In a trial in California, Navajo defendants argue that using the hallucinogen peyote to achieve spiritual exaltation is protected by the Constitution's free exercise of religion clause, trumping the states' right to regulate them. An Ibo man from Nigeria sues Pan American World Airways for transporting his mother's corpse in a cloth sack. Her arrival for the funeral facedown in a burlap bag signifies death by suicide according to the customs of her Ibo kin, and brings great shame to the son. In Los Angeles, two Cambodian men are prosecuted for attempting to eat a four month-old puppy. The immigrants' lawyers argue that the men were following their own "national customs" and do not realize their conduct is offensive to "American sensibilities." What is the just decision in each case? When cultural practices come into conflict with the law is it legitimate to take culture into account? Is there room in modern legal systems for a cultural defense?
Essays Guy Redden From RAE to ERA: research evaluation at work in the corporate university Special Section: Rural Cultural Studies David Carter, Kate Darian-Smith and Andrew Gorman-Murray Introduction Andrew Gorman-Murray, Kate Darian-Smith and Chris Gibson Scaling the Rural: Reflections on Rural Cultural Studies Phil McManus and John Connell Country Week: Bringing the City to the Country? Deb Anderson Drought, Endurance and ‘The Way Things Were’: The Lived Experience of Climate and Climate Change in the Mallee Kate Bowles Rural Cultural Research: Notes from a Small Country Town Special Section: Marketing Asian-Australianness Olivia Khoo Introduction Tom Cho ‘No One Puts Baby in a Corner’: Inserting My Self into the Text Simone Lazaroo Not Just Another Migrant Story Merlinda Bobis ‘Voice-Niche-Brand’: Marketing Asian-Australianness Book Reviews Reviewed by Aidan Davison Patriots: Defending Australia’s Natural Heritage by William Lines Reviewed by Caroline Hamilton This Crazy Thing a Life: Australian Jewish Autobiography by Richard Freadman Reviewed by Melissa Harper Being Australian: Narratives of National Identity by Catriona Elder Reviewed by Fiona Jenkins Judith Butler: Live Theory by Vicki Kirby The Ecological Humanities Deborah Rose Introduction Jessica Weir Connectivity Jinki Trevillian Talking with Ghosts: A Meeting with Old Man Crocodile on Cape York Peninsula Mary Graham Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews
Книга рассматривает роль культурного наследия в современных формах неравенства по социальному, половому и этническому признаку. Для всех интересующихся отношениями между культурой и обществом.
"Culture, Class, Distinction" is major contribution to international debates regarding the role of cultural capital in relation to modern forms of inequality. Drawing on a national study of the organisation of cultural practices in contemporary Britain, the authors review Bourdieu's classic study of the relationships between culture and class in the light of subsequent debates.
This new edition has been revised to match the format of the latest TOEIC and includes fifty vocabulary-building lessons that focus on American English as it is used within the context of modern business, industry, communications, and cultural activities. Examples of practical English usage touch on such subjects as contracts, marketing, banking, and personnel, among many others. Additional lessons concentrate on helping TOEIC test takers expand their English vocabulary in areas related to cultural activities, such as movies, museums, music, and art. Each lesson presents 12 target words with definitions, used in several different contexts. Exercises follow every lesson, and a quiz follows every five lessons to test students’ newly acquired skill in understanding and using their new words. The included audio CD provides essential help in pronunciation and listening comprehension, using the various accents tested on the new TOEIC.
When did cosmetic surgery become a common practice, the stuff of everyday conversation? In a work that combines a provocative ethnography of plastic surgery and a penetrating analysis of beauty and feminism, Virginia L. Blum searches out the social conditions and imperatives that have made ours a culture of cosmetic surgery. From diverse viewpoints, ranging from cosmetic surgery patient to feminist cultural critic, she looks into the realities and fantasies that have made physical malleability an essential part of our modern-day identity.
This new edition has been revised to match the format of the latest TOEIC and includes fifty vocabulary-building lessons that focus on American English as it is used within the context of modern business, industry, communications, and cultural activities. Examples of practical English usage touch on such subjects as contracts, marketing, banking, and personnel, among many others. Additional lessons concentrate on helping TOEIC test takers expand their English vocabulary in areas related to cultural activities, such as movies, museums, music, and art. Each lesson presents 12 target words with definitions, used in several different contexts. Exercises follow every lesson, and a quiz follows every five lessons to test students’ newly acquired skill in understanding and using their new words. The included audio CD provides essential help in pronunciation and listening comprehension, using the various accents tested on the new TOEIC.
