This thesis approaches the question of how nominal compounds as linguistic means contribute to the construction of cultural meaning within the framework of knowledge transfer in the medieval monastic school. The starting point for the study is the semiotic definition of culture,…
Clearly technology has added a "voice" to music, but how does that voice affect the traditional human craftsmanship of music? In other words, can the music created still be called one's own? In "Strange Sounds", Timothy Taylor addresses the anxieties provoked by technology's rol…
Clearly technology has added a "voice" to music, but how does that voice affect the traditional human craftsmanship of music? In other words, can the music created still be called one's own? In "Strange Sounds", Timothy Taylor addresses the anxieties provoked by technology's rol…
Taking as its point of departure Raymond Williams' notion 'structure of feeling', this volume investigates how affectivity makes a difference in memory studies, performance studies, and the range of cultural studies across the humanities and social sciences today. It illustrates…
Taking as its point of departure Raymond Williams' notion 'structure of feeling', this volume investigates how affectivity makes a difference in memory studies, performance studies, and the range of cultural studies across the humanities and social sciences today. It illustrates…
"Understanding Cultural Taste updates and critiques established theoretical and empirical accounts of cultural taste. It takes account of the role of cultural industries and cultural policies in shaping cultural tastes and of the contemporary technologies through which cultural …
"Understanding Cultural Taste updates and critiques established theoretical and empirical accounts of cultural taste. It takes account of the role of cultural industries and cultural policies in shaping cultural tastes and of the contemporary technologies through which cultural …
Charting the origins of cultural studies, and examining the ideas of its exponents, this is a guide to the essential concepts of this area of study.
"Cross-Cultural Analysis" is the sequel to "Culture's Consequences", the classic work published by one of the most influential management thinkers in today's times, Geert Hofstede. Hofstede's original work introduced a new research paradigm in cross-cultural analysis: studying c…