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  • Refugee Tales: Volume III

    Series Libro 3 - Refugee Tales
    With nationalism and the far right on the rise across Europe and North America, there has never been a more important moment to face up to what we, in Britain, are doing to those who seek sanctuary. Still the UK detains people indefinitely under immigration rules. Bail hearings go unrecorded, people are picked up without notice, individuals feel abandoned in detention centres with no way of ... Leer más

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  • Geographies of Dance

    Body, Movement, and Corporeal Negotiations

    This volume provides a theoretical and practical examination of the relationships between bodies, dance and space. Using ten case studies, it illustrates the symbolic power of dance that is crafted by choreographers and acted out by dancers. The book portrays a multitude of ways in which public and private spaces (stages, buildings, town squares as well as natural environments) are transformed and ... Leer más

    $55.99 USD

  • Displaced Heritage

    Responses to Disaster, Trauma, and Loss

    The essays in this volume address the displacement of natural and cultural heritage caused by disasters, whether they be dramatic natural impacts or terrible events unleashed by humankind, including holocaust and genocide. Disasters can be natural or human-made, rapid or slow, great or small, yet the impact is effectively the same; nature, people and cultural heritage are displaced or lost. Yet ... Leer más

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  • The City and the Hospital

    The Paradox of Medically Overserved Communities

    A surprising look at how hospitals affect and are affected by their surrounding communities.An enduring paradox of urban public health is that many communities around hospitals are economically distressed and, counterintuitively, medically underserved. In The City and the Hospital two sociologists, Jonathan R. Wynn and Berkeley Franz, and a political scientist, Daniel Skinner, track the multiple ... Leer más

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  • The 1984–1985 Miners' Strike in Nottinghamshire

    If Spirit Alone Won Battles: The Diary of John Lowe

    Britain's year-long miners' strike against the Thatcher administration is vividly recounted in this diary of one of its most vocal leaders.John Lowe was at the forefront of the fight for jobs during the miners strike of 1984-85. He led from the front, as the elected chairman of Clipstone Colliery's strike committee in the county of Nottinghamshire. The dirty war fought by the Thatcher Government ... Leer más

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  • Encountering Ensemble

    Series series Performance Books
    Encountering Ensemble, is a text for students, teachers, researchers and practitioners who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the history, conceptual foundations and practicalities of the world of ensemble theatre. It is the first book to draw together definitions and practitioner examples, making it a cutting edge work on the subject.Encountering Ensemble combines historical and ... Leer más

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  • Absent Fathers?

    Much has been written and debated on lone mothers. However little has been discussed about non-resident fathers. Absent Fathers is part of a growing literature on men and masculinities and takes this debate further. Drawn from one of the best social policy units in the UK and results from the current ESRC Programme on Population and Household Change, it will provide a text for undergraduates in ... Leer más

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  • Long Walk Home

    Reflections on Bruce Springsteen

    Bruce Springsteen might be the quintessential American rock musician but his songs have resonated with fans from all walks of life and from all over the world. This unique collection features reflections from a diverse array of writers who explain what Springsteen means to them and describe how they have been moved, shaped, and challenged by his music.Contributors to Long Walk Home include ... Leer más

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  • Writing the Dark Side of Travel

    Edición de Jonathan Skinner ...
    The travel experience filled with personal trauma; the pilgrimage through a war-torn place; the journey with those suffering: these represent the darker sides of travel. What is their allure and how are they represented? This volume takes an ethnographic and interdisciplinary approach to explore the writings and texts of dark journeys and travels. In traveling over the dead, amongst the dying, and ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD

  • Collaborations

    Anthropology in a Neoliberal Age

    Collaborations responds to the growing pressure on the humanities and social sciences to justify their impact and utility after cuts in public spending, and the introduction of neoliberal values into academia. Arguing ‘in defense of’ anthropology, the editors demonstrate the continued importance of the discipline and reveal how it contributes towards solving major problems in contemporary society. ... Leer más

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  • Murals and Tourism

    Heritage, Politics and Identity

    Edición de Jonathan Skinner, Lee Jolliffe ...
    Series series Heritage, Culture and Identity
    Around the world, tourists are drawn to visit murals painted on walls. Whether heritage asset, legacy leftover, or contested art space, the mural is more than a simple tourist attraction or accidental aspect of tourism material culture. They express something about the politics, heritage and identity of the locations being visited, whether a medieval fresco in an Italian church, or modern ... Leer más

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  • Dancing Cultures

    Globalization, Tourism and Identity in the Anthropology of Dance

    Series Libro 4 - Dance and Performance Studies
    Dance is more than an aesthetic of life – dance embodies life. This is evident from the social history of jive, the marketing of trans-national ballet, ritual healing dances in Italy or folk dances performed for tourists in Mexico, Panama and Canada. Dance often captures those essential dimensions of social life that cannot be easily put into words. What are the flows and movements of dance ... Leer más

    $23.99 USD