The Politics of Migration and Mobility in the Art World: Transnational Baltic Artistic Practices Across Europe (Duester Emma)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Migration and Mobility in the Art World: Transnational Baltic Artistic Practices Across Europe (Duester Emma)(Pevná vazba)

Explores the nature of artistic practices for highly mobile artists from the Baltic States, moving regularly across multiple borders across Europe in order to maintain their position on the global art world. Artists with trans-local homes that combine and connect homeland, host country and a unique

Intimate Mobilities: Sexual Economies, Marriage and Migration in a Disparate World (Groes Christian)(Pevná vazba)

As globalization and transnational encounters intensify, people's mobility is increasingly conditioned by intimacy, ranging from love, desire, and sexual liaisons to broader family, kinship, and conjugal matters. This book explores the entanglement of mobility and intimacy in various

Transnational Migration and the New Subjects of Work: Transmigrants, Hybrids and Cosmopolitans (zkazan-Pan Banu)(Paperback)

In an increasingly globalized world, mobility is a new defining feature of our lives, livelihoods and work experiences. This book is a first in utilising transnational migration studies as a new theoretical framework in management and organization studies. Ozkazanc-Pan presents a much-needed new

The Transnational and the Local in the Politics of Islam: The Case of West Sumatra, Indonesia (Salim Delmus Puneri)(Pevná vazba)

This book explores the relationship between transnational and local Islam as expressed in public discourse and policy-making, as represented in the local press. It does so against the background of local governments in majority Muslim regions across Indonesia promoting and passing regulations that

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe (Siklodi Nora)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of Mobile Citizenship in Europe explores contemporary models of national and European Union (EU) citizenship in the context of intra-EU mobility. Scholars have often addressed these models from separate disciplinary standpoints. National citizenship has been studied through the prism

Art in Time: A World History of Styles and Movements (The Editors of Phaidon Press)(Pevná vazba)

Art in Time is the first book to embed art movements within the larger context of politics and history. Global in scope and featuring an innovative present‐to‐past arrangement, the book's accessible text looks back on the most significant art styles and movements, from the present day

Fashion and Politics (Bartlett Djurdja)(Pevná vazba)

In this incisive book, leaders from international fashion research and artistic practices probe the nuanced relationship between fashion and

Leading a Board: Chairs' Practices Across Europe (Shekshnia Stanislav)(Pevná vazba)

This book represents the first cross-country study of the work of board chairs in Europe. It focuses on what board leaders actually do, rather than what they should do, and elaborates on a conceptual contingency framework for understanding chairs' work in Europe. In this second edition, 18 experts

Conchophilia: Shells, Art, and Curiosity in Early Modern Europe (Bass Marisa Anne)(Pevná vazba)

A captivating historical look at the cultural and artistic significance of shells in early modern Europe Among nature's most artful creations, shells have long inspired the curiosity and passion of artisans, artists, collectors, and thinkers. Conchophilia delves into the intimate relationship

Sculpture and the Decorative in Britain and Europe: Seventeenth Century to Contemporary (Hart Imogen)(Pevná vazba)

Sculpture and the decorative meet in all manner of objects, art practices, and contexts. Yet they are largely kept apart in academia, art criticism, exhibitions and museums. By foregrounding the overlaps between sculpture and the decorative, this volume of essays by artists, curators and art

The Nightingales in Mersey Square (Robbins Lilly)(Pevná vazba)

Can friendship save them in their time of need?1940: World War Two is sweeping across Europe and the Guernsey evacuee families have just arrived in Stockport. Desperately in need of kindness, love and a safe place to call home, local trainee nurses Clare and Gaye immediately volunteer, alongside

Art, Trade, and Culture in the Islamic World and Beyond: From the Fatimids to the Mughals (Ohta Alison)(Pevná vazba)

The essays in this book trace a rich continuum of artistic exchange that occurred between successive Islamic dynasties from the twelfth through nineteenth centuries--as well as the influence of Islamic art during that time on cultures as far away as China, Armenia, India, and Europe. Taking

Performing Process (Meehan Emma)(Pevná vazba)

The chapters in this collection examine the methods, politics and philosophy of sharing choreographic process, aiming to uncover theoretical repercussions of and the implications for forms of knowledge, the appreciation of dance, education and artistic

Lifelong Learning and the Roma Minority in Western and Southern Europe (hidy Andrea)(Pevná vazba)

The achievement and success of Roma people in education is at a breaking point across Europe, severely limiting social mobility. Recent research has shown that Roma are the most underrepresented group in schools and other educational institutions. There are an array of policy measures and

The Ancient Art of Emulation: Studies in Artistic Originality and Tradition from the Present to Classical Antiquity (Gazda Elaine K.)(Pevná vazba)

This volume of essays examines the question of copying and other forms of artistic imitation and emulation in relation to Greek and Roman art, focusing particularly on sculpture and painting in the Roman period. It goes beyond recent studies of the subject in bringing to bear the views of early

The Shifting Border: Legal Cartographies of Migration and Mobility: Ayelet Shachar in Dialogue (Shachar Ayelet)(Pevná vazba)

A critical assessment from the perspective of political and legal theory of how shifting borders impact on migration, mobility and the protection of displaced

The Art and Practice of Diagnosis in Chinese Medicine (Ching Nigel)(Pevná vazba)

The Politics of New Immigrant Destinations: Transatlantic Perspectives (Chambers Stefanie)(Paperback)

Migration to new destinations in Europe and the United States has expanded dramatically over the past few decades. Within these destinations, there is a corresponding greater variety of ethnic, cultural, and/or religious diversity. This timely volume, The Politics of New Immigrant Destinations,

The Great Departure: Mass Migration from Eastern Europe and the Making of the Free World (Zahra Tara)(Pevná vazba)

Between 1846 and 1940, more than 50 million Europeans moved to the Americas, irrevocably changing both their new homes and the ones they left behind. In this groundbreaking study, Tara Zahra explores the deeper story of this astonishing movement of people--one of the largest in human history.The

Butinage: The Art of Religious Mobility (Gez Yonatan)(Pevná vazba)

Based on comparative ethnographic research in four countries and three continents, Butinage: The Art of Religious Mobility explores the notion of religious butinage as a conceptual framework intended to shed light on the dynamics of everyday religious practice. Derived from the French word butiner,

Art and Making of The Handmaid's Tale (Robinson Andrea)(Pevná vazba)

Explore the terrifying world of Gilead with this behind-the-scenes look at the Emmy award-winning show The Handmaid's

Migration Diplomacy: Egyptians Abroad and Interstate Relations in a Changing Middle East (Tsourapas Gerasimos)(Pevná vazba)

How does migration feature in states' diplomatic agendas across the Middle East? Migration diplomacy provides the first systematic examination of the foreign policy importance of migrants, refugees and diasporas in the Global South. Tsourapas examines how emigration-related processes become

A Kind of Magic: Art Deco Vanity Cases (Hue-Williams Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

The euphoria that swept Europe and America in the wake of World War I was breathtaking. War was over, perhaps forever, technology was rapidly shrinking the world and improving our lives within it, and, all over, people seemed to be making easy fortunes in business and the stock market. Few material

A Year in the Art World (Israel Matthew)(Pevná vazba)

The world of contemporary art has become more globalized and transparent in the last few decades, yet it is still perceived as closed-off and obscure. In A Year in the Art World, Matthew Israel takes the reader on a cross-continental journey through a year in the field of art, lifting the veil on a