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Through an analysis of Iranian media reports, this book offers a unique perspective on the often difficult relations between Iran and the West.

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Designed as a resource for artists, writers and behavioural scientists, this compilation of the myths and symbols of old age lists over 400 entries ranging from Abraham and acacia to Zorya and Zurvan. Featured are mythical figures, symbolic attributes, animals, objects, locations, and more.

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The history, global trade and current western revival of interest in used garments as a new form of fashion consciousness has corollaries in consumer cultures around the world. The Japanese, for example, have a long tradition of salvaging sections of kimonos, while in India garments are inexhaustibly recycled.

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Presents a three-part focus on the history, the trading culture, and the contemporary refashioning of second hand clothing. This book is useful for those interested in fashion and dress, material culture, consumption and anthropology, as well as to dealers, collectors and wearers of second hand clothes.

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This book examines the London 2012 opening and closing ceremonies and the handover to Rio 2016 as articulations of national and cosmopolitan belonging. The ceremonial performances supported imaginative travel and created a tornadros: an ideal form of 'human' that manipulates audiovisual narratives of culture and identity for global audiences.

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Using depth psychology to develop a globally rooted psychoanalytic perspective, the author explores the psychological underpinnings of events, conflicts and changes that may have deeper symbolic meanings than we generally suppose.

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One of America's foremost historians discusses the intellectual arrogance and spiritual impoverishment at the heart of structuralism and shows how they have led to a trivializing of the Holocaust.

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"A new approach to digital culture and how it makes meaning, mediation and planetary impact"--

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This one-volume encyclopedia examines jobs and occupations from around the world that are unique and out of the ordinary, from bike fishermen in the Netherlands and professional wedding guests in South Korea to elephant dressers in India.

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Why has time sped up Why is there never enough How can you make it yours again On Time reveals why time sped up, why there never seems to be enough, and how to make it yours again.

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In a 1989 National radio interview, John Le Carre said a spy, by definition, has to be entertaining. Since the days of the silent documentary short, spying has been a staple of the movie business. This book, the last in the 'spy trilogy', provides a history of spies in the movies, with an emphasis on the stories these films present.

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This reference handbook is a valuable resource for students and general readers curious about the history, evolution, and growth of the organic food movement.

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addresses the question of cultural marginalization - the process through which various groups are excluded from access to and participation in the dominant culture

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In this comprehensive examination of the one of the world's most ancient societies, Talhami describes Egypt's quest for a sense of national identity and the factors that have affected the Egyptian identity.

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Paranoid visions explores the history of the spy and conspiracy genres on British television, from 1960s Cold War series through 1980s conspiracy dramas to contemporary 'war on terror' thrillers. The dramas analysed include Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Edge of Darkness, A Very British Coup and Spooks. -- .

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