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Human Programming
Brainwashing, Automatons, and American Unfreedom
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
Do our ways of talking about contemporary terrorism have a history in the science, technology, and culture of the Cold War? Human Programming explores this history in a groundbreaking work that draws connections across decades and throughout American culture, high and low. Scott Selisker argues that...
The Way Thais Lead
Face as Social Capital
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2016
This fascinating study explores how face functions as social capital for leaders in Thai society. It examines the anatomy of Thai face, ways to gain and lose face, patron-client dynamics, and the sources and paradigms of power. Ethnographic research gives voice to Thai leaders as they describe face...
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Songs Of The Piano Stars, with its 24 hit songs from the past and present, will enable you to play a selection of perfect Piano-led tunes drawn from sixty years popular music from a wide range of artists.
These songs have been expertly-selected and engraved to reflect the most-requested songs...
Postcards in the Library
Invaluable Visual Resources
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2014
Postcards, individually and collectively, contain a great deal of information that can be of real value to students and researchers. Postcards in the Library gives compelling reasons why libraries should take a far more active and serious interest in establishing and maintaining postcard collections...
Representing 9/11
Trauma, Ideology, and Nationalism in Literature, Film, and Television
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2015
This diverse collection of essays analyzes popular culture texts—including novel, films, and television shows—that demonstrate a variety of attitudes in the wake of the September 11 , 2001 attacks. The works reflect not just the early nationalist attitudes under President George W. Bush’s administration,...
Cyberbullies, Cyberactivists, Cyberpredators: Film, TV, and Internet Stereotypes
Film, TV, and Internet Stereotypes
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2016
The Internet has enabled an exponentially larger number of people—individuals who are members of numerous and vastly different subgroups—to be exposed to one other. As a result, instead of the simple "jocks versus geeks" paradigm of previous eras, our society now has more detailed stereotypes...
Going Scapegoat
Post-9/11 War Literature, Language and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat—Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of “combat gnosticism”—the...
by John A. Lent, Xu Ying
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
International Convention of Asia Scholars 2019 Book Prize – Best Art Publication
In the most comprehensive and authoritative source on this subject, Comics Art in China covers almost all comics art forms in mainland China, providing the history from the nineteenth century to the present as...
The Mermaid Handbook
An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Answer the enchanting siren call of the mermaid with this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and intricately designed one-of-a-kind lifestyle compendium from the editor in chief of Faerie Magazine and author of The Faerie Handbook and globally published novel Mermaid, packed with lore, legends, facts...
Global Manga
'Japanese' Comics without Japan?
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Outside Japan, the term ’manga’ usually refers to comics originally published in Japan. Yet nowadays many publications labelled ’manga’ are not translations of Japanese works but rather have been wholly conceived and created elsewhere. These comics, although often derided and dismissed as...
Culture and Politics in South Asia
Performative Communication
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
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...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2016
Art is a multi-faceted part of human society, and often is used for more than purely aesthetic purposes. When used as a narrative on modern society, art can actively engage citizens in cultural and pedagogical discussions. Convergence of Contemporary Art, Visual Culture, and Global Civic Engagement is...
The Girl on the Magazine Cover
The Origins of Visual Stereotypes in American Mass Media
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2009
From the Gibson Girl to the flapper, from the vamp to the New Woman, Carolyn Kitch traces mass media images of women to their historical roots on magazine covers, unveiling the origins of gender stereotypes in early-twentieth-century American culture.
Kitch examines the years from 1895 to 1930...
The Meaning Of Tango
The Story of the Argentinian Dance
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world - a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance. The Tango was the cornerstone of Argentine culture, and has lasted for more than a hundred years, popular...