Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos – serie
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Inventing Popular Culture
From Folklore to Globalization
Av John Storey
Häftad, 2003
398 kr
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John Storey, a leading figure in the field of Cultural Studies, offers an illuminating and vibrant account of the development of popular culture.Addressing issues such as globalization, intellectualism, and consumerism, Inventing Popular Culture presents an engaging assessment of one of the most …
Idea of Culture
Häftad, 2000
372 kr
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Terry Eagleton's book, in this vital new series from Blackwell, focuses on discriminating different meanings of culture, as a way of introducing to the general reader the contemporary debates around it.
Uses of Literature
Av Rita Felski
Häftad, 2008
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
469 kr
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Uses of Literature bridges the gap between literary theory and common-sense beliefs about why we read literature. Explores the diverse motives and mysteries of why we readOffers four different ways of thinking about why we read literature - for recognition, enchantment, knowledge, and shockArgues …
Global Future of English Studies
Inbunden, 2012
541 kr
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The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, and financing in English studies around the world including China, home to …
After the Fall
American Literature Since 9/11
Av Richard Gray
Inbunden, 2011
509 kr
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After the Fall A common refrain heard since the collapse of the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001 is that “everything has changed.” After the Fall presents a timely and provocative examination of the impact and implications of 9/11 and the war on terror on American culture and …
Future of Jewish Theology
Häftad, 2012
420 kr
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This engaging argument for the future of Jewish theology, written by a renowned Jewish scholar, provides a rounded introduction to the faith, its history, and its place in the modern world. Explores foundational Jewish structures and concepts through the discussion and interpretation of Jewish …
Threat of Race
Reflections on Racial Neoliberalism
Häftad, 2008
471 kr
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Written by a renowned scholar of critical race theory, The Threat of Race explores how the concept of race has been historically produced and how it continues to be articulated, if often denied, in today’s world. A major new study of race and racism by a renowned scholar of critical race …
21st-Century Modernism
The "New" Poetics
Häftad, 2001
574 kr
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This revisionist narrative of poetic change in the twentieth century challenges the accepted notions of what poetry is and can be in the new century and makes the case for the seminal place of poetry in contemporary culture.
Reading After Theory
Häftad, 2001
606 kr
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Valentine Cunningham's controversial manifesto asks what will and should happen to reading in the post-theory era.
True Religion
Av Graham Ward
Inbunden, 2002
1540 kr
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Through reference to plays, poetry, novels, films and painting, this manifesto traces the genealogy of 'true religion' in the western world and makes six controversial claims about the past, present and future of religion. Traces a transformation in the way religion is understood and performed in …
True Religion
Av Graham Ward
Häftad, 2002
485 kr
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Through reference to plays, poetry, novels, films and painting, this manifesto traces the genealogy of 'true religion' in the western world and makes six controversial claims about the past, present and future of religion. Traces a transformation in the way religion is understood and performed in …
Future of Christianity
Häftad, 2001
457 kr
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Christianity is the world's largest religious grouping. It has undergone massive change in the twentieth century, and seems poised to undergo major transformations in the next. In this important and timely book, one of Christianity's most prolific and respected writers examines these changes, and …
Future of Theory
Häftad, 2002
443 kr
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In this controversial manifesto, Jean-Michel Rabaté addresses current anxieties about the future of literary and cultural theory and proposes that it still has a crucial role to play.
Future of Society
Inbunden, 2005
1255 kr
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This important Manifesto argues that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives. Written by leading social theorist William OuthwaiteAsks if the notion of society is relevant in the twenty-first centuryGoes to the heart of contemporary social …
Future of Society
Häftad, 2005
428 kr
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This important Manifesto argues that we still need a concept of society in order to make sense of the forces which structure our lives. Written by leading social theorist William OuthwaiteAsks if the notion of society is relevant in the twenty-first centuryGoes to the heart of contemporary social …
Phenomenal Shakespeare
Häftad, 2010
509 kr
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In Phenomenal Shakespeare, leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith presents an original account for the ways in which Shakespeare’s poems and plays continue to resonate with audiences, readers and scholars because of their engagement with the whole body, not just the reading mind. An original …
Myths for the Masses
An Essay on Mass Communication
Av Hanno Hardt
Inbunden, 2004
1297 kr
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With a lively and engaging style, Myths for the Masses provides a critical, interdisciplinary, and historically informed statement about communication in contemporary life. Written by Hanno Hardt, one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. Offers a comprehensive appraisal of mass …
After Globalization
Häftad, 2013
399 kr
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AFTER GLOBALIZATION “Relentlessly, remorselessly, endlessly, we are told there is no alternative to globalization, whether our lecturers are bourgeois economists, progressive journalists, or imaginative litterateurs. Eric Cazdyn and Imre Szeman dare to go beyond the standard thinking of the day and …
New England Beyond Criticism
In Defense of America�s First Literature
Av Elisa New
Häftad, 2014
433 kr
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NEW ENGLAND BEYOND CRITICISM “Elisa New’s book is a remarkable achievement. It is very rare that a critic manages to ask what seem exactly the right questions, then to answer them in a lively, brilliant, evocative, and supremely intelligent prose.” Charles F. Altieri, University of California …
What is African American Literature?
Häftad, 2021
574 kr
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After Kenneth W. Warren's What Was African American Literature?, Margo N. Crawford delivers What is African American Literature?The idea of African American literature may be much more than literature written by authors who identify as "Black". What is African American Literature? focuses on …
Idea of Latin America
Inbunden, 2005
1297 kr
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The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth …
Idea of Latin America
Häftad, 2005
432 kr
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The Idea of Latin America is a geo-political manifesto which insists on the need to leave behind an idea which belonged to the nation-building mentality of nineteenth-century Europe. Charts the history of the concept of Latin America from its emergence in Europe in the second half of the nineteenth …
Idea of English Ethnicity
Inbunden, 2007
1297 kr
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The Idea of English Ethnicity “Robert Young has written a compelling and thorough textual history of English ethnicity and its discursive relation to the history of racial theory. Comprehensive, carefully considered, and clearly written, this book sets the standard against which any future study of …
Idea of English Ethnicity
Häftad, 2007
485 kr
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The Idea of English Ethnicity “Robert Young has written a compelling and thorough textual history of English ethnicity and its discursive relation to the history of racial theory. Comprehensive, carefully considered, and clearly written, this book sets the standard against which any future study of …
What Cinema Is!
Bazin's Quest and its Charge
Häftad, 2010
455 kr
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What Cinema Is! offers an engaging answer to Andre Bazin's famous question, exploring his 'idea of cinema' with a sweeping look back at the near century of Cinema's phenomenal ascendancy. Written by one of the foremost film scholars of our timeEstablishes cinema's distinction from the current …
When Faiths Collide
Häftad, 2004
358 kr
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In the face of the growing threat from collisions of faith world-wide, this manifesto is a call to embrace religious pluralism. Martin E. Marty is a renowned commentator on religious matters, the author of over 50 books, winner of the National Book Award, and the recipient of 74 honorary doctorates …
Rhetoric of RHETORIC
The Quest for Effective Communication
Häftad, 2004
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
403 kr
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In this manifesto, distinguished critic Wayne Booth claims that communication in every corner of life can be improved if we study rhetoric closely. Written by Wayne Booth, author of the seminal book, The Rhetoric of Fiction (1961). Explores the consequences of bad rhetoric in education, in …
Future of War
The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century
Inbunden, 2004
1259 kr
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In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war. Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life.Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists.Refers to modern fiction and films.Part of the …
Future of War
The Re-Enchantment of War in the Twenty-First Century
Häftad, 2004
399 kr
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In this book, Professor Christopher Coker presents an original and controversial thesis about the future of war. Argues that the biotechnology revolution has given war a new lease of life.Draws on thinkers from Hegel and Nietzsche to the postmodernists.Refers to modern fiction and films.Part of the …
Future of Environmental Criticism
Environmental Crisis and Literary Imagination
Inbunden, 2005
1610 kr
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Written by one of the world’s leading theorists in ecocriticism, this manifesto provides a critical summary of the ecocritical movement. A critical summary of the emerging discipline of “ecocriticism”. Written by one of the world’s leading theorists in ecocriticism. Traces the history of the …
