Representation and Resistance

Representation and Resistance
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Publisher : University of Calgary Press
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781552382455
ISBN-13 : 1552382451
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Book Synopsis Representation and Resistance by : Jaspal Kaur Singh

Download or read book Representation and Resistance written by Jaspal Kaur Singh and published by University of Calgary Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Representation and Resistance: South Asian and African Women's Texts at Home and in the Diaspora compares colonial and national constructions of gender identity in Western-educated African and South Asian women's texts. Jaspal Kaur Singh argues that, while some writers conceptualize women's equality in terms of educational and professional opportunity, sexual liberation, and individualism, others recognize the limitations of a paradigm of liberation that focuses only on individual freedom. Certain diasporic artists and writers assert that transformation of gender identity construction occurs, but only in transnational cultural spaces of the first world-spaces which have emerged in an era of rampant globalization and market liberalism. In particular, Singh advocates the inclusion of texts from women of different classes, religions, and castes, both in the Global North and in the South.

The Social Psychology of Communication

The Social Psychology of Communication
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 384
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ISBN-10 : 9780230297616
ISBN-13 : 0230297617
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Social Psychology of Communication by : D. Hook

Download or read book The Social Psychology of Communication written by D. Hook and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive text on social psychological approaches to communication, providing an excellent introduction to theoretical perspectives, special topics, and applied areas and practice in communication. Bringing together scholars of international reputation, this book provides a unique contribution to the field.

Resistance, Representation, and Community

Resistance, Representation, and Community
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Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Total Pages : 401
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ISBN-10 : 0198205481
ISBN-13 : 9780198205487
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Book Synopsis Resistance, Representation, and Community by : European Science Foundation

Download or read book Resistance, Representation, and Community written by European Science Foundation and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 1997 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By focusing on three key aspects of life and change as the European state developed, Peter Blickle brings together a wealth of scholarly experience from all over the continent to discuss the subject's role in State formation. Europe has undergone a remarkable process of democratization sincethe end of the Second World War, shifting the thrust of government policy away from foreign affairs and towards internal matters, and rendering social interest and conflict the driving forces in the historical process. This widespread acceptance of democracy has led to a renewed study of the historyof the estates, and a corresponding increase in debate over the concept of representation. Here the debate is taken further with an examination of the role of the city constitution, and developments in rural settlements. Inextricably linked with the advent of wide-scale representation was an increase in resistance: this book examines the geographical spread of such uprisings, and offers explanations of why revolts were so few in Northern Europe but so prevalent in the Central states. The questions of who gainedfrom the uprisings, and what they contributed to the development of the different forms of representation and community are addressed from a pan-European angle. The cities and villages of the late Middle Ages and early modern period were instrumental in building the political structure of the time. These settlements were determinative of the spirit of community, and a close inspection of these communities throws interesting light on the differences betweenpeasant and burgher morality, and how these norms and values were integrated into the legitimizing of the state. This fascinating work examines the citizen's role in European development with a theoretical and conceptual, but also practical and pragmatic approach. The discussion crosses all national boundaries, and in a Europe which is constantly evolving is a relevant and timely addition to theseries.

Media Representation and the Global Imagination

Media Representation and the Global Imagination
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 391
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ISBN-10 : 9780745680859
ISBN-13 : 0745680852
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Book Synopsis Media Representation and the Global Imagination by : Shani Orgad

Download or read book Media Representation and the Global Imagination written by Shani Orgad and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-03-03 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a clear, systematic, original and lively account of how media representations shape the way we see our and others’ lives in a global age. It provides in-depth analysis of a range of international media representations of disaster, war, conflict, migration and celebration. The book explores how images, stories and voices, on television, the Internet, and in advertisements and newspapers, invite us to relocate to distant contexts, and to relate to people who are remote from our daily lives, by developing ‘mediated intimacy’ and focusing on the self. It also explores how these representations shape our self-narratives. Orgad examines five sites of media representation – the other, the nation, possible lives, the world and the self. She argues that representations can and should contribute to fostering more ambivalence and complexity in how we think and feel about the world, our place in it and our relation to far-away others. Media Representations and the Global Imagination will be of particular interest to students and scholars of media and cultural studies, as well as sociology, politics, international relations, development studies and migration studies.

Chicanos and Film

Chicanos and Film
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Publisher : Garland Publishing
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : UTEXAS:059173000458230
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Book Synopsis Chicanos and Film by : Chon A. Noriega

Download or read book Chicanos and Film written by Chon A. Noriega and published by Garland Publishing. This book was released on 1992 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Resistance

Resistance
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Publisher : transcript Verlag
Total Pages : 197
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ISBN-10 : 9783839431498
ISBN-13 : 3839431492
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Book Synopsis Resistance by : Martin Butler

Download or read book Resistance written by Martin Butler and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2017-06-30 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All around the world and throughout history, resistance has played an important role - and it still does. Some strive to raise it to cause change. Some dare not to speak of it. Some try to smother it to keep a status quo. The contributions to this volume explore phenomena of resistance in a range of historical and contemporary environments. In so doing, they not only contribute to shaping a comparative view on subjects, representations, and contexts of resistance, but also open up a theoretical dialogue on terms and concepts of resistance both in and across different disciplines. With contributions by Micha Brumlik, Peter McLaren, and others.

Hegemony and Resistance

Hegemony and Resistance
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 341
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ISBN-10 : 9781351778688
ISBN-13 : 1351778684
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Book Synopsis Hegemony and Resistance by : Thiven Reddy

Download or read book Hegemony and Resistance written by Thiven Reddy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2000: An original explanation for the importance South Africans attachment to ethnic and racial group categories in everyday speech and practice. The answers emerge by presenting a history of dominant and resistance discourses as they relate to collective identity - a move which breaks with prevailing approaches to South African political history, problematises ethnic group categories and offers new ways of seeing old debates.