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Militarization and the Global Rise of Paramilitary Culture
This edited book demonstrates a new multidimensional comprehension of the relationship between war, the military and civil society by exploring the global rise of paramilitary culture. Moving beyond binary understandings that inform the militarization of culture thesis and examining various national and cultural contexts, the collection outlines ways in which a process of paramilitarization is …
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- 978-981-16-5588-3
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- vi, 191p.:ill
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- 306.4 Mil
Andean Foodways
There is widespread acknowledgement among anthropologists, archaeologists, ethnobotanists, as well as researchers in related disciplines that specific foods and cuisines are linked very strongly to the formation and maintenance of cultural identity and ethnicity. Strong associations of foodways with culture are particularly characteristic of South American Andean cultures. Food and drink conve…
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- 978-3-030-51629-1
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- vi, 424p.:ill
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- -
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- 306.4 And
Unlocking Social Theory with Popular Culture
This book demonstrates how pop culture examples can be used to demystify complex social theory. It provides tangible, metaphorical examples that shows how it is possible to "do philosophy" rather than subscribe to a theorist by showing that each theorist intersects and overlaps with others. The book is embedded in the literary theory that tapping into background knowledge is a key step in h…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-77011-2
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- xii, 208p.:ill
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- -
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- 306.4 Unl
Cultural Studies Methodology and Political Strategy
This book is an intervention into cultural studies' theoretical and methodological foundations. It addresses a crisis in conjunctural analysis: that there is no theorized method for conjunctural analysis as it pertains to recognizing a conjunctural shift or the emergence of an organic crisis. This crisis is connected to the belief that the definition of the conjuncture is ambiguous in Gramsciâ€â€¦
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-73212-7
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- xv, 142p.:ill
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- -
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- 306.4 Car c
Domesticity on Display
This book examines postsocialist transformations reflected in urban middle-class domestic spaces and in museums dedicated to socialism in Romania. It focuses on the significance and circulation of porcelain and crystal sets and ornaments during late socialism and after 1989, following the experiences of consumers, workers in the glassware and porcelain industry, and artists. By tracing the valu…
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- 1
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- 978-3-030-78783-7
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- xii, 211p.:ill
- Series Title
- Consumption and Public Life
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- 306.4 Cri d
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