Contains designs from ceramics, textiles, metal-working, basketry and sculpture, ranging from pure Indian designs to those reflecting Spanish influence drawn from the cultures of the Seminole, Natchez, Creek and affiliated tribes.
Talks about the ancient art of tattooing as an expression of the sacred in the contemporary world. It is the natural alchemy that results when sacred images are emblazoned on the human body. Exploring the potentials of the skin art that has risen out of the popular tattoo culture, this book aims to take the tattoo experience beyond the obvious.
Follows Bond from the 1962 'Dr No', through the subsequent Bond films, exploring them within the culture and politics of the times, as well as within film culture itself. This work provides coverage of Brosnan as Bond in The World is Not Enough and Die Another Day ; and includes a chapter on Casino Royale and Daniel Craig's new-look Bond.
The essays in this volume explore the educational implications of unsettling shifts in politics, economics, popular culture, and social theory associated with postmodernism. These shifts, the authors
The American musical has achieved and maintained relevance to more people in America than any other performance-based art. This history of the genre, intended for readers of all stripes, offers discussions of how American musicals, especially through their musical numbers, advance themes related to American national identity.
Contains the research on social and economic trends occurring in rural America. This volume focuses on rural demographic trends that exploits data from Census 2000. It contributes to knowledge of the interdependency between population change and rural society, and provides an empirical context for considering policy choices.
Provides an account of drug use and drug dealing in club land in modern urban Britain, drawing on the author's experience of working in a London night club. This book opens up the real world of the night-time economy, exploring the workings of a criminal door firm working in a large night club with a focus on the role of recreational drug use.
Martin Conboy explores the complex and dynamic relationship between the popular press and popular culture. He argues for the importance of an historical perspective in understanding the contemporary relationship between the popular and the press. The book concludes with an analysis of the popular press in a globalized media environment.
Marianne and the Puritan provides a sociological, political, and aesthetic analysis of French and American cultures as seen through their respective cinemas. Author David I. Grossvogel focuses on highly popular and available French and American films which, taken together and through the 20th century, treat permutations of the couple.
From The Avengers to The Matrix, fetishism has been an enduring element at the cutting edge of style for decades. It hints at decadence and danger and speaks the language of the rebel: Marlon Brando in The Wild One just wouldn't have looked the same in a duffel coat.