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Cultural Theory and Cultural Change

Cultural Theory and Cultural Change

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Feaong>theong>rstone, Mike, PUBLISHER: Sage Publications (CA), Recent years have seen a significong>anong>t reappraisal of ong>theong> idea of culture within ong>theong> social sciences, ong>anong>d a growing integration of ong>theong>oretical concerns ong>betweenong> ong>theong> social sciences ong>anong>d ong>theong> humong>anong>ities. Debates over concepts such as postmodernism ong>anong>d cultural globalization have been symptomatic of a broader interdisciplinary interest in ong>theong> social context of cultural practice. In this book ong>anong> international cast of eminent ong>theong>orists examines a series of key questions on ong>theong> borders of ong>theong> cultural ong>anong>d ong>theong> social. Rong>anong>ging across a broad cong>anong>vas, ong>theong> contributors focus on different elements of cultural ong>theong>ory ong>anong>d cultural process: discourse, lifestyle, ong>theong> emotions, ong>theong> intelligentsia, social movements, postmodernism. Linking ong>theong> chapters is a concern with ong>theong> central role of Europeong>anong> social ong>theong>ory in ong>theong> current reappraisal of culture, ong>anong>d ong>anong> assessment of its relation to oong>theong>r international traditions. This book, for ong>anong> interdisciplinary readership, will serve as ong>anong> outline of key concerns in cultural ong>theong>ory ong>anong>d ong>anong> insight into ong>theong> central insights of ong>Theong>ory, Culture ong>anong>d Society. ong>Theong> book is also published as issue 9.1 of ong>Theong>ory, Culture ong>anong>d Society.

The European Union and Africa: The Restructuring of

The European Union and Africa: The Restructuring of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Brown, Willi, PUBLISHER: I. B. Tauris & Compong>anong>y, This book is ong>anong> in-depth study of one of ong>theong> most importong>anong>t agreements in ong>theong> recent history of EU-developing world relations: ong>theong> Lome convention--ong>theong> principles upon which all relations ong>betweenong> ong>theong> states of ong>theong> Europeong>anong> Union ong>anong>d ACP (Africong>anong>, Caribbeong>anong> ong>anong>d Pacific) countries are based. Over ong>theong> course of its 25-year life, ong>theong> Convention has been altered to suit ong>theong> chong>anong>ging relationship of those states involved. This historical study not only charts ong>theong> course of that vital relationship ong>betweenong> haves ong>anong>d have-nots but also, in its chong>anong>ging focus ong>anong>d shifting concerns, reflects recent broader chong>anong>ges at ong>theong> global level in ong>theong> international relations.

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The Art of War

The Art of War

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tzu, Sun / Sawyer, Ralph D., PUBLISHER: Fall River Press, ong>Anong> illuminating new look at ong>theong> classic primer on warfare. Distinguishing itself from mong>anong>y previous versions, this contemporary trong>anong>slation of Sun-Tzu's long>anong>dmark text acknowledges ong>theong> work first ong>anong>d foremost as a masterpiece of military strategy. Trong>anong>slator Ralph Sawyer provides ong>theong> most detailed introduction ong>anong>d commentary yet offered on ong>theong> text, its author, ong>anong>d his age. Get inside ong>theong> head of Sun-Tzu, ong>anong>d find out which significong>anong>t historical battles influenced his thinking. Sawyer's exhaustive biographical research helps you separate ong>theong> myth from ong>theong> elusive mong>anong> himself. Immerse yourself in ong>theong> mindset of ong>theong> Chinese military orgong>anong>ization through ong>anong> extensive overview of its history as well as its tactical use of chariots, horse ong>anong>d cavalry, armor ong>anong>d shields, ong>anong>d swords. Several supplementary sections illuminate relevong>anong>t portions of ong>theong> recently discovered tomb texts ong>anong>d "lost ong>writingong>s," reputed to be earlier variong>anong>ts of ong>theong> stong>anong>dard version. A glossary identifies figures ong>anong>d terms for ong>theong> convenience of readers unfamiliar with Chinese history ong>anong>d ong>writingong>s.

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Vaillong>anong>t, John, PUBLISHER: Vintage Books Cong>anong>ada, It's December ong>anong>d a mong>anong>-eating tiger is on ong>theong> prowl outside a remote village in Russia's Far East. To ong>theong> horrified astonishment of a team of hunters, it emerges that ong>theong> attacks are not rong>anong>dom: ong>theong> tiger is engaged in a vendetta. Injured ong>anong>d starving, it must be found before it strikes again, ong>anong>d ong>theong> story becomes a battle for survival ong>betweenong> two main characters: Yuri Trush, ong>theong> lead tracker, ong>anong>d ong>theong> tiger itself. Culminating in a showdown deep in ong>theong> Siberiong>anong> forest, "ong>Theong> Tiger "is a haunting, spellbinding tale of a hunt to ong>theong> death; of mong>anong> ong>anong>d nature in collision; of ong>theong> ong>anong>cient relationship ong>betweenong> predators ong>anong>d prey; ong>anong>d ong>anong> intimate portrait of a remarkable ong>anong>imal ong>anong>d its increasingly threatened world.

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Historical Anthology of Music, Volume I: Oriental, Medieval,

Historical Anthology of Music, Volume I: Oriental, Medieval,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Davidson, Archibald T. / Davison, Archibald T. / Apel, Willi, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, This great ong>anong>thology of music literature makes available to all music lovers a wonderful storehouse of hiong>theong>rto inaccessible treasure. ong>Theong> volume includes ong>theong> development of Oriental, Medieval, ong>anong>d Renaissong>anong>ce music from ong>theong> beginning to . Its more thong>anong> 200 representative examples are individually complete compositions, each of sufficient length to illustrate clearly a form or style. ong>Theong> authors provide ong>anong> explong>anong>atory commentary with bibliography, English trong>anong>slations of foreign texts, ong>anong>d ong>anong> index. ong>Theong> "Library Journal" says of it, "in short, Volume 1 of ong>theong> music historiong>anong>'s classic dreams...No competitors on ong>theong> market. Highly recommended." Acquista Ora

Stains on My Name-C

Stains on My Name-C

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Williams, Brackette F. / Brackette F. Williams / Williams, PUBLISHER: Duke University Press, Burdened with a heritage of both Spong>anong>ish ong>anong>d British colonization ong>anong>d imperialism, Guyong>anong>a is today caught ong>betweenong> its colonial past, its efforts to achieve ong>theong> consciousness of nationhood, ong>anong>d ong>theong> need of its diverse subgroups to maintain ong>theong>ir own identity. "Stains on My Name, War in My Veins" chronicles ong>theong> complex struggles of ong>theong> citizens of Guyong>anong>a to form a unified national culture against ong>theong> pulls of ethnic, religious, ong>anong>d class identities. Drawing on oral histories ong>anong>d a close study of daily life in rural Guyong>anong>a, Brackette E. Williams examines how ong>anong>d why individuals ong>anong>d groups in ong>theong>ir quest for recognition as a "nation" reproduce ethnic chauvinism, racial stereotyping, ong>anong>d religious bigotry. By placing her ethnographic study in a broader historical context, ong>theong> author develops a ong>theong>oretical understong>anong>ding of ong>theong> relations among various dimensions of personal identity in ong>theong> process of nation building.

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Education in France: Continuity and Change in the Mitterrand

Education in France: Continuity and Change in the Mitterrand

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moon, Bob / Corbett, ong>Anong>ne, PUBLISHER: Routledge, In common with most of ong>theong> industrialized countries, Frong>anong>ce has undertaken ong>anong> ambitious program of education reform over ong>theong> last fifteen years. This book uses key extracts from contemporary ong>writingong> to examine exactly how ong>anong>d why that process has happened, focusing on all states of ong>theong> education system. ong>Theong> book covers ong>theong> main characteristics of school reform in Frong>anong>ce, its aims ong>anong>d objectives, ong>theong> desirability of ong>anong>d politics surrounding ong>theong> reform process, ong>anong>d explorations of classroom practice, ong>theong> chong>anong>ging role of parents, stong>anong>dards in schools, ong>anong>d ong>theong> curriculum. Because of its high quality, wide ong>anong>d up-to-date coverage of ong>theong> area, this book will be a vital reference for all those working in this field.

The Supreme Court

The Supreme Court

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Baum, Lawrence, PUBLISHER: Congressional Quarterly Books, ong>Theong> Supreme Court provides a broad ong>anong>d detailed understong>anong>ding of ong>theong> U.S. Supreme Court, describing how ong>theong> Court works ong>anong>d presenting explong>anong>ations for its behavior. It also explains oong>theong>r political processes that affect ong>theong> Court, such as ong>theong> nomination ong>anong>d confirmation of justices. This seventh edition reflects recent developments, such as ong>theong> declining number of cases that ong>theong> Court decides each year, ong>theong> impact of President Clinton's appointees on ong>theong> Court, ong>anong>d ong>theong> Court's tightening reins on Congress's efforts to regulate ong>theong> economy ong>anong>d society. ong>Theong> book's glossary provides a quick guide to legal terms; its bibliography ong>anong>d its new list of Web sources steer readers to additional information. ong>Theong> case index provides a link ong>betweenong> specific cases ong>anong>d general processes ong>anong>d developments.

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Communication Law: Practical Applications in the Digital Age

Communication Law: Practical Applications in the Digital Age

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Caristi, Dom / Davie, William R., PUBLISHER: Pearson Custom Publishing, Debuting in its first edition, "Communication Law "is ong>anong> engaging ong>anong>d accessible text that brings a fresh approach to ong>theong> fundamentals of mass media law. Unique in its approach ong>anong>d its visually attractive design, this text differentiates itself from oong>theong>r current texts on ong>theong> market while presenting students with key principles ong>anong>d long>anong>dmark cases that establish ong>anong>d define communication law ong>anong>d regulation, providing a hong>anong>ds-on learning experience.

Text, Context, and Hypertext: Writing with and for the

Text, Context, and Hypertext: Writing with and for the

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barrett, Edward, PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), In "Text, ConText, ong>anong>d HyperText," twenty-seven experts present ong>theong> most recent developments in three importong>anong>t areas of technical communication: ong>theong> design of effective documentation, ong>theong> impact of new technology ong>anong>d research on technical ong>writingong>, ong>anong>d ong>theong> training ong>anong>d mong>anong>agement of technical writers. This first synong>theong>sis of diverse but related research provides a unique conceptualization of ong>theong> field of computers ong>anong>d ong>writingong> ong>anong>d documentation.

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The Photography Handbook

The Photography Handbook

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Wright, Terence / Wright, Terence, PUBLISHER: Routledge, Revised ong>anong>d updated, this second edition of ong>Theong> Photography Hong>anong>dbook provides ong>anong> introduction to ong>theong> principles of photographic practice ong>anong>d ong>theong>ory ong>anong>d offers guideong>linesong> for ong>theong> systematic study of photographic media. Including a new chapter on ong>theong> ethics of photojournalism, ong>anong>d ong>anong> expong>anong>ded chapter on digital photography, as well as a new section on research in photography, ong>Theong> Photography Hong>anong>dbook includes: new case studies of ong>theong> war photographer James Nachtwey photographic representations of Marilyn Monroe ong>anong>d Adolf Hitler ong>anong> ong>anong>alysis of photographic ong>theong>ory ong>anong>d ong>theong> 'Bert is Evil' website ong>anong> introduction to conceptual skills necessary for photography ong>theong> historical background ong>anong>d rationale for photographic representation ong>theong> camera as a documentary tool interviews with editors, photographers, picture editors ong>anong>d readers ong>theong> effect of new technologies on photographic practice ong>anong>d ong>anong> exploration of ong>theong> shift from ong>anong>alogue to digital imagery over seventy images. Each chapter now ends with a useful summary of its key points, ong>anong>d equip ong>theong> reader with a vocabulary for photographic phenomena ong>anong>d help develop visual awareness ong>anong>d visual literacy. ong>Theong> Photography Hong>anong>dbook will enable students to familiarize ong>theong>mselves with current ong>theong>oretical viewpoints ong>anong>d to evolve critical frameworks for ong>theong>ir own photographic practice.

On the Write Track: A Guide to Writing, Illustrating and

On the Write Track: A Guide to Writing, Illustrating and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ruurs, Margriet, PUBLISHER: Pacific Educational Press, This creative ong>writingong> guide takes children through ong>theong> entire process of creating a book from imagining a story, through ong>writingong> ong>anong>d editing, to illustrating ong>anong>d ong>theong> cover.

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Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication

Advanced Chinese: Intention, Strategy, and Communication

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tong>anong>g, Yong>anong>fong>anong>g / Chen, Qinghai, PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, Written ong>anong>d designed for advong>anong>ced learners of Chinese, this book ong>anong>d its accompong>anong>ying audio program focus on ong>theong> variety of linguistic strategies that are essential in real-life communications. ong>Theong> lessons include texts that are representative of current life in China ong>anong>d that are auong>theong>ntic works of literature. Five types of discourse are considered in detail--narration, description, persuasion, exposition, ong>anong>d lyrical expression. With carefully crafted vocabulary, grammar, ong>anong>d exercise sections in each lesson, ong>theong> book assists learners in improving ong>writingong> ong>anong>d speaking skills, recognizing ong>theong> difference ong>betweenong> colloquial discourse ong>anong>d more formal discourse, ong>anong>d acquiring a sophisticated understong>anong>ding of ong>theong> meong>anong>ings ong>anong>d nuong>anong>ces of ong>theong> long>anong>guage. ong>Theong> authors also include a useful list of supplementary readings that may be used to enhong>anong>ce ong>theong> texts in ong>theong> book. ong>Anong> mp3 CD is included with ong>theong> book.

Only Ghosts Came Home

Only Ghosts Came Home

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meade, Savong>anong>nah, PUBLISHER: Authorhouse, ong>Theong> Snyder family saga continues ong>Theong>y are all at ong>theong> center of America's most devastating conflict. ong>Theong> war ong>betweenong> ong>theong> states is still raging Disease, famine, ong>theong> need for medical attention ong>anong>d supplies, coupled with ong>theong> displacement of so mong>anong>y from ong>theong>ir homesteads ong>anong>d ong>theong>ir way of life is taking its toll on ong>theong>m all. Adell is gone, Henry ong>anong>d Reese are missing. Cong>anong> Nygena be all that is left? Who survives ong>theong>ir twisted fate? ong>Theong> plong>anong>tation is in ong>theong> hong>anong>ds of Doc ong>anong>d ong>theong> remaining freed slaves, what are ong>theong>y to do with it? Experience ong>theong> Civil War during its darkest hours ong>anong>d ong>theong> way in which civiliong>anong>s were forced to cope or perish. So much is different now Experience ong>theong> aftermath of Gettysburg, Frederick, Richmond, ong>anong>d Culpeper. Take a trip up ong>theong> Erie Cong>anong>al ong>anong>d cross Lake Erie to ong>theong> Confederate prison on Johnson's Islong>anong>d. Finally understong>anong>d why, "Only Ghosts Came Home "

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Oxford Readings in Homer's Iliad

Oxford Readings in Homer's Iliad

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Cairns, Douglas L., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This ong>anong>thology makes accessible to ong>theong> reader sixteen of ong>theong> most importong>anong>t studies of Homer ong>anong>d ong>theong> Iliad to appear in ong>theong> last forty years. ong>Theong> essays, by leading Homeric scholars from Great Britain, ong>theong> United States, ong>anong>d Europe, deal not only with ong>theong> aesong>theong>tics ong>anong>d artistry of ong>theong> Iliad as a poetic artefact, but with its historical context, its cultural background, ong>anong>d its ethical ong>anong>d political framework.

The Admen Move on Lhasa: Writing and Culture in a Virtual

The Admen Move on Lhasa: Writing and Culture in a Virtual

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Heighton, Steven, PUBLISHER: House of ong>Anong>ong>anong>si Press, Acclaimed fiction writer ong>anong>d poet Steven Heighton confronts our society's growing preference for ong>theong> virtual-in ong>theong> media, in our modes of communication, in art, in war-as opposed to ong>theong> visceral. Heighton explores ways of remaining auong>theong>ntically creative ong>anong>d passionately engaged with life in ong>anong> increasingly artificial world.

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Kentucky Politics and Government: Do We Stand United?

Kentucky Politics and Government: Do We Stand United?

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Penny M., PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Penny M. Miller takes a comprehensive approach to Kentucky politics ong>anong>d government. She uses ong>theong> details of ong>theong> state's political institutions ong>anong>d processes, its policy issues, ong>anong>d its place in national politics to demonstrate ong>theong> tension ong>betweenong> Kentucky's forces of chong>anong>ge ong>anong>d its inertia. Since ong>theong> Civil War, geographic, economic, ong>anong>d cultural factional divisions have dominated ong>theong> struggle for progress in ong>theong> Bluegrass state. Yet Kentucky is in a state of chong>anong>ge, ong>anong>d its political institutions have undergone significong>anong>t trong>anong>sformations in ong>theong> last few decades. Miller points out that ong>theong> state's judicial system, long one of ong>theong> nation's least-altered, has recently become one of its most innovative; ong>theong> educational system has undergone radical legislative reformation, trying to escape its near last-place national rong>anong>king. ong>Theong> legislative brong>anong>ch has gained more independence ong>anong>d autonomy, ong>anong>d its relationship to ong>theong> executive brong>anong>ch has experienced ong>anong> enormous readjustment. ong>Theong> state has emerged from its past stereotypes of bourbon, fast horses, burley tobacco, ong>anong>d coal mines. Some things endure, though--political corruption, voter apathy, ong>anong>d ong>anong> aged constitution. This book, ong>theong> only comprehensive study of politics ong>anong>d government in Kentucky, illuminates contemporary problems within ong>theong>ir historical context ong>anong>d suggests how ong>theong> state's institutions, policies, politics, ong>anong>d people will formulate ong>theong> future of Kentucky.

Brasseys Air Combat Reader (H)

Brasseys Air Combat Reader (H)

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Boyne, Walter J. / Hong>anong>dlemong>anong>, Philip, PUBLISHER: Brassey's UK, ong>Anong> exciting ong>anong>thology of some of ong>theong> best ong>writingong> on ong>theong> topic of air combat.

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Energy: Its Use and the Environment

Energy: Its Use and the Environment

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hinrichs, Roger A. / Kleinbach, Merlin H., PUBLISHER: Thomson Brooks/Cole, What is ong>theong> impact of such energy issues as global warming, radioactive waste, ong>anong>d municipal solid waste on ong>theong> individual ong>anong>d society? ENERGY: ITS USE ong>ANong>D ong>THEong> ENVIRONMENT ong>anong>swers ong>theong>se questions, emphasizing ong>theong> physical principles behind energy ong>anong>d its effects on our environment, ong>anong>d explaining ong>theong> basic physical principles behind ong>theong> use of energy, including ong>theong> study of mechong>anong>ics, electricity ong>anong>d magnetism, ong>theong>rmodynamics, ong>anong>d atomic ong>anong>d nuclear physics. By placing energy issues within ong>theong> context of everyday examples ong>anong>d asking you to define ong>anong>d support critical arguments, ENERGY: ITS USE ong>ANong>D ong>THEong> ENVIRONMENT offers a provocative approach to this crucial issue.

Nineteen Minutes

Nineteen Minutes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Picoult, Jodi, PUBLISHER: Washington Square Press, Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of "My Sister's Keeper" ong>anong>d "ong>Theong> Tenth Circle," pens her most riveting book yet, with a startling ong>anong>d poignong>anong>t story about ong>theong> devastating aftermath of a small-town tragedy. Sterling is ong>anong> ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until ong>theong> day its complacency is shattered by ong>anong> act of violence. Josie Cormier, ong>theong> daughter of ong>theong> judge sitting on ong>theong> case, should be ong>theong> state's best witness, but she cong>anong>'t remember what happened before her very own eyes--or cong>anong> she? As ong>theong> trial progresses, fault ong>linesong> ong>betweenong> ong>theong> high school ong>anong>d ong>theong> adult community begin to show--destroying ong>theong> closest of friendships ong>anong>d families. "Nineteen Minutes" asks what it meong>anong>s to be different in our society, who has ong>theong> right to judge someone else, ong>anong>d wheong>theong>r ong>anong>yone is ever really who ong>theong>y seem to be.

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Writing and Getting Published: A Primer for Nurses

Writing and Getting Published: A Primer for Nurses

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Barnum, Barbara S., PUBLISHER: Springer Publishing Compong>anong>y, A step-by-step guide to developing professional ong>writingong> skills ong>anong>d navigating ong>theong> publication process. It includes pointers on structuring one's ong>writingong>, avoiding common mistakes, ong>writingong> query letters ong>anong>d book proposals, ong>anong>d finding ong>anong>d working with a publisher.

An Anthology of Pre-Raphaelite Writings

An Anthology of Pre-Raphaelite Writings

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hares-Stryker, Carolyn, PUBLISHER: New York University Press, Here, for ong>theong> first time, is a pong>anong>oramic overview of ong>theong> most resonong>anong>t work of ong>theong> Pre-Raphaelite era in one hong>anong>dy volume. Combining well-known works with previously neglected materials, this ambitious ong>anong>thology includes ong>writingong> ong>anong>d art by such figures as ong>theong> Rosettis, William Morris, John Ruskin, George Meredith, ong>anong>d Algernon Charles Swinburne. Orgong>anong>ized chronologically, ong>theong> book enables ong>theong> reader to trace ong>theong> most prominent artists ong>anong>d writers within each decade, revealing how ong>theong>ir influence alternatively increased ong>anong>d wong>anong>ed over time ong>anong>d furong>theong>r how ong>theong>ir work was received by Victoriong>anong> critics, by turn friendly, satirical, ong>anong>d hostile. Replete with paintings, first-hong>anong>d accounts of evens ong>anong>d personalities, ong>anong>d ong>theong> Pre-Raphaelites' own reflections, in ong>theong>ir diaries ong>anong>d letters, on this fertile era, ong>theong> volume serves as a lyrical recreation of one of ong>theong> most explosively productive moments in Western cultural history. Carolyn Hares-Stryker's introduction addresses ong>theong> principles ong>anong>d origins of ong>theong> movement, describing ong>theong> social ong>anong>d political events that shaped ong>theong> Pre-Raphaelites ong>anong>d ong>theong> ong>theong>mes to which ong>theong>y returned again ong>anong>d again: social reform, religion, ong>anong>d its role in contemporary life, ong>theong> allure of ong>theong> past, ong>anong>d ong>theong> fragility of utopia.

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Fifty Years of Coronation Street

Fifty Years of Coronation Street

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rong>anong>dall, Tim, PUBLISHER: Headline Book Publishing, Coronation Street first hit British screens at ong>theong> end of , a groundbreaking show based on real life ong>anong>d using accents that had never been heard on British television before. It was ong>anong> instong>anong>t hit, ong>anong>d has remained consistently one of ong>theong> UK's most popular shows ever since. ong>Theong> joy of Coronation Street is in ong>theong> quality ong>anong>d humor of its ong>writingong>, ong>anong>d ong>theong> wonderful characters that have been created over ong>theong> years. For ong>theong> first time, here is a book that not only reminds readers of all ong>theong> storyong>linesong> over ong>theong> last fifty years, but also celebrates ong>theong>se two very special things. ong>Theong> book includes profiles of fifty Coronation Street icons--from Ena Sharples to David Platt--ong>anong>d ong>theong> author has had unprecedented access in order to include interviews with all of those still with us. ong>Theong>re are also hilarious extracts from ong>theong> script ong>anong>d classic ong>linesong> remembered.

Late Modernism: Politics, Fiction, Arts Between World Wars

Late Modernism: Politics, Fiction, Arts Between World Wars

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miller, Tyrus, PUBLISHER: University of California Press, Tyrus Miller breaks new ground in this study of early twentieth-century literary ong>anong>d artistic culture. Whereas modernism studies have generally concentrated on ong>theong> vital early phases of ong>theong> modernist revolt, Miller focuses on ong>theong> turbulent later years of ong>theong> s ong>anong>d s, tracking ong>theong> dissolution of modernism in ong>theong> interwar years. In ong>theong> post-World War I reconstruction ong>anong>d ong>theong> worldwide crisis that followed, Miller argues, new technological media ong>anong>d ong>theong> social forces of mass politics opened fault ong>linesong> in individual ong>anong>d collective experience, undermining ong>theong> cultural bases of ong>theong> modernist movement. He shows how late modernists attempted to discover ways of occupying this new ong>anong>d often dong>anong>gerous cultural space. In doing so ong>theong>y laid bare ong>theong> ruin of ong>theong> modernist aesong>theong>tic at ong>theong> same time as ong>theong>y trong>anong>scended its limits. In his wide-rong>anong>ging ong>theong>oretical ong>anong>d historical discussion, Miller relates developments in literary culture to tendencies in ong>theong> visual arts, cultural ong>anong>d political criticism, mass culture, ong>anong>d social history. He excavates Wyndham Lewis's hidden borrowings from Al Jolson's "ong>Theong> Jazz Singer"; situates Djuna Barnes ong>betweenong> ong>theong> imagery of "haute couture" ong>anong>d ong>theong> intellectualism of Duchamp; uncovers Beckett's affinities with Giacometti's surrealist sculptures ong>anong>d ong>theong> Bolshevik clowns Bim-Bom; ong>anong>d considers Mina Loy as both visionary writer ong>anong>d designer of decorative lampshades. Miller's lively ong>anong>d engaging readings of culture in this turbulent period reveal its surprising ong>anong>ticipation of our own postmodernity.

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International Action Against Racial Discrimination

International Action Against Racial Discrimination

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bong>anong>ton, Michael P., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, ong>Anong> introduction to ong>theong> international law of racial discrimination, this book is ong>theong> first to provide ong>anong> inside account of how a United Nations humong>anong> rights treaty body actually works. At ong>theong> same time, it is ong>anong> introduction to ong>theong> international law of racial discrimination. ong>Theong> book focuses on ong>theong> practical operation ong>anong>d implementation of ong>theong> International Convention on ong>theong> Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, emphasizing throughout ong>theong> relationship ong>betweenong> law ong>anong>d politics.

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