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28 produkter
Paradigm City
Space, Culture, and Capitalism in Hong Kong
Av Janet Ng
Häftad, 2010
477 kr
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Materially grounded analysis of contemporary film, literature, and music in Hong Kong that resists the superficial stereotypes of the "global city."Hong Kong is often cast in the role of the paradigmatic "global city," epitomizing postmodernism and globalization, and representing a vision of a …
Precarious Liberation
Workers, the State, and Contested Social Citizenship in Postapartheid South Africa
Häftad, 2011
618 kr
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Examines the relationship of precarious employment to state policies on citizenship and social inclusion in the context of postapartheid South Africa.Winner of the 2012 CLR James Award presented by the Working Class Studies Association Millions of black South African workers struggled against …
Lost in Transition
Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China
Av Yiu-Wai Chu
Häftad, 2014
477 kr
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Looks at the fate of Hong Kong's unique culture since its reversion to China.In this timely and insightful book, Yiu-Wai Chu takes stock of Hong Kong's culture since its transition to a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong had long functioned as the …
Insurgent, Poet, Mystic, Sectarian
The Four Masks of an Eastern Postmodernism
Häftad, 2016
487 kr
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Discusses how contemporary Iranian and Middle Eastern thinkers and artists are forging a new postmodern vision.The insurgent, the poet, the mystic, the sectarian: these are four modes of subjectivity that have emerged amid Middle Eastern thought's attempt to reverse, dethrone, or supersede …
Anarchism in Korea
Independence, Transnationalism, and the Question of National Development, 1919-1984
Inbunden, 2016
1605 kr
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A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea.This book provides a history of anarchism in Korea and challenges conventional views of Korean anarchism as merely part of nationalist ideology, situating the study within a wider East Asian regional context. Dongyoun Hwang demonstrates …
Undervalued Dissent
Informal Workers' Politics in India
Inbunden, 2016
1286 kr
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Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics.Honorable Mention, 2018 Global Division Book Award presented by the Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Historically, the Indian state has not offered welfare and …
Undervalued Dissent
Informal Workers' Politics in India
Häftad, 2017
413 kr
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Uses two case studies to demonstrate how neoliberal reforms in India have de-democratized labor politics.Honorable Mention, 2018 Global Division Book Award presented by the Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Historically, the Indian state has not offered welfare and …
Forget Chineseness
On the Geopolitics of Cultural Identification
Av Allen Chun
Häftad, 2018
463 kr
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Critiques the idea of a Chinese cultural identity and argues that such identities are instead determined by geopolitical and economic forces.Forget Chineseness provides a critical interpretation of not only discourses of Chinese identity-Chineseness-but also of how they have reflected differences …
Found in Transition
Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China
Av Yiu-Wai Chu
Häftad, 2019
502 kr
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Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China.In Found in Transition, Yiu-Wai Chu examines the fate of Hong Kong's unique cultural identity in the contexts of both global capitalism and the increasing influence of China. Drawing on recent …
Found in Transition
Hong Kong Studies in the Age of China
Av Yiu-Wai Chu
Inbunden, 2018
1324 kr
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Presents an updated account of Hong Kong and its culture two decades after its reversion to China.In Found in Transition, Yiu-Wai Chu examines the fate of Hong Kong's unique cultural identity in the contexts of both global capitalism and the increasing influence of China. Drawing on recent …
Politics of People
Protest Cultures in China
Häftad, 2020
411 kr
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Explores the cultural dimensions of protest and dissent in China, focusing on dramatic forms of bodily, spatial, strategic, and artistic performativity.Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square occupation, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau have experienced an increase in and persistence of mass …
Hu Feng
A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955
Inbunden, 2020
1479 kr
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A study of Hu Feng as a literary critic and case study on how intellectual work can respond to political pressure.In this book, Ruth Y. Y. Hung provides a study of Hu Feng (1902–1985) as a critic, writer, and editor within the context of the People's Republic of China's political ascendancy. A …
Hu Feng
A Marxist Intellectual in a Communist State, 1930–1955
Häftad, 2021
532 kr
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A study of Hu Feng as a literary critic and case study on how intellectual work can respond to political pressure.In this book, Ruth Y. Y. Hung provides a study of Hu Feng (1902–1985) as a critic, writer, and editor within the context of the People's Republic of China's political ascendancy. A …
Sites of Statelessness
Laws, Cities, Seas
Av Ayşe Çağlar, Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury m. fl.
Häftad, 2025
367 kr
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Explores various unusual sites of statelessness like sea, cities, and laws, beyond mere legal and regulatory frameworks, that determines statelessness.Statelessness is incessantly produced in seas, cities, and law. Building around the postcolonial experiences of statelessness Sites of Statelessness …
Sites of Statelessness
Laws, Cities, Seas
Av Ayşe Çağlar, Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury m. fl.
Inbunden, 2024
1183 kr
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Explores various unusual sites of statelessness like sea, cities, and laws, beyond mere legal and regulatory frameworks, that determines statelessness.Statelessness is incessantly produced in seas, cities, and law. Building around the postcolonial experiences of statelessness Sites of Statelessness …
Paradigm City
Space, Culture, and Capitalism in Hong Kong
Av Janet Ng
Inbunden, 2009
1144 kr
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Materially grounded analysis of contemporary film, literature, and music in Hong Kong that resists the superficial stereotypes of the "global city."Hong Kong is often cast in the role of the paradigmatic "global city," epitomizing postmodernism and globalization, and representing a vision of a …
Toward Filipino Self-Determination
Beyond Transnational Globalization
Inbunden, 2009
1120 kr
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Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.Granted formal independence in 1946, the Philippines serves as a battleground between the neoliberal project of capitalist globalization and the enduring aspiration of Filipinos for national …
Toward Filipino Self-Determination
Beyond Transnational Globalization
Häftad, 2010
413 kr
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Examines the project of Filipino self-determination in the context of capitalist globalization.Granted formal independence in 1946, the Philippines serves as a battleground between the neoliberal project of capitalist globalization and the enduring aspiration of Filipinos for national …
Excess and Masculinity in Asian Cultural Productions
Häftad, 2011
413 kr
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Innovative analysis of the relationship of gender to East Asian economic development.In Excess and Masculinity in Asian Cultural Productions, Kwai-Cheung Lo explores the excesses associated with the phenomenal economic growth in East Asia, including surplus capital, environmental waste, and the …
Excess and Masculinity in Asian Cultural Productions
Inbunden, 2010
1120 kr
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Innovative analysis of the relationship of gender to East Asian economic development.In Excess and Masculinity in Asian Cultural Productions, Kwai-Cheung Lo explores the excesses associated with the phenomenal economic growth in East Asia, including surplus capital, environmental waste, and the …
Precarious Liberation
Workers, the State, and Contested Social Citizenship in Postapartheid South Africa
Inbunden, 2011
1111 kr
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Examines the relationship of precarious employment to state policies on citizenship and social inclusion in the context of postapartheid South Africa.Winner of the 2012 CLR James Award presented by the Working Class Studies Association Millions of black South African workers struggled against …
Lost in Transition
Hong Kong Culture in the Age of China
Av Yiu-Wai Chu
Inbunden, 2013
1144 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Looks at the fate of Hong Kong's unique culture since its reversion to China.In this timely and insightful book, Yiu-Wai Chu takes stock of Hong Kong's culture since its transition to a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1997. Hong Kong had long functioned as the …
Insurgent, Poet, Mystic, Sectarian
The Four Masks of an Eastern Postmodernism
Inbunden, 2015
1111 kr
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Discusses how contemporary Iranian and Middle Eastern thinkers and artists are forging a new postmodern vision.The insurgent, the poet, the mystic, the sectarian: these are four modes of subjectivity that have emerged amid Middle Eastern thought's attempt to reverse, dethrone, or supersede …
History of Political Murder in Latin America
Killing the Messengers of Change
Inbunden, 2015
1209 kr
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A sweeping study of political murder in Latin America.This expansive history depicts Latin America's pan-regional culture of political murder. Unlike typical studies of the region, which often focus on the issues or trends of individual countries, this work focuses thematically on the nature of …
History of Political Murder in Latin America
Killing the Messengers of Change
Häftad, 2016
435 kr
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A sweeping study of political murder in Latin America.This expansive history depicts Latin America's pan-regional culture of political murder. Unlike typical studies of the region, which often focus on the issues or trends of individual countries, this work focuses thematically on the nature of …
Anarchism in Korea
Independence, Transnationalism, and the Question of National Development, 1919-1984
Häftad, 2017
435 kr
Tillfälligt slut
A regional and transnational history of anarchism in Korea.This book provides a history of anarchism in Korea and challenges conventional views of Korean anarchism as merely part of nationalist ideology, situating the study within a wider East Asian regional context. Dongyoun Hwang demonstrates …
Forget Chineseness
On the Geopolitics of Cultural Identification
Av Allen Chun
Inbunden, 2017
1111 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Critiques the idea of a Chinese cultural identity and argues that such identities are instead determined by geopolitical and economic forces.Forget Chineseness provides a critical interpretation of not only discourses of Chinese identity-Chineseness-but also of how they have reflected differences …
Politics of People
Protest Cultures in China
Inbunden, 2019
1144 kr
Tillfälligt slut
Explores the cultural dimensions of protest and dissent in China, focusing on dramatic forms of bodily, spatial, strategic, and artistic performativity.Since the 1989 Tiananmen Square occupation, mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau have experienced an increase in and persistence of mass …
