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John II Komnenos Emperor of Byzantium In the Shadow of Father and Son

The Emperor John II Komnenos (1118–1143) has been overshadowed by both his father Alexios I and his son Manuel I. Written sources have not left us much evidence regarding his reign although authors agree that he was an excellent emperor. However the period witnessed territorial expansion in Asia Minor as well as the construction of the most important monastic complex of twelfth-century Constantinople. What else do we know about John’s rule and its period? This volume opens up new perspectives on John’s reign and clearly demonstrates that many innovations generally attributed to the genius of Manuel Komnenos had already been fostered during the reign of the second great Komnenos. Leading experts on twelfth-century Byzantium (Jeffreys Magdalino Ousterhout) are joined by representatives of a new generation of Byzantinists to produce a timely and invaluable study of the unjustly neglected figure of John Komnenos. | John II Komnenos Emperor of Byzantium In the Shadow of Father and Son

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Roots Music

When we talk about roots music what do we mean and what is at stake? Ethnomusicologist Mark F. DeWitt delves into these questions in an introductory bibliographic essay and selects twenty-one articles published between 1974 and 2010 that have advanced our knowledge and insight about this topic. The collection focuses on the nexus between popular musics in North America and Europe and the traditional musics that have been their foundation on both the real and imagined connections between the present and past: Olly Wilson and Gerhard Kubik on African American music Aaron Fox on country music Eric Lott on blackface minstrelsy Barry Shank on the elusive Bob Dylan. Works by Sara Cohen Beverley Diamond Peter Manuel Svanibor Pettan and others range on subjects from the accordion balladry and blues to Bulgarian folk orchestras flamenco gospel Irish sessions Native American women musicians the Roma Tex-Mex music and zydeco.

GBP 42.99

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Employee Engagement Through Effective Performance Management A Practical Guide for Managers

This book is a practical guide for managers to increase and support employee engagement through stronger performance management tools and techniques. In this second edition Edward Mone and Manuel London incorporate new developments in the field including discussion of issues about the value of challenging goals annual formal appraisals forced ranking and ways to give constructive feedback. The authors expand the traditional notion of performance management to include building trust creating conditions of empowerment managing team learning and maintaining ongoing straightforward communications about performance all of which are critical to employee engagement. Case studies offer concrete examples and checklists and surveys supply managers with ways to assess employee engagement as well as directions for increasing engagement. An up-to-date straightforward guide this book is appropriate for graduate students in Employee Engagement Human Resources and Management Studies as well as scholars and practitioners in those fields. | Employee Engagement Through Effective Performance Management A Practical Guide for Managers

GBP 48.99

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Contemporary Social Theory An Introduction

Now in its third edition Anthony Elliott’s comprehensive stylish and accessible introduction continues to be the indispensable guide to social theory. Fully revised and updated the book examines the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to posthumanism and from feminism and post-structuralism to globalization theory and beyond. Classical debates in social theory are given careful appraisal as are the major contemporary theorists – including Jurgen Habermas Judith Butler Anthony Giddens Pierre Bourdieu Julia Kristeva Slavoj Žižek Manuel Castells Ulrich Beck Zygmunt Bauman Shoshana Zuboff and Bernard Stiegler. This edition includes a new chapter on the digital revolution with consideration of how digital technologies in general and artificial intelligence in particular are reshaping societies. Like its predecessors the third edition of Contemporary Social Theory combines stylish exposition with reflective social critique and original insights. This volume will prove a superb textbook with which to navigate the twists and turns of contemporary social theory as taught in the disciplines of sociology politics cultural and media studies and many more. | Contemporary Social Theory An Introduction

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Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory

In this comprehensive and clear introduction to contemporary social theory Anthony Elliott and Charles Lemert explore the major theoretical traditions from the Frankfurt School to the digital revolution and beyond. Fully revised and updated this second edition has been expanded to consider the most recent developments in social theory including a new chapter on the digital revolution and the increasingly significant impact of technological developments (such as artificial intelligence machine learning and robotics) on society culture and politics. Introduction to Contemporary Social Theory provides the reader with a superb overview of key developments in social theory including the Frankfurt School American pragmatism structuralism post-structuralism feminism globalization and world-systems theory. In doing so the textbook explores the ideas of a wide range of social theorists including Theodor Adorno Herbert Marcuse Talcott Parsons Erving Goffman Harold Garfinkel Michel Foucault Jacques Lacan Jacques Derrida C. Wright Mills Anthony Giddens Pierre Bourdieu Julia Kristeva Jürgen Habermas Judith Butler Slavoj Žižek Manuel Castells Cornel West Immanuel Wallerstein and Zygmunt Bauman. This textbook provides stylish exposition with powerful social critique and original insights. It will be indispensable to students and academics alike.

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Embodiment and Disembodiment in Live Art From Grotowski to Hologram

Liveness is a pivotal issue for performance theorists and artists. As live art covers both embodiment and disembodiment many scholars have emphasized the former and interpreted the latter as the opposite side of liveness. In this book the author demonstrates that disembodiment is also an inextricable part of liveness and presence in performance from both practical and theoretical perspectives. By applying phenomenological theory to live performance the author investigates the possible realisation of aesthetic dynamics in live art via re-engagement with the notions of embodiment especially in the sense provided by philosophers such as Gabriel Marcel and Morris Merleau-Ponty. Creative practices from leading performance artists such as Franko B Ron Athey Manuel Vason and others as well as experimental ensembles such as Goat Island La Pocha Nostra Forced Entertainment and the New Youth are discussed offering a new perspective to re-frame human-human relationships such as the one between actor and spectator and collaborations in live genres In addition the author presents a new interpretation model for the human-material in live genres helping to bridge the aesthetic gaps between performance art and experimental theatre and providing an ecological paradigm for performance art experimental theatre and live art. | Embodiment and Disembodiment in Live Art From Grotowski to Hologram

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The Role of the Literary Canon in the Teaching of Literature

This book investigates the role of the idea of the literary canon in the teaching of literature especially in colleges and secondary schools in the United States. Before the term canon was widely used in literary studies which occurred in the second half of 20th century when the canon was first seriously viewed as politically and culturally problematic the idea that some literary texts were more worthy of being studied than others existed since the beginning of the discipline of the teaching of literature in the 1800s. The concept of the canon however extends as far back as to Ancient Greece and its meaning has evolved over time. Thus this book charts the changing meaning of the idea of the literary canon examining its influence specifically in the teaching of literature from the beginning of the field to the 21st century. To explain how the literary canon and the teaching of literature have changed over time and continue to change this book constructs a theory of canon formation based on the ideas of Michel Foucault and the assemblage theory of Manuel DeLanda illustrating that the literary canon while frequently contested is integral to the teaching of literature yet changes as the teaching of literature changes. | The Role of the Literary Canon in the Teaching of Literature

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The Emperor Theophilos and the East 829–842 Court and Frontier in Byzantium during the Last Phase of Iconoclasm

Modern historiography has become accustomed to portraying the emperor Theophilos of Byzantium (829-842) in a favourable light taking at face value the legendary account that makes of him a righteous and learned ruler and excusing as ill fortune his apparent military failures against the Muslims. The present book considers events of the period that are crucial to our understanding of the reign and argues for a more balanced assessment of it. The focus lies on the impact of Oriental politics on the reign of Theophilos the last iconoclast emperor. After introductory chapters setting out the context in which he came to power separate sections are devoted to the influence of Armenians at the court the enrolment of Persian rebels against the caliphate in the Byzantine army the continuous warfare with the Arabs and the cultural exchange with Baghdad the Khazar problem and the attitude of the Christian Melkites towards the iconoclast emperor. The final chapter reassesses the image of the emperor as a good ruler building on the conclusions of the previous sections. The book reinterprets major events of the period and their chronology and sets in a new light the role played by figures like Thomas the Slav Manuel the Armenian or the Persian Theophobos whose identity is established from a better understanding of the sources. | The Emperor Theophilos and the East 829–842 Court and Frontier in Byzantium during the Last Phase of Iconoclasm

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Basic Cinematography A Creative Guide to Visual Storytelling

The cinematographer must translate the ideas and emotions contained in a script into something that can be physically seen and felt onscreen helping the director to fulfil the vision of the film. The shots may look good but they will not serve the story until the composition lenses and lighting express enhance and reveal the underlying emotions and subtext of the story. By making physical the ideas and emotions of the story the cinematographer supports blocking as a visual form of the story through these tools. Rather than delve into technical training Basic Cinematography helps to train the eye and heart of cinematographers as visual storytellers providing them with a strong foundation for their work so that they’re ready with creative ideas and choices on set in order to make compelling images that support the story. The book includes tools tables and worksheets on how to enhance students and experienced filmmakers with strong visual storytelling possibilities including such features as: Dramatic script analysis that will help unlock blocking composition and lighting ideas that reveal the visual story Ten tools of composition Psychological impact of lenses shot sizes and camera movement Six elements of lighting for visual storytelling What to look for beneath the hood of cameras including using camera log RAW and LUTs Dramatic analysis chart and scene composition chart to help plan your shoots Case studies from such visually cinematic shows and documentaries as Netflix’s Godless Jessica Jones The Crown and Chef’s Table as well as examples from classroom exercises Features insights from the DP of Jessica Jones Manuel Billeter and the DP of Chef’s Table Adam Bricker. | Basic Cinematography A Creative Guide to Visual Storytelling

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The Globalizing Cities Reader

The newly revised Globalizing Cities Reader reflects how the geographies of theory have recently shifted away from the western vantage points from which much of the classic work in this field was developed. The expanded volume continues to make available many of the original and foundational works that underpin the research field while expanding coverage to familiarize students with new theoretical and epistemological positions as well as emerging research foci and horizons. It contains 38 new chapters including key writings on globalizing cities from leading thinkers such as John Friedmann Michael Peter Smith Saskia Sassen Peter Taylor Manuel Castells Anthony King Jennifer Robinson Ananya Roy and Fulong Wu. The new Reader reflects the fact that world and global city studies have evolved in exciting and wide-ranging ways and the very notion of a distinct global class of cities has recently been called into question. The sections examine the foundations of the field and processes of urban restructuring and global city formation. A large number of new entries focus on the emerging urban worlds of Asia Latin America and Africa including Beijing Bogota Cairo Cape Town Delhi Istanbul Medellin Mumbai Phnom Penh Rio de Janeiro Sao Paulo and Shanghai. The book also presents cases off the conventional map of global cities research such as smaller cities and less known urban regions that are undergoing processes of globalization. The book is a key resource for students and scholars alike who seek an accessible compendium of the intellectual foundations of global urban studies as well as an overview of the emergent patterns of early 21st century urbanization and associated sociopolitical contestation around the world. | The Globalizing Cities Reader

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The City Reader

The seventh edition of the highly successful The City Reader juxtaposes the very best classic and contemporary writings on the city. Sixty-three selections are included: forty-five from the sixth edition and eighteen new selections including three newly written exclusively for The City Reader. The anthology features a Prologue essay on How to Study Cities eight part introductions as well as individual introductions to each of the selected articles. The new edition has been extensively updated and expanded to reflect the latest thinking in each of the disciplinary and topical areas included such as sustainable urban development globalization the impact of technology on cities resilient cities and urban theory. The seventh edition places greater emphasis on cities in the developing world the global city system and the future of cities in the digital transformation age. While retaining classic writings from authors such as Lewis Mumford Jane Jacobs and Louis Wirth this edition also includes the best contemporary writings of among others Peter Hall Manuel Castells and Saskia Sassen. New material has been added on compact cities urban history placemaking climate change the world city network smart cities the new social exclusion ordinary cities gentrification gender perspectives regime theory comparative urbanization and the impact of technology on cities. Bibliographic material has been completely updated and strengthened so that the seventh edition can serve as a reference volume orienting faculty and students to the most important writings of all the key topics in urban studies and planning. The City Reader provides the comprehensive mapping of the terrain of Urban Studies old and new. It is essential reading for anyone interested in studying cities and city life.

GBP 59.99

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The Impact of Immigration on African Americans

Immigration has significant consequences for all Americans but especially for African Americans. áThe sheer magnitude of immigration-it is the primary factor driving population growth-is so large that it directly or indirectly affects the economic political social and environmental circumstances of most Americans. áBut the geographic concentration of immigrants in urban areas and the economic concentration of immigrants in the low-wage sector of the labor market have special consequences for African Americans since they are especially likely to live in urban areas and to be low-wage workers. These effects can be both negative and positive. Immigration has sharply increased the supply of labor into the low-wage sector of the labor market which tends to reduce wages and employment opportunities for low-wage native workers. Employers may prefer hiring immigrants who are perceived to be hard working and uncomplaining to hiring African Americans. Immigrants can also increase the competition for scarce public services (especially education) on which African Americans depend. Yet immigration can also stimulate economic growth and urban revitalization which can increase job opportunities and spread an ideology of multiculturalism. Immigration can dilute the political power of African Americans but it can also strengthen the civil rights coalition. Immigration can benefit some groups while hurting others. This volume presents research and analysis that reflects and advances the debates about the economic and political consequences of immigration for African Americans. The contributors include Gerald Jaynes (Yale University) Vernon Briggs (Cornell University) Frank Bean and Jennifer Lee (University of California Irvine) Robert Cherry (Brooklyn College) Manuel Pastor (University of California Santa Cruz) and Enrique Marcelli (University of Massachusetts Boston) Steven Camarota (Center for Immigration Studies) Frank Morris (University of Texas Dallas) Steven Shulman (Colorado State University) and Hannes Johannsson (Office of the Comptroller of the Currency) and Lisa Catanzarite (University of California Los Angeles). | The Impact of Immigration on African Americans

GBP 130.00

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