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America Under Construction
This eclectic collection of original essays explores the role of popular culture in the creation of gender, class, regional, national, racial, and institutional identities in the U.S. The essays address such diverse topics as popular music, graffiti, funerary fashion and the treatment of the dead, government hearings on rock lyrics, gendered advertising, and professional wrestling. The collection offers theoretical insights in a number of areas of cultural and social theory, including: the history of gender relations in the U.S.; the evolution of jazz from a popular to an elite musical form; the interactions of race, class, and criminality; the role of graffiti in defining public and private space in an urban setting; mortuary practices as nationalism; the relationship between institutional and national identities, and the dialectical relationship of resistance and co-opting in subcultures. An introduction and bibliography enhance the collection.
Identification: Friend Or Foe
Born and raised in Nova Scotia, Dewar MacLeod joined the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II. He was attached to the Second Tactical Air Force, flying Mosquito aircraft in support of Allied ground forces in Europe when he was killed in action on September 29, 1944. His aircraft was shot down near a Belgian village, where he was temporarily buried. Sixty-two years later, in July of 2006, Dewar's family learned his death may have been caused by friendly fire. In Identification: Friend or Foe, author James MacLeod, Dewar's brother, who also served with the RCAF, chronicles the journey to discover the truth about Dewar's death. Through a compilation of letters and emails, MacLeod follows the path of the investigation and the ensuing conclusions. With photos included, Identification: Friend or Foe, captures a piece of history of WWII and provides closure to events that occurred more than sixty-eight years ago.
A Critical Dictionary of English Literature
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
The Lancet
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Punk Rock
Punk Rock examines the history of punk rock in its totality. Punk became a way of thinking about the role of culture and community in modern life. Punks forged real alternatives to producing popular music and built community around their music. This punk counterpublic, forged in the late Cold War period, spanned the globe and has provided a viable cultural alternative to alienated young people over the years. This book starts with the rise of modernity and places the emergence of punk as a musical subculture into that longer historical narrative. It also reveals how punk itself became a contested terrain, as participants sought to imbue the production of music with greater meaning. It highlights all styles of punk and its wide variety of creators around the world, including from the LGBTQ+, feminist, and alternative communities. Punk was and remains a transnational phenomenon that influences music production and shapes our understanding of culture’s role in community building.
The Lancet London
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