This is the first book to take an interdisciplinary approach to the story of the Shanghai Yue Opera bringing history arts management central and regional government policy urbanisation gender media and theatre artistic development in one. Through the story of the... Lees meer.

This is the second volume of a pioneering two-volume comparative history of the capital cities of Britain France and Germany during the Great War. Leading historians explore these wartime cities from the railway stations where newcomers took on new identities to the s... Lees meer.

This book provides a framework for understanding television s inherent spatiality and identifies key patterns that shape how space and place are articulated within the medium. This book launches a comprehensive detailing of the dramatic expansion of the geography of... Lees meer.

Drawing on a variety of interdisciplinary debates in cultural studies and contemporary theory Modernism Inc. provides a new look at the relationship between modernism and postmodernism within the critical frame of twentieth-century American culture. Organized around t... Lees meer.

The European Capital of Culture initiative offered dazzling programmes at the RUHR.2010 and Marseille-Provence 2013 locations these programmes also claimed to have cultural-political sustainability. The study examines to what extent the concepts of the two cities co... Lees meer.

This collection examines the urban spaces of Berlin and Washington and provides a comparative cultural history of two eminent nation-states in the modern era. Each of the cities has assumed at times a mythical quality and they have been seen as collective symbols wit... Lees meer.

Language was crucial in modern history because objective differences between languages legitimated social inequalities. Language and tradition have long been relegated to the sidelines as scholars have considered the role of politics science technology and economic... Lees meer.

Through the example of Central Pacific Railroad executives Manufacturing the Modern Patron in Victorian California redirects attention from the usual art historical protagonists - artistic producers - and rewrites narratives of American art from the unfamiliar vantage... Lees meer.

This book tells the story of how a regional Chinese theatrical form Shanghai Yue Opera evolved from the all-male beggar s song of the early twentieth century to become the largest all-female opera form in the nation only to face increasing pressure to survive under... Lees meer.

A study of the development of literacy in the Polynesian community of Nukulaelae. Literacy continues to be a central issue in anthropology but methods of perceiving and examining it have changed in recent years. In this 1995 study Niko Besnier analyses the transform... Lees meer.

As an actress I spent a great deal of time in England especially while raising my children with Roald Dahl. Several of London s grand luxury hotels have been part of my life for decades. Ward Morehouse III s beautifully written book highlights the best of the best r... Lees meer.

Inspired by Bourdieu s thought this book explores the notion of cultural capital offering insights into its various definitions its evolution and the critical theories that engage with it. Designed for use by students and teachers it addresses the limitations and ex... Lees meer.

This book explores the notion of cultural capital offering insights into its evolution and definitions as well as the relationship between cultural social and human capital the distinctions between capital and capitalism and the conflicts that exist among the vario... Lees meer.

Offering an in-depth critical analysis of the concepts of human and social capital as well as their surrounding theories Anti-Capital. Human Social and Cultural proposes an alternative theoretical framework whilst better explaining the realities that they mask in... Lees meer.

This study seeks to reorient our understanding of the early educational determinants of social stratification outcomes This study seeks to reorient our understanding of the early educational determinants of social stratification outcomes. It focuses on the process an... Lees meer.