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Friedrich Kittler (19432011) combined the study of literature, cinema, technology, and philosophy in a manner sufficiently novel to be recognized a...

This ground-breaking documentary history contains over 150 primary sources originally written in 15 languages by or about Sephardi Jewsdescendants ...

A sociological approach to understanding new medias impact on society We use cell phones, computers, and tablets to access the Internet, read the ...

A comprehensive and sustained analysis of the development of storytelling for television Over the past two decades, new technologies, changing view...

Despite claims from pundits and politicians that we now live in a post-racial America, people seem to keep finding ways to talk about racefrom cele...

City of Extremes is a powerful critique of urban development in greater Johannesburg since the end of apartheid in 1994. Martin J. Murray describes...

2020 Gourmand Award in Spirits China is one of the worlds leading producers and consumers of liquor, with alcohol infusing all aspects of its cultu...

In recent decades, Korean communication and media have substantially grown to become some of the most significant segments of Korean society. Since...

The origins of gentrification date back to World War Ionly it was sometimes known as remodeling then. Dennis Gales insightful book, TheMisunderstoo...

A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter New York Times ...

Charts a new wave of feminist and queer media activism in post-millennial China Digital Masquerade offers a trenchant and singular analysis of the ...

Creativity and Feature Writing explores how to generate ideas in feature writing. Using clear explanations, examples and exercises, experienced fea...

Data Borders investigates entrenched and emerging borderland technology that ensnares all people in an intimate web of surveillance where data resi...

This book seeks to provide unique insights into the social, cultural, and political changes that Pakistan has experienced since its birth in 1947. ...

Dwight F. Reynolds brings together a collection of essays by leading international scholars to provide a comprehensive and accessible survey of mod...

Data Borders investigates entrenched and emerging borderland technology that ensnares all people in an intimate web of surveillance where data resi...

This report examines nutrition, providing a fresh perspective on a rapidly evolving challenge. Despite progress in the past two decades, around 200...

Tactics of the Human: Experimental Technics in American Fiction examines the ways contemporary American fiction develops digital cultures through t...

The longevity of the Esperanza Peace and Justice Center in San Antonio, Texas, suggests that it is possible for a social change organization to sim...

From the former sex worker taking Hollywood by storm (The Daily Beast), comes a candid and hilarious memoir of sex work, shame, and self-discovery ...

Employs a mixed method approach using surveys, key informant interviews and numerous short case studies of persecution; Offers a more comprehensi...

Much of the real value in the entertainment industry today lies in franchises fictional universes, entertainment concepts, reinventions of cultura...