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Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global
Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist
development shape and are shaped by the aspirations and everyday
struggles of people in the global South. * Makes an original
contribution to the study of globalization by bringing together
critical development and feminist theoretical approaches * Opens up
new avenues for the analysis of global production as a long-term
development strategy * Contributes novel theoretical insights drawn
from the everyday experiences of disinvestment and precarious work
on people s lives and their communities * Represents the first
analysis of increasing uneven development among countries in the
Caribbean * Calls for more rigorous studies of long accepted
notions of the geographies of inequality and poverty in the global
South
This volume presents some of the research topics discussed at the
2014-2015 Annual Thematic Program Discrete Structures: Analysis and
Applications at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
during the Spring 2015 where geometric analysis, convex geometry
and concentration phenomena were the focus. Leading experts have
written surveys of research problems, making state of the art
results more conveniently and widely available. The volume is
organized into two parts. Part I contains those contributions that
focus primarily on problems motivated by probability theory, while
Part II contains those contributions that focus primarily on
problems motivated by convex geometry and geometric analysis. This
book will be of use to those who research convex geometry,
geometric analysis and probability directly or apply such methods
in other fields.
This volume presents some of the research topics discussed at the
2014-2015 Annual Thematic Program Discrete Structures: Analysis and
Applications at the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
during the Spring 2015 where geometric analysis, convex geometry
and concentration phenomena were the focus. Leading experts have
written surveys of research problems, making state of the art
results more conveniently and widely available. The volume is
organized into two parts. Part I contains those contributions that
focus primarily on problems motivated by probability theory, while
Part II contains those contributions that focus primarily on
problems motivated by convex geometry and geometric analysis. This
book will be of use to those who research convex geometry,
geometric analysis and probability directly or apply such methods
in other fields.
The present volume in the series focuses on homes, residences, and
dwellings. Although many fields have had a long-standing interest
in different aspects of home environments, the topic has recently
come to the forefront in the interdisciplinary environment and
behavior field. Researchers and theorists from many disciplines
have begun to meet regularly, share ideas and perspectives, and
move the investigation of psychological, social, and behavioral
aspects of home environments to the central arena of environment
and behavior studies. This volume representative-though not
comprehensive attempts to provide a sampling of contemporary
perspectives on the study of home environments. As in previous
volumes, the authors are drawn from a variety of disciplines,
including environmental design fields of architecture and planning,
and from the social science fields of psychology, sociology,
anthropology, and history. This diversity of authors and
perspectives makes salient the principle that the study of homes in
relation to behav ior requires the contributions of many
disciplines. Moreover, the chap ters in this volume reflect an
array of research and theoretical view points, different scales of
home environments (e.g., objects and areas, the home as a whole,
the home as embedded in neighborhood and communities, etc.), design
and policy issues, and, necessarily, a com parative and
cross-cultural perspective. Home environments are at the core of
human life in most cultures, and it is hoped that the contributions
to this volume display the excite ment, potential, and importance
of research and theory on homes."
A scientific overview of current and future satellite systems for
mobile and broadband communications. In part I, the fundamentals of
geostationary and non-geostationary satellite constellations and
the related questions of communications technology are treated.
Part II deals with satellite systems for mobile communications and
treats several network features as well as their technology,
regulation and financing. Part III is devoted to future satellite
systems for broadband communications and explains the specialities
of satellite communications, particularly on the basis of ATM and
TCP/IP. An extensive survey on operating and planned satellite
systems completes the book.
After almost half a century of existence the main question about
quantum field theory seems still to be: what does it really
describe? and not yet: does it provide a good description of
nature? J. A. Swieca Ever since quantum field theory has been
applied to strong int- actions, physicists have tried to obtain a
nonperturbative und- standing. Dispersion theoretic sum rules, the
S-matrix bootstrap, the dual models (and their reformulation in
string language) and s the conformal bootstrap of the 70 are
prominent cornerstones on this thorny path. Furthermore instantons
and topological solitons have shed some light on the nonperturbati
ve vacuum structure respectively on the existence of
nonperturbative "charge" s- tors. To these attempts an additional
one was recently added', which is yet not easily describable in
terms of one "catch phrase". Dif- rent from previous attempts, it
is almost entirely based on new noncommutative algebraic
structures: "exchange algebras" whose "structure constants" are
braid matrices which generate a ho- morphism of the infini te
(inducti ve limi t) Artin braid group Boo into a von Neumann
algebra. Mathematically there is a close 2 relation to recent work
of Jones * Its physical origin is the resul t of a subtle analysis
of Ei nstein causality expressed in terms of local commutati vi ty
of space-li ke separated fields. It is most clearly recognizable in
conformal invariant quantum field theories.
After almost half a century of existence the main question about
quantum field theory seems still to be: what does it really
describe? and not yet: does it provide a good description of
nature? J. A. Swieca Ever since quantum field theory has been
applied to strong int- actions, physicists have tried to obtain a
nonperturbative und- standing. Dispersion theoretic sum rules, the
S-matrix bootstrap, the dual models (and their reformulation in
string language) and s the conformal bootstrap of the 70 are
prominent cornerstones on this thorny path. Furthermore instantons
and topological solitons have shed some light on the nonperturbati
ve vacuum structure respectively on the existence of
nonperturbative "charge" s- tors. To these attempts an additional
one was recently added', which is yet not easily describable in
terms of one "catch phrase". Dif- rent from previous attempts, it
is almost entirely based on new noncommutative algebraic
structures: "exchange algebras" whose "structure constants" are
braid matrices which generate a ho- morphism of the infini te
(inducti ve limi t) Artin braid group Boo into a von Neumann
algebra. Mathematically there is a close 2 relation to recent work
of Jones * Its physical origin is the resul t of a subtle analysis
of Ei nstein causality expressed in terms of local commutati vi ty
of space-li ke separated fields. It is most clearly recognizable in
conformal invariant quantum field theories.
The present volume in the series focuses on homes, residences, and
dwellings. Although many fields have had a long-standing interest
in different aspects of home environments, the topic has recently
come to the forefront in the interdisciplinary environment and
behavior field. Researchers and theorists from many disciplines
have begun to meet regularly, share ideas and perspectives, and
move the investigation of psychological, social, and behavioral
aspects of home environments to the central arena of environment
and behavior studies. This volume representative-though not
comprehensive attempts to provide a sampling of contemporary
perspectives on the study of home environments. As in previous
volumes, the authors are drawn from a variety of disciplines,
including environmental design fields of architecture and planning,
and from the social science fields of psychology, sociology,
anthropology, and history. This diversity of authors and
perspectives makes salient the principle that the study of homes in
relation to behav ior requires the contributions of many
disciplines. Moreover, the chap ters in this volume reflect an
array of research and theoretical view points, different scales of
home environments (e.g., objects and areas, the home as a whole,
the home as embedded in neighborhood and communities, etc.), design
and policy issues, and, necessarily, a com parative and
cross-cultural perspective. Home environments are at the core of
human life in most cultures, and it is hoped that the contributions
to this volume display the excite ment, potential, and importance
of research and theory on homes."
Challenging the main ways we debate globalization, Global
Displacements reveals how uneven geographies of capitalist
development shape and are shaped by the aspirations and everyday
struggles of people in the global South. * Makes an original
contribution to the study of globalization by bringing together
critical development and feminist theoretical approaches * Opens up
new avenues for the analysis of global production as a long-term
development strategy * Contributes novel theoretical insights drawn
from the everyday experiences of disinvestment and precarious work
on people s lives and their communities * Represents the first
analysis of increasing uneven development among countries in the
Caribbean * Calls for more rigorous studies of long accepted
notions of the geographies of inequality and poverty in the global
South
Stripped examines the ways in which erotic bodies communicate in
performance and as cultural figures. Focusing on symbols
independent of language, Maggie M. Werner explores the signs and
signals of erotic dance, audience responses to these codes, and how
this exchange creates embodied rhetoric. Informed by her own
ethnographic research conducted in strip clubs and theaters, Werner
analyzes the movement, dress, and cosmetic choices of topless
dancers and neo-burlesque performers. Drawing on critical methods
of analysis, she develops approaches for interpreting embodied
erotic rhetoric and the marginal cultural practices that construct
women’s public erotic bodies. She follows these bodies out into
the streets—into the protest spaces where sex workers and
anti-rape activists challenge discourses about morality and
victimhood and struggle to remake their own identities. Throughout,
Werner showcases the voices of these performers and in the analyses
shares her experiences as an audience member, interviewer, and
paying customer. The result is a uniquely personal and erudite
study that advances conversations about women’s agency and erotic
performance, moving beyond the binary that views the erotic body as
either oppressed or empowered. Theoretically sophisticated and
delightfully intimate, Stripped is an important contribution to the
study of the rhetoric of the body and to rhetorical and performance
studies more broadly.
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger
PublishingAcentsa -a centss Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age,
it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia
and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally
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Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of
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Stripped examines the ways in which erotic bodies communicate in
performance and as cultural figures. Focusing on symbols
independent of language, Maggie M. Werner explores the signs and
signals of erotic dance, audience responses to these codes, and how
this exchange creates embodied rhetoric. Informed by her own
ethnographic research conducted in strip clubs and theaters, Werner
analyzes the movement, dress, and cosmetic choices of topless
dancers and neo-burlesque performers. Drawing on critical methods
of analysis, she develops approaches for interpreting embodied
erotic rhetoric and the marginal cultural practices that construct
women's public erotic bodies. She follows these bodies out into the
streets-into the protest spaces where sex workers and anti-rape
activists challenge discourses about morality and victimhood and
struggle to remake their own identities. Throughout, Werner
showcases the voices of these performers and in the analyses shares
her experiences as an audience member, interviewer, and paying
customer. The result is a uniquely personal and erudite study that
advances conversations about women's agency and erotic performance,
moving beyond the binary that views the erotic body as either
oppressed or empowered. Theoretically sophisticated and
delightfully intimate, Stripped is an important contribution to the
study of the rhetoric of the body and to rhetorical and performance
studies more broadly.
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