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Bytes and backbeats : repurposing music in the digital age
From Attali's "cold social silence" to Baudrillard's hallucinatory reality, reproduced music has long been the target of critical attack. In Bytes and Backbeats, however, Steve Savage deploys an innovative combination of designed recording projects, ethnographic studies of contemporary music practice, and critical analysis to challenge many of these traditional attitudes about the creation an…
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- 9780472901180
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- xv, 251p. : ill.
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- 781.6409051 SAV b
Owning the Olympics : narratives of the new China
"A major contribution to the study of global events in times of global media. Owning the Olympics tests the possibilities and limits of the concept of 'media events' by analyzing the mega-event of the information age: the Beijing Olympics. . . . A good read from cover to cover." —Guobin Yang, Associate Professor, Asian/Middle Eastern Cultures & Sociology, Barnard College, Columbia Universit…
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- 9780472070329
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- 416p. : ill.
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- 796.48 OWN o
Tempest : geometries of play
Atari’s 1981 arcade hit Tempest was a “tube shooter” built around glowing, vector-based geometric shapes. Among its many important contributions to both game and cultural history, Tempest was one of the first commercial titles to allow players to choose the game’s initial play difficulty (a system Atari dubbed “SkillStep”), a feature that has since became standard for games of all…
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- 9780472072699
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- xi, 154p. " ill.
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- 794.8 RUG t
Cultural Dynamics in a Globalized World
The book contains essays on current issues in arts and humanities in which peoples and cultures compete as well as collaborate in globalizing the world while maintaining their uniqueness as viewed from cross- and inter-disciplinary perspectives. The book covers areas such as literature, cultural studies, archaeology, philosophy, history, language studies, information and literacy studies, and a…
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- 9781315225340
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- XII, 930 p.
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- 700.103 CUL c
Contemporary culture : new directions in arts and humanities research
Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? In the context of pervasive economic liberalism and shrinking budgets due to a deep and prolonged recession, the exigency of humanities research for society is increasingly put into question. This volume claims that the humanities do indeed matter by offering empirically-grounded critical reflections on contemporary cultural practic…
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- 9789089644749
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- 250 p.
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- 701.03 ZIJ c
Fanfiction and the author: how fanfic changes popular cultural texts
Through a rigorous quantitative/qualitative discourse analysis - never before undertaken in relation to online fanfiction and its reception - Fanfiction and the Author demonstrates how fanfic relating to Sherlock, Game of Thrones and Supernatural works to change and consolidate the discourses of masculinity, authority, and authorship created through these TV texts. As a result, this book innova…
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- 9789089649959
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- 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- Transmedia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
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- 791 FAT f
High-tech trash: glitch, noise, and aesthetic failure
High-Tech Trash: Glitch, Noise, and Aesthetic Failure maps an archaeology of failure in a culture seemingly ill-equipped to deal with it. To better understand failure, Kane argues, we must abstract from our subjective, personal disappointments and see them as meaningful symbols of a broader human struggle. By connecting twenty-first century digital aesthetics to critical issues in the history o…
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- 9780520974494
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- 253p.: ill.
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- Rhetoric and public culture: history, theory, critique; 1
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- 700.105 KAN h
The work of professional football : a labour of love?
A long-term study providing rare insights into the precarious career and ordinary working culture of professional footballers. Away from the celebrity-obsessed media gaze, the work of a professional footballer is rarely glamorous and for most players a career in football is insecure and short-lived. A former professional, Martin Roderick’s familiarity with the world of football is the foundat…
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- 9780203014950
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- xii, 196p. : ill.
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- 796.334023 ROD w
Evaluation and credentialing in digital music communities : benefits and chal…
An examination of the use of digital badges as a reward for both casual online music evaluators and professional musicians.Professional and amateur musicians alike use social media as a platform for showcasing and promoting their music. Social media evaluation practices—rating, ranking, voting, “liking,” and “friending” by ordinary users, peers, and critics—have become essential pro…
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- 9780262527149
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- vii, 102p. : ill.
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- 780.2854678 SUH e
Visions for Intercultural Music Teacher Education
This open access book highlights the importance of visions of alternative futures in music teacher education in a time of increasing societal complexity due to increased diversity. There are policies at every level to counter prejudice, increase opportunities, reduce inequalities, stimulate change in educational systems, and prevent and counter polarization. Foregrounding the intimate connectio…
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- 9783030210298
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- x, 220p., ill.
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- 780.71 wes v
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