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Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- 1 'A Quest for Culture': On Anthropology, Authenticity and Ambivalence -- Part I: Histories -- 2 'Our Language, Our Heritage': Imagining Gaelic Culture -- 3 'The Crofting Community': Land, Religion and the Formation of the Highland People -- Part II: Identities -- 4 'A Way of Life': Crofting, Tradition and People -- 5 'Being Part of the Place': On Belonging -- 6 'The Last Bastion': The Highland Churches -- Part III: Cultural Renaissance -- 7 'From Strength to Strength': Community Revival -- 8 'Saving the Gaelic': Language Revival and Identity -- 9 Reflections on Reimagining -- Bibliography -- Author Index -- Subject Index.

The momentous changes which are transforming American life call for a new exploration of the economic and cultural landscape. In this book Sharon Zukin links our ever-expanding need to consume with two fundamental shifts: places of production have given way to spaces for services and paperwork, and the competitive edge has moved from industrial to cultural capital. From the steel mills of the Rust Belt, to the sterile malls of suburbia, to the gentrified urban centers of our largest cities, the "creative destruction" of our economy--a process by which a way of life is both lost and gained--results in a dramatically different landscape of economic power. Sharon Zukin probes the depth and diversity of this restructuring in a series of portraits of changed or changing American places. Beginning at River Rouge, Henry Ford's industrial complex in Dearborn, Michigan, and ending at Disney World, Zukin demonstrates how powerful interests shape the spaces we inhabit. Among the landscapes she examines are steeltowns in West Virginia and Michigan, affluent corporate suburbs in Westchester County, gentrified areas of lower Manhattan, and theme parks in Florida and California. In each of these case studies, new strategies of investment and employment are filtered through existing institutions, experience in both production and consumption, and represented in material products, aesthetic forms, and new perceptions of space and time. The current transformation differs from those of the past in that individuals and institutions now have far greater power to alter the course of change, making the creative destruction of landscape the most important cultural product of our time. Zukin's eclectic inquiry into the parameters of social action and the emergence of new cultural forms defines the interdisciplinary frontier where sociology, geography, economics, and urban and cultural studies meet

"This collection brings together perspectives from early-career LGBTQ+ scholars as they navigate the scholarly publishing landscape, highlighting their experiences and challenges toward providing greater representation within the academic community and existing scholarship. The volume reflects on the ways in which scholarly output is intricately linked with scholarly identity and the challenges LGBTQ+ scholars face when their scholarly and gender and sexual identities can often seem to be in conflict. The book showcases perspectives from doctoral students and early-career scholars from around the world working across different disciplines, supported by case studies, autoethnographic narratives, and discourse analysis, to explore key issues facing those who identify as LGBTQ+ or who wish to research and publish on topics relating to gender and sexual identity. These include negotiating positionality, the role of writing styles in identity construction for queer scholars, the ways in which publishing gatekeepers perpetuate heteronormativity, and the part support networks play for researchers. The book gives voice to a wider range of scholars toward creating a more inclusive publishing environment and will be of interest to students and researchers who identify as LGBTQ+ and those working in such fields as applied linguistics, English for academic purposes, queer theory, and gender studies"--

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part I Screens and things -- 1 The Marx Brothers: From stage to screen -- 2 Betty Boop's animated performances -- 3 Performing the pandemic -- Part II Boxed sets -- 4 Puppet plays: Boxes are made to be broken -- 5 I Love Lucy: From live performance to canned entertainment -- 6 Do you hear the people sing? -- Part III Stars in our eyes -- 7 Like a diva: From Maria Callas to Madonna -- 8 Beyoncé's Homecoming | 'Lift Every Voice and Sing' -- 9 Got Talent -- Part IV Public arts/art's publics -- 10 Fragments of the past, cabinets of curiosity and cultural convergences -- 11 Marina Abramović is present -- 12 Pepper's Ghost and the haunted, educational exhibits at Wellington Museum -- Part V Sporting arenas and fields of play -- 13 The fix is in: Professional wrestling -- 14 Olympian opening ceremonies -- 15 Cheerleaders in the popular (American) imagination -- Part VI Sideshows no more -- 16 Evangelical performance: From morality plays to the Power Team and Hell House -- 17 Queer shows -- 18 Feminism: One step forward, three steps back? -- Part VII Culture shows -- 19 Performing Māori -- 20 Shakespeare's Globe Theatre: Planted in London, popping up in Auckland -- 21 Making a show of royalty -- Part VIII Power, politics and protest -- 22 Donald Trump and the pro-wrestling-ification of politics in the USA -- 23 Race matters -- 24 Visions of the apocalypse -- Index.

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"An unforgettable journey through racism and faith across the generations. January 15, 1959-a day that changed one family forever. White supremacists kidnapped and severely beat rural Alabama preacher Israel Page, nearly killing him because he had sued a White townsman for injuries suffered in a car crash. After "they" "got Daddy," Israel Page's children began leaving the Jim Crow South, the event leaving an indelible mark on the family and its future. Decades later, the events of that day fueled journalist Sharon Tubbs's epic quest to learn who had "gotten" her mother's daddy and why. They Got Daddy follows Tubbs on her moving journey from Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the back roads and rural churches of Alabama. A powerful revelation of the sustaining and redemptive power of faith and unflinching testimony to the deeply embedded effects of racism across the generations, it demonstrates how the search for the truth can offer a chance at true healing"--

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This Element contends that regulators can and should shame companies into climate-responsible behavior by publicizing information on corporate contribution to climate change. It offers a rich normative and descriptive theory and viable policy directions for regulatory climate shaming.

Drawing on a wealth of qualitative longitudinal evidence, this book casts light on women's lived experiences of welfare and work. It uncovers the hidden gendered bias of conditional welfare reforms to challenge dominant political discourses, policy design and practice norms.