Diaspora & Hybridity deals with those theoretical issues which concern social theory and social change in the new millennium. The volume provides a refreshing, critical and illuminating analysis of concepts of diaspora and hybridity and their impact on multi-ethnic and multi-cultural societiesOCO - Dr Rohit Barot, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Bristol What do we mean by 'diaspora' and 'hybridity'? Why are they pivotal concepts in contemporary debates on race, culture and society? This book is an exhaustive, politically inflected, assessment of the key debates on...
Diaspora & Hybridity deals with those theoretical issues which concern social theory and social change in the new millennium. The volume provides a re...
The authors offer a critical assessment of the key literature on diaspora & hybridity, & how these concepts relate to the issues of social change & the pursuit of equality.
The authors offer a critical assessment of the key literature on diaspora & hybridity, & how these concepts relate to the issues of social change & th...
Atomic Mumbai offers an insightful historical and ethnographic account of how nuclear issues are represented in popular culture, print media, films, documentaries, advertising and superhero comics, driven by perceptions of those based in the city of Mumbai, a prime site of nuclear establishments in India since the mid-1940s. Based on long-term fieldwork, and including rare photographs, narratives and extensive interviews, the volume documents urban nuclear imaginaries, along with their terrifying association with genetic mutation and death.
Atomic Mumbai offers an insightful historical and ethnographic account of how nuclear issues are represented in popular culture, print med...
Issues of identity, culture and difference remain central to the politics, policies and encounters of global societies in the 21st century. Changes in the speed, scale, scope and form of international and internal migration, new and resurgent religious and ethnic solidarities, the emergence of 'new' multicultural societies, and the fusions and fissures of 'old' multicultural societies, have challenged and redrawn our understandings of nation and community, citizenship and belonging, exclusion and equality. This landmark collection, which marks the relaunch of the ground-breaking journal...
Issues of identity, culture and difference remain central to the politics, policies and encounters of global societies in the 21st century. Changes in...
This is an investigation of arts and aesthetics in their widest senses and experiences, presenting a variety of perspectives which range from the metaphysical to the political. Moving beyond art as an expression of the inner mind and invention of the individual self, the volume bridges the gap between changing perceptions of contemporary art and aesthetics, and maps globalizing currents in a number of contexts and regions.
The volume includes an impressive variety of case studies offered by established leaders in the field and original and emerging scholarly talent covering areas in...
This is an investigation of arts and aesthetics in their widest senses and experiences, presenting a variety of perspectives which range from the m...
