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An exploration of the dish around the world, from the culinary variances of this inherently local dish from cultures across Brazil to West Africa, to a broader account of the universal significance and symbolism of Rice and Beans as a cultural cornerstone amidst forces of globalization and nation-building.

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Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind - and the politics within - the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976. -- .

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Ripped, torn and cut offers a collection of original essays exploring the motivations behind - and the politics within - the multitude of fanzines that emerged in the wake of British punk from 1976. -- .

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Celebrity personalities owe their fame to their ability create an icon of the self. Rising Star is a look at the roots of this form of celebrity. Rhonda Garelick locates a prototype of the star personality in the dandies and aesthete literary figures of the nineteenth century, and explores their relationship with women and performance.

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This annotated bibliography brings together in one volume citations to most of Benchley's collected and uncollected works.

The volume contains chapters on Benchley's books, essays, newspaper writings, dramatic criticism, secondary sources about him, a filmography, and a discography.

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Round Up the Usual Suspects provides a comparison of the crime fighting models and justice proceedings of each of these TV series.

Each series has its own special crime-fighting niche, and each approaches its job with a different set of values and different paradigms of discovery and proof.

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The tumultuous events taking place in Eastern Europe have resulted in an avalanche of publications in English about that part of the world.

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This interdisciplinary collection is a new landmark in the study of the world's pilgrimage traditions. In-depth accounts of patterns of pilgrimage ranging from Hindu practices to a comparison of Catholic and Baptist pilgrimage in Haiti and Trinidad, to a narration of a Maori sacred journey, provide valuable comparative information.

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Traces the development of the Anzac cult, as well as looking at those who rejected it. This title also examines a paradox: why, as Australia's wars recede in memory, have these memorials and what they stand for become cherished more than ever

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Focusing on the idiosyncrasies of Hispanic culture, this work shows that understanding cultural nuances is as important as language learning for communication and social interaction.

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This work describes the forces and pressures that encouraged or impeded Australian's enjoyment of sand and surf. The ways in which artists, writers, film-makers and the advertising industry have depicted the beach are examined for the light they throw on the beach's significance.

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From Tolkien to Star Trek and from Game of Thrones to The Walking Dead, imaginary worlds in fantastic genres offer highly detailed political worlds beyond capitalism. This book examines the complex ways in which these popular storyworlds offer valuable conceptual tools for anti-capitalist participatory politics.

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This volume examines scouting-the largest voluntary movement for girls-in its first century of existence, seeking to understand how the organization has lasted and how it has changed.

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Fully updated, innovative textbook on the relationship between popular culture and religion, exploring secularization in America and the way religion functions in postmodern society.

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This book examines the thought of Abdennour Bidar, MalekChebel, Leila Babes, AbdelwahabMeddeb and Dounia Bouzar. In doing so it investigates how these five figures allcontribute in their diverse and varying ways to broader understandings of therelationship between Islam and secularism in contemporary French society. -- .

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This book examines the thought of Abdennour Bidar, MalekChebel, Leila Babes, AbdelwahabMeddeb and Dounia Bouzar. In doing so it investigates how these five figures allcontribute in their diverse and varying ways to broader understandings of therelationship between Islam and secularism in contemporary French society. -- .

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"A book length study of how fans have been depicted in mass media"--

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Provides a comparative study of how drinks and drinking, as embodied semiotic and material forms, mediate modern social life. This book examines the fundamental nature of drink through a series of modular but connected ethnographic discussions.

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Provides a comparative study of how drinks and drinking, as embodied semiotic and material forms, mediate modern social life. This book examines the fundamental nature of drink through a series of modular but connected ethnographic discussions.

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This collection addresses the burgeoning interest in the body as a site of affective and somatic, as well as sociocultural, communication. It explores what performers do with bodies in practice, rehearsal, and performance and how that translates to audiences and their sociopolitical contexts.