![Trivialization and Public Opinion]( "Trivialization and Public Opinion")
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Bubak, O., Jacek, H. (2019)
Centering on public discourse and its fundamental lapses, this book takes a unique look at key barriers to social and political advancement in the information age. Public …
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![Italians and Food]( "Italians and Food")
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Sassatelli, R. (Ed) (2019)
This book is a novel and original collection of essays on Italians and food. Food culture is central both to the way Italians perceive their national identity and to the …
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![The Public and Private Management of Grief]( "The Public and Private Management of Grief")
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Pearce, C. (2019)
Through a critical analysis of theory, policy and practice, The Public and Private Management of Grief looks at how 'recovery' is the prevailing discourse that measures and frames …
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![Civic Multiculturalism in Singapore]( "Civic Multiculturalism in Singapore")
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Teo, T. (2019)
This book is about multiculturalism, broadly defined as the recognition, respect and accommodation of cultural differences. Teo proposes a framework of multicultural denizenship …
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![Memory, Trauma, and Identity]( "Memory, Trauma, and Identity")
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Eyerman, R. (2019)
This volume brings together Ron Eyerman’s most important interventions in the field of cultural trauma and offers an accessible entry point into the origins and development of …
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![Making Sport Great Again]( "Making Sport Great Again")
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Andrews, D. L. (2019)
Blending critical theory, conjunctural cultural studies, and assemblage theory, Making Sport Great Again introduces and develops the concept of uber-sport: the sporting expression …
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![Connecting Arts and Place]( "Connecting Arts and Place")
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Redaelli, E. (2019)
In this book, Eleonora Redaelli investigates the arts in American cities, providing insight into urban cultural policy discourse through the lens of space. By unpacking the ways …
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![Intersections of Contemporary Art, Anthropology and Art History in South Asia]( "Intersections of Contemporary Art, Anthropology and Art History in South Asia")
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Perera, S. (Ed), Pathak, D. N. (Ed) (2019)
Taking South Asia as its focus, this wide-ranging collection probes the general reluctance of the cultural anthropology to engage with contemporary visual art and artists, …
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![The Values of Independent Hip-Hop in the Post-Golden Era]( "The Values of Independent Hip-Hop in the Post-Golden Era")
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Vito, C. (2019)
Utilizing a mixed-methods approach, this book uncovers the historical trajectory of U.S. independent hip-hop in the post-golden era, seeking to understand its complex relationship …
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![Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture]( "Crime, Deviance and Popular Culture")
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Akrivos, D. (Ed), Antoniou, A. K. (Ed) (2019)
This book explores the links between crime, deviance and popular culture in our highly-mediatised era, offering an insight into the cultural processes through which particular …
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![Persistent Creativity]( "Persistent Creativity")
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Campbell, P. (2019)
Recent years have seen the increasing valuation and promotion of ‘creativity’. Future success, we are often assured, will rest on the creativity of our endeavours, often aligned …
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![Creativity in the Recording Studio]( "Creativity in the Recording Studio")
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Thompson, P. (2019)
Paul Thompson offers an alternative take on the romanticized and mythologized process of record-making. Side A illustrates how creativity arises out of a system in action, and …
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![Politics of Meaning/Meaning of Politics]( "Politics of Meaning/Meaning of Politics")
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Mast, J. L. (Ed), Alexander, J. C. (Ed) (2019)
The 2016 U.S. presidential election revealed a nation deeply divided and in flux. This volume provides urgently needed insights into American politics and culture during this …
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![Geek and Hacker Stories]( "Geek and Hacker Stories")
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Alleyne, B. (2019)
Geeks, hackers and gamers share a common ‘geek culture’, whose members are defined and define themselves mainly in terms of technology and rationality. The members of geek culture …
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![Queering Transcultural Encounters]( "Queering Transcultural Encounters")
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Navarro-Ayala, L. (2019)
In a highly original and interdisciplinary work bridging French and Francophone studies, cultural studies, media studies, and gender and sexuality studies, Luis Navarro-Ayala …
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![Social Capital in American Life]( "Social Capital in American Life")
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Jones, B. J. (2019)
Embarking from a model of social capital hinging upon four social structures—work, family, social networks, and voluntary associations—Brian Jones empirically examines the …
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![Reshaping Poland’s Community after Communism]( "Reshaping Poland’s Community after Communism")
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Chmielewska-Szlajfer, H. (2019)
Harnessing a cultural sociological approach to explore transformations in key social spheres in post-1989 Poland, Chmielewska-Szlajfer illuminates shifts in religiosity, sympathy …
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![Cosmopolitanism, Markets, and Consumption]( "Cosmopolitanism, Markets, and Consumption")
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Emontspool, J. (Ed), Woodward, I. (Ed) (2018)
This book addresses the complicated question of how markets and consumption create the possibilities for cross-cultural exchanges and the multicultural pleasures of omnivorous …
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![Art and the Challenge of Markets Volume 2]( "Art and the Challenge of Markets Volume 2")
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Alexander, V. D. (Ed), Hägg, S. (Ed), Häyrynen, S. (Ed), Sevänen, E. (Ed) (2018)
Art and the Challenge of Markets Volumes 1 & 2 examine the politics of art and culture in light of the profound changes that have taken place in the world order since the 1980s …
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![The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience]( "The Sociolinguistics of Hip-hop as Critical Conscience")
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Ross, A. S. (Ed), Rivers, D. J. (Ed) (2018)
This book adopts a sociolinguistic perspective to trace the origins and enduring significance of hip-hop as a global tool of resistance to oppression. The contributors, who …
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