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This timely volume brings together various issues in Muslim consumer cultures and provides a comprehensive account of Muslim tourism and tourist behaviour.
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This book presents a snapshot of critical responses by researchers from 10 countries and 4 continents, in a collective effort to explore how Cultural Studies can contribute to our struggle…
Kate Themen
This book examines the experiences of amateur players in women's football, challenging conventional discourses that centre male, masculine and heterosexual identities and offering a new narrative that re-positions women's voices.
Tang Yijie
The title is a collection of essays centering on the topic of intercultural communication between Chinese and Western cultures by Tang Yijie, one of the most renowned philosophy scholars in…
Filippo-Enrico Cardini
This book studies the origins of language. It presents language as the product of a unique non-linguistic cognitive feature (i.e., metacognition) that emerged late in human evolution.
Chunyan Zhang
Against the background of the Australian government's strategic plan to promote Asian languages in schools, this book is an innovative autoethnographic inquiry into what occurs in the implementation of a…
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Solene Marie
This book uncovers the processes at play in the development of cultural policies, projects and networks in spaces at the edge of their countries, marked by their proximity with a…
Innovation in Music: Cultures and Contexts is a groundbreaking collection, bringing together contributions from instructors, researchers and professionals. Split into two sections, covering creative production practices and national/international perspectives, this…
Deanna D. Sellnow, Thomas G. Endres
Can television shows like Stranger Things, popular music by performers like Taylor Swift, advertisements for products like Samuel Adams beer, and films such as The Hunger Games help us understand…
Kathryn Lukas,Shane Peterson
Providing the history, health information, and safest methods for preserving, this resource offers 115 recipes for krauts, pickles, kimchi, fermented vegetables, hot sauces, preserved fruits and jams, yogurt, kombucha, and…
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Mark K. Warford
Specific topics include cultural complexes and trauma, Titanism, integrative approaches to human development and learning theory, the Monstrous, as well as creativity and innovation studies.
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Meredith Lake
Tells the revelatory story of the Bible in Australia, from the convict era to the Mabo land rights campaign, Nick Cave, the Bra Boys and beyond. At a time when…
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Elizabeth Semmelhack,Jacques Slade
A celebration of the great sneaker collaborations that have reimagined the shoe, elevating this most practical of footwear into the realm of wearable-art.
Vox
This book includes 72 themed, 15x15 crosswords, some easy, some tricky, by Vox.com's all-star crew of crossword constructors: Patrick Blindauer, Adesina Koiki, Will Nediger, and Andrew J. Ries. The puzzles…
Cheryl Obal
From a distance, Saudi Arabia may seem a subdued, or even dull place; but for those who take a closer look it emerges as a fascinating country, not necessarily because…
What happens when we begin treating multi-stable, ambivalent and adaptive behaviors of active matter as a formative principle? The contributions of this volume investigate the potential of the processual and…
The volume contains essays on ancient Greek literature, philosophy and history and their reception in the West and in Russia; essays on Alexei Losev's work and its translations into English.
William Walker Atkinson
William Walker Atkinson (December 5, 1862 - November 22, 1932) was an attorney, merchant, publisher, and author, as well as an occultist and an American pioneer of the New Thought…
Gavin Blair
The ultimate visual guide to Samurai history and culture!
The Samurai are continuously celebrated as the greatest warriors the world has ever seen. They ruled Japan for centuries, finally uniting…
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National Museum of Antiquities (the Netherlands), Ministry of Culture/Directorate General of Antiquities (Lebanon)
Byblos has played an extraordinary role in the history of the Mediterranean. From c. 3200 BC, it developed into the preeminent port of the region due to its strategic location…
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This engaging series introduces readers to the diverse and vibrant flavors of different cultures, inviting them to savor the rich tapestry of global cuisines. Each volume explores the enticing aromas…
Anonymous
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
Rayan Musk
The figurative term "Social Kaleidoscope" distinctively catches the embodiment of a general public enhanced by variety and driven by inclusivity. Similarly as a kaleidoscope changes a horde of bright pieces…
Mary C Murphy
From the prot?g? of Carol Dweck, the bestselling author of Mindset, award-winning social psychologist Mary Murphy offers a definitive reconsideration of teamwork--showing how to better achieve a growth mindset together…
Dr Steven Brooks
If you want a short-order look at the perspectives of Cancel Culture, this is the book for you. The counterintuitive nature of erasing historic events per "woke philosophy" is beyond…
Kim Hye-jin
From prize-winning Korean author Kim Hye-jin comes the contemplative, superbly-crafted story of a woman scapegoated by sudden tragedy, and the unexpected paths she must wander in search of redemption.
Haesoo…
In the spring 2024 issue, we look at the vote-from the groundbreaking Voting Rights Act of 1965 to portraits of contemporary poll workers in North Carolina, from the battles we've…
John Gage
A groundbreaking, award-winning analysis of color in Western culture, from the ancient Greeks to the late-twentieth century by one of the most foremost authors on the subject.
Pooja Bhalla
This volume captures the essence of schooling in a structural manner and explores the classroom life in the larger schooling context. The emphasis is to uncover the necessary framework of…
John Blair
Drawing on intel from experts and global collectors, this book provides the ultimate guide to classic football-shirt collecting. What elevates a shirt's status? Who is buying? Are shirts an investment…
Arionne Nettles
Journalist Arionne Nettles believes it is time Black Chicagoans receive the acclaim, the honor, and the acknowledgment of their contributions to American culture and recognition of where they truly came…
Oskar Guttmann
Reprint of the original, first published in 1884.
Erin Meyer
In today’s ever-more-globalized world, success in business requires navigating through cultural differences, and a knowledge of how to decode cultures foreign to our own. In this fun and instructive book…
The cultural history of the sea during the Middle Ages is a young and dynamic field. Born only recently in the literary criticism of European sources, this innovative volume pushes…
This volume covers a period when Europeans were making great advances in the production and application of pure knowledge, especially in the fields of navigation and discovery. Thus European powers…
Across the 19th century, maritime globalization expanded at a hitherto unimaginable pace, transforming transport and communications over the seas into oceanic networks at a planetary scale. These networks shaped culture…
In 1972 an image became an icon: 'Blue Marble', a photograph of the Earth as seen from outer space. The picture features prominently the globe's water-covered surface. The ocean connects…
The Middle Ages (c.500-c.1500) are wellknown for the growth of universities and urban regulations, plague pandemics, increasingly sophisticated ways of causing injury in warfare, and abiding frameworks for health and…
The Enlightenment, as concept and time period, was haunted by ambiguities about the relationships between mind and body, humans and the natural world, and reason and imagination. The 18th century…
Historians describe the 'long 19th century' as an age of empire, characterized by expansion and industrialization. The period witnessed the evolution of Western medicine into something uniquely 'modern', rooted in…
A Cultural History of Medicine presents an authoritative survey from ancient times to the present. The set of six volumes covers over 2500 years of history, charting the changes in…
Examines the bible and its interaction with culture during the period of the empire-building, focusing on key themes such as politics, gender and sexuality, literature and art.
A critical reader on art, democracy and resistance today
This volume of essays by leading international philosophers, cultural theoreticians and art historians offers new ideas and practices for resistance today…
Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy…