In the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, far from the hustle and noise of urban centers, lies a village made of mud and rock, barely discernible from the surrounding landscape. Yet a closer look reveals a carefully planned community of homes nestled above the trees, where rock slides are least frequent, and steep terraces of barley fields situated just above spring flood level. The Berber-speaking Muslims who live and farm on these precipitous mountainsides work together at the arduous task of...

A quarter of a century on from its original publication, Literary Theory: An Introduction still conjures the subversion, excitement and exoticism that characterized theory through the 1960s and 70s, when it posed an unprecedented challenge to the literary establishment. Eagleton has added a new preface to this anniversary edition to address more recent developments in literary studies, including what he describes as "the growth of a kind of anti-theory", and the idea that literary theory has ...

Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide is a personal and engaging journey through theories of culture and globalization. Drawing on extensive examples and interdisciplinary research, Wise explores concepts of culture, territory and identity in order to give students a new perspective on issues of globalization. Includes numerous examples from Asian, European, and North American youth culture and popular music. Draws on interdisciplinary research from the fields of anthropology, cultural studi...

Presents developments in airline industry and business models. This book examines important elements in demand and traffic, price and yield, output and unit cost. It also probes into three critical aspects of capacity management: network management; fleet management; and revenue management.

Drawing on a wealth of material from film, television, art and popular culture, Angela McRobbie tackles the so-called 'end' of feminism.

What is Geography? Geography is a fundamental fascination with, and a crucial method for, understanding the way the world works. This title offers readers a short and highly accessible account of the ideas and concepts constituting geography.

Tomorrow's nanoscientist will have a truly interdisciplinary and nano-centric education, rather than, for example, a degree in chemistry with a specialization in nanoscience. For this to happen, the field needs a truly focused and dedicated textbook. This full-color masterwork is such a textbook.

It introduces the nanoscale along with the societal impacts of nanoscience, then presents an overview of characterization and fabrication methods. The authors systematically discuss the chemistry, ph...

Nu Gummbah in bijna heel Nederland en Vlaanderen beroemd en berucht is, wordt het tijd om ook de rest van de wereld kennis te laten maken met zijn weerzinwekkende creaties. Ze hebben alleen gemeen dat ze van onaangepastheid een levensstijl hebben gemaakt en louter bij de gratie van de gore randen van de mensheid lijken te bestaan.

De studie van visuele kunst is een gelaagde, caleidoscopische en kritische bezigheid. Het kunsthistorisch perspectief vormt slechts één van de vele invalshoeken om kunst te beschouwen en onderzoeken. Al veel langer woedt de kwestie: vanuit welke andere perspectieven kan kunst zinvol bestudeerd worden? In de muziek- of taalwetenschap is het bijvoorbeeld vanzelfsprekend om uiteenlopende gezichtspunten in te zetten bij reflectie en onderzoek.

Dit boek brengt voor het eerst een breed scala van ...