Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture.
Heavy metal might not have been the most likely popular music genre to become global, but it has. This collection brings together cultural... Læs mere
Including Amazonian rainforests, Andean peaks, coastal lowlands, and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador's geography is notably diverse. This book examines its... Læs mere
This reader on world history emphasizes the centrality of raced, sexed, and classed bodies as sites on which imperial power was imagined and exercised, in order to examine the effects of global politics, capital and culture on everyday spaces and local cultural encounters
Argues for a fresh understanding of the relations between politics and aesthetics in a globalized and image-saturated world.
Offers an account of development in action. Focusing on experts' attempts to improve landscapes and livelihoods in Indonesia,... Læs mere
The People's collection of cultural studies essays on wrestling.
A detailed history explaining how and why, in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth, Africans from the British colony of Natal transformed their ethnic self-identification, constructing and claiming a new Zulu identity.