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The Wealthy, the Brilliant, the Few
Elite Education in Contemporary American Discourse
Sophie Spieler explores elite education and its peculiar position in American cultural discourse, focusing particularly on the negotiation of merit.
Anna-Brigitte Schlittler
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Katharina Tietze
(eds.)
Bally - A History of Footwear in the Interwar Period
In the 1930s, shoes became fashionable objects with wide consequences for design and industrial production. The history of modern footwear can be traced through the lens of Bally's corporate evolution.
Marko Kölbl
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Fritz Trümpi
(eds.)
Music and Democracy
Participatory Approaches
This book explores how music relates to democratic participation - on- and offline, throughout cultures, in various times, social settings, and political systems.
Gabriel N. Gee
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Caroline Wiedmer
(eds.)
Maritime Poetics
From Coast to Hinterland
An alternate construction of the imaginaries and aspirations of our present societies at the crossroads of sea and land.
Zones of Tradition - Places of Identity
Cities and Their Heritage
The vitality of urban heritage lies less in its historical and spatial formations than in the dynamic and often conflictual processes of social appropriation and interpretation.
Narrative Mechanics
Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life
What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? The book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life.
Strange Blood
The Rise and Fall of Lamb Blood Transfusion in 19th Century Medicine and Beyond
A unique story of 19th century medical knowledge, ambition, and controversy – of crossing boundaries and challenging taboos.
Entanglements of the Maghreb
Cultural and Political Aspects of a Region in Motion
The Maghreb is a region in motion; this volume approaches it via the concept of Entanglements and addresses its culture, politics, and social affairs.
Transgressive Truths and Flattering Lies
The Poetics and Ethics of Anglophone Arab Representations
This study discusses Anglophone Arab works in which the notion of cross-cultural translation gets radically displaced by strategic relational dissonance.
Postmigration
Art, Culture, and Politics in Contemporary Europe
This book explores the concept of »postmigration« by analyzing artistic, literary, and cultural developments in different contemporary European societies.