Bücher der Reihe Public Worlds

Media do not simply portray places that already exist; they actually produce them. In exploring how world populations experience "place" through media technologies, the essays included here examine how media construct the meanings of home, community, work, nation, and citizenship.

A fascinating look at the relation between Islam and modernity.

Investigates the relationship between globalization and Danish cinema. This book offers two key strategies underwriting the transformation and globalization of contemporary Danish cinema - the processes of cultural circulation and the psychological efficacy of heritage.

An account of Sri Lankan politics and representative democracies. The lack of peace in Sri Lanka is portrayed as a consequence of a violent, ethnonationalist conflict between the Sinhalese majority and the Tamil minority. This book examines how the disciplines of anthropology, history, and literature treat the Sri Lankan ethnic conflict.