Never before has so much popular culture been produced about what it
means to be a girl in today's society. From the first appearance of
Nancy Drew in 1930, to Seventeen magazine in 1944 to the emergence of
Bratz dolls in 2001, girl culture has been increasingly linked to
popular culture and an escalating of commodities directed towards girls
of all ages. Editors Claudia A. Mitchell and Jacqueline Reid-Walsh
investigate the increasingly complex relationships, struggles,
obsessions, and idols of American tween and teen girls who are growing
up faster today than ever before. From pre-school to high school and
beyond, Girl Culture tackles numerous hot-button issues, including the
recent barrage of advertising geared toward very young girls
emphasizing sexuality and extreme thinness. Nothing is off-limits:
Organizational culture has come of age. Not only did the concept have staying power but it is even being broadened to occupational cultures and community cultures. Culture at the national level is more important than ever in helping us to understand intergroup conflict. As it turns out, culture is essential to understanding intergroup conflict at the organizational level as well.
Symbolism is the intuitive means of overcoming the limitations of reason. Here Schwaller explains how true progress in human thought can be made only if we call upon the "symbolizing" faculty of intelligence, developed and refined in the temple culture of ancient Egypt and reflected in its hieroglyphs.
A fresh look at the hip-hop movement and the fierce battles being waged to control it. Beneath the glitz and glut of mainstream hip-hop, there's an underground movement of "conscious rap," political angst and an anticapitalist ethos that would make even Bill Gates throw his hands in the air. That conscious rap is what Watkins, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, champions in this solid book. It's an ambitious attempt to cover a culture that began in the late '70s ...
