This book discusses research on the culture of postwar Germany (1945-1962). Topics such as war, destruction, homecoming, flight, expulsion, guilt, daily life, andreligion are explored systematically, using examples and by focusing on fiction, nonfiction, and film in the two Germ…
Der international anerkannte Soziologe Norbert Elias hat intensiv an einem konsistenten Selbstbild seiner akademischen Laufbahn gearbeitet, um öffentlich so wahrgenommen zu werden, wie er es wollte. Joseph Garncarz korrigiert Elias' Selbstbild auf der Basis zahlreicher bisher ka…
Der international anerkannte Soziologe Norbert Elias hat intensiv an einem konsistenten Selbstbild seiner akademischen Laufbahn gearbeitet, um öffentlich so wahrgenommen zu werden, wie er es wollte. Joseph Garncarz korrigiert Elias' Selbstbild auf der Basis zahlreicher bisher ka…
The story of how and why some women choose to use, while others refuse, cosmetic intervention. What is it like to be a woman growing older in a culture where you cannot go to the doctor, open a magazine, watch television, or surf the internet without encountering products and pr…
Analyzing representations of multiracial figures in popular culture, Ralina L. Joseph identifies two widespread stereotypes of mixed-race African Americans: those of ""the new millennium mulattas"" and ""the exceptional multiracials.""
The author critiques the depictions of multiracial Americans in contemporary culture.
"The twentieth century has challenged the established vision of the nation-building processes: the formation of new states in the interwar period and the movement from colonialism and Communism in the second part of the century have bought about a new type of nationalism aimed a…
Unlike previous media-analytic research, Sarah Jurkiewicz's anthropological study understands blogging as a social field and a domain of practice. This approach underlines the significance of blogging in practitioners' daily lives and for their self-understanding. In this contex…
In the wake of American independence, it was clear that the new United States required novel political forms. Less obvious but no less revolutionary was the idea that the American people needed a new understanding of the self. Sensibility was a cultural movement that celebrated …
