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This edited collection analyzes the concept of economic justice for those deemed non-normative due to their gender or sexuality in Latin American and Latinx literature of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Featuring cutting edge research from top elections scholars, Pandemic at the Polls examines the context under which the 2020 U.S. elections were buffeted by a global pandemic unfolding during a hotly contested presidential election, how states and voters responded, and how to fortify the administration of elections for the future.

This book compares the ecologies of historical knowledge in late socialist Hungary and Croatia. Its integrated analytical framework ¿ academic, party, and popular history ¿ is an innovative attempt to grasp the unique uncertainties surrounding the making of narratives and knowledge about the recent past in state socialist Eastern Europe.

This book critically addresses the conventional practices of studies on music, while taking readers through various global examples of musical expression.

The chapters in this collection reveal the depths and nuances in the cultural attitudes toward and popular views of the second wife, from ancient times to the present day. The essays convey perspectives of second wifehood in a way that offers insights into the second wife experience.

This book analyzes ¿high corruption¿ in terms of political corruption and high-end white-collar crime and ¿low corruption¿ in terms of juvenile delinquency and street crime. It shows how this former type of corruption contributes to the latter type and also explains how both types should be curbed.

This edited volume examines the topic of trust and its place in the thought of several key figures from the history of philosophy. Drawing on thinkers and philosophical traditions from across the globe, the chapters focus especially on trust¿s moral and social dimensions.

This book revisits Japanese modern literature in relation to Kon Wajir¿¿s urban ethnography and draws a speculative genealogy of dwelling practices in the Japanese capital defined by mobility, affect and the beautiful, in particular what Kon called ¿accidental beauty.¿

In Big Rural, Crystal Cook Marshall unveils the rural not as wild and unknowable but as measured and intervened-in as big cities, deserving of conceptual rethinking and fresh research, policy, and practical approaches for the benefit of both their citizens and their environments.

This comprehensive study of the sylvan realm in speculative fiction focuses on the conceptualization of a sylvan and arboreal agency and the interrelationship between the human and the forest. The author argues for a re-negotiation of material agency and a facilitation of an eco-sylvan awareness within the Anthropocene.

The Moral Psychology of Anxiety brings a variety of disciplinary perspectives to examine anxiety, providing historical context and incorporating recent advances in philosophical and psychological research on anxiety¿s nature, causes, and consequences and on its possible benefits, virtuous aspects, and role in human inquiry.

In this book, Mike Van Esler examines how film and television libraries satisfy not only audience demand, but also corporate expansion mandates, private equity investors, tech companies, streaming service operators, and more. Scholars of media studies, business, and sociology will find this book of particular interest.

This book explores the challenges faced by documentary filmmakers in creating films and series for global audiences in response to increasing demands. The research utilizes in-depth interviews with members of the industry to reveal recurring themes and argue for greater support and deeper understanding of creative practices and processes.

From a Nietzschean perspective, the author disputes the often-postulated lineage between Nietzsche and Derrida. Peter Bornedal argues instead that they have very different epistemological programs: the deconstructionist and postmodernist projects undermine beliefs in reason and logic in a manner that cannot be found in Nietzsche.

Spinozäs Argument for Substance Monism: Why There Is Only One Thing interprets and defends Spinozäs God/Nature argument using speculative metaphysics as a method and illustrates the practice and potential of metaphysics at work. These features work together to strengthen Spinozäs argument that only one substantial being exists.

Fisher employs a symbolic interactionist lens and other theoretical tools to make visible foundational cultural assumptions delimiting our thinking about and undermining employee engagement before it even begins in organizational settings.

This book examines German feature films and television series centered around the figure of the computer hacker as a hero, introducing the German hacker genre to the ongoing scholarly discussion of genre in German cinema. William Mahan argues that the genre reflects a history of youth resistance, a complex political landscape, and an obsession with Datenschutz (data protection) in the German context to make the hacker an archetypal character with both national and global cultural appeal. Ultimately, Mahan posits, the continued prevalence of the hacker over the last twenty-five years suggests that while remaining relevant, the figure has also evolved and become dynamic in connection to developing technologies. Scholars of film studies, German studies, and cultural studies will find this book of particular interest.

This collection explores the core concepts of Ignacio Ellacuríäs liberating philosophy; his critique of ideologies and continuity with critical theory; his philosophical anthropology and humanism; and the implications that praxis has for philosophical thought.

This book explores stigma and discrimination associated with disability and mental health in Ghana. In conversations with caregivers and persons with disabilities, the authors examine the socio-cultural challenges that undermine treatment and support for these individuals and provide recommendations for improved policy and practice.

Applied Business Rhetoric examines a broad array of rhetorical principles used in various business contexts. Chapters overview key rhetorical constructs, and provide engaging, in-depth industry examples and analysis to show the concepts in use.

Global James Bond explores the interplay between the global and the local in the longest-running film franchise in history. It considers how the world is envisaged in the series and reinterpreted on local and regional levels with alternative meanings running counter to the representational and geo-political logics of the original texts.

The Real Mound Builders of North America contrasts the evolutionary view that emphasizes abrupt discontinuities with the Hopewellian ceremonial assemblage and mounds. Byers argues that these communities persisted unchanged in terms of their essential structures and traditions, varying only in ceremonial practices that manifested these structures.

Working with archival recordings, the authors trace the history of Missouri English and demonstrate how the voices of Missourians born over a century ago provide a unique window on the development of many of the pronunciation features that separate modern American dialects.

In The Cross of Christ in African American Christian Religious Experience: Piety, Politics, and Protest Demetrius K. Williams examines and explores the ideational importance and rhetorical function of cross language and terminology in the spirituals, conversion narratives, and Black preaching tradition through an ideological lens.

This book addresses the challenge in contemporary Christianity of navigating the relationship between the individual and their faith community when entering spiritually challenging times. When loyalty to the church gets tested during a personal faith crisis, many leave disenchanted, claiming a desire to be spiritual but not religious.

This multidisciplinary collection explores the ways in which the lives of immigrants¿ daughters are shaped by forces of race, gender, migration, sexuality, family, and nation outside of their control. The contributors examine how the women navigate these forces as individuals and as members of collectivities.

This book explores the tensions in communicating the National Park Service's mission to both conserve and preserve nature while also offering recreational experiences to the public. Through qualitative interviews and observations, the author discusses climate change, policy change, and environmental education at Glacier National Park.

Trumpism, Bigotry, and the Threat to American Democracy reveals the serious chasms of American society and the man who would exploit them, Donald Trump. The story almost sounds like a surreal movie plot, except is living American political history, with an uncertain future.

Online discussions in the form of readers' comments are a central part of many news sites and social media platforms. In this book, Tamara Kuni¿ explores and interprets the ways in which digital technology has impacted the production and dissemination of content and the need to adapt in the age of a new audience, the prosumer.

Social media influencer marketing emerged in Web 2.0 as a new form of celebrity endorsement in which the Internet-famous create word-of-mouth marketing for brands and organizations on their personal social media pages, blurring the line between organic and sponsored content for their followers. This book explores social media influencer marketing through the lens of philosophy of communication with a praxis-centered approach. Kati E. Sudnick utilizes a multitude of theoretical touchstones¿including Christopher Lasch¿s narcissistic culture, Marshall McLuhan¿s global village, Daniel Boorstin¿s human pseudo-event, Jacques Ellul¿s propaganda, and the interplay between charismatic leadership and parasocial relationships¿in order to consider consequences surrounding Hannah Arendt¿s social condition, which appears in hyper-form within social media influencer marketing as a major integrated marketing communication tool. Sudnick applies these concepts to three major case studies surrounding Audible, BetterHelp, and Fyre Festival, drawing implications and conclusions for this integrated marketing communication tactic in an era entrenched within the banality of the social. Ultimately, the author argues for a more aware and conscientious public when it comes to engaging with influencers online. Scholars of communication, philosophy, and media studies will find this book of particular interest.