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Robert Mitchell
(ed.)
Ballet and Taiji in Practice
A Comparative Autoethnography of Movement Systems
An in-depth sociological comparison of ballet vs. taiji, drawing uniquely on the author's experience in these two movement systems.
Dancing Youth
Hip Hop and Gender in Late Socialist Vietnam
This book examines the uptake of hip hop in late socialist Vietnam and youth' s aspirations and desires embodied in dance.
More Than Machines?
The Attribution of (In)Animacy to Robot Technology
You, Robot?! – An interdisciplinary exploration of why we treat robots as if they were living beings.
A ›Crisis of Whiteness‹ in the ›Heart of Darkness‹
Racism and the Congo Reform Movement
The historical-sociological study reveals the racist foundation of the Congo Reform movement, the first major human rights campaign of the 20th century.
Practices of Speculation
Modeling, Embodiment, Figuration
This book offers new ways of thinking about speculation at a time when anticipation of catastrophe in an apocalyptic mode is the order of the day.
Veith Kilberth
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Jürgen Schwier
(eds.)
Skateboarding Between Subculture and the Olympics
A Youth Culture under Pressure from Commercialization and Sportification
Are the Olympics killing skateboarding's heart and soul? This anthology provides a unique analytical perspective from twelve international authors.
Glaucia Peres da Silva
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Konstantin Hondros
(eds.)
Music Practices Across Borders
(E)Valuating Space, Diversity and Exchange
Music across borders – (e)valuating transnational music practices looking at space, diversity, and exchange.
Timon Beyes
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Jörg Metelmann
(eds.)
The Creativity Complex
A Companion to Contemporary Culture
Creativity abounds: There is a proliferation of creative practices, spaces and subjects. This book maps and investigates the contemporary creativity complex.
(Extra)Ordinary Presence
Social Configurations and Cultural Repertoires
Phenomena of presence and their manifestations in social and cultural practices, artifacts and narratives from different disciplinary and theoretical perspectives.
Complicity
New Perspectives on Collectivity
A glance, a gesture, a code: We all act as accomplices. Gesa Ziemer develops new and surprising perspectives on this topical form of collectivization.