Автор: Tiziana Morosetti Название: Africa on the Contemporary London Stage ISBN: 3319945076 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319945071 Издательство: Springer Цена: 102480 T Описание: This collection of essays investigates the way Africa has been portrayed on the London stage from the 1950s to the present. It focuses on whether — and, if so, to what extent — the Africa that emerges from the London scene is subject to stereotype, and/or in which ways the reception of audiences and critics have contributed to an understanding of the continent and its arts. The collection, divided into two parts, brings together well-established academics and emerging scholars, as well as playwrights, directors and performers currently active in London. With a focus on Wole Soyinka, Athol Fugard, Bola Agbaje, Biyi Bandele, and Dipo Agboluaje, amongst others, the volume examines the work of key companies such as Tiata Fahodzi and Talawa, as well as newer companies Two Gents, Iroko Theatre and Spora Stories. Interviews with Rotimi Babatunde, Ade Solanke and Dipo Agboluaje on the contemporary London scene are also included.
Автор: Charlotte McIvor Название: Migration and Performance in Contemporary Ireland ISBN: 1137469722 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137469724 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book investigates Ireland’s translation of interculturalism as social policy into aesthetic practice and situates the wider implications of this ‘new interculturalism’ for theatre and performance studies at large.Offering the first full-length, post-1990s study of the effect of large-scale immigration and interculturalism as social policy on Irish theatre and performance, McIvor argues that inward-migration changes most of what can be assumed about Irish theatre and performance and its relationship to national identity. By using case studies that include theatre, dance, photography, and activist actions, this book works through major debates over aesthetic interculturalism in theatre and performance studies post-1970s and analyses Irish social interculturalism in a contemporary European social and cultural policy context. Drawing together the work of professional and community practitioners who frequently identify as both artists and activists, Migration and Performance in Contemporary Ireland proposes a new paradigm for the study of Irish theatre and performance while contributing to the wider investigation of migration and performance.
Автор: M. Murray; G. Myers Название: Cities in Contemporary Africa ISBN: 1349532045 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349532049 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 26080.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book explains how and why cities on the African continent have grown at such a rapid pace, how municipal authorities have tried to cope with this massive influx of people, and how long-time urban residents and newcomers interact, negotiate, and struggle over access to limited resources.
Автор: M. Eze Название: The Politics of History in Contemporary Africa ISBN: 1349384917 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781349384914 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 60550.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book mediates a dialectics between power and subjectivity versus history and politics. The invention of Africa is not merely a residue of Africa`s encounter with Europe but a project in continuity in contemporary history of Africa, where history has become a location of struggle and meaning, a location of power and domination.
Автор: M.A. Salih Название: Environmental Politics and Liberation in Contemporary Africa ISBN: 9048151961 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789048151967 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 130590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Where the state controls the distribu- tion of resources, itself inevitably becomes party to conflicts whose bone of con- tention is access to state power as the most efficient means of gaining access to resources.
Автор: Togarasei Lovemore, Chitando Ezra Название: Lobola (Bridewealth) in Contemporary Southern Africa: Implications for Gender Equality ISBN: 3030595226 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783030595227 Издательство: Springer Цена: 139750.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This volume explores the multiple meanings and implications of lobola in Southern Africa.
Автор: Sahle, Eunice N. Название: Globalization and socio-cultural processes in contemporary africa ISBN: 1137552212 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137552211 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 83850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In different but complementary ways, the chapters in this collection provide a deeper understanding of socio-cultural processes in various parts of the African continent. They do so in the context of contemporary mediated processes of globalization, and emphasize the agency of Africans.
Автор: Laura Cherrie Beaney Название: Crossing the Catwalk: Transvestism in Contemporary Fashion and Culture ISBN: 1680534807 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781680534801 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 108640.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: In the 1930s, Freud observed that “when you meet a human being, the first distinction you make is ‘male or female?’ and you are accustomed to make the distinction with unhesitating certainty.” As Freud suggests, society is divisible by gender. We are taken to be either “male” or “female.” This notion seems to be fixed within our culture and is often unquestioned. In this dynamic book, fashion journalist Laura Cherrie Beaney examines gender as a concept and as a practice that is also challenged and contested in the fashion industry.While gender has been relatively fixed within our society, we are nevertheless entertained by “gender bending.” The media and entertainment industries now represent a range of gender identities. As much as it is a cultural phenomenon, gender is also an individual practice. Social theorists describe some individuals as “gender outlaws” for actively choosing to blend and shape their own gender identities. Fashionable clothing makes multiple statements about the wearer. It can identify social status and tell the viewer, “This is the type of person I am.” In contemporary culture, fashion designers, stylists, photographers, and other media professionals have been fascinated with the idea of gender and its ever-changing boundaries. In recent years, the fashion industry has also focused on ideas of unisex identity and androgyny. Indeed, the fashion industry seems to afford a decadent sense of power to alternative gender identities. Fashion designers and stylists have been inspired by alternative gender identities when creating images and when showcasing their designs.Crossing the Catwalk explores fashion to understand how this mediated image of gender equality in the twenty-first century relates to reality by examining cross-dressing and transvestism through the construction of personal style. By using case studies from a range of different sources, the book will give a clear idea of how the reality of cross-dressing compares to the glamorous and decadent images portrayed by the fashion industry. It will aim to uncover the true motivations for those who cross dress and analyze the construction of gendered personal styles in relation to fashion.
Автор: Yang Название: Asian Cultures and Contemporary Tourism ISBN: 981107979X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789811079795 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 93160.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
This book focuses on cultures that shape contemporary Asian tourist experiences. The book consists of 10 chapters, which are organised into two themes: Collectivist Culture and Wellbeing. The chapters cover emerging forms of tourism (e.g., wedding and bridal photography tourism, roots/affinity tourism and shamanic tourism), investigate a wide range of topics (e.g., tourist motivation, tourist anxiety and decision making) and consider Asian perspectives from diverse backgrounds (e.g., China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal). The book provides tourism researchers, students and practitioners a consolidated, comprehensive and updated reference for the understanding of Asian tourists.
Автор: Peter L. Berger, Samuel P. Huntington Название: Many Globalizations: Cultural Diversity in the Contemporary World ISBN: 0195168828 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195168822 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 21110.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This is the first attempt to account for the cultural impact of globalisation in the lives of ordinary citizens from ten countries. The results of the study portray vast numbers of people intermixing participation in a global economy with indigenous values and lifestyles.
Автор: Drew Jesse Название: A Social History of Contemporary Democratic Media ISBN: 1138888257 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138888258 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 46950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
The last few decades have helped dispel the myth that media should remain driven by high-end professionals and market share. This book puts forward the concept of "communications from below" in contrast to the "globalization from above" that characterizes many new developments in international organization and media practices. By examining the social and technological roots that influence current media evolution, Drew allows readers to understand not only the Youtubes and Facebooks of today, but to anticipate the trajectory of the technologies to come.
Beginning with a look at the inherent weaknesses of the U.S. broadcasting model of mass media, Drew outlines the early 1960s and 1970s experiments in grassroots media, where artists and activists began to re-engineer electronic technologies to target local communities and underserved audiences. From these local projects emerged national and international communications projects, creating production models, social networks and citizen expectations that would challenge traditional means of electronic media and cultural production. Drew's perspective puts the social and cultural use of the user at the center, not the particular media form. Thus the structure of the book focuses on the local, the national, and the global desire for communications, regardless of the means.
Автор: Jacka Название: Contemporary China ISBN: 1107600790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107600799 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 34850.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: China`s rapid economic growth, modernization and globalization have led to astounding social changes. This book introduces readers to key sociological perspectives, themes and debates about Chinese society and social change. It considers China`s imperial past and the Maoist era. Includes case studies, discussion questions and full-colour maps and photographs.
Автор: Ai, Janette. Название: Politics and traditional culture : The Political Use of Traditions in Contemporary China ISBN: 9814596752 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789814596756 Издательство: World Scientific Publishing Рейтинг: Цена: 89760.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book examines the political use of China's traditions by the party-state in contemporary China. It argues that the party-state has taken an official Marxist stance in terms of the political use of tradition. Besides looking at the official Marxist stance, this book also looks at critiques of the party-state's use of traditions by the Liberalists and Neo-traditionalists. The underlying political ideologies of these three camps are Marxism, Liberalism and Neo-traditionalism. These three political ideologies have been the most influential in Chinese politics since the Republican Revolution in 1911. The contemporary political use of China's traditions is a competition between Marxism, Liberalism and Neo-traditionalism. This competition is critical to the future of Chinese politics.This book also examines three cases, representing identical ways of the political use of traditions. The three cases are the children's reading-of-the-classics movement, the construction of a Chinese Cultural Symbolic City, the construction and subsequent removal of a statue of Confucius in and from Tiananmen Square, and the revision of the official list of public holidays. The study of the three cases attempts to shed light on the three ways Chinese traditions have been used politically by the party-state. It also attempts to explore the reasons for the party's use of Chinese traditions, the reasons for the party's scepticism with regard to using Chinese traditions, and more importantly, the competition and/or cooperation between Marxists, Liberalists and Neo-traditionalists.
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