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| Author | : Danielle Fuller |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 371 |
| Release | : 2013-04-02 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 1135080372 |
Literary culture has become a form of popular culture over the last fifteen years thanks to the success of televised book clubs, film adaptations, big-box book stores, online bookselling, and face-to-face and online book groups. This volume offers the first critical analysis of mass reading events and the contemporary meanings of reading in the UK, USA, and Canada based on original interviews and surveys with readers and event organizers. The resurgence of book groups has inspired new cultural formations of what the authors call "shared reading." They interrogate the enduring attraction of an old technology for readers, community organizers, and government agencies, exploring the social practices inspired by the sharing of books in public spaces and revealing the complex ideological investments made by readers, cultural workers, institutions, and the mass media in the meanings of reading.
| Author | : Daniel B. Clendenin |
| Publisher | : Baker Academic |
| Total Pages | : 288 |
| Release | : 2003-10 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0801026512 |
A clear introduction to Eastern Orthodoxy and key aspects of the tradition. Now contains new articles and additional readings on Orthodoxy and evangelicalism.
| Author | : Olu Oguibe |
| Publisher | : MIT Press |
| Total Pages | : 444 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Art |
| ISBN | : |
In the past decade, contemporary African art has been featured in major exhibtions in museums, galleries, international biennials, and other forums. African cinema has established itself on the stage of world cinema, culminating in the Ouagadougou Film Festival. While African art and visual culture have become an integral part of the art history and cultural studies curricula in universities worldwide, critical readings and interpretations have remained difficult to obtain. This pioneering anthology collects twenty key essays in which major critical thinkers, scholars, and artists explore contemporary African visual culture, locating it within current cultural debates and within the context of the continent's history. The sections of the book are Theory and Cultural Transaction, History, Location and Practice, and Negotiated Identities. Copublished with the Institute of International Visual Arts (inIVA), London
| Author | : Douglas Edwards |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 432 |
| Release | : 2019-09-05 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : 1474213316 |
For the first time Truth: A Contemporary Reader brings together essays that have shaped two aspects of a fundamental philosophical topic: the nature of truth and the value of truth. Featuring 22 essays, this up-to-date reader includes seminal work by leading figures in contemporary analytic philosophy. It charts the development of the central 'grand proposals' about the nature of truth, and subsequently how their influence gradually diminished in face of new theories developed in the 20th and 21st-centuries. The reader also demonstrates how truth is often taken to be valuable in various ways, in particular as the norm of correctness for belief and assertion, and the relationship between truth and other epistemic values. With introductory overviews to each group of related papers complemented by guides to further reading, this reader introduces the central debates, familiarizes students with the most important work in the field and covers pivotal theories of truth including: - correspondence theories - coherentism, pragmatism, verificationism - deflationary, primitivist, and pluralist theories Moreover, by showing how thoughts about truth and value bear heavily on one another, Truth: A Contemporary Reader provides new opportunities for understanding and advancing the link between these central topics. This is an essential collection for anyone studying or working in metaphysics, epistemology, and the philosophy of language today.
| Author | : Toby Miller |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2009 |
| Genre | : Motion picture industry |
| ISBN | : 9780415452250 |
This work is a selection of previously published work from a wide range of scholars on mainstream US film from the post-World War II period onwards.
| Author | : Keith DeRose |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Total Pages | : 328 |
| Release | : 1999 |
| Genre | : Philosophy |
| ISBN | : |
Skepticism: Contemporary Reader brings together the most important recent contributions to the discussion of skepticism. Covering major approaches to the skeptical problem, it features essays by Anthony Brueckner, Keith DeRose, Fred Dretske, Graeme Forbes, Christopher Hill, David Lewis, Thomas Nagel, Robert Nozick, Hilary Putnam, Ernest Sosa, Gail Stine, Barry Stroud, Peter Unger, and Ted Warfield.
| Author | : Jennifer C. Post |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 698 |
| Release | : 2013-09-05 |
| Genre | : Music |
| ISBN | : 1136089624 |
Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader is designed to supplement a textbook for an introductory course in ethnomusicology. It offers a cross section of the best new writing in the field from the last 15-20 years. Many instructors supplement textbook readings and listening assignments with scholarly articles that provide more in-depth information on geographic regions and topics and introduce issues that can facilitate class or small group discussion. These sources serve other purposes as well: they exemplify research technique and format and serve as models for the use of academic language, and collectively they can also illustrate the range of ethnographic method and analytical style in the discipline of ethnomusicology. Ethnomusicology: A Contemporary Reader serves as a basic introduction to the best writing in the field for students, professors, and music professionals. It is perfect for both introductory and upper level courses in world music.
| Author | : Stephanie L. Maatta |
| Publisher | : Neal Schuman Pub |
| Total Pages | : 387 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
| ISBN | : 9781555706692 |
Offers information for librarians and library students on how to become an effective readers' advisor in a technological and multicultural society.
| Author | : Arvind Sharma |
| Publisher | : Fortress Press |
| Total Pages | : 394 |
| Release | : 2010-10-01 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0800697464 |
This wide-ranging reader combines some of the best and most valuable contemporary perspectives from leading and significant writers, teachers, and thinkers who together address critical challenges and opportunities for the world's religions in a post 9/11 world. Edited by Arvind Sharma and organized by topic, the essays in this reader consider broad questions such as, What influence does religion have on contemporary life? The thematic arrangement of topics includes diverse religious perspectives on: war, terror, peace, human rights, pluralism, diversity, gender, spirituality, the interreligious dialogue, international diplomacy and globalization.
| Author | : Keith Eggener |
| Publisher | : Psychology Press |
| Total Pages | : 476 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Architecture |
| ISBN | : 9780415306959 |
This book presents a collection of recent writings on architecture and urbanism in the United States, with topics ranging from colonial to contemporary times.
