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This book provides a cultural studies analysis of Millennials and their impact on American culture and society. Beginning with an introduction that touches upon which part of the population is...

This book argues for the reconstitution of the cultural in African cultural industries and societies. It posits that African cultural industries face a deep-seated problem of the crisis of...

The primary market for this project would be academics and students who have a keen interest in the fields of cultural policy studies and cultural studies.Wider appeal to scholars whose research...

This book provides an innovative contribution to the emerging field of culture and development through the lens of cultural rights, arguing in favour of a fruitful dialogue between human rights,...

This book provides the first synthetic review of the literature on cultural roads and itineraries, providing a template for developing typologies and clarity on existing research. It additionally...

Cultural Specificity in Indonesian Film: Diversity in UnityAuthor: David HananPublisher: Palgrave MacMillanPublication Date: Feb 23, 2017Number of Pages: 331 pagesBinding: Hardback or Cased...

This book offers an empirically informed understanding of how cultural, autobiographical and absent memories of orphanhood interact and interconnect or come into being in the re-telling of a life...

This book convincingly argues that effective culturally responsive pedagogies require teachers to firstly undertake a critical deconstruction of Self in relation to and with the Other; and secondly,...

This book investigates how culture and economics define novel forms of cosmopolitanism and cosmopolitan fiction. Tracing cosmopolitanism's transition from universalism to vernacularism, the book...

This edited book breaks new ground by bringing together research on inner and territorial exile in the context of National Socialism in Germany and the Franco regime in Spain, and in proposing an...

This book approaches Silk Road studies from within the microcosm of China?s Southwest avant-garde arts sector in order to approach the macrocosm of China?s cultural heritage and creative industry...

Navigating a polarized society in their representation of social values, twenty-first-century horror films critically frame conflicting and divisive ideological issues. Culture Wars and Horror...

In this volume, contributors explore the deep ideological polarization in US society as portrayed in horror narratives and tropes. By navigating this polarized society in their representation of...

This study examines the suffering narratives of the Bimo and Christian religious communities of the Yi minority who reside in the remote mountains of Sichuan and Yunnan, China, respectively. It is...

This book explores the complexity, multiplicity, intersectionality, and dynamism of cultures in connection with critical and emancipatory peacebuilding. It includes diverse voices to emphasize local...

This book is the first comprehensive study of the reception of Tennessee Williams in China, from rejection and/or misgivings to cautious curiosity and to full-throated acceptance, in the context of...

This book concerns the values and practices of participation in municipal public parks, and the connections they have with cultural policy, urbanism, and social life. Adopting a critical cultural...

Culture?s Engine offers an insightful and penetrating analysis of the enduring relationship between technology and society. William Gosling explores in absorbing historical detail how humans have...

This book examines the history of Jewish education from the Biblical period to the present. It traces how Jews have formally and informally transmitted their culture and worldview over the years,...

Provides a methodological and conceptual agenda for the study of cultures of witchcraft in Europe since the Middle AgesApplies themes and approaches pioneered by Willem de Bl?court to cases from the...

This edited book considers the impact of neoliberalism on music teaching, research and scholarship in a higher education context. As a subject that bears little resemblance to other university...

This is a book about life during the HIV epidemic in Ethiopia, and seeks to understand how and why the global effort to achieve universal HIV treatment has shifted away from its initial focus on the...

This book collects expert opinions, research, and risk assessments from within the Chinese financial policy establishment on prospects for the internationalization of the renminbi as a reserve...

Emphasizes the convergences and divergences across Asia on women and leadershipExposes what is unseen from a dominant Western perspective through contributions from international researchers Provides...

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.This open access book examines the modern role of the European School system within the European Union, at a time when the global economy demands a...

This book provides a historical and socio-legal investigation into the prevalence of litigation arising from cursing and interpersonal hostility in the under-explored region of Northwest England...

This book explores how customer service can become the singular competitive differentiator for organizations in the digital era. Given the pace of digitization and the rise in customer expectations...

Presents cutting-edge research from top marketing professionals to speak on trends and future directions of customer engagementIdentifies efficient and economical ways for firms to implement...

This book provides a compendium of cutting-edge knowledge for an efficacious retailing strategy, with lessons from the organized retailing sector in India. It explores customer needs and their impact...

Reports the results of an online survey completed by thousands of Australian internet users that explores the issue of racism online Examines what attracts racists to the internet and the different...