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This collection of articles offers readers a cross-section of current research on contemporary and historical concepts and representations of (cultural) values as documented in popular culture, public space, the arts, works of literature and in ethnic contexts. The...
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The signing of the Convention on the protection of the Alps (Alpine Convention) by the Alpine States in 1991 heralded new practices and perspectives. This transnational project is intended to solve important challenges faced by the Alpine population. Convinced that the...
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A la luz de los más recientes estudios jacobeos, escritos de peregrinación y la literatura ficcional o testimonial, en el volumen se contrastan relatos de viajeros a Compostela procedentes de los confines de Europa con la iconografía jacobea, incidiendo también en...
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This volume commemorates Richard H. Grathoff’s (1934–2013) contribution to interpretative sociology. Reconsidering the legacy of social phenomenology, it demonstrates the usefulness of concepts such as life-world, milieu and symbolic transcendence in the studies of...
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Leihmütter werden heute zunehmend von Paaren aus aller Welt in Anspruch genommen. Die Autorin geht den aktuellen Fragen, die dieser Trend aufwirft, insbesondere mit Blick auf das internationale Privat- und Zivilverfahrensrecht nach. Die Abstammung des Kindes, seine...
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This book takes stock of opinion polls in communist and post-communist states, presents specific case studies and answers the question how opinion polls under conditions of censorship and lack of media pluralism differ from those in liberal democratic societies. These...
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Since the first book was signed almost ten years ago, the Mediated Youth series has published nearly two dozen volumes, with more in process or production. This milestone provides the perfect opportunity to reflect on how the series has evolved, how it has contributed...
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Using interviews with world-renowned and innovative hip-hop DJs, as well as technology manufacturers that cater to the market/culture, this book reveals stories behind some of the iconic DJ technologies that have helped shape the history and culture of DJing. More...
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As we grow up and grow old, embrace new experiences, try new roles, and adopt new technologies, our senses of time, space, connection, and identity are fundamentally explored through communication. Why, how, with whom, and to what end humans communicate reflect and...
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This volume addresses the crucial role of knowledge and innovation in coping with and adapting to socio-economic and political transformation processes in post-Soviet societies. Unique are the bottom up or micro-sociological and ethnographic perspectives offered by the...
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This study investigates long-lasting cultural constructions of childbirth. Four symbolic patterns of childbirth emerge from the analysis of a variety of texts ranging from myths, philosophy, literature and religion to ethics of modern medicine. On a symbolic level «The...
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Walt Whitman wrote: «The real war will never get into the books.» To this day, however, American soldier-authors write about their war and translate traumatic experiences into language accessible to the reader. Veterans of the recent Iraq war do not differ here. Joining...
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Kulturkritik ist oft als ein spezifisch deutsches Phänomen beschrieben worden. Seit Sterns Studie über «Kulturpessimismus als politische Gefahr» war das Augenmerk vermehrt auf die Nähe zum Nationalismus gerichtet. Seitdem verblieb die deutscheKulturkritik im...
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Die Autorin behandelt Texte von Autorinnen, die Gefängnis- und vereinzelt auch Lagerhaft, zumeist aus politischen Gründen, erfahren haben. Sie untersucht in erster Linie, wie das Gefangensein subjektiv wahrgenommen und erlebt wird. Ein zweiter Schwerpunkt liegt auf der...
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China’s New 21st-Century Realities: Social Equity in a Time of Change examines the new social justice realities in China. Often when people think of China they think of a very rigid, patriarchal society where oppression is the order of the day. However, this book aims...
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The revolution in media technologies and the political upheavals intertwined with them demand a new media ethics. Given the power of global media corporations and the high-speed electronics of media technologies worldwide, more and more people are either brought...
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The book gives a detailed overview of relevant traditional indigenous Sámi myths, beliefs and rituals based on empirical findings.The author inquires whether and how they are related to an ecologically sustainable use of the natural environment. Her main sources are...
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This book presents an interdisciplinary investigation into the emergence of the actor and theater. Scholarship helps us to realize how we have evolved to who we are today and to understand the transformative power of performance. The author proposes to boost and advance...
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In 1994, the world joined South Africa in celebration of the results of its first democratic election. The results, emblazoned on the world’s memory with President Nelson Mandela waving to a multiracial crowd, signified the end of apartheid and an emerging new era of...
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The first edition of Reel Diversity: A Teacher’s Sourcebook won the 2009 Phillip C. Chinn Book Award of the National Association for Multicultural Education. This revised edition is an updated resource guide for educators in secondary and university classrooms who...
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