This broad-ranging text offers a comprehensive outline of how visual images, language and discourse work as 'systems of representation'. Individual chapters explore: representation as a signifying practice in a rich diversity of social contexts and institutional sites; the use of photography in the construction of national identity and culture; ...
Together with "The 7", this two-book work provides a four- to six-year plan for youth ministers. Practical steps for both teens and youth workers help youth-group members live out and grow in their faith. Stanley draws from his years of successful youth ministry to create this two-volume work that will have eternal impact.
Practical "you-can-do-it" steps help teens live out and grow in their faith. Stanley draws from his years of successful youth ministry to create a work that will have eternal impact.
In recent years 'culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this 'turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices ...
Formations of Modernity is a major introductory textbook offering an account of the important historical processes, institutions and ideas that have shaped the development of modern societies. This challenging and innovative book 'maps' the evolution of those distinctive forms of political, economic, social and cultural life which characterize ...
This book considers the social and cultural aspects of 20th-century modern industrial social formations, focusing on Britain and Europe, with reference to North America and Australasia. The main topics of the social dimension include an analysis of the class, gender and racial divsions; women, the family, and the romantic sphere; patterns of ...
Why and how do contemporary questions of culture so readily become highly charged questions of identity? The question of cultural identity lies at the heart of current debates in cultural studies and social theory. At issue is whether those identities which defined the social and cultural world of modern societies for so long - distinctive ...
Recognizing the pitfalls of postmodern student life, this journal gives students a real and relevant way to stay strong in their Christian faith. With thought-provoking questions, the basic "Max Q" principles, and space for journaling, this book prepares students to handle temptation and live the life of a true witness.
A study of black identity. It is a story, told in pictures and words, of contemporary black artists exploring issues of their own identity in photography. With a historical introduction, the main part of the volume addresses contemporary work produced since 1985. Prior to this date there was no organized black photography movement to speak of and ...
Pulling from years of successful youth ministry, the authors introduce youth leaders to a new realm of youth ministry through dynamic new plans. This life-changing book helps students learn how to influence their peers--both saved and unsaved--without being negatively influenced themselves.
This major introductory textbook examines the political and economic dimensions of twentieth-century industrialised societies. The main themes include: the development of democracy, the role of the state, the nature of citizenship, the impact of new social movements, the organisation of production, the national and international division of ...
"Modernity: An Introduction to Modern Societies" is a new sociology textbook which provides a comprehensive and stimulating introduction to the history, sociology and ideas of modern society. It has been written for students and readers who have no prior knowledge of sociology, and is designed to be used in a variety of social science courses in ...
Modernity and its Futures is a major introductory textbook which examines the forces reshaping modern industrial societies and the new patterns, structures and relationships that are emerging in the contemporary world. The key debates about these changes are introduced and critically discussed: they include the transformation of Eastern Europe, ...
People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited Great Britain for centuries. Eminent professor Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural dimensions of British blackness and black Britishness, has assembled a living visual history of blacks in the British Isles. Spanning over two hundred years, this is an ...
Eusebius' Life of Constantine is the most important single record of Constantine, the emperor who turned the Roman Empire from prosecuting the Church to supporting it, with huge and lasting consequences for Europe and Christianity. The only English version previously available is based on a seventeenth-century Greek edition, but two new critical ...
You were wired to worship, but who's getting it? Your CD collection? The basketball team? Check out the awesome life that comes with worshiping the only One who's worthy!
Eusebius' Life of Constantine is the most important single record of Constantine, the emperor who turned the Roman Empire from prosecuting the Church to supporting it, with huge and lasting consequences for Europe and Christianity. The only English version previously available is based on a seventeenth-century Greek edition, but two new critical ...
Mitra Tabrizian's films and photographs combine techniques from documentary photography and advertising to make the viewer aware of the ideologies underlying the construction of cultural identities. As critical theorist Stuart Hall explains, "The images which comprise the projects in Mitra Tabrizian's "Beyond the Limits are indeed fictive visual ...
Typography Papers 8 is a special issue devoted to modernity in British typography. Graphic design in Britain from World War II through the 1970s is reconsidered not simply as a matter of style but as a visible form of social philosophy and an optimistic claim on enlightenment. The issue's centerpiece is a revised version of British sociologist ...
Guitar Plan 1 and 2 takes you from complete beginner to cover all the basics of guitar based music theory and technique. Teaching the guitar with no stone unturned and introducing essential music theory along the way, this course has helped beginners and improvers to understand fully the instrument and how to use their creative nature to exploit ...
Guitar Plan 3 extends Guitar Plan 1 & 2 to encompass the entire neck. You will learn about moveable chords, arpeggios and use the principles of relative harmony to learn major and minor scales in all positions all over the neck. Complete with downloadable content for all examples and a wealth of backing tracks to help you expand your improvising.
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