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This book explores social networking sites as the digital field of cultural production by loosely drawing from Pierre Bourdieu's notion of field and capital. The book examines four case studies on MySpace, YouTube, Second Life, and Indaba Music, a...

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This edited volume, which elaborates on the idea and concept of sustainable journalism, is the result of a perceived lack of integral research approaches to journalism and sustainable development. Thirty years ago, in 1987, the Brundtland Report p...

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Rethinking Intercultural Approaches to Indigenous Environmental Education and Research arose from a physical and philosophical journey that critically considered the relationship between Western, Indigenous, and other culturally rooted ecological ...

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The second edition of Vygotsky and Creativity: A Cultural-historical Approach to Play, Meaning Making, and the Arts presents an enriched Vygotskian perspective on children's and adults' symbolic engagement with imagination, artistic expression, an...

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The interrelationship between journalism and public relations (PR) is one of the most contentious in the field of media studies. Numerous studies have shown that 50-80 per cent of the content of mass media is significantly shaped by PR. But many e...

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Serving as a dynamic figure in the monastic school, Dorotheos of Gaza transformed the traditional understanding of healing in the spiritual life. Gazan monastic teachers, Isaiah of Scetis, Barsanuphius, John, and Dorotheos, utilized this discourse...

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What's with the men in menstruation? This is the question Men in Menstruation: A Social Transaction sets out to answer. From earliest times men have been puzzled and perplexed by the menstrual cycle and have constructed elaborate taboos, superstit...

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Israel's New Wars examines Israel's recent conflicts with Iran and its partners. The book's key focus is how these wars differ from those fought between 1948 and 1982. In the wake of its independence, Israel fought a series of high-intensity wars ...

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Originally published in Norwegian in 1941, this is the magnum opus of one of Norway's most celebrated philosophers, now made available in English for the first time. It examines the concept of the tragic and attempts to construct a more precise an...

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Strategic development is one of the most daunting challenges that faces any professional, no matter the field. After all, stakes are high. Developing effective strategies can put you on the path to becoming a trusted advisor and a valued employee....

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Are we living in a post-colonial world? A colonial one? An anti-colonial one? Lifting the veil from language and politics, Anti-Colonial Theory and Decolonial Praxis uses case studies from around the world to explore and untangle these concepts as...

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Social Welfare Policy in South Africa examines the South African government's response to social welfare challenges during and after apartheid. The book analyses social welfare policy reforms in South Africa from the social contract perspective. T...

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Now in its fifth edition, Frank Beaver's Dictionary of Film Terms has become an indispensable reference tool for the study of films and filmmaking. This trusted and practical handbook clearly and concisely defines the essential terms of film analy...

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Frau Wickerts Arbeit untersucht das Thema Heros und heroisches Zeitalter in seiner Bedeutung fuer die gesellschaftspolitische Ein- stellung Kleists, die sich der ueblichen regressiven oder progressiven Etiquettierung entzieht und sich als politisc...

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Ein wichtiger Aspekt in der Lyrik Johannes Bobrowskis ist die Manipulation von Zeit in seinen Gedichten. Bobrowski benutzt Zeit nicht im metaphysischen Sinne, sondern als ein Medium, mit dessen Hilfe er die geschichtliche Vergangenheit des europae...

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Die Arbeit setzt sich zum Ziel, die Anordnung und kuenstlerische Ge- staltung des biographischen Materials aufzuzeigen, ein Aspekt, der bei den ersten Besprechungen des Hoelderlin vernachlaessigt worden ist. Die Frage zur Gattung des Werks wird da...

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Ce livre, ecrit pour tous ceux qui s'interessent au Moyen Age, est une introduction aux themes de l'amour courtois. L'auteur, ayant choisi un certain nombre d'oeuvres du XIIIe siecle, examine de pres la fin'amor et la jalo...

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Cet ouvrage decrit les resultats d'une enquete sociolinguistique effectuee dans une des regions ou la population acadienne se trouve le plus fortement concentree. L'analyse quantitative revele une structuration nette dans la variation linguistique...

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Los ensayos reunidos en esta monografia examinan los principios de estructuracion de la obra teatral que generan en el publico espectador una comprension de los significados nucleares del texto-produccion. Se examinan obras representativas del tea...

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Italy's Fascist experience and role in World War II sparked a reassessment of Italian developments since unification. The peninsula's strategic position, its role in NATO and the European Economic Community, the remaking of postwar democracy, as w...

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