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Davor Konjikušić provides an in-depth presentation and contextualization of the photographs created by Yugoslav partisans between 1941 and 1945. In doing so, the author is not only interested in presenting the photographs from an aesthetic perspective, but in the history of their use and function within one of the biggest anti-fascist movements in Europe during the Second World War.

Davor Konjikušić provides an in-depth presentation and contextualization of the photographs created by Yugoslav partisans between 1941 and 1945. In doing so, the author is not only interested in presenting the photographs from an aesthetic perspective, but in the history of their use and function within one of the biggest anti-fascist movements in Europe during the Second World War.

Contents -- About the Author -- Acknowledgements -- Dedication Page -- 1: Place, Pioneers and Practitioners -- 2: Eight Design Objectives and how to Achieve them -- 3: Context, Character and Quality -- 4: Politics, Collaboration and the Role of Local Authorities -- 5: Strategic Urban Design and Masterplanning -- Appendix: Checklist for Assessing Context and Character -- Notes -- Index -- Image Credits.

Cover -- DISLIKE-MINDED -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Introduction: Media Studies: Click Dislike -- 1. The Audience for Dislike -- 2. What's Wrong and What's Missing -- 3. Fallen from Grace, or, When Sequels Attack -- 4. Performing Identity through Dislike -- 5. The Multiplicities of Dislike -- Conclusion: The Rhythms of Dislike -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

"Would you have survived in Alcatraz? Make decisions and tally your score to find out. Written at a lower reading level with considerate text, these high maturity books are sure to grab struggling readers as they engage and play along. Also includes a table of contents, glossary, index, author biography, sidebars, educational matter, and activities"--

This book posits that Generation X is the first to be defined by its relationship with entertainment. This relationship, the author argues, is reciprocal: for the first time, entertainment is created with adolescent consumers in mind who in turn develop a new mode of subjectivity that is informed by the popular culture they consume.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Foundation of the Transnational Adoption Movement -- 2. Hero or Villain? The Holts and the Korean Adoption Boom -- 3. Mother of Transracial Adoption -- 4. Helen Doss's The Family Nobody Wanted -- Conclusion: Christianity, Race, Gender, and Family-Making -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Cover -- MUTINY ON THE RISING SUN -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Note on Text, Dates, and Terminology -- Introduction -- 1. The Captain -- 2. The Cartel -- 3. The Cargo -- 4. The Crew -- 5. Endings -- 6. Aftermaths -- Epilogue: Reckoning -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I: On Circumstantial Evidence -- Appendix II: Accounts of the Mutiny -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author.

The author explores the important role that Jewish performers and middlemen played in the evolution of popular culture throughout the century, from stage and big screen to radio, television, and the music industry. He concludes with a discussion of Jewish values that helps explain the role that Jews continue to play in American popular culture.

TikTok has taken over the world in just a few short years. What does its success mean for the future of technology? Journalist and author Chris Stokel-Walker tells the inside story of the Chinese app, with unprecedented access to key company figures, along with the superpower battle with the US over its future.

Intro -- Title Page -- Introduction -- 1: Stay or Go? -- 2: The Rational(ish) Animal -- 3: Too Much Information -- 4: Prospect Theory -- 5: 'Paradoxes' -- 6: The Pleasure Machine -- 7: Safety in Numbers -- 8: The Big Picture -- Further reading -- Index -- About the Author -- Copyright -- STAY OR GO? 1 -- * -- 1 -- 2 -- 3 -- 4 -- 5 -- 6 -- 7 -- 8.

Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword by Cynthia McKinney -- Preface -- Introduction: Careening toward Extinction -- 1. Structuring Solidarity: Uncovering Our Connections -- 2. Dismantling White Supremacy -- 3. Climate Justice versus the Anthropocene -- 4. Humanity on the Move: Justice and Migration -- 5. Dismantling the Ivory Tower -- Conclusion: Anthropolitics -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART I - Spook Heaven -- Chapter 1. -- Chapter 2. -- Chapter 3. -- PART II - Kites in a Hurricane -- Chapter 4. -- Chapter 5. -- Chapter 6. -- PART III - Permanent Resident Aliens -- Chapter 7. -- Chapter 8. -- Chapter 9. -- PART IV - Ghosts of the Past -- Chapter 10. -- Chapter 11. -- Epilogue -- Discussion Questions -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author.

"Raj Patel, the New York Times bestselling author of The Value of Nothing, teams up with physician, activist, and co-founder of the Do No Harm Coalition Rupa Marya to reveal the links between health and structural injustices, and to offer a new deep medicine that can heal our bodies and our world".

Cover -- THE NEW SEX WARS -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 #METOO FEMINIST DEBATES: From Backlash to Generation Gap -- 2 FEMINIST SEX WARS: Then and Now -- 3 #METOO AS SEX WARS -- 4 READING BESIDE THE QUEER/FEMINIST DIVIDE -- 5 REGULATING REPARATIVELY -- CONCLUSION: Beyond War, beside Anger -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.