"National Past-Times: Narrative, Representation, and Power in Modern China" von Ann Anagnost untersucht die Art und Weise, wie narrative Strukturen und Darstellungen in der modernen chinesischen Gesellschaft Machtverhältnisse...

Odd Couples examines friendships between gay men and straight women, and also between lesbians and straight men, and shows how these "intersectional" friendships serve as a barometer for shifting social norms, particularly regarding...

"Crisis and Capitalism in Contemporary Argentine Cinema" von Joanna Page untersucht, wie argentinische Filme die wirtschaftlichen und sozialen Krisen des Landes reflektieren und kommentieren. Page analysiert eine Vielzahl von Filmen aus...

The Latin American Cultural Studies Reader brings together thirty-six field-defining essays by the most prominent theorists of Latin American cultural studies. Written over the past several decades, these essays provide an assessment of...

"Mutual Misunderstanding: Scepticism and the Theorizing of Language and Interpretation" von Talbot J. Taylor ist ein Buch, das sich mit den Herausforderungen und Komplexitäten der Sprachtheorie und Interpretation auseinandersetzt. Taylor...

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"Wizards and Scientists: Explorations in Afro-Cuban Modernity and Tradition" von Stephan Palmié untersucht die komplexe Beziehung zwischen Magie, Religion und Wissenschaft in der afro-kubanischen Kultur. Palmié analysiert, wie...

Jamaican dancehall has long been one of the most vital and influential cultural and artistic forces within contemporary global music. Wake the Town and Tell the People presents, for the first time, a lively, nuanced, and comprehensive...

"Refrains for Moving Bodies: Experience and Experiment in Affective Spaces" von Derek P. McCormack untersucht die Beziehung zwischen Bewegung, Raum und Affekt. McCormack beleuchtet, wie körperliche Bewegungen und räumliche Umgebungen...

Departing from conventional narratives of the United States and the Americas as fundamentally continental spaces, the contributors to Archipelagic American Studies theorize America as constituted by and accountable to an assemblage of...

"Migrants and City-Making: Dispossession, Displacement, and Urban Regeneration" von Ayse Çaglar untersucht die Rolle von Migranten in der städtischen Entwicklung und Transformation. Das Buch beleuchtet, wie Migranten trotz oft prekärer...

Since September 11, 2001, the imagination of "low probability, high consequence" events has become a distinctive feature of contemporary politics. Uncertain futures-devastation by terrorist attack, cyber crime, flood, financial market...