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Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile (Paperback): Natalia Bloch, Kathleen Adams Intersections of Tourism, Migration, and Exile (Paperback)
Natalia Bloch, Kathleen Adams
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book challenges the classic - and often tacit - compartmentalization of tourism, migration, and refugee studies by exploring the intersections of these forms of spatial mobility: each prompts distinctive images and moral reactions, yet they often intertwine, overlap, and influence one another. Tourism, migration, and exile evoke widely varying policies, diverse popular reactions, and contrasting imagery. What are the ramifications of these siloed conceptions for people on the move? To what extent do gender, class, ethnic, and racial global inequalities shape moral discourses surrounding people's movements? This book presents 12 predominantly ethnographic case studies from around the world, and a pandemic-focused conclusion, that address these issues. In recounting and juxtaposing stories of refugees' and migrants' returns, marriage migrants, voluntourists, migrant retirees, migrant tourism workers and entrepreneurs, mobile investors and professionals, and refugees pursuing educational mobility, this book cultivates more nuanced insights into intersecting forms of mobility. Ultimately, this work promises to foster not only empathy but also greater resolve for forging trails toward mobility justice. This accessibly written volume will be essential to scholars and students in critical migration, tourism, and refugee studies, including anthropologists, sociologists, human geographers, and researchers in political science and cultural studies. The book will also be of interest to non-academic professionals and general readers interested in contemporary mobilities.

Posthumanism and the Man Question - Beyond Anthropocentric Masculinities (Paperback): Ulf Mellstroem, Bob Pease Posthumanism and the Man Question - Beyond Anthropocentric Masculinities (Paperback)
Ulf Mellstroem, Bob Pease
R1,132 Discovery Miles 11 320 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book brings together the emerging insights of what posthumanism, new materialism and affect theory mean for 'the man question'. The contributors to this book interrogate the question of how 'Man' as a gendered being is entangled with nature, culture, materiality and corporeality, and they explore ways to unsettle men's sense of sovereignty to decentre anthropocentric masculinity. Men have to move from the centre of privilege which grants them supremacy before they can open themselves to the decentred, embodied, affective, vulnerable and relational self that is necessary to embrace the posthuman. This book explores the extent to which this is possible. The book will be of interest to academics, students and scholars across a range of disciplines who are engaging with the intersections of feminist studies with posthumanism and new materialism, especially as they relate to critical studies of men and masculinities. Chapters on fathering, pornography, ageing, affect, embodiment, entanglements with technology and nature and the implications of these issues for changing men and masculinities and the politics of critical masculinity studies' engagement with posthuman feminisms will interest students and academics across these diverse disciplines.

Feminist Animal Studies - Theories, Practices, Politics (Paperback): Erika Cudworth, Ruth E. McKie, Di Turgoose Feminist Animal Studies - Theories, Practices, Politics (Paperback)
Erika Cudworth, Ruth E. McKie, Di Turgoose
R1,133 Discovery Miles 11 330 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Demonstrates the continued vital importance of feminism - conceptually and theoretically, methodologically and politically - to the development of animal studies; and to critical scholarship more broadly Presents a range of new and innovative contributions to theoretical debates in contemporary social sciences in the areas of gender, species and the relations of these to and other formations of social difference, such as sexuality, ethnicity and embodiment. Showcase a range of cutting edge, international scholarship in feminist animal studies, which includes both established and emerging scholars and activist contributions

Cannabis Criminology (Paperback): Johannes Wheeldon, Jon Heidt Cannabis Criminology (Paperback)
Johannes Wheeldon, Jon Heidt
R1,121 Discovery Miles 11 210 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Accompanied by a podcast called "The Cannabis Criminology Podcast." As a limited series podcast, the authors will review key aspects of the book and interview scholars and activists working in this area. Very timely as the (potential) legalisation of cannabis has received much attention across the globe in recent decades/years, and this interest is set to continue for many years to come. Most research tends to focus on drugs as a whole, whereas this book focus solely on cannabis, and as such offers the depth needed to grasp the topic more effectively. Fits into several topics/modules within criminology, sociology, law, drug policy and public health. Comprehensive in its coverage, exploring history, frameworks of analysis, evidence to date, key initiatives, and providing examples from relevant jurisdictions.

Irish Republican Counterpublic - Armed Struggle and the Construction of a Radical Nationalist Community in Northern Ireland,... Irish Republican Counterpublic - Armed Struggle and the Construction of a Radical Nationalist Community in Northern Ireland, 1969-1998 (Paperback)
Dieter Reinisch, Anne Kane
R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This volume examines the critical factors and processes by which the Provisional Irish Republican movement campaign from 1969 to 1998 transformed a once acquiescent nationalist population in Northern Ireland into a counterpublic of resistance demanding national self-determination and social justice. Considering the establishment of Irish Republican community institutions, prison protests, Republican Feminism, and Provisional IRA media and communications, this volume explores the emergence of Republicanism as a mass social movement in the nationalist Catholic ghettos and rural regions of Northern Ireland in the 1970s - a development that helped to sustain the armed struggle of the Provisional Irish Republican Army for three decades. An examination of the emergence and transformative power of the counterpublic discourse and action of the Irish Republican movement, this volume provides a framework for conceptualizing counterpublics in social movement studies. As such it will appeal to scholars of sociology, history, and politics with interests in social movements and mobilization.

Phishing for Nazis - Conspiracies, Anonymous Communications and White Supremacy Networks on the Dark Web (Paperback): Lev Topor Phishing for Nazis - Conspiracies, Anonymous Communications and White Supremacy Networks on the Dark Web (Paperback)
Lev Topor
R1,063 Discovery Miles 10 630 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Phishing for Nazis is an evidence-based, undercover study of neo-Nazi communities on anonymous communication platforms that helps to shine a light on the dark web. It unveils how hatred and conspiracies spread and thrive online and how white supremacy is becoming prominent as extremists find shelter in the online dank underbelly of society. Phishing for Nazis explains how online manifestations of hate radicalize people into taking "real-world" action, such as shooting sprees. Methodologically, this book is unique, as it incorporates undercover cyberethnography, a method frequently used by law enforcement and intelligence agencies, unlike traditional academic studies of racism or social behavior that rely on secondary sources or surveys. With a particular interest on how race issues translate online, the book presents the true phenomenon of racism without relying on political correctness or whitewashing. It contributes to the field of cyber communication, as it details why and how people communicate and manage entire communities without knowing one another. The book also contributes to public policy, regulators, and technology companies as they deal with the practice of online anonymity and extremism.

The Coloniality of Modern Taste - A Critique of Gastronomic Thought (Paperback): Zilkia Janer The Coloniality of Modern Taste - A Critique of Gastronomic Thought (Paperback)
Zilkia Janer
R1,121 Discovery Miles 11 210 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book analyzes the coloniality of the concept of taste that gastronomy constructed and normalized as modern. It shows how gastronomy's engagement with rationalist and aesthetic thought, and with colonial and capitalist structures, led to the desensualization, bureaucratization and racialization of its conceptualization of taste. The Coloniality of Modern Taste provides an understanding of gastronomy that moves away from the usual celebratory approach. Through a discussion of nineteenth-century gastronomic publications, this book illustrates how the gastronomic notion of taste was shaped by a number of specifically modern constraints. It compares the gastronomic approach to taste to conceptualizations of taste that emerged in other geographical and philosophical contexts to illustrate that the gastronomic approach stands out as particularly bereft of affect. The book argues that the understanding of taste constructed by gastronomic texts continues to burden the affective experience of taste, while encouraging patterns of food consumption that rely on an exploitative and unsustainable global food system. This book will appeal to students and scholars interested in cultural studies, decoloniality, affect theory, sensory studies, gastronomy and food studies.

Dignity, Women, and Immigration Detention (Paperback): Alice Gerlach Dignity, Women, and Immigration Detention (Paperback)
Alice Gerlach
R1,122 Discovery Miles 11 220 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

1. While there has been growing research on the topic of immigration detention in the UK, this is the first to exclusively explore the experiences of women. The focus on experiences of detention, release and removal makes for a particularly broad subject. 2. Courses on penology and punishment are popular, even core components of a Criminology degree. This book offers much needed supplementary reading on a modern form of punishment, in the form of immigration detention.

Housing for Hope and Wellbeing (Paperback): Flora Samuel Housing for Hope and Wellbeing (Paperback)
Flora Samuel
R668 Discovery Miles 6 680 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Timely, important and popular subject Integrated view of a complex subject rarely tackled in a holistic way Targeting a lay audience but with enough richness to be of interest to experts Clear writing and approach already tested through Why Architects Matter

The Field Guide to Human Error Investigations (Hardcover): Sidney Dekker The Field Guide to Human Error Investigations (Hardcover)
Sidney Dekker
R3,028 Discovery Miles 30 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This title was first published in 2002: This field guide assesses two views of human error - the old view, in which human error becomes the cause of an incident or accident, or the new view, in which human error is merely a symptom of deeper trouble within the system. The two parts of this guide concentrate on each view, leading towards an appreciation of the new view, in which human error is the starting point of an investigation, rather than its conclusion. The second part of this guide focuses on the circumstances which unfold around people, which causes their assessments and actions to change accordingly. It shows how to "reverse engineer" human error, which, like any other componant, needs to be put back together in a mishap investigation.

Paul Lazarsfeld and the Origins of Communications Research (Hardcover): Hynek Jerabek Paul Lazarsfeld and the Origins of Communications Research (Hardcover)
Hynek Jerabek
R4,493 Discovery Miles 44 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The manuscript discusses the early days of communication research, explicitly the first works of Paul Lazarsfeld's radio and media research in Vienna, Newark, NJ, Princeton and New York during the years between the early 1930s, and the end of the 1940s. Lazarsfeld's Viennese radio research, especially the world's first extensive audience research - RAVAG study (1931) - is entirely new information for English speaking scholars. The book shows the details of Lazarsfeld's methodological reasoning in his projects in the field of communication. The book also presents the research institutes that Lazarsfeld founded in Vienna in 1931, from Newark Center in New Jersey (1935) to Princeton Office of Radio Research in 1937, and up to the foundation of Lazarsfeld's famous BASR at Columbia University in New York in the 1940s. The monograph shows how important Lazarsfeld's first studies were for the future development of communication.

A Sociological Approach to Acquired Brain Injury and Identity (Hardcover): Jonathan Harvey A Sociological Approach to Acquired Brain Injury and Identity (Hardcover)
Jonathan Harvey
R3,906 Discovery Miles 39 060 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Inspired by the author's personal experience of sustaining acquired brain injury (ABI), this path-breaking book explores the (re)construction of identity after ABI. It offers a way of understanding ABI through a social scientific lens, promoting an understanding that is generated through close engagement with the lives and experiences of ABI survivors. The author follows the everyday experiences of six male survivors and critically investigates their identity (re)construction after their ABI. As well as demonstrating identity (re)construction after ABI, the experiences of the participants allow the reader to investigate neurological rehabilitation from their perspective. This book suggests that rehabilitation after ABI is often a continual process that extends beyond the formal, medically prescribed period. It also shows that identity after ABI is often (re)constructed in an unpredictable way; a way that emphasises the importance of reciprocal support and the uncertainty of future life. A Sociological Approach to Acquired Brain Injury and Identity is essential reading for academics and students from a range of social scientific disciplines with an interest in biographical or ethnographic research methods. This book offers a social scientific view of rehabilitation and as such is also essential reading for academics, students and professionals with an interest in health and illness, particularly neurological rehabilitation and brain injury rehabilitation.

Individual and Society - Sociological Social Psychology (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Lizabeth A Crawford, Katherine B Novak Individual and Society - Sociological Social Psychology (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Lizabeth A Crawford, Katherine B Novak
R5,596 Discovery Miles 55 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Unlike other texts for undergraduate sociological social psychology courses, this text presents the three distinct traditions in sociological social psychology-symbolic interactionism, social structure and personality, and group processes and structures-and emphasizes the different theoretical frameworks within which social psychological analyses are conducted within each research tradition. With this approach, the authors make clear the link between sociological social psychology, theory, and methodology. Students will gain a better understanding of how and why social psychologists trained in sociology ask particular kinds of questions; the types of research they are involved in; and how their findings have been, or can be, applied to contemporary societal patterns and problems. This new, second edition includes the latest research on topics related to current events and changing societal patterns; more detailed discussions on intersectionality, social media, and contemporary social movements; as well as a new concluding chapter that asks students to reflect on what they have learned about sociological social psychology and its applicability to contemporary social issues. Engaging exercises and group activities are also embedded within in each chapter to enhance students' understanding of key concepts, theories, methods and research findings within the field and how they relate to everyday life.

Citizenship After Trump - Democracy versus Authoritarianism in a Post-Pandemic Era (Paperback): Bradley S. Klein, Scott G.... Citizenship After Trump - Democracy versus Authoritarianism in a Post-Pandemic Era (Paperback)
Bradley S. Klein, Scott G. Nelson
R1,143 Discovery Miles 11 430 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In Citizenship After Trump, political theorists Bradley S. Klein and Scott G. Nelson explore the meaning of community in the context of intense political polarization, the surge of far-right nationalism and deepening divisions during the coronavirus pandemic. With both Trumpism and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic greatly testing American democracy, the authors examine the political, economic and cultural challenges that remain after the Trump Administration's exceedingly inept leadership response. They explore the promise and limits of democracy relative to long-standing traditions of American political thought. The book argues that all Americans should consider the claims of citizenship amidst the forces consolidating today around narrow conceptions of race, nation, ethnicity and religion-each of which imperils the institutions of democracy and strikes at the heart of the country's political culture. Chapters on the media, political economy, fascism and social democracy explore what Americans have gotten so wrong politically and considers what kind of vision can, in the years ahead, lead the country out of a truly dangerous impasse. Citizenship After Trump is an invaluable and timely resource for self-critical analysis and will stimulate focused discussions about as yet unexplored regions of America's political history.

Sociology Saves the Planet - An Introduction to Socioecological Thinking and Practice (Paperback): Thomas Macias Sociology Saves the Planet - An Introduction to Socioecological Thinking and Practice (Paperback)
Thomas Macias
R1,123 Discovery Miles 11 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Highlighting how the environment and society are intrinsically linked, this book argues that environmental concerns need to be treated as a core concept in the study of sociology. Given its focus on inequality and the constituent elements of the social world, sociology has often been accused of negligence regarding the urgency of the world's environmental crisis. Sociology Saves the Planet corrects this mis-perception by integrating the theme of environment and society to highlight the intrinsic value a sociological perspective brings to our understanding of the current ecological crisis. The author first draws out the origins of sociology in the social and ecological transformations of the industrial revolution. In accounting for the social upheavals of the 19th century, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, and Max Weber all provided key insights into the changing nature of human organization and exploitation of the natural world. Second, readers will explore sociological perspectives developed since that time, grounded in evidence-based research, which highlight the inextricable connection between environment and society. Special attention is devoted to the dual role of people as producers and consumers in the modern context. Lastly, this book examines the significance of major categories of social difference regarding the current environmental crisis. In that regard the question of environmental justice is paramount, illuminating both the disproportionate benefit of natural resource exploitation to those countries and individuals with higher socioeconomic status, and the greater exposure to environmental hazard among those with less. Averting global calamity requires we recognize the unequal social impacts of the environmental crisis while valorizing inclusivity and the diversity of human experience in our search for solutions. Designed for introductory courses, this book is essential reading for sociology students and will be of interest to students and academics studying environment and sustainability more broadly.

Social Science - An Introduction to the Study of Society, International Student Edition (Paperback, 16th New edition): Elgin F.... Social Science - An Introduction to the Study of Society, International Student Edition (Paperback, 16th New edition)
Elgin F. Hunt, David C. Colander
R1,701 Discovery Miles 17 010 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Social Science: An Introduction to the Study of Society 16e approaches social science from a common-sense perspective, rather than from a conventional social science angle. Readers will see how seemingly diverse disciplines intermingle - anthropology and economics, for example. The goal of the book is to teach students critical thought and problem solving skills that will allow them to approach social issues in an unbiased manner. New to this edition are significant updates on: Race and the police More comparison/contrasts of deviance and criminality Alternative pathways in criminal justice new technology such as self-driving cars Gay marriage American political dynasties Refugee and immigration issues in Europe & globally American political dynasties China's growing power New trade initiatives "States" in the Middle East Nuclear arms control Expanded web-based ancillaries for students and teachers

The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies (Hardcover): Damian Milton, Sara Ryan The Routledge International Handbook of Critical Autism Studies (Hardcover)
Damian Milton, Sara Ryan
R5,725 Discovery Miles 57 250 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Includes 29 newly written chapters from scholars and activists around the world. First book to provide an overview of Critical Autism Studies and explore the different kinds of knowledges and their articulations, similarities and differences across cultural contexts and key tensions within this sub-discipline. Of interest to all scholars and students of disability studies, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, education, health, social care and political science as well as members of the autistic community and activists.

The Sexual Logics of Neoliberalism in Britain - Sexual Politics in Exceptional Times (Paperback): Aura Lehtonen The Sexual Logics of Neoliberalism in Britain - Sexual Politics in Exceptional Times (Paperback)
Aura Lehtonen
R1,120 Discovery Miles 11 200 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Explores the relationship between sexuality and politics in Britain's recent political past. Includes four case studies to illustrate the arguments made. Important contribution to the understandings of sexuality, identity and inequalities, as well as of crisis and neoliberalism.

The Body Politics of Glocal Social Work - Essays on the Post-Anthropocentric Condition (Paperback): Mona B. Livholts The Body Politics of Glocal Social Work - Essays on the Post-Anthropocentric Condition (Paperback)
Mona B. Livholts
R1,119 Discovery Miles 11 190 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book shapes a situated body politics to re-think, re-write, and de-colonise social work as a post-anthropocentric discipline headed towards glocalisation, where human and non-human embodiments and agencies are entangled in glocal environmental worlds. It critically and creatively examines how social work can be theorised, practised, and written in renewed ways through dialogical and transdisciplinary practices. This book is composed of eight essayistic spaces, envisioning social work through embodied, glocal, and earthly entanglements. By drawing on research-based knowledge, autobiographical notes, stories, poetry, photographs, and an art exhibition in social work education, these essays provide readers with analysis and strategies that are useful for research, education, and practice as well as life-long learning. The book constitutes key literature for researchers, educators, practitioners, and activists in social work, sociology, architecture, art and creative writing, feminist and postcolonial studies, human geography, and post-anthropocentric philosophy. It offers the readers sustainable ways to re-think and re-write social work towards a glocal- and post-anthropocentric more-than-human worldview.

The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World - The COVID-19 Pandemic, Challenges, and the Prospects for the Future (Paperback):... The Japanese LGBTQ+ Community in the World - The COVID-19 Pandemic, Challenges, and the Prospects for the Future (Paperback)
Masami Tamagawa
R1,138 Discovery Miles 11 380 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book: sheds light on the intersectionality of lived experiences, including gender, sexuality, family, (mental) health, race and ethnicity, migration, and nationality, offering a picture of a community whose experience is deeply embedded in the dynamic society around. takes an innovative approach in viewing the community as an integral part of the world in flux, rather than an isolated monoracial and monolingual tightly-knit entity. is ideal for students and scholars of Gender Studies, LGBTQ Studies, Sociology, Health, and Asian Studies.

The Paradox of Planetary Human Entanglements - Challenges of Living Together (Paperback): Inocent Moyo, Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni The Paradox of Planetary Human Entanglements - Challenges of Living Together (Paperback)
Inocent Moyo, Sabelo J Ndlovu-Gatsheni
R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Will be of interest to international organisations and policymakers as well as students and academics. Builds on a well-established discourse on the international migration conundrum and "borderization", with most of the empirical evidence embedded mainly in the African experience.

Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights (Paperback): Stevie Martin Assisted Suicide and the European Convention on Human Rights (Paperback)
Stevie Martin
R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Locating assisted suicide within the broader medical end-of-life context and drawing on the empirical data available from the increasing number of permissive jurisdictions, this book provides a novel examination of the human rights implications of the prohibition on assisted suicide in England and Wales and beyond. Assisted suicide is a contentious topic and one which has been the subject of judicial and academic debate internationally. The central objective of the book is to approach the question of the ban's compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights afresh; freed from the constraints of the existing case law and its erroneous approach to the legal issues and selective reliance on empirical data. The book also examines the compatibility of the ban on assisted suicide with rights which have either been erroneously disregarded or not considered by either the domestic courts or the European Court of Human Rights. Having regard to human rights jurisprudence more broadly, including in the context of abortion, the research and analysis undertaken here demonstrates that the ban on assisted suicide violates the rights of a significant number of individuals to life, to freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment and to private life. Such analysis does not depend on a strained or contrived approach to the rights at issue. Rather, the conclusions flow naturally from a coherent, logical application of the established principles governing those rights. While the focus of the book is the Suicide Act 1961, the conclusions reached have implications beyond England and Wales, including for the other devolved jurisdictions and international jurisdictions. Beyond courts and legislators, it will be a valuable resource for students of human rights and medical law, as well as medical and legal practitioners and academics working in human rights and end-of-life care.

Structure and Agency in Young People's Lives - Theory, Methods and Agendas (Paperback): Magda Nico, Ana Caetano Structure and Agency in Young People's Lives - Theory, Methods and Agendas (Paperback)
Magda Nico, Ana Caetano
R1,194 Discovery Miles 11 940 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Structure and Agency in Young People's Lives brings together different takes on the possible combinations of agency and structure in the life course, thus rejecting the notion that young individuals are the single masters of their lives, but also the view that their social destinies are completely out of their hands. 'How did I get here?' This is a question young people have always asked themselves and is often asked by youth researchers. There is no easy and single answer. The lives that are told, on one hand, and their interpretation, on the other, may have the underlying idea of 'own doing' or the idea of 'social determinism' or, more accurately and frequently, a combination of the two. This collection constitutes a comprehensive map on how to make sense of youth's biographies and trajectories, it questions and reshapes the discussion on the role and responsibility of youth studies in the understanding of how people juggle opportunities and constraints, and contributes to escaping what Furlong and Cartmel identified as the "epistemological fallacy of late modernity", in which young people find themselves responsible for collective failures or inevitabilities. It can thus interest students, researchers and professors, youth workers and all of those who work for and with young people.

The Invention of Disaster - Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability (Paperback): J.C. Gaillard The Invention of Disaster - Power and Knowledge in Discourses on Hazard and Vulnerability (Paperback)
J.C. Gaillard
R1,191 Discovery Miles 11 910 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This theoretical contribution argues that the domination of Western knowledge in disaster scholarship has allowed normative policies and practices of disaster risk reduction to be imposed all over the world. It takes a postcolonial approach to unpack why scholars claim that disasters are social constructs while offering little but theories, concepts and methods supposed to be universal in understanding the unique and diverse experiences of millions of people across very different cultures. It further challenges forms of governments inherited from the Enlightenment that have been rolled out as standard and ultimate solutions to reduce the risk of disaster. Ultimately, the book encourages the emergence of a more diverse set of world views/senses and ways of knowing for both studying disasters and informing policy and practice of disaster risk reduction. Such pluralism is essential to better reflect local realities of what disasters actually are around the world. This book is an essential read for scholars and postgraduate students interested in disaster studies as well as policy-makers and practitioners of disaster risk reduction.

Art and the City - Worlding the Discussion through a Critical Artscape (Hardcover): Jason Luger, Julie Ren Art and the City - Worlding the Discussion through a Critical Artscape (Hardcover)
Jason Luger, Julie Ren
R3,924 Discovery Miles 39 240 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Artistic practices have long been disturbing the relationships between art and space. They have challenged the boundaries of performer/spectator, of public/private, introduced intervention and installation, ephemerality and performance, and constantly sought out new modes of distressing expectations about what is construed as art. But when we expand the world in which we look at art, how does this change our understanding of critical artistic practice? This book presents a global perspective on the relationship between art and the city. International and leading scholars and artists themselves present critical theory and practice of contemporary art as a politicised force. It extends thinking on contemporary arts practices in the urban and political context of protest and social resilience and offers the prism of a 'critical artscape' in which to view the urgent interaction of arts and the urban politic. The global appeal of the book is established through the general topic as well as the specific chapters, which are geographically, socially, politically and professionally varied. Contributing authors come from many different institutional and anti-institutional perspectives from across the world. This will be valuable reading for those interested in cultural geography, urban geography and urban culture, as well as contemporary art theorists, practitioners and policymakers.

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