|
Showing 1 - 5 of
5 matches in All Departments
Combining global, media, and cultural studies, this book analyzes
the success of Hallyu, or the "Korean Wave" in the West, both at a
macro and micro level, as an alternative pop culture globalization.
This research investigates the capitalist ecosystem (formed by
producers, institutions and the state), the soft power of Hallyu,
and the reception among young people, using France as a case study,
and placing it within the broader framework of the 'consumption of
difference.' Seen by French fans as a challenge to Western pop
culture, Hallyu constitutes a material of choice for understanding
the cosmopolitan apprenticeships linked to the consumption of
cultural goods, and the use of these resources to build youth's
biographical trajectories. The book will be relevant to
researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in
sociology, cultural studies, global studies, consumption and youth
studies.
The bestselling French graphic novel about the mind-bending world
of quantum physics Take an incredible journey through the quantum
universe with explorer Bob and his dog Rick, as they travel through
a world of wonders, talk to Einstein about atoms, hang out with
Heisenberg on Heligoland and eat crepes with Max Planck. Along the
way, we find out that a dog - much like a cat - can be both dead
and alive, the gaze of a mouse can change the universe, and a comic
book can actually make quantum physics fun, easy to understand and
downright enchanting. 'Billed as "Tintin meets Brian Cox", the book
was created by theoretical physicist Thibault Damour and
illustrator Mathieu Burniat so it's as scientifically accurate as
it is beautiful' BBC Focus
Combining global, media, and cultural studies, this book analyzes
the success of Hallyu, or the "Korean Wave" in the West, both at a
macro and micro level, as an alternative pop culture globalization.
This research investigates the capitalist ecosystem (formed by
producers, institutions and the state), the soft power of Hallyu,
and the reception among young people, using France as a case study,
and placing it within the broader framework of the 'consumption of
difference.' Seen by French fans as a challenge to Western pop
culture, Hallyu constitutes a material of choice for understanding
the cosmopolitan apprenticeships linked to the consumption of
cultural goods, and the use of these resources to build youth's
biographical trajectories. The book will be relevant to
researchers, as well as undergraduate and postgraduate students in
sociology, cultural studies, global studies, consumption and youth
studies.
This book explores disrupted youth cohesion in France within the
context of multiple ongoing global economic, migratory, social,
political, and security-related crises. While these trends can be
observed in numerous Western societies, France provides a unique
case study of various anti-cosmopolitan and anti-Enlightenment
movements shaping youth conditions and reconfiguring relationships
between the individual, the group, and society. The authors
undertook in-depth interviews with French young people between the
ages of 18 to 30 years old to inquire into how they experience
"vivre ensemble" (living together) in a time of rising economic
inequalities and multicultural tensions. Through these findings,
they invite decision-makers, politicians, educators, and parents to
propose a renewed narrative of social cohesion for youth who are
not disillusioned, but deeply on edge.
Hiding the Guillotine examines the question of state involvement in
violence by tracing the evolution of public executions in France.
Why did the state move executions from the bloody and public stage
of the guillotine to behind prison doors? In a fascinating
exploration of a grim subject, Emmanuel Taïeb exposes the rituals
and theatrical form of the death penalty and tells us who watched,
who participated in, and who criticized (and ultimately brought an
end to) a spectacle that the state called "punishment." France's
abolition of the death penalty in 1981 has long overshadowed its
suppression of public executions over forty years earlier. Since
the Revolution, executions attracted tens of thousands of curious
onlookers. But, gradually, there was a shift in attitude and the
public no longer saw this as a civilized pastime. Why? Combining
material from legal archives, police files, an executioner's
notebooks, newspaper clippings, and documents relating to 566
executions, Hiding the Guillotine answers this question. Taïeb
demonstrates the ways in which the media was at the vanguard of
putting an end to the publicity surrounding the death penalty. The
press had ample reason to be critical: cities were increasingly
being used for leisure activity and prisons for those accused of
criminal activity. The agitation surrounding each execution,
coupled with a growing identification with the condemned, would
blur these boundaries. Ranked among the top hundred history books
by the website, Café du Web Historizo, Hiding the Guillotine has
much to impart to students of legal history, human rights, and
criminology, as well as to American historians.
|
You may like...
Higher
Michael Buble
CD
(1)
R172
R154
Discovery Miles 1 540
|