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This book examines how Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are designed and used to produce, organise, and circulate information, and why this matters for information integrity in contemporary digital societies. Written for scholars, designers, and...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-13
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This book provides a concise-yet-comprehensive overview and critique of leading theories of family violence. It addresses various forms of violence, including elder abuse, sibling abuse, child abuse, and intimate partner violence. The book provides several frameworks to...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-05-13
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The notion of intangible heritage as a key urban element is underexplored, yet inherently intertwined with urban life that can influence and be influenced by urban policies and practices. This book undertakes the fundamentally interdisciplinary tasks of...
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Springer
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2026-05-13
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Nostalgia, Fantasy, and the Futures of Masculinity explores how nostalgia-driven fantasies shape contemporary masculinity and capitalist culture, and how these dynamics constrain our ability to imagine new futures. Drawing on Lacanian psychoanalysis, cultural theory,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-13
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This book explores the concept of ‘dissent’ within the realm of art and cultural heritage through a rich and multidisciplinary lens. It investigates how dissent shapes the very definition of cultural heritage and the systems that govern cultural heritage,...
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Springer
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2026-05-13
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HipHop wurde 50 und diese Entwicklung war nicht nur in Amerika sondern auch in Deutschland ab Anfang der 1980er Jahre alles andere als homogen, widerspruchsfrei und immer überall gesellschaftlich akzeptiert. Vielmehr ist sie gezeichnet von vielfältigen...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2026-05-13
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This edited volume chronicles the movements of Black and Afro-descendant women across intellectual, geographic, temporal, gender, and cultural boundaries. In the interdisciplinary tradition of Black Feminism, the contributors explore the redefinition and evolution of...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-13
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This book examines how older adults with physical disabilities living at home develop dietary resilience strategies to maintain independence, agency, and dignity in later life. Drawing on extensive theoretical literature and rich qualitative research with home dwelling...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-13
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Marlies Zuccato-Doutlik widmet sich an der Schnittstelle der Familien- und Wissenssoziologie der Frage, wie an österreichischen Familiengerichten seit 1945 mütterliche und väterliche Praktiken, Ressourcen und Argumentationen von...
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Springer VS
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2026-05-13
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This book offers a groundbreaking psychological exploration of how religion influences sport performance, motivation, injury recovery, and interpersonal dynamics in athletic settings. Bridging sport psychology and religious studies, it introduces two original models...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-05-13
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From intellectual history to the dazzling, chaotic, and jargon-laden world of digital culture, this book explores how ideas of 'the West' and articulations of China/West difference are produced and mobilized in Chinese political discourse. It foregrounds not only the...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2026-05-12
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This open access book explores two previously separate strands of research: socio-technical imaginaries, and the production and contestation of space. It addresses the controversial role of emerging and speculative technologies in debates on sustainability, Anthropocene...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-12
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The handbook explores essential aspects of building a more equitable and inclusive society, ensuring every individual's right to a dignified, self-determined life without discrimination based on caste, creed, gender, culture, or nationality. It advocates for innovative...
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Springer
Parution :
2026-05-12
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This book attempts to link the entirety of James Ellroy’s work to major political trends, both historical and contemporary, in critical theory, as a unique, compelling deep-dive. Ellroy's crime fiction provides valuable insights into current trends of a...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-11
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Once the seductive symbol of sophistication and unlimited possibility, the city has become synonymous in our imagination with sprawl, stress, pollution—even the propagation of disease. How do we reawaken the attraction humanity has so long felt toward these centers of...
Editeur :
Odile Jacob
Parution :
2026-05-11
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From Among Us to Minecraft, Catan to Dungeons and Dragons, games and play are fundamentally transforming how we understand storytelling, education, identity, politics, and creativity.Game Studies provides the first ever critical and comprehensive introduction for...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2026-05-11
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Das Buch untersucht mittels eines innovativen Mixed-Methods-Designs die Zusammenhänge und Schnittstellen zwischen Esoterik, sogenannten alternativen Heilmethoden und (rechten) Verschwörungsnarrativen. Hierzu werden zunächst historische und theoretische...
Editeur :
Springer VS
Parution :
2026-05-11
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This practical handbook utilises criminological research to produce comprehensive Designing Out Crime solutions for practitioners. It covers a large spectrum of Designing Out Crime applications courtesy of concise and easily...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-10
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This volume adds to the increasingly important debate on religion and modernity and their complex interplay in Muslim-majority societies. Taking up the case of Bangladesh, the discussions are highly topical given the recent upsurges in the country. The volume offers a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2026-05-10
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This book offers a rigorous and accessible examination of missing persons that moves beyond the dominant true crime focus on serial killers, cold cases, and unexplained disappearances. Drawing on years of fieldwork, more than 220 interviews and surveys with first...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2026-05-10
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