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Costs of Connection
How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Av Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias
Inbunden, 2019
1458 kr
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Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers …
Work of Art
Value in Creative Careers
Häftad, 2017
272 kr
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Artists are everywhere, from celebrities showing at MoMA to locals hoping for a spot on a café wall. They are photographed at gallery openings in New York and Los Angeles, hustle in fast-gentrifying cities, and, sometimes, make quiet lives in Midwestern monasteries. Some command armies of …
Behind the Laughs
Community and Inequality in Comedy
Inbunden, 2017
1183 kr
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Comedy is a brutal business. When comedians define success, they don't talk about money—they talk about not quitting. They work in a business where even big names work for free, and the inequalities of race, class, and gender create real barriers. But they also work in a business where people still …
Freedom from Work
Embracing Financial Self-Help in the United States and Argentina
Inbunden, 2016
1239 kr
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In this era where dollar value signals moral worth, Daniel Fridman paints a vivid portrait of Americans and Argentinians seeking to transform themselves into people worthy of millions. Following groups who practice the advice from financial success bestsellers, Fridman illustrates how the …
Work of Art
Value in Creative Careers
Inbunden, 2017
1127 kr
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Artists are everywhere, from celebrities showing at MoMA to locals hoping for a spot on a café wall. They are photographed at gallery openings in New York and Los Angeles, hustle in fast-gentrifying cities, and, sometimes, make quiet lives in Midwestern monasteries. Some command armies of …
Freedom from Work
Embracing Financial Self-Help in the United States and Argentina
Häftad, 2016
300 kr
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In this era where dollar value signals moral worth, Daniel Fridman paints a vivid portrait of Americans and Argentinians seeking to transform themselves into people worthy of millions. Following groups who practice the advice from financial success bestsellers, Fridman illustrates how the …
Freedom from Work
Embracing Financial Self-Help in the United States and Argentina
E-bok, 2016
303 kr
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In this era where dollar value signals moral worth, Daniel Fridman paints a vivid portrait of Americans and Argentinians seeking to transform themselves into people worthy of millions. Following groups who practice the advice from financial success bestsellers, Fridman illustrates how the …
Moral Power of Money
Morality and Economy in the Life of the Poor
Av Ariel Wilkis
Inbunden, 2017
1346 kr
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Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate …
Behind the Laughs
Community and Inequality in Comedy
Häftad, 2017
286 kr
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Comedy is a brutal business. When comedians define success, they don't talk about money—they talk about not quitting. They work in a business where even big names work for free, and the inequalities of race, class, and gender create real barriers. But they also work in a business where people still …
Behind the Laughs
Community and Inequality in Comedy
E-bok, 2017
357 kr
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Comedy is a brutal business. When comedians define success, they don't talk about money—they talk about not quitting. They work in a business where even big names work for free, and the inequalities of race, class, and gender create real barriers. But they also work in a business where people still …
Work of Art
Value in Creative Careers
E-bok, 2017
350 kr
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Artists are everywhere, from celebrities showing at MoMA to locals hoping for a spot on a café wall. They are photographed at gallery openings in New York and Los Angeles, hustle in fast-gentrifying cities, and, sometimes, make quiet lives in Midwestern monasteries. Some command armies of …
Moral Power of Money
Morality and Economy in the Life of the Poor
Av Ariel Wilkis
Häftad, 2017
328 kr
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Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate …
Moral Power of Money
Morality and Economy in the Life of the Poor
Av Ariel Wilkis
E-bok, 2017
398 kr
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Looking beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary social interactions, The Moral Power of Money investigates the forces of power and morality at play, particularly among the poor. Drawing on fieldwork in a slum of Buenos Aires, Ariel Wilkis argues that money is a critical symbol used to negotiate …
Black Culture, Inc.
How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America
Inbunden, 2022
312 kr
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A surprising and fascinating look at how Black culture has been leveraged by corporate America.Open the brochure for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and you'll see logos for corporations like American Express. Visit the website for the Apollo Theater, and you'll notice acknowledgments to …
Global Borderlands
Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines
Inbunden, 2019
1386 kr
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The U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country's colonial past. Using Subic Bay (a former U.S. military base, now a Freeport Zone) as a case study, Victoria Reyes argues that its defining feature is its ability to elicit multiple meanings. For …
Global Borderlands
Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines
Häftad, 2019
338 kr
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The U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country's colonial past. Using Subic Bay (a former U.S. military base, now a Freeport Zone) as a case study, Victoria Reyes argues that its defining feature is its ability to elicit multiple meanings. For …
Global Borderlands
Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines
E-bok, 2019
402 kr
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The U.S. military continues to be an overt presence in the Philippines, and a reminder of the country's colonial past. Using Subic Bay (a former U.S. military base, now a Freeport Zone) as a case study, Victoria Reyes argues that its defining feature is its ability to elicit multiple meanings. For …
Costs of Connection
How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Av Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias
Häftad, 2019
342 kr
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Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers …
Costs of Connection
How Data Is Colonizing Human Life and Appropriating It for Capitalism
Av Nick Couldry, Ulises A. Mejias
E-bok, 2019
416 kr
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Just about any social need is now met with an opportunity to "connect" through digital means. But this convenience is not free—it is purchased with vast amounts of personal data transferred through shadowy backchannels to corporations using it to generate profit. The Costs of Connection uncovers …
Black Privilege
Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend
Inbunden, 2020
1272 kr
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In their own words, the subjects of this book present a rich portrait of the modern black middle-class, examining how cultural consumption is a critical tool for enjoying material comforts as well as challenging racism.New York City has the largest population of black Americans out of any …
Black Privilege
Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend
Häftad, 2020
309 kr
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In their own words, the subjects of this book present a rich portrait of the modern black middle-class, examining how cultural consumption is a critical tool for enjoying material comforts as well as challenging racism.New York City has the largest population of black Americans out of any …
Black Privilege
Modern Middle-Class Blacks with Credentials and Cash to Spend
E-bok, 2020
294 kr
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In their own words, the subjects of this book present a rich portrait of the modern black middle-class, examining how cultural consumption is a critical tool for enjoying material comforts as well as challenging racism.New York City has the largest population of black Americans out of any …
Reimagining Money
Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution
Inbunden, 2021
1272 kr
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Technology is rapidly changing the way we think about money. Digital payment has been slow to take off in the United States but is displacing cash in countries as diverse as China, Kenya, and Sweden. In Reimagining Money, Sibel Kusimba describes the rise of M-Pesa, and offers a rich portrait of how …
Reimagining Money
Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution
Häftad, 2021
309 kr
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Technology is rapidly changing the way we think about money. Digital payment has been slow to take off in the United States but is displacing cash in countries as diverse as China, Kenya, and Sweden. In Reimagining Money, Sibel Kusimba describes the rise of M-Pesa, and offers a rich portrait of how …
Reimagining Money
Kenya in the Digital Finance Revolution
E-bok, 2021
364 kr
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Technology is rapidly changing the way we think about money. Digital payment has been slow to take off in the United States but is displacing cash in countries as diverse as China, Kenya, and Sweden. In Reimagining Money, Sibel Kusimba describes the rise of M-Pesa, and offers a rich portrait of how …
Sympathetic Consumer
Moral Critique in Capitalist Culture
Inbunden, 2021
1346 kr
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When people encounter consumer goods—sugar, clothes, phones—they find little to no information about their origins. The goods will thus remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which they traveled, will remain obscured. In this book, Tad Skotnicki argues …
Sympathetic Consumer
Moral Critique in Capitalist Culture
Häftad, 2021
328 kr
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When people encounter consumer goods—sugar, clothes, phones—they find little to no information about their origins. The goods will thus remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which they traveled, will remain obscured. In this book, Tad Skotnicki argues …
Sympathetic Consumer
Moral Critique in Capitalist Culture
E-bok, 2021
410 kr
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When people encounter consumer goods—sugar, clothes, phones—they find little to no information about their origins. The goods will thus remain anonymous, and the labor that went into making them, the supply chain through which they traveled, will remain obscured. In this book, Tad Skotnicki argues …
Supercorporate
Distinction and Participation in Post-Hierarchy South Korea
Inbunden, 2022
1346 kr
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What should South Korean offices look like in a post-hierarchical world? In Supercorporate, anthropologist Michael M. Prentice examines a central tension in visions of big corporate life in South Korea's twenty-first century: should corporations be sites of fair distinction or equal participation? …
Black Culture, Inc.
How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America
E-bok, 2022
321 kr
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A surprising and fascinating look at how Black culture has been leveraged by corporate America.Open the brochure for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and you'll see logos for corporations like American Express. Visit the website for the Apollo Theater, and you'll notice acknowledgments to …
