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This first academic collection dedicated to popular music in Leeds - developed from the work of interdisciplinary
scholars, drawn from a major public museum exhibition "Sounds of Our City" and built upon contemporary research. Leeds has rich musical histories and heritage, a long tradition of vibrant music venues, nightclubs, dance halls, pubs and other sites of musical entertainment.
The city has spawned crooners, folk singers, punks, post-...
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Unlock your full potential with "Practical Strategies for Personal Success"! This book is your comprehensive guide to achieving your goals and living your best life. Drawing on the latest research and real-world examples, this book provides actionable strategies to help you overcome obstacles, develop resilience, and reach your full potential. Whether you're looking to improve your career, relationships, or personal growth, this book will give you...
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Most ethnographers don't achieve what Kevin Brown did while conducting their research: in his two years spent at a karaoke bar near Denver, Colorado, he went from barely able to carry a tune to someone whom other karaoke patrons requested to sing. Along the way, he learned everything you might ever want to know about karaoke and the people who enjoy it.
The result is Karaoke Idols, a close ethnography of life at a karaoke bar that reveals just...
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Read about any successful person in the world; he has gotten inspiration from the book, speech, or thought of some great person. Here we are presenting the top 10 precious thoughts of the 10 most popular leaders in the world, in which the secret of your success is hidden. I believe that if you read each idea carefully, you will reach the pinnacle of success.After reading this book, you will feel that success is waiting for you, not you. You will wonder...
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When we open our closet doors each morning, we seldom consider what our sartorial choices say, whether we tend toward jeans and a well-worn concert t-shirt or wingtips and a three-piece suit. Yet, how we dress divulges more than whether we crave comfort or couture; our clothing communicates who we are and how we relate to our culture. But how does a Balenciaga bag or a tough leather jacket topped by liberty spikes signify these things?
“Fashion...
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Beasts of the Deep: Sea Creatures and Popular Culture offers its readers an in-depth and interdisciplinary engagement with the sea and its monstrous inhabitants; through critical readings of folklore, weird fiction, film, music, radio and digital games.
Within the text there are a multitude of convergent critical perspectives used to engage and explore fictional and real monsters of the sea in media and folklore. The collection features chapters...
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In Equal Natures, Shalyn Claggett argues that Victorian women writers used scientific understandings of the brain to challenge socially constructed forms of power and gender inequality. Focusing on phrenology-the first science of brain localization and the most popular science in nineteenth-century Britain-Claggett shows how these writers leveraged phrenology's premise that the seat of identity is innate rather than acquired to make new claims about...
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In recent years, scientists studying dinosaurs have revolutionized what we know about a world lost to time, much of it covered here. In this issue look for extraordinary paleoart inspired by the latest research showing what dinosaurs looked like in real life (feathered, striped, camouflaged); how many of them managed to live so gigantically large; how they ate; and how they mated and had their young. Also inside: surprising new details about their
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The idea of popular sovereignty (the power of the American people) reshaped the relationship between the states and the federal government. In this episode, consider the ever-changing relationship of the states to the federal government. See how the institution of slavery was the catalyst for a crisis.
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The first comparative study on the history and practice of popular theatre in Britain and overseas. The fragmentation of social groups in the face of the global mass media has begun to threaten the survival of popular theatre companies. This study traces the development of various types of community theatre, from the '70s to the present day. Integrating a comparative history of popular theatre with the contributions of current, active popular theatre...
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This volume considers world-making as the intersection of the fan pilgrimage experience and the responses of destinations. It critically examines the emerging field of popular culture tourism and its close connection with fan studies and placemaking. The chapters illustrate how different destinations capitalise on expressive cultural practices to attract fan tourists, the processes involved in their tourismification, and the outcomes for both visitors...
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