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Biohacking, Bodies and Do-It-Yourself
The Cultural Politics of Hacking Life Itself
How do biology and culture interact? This book provides an extensive cultural analysis of biohacking and Do-it-yourself medicine.
Black Travel Writing
Contemporary Narratives of Travel to Africa by African American and Black British Authors
This study offers an outline of the genre of Black travel writing as well as analyses of travel narratives by African American and Black British authors published between the 1990s and 2010s.
The Discourse Community of Electronic Dance Music
A revolutionary study on the discourse community of electronic dance music, applying a mixed methodology of linguistics and cultural studies.
21st Century Retro: "Mad Men" and 1960s America in Film and Television
This book offers a vocabulary to discuss contemporary televisual productions that revisit recent pasts in self-conscious and non-nostalgic ways.
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.
Contemporary PerforMemory
Dancing through Spacetime, Historical Trauma, and Diaspora in the 21st Century
An interdisciplinary research journey, introducing the new idea of PerforMemory through a study of contemporary dance-making in Europe, Taiwan, the Caribbean and the USA.
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.
Martin Lorber
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Felix Zimmermann
(eds.)
History in Games
Contingencies of an Authentic Past
From the perspective of historical game studies this book illuminates historical authenticity, a buzzword used by game developers and consumers alike.
Taking Stakes in the Unknown
Tracing Post-Black Art
What does it mean to be Black in the early 21st Century? This question guided an art exhibition that deeply shaped our perspective on Black art and artists today.