The Public Sphere and Satellite Television in North Africa
Hadj-Moussa explores the relationship between the media and the public sphere, showing that the simple act of watching satellite television rather than national television mobilizes novel ways of expressing identities and a range of critical positions targeting political regimes.
Women, Social and Cultural Change in Twentieth Century Ireland
This book explores women, social and cultural change in twentieth-century Ireland. The interdisciplinary work gathered here challenges monolithic representations of Irish female identity, exposing women’s disparate backgrounds and varied experiences.
This book presents material on how American popular culture has influenced the world. Chapters range from Nigeria to Japan, covering topics like music, art, holidays, romance, and toys, illustrating the vast scope of American popular culture.
Contentious Connections
This multidisciplinary volume analyzes how transnational connections are re-imagining politics, gender, and public culture in South Asia. It explores the relationship between local worlds and global flows, questioning the role of power, the state, and agency.
Exploring Intervention
Drawing on nine case studies and innovative empirical material from various regions of Uganda, this edited volume focuses on the interplay between humanitarian, economic and academic intervention on the one hand and mobility, permanent transit and (re-)settlement on the other.
Material Worlds
This volume examines how the intangible is made real, how culture mediates our experience of the world, and what about the real resists transcription. Analyses include attempts to inscribe the soul and the material manifestations of capitalism and empire.
This volume presents original contributions on women’s migration from an interdisciplinary context. The papers examine diverse destinations—including the Italian city of Palermo, Italy and Europe—through a variety of theoretical and geographical perspectives.
Relativism-Relativity
This revisionary work challenges stereotypes of an absolutist Enlightenment. Cutting across science, philosophy, and art, it traces modern notions of complexity, non-linear reality, and relativity back to the pioneering thought of Leibniz, Sterne, and D’Alembert.
Crossroads of the Southwest
In southeastern Arizona, Hohokam, Mogollon, and Anasazi cultures intersected. Crossroads of the Southwest presents new archaeological research examining culture, identity, and migration. Top scholars use new data to study this long-overlooked region.
The Measure of All Things
This book reviews man’s relationship with the forces of evolution in a biological and spiritual sense. It is an innovative excursion into the arguments between evolutionists and creationists regarding the fate of man.
This organizational study of science in India focuses on the determinants of scientists’ productivity. It considers how factors like communication technology can reinforce social inequality and provides policy-oriented suggestions aimed at ensuring equality.
Master culture-specific vocabulary for intercultural communication between English and Romanian. This unique dictionary is an easy-to-use tool for translators, students, and professionals, with vocabulary organised thematically to cover cuisine, holidays, sports, and more.
Sociology of Health in a Dalit Community
This book explores how generations of caste prejudice have impacted the health of India’s Hadi Caste. It examines their occupations, customs, and social interactions to reveal the deep link between the community’s socio-cultural life and their well-being.
Women’s Imaginary Cooking and Appetites Across Cultures
This book explores the cultural implications of women’s engagement with food, tackling the female body, appetites, culinary witchcraft, magic, and cannibalism. It traces how food disorders are alchemically transformed into aesthetics, with a pivotal focus on the Balkans.