English to illuminate early musical practice. This book challenges and refutes two widely held assumptions - that music in Wales before 1650 is impoverished and elusive and that the extant sources are too obscure and fragmentary to warrant serious study. Harper demonstrates that there is a far wider body of source material than is generally realized comprising liturgical manuscripts archival materials chronicles and retrospective histories inventories of pieces and players vernacular poetry and treatises. This book examines three principal areas: the unique tradition of cerdd dant (literally 'the music of the string') for harp and crwth; the Latin liturgy in Wales and its embellishment and 'Anglicised' sacred and secular materials from c.1580 which show Welsh music mirroring English practice. Taken together the primary material presented in this book bears witness to a flourishing and distinctive musical tradition of considerable cultural significance aspects of which have an important impact on wider musical practice beyond Wales. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138252356

Music on the FrontlineNicolas Nabokov’s Struggle Against Communism and Middlebrow Culture The story of Nicolas Nabokov's involvement with the CIA-funded Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF) is a story of the politics and sociology of culture; how music was used for political ends and how intellectual groups formed and functioned during the Cold War. The seemingly independent CCF established to counteract  apparent Soviet successes in the fields of the arts and intellectual life appointed Nabokov (a Russian emigre and minor composer) as its Secretary General in 1951. Over the next ten years he gave music a high profile in the work of the organisation producing four international musical festivals the first and most ambitious of which was 1952's L'Oeuvre du XXe Siècle in Paris an event which showcased the work of no less than 62 composers. As Ian Wellens reveals Nabokov's musical involvement with the CCF was in fact a struggle on two fronts. Apparently a defence of Western modernism against 'backward' 'provincial' Soviet music Nabokov's writings show this to have meshed closely with the domestic concern - shared by many intellectuals - that high culture was being undermined by an increasingly culturally aware middle class. His attacks on Soviet cultural policy and his unflattering assessments of Shostakovich are seen to be not merely salvos in the cold war but part of a broader campaign aimed at securing the authority and prestige of intellectuals. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138277342

Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism 1848–1972 Musical Culture and the Spirit of Irish Nationalism is the first comprehensive history of music’s relationship with Irish nationalist politics. Addressing rebel songs traditional music and dance national anthems and protest song the book draws upon an unprecedented volume of material to explore music’s role in cultural and political nationalism in modern Ireland. From the nineteenth-century Young Irelanders the Fenians the Home Rule movement Sinn Féin and the Anglo-Irish War to establishment politics in independent Ireland and civil rights protests in Northern Ireland this wide-ranging survey considers music’s importance and its limitations across a variety of political movements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367344009

Muslim Communities and Cultures of the HimalayasConceptualizing the Global Ummah This book chronicles individual perspectives and specific iterations of Muslim community practice and experience in the Himalayan region to bring into scholarly conversation the presence of varying Muslim cultures in the Himalaya. The Himalaya provide a site of both geographic and cultural crossroads where Muslim community is simultaneously constituted at multiple social levels and to that end the essays in this book document a wide range of local national and global interests while maintaining a focus on individual perspectives moments in time and localized experiences. It presents research that contributes to a broadly conceived notion of the Himalaya that enriches readers’ understandings of both the region and concepts of Muslim community and highlights the interconnections between multiple experiences of Muslim community at local levels. Drawing attention to the cultural social artistic and political diversity of the Himalaya beyond the better understood and frequently documented religio-cultural expressions of the region this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Anthropology Geography History Religious Atudies Asian Studies and Islamic Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367210380

Muslim European YouthReproducing Ethnicity Religion Culture First Published in 1998 this volume consists of contributors providing position of Muslim youth in a European context. Providing case studies from 5 European nations: Denmark France Germany the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The chapters in this book draw from various of anthropological and sociological theory to discuss this topic. Many contributors relating back to ethnological research on young Muslims in relation to local government political and religious associations schools as well as community and family. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138322912

Muslim Youth in the DiasporaChallenging Extremism through Popular Culture In a world where the term Islam is ever-increasingly an inaccurate and insensitive synonym for terrorism it is unsurprising that many Muslim youth in the West struggle for a viable sense of identity. This book takes up the hotly-debated issue of Muslim youth identity in western countries from the standpoint of popular culture. It proposes that in the context of Islamophobia and pervasive moral panic young Muslims frame up their identity in relation to external conditions that only see ‘good’ and ‘bad’ Muslims on both sides of the ideological fence between Islam and the West. Indeed by attempting to break down the ‘good’ versus ‘bad’ Muslim dichotomy that largely derives from western media reports as well as political commentary Muslim Youth in the Diaspora: Challenging Extremism through Popular Culture will enlighten the reader. It illuminates the way in which diasporic Muslim youth engage with and are affected by the radical Islamist meta-narrative. It examines their popular culture and online activity their gendered sense of self and much more. This original book will be of interest to students and scholars interested in the fields of sociology cultural studies and social anthropology. It offers a particular focus on Islam for research in youth studies youth culture political radicalisation and religious identity. It will also be relevant to the sector of youth and social work where practitioners seek to build cultural bridges with a new generation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367351304

Muzio Clementi and British Musical CultureSources Performance Practice and Style Recent scholarship has vanquished the traditional perception of nineteenth-century Britain as a musical wasteland. In addition to attempting more balanced assessments of the achievements of British composers of this period scholars have begun to explore the web of reciprocal relationships between the societal economic and cultural dynamics arising from the industrial revolution the Napoleonic wars and the ever-changing contours of British music publishing music consumption concert life instrument design performance practice pedagogy and composition. Muzio Clementi (1752–1832) provides an ideal case-study for continued exploration of this web of relationships. Based in London for much of his life whilst still maintaining contact with continental developments Clementi achieved notable success in a diversity of activities that centred mainly on the piano. The present book explores Clementi’s multivalent contribution to piano performance pedagogy composition and manufacture in relation to British musical life and its international dimensions. An overriding purpose is to interrogate when how and to what extent a distinctive British musical culture emerged in the early nineteenth century. Much recent work on Clementi has centred on the Italian National Edition of his complete works (MiBACT); several chapters report on this project whilst continuing to pursue the book’s broader themes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367589783

Myths of OzReading Australian Popular Culture This book first published in 1987 sets out to examine and extend our understanding of Australian popular culture and to counter the long-established traditional criticism bewailing its lack. The authors argue that the 'knocker's' view started from an elitist viewpoint yearning for Australia to aspire to a European culture in art music literature and other traditional cultural fields. They argue however that there are other definitions of culture that are more populist more comprehensive and which represent a vitality and dynamism which is a true reflection of the lives and aspirations of Australians. Myths of Oz offers no comprehensive definition of Australian culture but rather a way of interpreting its various aspects. The barbeque or the pub an expedition to the shops or a day at the beach the home the workplace or the job queue; all these intrinsic parts of Australian life are examined and conclusions drawn as to how they shape or are shaped by what we call popular culture. The authors look too at monuments and symbols from Ayers Rock to the Sydney Opera House which both shape and reflect Australian culture while a chapter on the Australian accent shows how language and terminology play a powerful role in establishing cultural standpoints. A particular strength of this book is that while delivering a provocative and stimulating series of viewpoints on popular culture it also makes use of current academic tools and methodology to ensure that we gain new insights into the meanings and pleasures we derive from our everyday experiences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138201620

NanobiotechnologyConcepts and Applications in Health Agriculture and Environment This new book Nanobiotechnology: Concepts and Applications in Health Agriculture and Environment presents a broad conceptual overview regarding the synthesis applications and toxicological aspects of nanobiotechnology. It focuses on the entrance into and interaction of nanomaterials in the human body which has generated intense scientific curiosity attracting much attention as well as increasing concern from the nanomaterial-based industries and academia across the world. This book looks at the scientific aspects of nanomaterials used in many applications of biosciences taking an interdisciplinary approach that encompasses medicine biology pharmacy physics chemistry engineering nanotechnology and materials science. The volume covers the basics of nanosciences and nanotechnology; different schemes and routes of synthesis; and various biological applications including sensing medicine drug delivery systems and remediation. Further special chapters will be devoted to nanotoxicology and the developing risk factors associated with nanosized particles during use along with the ethical issues related to nanobiotechnology.   Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771888240

Narco-CultsUnderstanding the Use of Afro-Caribbean and Mexican Religious Cultures in the Drug Wars Those who know about how spirituality plays into the world of drug smuggling have likely heard of Santa Muerte Jesus Malverde and Santería but the details of the more obscure African religions and Latin American folk saints and cults often remain a mystery. While the vast majority of these religions are practiced by law-abiding citizens with no connections to the drug trade their religious beliefs and practices are often appropriated by drug cartels and used to psychologically empower members of these organizations. Therefore knowledge about narco-cults and spirituality related to the drug trade can be incredibly useful to narcotics officers military and intelligence agents and even the average street cop. Narco-Cults: Understanding the Use of Afro-Caribbean and Mexican Religious Cultures in the Drug Wars looks at the growing phenomenon of narco-cults and the use of indigenous spiritual traditions among drug trafficking organizations. Based on two decades of experience from one of the top consultants in the field it provides investigative agencies with a means of identifying symbols rituals artifacts and customs endemic to various drug trafficking organizations. The book features illustrations of altars shrines and tools along with detailed descriptions of their cultural significance and practical application in rituals and customs. Derived from empirical research this sourcebook provides reliable information taken from ethnographic fieldwork police reports and interviews with practitioners. The knowledge contained herein will help build cultural competency among the many agencies investigating drug crimes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781466595453

Narrative GravityConversation Cognition Culture In this elegantly written and theoretically sophisticated work Rukmini Bhaya Nair asks why human beings across the world are such compulsive and inventive storytellers. Extending current research in cognitive science and narratology she argues that we seem to have a genetic drive to fabricate as a way of gaining the competitive advantages such fictions give us. She suggests that stories are a means of fusing causal and logical explanations of 'real' events with emotional recognition so that the lessons taught to us as children and then throughout our lives via stories lay the cornerstones of our most crucial beliefs. Nair's conclusion is that our stories really do make us up just as much as we make up our stories. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415754088

National Identity Popular Culture and Everyday Life The Millennium Dome Braveheart and Rolls Royce cars. How do cultural icons reproduce and transform a sense of national identity? How does national identity vary across time and space how is it contested and what has been the impact of globalization upon national identity and culture?This book examines how national identity is represented performed spatialized and materialized through popular culture and in everyday life. National identity is revealed to be inherent in the things we often take for granted - from landscapes and eating habits to tourism cinema and music. Our specific experience of car ownership and motoring can enhance a sense of belonging whilst Hollywood blockbusters and national exhibitions provide contexts for the ongoing and often contested process of national identity formation. These and a wealth of other cultural forms and practices are explored with examples drawn from Scotland the UK as a whole India and Mauritius. This book addresses the considerable neglect of popular cultures in recent studies of nationalism and contributes to debates on the relationship between ‘high' and ‘low' culture. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003086178

Nationalism and Ethnicity in a Hindu KingdomThe Politics and Culture of Contemporary Nepal With its systematic coverage of different groups this book demonstrates how similar trends of ethnic formation are affecting all parts of Nepal. Yet within the boundaries of a single culturally diverse state very different forms of ethnicity have emerged. " This is a truly thematic collection with a well-defined focus on the important contemporary topics of ethnic identity and nationalism. The importance of the theme is self-evident in a world attempting to come to grips with such problems in virtually all modern states. Anyone with an interest in contemporary Nepal should study this volume." Nepal is the only officially Hindu kingdom in the world and remains so in spite of a revolution or people's movement in 1990 which overthrew the partyless Panchayat regime and instituted a multiparty constitutional monarchy. Since November 1994 it has also had an elected Communist government the first of its kind in South Asia. This volume takes a long-term view of the various processes of ethnic and national development that have been displayed both before and after 1990. It brings together twelve carefully chosen ethnographic and historical chapters covering all of the major ethnic groups and regions of Nepal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138994355

Nationalism and Popular Culture How do nations come to shape our collective imagination so profoundly? This book argues that the power of national identity and national belonging stems in part from the ways in which nationalism is embedded in popular culture. Comprised of chapters covering a wide range of cases from both the Global North and Global South (including Argentina Australia Canada Europe Israel Pakistan and the United States) the text unpacks the connections between nationalism and film television music and other facets of everyday culture. In doing so it demonstrates that popular culture can help us understand why and how nationhood has become so deeply entrenched in modern society. This book will be of interest to scholars of political science nationalism sociology history media studies and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367337636

Native Peoples of the WorldAn Encyclopedia of Groups Cultures and Contemporary Issues This work examines the world's indigenous peoples their cultures the countries in which they reside and the issues that impact these groups. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780765682949

Natural HeritageAt the Interface of Nature and Culture It has become more and more accepted that nature conservation is not possible without taking into account human activities. Thus an integrated approach to both the natural and cultural heritage is being encouraged and developed. Gathering a number of distinguished authors with diverse backgrounds (from a religious leader to academics to conservation scientists) the book aims to investigate the relationship between human beings and nature between nature and culture. Looking at nature as ‘heritage’ of the human race is a recognition both of the tremendous impacts (both positive and negative) that human activities have had on the natural environment as well as the acceptance of human responsibility for managing our planet in a sustainable and sensitive manner. The texts included examine this interface between human beings and nature in specific places (from the Everglades in Florida and Mont Saint Micelle in Atlantic France to the UK Europe and the Mediterranean) as well as on a theoretical basis and in the context of the international biodiversity conventions. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138880658

Nature Culture and GenderRe-reading the folktale Folktales in India have been told heard read and celebrated for many centuries. In breaking new ground Indian folktales have been reread and examined in the light of the Mother Earth discourse as it manifests in the lifeworlds of women nature and language. The book introduces ecofeminist criticism and situates it within an innovative folktale t Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367177164

Nature Culture and Religion at the Crossroads of Asia This book explores how ethnic groups living in the Himalayan regions understand nature and culture. The first part addresses the opposition between nature and culture in Asia’s major religious traditions such as Hinduism Buddhism Islam and Shamanism. The second part brings together specialists of different representative groups living in the heterogeneous Himalayan region. They examine how these indigenous groups perceive their world. This includes understanding their mythic past in particular the place of animals and spirits in the world of humans as they see it and the role of ritual in the everyday lives of these people. The book takes into account how these various perceptions of the Himalayan peoples are shaped by a globalized world. The volume thus provides new ways of viewing the relationship between humans and their environment. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138102705

Nature and Culture in Intimate Partner ViolenceSex Love and Equality This innovative book aims to further our understanding of violence in intimate relationships between men and women by combining research from psychology cultural studies and biology. The author examines why western culture often justifies and encourages primitive forms of relationships based on domination and submission and considers not only the cultural influences but also the biological aspects in their interaction. The book clarifies the biological roots of aggression and affection in intimate relationships in humans showing that considering the biological roots of male dominance on women does not imply any justification. Bonino makes the case that awareness about the biological roots of violence and about the cultural messages supporting them is necessary for developing different messages and educational practices promoting human capacity of personal affective relationship where partners empathically recognize themselves as equal human beings. Relationships are examined in relation to a domination/submission framework with the author emphasizing the role individuals can play in promoting non-aggressive relationships. By examining aggressive behaviour in relation to cultural social psychological and biological ideas the author seeks to clarify the cause of violence in relation to gendered roles. This is fascinating reading for anyone interested in violence in relationships and suitable for students and academics in psychology and the social sciences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138613997

Nature and CultureRebuilding Lost Connections There is a growing recognition that the diversity of life comprises both biological and cultural diversity. But this division is not universal and in many cases has been deepened by the common disciplinary divide between the natural and social sciences and our apparent need to manage and control nature.  This book goes beyond divisive definitions and investigates the bridges linking biological and cultural diversity. The international team of authors explore the common drivers of loss and argue that policy responses should target both forms of diversity in a novel integrative approach to conservation thus reducing the gap between science policy and practice. While conserving nature alongside human cultures presents unique challenges this book forcefully shows that any hope for saving biological diversity is predicated on a concomitant effort to appreciate and protect cultural diversity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415813549

Nature's MatrixLinking Agriculture Biodiversity Conservation and Food Sovereignty When first published in 2009 Nature’s Matrix set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity. This new edition pushes the frontier of the biodiversity/agriculture debate further making an even stronger case for the need to transform agriculture and support small- and medium-scale agroecology and food sovereignty. In the first edition the authors set out a radical new approach to the conservation of biodiversity. This is based on the concept of a landscape as a matrix of diverse small-scale agricultural ecosystems providing opportunities to enhance conservation under the stewardship of local farmers. This contrasts with the alternative view of industrial-scale farms and large protected areas which exclude local people. However since then the debate around conservation and agriculture has developed significantly and this is reflected in this updated second edition. The text is thoroughly revised including: a reorganization of chapters with new and timely topics introduced updates to the discussion of agroecology and food sovereignty bringing it in line with the current debates greater coverage of the role of agroecology in particular agroforestry as an important component of climate change adaptation and mitigation highlighting recent studies on the role of intensive agriculture in climate change and loss of biodiversity and more attention given to the discussion of land sparing versus land sharing. By integrating the ecological aspects of agriculture and conservation biology with a political and social analysis as well as historical perspective the book continues to set a progressive agenda and appeals to a wide range of students and professionals. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367137816

Naval Power and British Culture 1760–1850Public Trust and Government Ideology Recent work on the growth of British naval power during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries has emphasised developments in the political constitutional and financial infrastructure of the British state. Naval Power and British Culture 1760-1850 takes these considerations one step further and examines the relationship of administrative culture within government bureaucracy to contemporary perceptions of efficiency in the period 1760-1850. By administrative culture is meant the ideas attitudes structures practices and mores of public employees. Inevitably these changed over time and this shift is examined as the naval departments passed through times of crisis and peace. Focusing on the transition in the culture of government employees in the naval establishments in London - in the Navy and Victualling Offices - as well as the victualling yard towns along the Thames and Medway Naval Power and British Culture 1760-1850 concerns itself with attitudes at all levels of the organisation. Yet it is concerned above all with those whose views and conduct are seldom reported the clerks artificers secretaries and commissioners; those employees of government who lived in local communities and took their work experience back home with them. As such this book illuminates not only the employees of government but also the society which surrounded and impinged upon naval establishments and the reciprocal nature of their attitudes and influences. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315248288

Navigating the Transnational in Modern American Literature and Culture This study develops the important work carried out on American literature through the frameworks of transnational transatlantic and trans-local studies to ask what happens when these same aspects become intrinsic to the critical narrative. Much cultural criticism since the 1990s has sought to displace perceptions of American exceptionalism with broader notions of Atlanticism transnationalism world-system and trans-localism as each has redefined the US and the world more generally. This collection shows how the remapping of America in terms of global networks and as a set of particular localities or even glocalities now plays out in Americanist scholarship reflecting on the critical consequences of the spatial turn in American literary and cultural studies. Spanning twentieth and twenty-first century American poetry fiction memoir visual art publishing and television and locating the US in Caribbean African Asian European and other contexts this volume argues for a re-modelling of American-ness with the transnational as part of its innate rhetoric. It includes discussions of travel migration disease media globalization and countless other examples of inflowing. Essays focus on subjects tracing the contemporary contours of the transnational such as the role of the US in the rise of the global novel the impact of Caribbean history on American thought (and vice versa) transatlantic cultural and philosophical genealogies and correspondences and the exchanges between the poetics of American space and those of other world spaces. Asking questions about the way the American eye has traversed and consumed the objects and cultures of the world but how that world is resistant this volume will make an important contribution to American and Transatlantic literary studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367873059

Negotiating Academic LiteraciesTeaching and Learning Across Languages and Cultures Negotiating Academic Literacies: Teaching and Learning Across Languages and Cultures is a cross-over volume in the literature between first and second language/literacy. This anthology of articles brings together different voices from a range of publications and fields and unites them in pursuit of an understanding of how academic ways of knowing are acquired. The editors preface the collection of readings with a conceptual framework that reconsiders the current debate about the nature of academic literacies. In this volume the term academic literacies denotes multiple approaches to knowledge including reading and writing critically. College classrooms have become sites where a number of languages and cultures intersect. This is the case not only for students who are in the process of acquiring English but for all learners who find themselves in an academic situation that exposes them to a new set of expectations. This book is a contribution to the effort to discover ways of supporting learning across languages and cultures--and to transform views about what it means to teach and learn to read and write and to think and know. Unique to this volume is the inclusion of the perspectives of writers as well as those of teachers and researchers. Furthermore the contributors reveal their own struggles and accomplishments as they themselves have attempted to negotiate academic literacies. The chronological ordering of articles provides a historical perspective demonstrating ways in which issues related to teaching and learning across cultures have been addressed over time. The readings have consistency in terms of quality depth and passion; they raise important philosophical questions even as they consider practical classroom applications. The editors provide a series of questions that enable the reader to engage in a generative and exciting process of reflection and inquiry. This book is both a reference for teachers who work or p Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138465527

Negotiating the FrontierTranslators and Intercultures in Hispanic History Why would a Latin Qur'an be addressed to readers who knew no Latin? What happens when translators work on paper rather than parchment? Why would a Jewish rabbi translate a bible for Christians? How can a theorist successfully criticize a version of Aristotle without knowing any Greek? Why were children used to bring down an Amerindian civilization? Why does the statue of Columbus in Barcelona point straight to Israel? Why should a Nicaraguan poet cite a French poem in order to explain a volcano in Nicaragua? This book does more than answer such questions. It uses them to discuss some of the most fundamental and complex issues in contemporary Translation Studies and Cultural Studies. Identifying cultural intermediaries as members of medieval frontier society it traces the stages by which that society has assisted in the creation of Hispanic cultures. Individual case studies go from the twelfth-century Christian Islamic and Jewish exchanges right through to the not unrelated complexity of today's translation schools in Spain mining a history rich in anecdote and paradox. Further aspects trace key concepts such as disputation the medieval hierarchy of languages the nationalist mistrust of intermediaries the effects of decolonization on development ideology and the difficulties of training students for globalizing markets. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315760025

Neoliberal CultureLiving with American Neoliberalism Departing from the conventional understanding of neoliberalism as a set of economic and political policies favoring free markets Neoliberal Culture presents a framework for analyzing neoliberalism in the United States as a culture-or structure of feeling- which shapes American everyday life. The book proposes five 'components' as the keys to any study of American neoliberal culture: biopower corporatocracy globalization the erosion of welfare-state society and hyperlegality these five components enabling rich analyses of key artifacts of the neoliberal era including the Iraq War Las Vegas welfare reform Walmart and Oprah's Book Club. Carefully organized according to its central themes and adopting a case study approach in order to allow for thorough illustrated analyses this book is an important tool for scholars and students of contemporary cultural studies popular culture American Studies and sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138115613

Neoliberalism and Culture in China and Hong KongThe Countdown of Time This book examines the period leading up to the Hong Kong handover in 1997 - the 'countdown of time' and by using iconic cultural symbols such as the countdown clock the Hong Kong Museum exhibitions and cultural heritage sites argues that China has undergone a transition to neoliberal state in part through its reunification with Hong Kong. The problem of synchronization with the world a Chinese phrase that epitomizes China's engagement with modern capitalism since the first Opium War was characterized throughout the 20th century as a 'humiliation' 'weakness' 'tragedy' and 'disaster' with China in the role of the victim of capitalist globalization. During the reunification with Hong Kong these conventional expressions were replaced by new ones such as 'de-humiliation' 'return' 'self-esteem' and 'revival'. Hai Ren gives an ethnographic and historical analysis of this cultural and political transformation of China's globalization experience by looking closely at public history practices in mainland China and Hong Kong and how the reconfiguration of everyday life and cultural norms led to the development of this neoliberal China. As a book which straddles Chinese and Hong Kong history politics cultural heritage and museum studies more generally it can be regarded as a work of cultural political economy which will appeal to students and scholars of all of the above. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138862913

Neoliberalism and Global CinemaCapital Culture and Marxist Critique In cinema studies today rarely do we find a direct investigation into the culture of capitalism and how it has been refracted and fabricated in global cinema production under neoliberalism. However the current economic crisis and the subsequent Wall Street bailout in 2008 have brought about a worldwide skepticism regarding the last four decades of economic restructuring and the culture that has accompanied it. In this edited volume an international ensemble of scholars looks at neoliberalism both as culture and political economy in the various cinemas of the world. In essays encompassing the cinemas of Asia Africa Latin America Europe and the United States the authors outline how the culture and subjectivities engendered by neoliberalism have been variously performed contested and reinforced in these cinemas. The premise of this book is that the cultural and economic logic of neoliberalism i.e. the radical financialization and market-driven calculations of all facets of society are symptoms best understood by Marxist theory and its analysis of the central antagonisms and contradictions of capital. Taking a variety of approaches ranging from political economy ideological critique the intersection of aesthetics and politics social history and critical-cultural theory this volume offers a fresh broad-based Marxist analysis of contemporary film/media. Topics include: the global albeit antagonistic nature of neoliberal culture; the search for a new aesthetic and documentary language; the contestation between labor and capital in cultural producion; the political economy of hollywood and questions of gender sexuality and the nation state in relation to neoliberalism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415854146

Neorealism Versus Strategic Culture The debate between Neorealists and Strategic Culturalists centres on whether it is possible to explain/predict state behaviour without taking into account the particular characteristics of the state such as its historical experiences geographical context and cultural constitution. This informative debate is encapsulated in the first section of the book which considers the theoretical issues raised by both Neorealism and Strategic Culture. These issues are then explored in the second section by assessing their relevance to six country case studies: Australia Germany India Japan Nigeria and Russia. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138623682

Neo-Victorian Literature and CultureImmersions and Revisitations This book provides a comprehensive reflection of the processes of canonization (un)pleasurable consumption and the emerging predominance of topics and theoretical concerns in neo-Victorianism. The repetitions and reiterations of the Victorian in contemporary culture document an unbroken fascination with the histories technologies and achievements as well as the injustices and atrocities of the nineteenth century. They also reveal that in many ways contemporary identities are constructed through a Victorian mirror image fabricated by the desires imaginings and critical interests of the present. Providing analyses of current negotiations of nineteenth-century texts discourses and traumas this volume explores the contemporary commodification and nostalgic recreation of the past. It brings together critical perspectives of experts in the fields of Victorian literature and culture contemporary literature and neo-Victorianism with contributions by leading scholars in the field including Rosario Arias Cora Kaplan Elizabeth Ho Marie-Luise Kohlke and Sally Shuttleworth. Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture interrogates current fashions in neo-Victorianism and their ideological leanings  the resurrection of cultural icons and the reasons behind our relationship with and immersion in Victorian culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415708302

Netnography UnlimitedUnderstanding Technoculture using Qualitative Social Media Research Netnography has become an essential tool for qualitative research in the dynamic complex and conflicted worlds of contemporary technoculture.  Shaped by academic fields industries national contexts technologies and platforms and languages and cultures for over two decades netnography has impacted the research practices of scholars around the world.  In this volume  34 researchers present 19 chapters that examine how they have adapted netnography and what those changes can teach us. Positioned for students and researchers in academic and professional fields this book examines how we can better use netnographic research to understand the many ways networked technologies affect every element of contemporary business life and consumer existence.  Netnography Unlimited provides an unprecedented new look at netnography. From COVID-19 to influencer empathy gambling and the Dark Web to public relations and the military AI and more-than-human netnography to video-streaming and auto-netnography there has never been a wider or deeper treatment of technocultural netnographic research in one volume. Readers will learn what kind of work they can do with netnography and gain an up-to-date understanding of the most pressing issues and opportunities. This book is a must-read for those interested in technology research methods and contemporary culture.   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367425654

Networking the FarmThe Social Structure of Cooperation and Competition in Iowa Agriculture Published in 1999 this book presents the results of an ethnographic study of the emergence of co-operative production networks among hog farm workers in Iowa. In it the author assesses both the internal organizational requirements for the successful network formation and the potential for networks to give farmers a competitive edge in the swine industry. Departing from the traditional emphasis on individual decision making in agricultural economies and economic anthropology this book emphasizes instead the institutional setting in which such networks are formed. The author argues that networks succeed when they are closely tied to and reflective of local social structure. Those networks that attempt to employ a master plan designed by experts often fail. Although many succesful networks exist networking has yet to achieve the economic clout enjoyed by large scale corporate swine producers. The author describes the availability of credit for new swine production ventures in Iowa and shows the extent to which large scale producers have developed network-like connections with banks packers and contract producers. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138321410

Networks of Mind: Learning Culture Neuroscience This ground breaking book is unique in bringing together two perspectives on learning - sociocultural theory and neuroscience. Drawing on both perspectives it foregrounds important developments in our understanding of what learning is where and how learning occurs and what we can do to understand learning as an everyday process. Leading experts from both disciplines demonstrate how sociocultural ideas (such as the relevance of experience opportunity to learn environment personal histories meaning participation memory and feelings of belonging) align with and reflect upon new understandings emerging from neuroscience concerning plasticity and neural networks. Among the themes critically examined are the following: Mind and brain Culture Ability and talent Success and failure Memory Language Emotion Aimed at and accessible to a broad audience and drawing on both schools of thought Networks of Mind employs case studies vignettes and real life examples to demonstrate that though the language of sociocultural theory and that of neuroscience appear very different ultimately the concepts of both perspectives align and converge around some key ideas. The book shows where both perspectives overlap collide and diverge in their assumptions and understanding of fundamental aspects of human flourishing. It shows how neuroscience confirms some of the key messages already well established by sociocultural theory specifically the importance of opportunity to learn. It also argues that the ascendency of neuroscience may result in the marginalization of sociocultural science though the latter it argues has enormous explanatory power for understanding and promoting learning and for understanding how learning is afforded and constrained.       Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415683753

Networks of Music and Culture in the Late Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth CenturiesA Collection of Essays in Celebration of Peter Philips’s Peter Philips (c.1560-1628) was an English organist composer priest and spy. He was embroiled in multifarious intersecting musical social religious and political networks linking him with some of the key international players in these spheres. Despite the undeniable quality of his music Philips does not fit easily into an overarching progressive view of music history in which developments taking place in centres judged by historians to be of importance are given precedence over developments elsewhere which are dismissed as peripheral. These principal loci of musical development are given prominence over secondary ones because of their perceived significance in terms of later music. However a consideration of the networks in which Philips was involved suggests that he was anything but at the periphery of the musical cultural religious and political life of his day. In this book Philips’s life and music serve as a touchstone for a discussion of various kinds of network in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The study of networks enriches our appreciation and understanding of musicians and the context in which they worked. The wider implication of this approach is a constructive challenge to orthodox historiographies of Western art music in the Early Modern Period. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269637

Neutrality in Twentieth-Century EuropeIntersections of Science Culture and Politics after the First World War Whether in science or in international politics neutrality has sometimes been promoted not only as a viable political alternative but as a lofty ideal – in politics by nations proclaiming their peacefulness in science as an underpinning of epistemology in journalism and other intellectual pursuits as a foundation of a professional ethos. Time and again scientists and other intellectuals have claimed their endeavors to be neutral elevated above the world of partisan conflict and power politics. This volume studies the resonances between neutrality in science and culture and neutrality in politics. By analyzing the activities of scientists intellectuals and politicians (sometimes overlapping categories) of mostly neutral nations in the First World War and after it traces how an ideology of neutralism was developed that soon was embraced by international organizations. This book explores how the notion of neutrality has been used and how a neutralist discourse developed in history. None of the contributions take claims of neutrality at face value – some even show how they were made to advance partisan interests. The concept was typically clustered with notions such as peace internationalism objectivity rationality and civilization. But its meaning was changeable – varying with professional ideological or national context. As such Neutrality in Twentieth-Century Europe presents a different perspective on the century than the story of the great belligerent powers and one in which science culture and politics are inextricably mixed. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138117044

New Approaches to Latin American StudiesCulture and Power Academic and research fields are moved by fads waves revolutionaries paradigm shifts and turns. They all imply a certain degree of change that alters the conditions of a stable system producing an imbalance that needs to be addressed by the field itself. New Approaches to Latin American Studies: Culture and Power offers researchers and students from different theoretical fields an essential turn-organized overview of the radical transformation of epistemological and methodological assumptions in Latin American Studies from the end of the 1980s to the present. Sixteen chapters written by experts in their respective fields help explain the various ways in which to think about these shifts. Questions posited include: Why are turns so crucial? How did they alter the shape or direction of the field? What new questions objects or problems did they contribute? What were or are their limitations? What did they displace or prevent us from considering? Among the turns included are: memory transnational popular culture decolonial feminism affect indigenous studies transatlantic ethical post/hegemony deconstruction cultural policy subalternism gender and sexuality performance and cultural studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138067974

New Culture in a New WorldThe May Fourth Movement and the Chinese Diaspora in Singapore 1919-1932 During the 1920s China's intellectuals called for a new literature a new system of thought and a new orientation toward modern life. Commonly known as the May Fourth Movement or the New Culture Movement this intellectual momentum spilled beyond China into the overseas Chinese communities. This work analyzes the New Culture Movement from a diaspora perspective namely that of the overseas Chinese in Singapore. Because they were members of a diaspora the Chinese in Singapore first had to imagine themselves as part of the Chinese nation before they could fully participate in the movement. Also Singapore's new culture advocates adopted then amended the movement's basic ideas to fit their situation.This work furthers our understanding of transnationalism and reminds us that in our rush to deconstruct the nation we should remember the discursive power of nationalism as it both enhances and restricts the authority of its advocates. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415861069

New Ethnicities And Urban CultureSocial Identity And Racism In The Lives Of Young People Engaging exploration of race and youth culture which examines the development of new identities ethnicities and forms of racism. This text analyzes the relationship between racism community and adolescent social identities in the African and South Asian diasporas.; This book is intended for undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses in race and ethnicity urban sociology cultural studies and social anthropology. It will also have some appeal within social policy and social work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138138445

New Makers of Modern Culture New Makers of Modern Culture is the successor to the classic reference works Makers of Modern Culture and Makers of Nineteenth-Century Culture published by Routledge in the early 1980s. The set was extremely successful and continues to be used to this day due to the high quality of the writing the distinguished contributors and the cultural sensitivity shown in the selection of those individuals included. New Makers of Modern Culture takes into full account the rise and fall of reputation and influence over the last twenty-five years and the epochal changes that have occurred: the demise of Marxism and the collapse of the Soviet Union; the rise and fall of postmodernism; the eruption of Islamic fundamentalism; the triumph of the Internet. Containing over eight hundred essay-style entries and covering the period from 1850 to the present New Makers of Modern Culture includes artists writers dramatists architects philosophers anthropologists scientists sociologists major political figures composers film-makers and many other culturally significant individuals and is thoroughly international in its purview. Next to Karl Marx is Bob Marley next to John Ruskin is Salman Rushdie alongside Darwin is Luigi Dallapiccola Deng Xiaoping runs shoulders with Jacques Derrida as do Julia Kristeva and Kropotkin. Once again Wintle has enlisted the services of many distinguished writers and leading academics such as Sam Beer Bernard Crick Edward Seidensticker and Paul Preston. In a few cases for example Michael Holroyd and Philip Larkin contributors are themselves the subject of entries. With its global reach New Makers of Modern Culture provides a multi-voiced witness of the contemporary thinking world. The entries carry short bibliographies and there is thorough cross-referencing. There is an index of names and key terms. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203822999

New Makers of Modern Culture New Makers of Modern Culture is the successor to the classic reference works Makers of Modern Culture and Makers of Nineteenth-Century Culture published by Routledge in the early 1980s. The set was extremely successful and continues to be used to this day due to the high quality of the writing the distinguished contributors and the cultural sensitivity shown in the selection of those individuals included. New Makers of Modern Culture takes into full account the rise and fall of reputation and influence over the last twenty-five years and the epochal changes that have occurred: the demise of Marxism and the collapse of the Soviet Union; the rise and fall of postmodernism; the eruption of Islamic fundamentalism; the triumph of the Internet. Containing over eight hundred essay-style entries and covering the period from 1850 to the present New Makers includes artists writers dramatists architects philosophers anthropologists scientists sociologists major political figures composers film-makers and many other culturally significant individuals and is thoroughly international in its purview. Next to Karl Marx is Bob Marley next to John Ruskin is Salmon Rushdie alongside Darwin is Luigi Dallapiccola Deng Xiaoping runs shoulders with Jacques Derrida Julia Kristeva with Kropotkin. Once again Wintle has enlisted the services of many distinguished writers and leading academics such as Sam Beer Bernard Crick Edward Seidensticker and Paul Preston. In a few cases for example Michael Holroyd and Philip Larkin contributors are themselves the subject of entries. With its global reach New Makers of Modern Culture provides a multi-voiced witness of the contemporary thinking world. The entries carry short bibliographies and there is thorough cross-referencing. There is an index of names and key terms. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203433980

New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture Across Borders How do students’ online literacy practices intersect with online popular culture? In this book scholars from a range of countries including Australia Lebanon Nepal Qatar South Africa Turkey and the United States illustrate and analyze how literacy practices that are mediated through and influenced by popular culture create both opportunities and tensions for secondary and university students. The authors examine issues of theory identity and pedagogy as they address participatory popular culture sites such as fan forums video blogs social networking sites anime memes and comics and graphic novels. Uniquely bringing together scholarship about online literacy practices and the growing body of work on participatory popular culture New Media Literacies and Participatory Popular Culture across Borders makes distinctive contributions to an emerging field of study pushing forward scholarship about literacy and identity in cross-cultural situations and advancing important conversations about issues of global flows and local responses to popular culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415897686

New Perspectives on Intercultural Language Research and TeachingExploring Learners’ Understandings of Texts from Other Cultures Illustrated by an empirical study of English as a Foreign Language reading in Argentina this book argues for a different approach to the theoretical rationales and methodological designs typically used to investigate cultural understanding in reading in particular foreign language reading. It presents an alternative approach which is more authentic in its methods more educational in its purposes and more supportive of international understanding as an aim of language teaching in general and English language teaching in particular. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138600171

New Religions As Global CulturesMaking The Human Sacred In the face of the popular crusade to link new religious movements to dangerous cults brainwashing and the need for deprogramming Irving Hexham and Karla Poewe argue that many cults are in fact the product of dynamic interaction between folk religions and the teachings of traditional world religions. With the widespread loss of belief in biblica Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367317010

New Woman HybriditiesFemininity Feminism and International Consumer Culture 1880–1930 Since the 1970s the literary and cultural politics of the turn-of-the-century New Woman have received increasing academic attention. Whether she is seen as the emblem of sexual anarchy an agent of mediation between mass market and modernist cultures or as a symptom of the consolidation of nineteenth and early twentieth-century political liberation movements the New Woman represents a site of cultural and socio-political contestation and acts as a marker of modernity. This book explores the diversity of meanings ascribed to the New Woman in the context of cultural debates conducted within and across a wide range of national frameworks including the UK Canada North America Europe and Japan. The key concept of 'hybridities' is used to elucidate the national and ethnic multiplicity of the 'modern woman' as well as to locate this figure both within international consumer culture and within feminist writing. The book is structured around four key themes. 'Hybridities' examines the instabilities of New Woman identities and discourses in relation to both national/ethnic contexts and the textual parameters of New Woman writings. 'Through the (Periodical) Looking Glass' is concerned with the periodical press and its production and circulation of New Woman images. 'Feminist Counter Cultures?' interrogates feminist efforts to influence and shape this process by mimicking or subverting dominant models of representation and by establishing alternative spaces for the articulation of New Woman subjectivities. 'Race and the New Woman' inspects white New Women's investment in hegemonic racial discourses looking at the way in which black and non-Western women inserted liberationist discourses into the New Woman debate. This book will be essential reading for advanced students and researchers of American Studies Women's Studies and Women's History. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415655743

New Workspace New CultureOffice Design as a Catalyst for Change The physical structure and appearance of the workplace determine how we function how we communicate and collaborate our motivation levels and company performance but we often fail to recognize the vital connection between organizational culture and the work environment. Based on the authors’ first-hand experience of major change programmes on studies of offices around the world and on design management research at De Montfort University Leicester this book explains the underlying principles of office design and its effects on cultural change and performance. Part 1 analyses the context and environment of working life the drivers of change and the barriers - organizational psychological and structural - to better working practices. Part 2 explores how traditional structures can be rethought and adapted through the reorganization of the workplace and the removal of physical barriers to change. It identifies four typical and disturbingly familiar work environments - Monolith Makeshift Modernizer and Mould-Breaker - to help companies understand their current problems and how to solve them. Part 3 introduces six proven workplace layouts: Town Square Village Neighbourhood City in Miniature Space-time Machine The Campaign Room and the Club; and explains their relative benefits for companies’ different needs. These are brought to life with international case studies from the public and private sector which describe how leading organizations have benefited from improved working environments. New Workspace New Culture is illustrated by the Financial Times cartoonist Roger Beale. It also includes line drawings of office layouts and photographs of some of the most productive working environments in the world. This book will help senior management and human resource specialists develop the way people work by changing the working environment. Also designers architects and facility and property managers will find it a perceptive and logical guide to wha Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315247977

New Worlds From FragmentsFilm Ethnography And The Representation Of Northwest Coast Cultures This book explores the tradition of ethnographic film on the Northwest Coast and its relationship to the ethnography of the area. It points out the complex relationships between particular epistemological positions aesthetic strategies and institutional politics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367161798

New Worlds?Transformations in the Culture of International Relations Around the Peace of Utrecht The Peace of Utrecht (1713) was perhaps the first political treaty that had a global impact. It not only ended a European-wide conflict but also led to a cessation of hostilities on the American continent and Indian subcontinent as well as naval warfare worldwide. More than this however - as the chapters in this volume clearly demonstrate - the treaty marked an important step in the development of an integrated world-wide political system. By reconsidering the preconditions negotiations and consequences of the Peace of Utrecht - rather than focusing on previous concerns with international relations and diplomacy - the contributions to this collection help embed events in a richer context of diverging networks globalizing empires expanding media and changing identities.Several chapters consider the preconditions and challenges to political entities such as the British and Spanish empires and French monarchy demonstrating that far from being nation-states these were conglomerates with diverging forms of affiliation which developed different modes and interests to face the needs and consequences of the Utrecht negotiations. This "macrostructural" perspective is complemented by chapters that focus on "microstructural" aspects considering the personal networks and relationships that informed day-to-day actions in Utrecht. Both perspectives are then drawn together by further contributions that examine the formation of images and discourses which were intended to identify key individuals with larger political entities and their assumed interests.This approach combining both broad and more narrowly focused case studies reveals much about how the diplomatic discussions were framed with political and social contexts. In so doing the volume offers new perspectives concerning the formation of modern Europe at the beginning of the eighteenth century beyond and yet connected with diplomatic developments and global entanglements. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367882334

News of the WorldWorld Cultures Look at Television News This is the first in-depth study of how television viewers around the world respond to the ever increasing mass of information available from news programmes. Based on individual and household interviews in seven countries including India Mexico Italy and Denmark the contributors examine the flow of news information across national and international borders. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138864597

Next Wave CulturesFeminism Subcultures Activism Whereas once young women’s feminist activism could be easily identified today this resistance seems obscure transitory and disorganized. In Next Wave Cultures established and emerging scholars provide an interdisciplinary examination of young women’s multilayered lives. This collection demonstrates that young women have new ways of taking on politics and culture that may not be recognizable under more traditional paradigms but deserve to be identified as socially engaged and potentially transformative nonetheless. Exploring the ways in which girls' various cultural pursuits are tied to identity formation and relate to issues of class sexuality ethnicity religion ability and gender Next Wave Cultures highlights both the limitations and opportunities afforded by globalization of youth consumer culture. This valuable collection is a necessary read across disciplines—especially to those in the fields of education gender and cultural studies sociology and psychology. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203940013

Nicholas Love's Mirror and Late Medieval Devotio-Literary CultureTheological politics and devotional practice in fifteenth-century England Surviving in 59 complete manuscript versions few English texts of the late medieval period seem to have achieved the popularity of Nicholas Love's fifteenth-century translation and adaptation of the Latin Meditationes Vitae Christi - The Mirror of the Blessed Life of Jesus Christ. The Mirror has received surprisingly little scholarly attention and is often contextualized in terms of its role in the theological conflict between English ecclesiastical orthodoxy and the teachings of heresiarch John Wycliff. David Falls presents a new account of the text's history which de-centralises but does not disregard the influence of the Wycliffite controversy. Falls interrogates preconceptions and investigates new possibilities for understanding the composition circulation function and use of Love's Mirror by examining both the textual modifications and additions made by Love in his adaptation of the Latin and places these alterations in context by examining individual copies of the Mirror. The manuscript copies are read as both sites of literary consumption and nexuses of textual transition demonstrating that it was Love's ability to inscribe his work with "functional diversity" which explains the Mirror's popularity. This book presents a nuanced picture not only of the Mirror's production circulation and function but also the dynamic and flourishing devotio-literary culture of late medieval England in which Love's text operated. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367880002

Nietzsche Culture and Education In the spring of 1872 Friedrich Nietzsche gave a series of public lectures titled 'On the Future of our Educational Institution' to an audience in Basel Switzerland. In the lectures he made clear his attitude about what was wrong with education and how it had negatively affected the culture of his day. More than one hundred years after the death of Nietzsche his legacy remains one of the most pervasive in philosophical thought. While his influence on philosophical thought concerning culture is everywhere to be found his influence on the philosophy of education has yet to find a place in mainstream thought on the subject in spite of the inextricable connection between the two. This collection has been put together in an effort to redress this situation. Nietzsche Culture and Education brings together a collection of specially commissioned essays on the theme of Nietzsche's cultural critique and its use in and effect on educational theory. The international character of the contributors gives this work a polyvalent perspective on these areas of Nietzsche's philosophy. This publication will be a valuable source book for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of philosophy education and the social sciences as well as for Nietzsche specialists. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138275911

Nineteenth-Century EnergiesLiterature Technology Culture Nineteenth-Century Energies explores the idea of ‘energy’ a concept central to new directions in interdisciplinary studies today. It examines the cultural perceptions and uses of energy in the nineteenth century – both in terms of pure and applied science and as an idea with widespread diffusion in the popular imagination – in contributions by scholars drawing on a variety of fields such as literature philosophy history French studies Latin American studies cinema studies and art history. These contributions explore the rise of insomnia as a recognized ailment the role of guns and gun culture in the perception of human agency the first uses of the barometer to predict massive cyclonic weather systems and the hallucinatory almost occult effects of radiant energy in early film. Exemplifying innovative research in twenty-first century academia this volume also speaks to the wider cultural concerns of today’s global citizen about the preservation and renewal of natural resources around the world; the emergence of devices and technologies that have both improved and impaired human life; the aggrandizement of nation-states around large technological systems; and the centrality of the image in our perception and absorption of contemporary culture. This book was originally published as a special issue of Nineteenth-Century Contexts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367023638

No RespectIntellectuals and Popular Culture The intellectual and the popular: Irving Howe and John Waters Susan Sontag and Ethel Rosenberg Dwight MacDonald and Bill Cosby Amiri Baraka and Mick Jagger Andrea Dworkin and Grace Jones Andy Warhol and Lenny Bruce. All feature in Andrew Ross's lively history and critique of modern American culture. Andrew Ross examines how and why the cultural authority of modern intellectuals is bound up with the changing face of popular taste in America. He argues that the making of "taste" is hardly an aesthetic activity but rather an exercise in cultural power policing and carefully redefining social relations between classes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138152205

No-Drama LeadershipHow Enlightened Leaders Transform Culture in the Workplace Choice. Power. Speed. Today's leaders continually face these forces. But with too many choices too much power and too much speed leaders often make decisions in a heightened state of emotion (and drama). Hasty decisions are often poor ones and in this climate there is no place to hide. Privacy is a thing of the past; the days of covering up or ignoring a problem are over. In today's transparent culture the decision making of leaders is more vulnerable then ever-and it is more critical than ever to get it right.  Marlene Chism's No-Drama Leadership introduces just the model the corporate world needs. Using case studies checklists and examples from various levels of hierarchy in leadership and from a variety of industries Chism introduces the mindset shifts and practical skills needed to develop enlightened leaders whose decision making flows from a much more grounded and aligned place. You will learn how to:  Identify the signs of misalignment Increase your leadership effectiveness Use four quadrants of change as a catalyst for leadership growth Increase employee engagement Tap into the gifts and talents of your employees Communicate strategically Create a culture of accountability Increase innovation and productivity through empowerment  Today's leader needs more than position power or business acumen. Today's leader needs more than self-management communication skills or emotional intelligence. We need leaders who are aligned aware and accountable who balance choice and power with wisdom and responsibility-leaders who embrace and embody both the inner game of leadership growth with the outer game of business results modeling both the mindsets and actions that transform the cultures they lead. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781629560618

Nonverbal CommunicationWhere Nature Meets Culture The field of nonverbal communication is a strategic site for demonstrating the inextricable interrelationship between nature and culture in human behaviour. This book originally published in 1997 aims to explode the misconception that "biology" is something that automatically precludes or excludes "culture". Instead it points to the necessary grounding of our social and cultural capabilities in biological givens and elucidates how biological factors are systematically co-opted for cultural purposes. The book presents a complex picture of human communicative ability as simultaneously biologically and socioculturally influenced with some capacities apparently more biologically hard-wired than others: face recognition imitation emotional communication and the capacity for language. It also suggests that the dividing line between nonverbal and linguistic communication is becoming much less clear-cut. The contributing authors are leading researchers in a variety of fields writing here for a general audience. The book is divided into sections dealing with respectively human universals evolutionary and developmental aspects of nonverbal behaviour within a sociocultural context and finally the multifaceted relationships between nonverbal communication and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780815373964

Normality and DisabilityIntersections among Norms Law and Culture Hotly contested normality remains a powerful complex category in contemporary law and culture. What is little realized are the ways in which disability underpins and shapes the operation of norms and the power dynamics of normalization. This pioneering collection explores the place of law in political social scientific and biomedical developments relating to disability and other categories of ‘abnormality’. The contributors show how law produces cultural meanings norms representations artefacts and expressions of disability abnormality and normality as well as how law responds to and is constituted by cultures of disability. The collection traverses a range of contemporary legal and political issues including human rights mercy killing reproductive technologies hate crime policing immigration and disability housing. It also explores the impact and ongoing legacies of historical practices such as eugenics and deinstitutionalization.Of interest to a wide range of scholars working on normality and law the book also creates an opening for critical scholars and activists engaged with other marginalized and denigrated categories notably contesting institutional violence in the context of settler colonialism neoliberalism and imperialism to engage more richly and politically with disability. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Continuum journal. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367891503

Norman Tradition and Transcultural HeritageExchange of Cultures in the ‘Norman’ Peripheries of Medieval Europe The Normans have long been recognised as one of the most dynamic forces within medieval western Europe. With a reputation for aggression and conquest they rapidly expanded their powerbase from Normandy and by the end of the twelfth century had established themselves in positions of strength from England to Sicily Antioch to Dublin. Yet despite this success recent scholarship has begun to question the ’Norman Achievement’ and look again at the degree to which a single Norman cultural identity existed across so diverse a territory. To explore this idea further all the essays in this volume look at questions of Norman traditions in some of the peripheral Norman dominions. In response to recent developments in cultural studies the volume uses the concepts of ’tradition’ and ’heritage’ to question the notion of a stable pan-European Norman culture or identity and instead reveals the degrees to which Normans adopted and adapted to local conditions customs and requirements in order to form their own localised cultural heritage. Divided into two sections the volume begins with eight chapters focusing on Norman Sicily. These essays demonstrate both the degree of cultural intermingling that made this kingdom an extraordinary paradigm in this regard and how the Normans began to develop their own distinct origin myths that diverged from those of Norman France and England. The second section of the volume provides four essays that explore Norman ethnicity and identity more broadly including two looking at Norman communities on the opposite side of Europe to the Kingdom of Sicily: Ireland and the Scandinavian settlements in the Kievan Rus. Taken as a whole the volume provides a fascinating assessment of the construction and malleability of Norman identities in transcultural settings. By exploring these issues through the tradition and heritage of the Norman’s ’peripheral’ dominions a much more sophisticated understanding can be gained not only of th Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781409463306

Northernness Northern Culture and Northern Narratives Northernness Northern culture and Northern narratives are a common aspect of popular culture and the North of England like other Northernnesses in Europe is a collection of narratives myths stereotypes and symbols. In politics and everyday culture Northern culture is paradoxically a site of resistance against an inauthentic South a source of working-class identity and a source of elite marginalisation. This book provides a key to theorising about Northernness and a platform to scholars working away at exposing the North in different aspects of culture. The aims of this book are twofold: to re-theorise ‘the North’ and Northern culture and to highlight the ways in which constructions of Northernness and Northern culture are constituted alongside other gender racial and regional identities. The contributions presented here theorise Northernness in relation to space leisure gender race class social realism and everyday embodied practices. A main thematic thread that weaves the whole book together is the notion that Northernness and ‘the North’ is both an imagined discursive construct and an embodied subjectivity thus creating a paradox between the reality of ‘North’ and its representation. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal for Cultural Research. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367891770

Novum MillenniumStudies on Byzantine History and Culture Dedicated to Paul Speck This volume reflects the different methods and new approaches to the study of Byzantine history that have characterized the work of Paul Speck to whom it is dedicated and above all his insistence on a close reading and careful interpretation of the sources. These aims are encapsulated in the introduction by John Haldon which gives a sense of where future studies should lead new generations of scholars. The following studies by many of the leading authorities in their fields look at a whole range of aspects of the history of Byzantium - its culture theology linguistics literature historiography sigillography and art - and at the place of the Byzantine empire within the late antique and medieval worlds. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315247847

Nursing the ImageMedia Culture and Professional Identity Ideas of 'nursing' and 'nurses' carry a powerful social charge. The image of the nurse continues to be a symbol of caring and of duty at the same time as it projects a view of femininity 'stereotypical' in its gender relations.How has this image come to be constructed?An empirical investigation of representations of nursing practices in Britain focusing on publicity and promotional materials and their relationship to popular fictional narratives reveals a strong correlation between what are usually described as discrete forms of signification. Recruitment images provide an important source of information and inspiration for those considering nurse training. Julia Hallam draws from a wide range of sources including biographies marketing and recruitment literature popular fiction and film to explore this question. In doing so she makes an original contribution to the debates surrounding gender and occupational identity.The book will provide a valuable resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students on courses such as the social history of nursing the understanding of health and illness women's studies gender studies and sociology courses. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203136027

Obama and RaceHistory Culture Politics In this collection academics from both sides of the Atlantic analyze the confluence of a politician a process and a problem - Barack Obama the 2008 US presidential election and the 'problem' of race in contemporary America. The special focus falls upon Barack Obama himself who appears in many guises: as an individual from biracial and transnational backgrounds; a skilled urban African-American organizer and then politician; and as intellectual and author of a bestselling autobiographical exploration. There is a certain representative quality about Obama that makes him a convenient way into the labyrinth of American race relations national and regional politics (including the South and Hawaii) and past history (particularly from the 1960s to the present). Contributors also explore the role Michelle Obama has played in this process both separately from and together with her husband while one theme running through many chapters concerns the myriad ways that the American left right and centre differ on the nature and future of race in a country that daily becomes more mixed in ethnic and racial terms. Race is everywhere; race is nowhere. The essays are grouped by their approach to the topic of Obama and race: via historical analysis cultural studies political science and sociology as well as pedagogy. The result is an exciting mix of perspectives on one of the most fascinating phenomena of our time. This book was originally published as a special issue of the journal Patterns of Prejudice. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415686785

Observing Agriculture in Early Twentieth-Century ItalyAgricultural economists and statistics Agricultural Economists in Early Twentieth-Century Italy describes how Italian agricultural economists collected information about the economy of Italy between the Giolittian and the Fascist era. The book carefully describes three main forms of economic observation: enquiries statistics and farm surveys. For each of these forms of observation the main participants to the investigation are discussed with their respective agendas alongside the purposes of the investigation and its practical constraints. This work introduces the concept of "stakeholder statistics" and stresses the two-way relation between the observer and the observed in the co-production of observational knowledge. Practices of observation developed together with agricultural economics as a discipline and a profession. The study of forms of investigation therefore shed light on the constitution of a coherent and self-conscious group of agricultural economists in Italy and the scientific and methodological alliances they forged with agricultural economists elsewhere in Europe. Thanks to ambitious research projects Ghino Valenti in the Giolittian period and Arrigo Serpieri after the First World War led the transformation of Italian agricultural economists from agents of estate owners to social and economic experts in the service of the Italian state. The group of agricultural economists who gathered around Serpieri played an important role in supplying the ideology of the agricultural elites with economic content especially after the First World War along lines that resemble the development of agrarian ideologies in other countries of Central Europe. This work discusses how observation entered the political debate on agricultural policies of the Fascist regime namely the so-called Ruralismo. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781472443588

Occupying Space in American Literature and CultureStatic Heroes Social Movements and Empowerment Occupying Space in American Literature and Culture inscribes itself within the spatial turn that permeates the ways we look at literary and cultural productions. The volume seeks to clarify the connections between race space class and identity as it concentrates on different occupations and disoccupations enclosures and boundaries. Space is scaled up and down from the body the ground zero of spatiality to the texturology of Manhattan; from the striated place of the office in Melville’s "Bartleby the Scrivener" on Wall Street to the striated spaces of internment camps and reservations; from the lowest of the low the (human) clutter that lined the streets of Albany NY during the Depression to the new Towers of Babel that punctuate the contemporary architecture of transparencies. As it strings together these spatial narratives the volume reveals how beyond the boundaries that characterize each space every location has loose ends that are impossible to contain. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138547902

Of Books and Botany in Early Modern EnglandSixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture Contemplating the textual gardens poetic garlands and epigrammatic groves which dot the landscape of early modern English print Leah Knight exposes and analyzes the close configuration of plants and writing in the period. She argues that the early modern cultures and cultivation of plants and books depended on each other in historically specific and novel ways that yielded a profusion of linguistic conceptual metaphorical and material intersections. Examining both poetic and botanical texts as well as the poetics of botanical texts this study focuses on the two outstanding English botanical writers of the sixteenth century William Turner and John Gerard to suggest the unexpected historical relationship between literature and science in the early modern genre of the herbal. In-depth readings of their work are situated amid chapters that establish the broader context for the interpenetration of plants and writing in the period's cultural practices in order to illuminate a complex interplay between materials and discourses rarely considered in tandem today. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138273368

Old World EmpiresCultures of Power and Governance in Eurasia This book is a sweeping historical survey of the origins development and nature of state power. It demonstrates that Eurasia is home to a dominant tradition of arbitrary rule mediated through military civil and ecclesiastical servants and a marginal tradition of representative and responsible government through autonomous institutions. The former tradition finds expression in hierarchically organized and ideologically legitimated continental bureaucratic states while the latter manifests itself in the state of laws. In recent times the marginal tradition has gained in popularity and has led to continental bureaucratic states attempting to introduce democratic and constitutional reforms. These attempts have rarely altered the actual manner in which power is exercised by the state and its elites given the deeper and historically rooted experience of arbitrary rule. Far from being remote the arbitrary culture of power that emerged in many parts of the world continues to shape the fortunes of states. To ignore this culture of power and the historical circumstances that have shaped it comes at a high price as indicated by the ongoing democratic recession and erosion of liberal norms within states that are democracies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367208608

On DiscomfortMoments in a Modern History of Architectural Culture Examining discomfort’s physical emotional conceptual psychological and aesthetic dimensions the contributors to this volume offer an alternate cultural approach to the study of architecture and the built environment. By attending to a series of disparate instances in which architecture and discomfort intersect On Discomfort offers a fresh reading of the negotiations that define architecture’s position in modern culture. The essays do not chart comfort’s triumph so much as discomfort’s curious dispersal into practices that form ‘modern life’ – and what that dispersion reveals of both architecture and culture. The essays presented in this volume illuminate the material culture of discomfort as it accrues to architecture and its history. This episodic analysis speaks to a range of disciplinary fields and interdisciplinary subjects extending our understanding of the domestication of interiors (and objects cities and ideas); and the conditions under which – by intention or accident – they discomfort. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138601543

On GuiltThe Force Shaping Character History and Culture Guilt is the dark force behind haunting anxiety obsessive-compulsive behaviour life meaninglessness and depression â€“ a force to be kept in check. Yet guilt is equally our richest and most hidden resource the essence of our humanness and it drives us on to our highest achievements. Today when individuals feel bad it is not usually because of something specific they have done. Rather thundering around in the depths of their being is guilt: obscure unconscious yet irrepressible and ever-present. Where does it come from what are its ways and how might it be put to useful work? This book explores the nature of guilt shedding light on how the modern West came increasingly to understand it as ‘the most terrible sickness’. It traces the psychological origins of guilt in each person’s family and demonstrates the historical rise of guilt in parallel with civilization. It examines the modern predicament: the difficulty of finding explanations for guilt in a secular post-church society â€“ and the possibility of relief from its curse while channelling it into a fulfilling life. As such it will appeal to those with interests in sociology psychology psychiatry cultural studies cultural history and anthropology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367207687

On Literature Culture and ReligionIrving Babbitt Irving Babbitt was a giant of American criticism. His writings from the 1890s to the 1930s helped advance American criticism and scholarship to international esteem. More than seventy years after his death his intellectual staying power remains undiminished. On Literature Culture and Religion is an ideal introduction to this seminal American thinker.Babbitt's opinions were uncompromising and his vocal allies and opponents included almost every name in American literature and scholarship: T. S. Eliot Edmund Wilson Paul Elmer More H. L. Mencken and Sinclair Lewis. A founder of New Humanism Babbitt was best known for his indictment of Romanticism and his insistence that the modern age had gone wrong. Babbitt argued for a renewal of humanistic values and standards--which he found best articulated in classical Greece Hinduism and Buddhism. The selections cover topics central to Babbitt: criticism Romanti-cism classical literature French literature education democracy and Buddhism. They typify Babbitt's method: recondite allusion penetrating insight and analysis impeccable scholarship and unrelenting pursuit of the furthest ramification and the profoundest implication. The original annotation is retained. Brief introductions to the essays place them in the Babbitt canon.A major introductory essay by George A. Panichas surveys Babbitt's career and critical reception and summarizes the concepts that inform Babbitt's writing. Panichas raises again controversial issues that were not really resolved in Babbitt's time. The essay will challenge those long familiar with Babbitt and New Humanism and those newly introduced thereto. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138529175

On Modern Indian SensibilitiesCulture Politics History This book consists of incisive and imaginative readings of culture politics and history – and their intersections – in eastern India from the 16th to the 20th century. Focusing especially on Assam Odisha Bengal and their margins the volume explores Indo-Islamic cultures of rule as located on the cusp of Mughal-cosmopolitan and regional–local formations.Tracking sensibilities of time and history senses of events and persons and productions of the past and the present the volume unravels intimate expressions of aesthetics and scandals heroism and martyrdom and voice and gender. It examines key questions of the interchanges between literary cultures and contending nationalisms culture and cosmopolitanism temporality and mythology literature and literacy history and modernity and print culture and popular media.The book offers grounded and connected accounts of a large important region usually studied in isolation. It will be of interest to scholars and students of history literature politics sociology cultural studies and South Asian studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367890353

On Not LookingThe Paradox of Contemporary Visual Culture On Not Looking: The Paradox of Contemporary Visual Culture focuses on the image and our relationship to it as a site of "not looking." The collection demonstrates that even though we live in an image-saturated culture many images do not look at what they claim viewers often do not look at the images and in other cases we are encouraged by the context of exhibition not to look at images. Contributors discuss an array of images—photographs films videos press images digital images paintings sculptures and drawings—from everyday life museums and galleries and institutional contexts such as the press and political arena. The themes discussed include: politics of institutional exhibition and perception of images; censored repressed and banned images; transformations to practices of not looking as a result of new media interventions; images in history and memory; not looking at images of bodies and cultures on the margins; responses to images of trauma; and embodied vision. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548626

On ScienceConcepts Cultures and Limits On Science: Concepts Cultures and Limits explores science and its relationship with religion philosophy ethics mathematics and with socio-economic changes. The book gives an overview of the metaphysical contexts in which science emerged and the particular forms science has taken in history. It examines the preoccupation of ancient cultures with the validity of interpretations of natural phenomena the role of the study of materials in the substantiation of the conceptual world and the establishment of modern science on both experimentation and mathematics. This theoretical discussion is illustrated by a host of examples from physics to the life sciences which highlight how current concepts developed over the centuries or even millennia. The volume underscores some of the weaknesses inherent in a scientific approach and how in the modern context of a wealth-driven technological orientation these have been conducive to a gradual distortion of science into its exact opposite a dogmatic faith. It further discusses the nature of scientific education in the world and how conditions can be created to ensure pioneering creativity and to preserve scientific rigor. The book will be of great interest to scholars teachers and researchers of science the metaphysics and philosophy of science mathematics science and technology studies epistemology ethics history and sociology. It will also be useful for general readers who are interested in the history of scientific discoveries and ideas as well as in the issues surrounding science today in particular its relations with many urgent problems. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9780367442552

One Nation Under God?Religion and American Culture One Nation Under God? is a remarkable consideration of how religion manifests itself in America today. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203699850

Online CommunicationLinking Technology Identity & Culture Online Communication provides an introduction to both the technologies of the Internet Age and their social implications. This innovative and timely textbook brings together current work in communication political science philosophy popular culture history economics and the humanities to present an examination of the theoretical and critical issues in the study of computer-mediated communication. Continuing the model of the best-selling first edition authors Andrew F. Wood and Matthew J. Smith introduce computer-mediated communication (CMC) as a subject of academic research as well as a lens through which to examine contemporary trends in society. This second edition of Online Communication covers online identity mediated relationships virtual communities electronic commerce the digital divide spaces of resistance and other topics related to CMC. The text also examines how the Internet has affected contemporary culture and presents the critiques being made to those changes. Special features of the text include:Hyperlinks--presenting greater detail on topics from the chapterEthical Ethical Inquiry--posing questions on the nature of human communication and conduct onlineOnline Communication and the Law--examining the legal ramifications of CMC issues Advanced undergraduates graduate students and researchers interested in the field of computer-mediated communication as well as those studying issues of technology and culture will find Online Communication to be an insightful resource for studying the role of technology and mediated communication in today's society. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138436541

Online Journalism in AfricaTrends Practices and Emerging Cultures Very little is known about how African journalists are forging "new" ways to practise their profession on the web. Against this backdrop this volume provides contextually rooted discussions of trends practices and emerging cultures of web-based journalism(s) across the continent offering a comprehensive research tool that can both stand the test of time as well as offer researchers (particularly those in the economically developed Global North) models for cross-cultural comparative research. The essays here deploy either a wide range of evidence or adopt a case-study approach to engage with contemporary developments in African online journalism. This book thus makes up for the gap in cross-cultural studies that seek to understand online journalism in all its complexities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138689190

Open Borders Unlocked CulturesRomanian Roma Migrants in Western Europe The book examines some of the dilemmas surrounding Europe’s open borders migrations and identities through the prism of the Roma – Europe’s most dispersed and socially marginalised population. The volume challenges some of the myths surrounding the Roma as a ‘problem population’ and places the focus instead on the context of European policy and identity debates. It comes to the conclusion that the migration of Roma and the constitution of their communities is shaped by European policy as much as and often more so than by the cultural traits of the Roma themselves. The chapters compare case studies of Roma migrants in Spain Italy France and Britain and the impact of migration on the origin communities in Romania. The study combines historical and ethnographic methods with insights from migration studies drawing on a unique multi-site collaborative project that for the first time gave Roma participants a voice in shaping research into their communities.Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138239487_oachapter1.pdfChapter 7 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9781138239487_oachapter7.pdf Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367884963

Opera Theatrical Culture and Society in Late Eighteenth-Century Naples The operatic culture of late eighteenth-century Naples represents the fullest expression of a matrix of creators practitioners theorists patrons and entrepreneurs linking aristocratic public and religious spheres of contemporary society. The considerable resonance of 'Neapolitan' opera in Europe was verified early in the eighteenth century not only through voluminous reports offered by locals and visitors in gazettes newspapers correspondence or diaries but also and more importantly through the rich and tangible artistic patrimony produced for local audiences and then exported to the Italian peninsula and abroad. Naples was not simply a city of entertainment but rather a cultural epicenter and paradigm producing highly innovative and successful genres of stage drama reflecting every facet of contemporary society. Anthony R. DelDonna provides a rich study of operatic culture from 1775-1800. The book demonstrates how contemporary stage traditions stimulated by the Enlightenment engaged with and responded to the changing social political and artistic contexts of the late eighteenth century in Naples. It focuses on select yet representative compositions from different genres of opera that illuminate the diverse contemporary cultural forces shaping these works and underlining the continued innovation and European recognition of operatic culture in Naples. It also defines how the cultural milieu of Naples - aristocratic and sacred private and public - exercises a profound yet idiosyncratic influence on the repertory studied the creation of which could not have occurred elsewhere on the Continent. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138268555

Opera in a Multicultural WorldColoniality Culture Performance Through historical and contemporary examples this book critically explores the relevance and expressions of multicultural representation in western European operatic genres in the modern world. It reveals their approaches to reflecting　identity transmitting meaning and inspiring creation as well as the ambiguities and contradictions that occur across the time and place(s) of their performance. This collection brings academic researchers in opera studies into conversation with previously unheard voices of performers critics and creators to speak to issues of race ethnicity and culture in the genre. Together they deliver a powerful critique of the perpetuation of the values and practices of dominant cultures in operatic representations of intercultural encounters. Essays accordingly cross methodological boundaries in order to focus on a central issue in the emerging field of coloniality: the hierarchies of social and political power that include the legacy of racialized practices. In theorizing coloniality through intercultural exchange in opera authors explore a range of topics and case studies that involve immigrant indigenous exoticist and other cultural representations and consider a broad repertoire that includes lesser-known Canadian operas Chinese- and African-American performances as well as works by Haydn Strauss Puccini and Wagner and in performances spanning three continents and over two centuries. In these ways the collection contributes to the development of a more integrated understanding of the interdisciplinary fields inherent in opera including musicology sociology anthropology and others connected to Theatre Gender and Cultural Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598792

Opera Indigene: Re/presenting First Nations and Indigenous Cultures The representation of non-Western cultures in opera has long been a focus of critical inquiry. Within this field the diverse relationships between opera and First Nations and Indigenous cultures however have received far less attention. Opera Indigene takes this subject as its focus addressing the changing historical depictions of Indigenous cultures in opera and the more contemporary practices of Indigenous and First Nations artists. The use of 're/presenting' in the title signals an important distinction between how representations of Indigenous identity have been constructed in operatic history and how Indigenous artists have more recently utilized opera as an interface to present and develop their cultural practices. This volume explores how operas on Indigenous subjects reflect the evolving relationships between Indigenous peoples the colonizing forces of imperial power and forms of internal colonization in developing nation-states. Drawing upon postcolonial theory ethnomusicology cultural geography and critical discourses on nationalism and multiculturalism the collection brings together experts on opera and music in Canada the Americas and Australia in a stimulating comparative study of operatic re/presentation. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250826

Opposition and Legitimacy in the Ottoman EmpireConspiracies and Political Cultures This book looks at opposition to the Ottoman government in the second half of the nineteenth century examining a number of key political conspiracies and how these relate to an existing political culture. In his detailed analysis of these conspiracies the author offers a new perspective on an important and well researched period of Ottoman history. A close reading of police records on five conspiracies offers the opportunity to analyse this opposition in great detail giving special attention to the different groups of political actors in these conspiracies that often did not come from the established political elites. Florian Riedler investigates how their background of class and education but also their individual life experiences influenced their aims and strategies their political styles as well as their ways of thinking on political legitimacy. In contrast the reaction of the authorities to these conspiracies reveals the official understanding of Ottoman legitimacy. The picture that emerges of the political culture of opposition during the second half of the nineteenth century offers a unique contribution to our understanding of the great changes in the political system of the Ottoman Empire at the time. As such it will be of great interest to scholars of Middle Eastern history political history and the Ottoman Empire. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138870192

Orality and Literacy in Modern Italian Culture This book lays more emphasis on orality as source as process or performance as outcome. It looks at the primacy of the spoken language that seems to be the main common feature to these two phenomena of Italian theatrical culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367604158

Order and Insecurity in Germany and TurkeyMilitary Cultures of the 1930s This book examines processes of military political and cultural transformation from the perspective of officers in two countries: Germany and Turkey in the 1930s. The national fates of both countries interlocked during the Great War years and their close alliance dictated their joint defeat in 1918. While the two countries were manifestly different in their politics and culture both had lost the war and both went through powerful changes in its immediate aftermath. They painted themselves as the victims of a new imperialist order whose chief representatives were Britain and France. The result was a radical militarism that unleashed violent currents in these countries – developments that were to be more transformative than the impact of the war experience itself. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138330160

Organic Agriculture for Sustainable Livelihoods This book provides a timely analysis and assessment of the potential of organic agriculture (OA) for rural development and the improvement of livelihoods. It focuses on smallholders in developing countries and in countries of economic transition but there is also coverage of and comparisons with developed countries. It covers market-oriented approaches and challenges for OA as part of high value chains and as an agro-ecologically based development for improving food security. It demonstrates the often unrecognised roles that organic farming can play in climate change food security and sovereignty carbon sequestration cost internalisations ecosystems services human health and the restoration of degraded landscapes.  The chapters specifically provide readers with:  an overview of the state of research on OA from socio-economic environmental and agro-ecological perspectives an analysis of the current and potential role of OA in improving livelihoods of farmers in sustainable value chain development and in implementation of agro-ecological methods proposed strategies for exploiting and improving the potential of OA and overcoming the constraints for further development a review of the strengths and weaknesses of OA in a sustainable development context Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781849712965

Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture While organic soils have the potential to contribute greatly to agricultural production the irreversible processes that occur from draining organic soils need to be managed with caution. The wise use of peatlands must include the avoidance of unacceptable ecological effects on the contiguous and global environment. Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture provides detailed information from a worldwide perspective on the degradation process of fragile peat resources used for agriculture. It documents the best management practices and defines and quantifies soil quality indicators and pedo-transfer functions for organic soils and peat materials.Co-published with the International Peat Society this reference is the first to integrate the physical chemical and biological aspects of organic soils and peat materials for sustainable agriculture and horticulture. It details the principles and indicators behind positive action in sustainable management. The book presents a complete analysis of how peat works chemically physically and ecologically. It quantifies the moorsh-forming or peat degradation process in tables and figures provides conversion equations among pH determination methods and supplies a novel diagnosis of N and P release. In addition the book revisits water pesticides phosphorus and copper sorption characteristics of organic soils.The authors provide up-to-date information in order to define quality indicators for the optimum use of organic soils. With detailed information and a global perspective Organic Soils and Peat Materials for Sustainable Agriculture aims to promote a shift from the current paradigm of input-based unsustainable use to a new knowledge-based approach. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9780367454845

Organisational CultureOrganisational Change? This title was first published in 2001. When organizational change occurs members of the organization can feel insecure in the face of a seemingly uncertain future. This work investigates the links between organizational culture and organizational change by looking at two businesses that have been privatized - British Gas and British Telecom - and the processes surrounding the ways these organizations changed in the mid 1990s. It includes interviews with middle-ranking and senior officals illustrating that anguish is experienced not only by those on the lower rungs of the corporate ladder. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138734845

Organization Theory and the Public SectorInstrument Culture and Myth Public-sector organizations are fundamentally different from their private-sector counterparts. They are part of the society’s political organizations and are major political actors. They are multifunctional follow a political leadership and the majority do not operate in an external market. In an era of rapid reform reorganization and modernization of the public sector this book offers a timely and illuminating introduction to the public-sector organization that recognizes its unique values interests knowledge and power base. Drawing on both instrumental and institutional perspectives within organization theory as well as democratic theory and empirical studies of decision-making the book addresses five central aspects of the public-sector organization: ■ goals values and motivation ■ leadership and steering ■ reform and change ■ effects learning and implications ■ understanding and design The book challenges conventional economic analysis of the public sector arguing instead for a political-democratic approach and a new prescriptive organization theory. A rich resource of both theory and practice Organization Theory and the Public Sector: Instrument Culture and Myth is essential reading for anybody studying the public sector. This second edition of the book contains a range of new and updated themes examples and references. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367428914

Organizational Climate and CultureAn Introduction to Theory Research and Practice The fields of organizational climate and organizational culture have co-existed for several decades with very little integration between the two. In Organizational Climate and Culture: An Introduction to Theory Research and Practice Mark G. Ehrhart Benjamin Schneider and William H. Macey break down the barriers between these fields to encourage a broader understanding of how an organization’s environment affects its functioning and performance. Building on in-depth reviews of the development of both the organizational climate and organizational culture literatures the authors identify the key issues that researchers in each field could learn from the other and provide recommendations for the integration of the two. They also identify how practitioners can utilize the key concepts in the two literatures when conducting organizational cultural inquiries and leading change efforts. The end product is an in-depth discussion of organizational climate and culture unlike anything that has come before that provides unique insights for a broad audience of academics practitioners and students. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781848725287

Organizational Culture Rule-Governed Behavior and Organizational Behavior ManagementTheoretical Foundations and Implications for Research a Organizational Culture Rule-Governed Behavior and Organizational Behavior Management is an introduction to concepts that link organizational behavior management (OBM) with the fields of organizational ecology cultural anthropology organizational development and organizational behavior. This important book can help OBM researchers and managers more precisely analyze complex work environments to develop more comprehensive yet highly focused interventions to improve individual and organizational effectiveness. Organizational Culture Rule-Governed Behavior and Organizational Behavior Management includes theoretical accounts of rule-governed behavior and cultural practices that expand the OBM’s boundaries to include more comprehensive analyses and intervention designs that can lead to more effective and larger scale interventions.Although OBM researchers have long recognized that the relationships between an organization and its environment are important for survival they have not made organization-environment relations a primary focus of their interventions. In addition most descriptions of OBM interventions have not included a precise account of how the components of the interventions bring about ultimate performance changes they produce. With this book OBM researchers will learn how to identify organizational behavior/performance targets that can be changed and adapted to constantly changing competitive environments to improve an organization’s chances of survival. It also outlines two theories of rule-governed behavior. These theories characterize and explain how rules and their descriptions work to change or maintain effects of delayed rewards on current behavior/performance relationships. In so doing they fill in the missing links required to achieve more valid and precise analyses of work environments that can be expected to result in more precise and effective OBM interventions.In Organizational Culture Rule-Governed Behavior and Organizational Behavior Management OBM researchers will learn how organizational cultural practices organizational effectiveness and rule-governed behaviors in organizations interact in complex ways to determine in part the adaptability and long-term survival of organizations. Reading this book will help academics researchers and practitioners better understand and predict how people in organizations will react to OBM interventions. All OBM managers including high-level managers members of boards of directors and their consultants who are attempting to develop more effective organizations will benefit from these discussions of organizational adaptation changing competitive environments. This essential volume presents organizational culture concepts cast in OBM terms that can be understood by all OBM researchers and practitioners and will be useful to anyone interested in organizational development on a large scale. Professors teaching OBM courses will find this presentation of rule-governed behavior an essential ingredient to every course in OBM. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203057988

Organizational Culture and Paradoxes in ManagementFirms Families and Their Businesses Studies on culture change and social processes within organizations have been historically organized around orthogonal approaches. While the literature on change has focused on creating pragmatic generally simple methodologies that bypass the complexity of the data in order to emphasize the possibility of intervention literature aimed at truly understanding of the firm and its processes has emphasized the ambiguity of organization and the difficulties involved in reaching a unitary view of its processes let alone creating a single theory of change. Finally the literature on family businesses has been restricted to limited views of the field disregarding the rich insights brought by psychology sociology or anthropology. The result of these trends has been a gap in the creation of knowledge with a paucity of studies that link theory with practice and ground change on a comprehensive view of the social reality of the firm. This book addresses both the specific need of family businesses and the broader demands of any organization in which the issue of culture is seriously considered. Drawing on the notions and scholarship on organizations and sociology the author proposes new concepts and tools for the change agents interested in working with the instrumental rules of the firm with the cohesive tone of the family. Organizational Culture and Paradoxes in Management will be of value to students at an advanced level academics and reflective practitioners. It addresses the topics with regard to management and organizational studies and will be of interest to organizational scholars consultants and leaders interested in fostering a meaningful culture within organizations and family businesses. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367211547

Organizational Culture in ActionA Cultural Analysis Workbook Offering students and practitioners an applied approach to the subject Organizational Culture in Action (OCA) walks them through a six-step model for analyzing an organization’s culture to provide insight into positive communication practices to improve organizational ethics and effectiveness. The authors review relevant theory while integrating a constitutive approach to studying organizational culture and communication. Practical guides for multiple data collection methods are provided and the workbook format is full of interactive tools that engage students and reinforce learning. The revised OCA cultural analysis model in this edition provides the below elements.   • The revised first step in the model – "articulating the value of cultural analysis" includes connections to public relations and crisis management. • A definition of communication and the analysis process that foregrounds ethics throughout the book is included. • Recent research on organizational moral learning is integrated in the ethics chapter and throughout the book. • The Communicative Constitutive of Organizations is now foregrounded throughout the book and reflected in a table capturing variable and metaphor approaches to culture. • The latest applied research is integrated in units on diversity change leadership and effectiveness in relation to positive organizational communication. • Enriched guides on multiple data collection methods now includes surveys. • Cases examples and applications relevant to crisis employee engagement virtual organizations conflict management and public relations are provided. Professionals come away equipped to apply cultural insights to fostering inclusiveness in relation to diversity supporting organizational change making leadership more dynamic understanding the link between ethics and culture and achieving personal and professional growth. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138384569

Organizational Cultures and the Management of Nuclear TechnologyPolitical and Military Sociology Nuclear technology has been an organizing premise of the international system since 1945. Eight countries have officially acknowledged the possession of nuclear weapons. Many countries have harnessed the atom for electricity generation and other civilian uses. Roughly 440 commercial nuclear reactors operate in thirty countries providing 14 percent of the world's electricity. Volatile oil prices and concerns about climate change have led newly emerging economies in Asia to express keen interest in using nuclear energy to meet growing energy demands. Since the basic technological apparatus for both civilian and military nuclear programs is the same there are concerns about the potential spread of dual-use technology.The future stability of the international order depends on the responsible management of their nuclear assets by nuclear powers. The relationship between civilian authorities and the military takes on special significance in states with nuclear weapons or near-weapon capability. The constitutional balance of powers the delegation of authority during wartime and peace influences from public opinion and bureaucratic structures on the formulation of doctrine crisis management and communications with the international media and the general public are influenced by civil-military relations and organizational culture.This volume will be of broad interest to scholars of civil-military relations political science and political sociology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781412849456

Organizational HeartbeatsEngaging Employees in Sustainability by Leveraging Purpose and Curating Culture This employee engagement book focuses on the HOW of engaging employees in sustainability through four diverse case studies thought-prompting questions and tips as well as a unique model of employee engagement to guide strategy. The book includes both the mechanics of engagement and also the art of engagement through practices of authenticity collective leadership curating culture and leveraging purpose. The power of purpose-driven employee engagement efforts featured in this book will inspire readers to help employees thrive as a by-product of doing so is retaining employees who effectively drive strategy which lifts the organization and bolsters the economic bottom line. Numerous examples of successful engagement initiatives at Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry Arizona State University Seventh Generation and Danone North America will catalyze readers’ imaginations regarding what is possible at their organizations. Moran’s purpose-driven employee engagement model will guide readers and their teams to hone initiatives into ones that will align with the heart and the systems of the organization. Prompting tips and questions throughout the text invite readers to engage with the material so it is advised to have a notebook to record ideas while reading. Whether sustainability directors human resource or talent management professionals seeking guidance on how to engage employees middle managers striving to drive organizational change or business school students wanting to learn about purpose-driven organizations this book provides myriad tangible resources as well as inspiring cases to support the human capital that serves as the heart of organizations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367431952

Organizations Gender and the Culture of Palestinian Activism in Haifa Israel This book based on 25 months of anthropological fieldwork examines activists and activism in Palestinian nongovernmental organizations in Israel. It concentrates on the ways organizations enable certain processes of self-identification based on activists' constructions of modernity. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415650540

Organizations and Popular CultureInformation Representation and Transformation Throughout its history popular mass-mediated culture has turned its attention to representing and interrogating organizational life. As early as Charlie Chaplin’s cinematic classic Modern Times and as recently as the primetime television hit The Simpsons we see cultural products that engage reflexively in coming to terms with the meaning of work technology and workplace relations. It is only since the late 1990s however that those who research management and organizations have come to collectively dwell on the relationship between organizations and popular culture – a relationship where the cultural meanings of work are articulated in popular culture and where popular culture challenges taken for granted knowledge about the structure and practice work. Key to this development has been the journal Culture and Organization – a journal that has been centre stage in creating new vistas through which the ‘cultural studies of organization’ can be explored. This book brings together the journal’s best contributions which specifically address how popular culture represents informs and potentially transforms organizational practice. Featuring contributors from the UK USA Europe and Australia this exciting anthology provides a comprehensive review of research in organization and popular culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415692380

Orientalism Eroticism and Modern Visuality in Global Cultures In Orientalism Eroticism and Modern Visuality in Global Cultures scholars look afresh at representations of nineteenth-century ’oriental’ bodies inquiring deeply into their erotic dimensions tracing their global dissemination at cross-cultural intersections of the visual and the political. Authors consider the impact of eroticized orientalist representations registered on racial and gendered bodies at historical moments across the globe in the media of photography painting prints and sculpture by contextualizing the visual within social practices ethnography literature travel writing and the dynamics of imperialism. Authors examine orientalism’s politico-erotic import across not only imperial Britain and France but also throughout India and the Middle East initiating cross-cultural analyses of orientalism outside of Europe. Works studied include Orientalist and homoerotic works by canonic artists such as Ingres Gérôme Delacroix and Girodet and lesser-known artists such as sculptor Raffaele Monti and painter Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann. Contributors explore Turkish and European writings explorer Richard Burton’s self-fashioning and popular Orientalist photography in India and the Middle East. Authors draw on methods from gender studies semiotics material culture and psychoanalysis to explore art national identity homoerotic subcultures female agency class sexuality and colonialism. The book is directed to interdisciplinary scholars and students in art history literature history and postcolonial studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138353077

Orientalism TransposedImpact of the Colonies on British Culture First published in 1998 this volume reflects that ever since the publication of Edward Said’s Orientalism twenty years ago scholars have tested his thesis against the wider application of his terms to cultural practices and the rhetoric of power. The cultural impact of the British on their colonies has been extensively investigated but only recently have scholars begun to ask in what ways British culture was transformed by its contact with the colonies. The essays in this volume demonstrate how influential the Empire was on British culture from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries. They show how from cross-cultural cross-dressing to Buddhism British artists and writers appropriated unfamiliar and challenging aspects of the culture of the Empire for their own purposes. An examination is also made of the extent to which colonized people engaged in the orientalising discourse amending and subverting it even re-applying its stereotypes to the British themselves. Finally two essays explore instances of the exchange of ideas between colonies. Several of the essays are based on papers given at the 1996 Conference of the College Arts Association. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138386716

Origins of Religion Cognition and Culture Attempts to understand the origins of humanity have raised fundamental questions about the complex relationship between cognition and culture. Central to the debates on origins is the role of religion religious ritual and religious experience. What came first: individual religious (ecstatic) experiences collective observances of transition situations fear of death ritual competence magical coercion; mirror neurons or temporal lobe religiosity? Cognitive scientists are now providing us with important insights on phylogenetic and ontogenetic processes. Together with insights from the humanities and social sciences on the origins development and maintenance of complex semiotic social and cultural systems a general picture of what is particularly human about humans could emerge. Reflections on the preconditions for symbolic and linguistic competence and practice are now within our grasp. Origins of Religion Cognition and Culture puts culture centre stage in the cognitive science of religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781844657018

Orthodox Christian Material CultureOf People and Things in the Making of Heaven Although much has been written on the making of art objects as a means of engaging in creative productions of the self (most famously Alfred Gell’s work) there has been very little written on Orthodox Christianity and its use of material within religious self-formation. Eastern Orthodox Christianity is renowned for its artistry and the aesthetics of its worship being an integral part of devout practice. Yet this is an area with little ethnographic exploration available and even scarcer ethnographic attention given to the material culture of Eastern Christianity outside the traditional ‘homelands’ of the greater Levant and Eastern Europe.Drawing from and building upon Gell’s work Carroll explores the uses and purposes of material culture in Eastern Orthodox Christian worship. Drawing on three years of ethnographic fieldwork in a small Antiochian Orthodox parish in London Carroll focusses on a study of ecclesiastical fabric but places this within the wider context of Orthodox material ecology in Britain. This ethnographic exploration leads to discussion of the role of materials in the construction of religious identity material understandings of religion and pathways of pilgrimatic engagement and religious movement across Europe. In a religious tradition characterised by repetition and continuity but also as sensuously tactile this book argues that material objects are necessary for the continual production of Orthodox Christians as art-like subjects. It is an important contribution to the corpus of literature on the anthropology of material culture and art and the anthropology of religion. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367590550

Orthodox Christianity and GenderDynamics of Tradition Culture and Lived Practice The Orthodox Christian tradition has all too often been sidelined in conversations around contemporary religion. Despite being distinct from Protestantism and Catholicism in both theology and practice it remains an underused setting for academic inquiry into current lived religious practice. This collection therefore seeks to redress this imbalance by investigating modern manifestations of Orthodox Christianity through an explicitly gender-sensitive gaze. By addressing attitudes to gender in this context it fills major gaps in the literature on both religion and gender. Starting with the traditional teachings and discourses around gender in the Orthodox Church the book moves on to demonstrate the diversity of responses to those narratives that can be found among Orthodox populations in Europe and North America. Using case studies from several countries with both large and small Orthodox populations contributors use an interdisciplinary approach to address how gender and religion interact in contexts such as iconography conversion social activism and ecumenical relations among others. From Greece and Russia to Finland and the USA this volume sheds new light on the myriad ways in which gender is manifested performed and engaged within contemporary Orthodoxy. Furthermore it also demonstrates that employing the analytical lens of gender enables new insights into Orthodox Christianity as a lived tradition. It will therefore be of great interest to scholars of both Religious Studies and Gender Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138574205

Orthodox Christianity in 21st Century GreeceThe Role of Religion in Culture Ethnicity and Politics One of the predominantly Orthodox countries that has never experienced communism is Greece a country uniquely situated to offer insights about contemporary trends and developments in Orthodox Christianity. This volume offers a comprehensive treatment of the role Orthodox Christianity plays at the dawn of the twenty-first century Greece from social scientific and cultural-historical perspectives. This book breaks new ground by examining in depth the multifaceted changes that took place in the relationship between Orthodox Christianity and politics ethnicity gender and popular culture. Its intention is two-fold: on the one hand it aims at revisiting some earlier stereotypes widespread both in academic and others circles about the Greek Orthodox Church its cultural specificity and its social presence such as its alleged intrinsic non-pluralistic attitude toward non-Orthodox Others. On the other hand it attempts to show how this fairly traditional religious system underwent significant changes in recent years affecting its public role and image particularly as it became more and more exposed to the challenges of globalization and multiculturalism. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315599137

Other CulturesAims Methods and Achievements in Social Anthropology The first part of this book considers what kind of study social anthropology is the types of questions social anthropologists ask and how they go about obtaining the answers. The second part discusses the more important fields in which social anthropologists have advanced our knowledge of other cultures: kinship and marriage social order economic relations and magical and religious institutions. The important theme of social change is also discussed. First published in 1964. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315017648

Ouida and Victorian Popular Culture 'Ouida ' the pseudonym of Louise Ramé (1839-1908) was one of the most productive widely-circulated and adapted of Victorian popular novelists with a readership that ranged from Vernon Lee Oscar Wilde and Ruskin to the nameless newspaper readers and subscribers to lending libraries. Examining the range and variety of Ouida’s literary output which includes journalism as well as fiction reveals her to be both a literary seismometer sensitive to the enormous shifts in taste and publication practices of the second half of the nineteenth century and a fierce protector of her independent vision. This collection offers a radically new view of Ouida helping us thereby to rethink our perceptions of popular women writers in general theatrical adaptation of their fiction and their engagements with imperialism nationalism and cosmopolitanism. The volume's usefulness to scholars is enhanced by new bibliographies of Ouida's fiction and journalism as well as of British stage adaptations of her work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138268241

Our StoryHow Cultures Shaped People to Get Things Done The story of human evolution or Our Story is about the development and refinement of cultures. Individuals cannot do things on their own this book argues; their choices are driven by heuristics biases illogical preferences and irrational assumptions about the nature of reality. So how did humanity survive? By forming more and more successful cultures which are teams of people who share a specific vision of the world. Because cultures-as-teams are more effective if there is a strong correspondence among the members they select individuals who clarify the team’s vision and force compliance to that vision. Thus cultures-as-teams are powerful agents for change in the world. They offer the individual the opportunity to accomplish unimaginable goals but they can also destroy him or her in the process. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781598746785

Outlaw CultureResisting Representations According to the Washington Post no one who cares about contemporary African-American cultures can ignore bell hooks' electrifying feminist explorations. Targeting cultural icons as diverse as Madonna and Spike Lee Outlaw Culture presents a collection of essays that pulls no punches. As hooks herself notes interrogations of popular culture can be a ‘powerful site for intervention challenge and change’. And intervene challenge and change is what hooks does best. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138127586

Overcoming BiasA Journalist's Guide to Culture & Context This book is about biases that affect journalism at every stage of reporting and writing. It shows journalists how they can examine and know their habits of thought offering advice and strategies to help them embrace a more inclusive and open-minded approach to a multicultural society coverage. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781934432204

Overcoming Matthew ArnoldEthics in Culture and Criticism Opening the way for a reexamination of Matthew Arnold's unique contributions to ethical criticism James Walter Caufield emphasizes the central role of philosophical pessimism in Arnold's master tropes of "culture" and "conduct." Caufield uses Arnold's ethics as a lens through which to view key literary and cultural movements of the past 150 years demonstrating that Arnoldian conduct is grounded in a Victorian ethic of "renouncement " a form of altruism that wholly informs both Arnold's poetry and prose and sets him apart from the many nineteenth-century public moralists. Arnold's thought is situated within a cultural and philosophical context that shows the continuing relevance of "renouncement" to much contemporary ethical reflection from the political kenosis of Giorgio Agamben and the pensiero debole of Gianni Vattimo to the ethical criticism of Wayne C. Booth and Martha Nussbaum. In refocusing attention on Arnold's place within the broad history of critical and social thought Caufield returns the poet and critic to his proper place as a founding father of modern cultural criticism. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138111035

Overcoming the Two CulturesScience vs. the Humanities in the Modern World-system This book tells the story of how the very idea of two cultures-the so-called divorce between science and the humanities-was a creation of the modern world-system. The contributors working from a common research framework trace the divorce of "facts" and "values" as part of the transition from feudalism to capitalism. This led to a polarization between universalist "science" and the particularist "humanities" and finally to the creation of the social sciences as an uneasy intermediary in this epistemological debate. The book addresses the contemporary attempts to overcome the division between the two cultures that emerge from science feminism race and ethnic studies cultural studies and ecology ending with an analysis of the culture wars and the science wars. Contributors: Volkan Aytar Ay se Betul Celik Mauro Di Meglio Mark Frezzo Ho-fung Hung Biray Kolloupglu K3/4rl3/4 Agustin Lao- Montes Eric Mielants Boris Stremlin Sunaryo Norihisa Yamashita Deniz Yukeseker. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315633046

Pablo Neruda and the U.S. Culture Industry In this compelling collection Teresa Longo gathers a diverse group of critical and poetic voices to analyze the politics of packaging and marketing Neruda and Latin American poetry in general in the United States. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315879727

Palestinian Culture and the NakbaBearing Witness The Nakba not only resulted in the loss of the homeland but also caused the dispersal and ruin of entire Palestinian communities. Even though the term Nakba refers to a singular historic event the consequence of 1948 has symptomatically become part of Palestinian identity and the element that demarcates who the Palestinian is. Palestinian exile and loss have evolved into cultural symbols that at once help define the person and allow the person to remember the loss. Although accounts of the Palestinians’ experience of the expulsion from the land are similar the emblems that provoke these particular memories differ. Certain mementos memories or objects help in commemorating the homeland. This book looks at the icons narratives and symbols that have become synonymous with Palestinian identity and culture and which have in the absence of a homeland become a source of memory. It discusses how these icons have come into being and how they have evolved into sites of power which help to keep the story and identity of the Palestinians alive. The book looks at examples from Palestinian caricature film literature poetry and painting to see how these works ignite memories of the homeland and help to reinforce the diasporic identity. It also argues that the creators of these narratives or emblems have themselves become cultural icons within the collective Palestinian recollection.By introducing the Nakba as a lived experience this book will appeal to students and scholars of Middle East Studies Cultural Studies Literature and Media Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367583903

Paradoxes in Nurses’ Identity Culture and ImageThe Shadow Side of Nursing This book examines some of the more disturbing representations of nurses in popular culture to understand nursing’s complex identities challenges and future directions. It critically analyses disquieting representations of nurses who don’t care who kill who inspire fear or who do not comply with laws and policies. Also addressed are stories about how power is used as well as supernatural experiences in nursing. Using a series of examples taken from popular culture ranging from film television and novels to memoirs and true crime podcasts it interrogates the meaning of the shadow side of nursing and the underlying paradoxes that influence professional identity. Iconic nursing figures are still powerful today. Decades after they were first created Ratched and Annie Wilkes continue to make readers and viewers shudder at the prospect of ever being ill. Modern storytelling modes are bringing to audiences the grim reality that some nurses are members of the working poor like Cath Hardacre in Trust Me and others can be dangerous con artists like the nurse in Dirty John. This book is important reading for all those interested in understanding the links between nursing’s image and the profession’s potential as an agent for change. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138491267

Parent Partnership for Positive PerformancePractical Strategies for Promoting a Learning Culture in Less Advantaged Families Despite all efforts to raise attainment the gap between the affluent and the poor does not diminish. To help schools tackle their problem this practical book offers guidance and strategies on how to assist less advantaged families in becoming active partner in their child's education. To develop this partnership the book has three parts: the shaping of attitudes and behaviour that influence performance at school; practical strategies to promote a learning culture in less advantaged families; and supporting a school's development plan. Within these three parts there are 12 practical activities with a PowerPoint for staff development case study material and a Home Activity 'Three-a-Day' parent booklet. These example starter packs for younger and older children offer in an encouraging and friendly style 25 activities/ideas based around: talking reading and writing; number shape and measuring; making and doing things; playing and painting; and running climbing and enjoying. This is a resource that will help schools to encourage and support parents in being aware of the powerful role they play in their child's attainment and what they can do about it. The pack includes a CD-ROM with the PowerPoint presentation and the 'Three-a-Day' booklet as well as the practical tasks. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781906517540

Parenting Across Cultures from Childhood to AdolescenceDevelopment in Nine Countries This vital volume advances understanding of how parenting from childhood to adolescence changes or remains the same in a variety of sociodemographic psychological and cultural contexts providing a truly global understanding of parenting across cultures. Through the Parenting Across Cultures project the editors unveil findings from this hugely important comparative longitudinal study of parents and children in China Colombia Italy Jordan Kenya the Philippines Sweden Thailand and the United States. The volume offers insight into trajectories of parenting exploring parents’ warmth control rules setting and knowledge of children’s activities and whereabouts. Each chapter is authored by a contributor native to the country examined guaranteeing an authentic emic perspective and together the chapters provide a broader sample that is more generalizable to a wider range of the world’s population than is typical in most parenting research. Parenting Across Cultures From Childhood to Adolescence is essential reading for researchers and students of parenting psychology human development family studies sociology and cultural anthropology as well as professionals working with families. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367462321

Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture In this original study Thompson explores the complicated relationships between Americans and television during the 1950s as seen and effected through popular humor. Parody and Taste in Postwar American Television Culture documents how Americans grew accustomed to understanding politics current events and popular culture through comedy that is simultaneously critical commercial and funny. Along with the rapid growth of television in the 1950s an explosion of satire and parody took place across a wide field of American culture—in magazines comic books film comedy albums and on television itself. Taken together these case studies don’t just analyze and theorize the production and consumption of parody and television but force us to revisit and revise our notions of postwar "consensus" culture as well. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415839006

Participation Culture in the GulfNetworks Politics and Identity This book examines the civil–social interactions which have shaped and continue to influence the political and social development of modern Gulf societies. It analyses the influence of public and private social spaces such as sports arenas and dawawin as well as developments in the legal and cultural spheres. Geographically the volume covers Bahrain Iran Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Each chapter discusses a different aspect of current trends in society offering a multidimensional perspective on recent developments. In so doing the chapters highlight the existence of a growing participation culture as a force for dynamic social change in a global context. Bringing to attention the continuing social change in public and private spaces which have increased public social interactions within the last ten years this books also demonstrates the opening of dialogues between the public and the authorities. The contributors are established scholars living in the Gulf as well as academics with long-term field research in the region thus providing unique perspectives on current sociopolitical trends in the Gulf states. Participation Culture in the Gulf will be useful to students and scholars of Middle Eastern politics and society as well as social movements and political participation more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367484415

Participatory Culture and the Social Value of an Architectural Icon: Sydney Opera House This book develops new and innovative methods for understanding the cultural significance of places such as the World Heritage listed Sydney Opera House. By connecting participatory media visual culture and social value Cristina Garduño Freeman contributes to a fast-growing body of scholarship on digital heritage and the popular reception of architecture. In this her first book she opens up a fresh perspective on heritage as well as the ways in which people relate to architecture via participation on social media. Social media sites such as YouTube Pinterest Wikipedia Facebook and Flickr as well as others become places for people to express their connections with places for example the Sydney Opera House. Garduño Freeman analyses real-world examples from souvenirs to opera-house-shaped cakes and untangles the tangible and intangible ways in which the significance of heritage is created disseminated and maintained. As people’s encounters with World Heritage become increasingly mediated by the digital sphere there is a growing imperative for academics professionals and policy-makers to understand the social value of significant places. This book is beneficial to academics students and professionals of architecture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367208561

Passion and Control: Dutch Architectural Culture of the Eighteenth Century Passion and Control explores Dutch architectural culture of the eighteenth century revealing the central importance of architecture to society in this period and redefining long-established paradigms of early modern architectural history. Architecture was a passion for many of the men and women in this book; wealthy patrons burgomasters princes and scientists were all in turn infected with architectural mania. It was a passion shared with artists architects and builders and a vast cast of Dutch society who contributed to a complex web of architectural discourse and who influenced building practice. The author presents a rich tapestry of sources to reconstruct the cultural context and meaning of these buildings as they were perceived by contemporaries including representations in texts drawings and prints and builds on recent research by cultural historians on consumerism material culture and luxury print culture and the public sphere and the history of ideas and mentalities. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367737467

Passion and ParanoiaEmotions and the Culture of Emotion in Academia Analysing emotions and emotion-management in the academic organization Passion and Paranoia shows how focusing on emotions in organizations can offer insights into important aspects and the dynamics of organizational processes. Drawing on rich interview material this book demonstrates the often-overlooked importance of emotions in academic life to reveal the manner in which emotion contributes to social bonds power-relationships and hierarchies micro-politics and processes of inclusion and exclusion from an academic career. A significant contribution to the study of emotion and the academy Passion and Paranoia will appeal to sociologists and anthropologists researching work and organizations emotion academic culture and social relationships. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250352

Passions and Subjectivity in Early Modern Culture Bringing together scholars from literature and the history of ideas Passions and Subjectivity in Early Modern Culture explores new ways of negotiating the boundaries between cognitive and bodily models of emotion and between different versions of the will as active or passive. In the process it juxtaposes the historical formation of such ideas with contemporary philosophical debates. It frames a dialogue between rhetoric and medicine politics and religion in order to examine the relationship between mind and body and between experience and the senses. Some chapters discuss literature in studies of Shakespeare Donne and Milton; other essays concentrate on philosophical arguments both Aristotelian and Galenic models from antiquity and new mechanistic formations in Descartes Hobbes and Spinoza. A powerful sense of paradox emerges in treatments of the passions in the early modern period also reflected in new literary and philosophical forms in which inwardness was displayed analysed and studied”the autobiography the essay the soliloquy”genres which rewrite the formation of subjectivity. At the same time the frame of reference moves outwards from the world of interior states to encounter the passions on a public stage thus reconnecting literary study with the history of political thought. In between the abstract theory of political ideas and the inward selves of literary history lies a field of intersections waiting to be explored. The passions like human nature itself are infinitely variable and provoke both literary experimentation and philosophical imagination. Passions and Subjectivity in Early Modern Culture thus makes new connections between embodiment selfhood and the emotions in order to suggest both new models of the self and new models for interdisciplinary history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138245877

Patenting LivesLife Patents Culture and Development Patenting Lives includes contributions from various interests and perspectives both in the context of current international developments in life patents and the global agenda of harmonization of international intellectual property. The book is divided into five sections reflecting the critical issues arising from patents and biotechnology - Context; Human Rights and Ethical Frameworks; Medicine and Public Health; Traditional Knowledge; and Agriculture. The international contributors from government civil society academia and the private sector provide diverse perspectives on life patents and the facilitation of social cultural and economic development in the context of international principles of trade. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138262331

Patient Safety CultureTheory Methods and Application How safe are hospitals? Why do some hospitals have higher rates of accident and errors involving patients? How can we accurately measure and assess staff attitudes towards safety? How can hospitals and other healthcare environments improve their safety culture and minimize harm to patients? These and other questions have been the focus of research within the area of Patient Safety Culture (PSC) in the last decade. More and more hospitals and healthcare managers are trying to understand the nature of the culture within their organisations and implement strategies for improving patient safety. The main purpose of this book is to provide researchers healthcare managers and human factors practitioners with details of the latest developments within the theory and application of PSC within healthcare. It brings together contributions from the most prominent researchers and practitioners in the field of PSC and covers the background to work on safety culture (e.g. measuring safety culture in industries such as aviation and the nuclear industry) the dominant theories and concepts within PSC examples of PSC tools methods of assessment and their application and details of the most prominent challenges for the future in the area. Patient Safety Culture: Theory Methods and Application is essential reading for all of the professional groups involved in patient safety and healthcare quality improvement filling an important gap in the current market. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138749726

Patterns of Culture This book was originally published in 1935. For some years past the scientific study of primitive peoples has experimented in a variety of directions for new methods of investigation. Criticism of the comparative method of which Sir James Frazer is recognized as the foremost exponent all the world over has been directed mainly against the fragmentary character of its evidence when torn from its context. In this book Dr Benedict offers an alternative method of approach. The aim of the investigator she maintains should be the discovery in the diversity of cultures of the 'configuration' of each - that is the cultural drive in group and individual which determines the characteristic reaction to stimulus in any and every situation in life. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367150037

Peace Culture And SocietyTransnational Research And Dialogue "1989 certainly represents one of those moments. yet when IPRA held its 12th General Conference in August 1988 few of the participants imagined that within the space of 13 months popular social movements would topple socialist regimes in Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary and the German Democratic Republic.Nobody imagined the Berlin wall or the wire fence between Hungary and Austria being dismantled. Even fewer contemplated the overthrow of the Ceaucescu regime in Rumania pluralistic politics in Bulgaria a single German economy or a reunited Germany." Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367282486

Peacekeeping Under FireCulture and Intervention The international community increasingly responds to civil wars humanitarian crises and other intrastate conflicts through the instrument of UN peacekeeping. Nearly all of these interventions take place in non-Western areas and involve interactions among militaries and nongovernmental organizations from all around the globe. In this wide-ranging book Rubinstein draws on decades of his own research on peacekeeping and on other current and historical cases to develop a broad understanding of the roles that culture plays in peacekeeping's success or failure. Peacekeeping under Fire shows that cultural considerations are key elements at all levels of peacekeeping operations. Culture influences what happens between peacekeepers and local populations how military and nongovernmental organizations interact and even how missions are planned and authorized. Peacekeeping under Fire analyzes how political symbolism and ritual are critical to peacekeeping and demonstrates how questions of power identity and political perception emerge from the cultural context of peacekeeping. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315632933

Peanut Agriculture and Production TechnologyIntegrated Nutrient Management Peanut Agriculture and Production Technology: Integrated Nutrient Management focuses on agricultural techniques and integrated nutrient management of peanuts (Arachis hypogaea L.). Peanuts are the second most important oil crop of India occupying 5.7 million hectares with an average production of 0.8 ton/ha which is 23.5% of the India’s total oil seed production. Worldwide annual production of shelled peanuts was 42 million metric tons in 2014. It is the world’s 4th most important source of edible oil and the 3rd most important source of vegetable protein. The volume includes basic and advanced information on production agrotechniques and integrated nutrient management of Arachis hypogaea L. crop plant. It studies the physiology of the peanut looking at the proper environmental conditions for optimal growth as well as under various subnormal conditions. It explores the methods of nitrogen application as well as the influence of different sowing dates and population densities to harvest its full yield potential. The book covers methods to achieve balanced nutrition including using organic manures in groundnut farming to enhance yielding ability. The book will be a rich resource for those in agriculture horticulture and allied sciences particularly for agricultural scientists in plant and crop physiology agronomy and soil science. Farm owners and managers of peanut crops and production will also benefit from the information provided in this volume. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771886130

Peasants And PowerState Autonomy And The Collectivization Of Agriculture In Eastern Europe Focusing on events in Hungary and Poland from 1948 to 1962 Dr Sokolovsky shows why collectivization can best be understood as an element in state-building for the new regimes of Eastern Europe. For these countries policy options were constrained by dependence upon the Soviet Union and the economic demands of a newly industrializing society. Econom Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367298005

Pedagogical Alliances between Indigenous and Non-Dualistic CulturesMeta-Cultural Education Pedagogical Alliances Between Indigenous and Non-Dualistic Cultures examines Indigenous education for authentic intercultural education. It critically reviews various Indigenous cultural and educational perspectives in Western education contexts addresses relevant meta-cultural concerns argues for pedagogical alliances cross non-dualistic cultures/religions and articulates metaphysical approaches to the alliances. Throughout the book the author argues that methodological enhancement of Indigenous culture can be made by proposing new values that emerge from authentic intercultural interaction which is transcendental to the binary oppositions of Indigenous and Western education. To do so the author discovers pedagogical and methodological vulnerabilities of Indigenous culture in Western education systems and proposes its pedagogical alliances with non-dualistic cultures (such as Buddhist mindful pedagogy Confucius virtues pedagogy and Hindu contemplative pedagogy) to overcome the frame of Indigenous and Western cultures for Indigenous education and to strengthen both Indigenous and non-dualistic education. This is the first book to address the issue of why non-Indigenous cultures other than Western cultures have not been considered in Indigenous and multicultural education. As such it is an invaluable text for education academics and post-graduate students specialising in Indigenous education cross-cultural education inclusive pedagogy and intercultural education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367588830

Pedagogies Physical Culture and Visual Methods To understand and more creatively capture the social world visual methods have increasingly become used by researchers in the social sciences and education. However despite the rapid development of visual-based knowledge and despite the obvious links between human movement and visual forms of understanding visual research has been scarce in the fields of physical culture and physical education pedagogy. This groundbreaking book is the first to mark a "visual turn" in understanding and researching physical culture and pedagogies offering innovative image-based research that reveals key issues in the domains of sport health and physical education studies. Integrating visual research into physical culture and pedagogy studies the book provides the reader with different ways of "seeing" looking at and critically engaging with physical culture. Since human movement is increasingly created established and pedagogized beyond traditional educational sites such as schools sport clubs and fitness gyms the book also explores the notion of visual pedagogy in wider physical culture helping the reader to understand how visual-based technologies such as television the internet and mobile phones are central to people’s engagement with physical culture today. The book demonstrates how the visual creates dynamic pedagogical tools for revealing playful forms of embodiment and offers the reader a range of visual methods from researcher-produced photo analysis to participatory-centred visual approaches that will enhance their own study of physical culture. Pedagogies Physical Culture and Visual Methods is important reading for all advanced students and researchers with an interest in human movement physical education physical culture sport studies and research methods in education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415815727

Pedagogy And The Politics Of HopeTheory Culture And Schooling: A Critical Reader Henry A. Giroux is one of the most respected and well-known critical education scholars social critics and astute observers of popular culture in the modern world. For those who follow his considerably influential work in critical pedagogy and social criticism this first-ever collection of his classic writings augmented by a new essay is a mus Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367317195

Pederasts and OthersUrban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris Examine how a community of support in Nineteenth-Century Paris became a blueprint for modern sexual identity! A unique social history Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris is a valuable addition to the growing field of gay and lesbian studies. The book examines the interaction between the city's male homosexual subculture and Parisian authority figures who attempted to maintain political and social order during the early years of the French Third Republic by using laws against public indecency and sexual assault to treat same-sex sexuality as a crime. Faced with a constant cycle of surveillance harassment and arrest the city's gay men survived the hostile urban environment by forming a community of support that had a widespread and lasting influence on the development of modern sexual identities. Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris is based on a statistical analysis of more than 800 working-class and middle-class men who were arrested or investigated by Parisian police between 1873 and 1879. Their stories presented through long and short case studies represent nearly 2 000 names recorded by police in “Pederasts and Others ” a ledger detailing the arrests of male homosexuals for public offenses against decency and other minor offenses. (The term “pederast” identified those suspected of same-sex sexual activity not the modern definition that indicates homosexual relations with a minor.) The ledger entries reveal specific habits attitudes values and characteristics about these men that set them apart—the same traits that identified them as part of a community based on their behavior and relationships. Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris examines: the forces of authority the laws regarding same-sex sexual behavior the role of the police the role of the magistrates the role of the doctors the common characteristics of the city's male homosexual subculture the sexual behaviors of the Paris underground the geography of the subculture and takes an expanded look at three case studies: “A Decadent Aristocrat and A Delinquent Boy” “Pederasts Prostitutes and Pickpockets” “Love and Death in Gay Paris” Pederasts and Others: Urban Culture and Sexual Identity in Nineteenth-Century Paris also includes tables appendices and maps linked to statistical data. The book is an essential resource for historians sociologists sexologists criminologists and other scholars working in the fields of gay and lesbian studies urban studies social and cultural history and French history. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203057285

Penal Culture and HyperincarcerationThe Revival of the Prison What are the various forces influencing the role of the prison in late modern societies? What changes have there been in penality and use of the prison over the past 40 years that have led to the re-valorization of the prison? Using penal culture as a conceptual and theoretical vehicle and Australia as a case study this book analyses international developments in penality and imprisonment. Authored by some of Australia’s leading penal theorists the book examines the historical and contemporary influences on the use of the prison with analyses of colonialism post colonialism race and what they term the ’penal/colonial complex ’ in the construction of imprisonment rates and on the development of the phenomenon of hyperincarceration. The authors develop penal culture as an explanatory framework for continuity change and difference in prisons and the nature of contested penal expansionism. The influence of transformative concepts such as ’risk management’ ’the therapeutic prison’ and ’preventative detention’ are explored as aspects of penal culture. Processes of normalization transmission and reproduction of penal culture are seen throughout the social realm. Comparative contemporary and historical in its approach the book provides a new analysis of penality in the 21st century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138269774

Penal Cultures and Female Desistance This book makes a unique contribution to the internationalisation of criminological knowledge about gender and desistance through a qualitative cross-national exploration of the female route out of crime in Sweden and England. By situating the female desistance journey in diverse penal cultures the study addresses two major gaps in the literature: the neglect of critical explorations of gender in desistance-related processes and the lack of internationally comparative perspectives on the lived experience of desistance. Grounded in a feminist methodology – underpinned by a critical humanist perspective – this book draws on 24 life-story narrative interviews with female desisters across Sweden and England. The discussion covers departure points qualitative experiences of criminal justice as well as barriers and ‘ladders’ in the female route out. While some cross-national symmetry is detected particularly in the areas of victimisation and issues around short custodial sentences overall the findings indicate that diverse macro-processes and models especially in terms of 'inclusive' versus 'exclusive' penal cultures effectually 'trickle down' to the women in this study and produce different micro-experiences of desistance. Providing new qualitative evidence of the 'Nordic Exceptionalism thesis’ this book finds that comparatively the Swedish model offers a macro-context supported and reflected in allied meso-practices which is more conducive to the formation of female desistance narratives. This unique comparative study marks a step-change in desistance literature and will be essential reading for those engaged in the disciplines of penology rehabilitation gender and crime and offender management. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367481995

People Land and TimeAn Historical Introduction to the Relations Between Landscape Culture and Environment This major new text provides an introduction to the interaction of culture and society with the landscape and environment. It offers a broad-based view of this theme by drawing upon the varied traditions of landscape interpretation from the traditional cultural geography of scholars such as Carl Sauer to the 'new' cultural geography which has emerged in the 1990s. The book comprises three major interwoven strands. First fundamental factors such as environmental change and population pressure are addressed in order to sketch the contextual variables of landscapes production. Second the evolution of the humanised landscape is discussed in terms of processes such as clearing wood the impact of agriculture the creation of urban-industrial complexes and is also treated in historical periods such as the pre-industrial the modern and the post-modern. From this we can see the cultural and economic signatures of human societies at different times and places. Finally examples of landscape types are selected in order to illustrate the ways in which landscape both represents and participates in social change.The authors use a wide range of source material ranging from place-names and pollen diagrams to literature and heritage monuments. Superbly illustrated throughout it is essential reading for first-year undergraduates studying historical geography human geography cultural geography or landscape history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138138483

People Process and CultureLean Manufacturing in the Real World Examining Lean processes in the context of the authors’ academic research in-progress  People Process & Culture: Lean Manufacturing in the Real World illustrates the impact of culture on the implementation of Lean Manufacturing (LM) across various geographic and cultural areas. It identifies cultural values as examined against Lean manufacturing disciplines and derives culturally based Lean Manufacturing (LM) values. It then assesses these cultural values in light of specific LM components such as PULL systems and TPM to demonstrate varying perspectives and applications. Illustrates global cultural influences on Lean implementation Uses academic research as the foundation of the material Examines the many Lean components currently in use around the world Building on the continued prominence of LM as the preferred operational approach the book supplies time-tested advice to help you sort through the flood of information on Lean techniques and culture. It examines the numerous Lean components currently being deployed successfully around the world and identifies the limitations that can result from the varying interpretations and applications of Lean systems. Lean culture is all about Lean vision mission and values. This book not only identifies the Lean values required but also supplies the understanding to integrate these values across all levels of your organization. The book will be especially helpful to international corporate managers working to demystify the sometimes hard-to-understand characteristics of Lean transformation. Media > Books > Print Books Productivity Press 9781466557895

People and Culture in ConstructionA Reader Construction is one of the largest and most people-intensive industrial sectors. In many countries however construction is also one of the most highly criticized in terms of its employment practices and industrial relations. People and culture are too often seen as variables that must be manipulated in the cause of improved productivity. This important new work provides an essential corrective to the current literature by focusing on people and culture rather than sector efficiency. It presents the latest thinking from a diversity of perspectives derived from a major ESRC seminar series and invited contributions from leading researchers. Its interdisciplinary approach draws together industry and research and is international in its relevance. Through several multidisciplinary themes People and Culture in Construction: explores the industry's labour market and the major influences on employment patterns examines how to improve the image and reality of the construction sector as an employer looks at the forces shaping the industry and implications for its stability considers the current composition of the workforce and the potential impacts of workforce diversification analyzes the impact of government targets and policies on construction working practices and culture investigates how to address the skills shortfall currently affecting the industry's performance. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138978102

Performance AutoethnographyCritical Pedagogy and the Politics of Culture This book is a manifesto. It is about rethinking performance autoethnography about the formation of a critical performative cultural politics about what happens when everything is already performative when the dividing line between performativity and performance disappears. This is a book about the writing called autoethnography. It is also about what this form of writing means for writers who want to perform work that leads to social justice. Denzin’s goal is to take the reader through the history major terms forms criticisms and issues confronting performance autoethnography and critical interpretive. To that end many of the chapters are written as performance texts as ethnodramas. A single thesis organizes this book: the performance turn has been taken in the human disciplines and it must be taken seriously. Multiple informative performance models are discussed: Goffman’s dramaturgy; Turner’s performance anthropology; performance ethnographies by A. D. Smith Conquergood and Madison; Saldana’s ethnodramas; Schechter’s social theatre; Norris’s playacting; Boal’s theatre of the oppressed; and Freire’s pedagogies of the oppressed. They represent different ways of staging and hence performing ethnography resistance and critical pedagogy. They represent different ways of "imagining and inventing and hence performing alternative imaginaries alternative counter-performances to war violence and the globalized corporate empire" (Schechner 2015). This book provides a systematic treatment of the origins goals concepts genres methods aesthetics ethics and truth conditions of critical performance autoethnography. Denzin uses the performance text as a vehicle for taking up the hard questions about reading writing performing and doing critical work that makes a difference. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138066298

Performance in a Militarized Culture The long cultural moment that arose in the wake of 9/11 and the conflict in the Middle East has fostered a global wave of surveillance and counterinsurgency. Performance in a Militarized Culture explores the ways in which we experience this new status quo. Addressing the most commonplace of everyday interactions from mobile phone calls to traffic cameras this edited collection considers: How militarization appropriates and deploys performance techniques How performing arts practices can confront militarization The long and complex history of militarization How the war on terror has transformed into a values system that prioritizes the military The ways in which performance can be used to secure and maintain power across social strata Performance in a Militarized Culture draws on performances from North Central and South America; Europe; the Middle East; and Asia to chronicle a range of experience: from those who live under a daily threat of terrorism to others who live with a distant imagined fear of such danger. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138740808

Performer TrainingDevelopments Across Cultures Performer Training is an examination of how actors are trained in different cultures. Beginning with studies of mainstream training in countries such as Poland Australia Germany and the United States subsequent studies survey: · Some of Asia's traditional training methods and recent experiments in performer training · Eugenio Barba's training methods · Jerzy Grotowski's most recent investigations · The Japanese American NOHO companies attempts at integrating Kyogen into the works of Samuel Beckett · Descriptions of the training methods developed by Tadashi Suzuki and Anne Bogart at their Saratoga International Theatre Institute · Recent efforts to re-examine the role and scope of training like Britain's International Workshop Festival and the European League of Institutes of Arts masterclasses · The reformulation of the use of emotions in performer training known as Alba Emoting. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315079981

Performing Beauty in Participatory Art and Culture This book investigates the notion of beauty in participatory art an interdisciplinary form that necessitates the audience’s agential participation and that is often seen in interactive art and technology-driven media installations. After considering established theories of beauty for example Plato Alison Hume Kant Gadamer and Santayana through to McMahon and Sartwell Heinrich argues that the experience of beauty in participatory art demands a revised notion of beauty; a conception that accounts for the performative and ludic turn within various art forms and which is in a broader sense a notion of beauty suited to a participatory and technology-saturated culture.Through case studies of participatory art he provides an art-theoretical approach to the concept of performative beauty; an approach that is then applied to the wider context of media and design artefacts. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367869274

Performing Fantasy and Reality in Contemporary Culture We frequently engage with that which we consciously perceive not to be real yet fantasy despite its pervasive presence and strong role in everyday life through its connection to identities communities desires and meanings has yet to be properly defined and researched. This book examines fantasy from a performance theory perspective. Drawing on multidisciplinary literature it presents ethnographic and art-based research on live action role-playing games to explore fantasy as a bodily and negotiated phenomenon that involves various kinds of engagement with one’s surroundings. Overall this book is a study of various forms and roles that fantasy can take on as part of contemporary Western culture. The study suggests that fantasy emerges as a different type of interpretation of normalised performance and reality and can thus provide individuals with the tools to wield agency in everyday life. The book will appeal to scholars of sociology cultural and media studies literature and performance studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367478940

Performing Indigenous Identities on the Contemporary Australian StageLand People Culture Over the past 50 years Indigenous Australian theatre practice has emerged as a dynamic site for the discursive reflection of culture and tradition as well as colonial legacies leveraging the power of storytelling to create and advocate contemporary fluid conceptions of Indigeneity. Performing Indigenous Identities on the Contemporary Australian Stage offers a window into the history and diversity of this vigorous practice. It introduces the reader to cornerstones of Indigenous Australian cultural frameworks and on this backdrop discusses a wealth of plays in light of their responses to contemporary Australian identity politics. The in-depth readings of two landmark theatre productions Scott Rankin’s Namatjira (2010) and Wesley Enoch & Anita Heiss’ I Am Eora (2012) trace the artists’ engagement with questions of community consolidation and national reconciliation carefully considering the implications of their propositions for identity work arising from the translation of traditional ontologies into contemporary orientations. The analyses of the dramatic texts are incrementally enriched by a dense reflection of the production and reception contexts of the plays providing an expanded framework for the critical consideration of contemporary postcolonial theatre practice that allows for a well-founded appreciation of the strengths yet also pointing to the limitations of current representative approaches on the Australian mainstage. This study will be of great interest to students and scholars of Postcolonial Literary Performance and Theatre Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367242725

Performing Memory in Art and Popular Culture This volume pursues a new line of research in cultural memory studies by understanding memory as a performative act in art and popular culture. The authors take their cue from the observation that art and popular culture enact memory and generate processes of memory. They do memory and in this doing of memory new questions about the cultural dimensions of memory arise: How do art objects and artistic practices perform the past in the present? What is their relationship to the archive? Does the past speak in the performed past (or do we speak to it)? To what purpose do objects "recall"? And for whom do they recollect? Here authors combine a methodological focus on memory as performance with a theoretical focus on art and popular culture as practices of remembrance. The essays in the book thus analyze what is at stake in the complex processes of remembering and forgetting of recollecting and disremembering of amnesia and anamnesis that make up cultural memory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138642249

Performing Nordic HeritageEveryday Practices and Institutional Culture The performance of heritage takes place in prestigious institutions such as museums and archives in officially sanctioned spaces such as jubilees and public monuments but also in more mundane ephemeral and banal cultural practices such as naming of phenomena viewing exhibitions or walking in the countryside. This volume examines the performance of Nordic heritage and the shaping of the very idea of Norden in diverse contexts in North America the Baltic and the Nordic countries and examines the importance of these places as sites for creating and preserving cultural heritage. Offering rich perspectives on a part of Europe which has not been the centre of discussion in the Anglophone world this volume will be of value to a wide readership including cultural historians museum practitioners policy-makers and scholars of heritage ethnology and folkloristics. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138255852

Performing Nostalgia: Migration Culture and Creativity in South Albania Migration studies is an area of increasing significance in musicology as in other disciplines. How do migrants express and imagine themselves through musical practice? How does music help them to construct social imaginaries and to cope with longings and belongings? In this study of migration music in postsocialist Albania Eckehard Pistrick identifies links between sound space emotionality and mobility in performance provides new insights into the controversial relationship between sound and migration and sheds light on the cultural effects of migration processes. Central to Pistrick’s approach is the essential role of emotionality for musical creativity which is highlighted throughout the volume: pain and longing are discussed not as a traumatising end point but as a driving force for human action and as a source for cultural creativity. In addition the study provides a fascinating overview about the current state of a rarely documented vocal tradition in Europe that is a part of the mosaic of Mediterranean singing traditions. It refers to the challenges imposed onto this practice by heritage politics the dynamics of retraditionalisation and musical globalisation. In this sense the book constitutes an important study to the dynamics of postsocialism as seen from a musicological perspective. Winner of the 2017 Stavro Skendi Book Prize for Achievement in Albanian Studies Society for Albanian StudiesDr. Pistrick's book in the committee's judgment impressively connects ethnomusicology anthropology and migration studies. Linking sound with space and emotionality it offers a new understanding of the role of the oral tradition within Albanian communities in particular its ability to deal creatively with painful experiences and the realities of migration.Association for Slavic East European & Eurasian Studies Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367598334

Perishable Material Culture in PrehistoryInvestigating the Missing Majority Perishable Material Culture in Prehistory provides new approaches and integrates a broad range of data to address a neglected topic organic material in the prehistoric record. Providing news ideas and connections and suggesting revisionist ways of thinking about broad themes in the past this book demonstrates the efficacy of an holistic approach by using examples and cases studies. No other book covers such a broad range of organic materials from a social and object biography perspective or concentrates so fully on approaches to the missing components of prehistoric material culture. This book will be an essential addition for those people wishing to understand better the nature and importance of organic materials as the ’missing majority’ of prehistoric material culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415537933

Perma/Culture:Imagining Alternatives in an Age of Crisis In the face of what seems like a concerted effort to destroy the only planet that can sustain us critique is an important tool. It is in this vein that most scholars have approached environmental crisis. While there are numerous texts that chronicle contemporary issues in environmental ills there are relatively few that explore the possibilities and practices which work to avoid collapse and build alternatives. The keyword of this book’s full title 'Perma/Culture ' alludes to and plays on 'permaculture' an international movement that can provide a framework for navigating the multiple 'other worlds' within a broader environmental ethic. This edited collection brings together essays from an international team of scholars activists and artists in order to provide a critical introduction to the ethico-political and cultural elements around the concept of ‘Perma/Culture’. These multidisciplinary essays include a varied landscape of sites and practices from readings from ecotopian literature to an analysis of the intersection of agriculture and art; from an account of the rewards and difficulties of building community in Transition Towns to a description of the ad hoc infrastructure of a fracking protest camp. Offering a number of constructive models in response to current global environmental challenges this book makes a significant contribution to current eco-literature and will be of great interest to students and researchers in Environmental Humanities Environmental Studies Sociology and Communication Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367152444

Permission to NarrateExplorations in Group Analysis Psychoanalysis Culture Permission to Narrate develops exciting new theory and explorations for group analysis. They are diverse in range and from differing bases in theory and research aim to cast light on how clients find voice and speak out in groups and the importance of rhetoric in the understanding of communication. It addresses the ways in which silenced submerged and less confident voices emerge finding permission and narration often against the odds. Positioning and dialogical theory is used to show how such voices are caught up in and defined by discourses and also how we can transcend the definitions and positions into which we are thrown. Accessible clinical and historical examples bring theory to life. Permission to Narrate also uses applied group analytic theory to consider the cultural role and rhetoric of monsters and what these representations tell us about the position in which human beings conceive themselves. Also explored using applied group theory are the meetings of Alcoholics Anonymous and Quakers both serving as remarkable examples of different alternative group formations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781782203629

Persian Language Literature and CultureNew Leaves Fresh Looks Critical approaches to the study of topics related to Persian literature and Iranian culture have evolved in recent decades. The essays included in this volume collectively demonstrate the most recent creative approaches to the study of the Persian language literature and culture and the way these methodologies have progressed academic debate. Topics covered include; culture cognition history the social context of literary criticism the problematics of literary modernity and the issues of writing literary history. More specifically authors explore the nuances of these topics; literature and life poetry and nature culture and literature women and literature freedom of literature Persian language power and censorship and issues related to translation and translating Persian literature in particular. In dealing with these seminal subjects contributors acknowledge and contemplate the works of Ahmad Karimi Hakkak and other pioneering critics analysing how these works have influenced the field of literary and cultural studies.Contributing a variety of theoretical and inter-disciplinary approaches to this field of study this book is a valuable addition to the study of Persian poetry and prose and to literary criticism more broadly. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367871307

Personal Relationships Across Cultures Is falling in love the same the world over? What makes a 'happy marriage' in different cultures? How does our society influence us in the way we raise our children? Is modern life incompatible with intimacy? In this innovative new text Robin Goodwin challenges many of the established views on relationships by considering how different cultures view different relationships (love marriage friendship the family sexual relations). By discussing fundamental differences in values between cultures alongside other key influences such as social class and education he explores why these differences occur and how different political and historical events have challenged existing patterns of relationships. Finally drawing on research from all parts of the world he considers how we can use this knowledge to help different communities across the globe cope with their most pressing relational challenges. Dr Robin Goodwin is Reader in Psychology in the Department of Human Sciences at Brunel University London. He publishes widely on relationships and culture and lectures about his work across the world. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203434161

Personality Human Development and CultureInternational Perspectives On Psychological Science (Volume 2) This is the second of two volumes which together present the main contributions from the 29th International Congress of Psychology held in Berlin in 2008   written by international leaders in psychology from around the world. The authors present a variety of approaches and perspectives that reflect cutting-edge advances in psychological science. Personality Human Development and Culture provides an overview of advances in several areas of psychology such as clinical health social developmental and cross-cultural psychology. One section of the volume is dedicated solely to emotions and health and addresses state-of-the-art work on the regulation of self health social relations and emotions such as passion. Other sections deal with development and personality issues as well as conceptual cultural and ethnic approaches to modern psychology. The global perspective of this collection illustrates research being undertaken on all five continents and emphasizes the cultural diversity of the contributors. This book will be an invaluable resource for researchers professionals teachers and students in the field of psychology. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415650809

Personality and Person Perception Across Cultures Neither human nature nor personality can be independent of culture. Human beings share certain social norms or rules within their cultural groups. Over 2000 years ago Aristotle held that man is by nature a social animal. Similarly Xun Kuang (298-238 B.C.) a Chinese philosopher pointed out that humans in social groups can not function without shared guidance or rules. This book is designed to provide readers with a perspective on how people are different from and similar to each other --both within and across cultures. One of its goals is to offer a practical guide for people preparing to interact with those whose cultural background is different from their own. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9781138012462

Perspectives on Female Sex OffendingA Culture of Denial The issue of child sexual abuse has gained widespread attention over the last three decades but minimal attention has been paid to sexual abuse by women. Victims of female sex offenders have been virtually ignored or neglected from serious study. Consequently we have little knowledge of the experience of victims or of professional perspectives on female sex offending. Myriam Denov fills these critical gaps in the literature by examining the life histories and experiences of both male and female victims of female sex offenders and by investigating the impact and consequences of the sexual abuse. She also explores professional responses to female sex offending and the ways in which police officers and psychiatrists have understood portrayed and managed such cases. In addition to filling the substantial empirical void that surrounds the issue the book contributes to policy and practice issues relating to victims and to the training of different professional groups involved in child sex abuse. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138250000

Perspectives on GramsciPolitics culture and social theory Antonio Gramsci is widely known today for his profound impact on social and political thought critical theory and literary methodology. This volume brings together twelve eminent scholars from humanities and social sciences to demonstrate the importance and relevance of Gramsci to their respective fields of inquiry. They bring into focus a number of central issues raised in Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks and in such other writings as his Prison Letters including: hegemony common sense civil society subaltern studies cultural analysis media and film studies postcolonial studies international relations linguistics cultural anthropology and historiography. The book makes an important and up-to-date contribution to the many academic debates and disciplines which utilize Gramsci’s writings for theoretical support; the essays are highly representative of the most advanced contemporary work on Gramsci. Contributors include: Michael Denning – highly respected in the field of cultural studies; Stephen Gill – an eminent figure in international relations; Epifanio San Juan Jr. – a major writer in post-colonial theory; Joseph Buttigieg —translator of Gramsci’s Prison Notebooks — ; Stanley Aronowitz a distinguished sociologist Marcia Landy — an important scholar of film studies; and Frank Rosengarten — editor of Gramsci’s Prison Letters. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of political philosophy economics film and media studies sociology education literature post-colonial studies anthropology subaltern studies cultural studies linguistics and international relations. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415849166

Perversion and Modern JapanPsychoanalysis Literature Culture How did nerves and neuroses take the place of ghosts and spirits in Meiji Japan? How does Natsume Soseki’s canonical novel Kokoro pervert the Freudian teleology of sexual development? What do we make of Jacques Lacan’s infamous claim that because of the nature of their language the Japanese people were unanalyzable? And how are we to understand the re-awakening of collective memory occasioned by the sudden appearance of a Japanese Imperial soldier stumbling out of the jungle in Guam in 1972? In addressing these and other questions the essays collected here theorize the relation of unconscious fantasy and perversion to discourses of nation identity and history in Japan. Against a tradition that claims that Freud’s method as a Western discourse makes a bad ‘fit’with Japan this volume argues that psychoanalytic reading offers valuable insights into the ways in which ‘Japan’ itself continues to function as a psychic object. By reading a variety of cultural productions as symptomatic elaborations of unconscious and symbolic processes rather than as indexes to cultural truths the authors combat the truisms of modernization theory and the seductive pull of culturalism. This volume also offers a much needed psychoanalytic alternative to the area studies convention that reads narratives of all sorts as "windows" offering insights into a fetishized Japanese culture. As such it will be of huge interest to students and scholars of Japanese literature history culture and psychoanalysis more generally. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415691437

Pesticides and agricultureProfit politics and policy Pesticides have played a critical but sometimes controversial role in the development of agriculture. This book provides an authoritative account of the development of the modern pesticides industry. It discusses the emergence of major pesticide companies such as Bayer Monsanto Rhone Poulenc Dow DuPont Ciba-Geigy Syngenta BASF and ICI. It covers their competitive strategies such as product development mergers/acquisitions and diversification. Individual company strategies are placed in the context of broader developments in agriculture which have driven the evolution of the industry from the Pre-Productionist period to the contemporary world of Post-Productivism and the Sustainability Paradigm. It also reviews how companies have responded to changing national and international policy towards the role of pesticides in agriculture and efforts to regulate their use. Media > Books > E-books Life Science (Burleigh Dodds) 9780429022098

Pets and Domesticity in Victorian Literature and CultureAnimality Queer Relations and the Victorian Family Addressing the significance of the pet in the Victorian period this book examines the role played by the domestic pet in delineating relations for each member of the "natural" family home. Flegel explores the pet in relation to the couple at the head of the house to the children who make up the family’s dependents and to the common familial "outcasts" who populate Victorian literature and culture: the orphan the spinster the bachelor and the same-sex couple. Drawing upon both animal studies and queer theory this study stresses the importance of the domestic pet in elucidating normative sexuality and (re)productivity within the familial home and reveals how the family pet operates as a means of identifying aberrant failed or perverse familial and gender performances. The family pet that is was an important signifier in Victorian familial ideology of the individual family unit’s ability to support or threaten the health and morality of the nation in the Victorian period. Texts by authors such as Clara Balfour Juliana Horatia Ewing E. Burrows Bessie Rayner Parkes Anne Brontë George Eliot Frederick Marryat and Charles Dickens speak to the centrality of the domestic pet to negotiations of gender power and sexuality within the home that both reify and challenge the imaginary structure known as the natural family in the Victorian period. This book highlights the possibilities for a familial elsewhere outside of normative and restrictive models of heterosexuality reproduction and the natural family and will be of interest to those studying Victorian literature and culture animal studies queer studies and beyond. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367871734

Phenomenology of Youth Cultures and GlobalizationLifeworlds and Surplus Meaning in Changing Times This edited collection brings together scholars who draw on phenomenological approaches to understand the experiences of young people growing up under contemporary conditions of globalization. Phenomenology is both a philosophical and pragmatic approach to social sciences research that takes as central the meaning-making experiences of research participants. One of the central contentions of this book is that phenomenology has long informed critical empirical approaches to youth cultures yet until recently its role has not been thusly named. This volume aims to resuscitate and recuperate phenomenology as a robust empirical theoretical and methodological approach to youth cultures. Chapters explore the lifeworlds of young people from countries around the world revealing the tensions risks and opportunities that organize youth experiences. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138484917

Philosophy and Rabbinic CultureJewish Interpretation and Controversy in Medieval Languedoc Philosophy and Rabbinic Culture is a study of the great and curiously underappreciated engagement of a Medieval European Jewish community with the philosophic tradition. This lucid description of the Languedocian Jewish community's multigenerational cultivation of - and acculturation to - scientific and philosophic teachings into Judaism fulfils a major desideratum in Jewish cultural history. In the first detailed account of this long-forgotten Jewish community and its cultural ideal the author gives an expansive reappraisal of the role of the philosophic interpretation in rabbinic culture and medieval Judaism. Looking at how the cultural ideal of Languedocian Jewry continued to develop and flourish throughout the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries with particular reference to the literary style and religious teaching of the great Talmudist Menahem ha-Meiri Stern explores issues such as Meiri’s theory of "civilized religions" including Christianity and Islam controversy over philosophy and philosophic allegory in Languedoc and Catalonia and the cultural significance of the medical use of astrological images. This book will be of great interest to scholars and students of Religion of Judaism in particular and of Philosophy History and Medieval Europe as well as those interested in Jewish-Christian relations. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9780203884195

Philosophy as Translation and the Understanding of Other Cultures The existential crises involved in translation are part of our political life especially in times when the closing of borders symbolized by Brexit and the triumph of Donald Trump present new challenges to those living lives of immigrancy and those waiting at the borders. How to resist the emotive tide of populism and in particular the language that legitimates exclusion? How to confront the anxieties of inclusion? These challenges are increasingly pressing. The 2016 Conference of the International Network of Philosophers of Education sought to address such concerns through the theme ‘Philosophy as translation and the understanding of other cultures’. The chapters included here represent the breadth and richness of that conference addressing questions of ethics desire religious understanding intercultural philosophy and practices of higher education and teacher education. The processes of translation they discuss are not limited to linguistic translation as conventionally understood. Instead translation is taken to be a window through which to understand how we as linguistic beings are constantly in a process of transformation and how our personal and cultural identities are hence also already involved in processes of translation. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethics & Education. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367588410

Photography ReframedNew Visions in Contemporary Photographic Culture At a critical point in the development of photography this book offers an engaging detailed and far-reaching examination of the key issues that are defining contemporary photographic culture. Photography Reframed addresses the impact of radical technological social and political change across a diverse set of photographic territories: the ontology of photography; the impact of mass photographic practice; the public display of intimate life; the current state of documentary and the political possibilities of photographic culture. These lively accessible essays by some of the best writers in photography together go deep into the most up-to-date frameworks for analysing and understanding photographic culture and shedding light on its histories. Photography Reframed is a vital road map for anyone interested in what photography has been what it has become and where it is going. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781350137745

Physical Culture Ethnography and the BodyTheory Method and Praxis The corporeal turn toward critical empirically grounded studies of the body is transforming the way we research physical culture most evidently in the study of sport. This book brings together original insights on contemporary physical culture from key figures working in a variety of disciplines offering a wealth of different theoretical and philosophical ways of engaging with the body while never losing site of the material form of the research act itself. Contributors spanning the disciplines of sociology anthropology communications and sport studies highlight conceptual methodological and empirical approaches to the body that include observant-participation feminist ethnography autoethnography physical cultural studies and phenomenology. They provide vivid case studies of embodied research on topics including basketball boxing cycling dance fashion modelling and virtual gaming. This international collection not only reflects on the most important recent developments in embodied research practices but also looks forward to the continuing importance of the body as a focus for research and the possibilities this presents for studies of the active moving body in physical culture and beyond. Physical Culture Ethnography and the Body: Theory method and praxis is fascinating reading for all those interested in physical cultural studies the sociology of sport and leisure physical education or the body. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367247553

Physical Culture and Sport in Soviet SocietyPropaganda Acculturation and Transformation in the 1920s and 1930s From its very inception the Soviet state valued the merits and benefits of physical culture which included not only sport but also health hygiene education labour and defence. Physical culture propaganda was directed at the Soviet population and even more particularly at young people women and peasants with the aim of transforming them into ideal citizens. By using physical culture and sport to assess social cultural and political developments within the Soviet Union this book provides a new addition to the historiography of the 1920s and 1930s as well as to general sports history studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415629669

Physical Education Curriculum And CultureCritical Issues In The Contemporary Crisis This collection of studies addresses contemporary issues and problems in the physical education curriculum. While each of the chapters illustrates the diverse range of practical curriculum issues currently facing physical education the continuities between them also suggest a certain commonality of experience in Britain North America and Au tralia. In each it is difficult not to detect at least some rumblings of the various crises - environmental political economic social - that are increasingly impacting on everyday lives in the present and shaping thoughts and plans for the future. The editors stress that physical education is a part of social life and is therefore a key site for the production and legitimation of important cultural mores values and symbols. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138420816

PicturebooksBeyond the Borders of Art Narrative and Culture The picturebook is now recognized as a sophisticated art form that has provided a space for some of the most exciting innovations in the field of children’s literature. This book brings together the work of expert scholars from the UK the USA and Europe to present original theoretical perspectives and new research on picturebooks and their readers. The authors draw on a variety of disciplines such as art and cultural history semiotics philosophy cultural geography visual literacy education and literary theory in order to revisit the question of what a picturebook is and how the best authors and illustrators meet and exceed artistic narrative and cultural expectations. The book looks at the socio-historical conditions of different times and countries in which a range of picturebooks have been created pointing out variations but also highlighting commonalities. It also discusses what the stretching of borders may mean for new generations of readers and what contemporary children themselves have to say about picturebooks. This book was originally published as a special issue of the New Review of Children’s Literature and Librarianship. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415814188

Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures Pieces of the Musical World: Sounds and Cultures is a fieldwork-based ethnomusicology textbook that introduces a series of musical worlds each through a single "piece." It focuses on a musical sound or object that provides a springboard from which to tell a story about a particular geographic region introducing key aspects of the cultures in which it is embedded contexts of performance the musicians who create or perform it the journeys it has travelled and its changing meanings. A collaborative venture by staff and research ethnomusicologists associated with the Department of Music at SOAS University of London Pieces of the Musical World is organized thematically. Three broad themes: "Place" "Spirituality" and "Movement" help teachers to connect contemporary issues in ethnomusicology including soundscape studies music and the environment the politics of identity diaspora and globalization and music and the body. Each of the book's fourteen chapters highlights a single musical "piece" broadly defined spanning the range of "traditional " "popular" "classical" and "contemporary" musics and even sounds which might be considered "not music." Primary sources and a web site hosting recordings with interactive listening guides a glossary of musical terms and interviews all help to create a unique and dynamic learning experience of our musical world. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415723114

Pierre Bourdieu and Physical Culture The work of French sociologist anthropologist and philosopher Pierre Bourdieu has been influential across a set of cognate disciplines that can be classified as physical culture studies. Concepts such as　field capital habitus　and　symbolic violence　have been used as theoretical tools by scholars and students looking to understand the nature and purpose of sport leisure physical education and human movement within wider society. Pierre Bourdieu and Physical Culture　is the first book to focus on the significance of Bourdieu’s work for and in physical culture. Bringing together the work of leading and emerging international researchers it introduces the core concepts in Bourdieu’s thought and work and presents a series of fascinating demonstrations of the application of his theory to physical culture studies. A concluding section discusses the inherent difficulties of choosing and using theory to understand the world around us. By providing an in-depth and multi-layered example of how theory can be used across the many and varied components of sport leisure physical education and human movement this book should help all serious students and researchers in physical culture to better understand the importance of social theory in their work. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138208339

Pieter Bruegel and the Culture of the Early Modern Dinner Party Mining a rich interdisciplinary mix of sources including stoneware jugs personal correspondence paintings inventories and literature written for the dining room this study offers a critical and entirely original examination of the function of early modern images for the people who owned and viewed them. The study explores the emergence functions and material culture of the Antwerp dinner party during the heady days of the mid-sixteenth century when Antwerp’s art market was thriving and a new wealthy non-noble class dominated the city. The author recontextualizes some of Bruegel’s work within the cultural nexus of the dining room where material culture and theatrical performance met humanist wit and the desire for professional advancement. The narrative also touches on the reception of Northern art in Lombardy on intersections among painting material culture and theater and on intellectual history. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138246003

Piety and PowerGender and Religious Culture in the American Colonies 1630-1700 First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138873407

Place and Politics in Latin American Digital CultureLocation and Latin American Net Art This volume explores one of the central issues that has been debated in internet studies in recent years: locality and the extent to which cultural production online can be embedded in a specific place. The particular focus of the book is on the practices of net artists in Latin America and how their work interrogates some of the central place-based concerns of Latin(o) American identity through their on- and offline cultural practice. Six particular works by artists of different countries in Latin America and within Latina/o communities in the US are studied in detail with one each from Uruguay Chile Argentina Colombia the US-Mexico border and the US. Each chapter explores how each artist represents place in their works and in particular how traditional place-based affiliations or notions of territorial identity end up reproduced re-affirmed or even transformed online. At the same time the book explores how these net.artists make use of new media technologies to express alternative viewpoints about the locations they represent and use the internet as a space for the recuperation of cultural memory. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138548930

Place/Culture/Representation Spatial and cultural analysis have recently found much common ground focusing in particular on the nature of the city. Place/Culture/Representation brings together new and established voices involved in the reshaping of cultural geography. The authors argue that as we write our geographies we are not just representing some reality we are creating meaning. Writing becomes as much about the author as it is about purported geographical reality. The issue becomes not scientific truth as the end but the interpretation of cultural constructions as the means. Discussing authorial power discourses of the other texts and textuality landscape metaphor the sites of power-knowledge relations and notions of community and the sense of place the authors explore the ways in which a more fluid and sensitive geographer's art can help us make sense of ourselves and the landscapes and places we inhabit and think about. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138140288

Places of the ImaginationMedia Tourism Culture Recent years have seen an explosive growth in the phenomenon of people visiting locations from popular novels films or television series. Places of the Imagination presents a timely and insightful analysis of this form of media tourism exploring the question of how best to explain the increasing popularity of media tourism within contemporary culture. Drawing on extensive empirical and interview material this book examines the representation of landscapes in popular narratives that have inspired media tourism whilst also investigating the effects over time of such tourism on local landscapes and the processes by which tourists appropriate the landscape experiencing and accommodating them into their imagination. Oriented around three central case studies of popular television detective shows famous films and classic literature Places of the Imagination develops a new theoretical understanding of media tourism. As such it will appeal to sociologists and cultural geographers as well as those working in the fields of media and cultural studies popular and fan culture tourism and the sociology of leisure. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367602260

Planning Chinese Agriculture First Published in 1965. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis an informa company. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315031354

Planning Cultures and HistoriesThe evolution of Planning Systems and Spatial Development Patterns This book addresses the influences of planning cultures and histories on the temporal evolution of planning systems and spatial development. As well as providing an international comparative perspective on these issues the contributions to the book also engage in a search for new conceptual frameworks and alternative points of view to better understand and explain these differences. The book makes three main academic contributions. First it catalogues some of the key changes in planning systems and the impact on spatial development patterns. Second it examines the interrelationship between planning cultures and histories from a path-dependency perspective. Third it discusses the variations in physical development patterns resulting from different planning cultures and histories. Chapters from different parts of the European continent present evidence at different scales to illustrate these aspects. In all cases the specific combinations of political ideological social economic and technological factors are important determinants of urban and regional planning trajectories as well as spatial development patterns. This book was previously published as a special issue of European Planning Studies. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780367029425

Planning Cultures in EuropeDecoding Cultural Phenomena in Urban and Regional Planning Bringing together an interdisciplinary team from across the EU this book connects elements of cultural and planning theories to explain differences and peculiarities among EU member states. A 'culturized planning model' is introduced to consider the 'rules of the game': how culture affects planning practices not only on an explicit 'surface' but also on a 'hidden' implicit level. The model consists of three analytical dimensions: 'planning artifacts' 'planning environment' and 'societal environment'. This book adopts these dimensions to compare planning cultures of different European countries. This sheds light not only on the organizational or institutional structure of planning but also the influence of deeper cultural values and layers on planning and implementation processes. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138255661

Planning for a City of CultureCreative Urbanism in Toronto and New York Planning for a City of Culture gives us a new way to understand how cities use arts and culture in planning fostering livable communities and creating economic development strategies to build their brand attract residents and tourists and distinguish themselves from other urban centers worldwide. While the common thinking on creative cities may coalesce around the idea of one goal––economic development and branding––this book turns this idea on its head. Goldberg-Miller brings a new fresh perspective to the study of creative cities by using policy theory as an underlying construct to understand what happened in Toronto and New York in the 2000s. She demystifies the processes and outcomes of stakeholder involvement exogenous and endogenous shocks and research and strategic planning as well as warning us about the many pitfalls of neglecting critical community voices in the burgeoning practice of creative placemaking. This book is an essential resource in examining the development and sustainability of the global trend of integrating arts and culture in city planning and urban design that has become an international phenomenon. Perfect for students scholars and city-lovers alike Planning for a City of Culture illuminates the ways that this creative city trend went global with the two case study cities serving as perfect illustrations of the power and promise of arts and culture in current and future municipal strategies.   Please visit Shoshanah Goldberg-Miller's website for more information and research: www.goldberg-miller.com   Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138595163

Plant Cell Culture Plant cell culture is an essential methodology in plant sciences with numerous variant techniques depending on the cell type and organism. Plant Cell Culture provides the reader with a concise overview of these techniques including basic plant biology for cell culture basic sterile technique and media preparation specific techniques for various plant cell and tissue types including applications tissue culture in agriculture horticulture and forestry and culture for genetic engineering and biotechnology. This book will be an essential addition to any plant science laboratory's bookshelf. Media > Books > E-books Taylor & Francis 9781003076940

Plant Cell Culture Secondary MetabolismToward Industrial Application Plant cell cultures are used extensively in studies of secondary metabolism for the biosynthesis of pharmaceuticals flavors essences and pigments. This book highlights recent developments in the in vitro growth of cultured plant cells and in the production of valuable secondary metabolites. Media > Books > E-books CRC Press 9780138743208

Plant Genetic Resources and Food SecurityStakeholder Perspectives on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between all players in the global food chain. It touches upon many issues such as international food governance and policy economic aspects of food and seed trade conservation and sustainable use of food and agricultural biodiversity hunger alleviation ecological concerns consumers' protection fairness and equity between nations and generations plant breeding techniques and socio-economic benefits related to food local economies. The book shows that despite the conflicting interests at stake players managed to come to an agreement on food and agriculture for the sake of food security and hunger alleviation in the world. Published with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and with Bioversity International. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781849712064

Plant PathogensDetection and Management for Sustainable Agriculture Addressing the most critical issues in the management of emerging diseases throughout the world experts in plant pathology from internationally renowned institutes share their research and examine key literature. They look at both traditional pathology and advanced biotechnological and molecular diagnosis and integrated management practices. This book is divided into four parts covering viral and fungal disease detection and management nematode diseases and management bio-control and biotechnological approaches and impact of climate change. The authors look at the challenges of crop protection against diseases caused by plant pathogens for the most economically important crops. The establishment and management of plant diseases using conventional and eco-friendly methods are discussed with an emphasis on the use of beneficial microbes and modern biotechnological approaches. Media > Books > Print Books Apple Academic Press 9781771887885

Plant Tissue Culture Development and Biotechnology Under the vast umbrella of Plant Sciences resides a plethora of highly specialized fields. Botanists agronomists horticulturists geneticists and physiologists each employ a different approach to the study of plants and each for a different end goal. Yet all will find themselves in the laboratory engaging in what can broadly be termed biotechnology. Addressing a wide variety of related topics Plant Tissue Culture Development and Biotechnology gives the practical and technical knowledge needed to train the next generation of plant scientists regardless of their ultimate specialization. With the detailed perspectives and hands-on training signature to the authors previous bestselling books Plant Development and Biotechnology and Plant Tissue Culture Concepts and Laboratory Exercises this book discusses relevant concepts supported by demonstrative laboratory experiments. It provides critical thinking questions concept boxes highlighting important ideas and procedure boxes giving precise instruction for experiments including step-by-step procedures such as the proper microscope use with digital photography along with anticipated results and a list of materials needed to perform them. Integrating traditional plant sciences with recent advances in plant tissue culture development and biotechnology chapters address germplasm preservation plant growth regulators embryo rescue micropropagation of roses haploid cultures and transformation of meristems. Going beyond the scope of a simple laboratory manual this book also considers special topics such as copyrights patents legalities trade secrets and the business of biotechnology. Focusing on plant culture development and its applications in biotechnology across a myriad of plant science specialties this text uses a broad range of species and practical laboratory exercises to make it useful fo Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138416024

Plant Tissue Culture Concepts and Laboratory Exercises Alternating between topic discussions and hands-on laboratory experiments that range from the in vitro flowering of roses to tissue culture of ferns Plant Tissue Culture Concepts and Laboratory Exercises Second Edition addresses the most current principles and methods in plant tissue culture research. The editors use the expertise of some of the top researchers and educators in plant biotechnology to furnish students instructors and researchers with a broad consideration of the field. Divided into eight major parts the text covers everything from the history of plant tissue culture and basic methods to propagation techniques crop improvement procedures specialized applications and nutrition of callus cultures. New topic discussions and laboratory exercises in the Second Edition include "Micropropagation of Dieffenbachia " "Micropropagation and in vitro flowering of rose " "Propagation from nonmeristematic tissue-organogenesis " "Variation in culture" and "Tissue culture of ferns."It is the book's extensive laboratory exercises that provide a hands-on approach in illustrating various topics of discussion featuring step-by-step procedures anticipated results and a list of materials needed. What's more editors Trigiano and Gray go beyond mere basic principles of plant tissue culture by including chapters on genetic transformation techniques and photographic methods and statistical analysis of data. In all Plant Tissue Culture Concepts and Laboratory Exercises Second Edition is a veritable harvest of information for the continued study and research in plant tissue culture science. Media > Books > Print Books CRC Press 9781138407763

Plants People and CultureThe Science of Ethnobotany Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting stories of fieldwork in remote villages two of the world’s leading ethnobotanists argue that our past and our future are deeply intertwined with plants. Creating massive sea craft from plants indigenous shipwrights spurred the navigation of the world’s oceans. Today indigenous agricultural innovations continue to feed clothe and heal the world’s population. One out of four prescription drugs for example were discovered from plants used by traditional healers. Objects as common as baskets for winnowing or wooden boxes to store feathers were ornamented with traditional designs demonstrating the human ability to understand our environment and to perceive the cosmos. Throughout the world the human body has been used as the ultimate canvas for plant-based adornment as well as indelible design using tattoo inks. Plants also garnered religious significance both as offerings to the gods and as a doorway into the other world. Indigenous claims that plants themselves are sacred is leading to a startling reformulation of conservation. The authors argue that conservation goals can best be achieved by learning from rather than opposing indigenous peoples and their beliefs. KEY FEATURES • An engrossing narrative that invites the reader to personally engage with the relationship between plants people and culture • Full-color illustrations throughout—including many original photographs captured by the authors during fieldwork • New to this edition—"Plants That Harm " a chapter that examines the dangers of poisonous plants and the promise that their study holds for novel treatments for some of our most serious diseases including Alzheimer’s and substance addiction • Additional readings at the end of each chapter to encourage further exploration • Boxed features on selected topics that offer further insight • Provocative questions to facilitate group discussion Designed for the college classroom as well as for lay readers this update of Plants People and Culture entices the reader with firsthand stories of fieldwork spectacular illustrations and a deep respect for both indigenous peoples and the earth’s natural heritage. Media > Books > Print Books Garland Science 9780815345909

Play Creativity and Digital Cultures Recent work on children's digital cultures has identified a range of literacies emerging through children's engagement with new media technologies. This edited collection focuses on children's digital cultures specifically examining the role of play and creativity in learning with these new technologies. The chapters in this book were contributed by an international range of respected researchers who seek to extend our understandings of children's interactions with new media both within and outside of school. They address and provide evidence for continuing debates around the following questions: What notions of creativity are useful in our fields? How does an understanding of play inform analysis of children's engagement with digital cultures? How might school practice take account of out-of-school learning in relation to digital cultures? How can we understand children's engagements with digital technologies in commercialised spaces? Offering current research theoretical debate and empirical studies this intriguing text will challenge the thinking of scholars and teachers alike as it explores the evolving nature of play within the media landscape of the 21st-century. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415807876

Pleasure Profit ProselytismBritish Culture and Sport at Home and Abroad 1700-1914 This book examines aspects of sport which Britain nurtured within its own culture and also transmitted to overseas territories with the expansion of empire. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781003062486

Pluralism Comes of AgeAmerican Religious Culture in the Twentieth Century This acclaimed work surveys the varied course of religious life in modern America. Beginning with the close of the Victorian Age it moves through the shifting power of Protestantism and American Catholicism and into the intense period of immigration and pluralism that has characterized our nation's religious experience. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315701738

Poetry Politics and CultureArgument in the Work of Eliot Pound Stevens and Williams A salient feature of modern poetics is its direct connection with cultural history and politics. Among the great American poets of the twentieth century Wallace Stevens and William Carlos Williams offer a significant contrast with T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. Where the latter advocated a theocentric or reactionary response to the cultural crises of modernity the former affirmed an essentially humanist and democratic social and aesthetic ethos. In Poetry Politics and Culture Harold Kaplan offers a penetrating comparative study of these representative and distinctively influential poets.All four poets wrote in an atmosphere of cultural crisis following World War I caught as they were between outmoded belief systems and various forms of artistic and political nihilism. While each believed in poetry as a source of cultural values and beliefs they nevertheless experienced loss of confidence in their own vocation in a world characterized by scientific rationalist thinking and the mundane struggle for survival. For each therefore the poetic imagination was a means of restoring order or building a new civilization out of chaos. In trying to define a revitalized culture the four exemplified the perennial quarrel between Europe and America. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9781138529977

Poetry Politics and CultureEssays on Indian Texts and Contexts This book maps the journey of the Indian poetic imagination—in Hindi Panjabi and Indian English—from its original quasi-spiritual longings to its activist interventions in the public domain. As Indian poetry of the post-1990s gravitates towards a non-Orientalised postcolonial nationalism it seeks to rewrite and disseminate the shifting coordinates of nationalist imagination in terms of the dissent of the subaltern discontents of the nation. The book is interdisciplinary: it studies Indian poetry from the new emerging imperatives of postcolonialism new historiography (subaltern dalit and diasporas) nationalism and cultural studies. Covering the two major north Indian languages—Hindi and Punjabi—along with poetry in Indian English the book is a close textual study of about 150 poetry collections in these languages. It is path-breaking in its study of secular poetry written in the so-called vernaculars with critical attention to its participation in the political as well as cultural processes of nation-making. This cutting-edge book should be of interest to scholars of Indian writings in English Hindi and Panjabi gender studies dalit and diaspora studies postcolonial poetry and to students reading South Asian literature and culture. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge India 9781138384200

Point of PurchaseHow Shopping Changed American Culture This accessible smart and expansive book on shopping's impact on American life is in part historical stretching back to the mid-19th century yet also has a contemporary focus with material on recent trends in shopping from the internet to Zagat's guides.Drawing inspiration from both Pierre Bourdieu's work and Walter Benjamin's seminal essay on the shopping arcades of 19th-century Paris Zukin explores the forces that have made shopping so central to our lives: the rise of consumer culture the never-ending quest for better value and shopping's ability to help us improve our social status and attain new social identities. Media > Books > E-books Routledge 9781315656533

PointingWhere Language Culture and Cognition Meet Pointing has captured the interest of scholars from various fields who study communication. However ideas and findings have been scattered across diverse publications in different disciplines and opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange have been very limited. The editor's aim is to provide an arena for such exchange by bringing together papers on pointing gestures from disciplines such as developmental psychology psycholinguistics sign-language linguistics linguistic anthropology conversational analysis and primatology. Questions raised by the editors include: *Do chimpanzees produce and comprehend pointing gestures in the same way as humans? *What are cross-cultural variations of pointing gestures? *In what sense are pointing gestures human universal? *What is the relationship between the development of pointing and language in children? *What linguistic roles do pointing gestures play in signed language? *Why do speakers sometimes point to seemingly empty space in front of them during conversation? *How do pointing gestures contribute to the unfolding of face-to-face interaction that involves objects in the environment? *What are the semiotic processes that relate what is pointed at and what is actually "meant" by the pointing gesture (the relationship between the two are often not as simple as one might think)? *Do pointing gestures facilitate the production of accompanying speech? The volume can be used as a required text in a course on gestural communication with multidisciplinary perspectives. It can also be used as a supplemental text in an advanced undergraduate or graduate course on interpersonal communication cross-cultural communication language development and psychology of language. Media > Books > Print Books Psychology Press 9780415650892

Police CultureThemes and Concepts Police culture has for over half a century attracted interest from academics students policy-makers police institutions and the general public. However the literature of this area has proven to be diverse sprawling and prone to contradiction which has led to an enthralling yet intricate body of knowledge that whilst continuing to provoke interest and debate has largely escaped any wider commentary. This book provides a comprehensive overview of the area of police culture primarily by situating it in the context of the literature of organisational culture. From this starting point the idea of police culture is developed as an occupationally-situated response to the uniqueness of the police role and one in which our understanding is at times hindered by the challenges of definitional operational and analytical concerns. The book then charts the development of our understanding of the concept through traditional explanations to the contemporary highlighting in turn the tensions that exist between the elements of continuity in the police world and those of change. Police culture: themes and concepts draws on research from the 1950s to the 21st century from the UK USA and elsewhere to show how the historical trajectory of police work from its early origins through to the late modern present have imbued it with a complexity that is undermined by deterministic explanations that seek to simplify the social world of the police officer. This book will be of interest to academics and students studying the sociology of policing as well as criminology. Media > Books > Print Books Routledge 9780415502597