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Bad Data - How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers (Paperback): Georgina Sturge Bad Data - How Governments, Politicians and the Rest of Us Get Misled by Numbers (Paperback)
Georgina Sturge
R461 R377 Discovery Miles 3 770 Save R84 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Not all statistics are created equal. Take a look behind the scenes and you'll discover that even most official data isn't the solid bedrock we think it is. It's patchy, inconsistent, full of guesswork and uncertainty - and it's playing an ever-bigger role in policy decisions. BAD DATA takes the reader on that behind-the-scenes journey, guided by House of Commons Library statistician Georgina Sturge. Revealing the secrets of a world that is usually closed off, it will show how governments of the past and present have been led astray by bad data and explain why it is so hard to count and measure things, and how we could better handle these problems. Discover how one Hungarian businessman's bright idea caused half a million people to go missing from UK migration statistics. Find out why it's possible for two politicians to disagree over whether poverty has gone up or down, using the same official numbers, and for both to be right at the same time. And hear about how policies like ID cards, super-casinos and stopping ex-convicts from reoffending failed to live up to their promise because they were based on shaky data.

A Split Second of Paradise - Live Art, Installation and Performance (Paperback): Nicky Childs, Jeni Walwin A Split Second of Paradise - Live Art, Installation and Performance (Paperback)
Nicky Childs, Jeni Walwin
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Designed to be tough, practical and good value for money, the Rough Guide maps aim to forge a new standard in city maps. Apart from travel information and the city's sites, monuments and attractions, the map shows every shop, restaurant, bar and hotel listed in the Rough Guide travel guide to Cuba, together with their opening times, and, in many cases, phone numbers. The map covers the main area of Cuba on one side and an enlarged downtown city-centre maps on the reverse.

Culduthel - An Iron Age Craftworking Centre in North-East Scotland (Hardcover): Candy Hatherley, Ross Murray Culduthel - An Iron Age Craftworking Centre in North-East Scotland (Hardcover)
Candy Hatherley, Ross Murray
R946 Discovery Miles 9 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Queering Wolverine in Comics and Fan Fiction - A Fastball Special (Hardcover): Christopher Roman Queering Wolverine in Comics and Fan Fiction - A Fastball Special (Hardcover)
Christopher Roman
R1,484 Discovery Miles 14 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Queering Wolverine in Comics and Fanfiction: A Fastball Special interrogates the ways in which the Marvel Comics character Wolverine is a queer hero and examines his representation as an open, vulnerable, and kinship-oriented, queer hero in both comics and fanfiction. Despite claims that Wolverine embodies Reagan-era conservatism or hegemonic hyper-masculinity, Wolverine does not conform to gender or sex norms, not only because of his mutant status, but also because his character, throughout his publication history, resists normalization, making him a site for a queer-heroic futurity. Rather than focus on overt queer representations that have appeared in some comic forms, this book explores the queer representations that have preceded Wolverine’s bisexual and gay characterizations, and in particular focuses on his porous and vulnerable body. Through important, but not overly analyzed storylines, representations of his open body that is always in process (both visually and narratively), his creation of queer kinships with his fellow mutants, and his eroticized same-sex relationships as depicted in fan fiction, this book traces a queer genealogy of Wolverine,. This book is ideal reading for students and scholars of comics studies, cultural studies, gender studies, sexuality studies and literature.

Femininity, Desire and Sublimation in Psychoanalysis - From the Melancholic to the Erotic (Paperback): Elda Abrevaya Femininity, Desire and Sublimation in Psychoanalysis - From the Melancholic to the Erotic (Paperback)
Elda Abrevaya
R1,000 Discovery Miles 10 000 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Illustrated with examples from literature and the arts, including Virginia Woolf and Marguerite Duras. Explores female subjectivity and examines the complexities inherent to psychoanalytic work realized by women analysts with women. Includes a critical study on psychoanalytic theories on femininity but also a reflection on social aspects concerning gender.

Aversion to Honor (Paperback): Thomas R. Burns Aversion to Honor (Paperback)
Thomas R. Burns
R485 R419 Discovery Miles 4 190 Save R66 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Aversion to Honor" (retitled from "In the Rockville Manner") is a story of sexual harassment -- and its cover-up -- within a branch of the very institution which is charged with the protection of the victim: the U.S. Federal Government. Though this book is fiction, it has been subpoenaed by the Department of Justice.

Archetypal Ontology - New Directions in Analytical Psychology (Hardcover): Jon Mills, Erik Goodwyn Archetypal Ontology - New Directions in Analytical Psychology (Hardcover)
Jon Mills, Erik Goodwyn
R3,534 Discovery Miles 35 340 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In this novel re-examination of the archetype construct, philosopher Jon Mills and psychiatrist Erik Goodwyn engage in spirited dialogue on the origins, nature, and scope of what archetypes actually constitute, their relation to the greater questions of psyche and worldhood, and their relevance for Jungian studies and analytical psychology today. Arguably the most definitive feature of Jung's metapsychology is his theory of archetypes. It is the fulcrum on which his analytical depth psychology rests. With recent trends in post-Jungian and neo-Jungian perspectives that have embraced developmental, relational, social justice, and postmodern paradigms, classical archetype theory has largely become a drowning genre. Despite the archetypal school of James Hillman and his contemporaries and the archetype debates that captured our attention over two decades ago, contemporary Jungians are preoccupied with the lived reality of the existential subject and the personal unconscious over the collective transpersonal forces derived from archaic ontology. Archetypal Ontology will be of interest to psychoanalysts, philosophers, transpersonal psychologists, cultural theorists, anthropologists, religious scholars, and many disciplines in the arts and humanities, analytical psychology, and post-Jungian studies.

The Political Ecology of Education - Brazil's Landless Worker's Movement and the Politics of Knowledge (Paperback):... The Political Ecology of Education - Brazil's Landless Worker's Movement and the Politics of Knowledge (Paperback)
David Meek
R752 Discovery Miles 7 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Agrarian social movements are at a crossroads. Although these movements have made significant strides in advancing the concept of food sovereignty, the reality is that many of their members remain engaged in environmentally degrading forms of agriculture, and the lands they farm are increasingly unproductive. Whether movement farmers will be able to remain living on the land, and dedicated to alternative agricultural practices, is a pressing question. The Political Ecology of Education examines the opportunities for and constraints on advancing food sovereignty in the 17 de Abril settlement, a community born out of a massacre of landless Brazilian workers in 1996. Based on immersive fieldwork over the course of seven years, David Meek makes the provocative argument that critical forms of food systems education are integral to agrarian social movements' survival. While the need for critical approaches is especially immediate in the Amazon, Meek's study speaks to the burgeoning attention to food systems education at various educational levels worldwide, from primary to postgraduate programs. His book calls us to rethink the politics of the possible within these pedagogies.

The German Peasant War of 1525 (Paperback): Janos Bak The German Peasant War of 1525 (Paperback)
Janos Bak
R884 Discovery Miles 8 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book, first published in 1976, re-examines many aspects of the German Peasant War of 1525, important as the first national peasant revolt in Germany and because of the influence of Engels' work on the subject. With one contributor noting the similarities between the organisation, demands and action of the Swabian peasants and those of the Zapatas of Mexico four centuries later, these essays provide remarkable insights and analyses into the enduring importance of the German Peasant War.

Revolt of the Peasantry 1549 (Paperback): Julian Cornwall Revolt of the Peasantry 1549 (Paperback)
Julian Cornwall
R898 Discovery Miles 8 980 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book, first published in 1977, looks at the two peasant revolts that occurred in 1549, in the troubled period following the death of Henry VIII. The uprisings reveal a harsh background of economic and social injustice, intensified at the time by inflation. Peasants in North Devon rose against the imposition of the English Prayer Book, and with the local authorities paralysed and the government wavering between conciliation and repression, a general rebellion broke out. Reinforced by Cornishmen, rallying to the defence of their national identity, the peasants assembled a formidable army and laid siege to Exeter itself. Only after three major battles was the revolt suppressed. The Norfolk peasants rose against agrarian abuses, routing a small royal force and occupying Norwich. Ably led by Robert Kett, they expelled the gentry and governed the county on a programme of social justice until they were crushed by the forces released by the collapse of the other risings. These revolts display the deep-seated resentments and injustices felt by the peasantry of the sixteenth century.

Decolonising the Camera - Photography in Racial Time (Paperback): Mark Sealy Decolonising the Camera - Photography in Racial Time (Paperback)
Mark Sealy
R508 Discovery Miles 5 080 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book examines how Western photographic practice has been used as a tool for creating Eurocentric and violent visual regimes, and demands that we recognise and disrupt the ingrained racist ideologies that have tainted photography since its inception in 1839. Decolonising the Camera trains Mark Sealy's sharp critical eye on the racial politics at work within photography, in the context of heated discussions around race and representation, the legacies of colonialism, and the importance of decolonising the university. Sealy analyses a series of images within and against the violent political reality of Western imperialism, and aims to extract new meanings and develop new ways of seeing that bring the Other into focus. The book demonstrates that if we do not recognise the historical and political conjunctures of racial politics at work within photography, and their effects on those that have been culturally erased, made invisible or less than human by such images, then we remain hemmed within established orthodoxies of colonial thought concerning the racialised body, the subaltern and the politics of human recognition. With detailed analyses of photographs - included in an insert - by Alice Seeley Harris, Joy Gregory, Rotimi Fani-Kayode and others, and spanning more than 100 years of photographic history, Decolonising the Camera contains vital visual and written material for readers interested in photography, race, human rights and the effects of colonial violence.

Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre (Paperback): Jimmy A Noriega, Jordan Schildcrout Fifty Key Figures in Queer US Theatre (Paperback)
Jimmy A Noriega, Jordan Schildcrout
R853 Discovery Miles 8 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Surveys the key figures in the development and evolution of LGBTQ representation in contemporary US theatre. Aimed at the full breadth of theatre and performing arts students in the USA. No other book has the same breadth and depth of coverage in this subject area, or a comparable roster of leading scholars.

Shembe Hymns - (English Translation of Zulu Hymns) (Paperback, New): Shembe Hymns - (English Translation of Zulu Hymns) (Paperback, New)
R140 R110 Discovery Miles 1 100 Save R30 (21%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Composed by Isaiah and Galilee Shembe between 1910 and 1940, Izihlabelelo zama Nazaretha - Shembe Hymns is one of the earliest known books in the isiZulu language. Drawing on the poetic traditions of Izibongo (Praises), Biblical Psalms, and local renditions of African American Spirituals, these texts speak to conditions of oppression and suffering, but also to the will of joy and hopefulness in such moments. The texts are brought to life with an accompanying CD of song, story, and interview excerpts. These include details about a seminal moment of change and controversy in the 1990s, when the organ was introduced by ethnomusicologist, Bongani Mthethwa, to accompany the Shembe hymnal repertory. The initiative gave birth to dozens of youth choirs who sang the hymns in a new style, and began to compose their own repertory about Shembe in a more 'gospel-inflected' musical version of their faith. The hymns were translated by the late Bongani Mthethwa, and are edited and introduced by Carol Muller, who also produced the accompanying CD.

The Edwardian Picture Postcard as a Communications Revolution - A Literacy Studies Perspective (Hardcover): Julia Gillen The Edwardian Picture Postcard as a Communications Revolution - A Literacy Studies Perspective (Hardcover)
Julia Gillen
R3,833 Discovery Miles 38 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This monograph offers a novel investigation of the Edwardian picture postcard as an innovative form of multimodal communication, revealing much about the creativity, concerns and lives of those who used postcards as an almost instantaneous form of communication. In the early twentieth century, the picture postcard was a revolutionary way of combining short messages with an image, making use of technologies in a way impossible in the decades since, until the advent of the digital revolution. This book offers original insights into the historical and social context in which the Edwardian picture postcard emerged and became a craze. It also expands the field of Literacy Studies by illustrating the combined use of posthuman, multimodal, historic and linguistic methodologies to conduct an in-depth analysis of the communicative, sociolinguistic and relational functions of the postcard. Particular attention is paid to how study of the picture postcard can reveal details of the lives and literacy practices of often overlooked sectors of the population, such as working-class women. The Edwardian era in the United Kingdom was one of extreme inequalities and rapid social change, and picture postcards embodied the dynamism of the times. Grounded in an analysis of a unique, open access, digitized collection of 3,000 picture postcards, this monograph will be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of Literacy Studies, sociolinguistics, history of communications and UK social history.

This Is Vegan Propaganda - (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) (Hardcover): Ed Winters This Is Vegan Propaganda - (And Other Lies the Meat Industry Tells You) (Hardcover)
Ed Winters 1
R739 R607 Discovery Miles 6 070 Save R132 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Every time we eat, we have the power to radically transform the world we live in. Our choices can help alleviate the most pressing issues we face today: the climate crisis, infectious and chronic diseases, human exploitation and, of course, non-human exploitation. Undeniably, these issues can be uncomfortable to learn about but the benefits of doing so cannot be overstated. It is quite literally a matter of life and death. Through exploring the major ways that our current system of animal farming affects the world around us, as well as the cultural and psychological factors that drive our behaviours, This Is Vegan Propaganda answers the pressing question, is there a better way? Whether you are a vegan already or curious to learn more, this book will show you the other side of the story that has been hidden for far too long. Based on years of research and conversations with slaughterhouse workers and farmers, to animal rights philosophers, environmentalists and everyday consumers, vegan educator and public speaker Ed Winters will give you the knowledge to understand the true scale and enormity of the issues at stake. This Is Vegan Propaganda is the empowering and groundbreaking book on veganism that everyone, vegan and sceptic alike, needs to read.

Re-Thinking Men - Heroes, Villains and Victims (Hardcover, New Ed): Anthony Synnott Re-Thinking Men - Heroes, Villains and Victims (Hardcover, New Ed)
Anthony Synnott
R4,220 Discovery Miles 42 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Much writing on men in the field of gender studies tends to focus unduly, almost exclusively, on portraying men as villains and women as victims in a moral bi-polar paradigm. Re-Thinking Men reverses the proclivity which ignores not only the positive contributions of men to society, but also the male victims of life including the homeless, the incarcerated, the victims of homicide, suicide, accidents, war and the draft, and sexism, as well as those affected by the failures of the health, education, political and justice systems. Proceeding from a radically different perspective in seeking a more positive, balanced and inclusive view of men (and women), this book presents three contrasting paradigms of men as Heroes, Villains and Victims. With the development of a comparative and revised gender perspective drawing on US, Canadian and UK sources, this book will be of interest to scholars across a range of social sciences.

Distortion and Love - An Anthropological Reading of the Art and Life of Stanley Spencer (Paperback): Nigel Rapport Distortion and Love - An Anthropological Reading of the Art and Life of Stanley Spencer (Paperback)
Nigel Rapport
R1,415 Discovery Miles 14 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this ground-breaking book, a theory of 'distortion' - of the way in which the processes of human life are subject to interference, diversion and transformation - is developed by way of the art of one of Britain's greatest twentieth-century painters and that art's public reception. Devoted to his native village of Cookham-on-Thames, Stanley Spencer painted not only landscapes and portraits with loving detail but also the 'memory-feelings' which he felt were a 'sacred' part of his consciousness. Yet Spencer was also a controversial public figure, with some taking the view that his visionary paintings were ugly distortions of human life, even marks of an immoral nature. Examining how Spencer lived his vision, how he painted it and wrote it, and also how his attempts to communicate that vision were received by his contemporaries and have continued to be interpreted since his death, the author posits distortion as key: an intrinsic aspect both of human creation and of human interaction. What we intend to make, to say, to do and have done, often mutates in the process of being expressed or put into effect: we live amid distortion. Love - the affective appreciation of one another - is then a means by which we accommodate distortion and its consequences in our lives. An illustration, through Stanley Spencer's story, of significant aspects of a human condition, this book will appeal across disciplines, including to art historians and students of Spencer's work, as well as to scholars of anthropology with interests in creativity, perception and interpretation.

The Perfect Tonic - The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails (Hardcover): Camper English The Perfect Tonic - The Remarkable Medicinal History of Beer, Wine, Spirits and Cocktails (Hardcover)
Camper English
R394 Discovery Miles 3 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

An intoxicating interconnected history of booze and medicine, from one of the world's foremost cocktail writers. Consider the Negroni. The bittersweet cocktail dating to the early 1900s is made of equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Campari. Gin takes its name and flavour from the juniper tree, which medieval doctors burned to ward off bubonic plague and other miasmas. 'Vermouth' comes from the German word for wormwood, a herb famous for its ability to rid the body of intestinal parasites. Campari is a brand of liqueur dating to 1860 with a secret recipe probably containing gentian (effective against indigestion) and rhubarb root (used as a laxative). The perfect cocktail of curative ingredients is now self-prescribed as an aperitif. The intertwined stories of medicine and alcohol stretch back to the ancient world, and involve alchemy, madness and monks, not to mention microbiology, biochemistry and germ theory. Now, in The Perfect Tonic, Camper English reveals how and why the contents of our medicine and liquor cabinets were, until surprisingly recently, one and the same.

Queer Tolstoy - A Psychobiography (Paperback): Javier Sethness-Castro Queer Tolstoy - A Psychobiography (Paperback)
Javier Sethness-Castro
R1,099 Discovery Miles 10 990 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

1. This book is the first to frame Tolstoy's life and work through a queer, psychoanalytical and historico-political lens 2. It uniquely blends literary theory, queer/gender studies, sexology and ethics 3. Using illustrations throughout, this book also draws on the work of Freud, Cervantes, Rousseau and Kant.

Global Modernity - Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism (Paperback): Arif Dirlik Global Modernity - Modernity in the Age of Global Capitalism (Paperback)
Arif Dirlik
R1,603 Discovery Miles 16 030 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In his provocative new book Arif Dirlik argues that the present represents not the beginning but the end of globalization, which has produced a new era in the unfolding of capitalism-"global modernity." The globalization of capitalism following the fall of socialist competitors in the 1980s generated culturally informed counter-claims to modernity. Modernity, globalized, has resulted in the fragmentation of the very idea of modern. Dirlik's "global modernity" is intended as a conceptual marker to distinguish the present from its Eurocentric past, while recognizing the crucial importance of that past in shaping the present.The study makes its case through (a)historicizing globalization as concept and phenomenon, (b)analyzing differences between globalization and earlier discourses of development-from modernization to various challenges to it in World-System Analysis, Dependency Theory, etc.-it seeks to demonstrate why globalization as discourse derives plausibility from a new situation in the unfolding of global capitalism. It also suggests a strong relationship between an emergent Global Modernity, and discourses of postmodernity and postcoloniality that acquired currency during the same years, and, (c)arguing that the new situation of Global Modernity does not break with its colonial past, but reconfigures it, as capital in its transnationalization creates new class formations that cut across divides of earlier Three Worlds ideas, or clear-cut distinctions between colonizers and colonized.

The Bureaucracy of Beauty - Design in the Age of its Global Reproducibility (Paperback, New edition): Arindam Dutta The Bureaucracy of Beauty - Design in the Age of its Global Reproducibility (Paperback, New edition)
Arindam Dutta
R1,551 Discovery Miles 15 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Bureaucracy of Beauty is a wide-ranging work of cultural theory that connects literary studies, postcoloniality, the history of architecture and design, and the history and present of empire. Professor Ananya Roy of UC Berkeley calls it a "fantastic book," and in many ways this is the best description of it. The Bureaucracy of Beauty begins with nineteenth-century Britain's Department of Science and Arts, a venture organized by the Board of Trade, and how the DSA exerted a powerful influence on the growth of museums, design schools, and architecture throughout the British Empire. But this is only the book's literal subject: in a remarkable set of chapters, Dutta explores the development of international laws of intellectual property, ideas of design pedagogy, the technological distinction between craft and industry, the relation of colonial tutelage to economic policy, the politics and technology of exhibition, and competing philosophies of aesthetics. His thinking across these areas is ignited by engagements with Benjamin, Marx, Adam Smith and Jeremy Bentham, Kant, Mill, Ruskin, and Gandhi. A rich study in the history of ideas, of design and architecture, and of cultural politics, The Bureaucracy of Beauty converges on the issues of present-day globalization. From nineteenth-century Britain to twenty-first century America, The Bureaucracy of Beauty offers a theory of how things - big things -change.

Archiving Cultures - Heritage, community and the making of records and memory (Hardcover): Jeannette A. Bastian Archiving Cultures - Heritage, community and the making of records and memory (Hardcover)
Jeannette A. Bastian
R1,514 Discovery Miles 15 140 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Archiving Cultures defines and models the concept of a cultural archives focusing on how diverse communities express and record their heritage and collective memory and why and how these often-intangible expressions are archival records. Analysis of oral traditions, memory texts and performance arts demonstrate their relevance as records of their communities. Key features of this book include definitions of cultural heritage and archival heritage with an emphasis on intangible cultural heritage. Aspects of cultural heritage such as oral traditions, performance arts, memory texts and collective memory are placed within the context of records and archives. Presents strategies for reconciling intangible and tangible cultural expressions with traditional archival theory and practice. Offers both analog and digital models for constructing a cultural archives through examples and vignettes. Audience includes archivists and other information workers who challenge Western archival theory and scholars concerned with interdisciplinary perspectives on tangible and intangible cultural heritage. Relevant to scholars involved with non-textual materials. Will appeal to a range of academic disciplines engaging with 'the archive'.

Planet Palm (Hardcover): Zuckerman Planet Palm (Hardcover)
Zuckerman
R721 R594 Discovery Miles 5 940 Save R127 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Finalist, Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism In the tradition of Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, a groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health--from the James Beard Award-winning journalist Over the past few decades, palm oil has seeped into every corner of our lives. Worldwide, palm oil production has nearly doubled in just the last decade: oil-palm plantations now cover an area nearly the size of New Zealand, and some form of the commodity lurks in half the products on U.S. grocery shelves. But the palm oil revolution has been built on stolen land and slave labor; it's swept away cultures and so devastated the landscapes of Southeast Asia that iconic animals now teeter on the brink of extinction. Fires lit to clear the way for plantations spew carbon emissions to rival those of industrialized nations. James Beard Award-winning journalist Jocelyn C. Zuckerman spent years traveling the globe, from Liberia to Indonesia, India to Brazil, reporting on the human and environmental impacts of this poorly understood plant. The result is Planet Palm, a riveting account blending history, science, politics, and food as seen through the people whose lives have been upended by this hidden ingredient. This groundbreaking work of first-rate journalism compels us to examine the connections between the choices we make at the grocery store and a planet under siege.

Actresses and Mental Illness - Histrionic Heroines (Hardcover): Fiona Gregory Actresses and Mental Illness - Histrionic Heroines (Hardcover)
Fiona Gregory
R3,904 Discovery Miles 39 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Actresses and Mental Illness investigates the relationship between the work of the actress and her personal experience of mental illness, from the late nineteenth through to the end of twentieth century. Over the past two decades scholars have made great advances in our understanding of the history of the actress, unearthing the material conditions of her working life, the force of her creative agency and the politics of her reception and representation. By focusing specifically on actresses' encounters with mental illness, Fiona Gregory builds on this earlier work and significantly supplements it. Through detailed case studies of both well-known and neglected figures in theatre and film history, including Mrs Patrick Campbell, Vivien Leigh, Frances Farmer and Diana Barrymore, it shows how mental illness - actual or supposed - has impacted on actresses' performances, careers and celebrity. The book covers a range of topics including: representing emotion on stage; the 'failed' actress; actresses and addiction; and actresses and psychiatric treatment. Actresses and Mental Illness expands the field of actress studies by showing how consideration of the personal experience of the actress influences our understanding of her work and its reception. The book underscores how the actress can be perceived as a representative public woman, acting as a lens through which we can examine broader attitudes to women and mental illness.

Decoding a Royal Marine Commando - The Militarized Body as Artefact (Hardcover): Mark Burchell Decoding a Royal Marine Commando - The Militarized Body as Artefact (Hardcover)
Mark Burchell
R3,901 Discovery Miles 39 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With a heritage dating back to the mid-seventeenth century, the Royal Marines have accrued a rich history of rituals, artefacts and material culture that is consciously deployed in order to define and shape the institution both historically and going forward into an uncertain future. Drawing upon this heritage, Mark Burchell offers a unique method of understanding how the Royal Marines draw upon this material culture in order to help transform ordinary labour power to political agency comprising acts of controlled and sustained violence. He demonstrates how a barrage of objects and items - including uniforms, weapons, landscapes, architecture, personal kit, drills, rituals, and iconography - are deployed in order successfully to integrate the recruits into the Royal Marines' culture. It is argued that this material culture is a vital tool with which to imprint the military's own image on new recruits as they embark on a process of de-individualisation. Having been granted unprecedented access to the Commando Training Centre at Lympstone as an anthropologist, Burchell observed an intake of recruits throughout their demanding and exhausting year-long training programme. The resulting book presents to the academic community for the first time, a theorised in-depth account of a relatively unexplored social community and how its material culture creates and reifies new military identities. This path-breaking interdisciplinary analysis provides fresh understanding of the multiple processes of military enculturation through a meticulous revision of the relationships that exist between disciplinary and punishment practices; violence and masculinity; narratives and personhood; and will explore how these issues are understood by recruits through their practical application of body to physical labour, and by the cues of their surrounding material culture.

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