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Literacies eBook Series

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  • Global Literacies and the World Wide Web

    Edited by Gail E. Hawisher, Cynthia L. Selfe ...
    Series series Literacies
    The World Wide Web is transforming the way that information is distributed, received and acted upon.Global Literacies and the World Wide Web provides a critical examination of the new on line literacy practices and values, and how these are determined by national, cultural and educational contexts. Gail Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe have brought together scholars from around the world, including: ... Read more

    $86.56 CAD

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  • The Language Revolution

    by David Crystal ...
    Series series Themes for the 21st Century
    We are living through the consequences of a linguistic revolution. Dramatic linguistic change has left us at the beginning of a new era in the evolution of human language, with repercussions for many individual languages.In this book, David Crystal, one of the world’s authorities on language, brings together for the first time the three major trends which he argues have fundamentally altered the ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Urban Politics Now / Reflect 6

    re-Imagining Democracy in the Neoliberal City

    Edited by nai010 uitgevers/publishers ...
    The form and future of cities is increasingly regarded as the product of inescapable processes: the strategic decisions of businesses, consumer preferences, deeply rooted cultural reflexes. Specifically, with the rise of a neoliberal and neo-conservative view of society, fundamental decisions about the everyday environment are increasingly determined by the laws of supply and demand or the clash ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Critical Perspectives on Applied Theatre

    Edited by Jenny Hughes, Helen Nicholson ...
    As the twenty-first century moves towards its third decade, applied theatre is being shaped by contemporary economic and environmental concerns and is contributing to new conceptual paradigms that influence the ways in which socially engaged art is produced and understood. This collection offers fresh perspectives on the aesthetics, politics and histories of applied theatre. With contributions ... Read more

    $28.79 CAD

  • The Machine at Work

    Technology, Work and Organization

    by Keith Grint, Steve Woolgar ...
    This highly topical book is a concise and accessible account of the relationship between technology and work. Firstly, it reviews and critically assesses a variety of recent approaches to the social and cultural dimensions of technology. Secondly, it examines the implications of these new approaches for existing ideas about the nature of technology and work organization.At the core of much ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Critical Perspectives on Social Media and Protest

    Between Control and Emancipation

    Edited by Lina Dencik, Oliver Leistert ...
    Commercial social media platforms have become integral to contemporary forms of protests. They are intensely used by advocacy groups, non-governmental organisations, social movements and other political actors who increasingly integrate social media platforms into broader practices of organizing and campaigning. But, aside from the many advantages of extensive mobilization opportunities at low ... Read more

    $49.22 CAD

  • Rock and Popular Music

    Politics, Policies, Institutions

    Edited by Tony Bennett, Simon Frith, Larry Grossberg, John Shepherd, Graeme Turner ...
    Series series Culture: Policy and Politics
    Rock and Popular Music examines the relations between the policies and institutions which regulate contemporary popular music and the political debates, contradictions and struggles in which those musics are involved.International in its scope and conception, this innovative collection explores the reasons for and ways in which governments have sought either to support or prohibit popular music in ... Read more

    $71.45 CAD

  • Globalization and Contemporary Art

    Edited by Jonathan Harris ...
    In a series of newly commissioned essays by both established and emerging scholars, Globalization and Contemporary Art probes the effects of internationalist culture and politics on art across a variety of media. Globalization and Contemporary Art is the first anthology to consider the role and impact of art and artist in an increasingly borderless world.First major anthology of essays concerned ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

  • Reclaiming Basque

    Language, Nation, and Cultural Activism

    by Jacqueline Urla ...
    Series series The Basque Series
    The Basque language, Euskara, is one of Europe’s most ancient tongues and a vital part of today’s lively Basque culture. Reclaiming Basque examines the ideology, methods, and discourse of the Basque-language revitalization movement over the course of the past century and the way this effort has unfolded alongside the simultaneous Basque nationalist struggle for autonomy. Jacqueline Urla employs ... Read more

    $33.11 CAD

  • GeoHumanities

    Art, History, Text at the Edge of Place

    Edited by Michael Dear, Jim Ketchum, Sarah Luria, Doug Richardson ...
    In the past decade, there has been a convergence of transdisciplinary thought characterized by geography’s engagement with the humanities, and the humanities’ integration of place and the tools of geography into its studies.GeoHumanities maps this emerging intellectual terrain with thirty cutting edge contributions from internationally renowned scholars, architects, artists, activists, and ... Read more

    $104.71 CAD

  • Neoliberalism and Global Theatres

    Performance Permutations

    Edited by L. Nielsen, P. Ybarra ...
    Series series Studies in International Performance
    How do theatre and performance transmit and dispute ideologies of neoliberalism? The essays in this anthology examine the mechanisms and rhetorics of contemporary multinational and transnational organizations, artists, and communities that produce theatre and performance for global audiences. ... Read more

    $89.81 CAD

  • Cognition, Risk, and Responsibility in Obstetrics

    Anthropological Analyses and Critiques of Obstetricians’ Practices

    Edited by Robbie Davis-Floyd, Ashish Premkumar ...
    Series Book 2 - The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession
    Volume 2 in this landmark 3-volume series The Anthropology of Obstetrics and Obstetricians: The Practice, Maintenance, and Reproduction of a Biomedical Profession looks at cognition, risk, and responsibility in obstetrics.This volume contains social science analyses of Swiss, Chilean, Mexican, US, Greek, and Irish obstetrics and obstetricians, particularly around their reasons for the overuse of ... Read more

    $24.65 CAD