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Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

Eargle's Microphone Book is the only guide you will ever need for the latest in microphone technology application and technique. This new edition features more on microphone arrays and wireless microphones new material on digital models; the latest developments in surround; expanded advice on studio set up recording and mic selection. Ray A. Rayburn provides detailed analysis of the different types of microphones available and addresses their application through practical examples of actual recording sessions and studio operations. The book takes you into the studio or concert hall to see how performers are positioned and how the best microphone array is determined. Problem areas such as reflections studio leakage and isolation are analyzed from practical viewpoints. Creative solutions to stereo sound staging perspective and balance are covered in detail. Eargle's Microphone Book is an invaluable resource for learning the 'why' as well as the 'how' of choosing and placing a microphone for any situation. | Eargle's The Microphone Book From Mono to Stereo to Surround - A Guide to Microphone Design and Application

GBP 180.00
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An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

An Introduction to Psycholinguistics

Learning About Language is an exciting and ambitious series of introductions to fundamental topics in language linguistics and related areas. The books are designed for students of linguistics and those who are studying language as part of a wider course. An Introduction to Psycholinguistics examines the psychology of language as it relates to learning mind and brain as well as to aspects of society and culture. How do we learn to speak and to understand speech? Is language unique to humans? Does language influence culture? Using non-technical language and providing concrete examples the authors explore: How children learn to speak and read their native language Deaf language education Case studies of wild children and animals and what we can learn from these Second language acquisition second language teaching methods and the problems associated with bilingualism Language and the brain The relationship between thought and language In this new edition the authors propose a radical new theory of grammar � natural grammar � which unlike other theories can account for both speech comprehension and speech production. Also taking into account the extensive growth in theory research and practice this new edition is an accessible and focused introduction to the key issues and the latest research in the field of psycholinguistics.

GBP 180.00
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From Police to Security Professional A Guide to a Successful Career Transition

From Police to Security Professional A Guide to a Successful Career Transition

Former police and military personnel possess attractive skill sets for the private security industry; however the transition to the corporate arena is not without challenges. Competition for these jobs is fierce. Many candidates possess degrees in security management‘some having spent their entire professional careers in private security. From Police to Security Professional: A Guide to a Successful Career Transition provides tips on overcoming the inherent obstacles law enforcement professionals face in making the switch and supplies a practical roadmap for entry into the private security world. The foundation of the book comes from the author‘s own journey and the many hurdles he encountered transitioning to private sector security. With his help you‘ll learn: The unique skills experience and mentality required to enter into the private security industry from a law enforcement background The opportunities available and the different areas within the industry including benefits and income potential How to properly evaluate your training portfolio How to tailor your resume to garner the attention of hiring executives The many professional associations and certifications that could be helpful in your career Vital to your ability to succeed is understanding that security management has evolved into a distinct profession in its own right one that brings with it different education experience and skill sets that clearly differentiate it from law enforcement. This book will help you better understand and be prepared for the policies processes and a corporate environment that operates in a very different way than the police structure to which you are accustomed. With the author‘s help you‘ll give yourself every advantage to get the job and succeed in your new career. | From Police to Security Professional A Guide to a Successful Career Transition

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities

The Routledge Companion to Intersectionalities is a dynamic reference source to the key contemporary analytic in feminist thought: intersectionality. Comprising over 50 chapters by a diverse international and interdisciplinary team of contributors the Companion is divided into nine parts: Retracing intersectional genealogies Intersectional methods and (inter)disciplinarity Intersectionality’s travels Intersectional borderwork Trans* intersectionalities Disability and intersectional embodiment Intersectional science and data studies Popular culture at the intersections Rethinking intersectional justice This accessibly written collection is essential reading for students teachers and researchers working in women’s and gender studies sexuality studies African American studies sociology politics and other related subjects from across the humanities and social sciences.

GBP 190.00
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Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Introduction to Fire Safety Management

Andrew Furness and Martin Muckett give an introduction to all areas of fire safety management including the legal framework causes and prevention of fire and explosions fire protection measures fire risk assessment and fire investigation. Fire safety is not treated as an isolated area but linked into an effective health and safety management system. Introduction to Fire Safety Management has been developed for the NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Safety and Risk Management and is also suitable for other NVQ level 3 and 4 fire safety courses. The text is highly illustrated in full colour easy to read and supported by checklists report forms and record sheets. This practical approach makes the book a valuable reference for health and safety professionals fire officers facility managers safety reps managers supervisors and HR personnel in companies as well as fire safety engineers architects construction managers and emergency fire services personnel. Andrew Furness CFIOSH GIFireE Dip2OSH MIIRSM MRSH is Managing Director of Salvus Consulting Limited who specialise in Fire Safety. He was the chairman of the NEBOSH / IOSH working party that developed the NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management certificate. Martin Muckett MA MBA CMIOSH MIFireE Dip2OSH former Principal Health and Safety Advisor to The Fire Service Inspectorate and Principal Fire Safety Officer Martin is currently Salvus Consulting Limiteds Senior Fire Safety Trainer / Consultant.

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory

The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory

The Routledge Companion to Narrative Theory brings together top scholars in the field to explore the significance of narrative to pressing social cultural and theoretical issues. How does narrative both inform and limit the way we think today? From conspiracy theories and social media movements to racial politics and climate change future scenarios the reach is broad. This volume is distinctive for addressing the complicated relations between the interdisciplinary narrative turn in the academy and the contemporary boom of instrumental storytelling in the public sphere. The scholars collected here explore new theories of causality experientiality and fictionality; challenge normative modes of storytelling; and offer polemical accounts of narrative fiction nonfiction and video games. Drawing upon the latest research in areas from cognitive sciences to complexity theory the volume provides an accessible entry point for those new to the myriad applications of narrative theory and a point of departure for new scholarship.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability

The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability

The Routledge Companion to Art and Disability explores disability in visual culture to uncover the ways in which bodily and cognitive differences are articulated physically and theoretically and to demonstrate the ways in which disability is culturally constructed. This companion is organized thematically and includes artists from across historical periods and cultures in order to demonstrate the ways in which disability is historically and culturally contingent. The book engages with questions such as: How are people with disabilities represented in art? How are notions of disability articulated in relation to ideas of normality hybridity and anomaly? How do artists use visual culture to affirm or subvert notions of the normative body? Contributors consider the changing role of disability in visual culture the place of representations in society and the ways in which disability studies engages with and critiques intersectional notions of gender race ethnicity class and sexuality. This book will be particularly useful for scholars in art history disability studies visual culture and museum studies.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Eve

The Routledge Companion to Eve

The Routledge Companion to Eve is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary collection which explores the history of interpretation that surrounds Eve’s character in both religious writings and cultural texts. The primary themes discussed in the volume include the religious historical and cultural ideologies that have influenced interpretations of Eve as well as the cultural impact of these interpretations on gender identities and injustices. Chapters trace the evolution of Eve’s interpretive history from ancient biblical texts up to the present day. The contributors engage with both traditional modes of inquiry in text-based religious research as well as the newer fields of reception history and cultural criticism to explore the rich history of interpretation and reception surrounding Eve as well as the cultural and historical impact these interpretations have had on women’s religious and social lives across space and time. The Routledge Companion to Eve is an original and important collection which will equip readers to begin their own explorations of Eve’s extraordinary legacy. It will be an invaluable resource for scholars of Gender Studies Biblical Studies Theology Religion and Gender Literary Studies History of Art and Cultural Studies.

GBP 205.00
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Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology

Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphology

The world's coastlines represent a myriad of dynamic and constantly changing environments. Heavily settled and intensely used areas they are of enormous importance to humans and understanding how they are shaped and change is crucial to our future. Introduction to Coastal Processes and Geomorphologybegins by discussing coastal systems and shows how these systems link to the processes examined in detail throughout the book. These include the morphodynamic paradigm tides waves and sediment transport. Later chapters explore fluvial deltas estuaries beaches and barriers coastal sand dunes and geologically-influenced coasts such as cliffs coral reefs and atolls. A new chapter addresses the forward-facing aspect of coastal morphodynamics including the ways in which coasts respond to rapid climate changes such as present day global warming. Also new to this second edition is a chapter on future coasts which considers the wider effects of coastal change on other important aspects of coastal systems including ecology management socio-cultural activities built and natural heritage and archaeology. Case studies using examples from around the world illustrate theory in practice and bring the subject to life. Each chapter starts by outlining the 'aims' and questions at the end allow you to track your progress.

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Gender and Affect

The Routledge Companion to Gender and Affect

The study of affect is one of the most exciting and wide-ranging topics to have emerged in the humanities and social sciences in recent years and continues to generate research and debate. It has particularly important implications for the study of gender as this outstanding handbook amply demonstrates. It is the most comprehensive volume to date engaging with the intersections between gender and affect studies. A global and interdisciplinary range of contributors articulate the connections (and disconnections) between gender sexuality and affect in a range of geographical and historical contexts. Comprising over 40 chapters the Companion is divided into six parts: Affects of Gender Affective Relations Relational Affects Affective Practices Representing Affects Geographical and Spatial Affects Affects of History Histories of Affect Topics examined include intersections between gender and affect over topics including queerness trans* feminism masculinity race/ethnicity disability animality media posthumanism technology sound labor neoliberalism protest and temporality. This is an outstanding collection that will be invaluable to scholars and students across a range of disciplines including gender and sexuality studies cultural studies literature media and sociology. Chapter 18 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4. 0 license. | The Routledge Companion to Gender and Affect

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Companion to Gender Media and Violence

The Routledge Companion to Gender Media and Violence

With the heated discussion around #MeToo journalistic reporting on domestic abuse and the popularity of true crime documentaries gendered media discourse around violence and harassment has never been more prominent. The Routledge Companion to Gender Media and Violence is an outstanding reference source to the key topics problems and debates in this important subject and is the first collection on media and violence to take a gendered intersectional approach. Comprising over 50 chapters by a team of interdisciplinary and international contributors the book is structured around the following parts: News Representing reality Gender-based violence online Feminist responses The media examples examined range from Australia to Zimbabwe and span print and online news documentary film and television podcasts pornography memoir comedy memes influencer videos and digital feminist protest. Types of violence considered include domestic abuse honour-based violence sexual violence and harassment female genital mutilation/cutting child sexual abuse transphobic violence and the aftermath of conflict. Good practice is considered in relation to both responsible news reporting and pedagogy. The Routledge Companion to Gender Media and Violence is essential reading for students and researchers in Gender Studies Media Studies Sociology and Criminology. Chapter 30 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www. taylorfrancis. com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial (CC-BY-NC) 4. 0 license.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre

The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre

Global in scope and featuring thirty-five chapters from more than fifty dance music and theatre scholars and practitioners The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre introduces the fundamentals of musical theatre studies and highlights developing global trends in practice and scholarship. Investigating the who what when where why and how of transnational musical theatre The Routledge Companion to Musical Theatre is a comprehensive guide for those studying the components of musical theatre its history practitioners audiences and agendas. The Companion expands the study of musical theatre to include the ways we practice and experience musicals their engagement with technology and their navigation of international commercial marketplaces. The Companion is the first collection to include global musical theatre in each chapter reflecting the musical’s status as the world’s most popular theatrical form. This book brings together practice and scholarship featuring essays by leading and emerging scholars alongside luminaries such as Chinese musical theatre composer San Bao Tony Award-winning star André De Shields and Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus. This is an essential resource for students on theatre and performance courses and an invaluable text for researchers and practitioners in these areas of study.

GBP 190.00
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Community Writing Researching Social Issues Through Composition

Community Writing Researching Social Issues Through Composition

Community Writing: Researching Social Issues Through Composition employs a series of assignments that guide students to research and write about issues confronting their individual communities. Students start by identifying a community to which they belong and focusing on problems in it and then analyze possible solutions construct arguments for them decide which are likely to succeed and consider how to initiate action. This is a primary text for first-year composition courses covering the basics of the writing process. The assignments are recursive. Short writing assignments in each chapter build up to longer papers. Each of the assignment questions is accompanied by a guide to thinking about and writing the assigned paper followed by a short Focus On reading that provides a brief account of community activism a media case study or a notable success story. The longer papers are accompanied by in-class peer reading groups. Each successive peer reading attempts a higher level of conceptual critique. By working together throughout the semester students create increasingly adept peer groups familiar with all stages of each other's research. The book is carefully structured but there is plenty of give in it allowing instructors to be flexible in adapting it to the needs of their students and courses. Community Writing: is distinguished by pedagogy based on a collaborative process-oriented service learning approach that emphasizes media critique and field research on community issues chosen by individual students; answers real student questions such as: Where do I find articles on my topic? What if evidence contradicts my hypothesis? How do I know if a source is biased?; is web-savvy-guides students into building their own Web sites including a unique guide for critiquing the design and veracity of other people's websites; and is media-savvy-topics include media monopolies spin control | Community Writing Researching Social Issues Through Composition

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Literary Media

The Routledge Companion to Literary Media

The Routledge Companion to Literary Media examines the fast-moving present and future of a media ecosystem in which the literary continues to play a vital role. The term ‘literary media’ challenges the tendency to hold the two terms distinct and broadens accepted usage of the literary to include popular cultural forms emerging technologies and taste cultures genres and platforms as well as traditions and audiences all too often excluded from literary histories and canons. Featuring contributions from leading international scholars and practitioners the Companion provides a comprehensive guide to existing terms and theories that address the alignment of literature and a variety of media forms. It situates the concept in relation to existing theories and histographies; considers emerging genres and forms such as locative narratives and autofiction; and expands discussion beyond the boundaries by which literary authorship is conventionally defined. Contributors also examine specific production and publishing contexts to provide in-depth analysis of the promotion of literary media materials. The volume further considers reading and other aspects of situated audience engagement such as Indigenous and oral storytelling prize and review cultures book clubs children and young adults. This authoritative collection is an invaluable resource for scholars and students working at the intersection of literary and media studies.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture

The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture

The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture illuminates the names of pioneering women who over time continue to foster shape and build cultural spiritual and physical environments in diverse regions around the globe. It uncovers the remarkable evolution of women’s leadership professional perspectives craftsmanship and scholarship in architecture from the preindustrial age to the present. The book is organized chronologically in five parts outlining the stages of women’s expanding engagement leadership and contributions to architecture through the centuries. It contains twenty-nine chapters written by thirty-three recognized scholars committed to probing broader topographies across time and place and presenting portraits of practicing architects leaders teachers writers critics and other kinds of professionals in the built environment. The intertwined research sets out debates questions and projects around women in architecture stimulates broader studies and discussions in emerging areas and becomes a catalyst for academic programs and future publications on the subject. The novelty of this volume is in presenting not only a collection of case studies but in broadening the discipline by advancing an incisive overview of the topic as a whole. It is an invaluable resource for architectural historians academics students and professionals.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold

The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold

The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold brings together a wealth of scholarship on one of the foremost innovators in European theatre. It presents a detailed picture of the Russian director’s work from when it first emerged on the modern stage to its multifarious present-day manifestations. By combining an historical focus with the latest contemporary research from an international range of perspectives and authors this collection marks an important moment in Meyerhold studies as well as offering a new assessment of his relation to today's theatre-making. Its dynamic blend of research is presented in five sections: Histories enlarges on more conventional subjects like the grotesque and Biomechanics to overlooked topics such as Meyerhold's ‘failed’ projects and his work in film; Collaborations and Connections extends understandings of Meyerhold’s well-known collaborative capacities to consider new cultural influences and lesser known working relationships; Sources engages with hitherto untapped material in Meyerhold’s oeuvre by reproducing and contextualising previously untranslated primary sources on his work; Practitioner Voices offer lively on the ground testimony of the contemporary impact of Meyerhold's practice; Meyerhold in New Contexts maps the routes of his practice across continents and examines ways in which his work is being applied in a number of contemporary scenarios such as motion capture computer-based 3D visualisations and the ‘new normal’ of digital pedagogy. This is a key resource for students and scholars of European Theatre acting theory and actor training as well as for those more broadly interested in the socio-political impact of theatre.

GBP 190.00
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The Routledge Companion to World Literature

The Routledge Companion to World Literature

This fully updated new edition of The Routledge Companion to World Literature contains ten brand new chapters on topics such as premodern world literature migration studies world history artificial intelligence global Englishes remediation crime fiction Lusophone literature Middle Eastern literature and oceanic studies. Separated into four key sections the volume covers: the history of world literature through significant writers and theorists from Goethe to Said Casanova and Moretti the disciplinary relationship of world literature to areas such as philology translation globalization and diaspora studies theoretical issues in world literature including gender politics and ethics; and a global perspective on the politics of world literature Comprehensive yet accessible this book is ideal as an introduction to world literature or for those looking to extend their knowledge of this essential field.

GBP 205.00
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The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South

The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South

Responding to mounting calls to decenter and decolonize journalism The Routledge Companion to Journalism in the Global South examines not only the deep-seated challenges associated with the historical imposition of Western journalism standards on constituencies of the Global South but also the opportunities presented to journalists and journalism educators if they choose to partake in international collaboration and education. This collection returns to fundamental questions around the meaning value and practices of journalism from alternative methodological theoretical and epistemological perspectives. These questions include: What really is journalism? Who gets to and who is qualified to define it? What role do ethics play? What are the current trends challenges and opportunities for journalism in the Global South? How is news covered reported written and edited in non-Western settings? What can journalism players living and working in industrialized markets learn from their non-Western colleagues and counterparts and vice versa? Contributors challenge accepted universal ethical standards while showing the relevance of customs traditions and cultures in defining and shaping local and regional journalism. Showcasing some of the most important research on journalism in the Global South and by journalists based in the Global South this companion is key reading for anyone researching the principles and practices of journalism from a de-essentialized perspective.

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The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education

The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education

The Routledge Companion to Drama in Education is a comprehensive reference guide to this unique performance discipline focusing on its process-oriented theatrical techniques engagement of a broad spectrum of learners its historical roots as a field of inquiry and its transdisciplinary pedagogical practices. The book approaches drama in education (DE) from a wide range of perspectives from leading scholars to teaching artists and school educators who specialise in DE teaching. It presents the central disciplinary conversations around key issues including best practice in DE aesthetics and artistry in teaching the histories of DE ideologies in drama and education and concerns around access inclusivity and justice. Including reflections lesson plans programme designs case studies and provocations from scholars educators and community arts workers this is the most robust and comprehensive resource for those interested in DE’s past present and future.

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The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology

The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology

The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology provides a broad overview of the widening and flourishing area of media anthropology and outlines key themes debates and emerging directions. The Routledge Companion to Media Anthropology draws together the work of scholars from across the globe with rich ethnographic studies that address a wide range of media practices and forms. Comprising 41 chapters by a team of international contributors the Companion is divided into three parts: Histories Approaches Thematic Considerations. The chapters offer wide-ranging explorations of how forms of mediation influence communication social relationships cultural practices participation and social change as well as production and access to information and knowledge. This volume considers new developments and highlights the ways in which anthropology can contribute to the study of the human condition and the social processes in which media are entangled. This is an indispensable teaching resource for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students and an essential text for scholars working across the areas that media anthropology engages with including anthropology sociology media and cultural studies internet and communication studies and science and technology studies. Chapters 7 12 and 15 (CC-BY-NC-ND) and Chapter 6 (CC-BY-ND) of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www. taylorfrancis. com.

GBP 205.00
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Home Studio Setup Everything You Need to Know from Equipment to Acoustics

Home Studio Setup Everything You Need to Know from Equipment to Acoustics

Whether you have a ton of equipment or just the basic gear this book offers details on all you need to know about getting great sound from a project studio. In three parts Harris walks you through acoustics equipment and recording techniques. Including the basics of acoustic treatment and techniques to solve problems specific to your room Home Studio Setup offers explanations and information on equipment how to record and how to create a great mix. In no time this valuable resource will have you recording and producing great music in your very own studio. | Home Studio Setup Everything You Need to Know from Equipment to Acoustics

GBP 180.00
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The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

This innovative volume provides a comprehensive overview of improvisation as a pervasive organizational process essential in ever-changing business environments. Exploring theories of organizational action as well as contemporary challenges it highlights improvisation’s rich potential in theory building and practice. The value and relevance of improvisational capabilities and processes in organizations are more apparent than ever: the global pandemic has forced organizations to reinvent themselves and to adapt to dramatic change on a massive scale. This surge in improvised activity starkly illustrates how the capability to improvise is key to organizational resilience: organizations that are able to improvise effectively are better prepared to bounce back and even thrive. From the latest thinking on improvisation in organizations to future avenues for research this volume demonstrates the rich potential for both theory building and practice and provides a valuable resource for researchers and advanced students in organizational strategy entrepreneurship product development information systems disaster management and HRM. | The Routledge Companion to Improvisation in Organizations

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The Routledge Companion to Gender Sexuality and Culture

The Routledge Companion to Gender Sexuality and Culture

The Routledge Companion to Gender Sexuality and Culture is an intersectional diverse and comprehensive collection essential for students and researchers examining the intersection of sexuality and culture. The book seeks to reflect established theories while anticipating future developments within gender sexuality and cultural studies. A range of international contributors including leaders in their field provide insights into dominant and marginalised subjects. Comprising over 30 chapters the volume is comprised into five thematic parts: Identifying Embodying Making Doing and Resisting. Topics explored include homonormativity poetry video games menstruation fatness disability sex toys sex work BDSM dating apps body modifications and politics and activism. This is an important and unique collection aimed at scholars researchers activists and practitioners across cultural studies gender studies and sociology.

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The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism

The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism

This international edited collection brings together the latest research in political journalism examining the ideological commercial and technological forces that are transforming the field and its evolving relationship with news audiences. Comprising 40 original chapters written by scholars from around the world The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism offers fundamental insights from the disciplines of political science media communications and journalism. Drawing on interviews discourse analysis and quantitative statistical methods the volume is divided into six parts each focusing on a major theme in the contemporary study of political journalism. Topics covered include far-right media populism movements and the media local political journalism practices public engagement and audience participation in political journalism agenda setting and advocacy and activism in journalism. Chapters draw on case studies from the United Kingdom Hungary Russia Malaysia Myanmar Italy Brazil the United States Greece and Spain. The Routledge Companion to Political Journalism is a valuable resource for students and scholars of media studies journalism studies political communication and political science.

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