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Aftershocks of the New
Feminism and Film History
Häftad, 2001
430 kr
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The beginning of this century has brought with it a host of assumptions about the newness of our technologies, globalized economies, and transnational media practices. Our own time is a period marked by experiences of fragmentation, sensation, and shock. The essays here are joined by a common …
Global Cities
Cinema, Architecture, and Urbanism in a Digital Age
Av Patrice Petro, Linda Krause
Häftad, 2003
389 kr
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In Global Cities, scholars from an impressive array of disciplines critique the growing body of literature on the process broadly known as "globalization." This interdisciplinary focus enables the authors to explore the complex geographies of modern cities, and offer possible strategies for …
Digital Dilemmas
The State, the Individual, and Digital Media in Cuba
Häftad, 2010
442 kr
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The contentious debate in Cuba over Internet use and digital media primarily focuses on three issuesùmaximizing the potential for economic and cultural development, establishing stronger ties to the outside world, and changing the hierarchy of control. A growing number of users decry censorship and …
Beyond Globalization
Making New Worlds in Media, Art, and Social Practices
Av A. Aneesh, Lane Hall m. fl.
Inbunden, 2011
1462 kr
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Does living in a globally networked society mean that we are moving toward a single, homogenous world culture? Or, are we headed for clashes between center and periphery, imperial and subaltern, Western and non-Western, First and Third World? The interdisciplinary essays in Beyond Globalization …
Beyond Globalization
Making New Worlds in Media, Art, and Social Practices
Av A. Aneesh, Lane Hall m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
389 kr
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Does living in a globally networked society mean that we are moving toward a single, homogenous world culture? Or, are we headed for clashes between center and periphery, imperial and subaltern, Western and non-Western, First and Third World? The interdisciplinary essays in Beyond Globalization …
Narrative Landmines
Rumors, Islamist Extremism, and the Struggle for Strategic Influence
Av Daniel Leonard Bernardi, Pauline Hope Cheong m. fl.
Inbunden, 2012
1741 kr
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2012 Outstanding Co-Authored Book of the Year by the 2013 Distinguished Scholarship Awards Committee for the International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association (NCA)Islamic extremism is the dominant security concern of many contemporary …
Narrative Landmines
Rumors, Islamist Extremism, and the Struggle for Strategic Influence
Av Daniel Leonard Bernardi, Pauline Hope Cheong m. fl.
Häftad, 2012
442 kr
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2012 Outstanding Co-Authored Book of the Year by the 2013 Distinguished Scholarship Awards Committee for the International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association (NCA)Islamic extremism is the dominant security concern of many contemporary …
Down to Earth
Satellite Technologies, Industries, and Cultures
Inbunden, 2012
1431 kr
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Down to Earth presents the first comprehensive overview of the geopolitical maneuvers, financial investments, technological innovations, and ideological struggles that take place behind the scenes of the satellite industry. Satellite projects that have not received extensive …
Down to Earth
Satellite Technologies, Industries, and Cultures
Häftad, 2012
454 kr
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Down to Earth presents the first comprehensive overview of the geopolitical maneuvers, financial investments, technological innovations, and ideological struggles that take place behind the scenes of the satellite industry. Satellite projects that have not received extensive …
War Culture and the Contest of Images
Av Dora Apel
Häftad, 2012
511 kr
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War Culture and the Contest of Images analyzes the relationships among contemporary war, documentary practices, and democratic ideals. Dora Apel examines a wide variety of images and cultural representations of war in the United States and the Middle East, including photography, performance art, …
Sustaining Cities
Urban Policies, Practices, and Perceptions
Av Linda Krause
Häftad, 2012
349 kr
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What has happened to cities after the global economic recession? Sustaining Cities answers this question by explaining how failed governmental policies contributed to urban problems and offering best practices for solving them. From social scientists and urban planners to architects and literary …
Sustaining Cities
Urban Policies, Practices, and Perceptions
Av Linda Krause
Inbunden, 2012
1462 kr
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What has happened to cities after the global economic recession? Sustaining Cities answers this question by explaining how failed governmental policies contributed to urban problems and offering best practices for solving them. From social scientists and urban planners to architects and literary …
Electronic Iran
The Cultural Politics of an Online Evolution
Av Niki Akhavan
Häftad, 2013
365 kr
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Electronic Iran introduces the concept of the Iranian Internet, a framework that captures interlinked, transnational networks of virtual and offline spaces. Taking her cues from early Internet ethnographies that stress the importance of treating the Internet as both a site and product of cultural …
Electronic Iran
The Cultural Politics of an Online Evolution
Av Niki Akhavan
Inbunden, 2013
1462 kr
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Electronic Iran introduces the concept of the Iranian Internet, a framework that captures interlinked, transnational networks of virtual and offline spaces. Taking her cues from early Internet ethnographies that stress the importance of treating the Internet as both a site and product of cultural …
Movie Migrations
Transnational Genre Flows and South Korean Cinema
Av Hye Seung Chung, David Scott Diffrient
Häftad, 2015
484 kr
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As the two billion YouTube views for “Gangnam Style” would indicate, South Korean popular culture has begun to enjoy new prominence on the global stage. Yet, as this timely new study reveals, the nation’s film industry has long been a hub for transnational exchange, producing movies that put a …
After Capitalism
Horizons of Finance, Culture, and Citizenship
Av Kennan Ferguson, Patrice Petro
Häftad, 2016
382 kr
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From Thomas Piketty to David Harvey, scholars are increasingly questioning whether we are entering into a post-capitalist era. If so, does this new epoch signal the failure of capitalism and emergence of alternative systems? Or does it mark the ultimate triumph of capitalism as it evolves into an …
After Capitalism
Horizons of Finance, Culture, and Citizenship
Av Kennan Ferguson, Patrice Petro
Inbunden, 2016
1136 kr
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From Thomas Piketty to David Harvey, scholars are increasingly questioning whether we are entering into a post-capitalist era. If so, does this new epoch signal the failure of capitalism and emergence of alternative systems? Or does it mark the ultimate triumph of capitalism as it evolves into an …
Istanbul
Living with Difference in a Global City
Av Nora Fisher-Onar, Susan C. Pearce m. fl.
Häftad, 2018
468 kr
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Istanbul explores how to live with difference through the prism of an age-old, cutting-edge city whose people have long confronted the challenge of sharing space with the Other. Located at the intersection of trade networks connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, Istanbul is western and eastern, …
Rethinking Global Security
Media, Popular Culture, and the "War on Terror"
Av Wendy Kozol, Marcus Bullock m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
426 kr
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Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade ago, such a focus would have seemed out of place, the proliferation of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has transformed our knowledge of near and …
Beyond Terror
Gender, Narrative, Human Rights
Häftad, 2007
442 kr
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In traditional narrative contexts-legal, psychoanalytic, and documentary-the ethics of representing violations of human rights are widely acknowledged. But what are the principles that guide the creation and dissemination of historically based fictional narratives? Are such representations capable …
Indianizing Film
Decolonization, the Andes, and the Question of Technology
Av Freya Schiwy
Häftad, 2009
442 kr
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Latin American indigenous media production has recently experienced a noticeable boom, specifically in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Colombia. Indianizing Film zooms in on a selection of award-winning and widely influential fiction and docudrama shorts, analyzing them in the wider context of indigenous …
Hollywood Exiles in Europe
The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture
Häftad, 2014
497 kr
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Rebecca Prime documents the untold story of the American directors, screenwriters, and actors who exiled themselves to Europe as a result of the Hollywood blacklist. During the 1950s and 1960s, these Hollywood ÉmigrÉs directed, wrote, or starred in almost one hundred European productions, their …
Hollywood Exiles in Europe
The Blacklist and Cold War Film Culture
Inbunden, 2014
1848 kr
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Rebecca Prime documents the untold story of the American directors, screenwriters, and actors who exiled themselves to Europe as a result of the Hollywood blacklist. During the 1950s and 1960s, these Hollywood ÉmigrÉs directed, wrote, or starred in almost one hundred European productions, their …
Istanbul
Living with Difference in a Global City
Av Nora Fisher-Onar, Susan C. Pearce m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
1793 kr
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Istanbul explores how to live with difference through the prism of an age-old, cutting-edge city whose people have long confronted the challenge of sharing space with the Other. Located at the intersection of trade networks connecting Europe, Asia, and Africa, Istanbul is western and eastern, …
