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Literature has been a bastion of male creativity, not of female procreativity, which has traditionally inhibited the voices of women and disempowered their self-expression. This book explores the underestimated legacy of women’s fiction and (semi-)autobiographical works...
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Trauma and its consequences are social phenomena. Coming from a working-class family and raised in a small, rural Southern area, this author's narrative offers a unique style of life history reporting whereby the author uses her academic standpoint to situate her life...
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French and Irish societies have been characterised in recent times by major upheavals brought about by the threat of terrorism, the collapse of economic and social structures, mass migration, the diminished role of organised religion, the ghettoization of minorities,...
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Der vorliegende Band ist das Ergebnis einer wissenschaftlichen Auseinandersetzung mit den Problemen unserer Zeit, die durch die Folgen der Globalisierung geprägt ist. Im Zentrum der Beiträge steht die Reflexion über die Bedeutung von kulturellem Erbe, von...
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This book examines the socio-professional background of the clergy in Transylvania, between 1848 and 1918, with a view to offering a comprehensive perspective on the clerical profession across various religious denominations. During the modern period, Transylvania was...
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This book gives a comprehensive introduction to intercultural communication. The reader is introduced to essential concepts in the field, different theories and methods of analysing communication, the importance of verbal and nonverbal languages for bringing about...
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The SAGE Handbook of Cultural Anthropology is the first instalment of The SAGE Handbook of the Social Sciences series and encompasses major specialities as well as key interdisciplinary themes relevant to the field. Globally, societies are facing major upheaval and...
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This book offers a range of empirically-based case studies in the field of cultural linguistics and neighbouring disciplines such as intercultural pragmatics and language pedagogy. The first section explores intercultural communication and...
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Der Band untersucht das Verhältnis zwischen Liturgie und Musik im birituellen Mailand im 18. Jahrhundert. Die Rituszugehörigkeit einer Kirche bestimmte ihre liturgische Musik. Während in den meist den römischen Ritus zelebrierenden Klöstern ein ausgelassener Theaterstil...
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In recent years, there has been increased attention garnered toward activism in sport within the United States.In 2016, Colin Kaepernick’s activist act of taking a knee during the national anthem before National Football League games sparked a nationwide debate on the...
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Um EU-Politik innerhalb Deutschlands zu vermitteln, haben sich EU-Professionals in Think Tanks, Stiftungen, Vereinen und Agenturen herausgebildet. Wie sie professionelle Zuständigkeit und Deutungsmacht im politischen Kontext deklarieren und legitimieren, ist Gegenstand...
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During the Victorian period, naturally wet spaces – marshland, rivers and the sea – were construed as feminised loci, articulating contrasted visions of Woman as the angelic Undine or the demonic Siren. This essentialised the concept of feminine fluidity at the same...
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In today’s world where reality is simulated, societal relations are increasingly virtualized and social relations have started to be realized in digital environments. Individuals gaining belonging in the virtual universe by adopting digital identity produce daily life...
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This book approaches Lin-Manuel Miranda’s groundbreaking cultural production of Hamilton: An American Musical as a rhetorical text with implications for contemporary U.S. politics. The contributors to this volume utilize training in rhetorical criticism and performance...
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The book begins with a discussion of Lipset-Rokkan's theory of cleavages and its continuations.The author's interpretation of this theory is applied to a historical context: the communist system that divided society into communist and anti-communist sides. They survived...
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Understanding Digital Societies provides a framework for understanding our changing, technologically shaped society and how sociology can help us make sense of it. You will be introduced to core sociological ideas and texts along with exciting global examples that shed...
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Seit den 1960er Jahren steigt in Europa die Zahl der jüdischen Kulturerbeprojekte. Im Gedenken an die Schoa suchen Nichtjuden die Relikte der Vergangenheit zu bewahren und lassen dabei nicht selten die gegenwärtigen jüdischen Gemeinden außer Acht. Die Autorinnen...
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This book is a study of women’s involvement in occult practices in Weimar Germany. Women during the Weimar period experienced an unprecedented level of liberation.This included a greatly increased role in the work force as well as participation in other realms that were...
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Voters need to be informed to make political decisions, but what if their media diet not only prevents them from getting the information they need, but actively shapes inaccurate perceptions of the world?
Drawing on examples and evidence from around the world, this...
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This book links cattle to the construction of cursus monument sites. It suggests that these monuments commenced life as a form of cattle management prior to their possible ritual importance. As such it is an original and important contribution to the cursus monument...
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