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Viewing hip-hop as the postmodern successor to African American culture's Jazz modernism, this book examines hip-hop music's role in the history of the African-American experience.Spectacular Vernaculars examines hip-hop's cultural rebellion in terms of its specific implications for postmodern theory and practice, using the politics of reception as its primary rhetorical ground. Hip-hop culture in general, and rap music in particular, present model sites for such an inquiry, since they enact both postmodern modes of production --the appropriation of tropes, technologies, and material culture--and a potential means of resistance to the commodification of cultural forms under late capitalism. By paying specific attention to the historical and cultural context of hip-hop as a black artform and locating its practice of resistance in terms of a postmodernist reading of consumer culture, this book offers a complex reading of hip-hop as a postmodern practice, with implications both for theories of postmodernism and cultural studies as a whole.

A linear narrative, enhanced by maps and diagrams, makes this instantly engaging history of Jerusalem suitable for general readers. číst celé

Focusing on the nineteenth-century allure of the Arctic, this book explores various visual representations, including fine art, engravings, and photographs, from both Britain and the U.S. Through a rich array of primary sources such as letters, diaries, and advertisements, it reveals how these depictions reflect the complex emotions of fascination, dread, and wonder associated with the Arctic. The work highlights the enduring impact of these representations on contemporary perceptions of the region.

Politicians all over the world adjust economic theory to suit their own purposes without consulting each other. This book attempts to identify different opinions which create conflict but which have no rational justification.

The full story of those who have searched for Franklin since his expedition disappeared.

It was purported that Christopher Hitchens, a journalist, first used the phrase that 'everyone has a book in them'. If that is the case, then this is mine. Whether it is good or bad is for others to judge. This book was written during the first UK lockdown in 2020 as a means of keeping the brain active. It quickly led on to a second book, not yet published and prompted a third, not yet completed. It is not a police procedural nor is it autobiographical but stems purely from the author's imagination. The book reflects the author's love of Cornwall and is set almost exclusively in that county. It also encompasses the love of a newly-found sister and the love for and of a newly-found lover. The theory of Karma suggests that what happens to a person happens because they caused it with their own actions. That sums up the climax of the book.