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The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader

The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader

The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader is a selection of the most outstanding critical analysis featured in the journal Comedy Studies in the decade since its inception in 2010. The Reader illustrates the multiple perspectives that are available when analysing comedy. Wilkie’s selections present an array of critical approaches from interdisciplinary scholars all of whom evaluate comedy from different angles and adopt a range of writing styles to explore the phenomenon. Divided into eight unique parts the Reader offers both breadth and depth with its wide range of interdisciplinary articles and international perspectives. Of interest to students scholars and lovers of comedy alike The Routledge Comedy Studies Reader offers a contemporary sample of general analyses of comedy as a mode form and genre.

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The Essential Criminology Reader

The Essential Criminology Reader

Initially designed to accompany Mark Lanier and Stuart Henry's best-selling Essential Criminology textbook this new reader is an up-to-date companion text perfect for all students of introductory criminology and criminological theory courses. The Essential Criminology Reader contains 30 original articles on current developments in criminological theory. Commissioned specifically for The Reader these short essays were written by leading scholars in the field. Each chapter complements one of 13 different theoretical perspectives covered in Lanier and Henry's Essential Criminology text and contains between two and three articles from leading theorists on each perspective. Each chapter of The Reader features: a brief summary of the main ideas of the theory the ways the author's theory has been misinterpreted/distorted criticisms by others of the theory and how the author has responded a summary of the balance of the empirical findings the latest developments in their theoretical position policy implications/practice of their theory.

GBP 130.00
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The Planetary Gentrification Reader

The Planetary Gentrification Reader

Gentrification is a global process that the United Nations now sees as a human rights issue. This new Planetary Gentrification Reader follows on from the editors’ 2010 volume The Gentrification Reader and provides a more longitudinal (backward and forward in time) and broader (turning away from Anglo-/Euro-American hegemony) sense of developments in gentrification studies over time and space drawing on key readings that reflect the development of cutting-edge debates. Revisiting new debates over the histories of gentrification thinking through comparative urbanism on gentrification considering new waves and types of gentrification and giving much more focus to resistance to gentrification this is a stellar collection of writings on this critical issue. Like in their 2010 Reader the editors who are internationally renowned experts in the field include insightful commentary and suggested further reading. The book is essential reading for students and researchers in urban studies urban planning human geography sociology and housing studies and for those seeking to fight this socially unjust process. | The Planetary Gentrification Reader

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The Fundraising Reader

The Fundraising Reader

The Fundraising Reader draws together essential literature establishing a one-stop body of knowledge that explains what fundraising is and covers key concepts principles and debates. The book shines a light on the experience of being a fundraiser and answers an urgent need to engage with the complexities of a facet of the non-profit sector that is often neglected or not properly understood. This international compilation features extracts from key writing on fundraising with a comprehensive contextualising introduction by the editors. Uniquely this Reader shares conflicting positions relating to age-old and current debates on fundraising: Is fundraising marketing? Should donors or the community be front and centre in fundraising? How can fundraisers deal with ethical dilemmas such as ‘tainted’ donors and money? Best practice and future trends are also covered including the impact of new technologies and responding to demands for greater diversity inclusion and equity in fundraising teams. This Reader is for those who seek to further develop their own understanding of fundraising and it provides an invaluable resource for academic courses and professional training.

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Theories of Race and Racism A Reader

Theories of Race and Racism A Reader

Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader provides an overview of historical and contemporary debates in this vital and ever-evolving field of scholarship and research. Combining contributions from seminal thinkers leading scholars and emergent voices this reader provides a critical reflection on key trends and developments in the field. The contributions to this reader provide an overview of key areas of scholarship and research on questions of race and racism. It provides a novel perspective by bringing together readings on the key theoretical and historical processes in this area the development of diverse theoretical viewpoints the analysis of antisemitism the role of colonialism and postcolonialism feminist perspectives on race and the articulation of new accounts of the contemporary conjuncture. The contributions to this reader include classic works by the likes of W. E. B. DuBois Stuart Hall and Frantz Fanon as well as timely pieces by contemporary scholars including Orlando Patterson Patricia Hill Collins and Paul Gilroy. By bringing together a broad range of diverse accounts Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader engages with various key areas of interest and is an invaluable guide for students and instructors seeking to explore issues of race and racism. | Theories of Race and Racism A Reader

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Fashion Theory A Reader

Fashion Theory A Reader

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Fashion Theory: A Reader brings together and presents a wide range of essays on fashion theory that will engage and inform both the general reader and the specialist student of fashion. From apparently simple and accessible theories concerning what fashion is to seemingly more difficult or challenging theories concerning globalisation and new media this collection contextualises different theoretical approaches to identify analyse and explain the remarkable diversity complexity and beauty of what we understand and experience every day as fashion and clothing. This second edition contains entirely new sections on fashion and sustainability fashion and globalisation fashion and digital/social media and fashion and the body/prosthesis. It also contains updated and revised sections on fashion identity and difference and on fashion and consumption and fashion as communication. More specifically the section on identity and difference has been updated to include contemporary theoretical debates surrounding Islam and fashion and LGBT+ communities and fashion and the section on consumption now includes theories of 'prosumption'. Each section has a specialist and dedicated Editor's Introduction which provides essential conceptual background theoretical contextualisation and critical summaries of the readings in each section. Bringing together the most influential and ground breaking writers on fashion and exposing the ideas and theories behind what they say this unique collection of extracts and essays brings to light the presuppositions involved in the things we all think and say about fashion. This second edition of Fashion Theory: A Reader is a timeless and invaluable resource for both the general reader and undergraduate students across a range of disciplines including sociology cultural studies and fashion studies. | Fashion Theory A Reader

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Contemporary Postcolonial Theory A Reader

Contemporary Postcolonial Theory A Reader

There is a crisis in contemporary postcolonial theory: while an enormous body of challenging research has been produced under its auspices severely critical questions about the validity and usefulness of this theory have also been raised. This Reader is positioned at the juncture where it can address these contestations. It makes available some of the 'classics' of the field; engages with the issues raised by contemporary practitioners; but also offers several of the arguments that strongly critique postcolonial theory. Although postcolonial theory purports to be inter-disciplinary and frequently anti-foundationalist traces of disciplinary formations and linearity have continued to haunt its articulations. This Reader on the other hand offers a uniquely inter-disciplinary mapping. It is concerned with three main areas: definitional problems and contests including the current challenges to postcolonial theory; the 'disciplining of knowledge' where the multiple resonances of the word 'disciplining' are all engaged; and the location of practice where the relations between intellectual practice and historical conditions are explored. Finally since the guiding principle of this Reader is simultaneous attention to the enabling and constraining mechanisms of historical realities and institutional practices the commentary problematizes the writing of histories the formations of canons and indeed the production of Readers. | Contemporary Postcolonial Theory A Reader

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The Sustainable Urban Development Reader

The Sustainable Urban Development Reader

This thoroughly revised and updated fourth edition of The Sustainable Urban Development Reader combines classic and contemporary readings to provide a broad introduction to the topic that is accessible to general and undergraduate audiences. The Reader begins by tracing the roots of the sustainable development concept in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries through classic readings. It then explores dimensions of urban sustainability including land use and urban design transportation ecological planning and restoration energy and materials use economic development social and environmental justice and green architecture and building. Additional sections cover tools for sustainable development sustainable development internationally visions of sustainable community and case studies from around the world. The Sustainable Urban Development Reader remains unique in presenting a broad array of sustainable city readings each with a concise introduction placing it within the context of this evolving discourse. Presenting an authoritative overview of the field using original sources in a highly readable format this book is a valuable resource for general readers as well as students and researchers in urban studies environmental studies the social sciences and related fields.

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The Affordable Housing Reader

The Affordable Housing Reader

This second edition of The Affordable Housing Reader provides context for current discussions surrounding housing policy emphasizing the values and assumptions underlying debates over strategies for ameliorating housing problems experienced by low-income residents and communities of color. The authors highlighted in this updated volume address themes central to housing as an area of social policy and to understanding its particular meaning in the United States. These include the long history of racial exclusion and the role that public policy has played in racializing access to decent housing and well-serviced neighborhoods; the tension between the economic and social goals of housing policy; and the role that housing plays in various aspects of the lives of low- and moderate-income residents. Scholarship and the COVID-19 pandemic are raising awareness of the link between access to adequate housing and other rights and opportunities. This timely reader focuses attention on the results of past efforts and on the urgency of reframing the conversation. It is both an exciting time to teach students about the evolution of United States’ housing policy and a challenging time to discuss what policymakers or practitioners can do to effect positive change. This reader is aimed at students professors researchers and professionals of housing policy public policy and city planning.

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The City Reader

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.

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Modern Criticism and Theory A Reader

Modern Criticism and Theory A Reader

This third edition of Modern Criticism and Theory represents a major expansion on its previous incarnations with some twenty five new pieces or essays included. This expansion has two principal purposes. Firstly in keeping with the collection’s aim to reflect contemporary preoccupations the reader has expanded forward to include such newly emergent considerations as ecocriticism and post-theory. Secondly with the aim of presenting as broad an account of modern theory as possible the reader expands backwards to to take in exemplary pieces by formative writers and thinkers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries such as Marx Freud and Virginia Woolf. . This radical expansion of content is prefaced by a wide-ranging introduction which provides a rationale for the collection and demonstrates how connections can be made between competing theories and critical schools. The purpose of the collection remains that of introducing the reader to the guiding concepts of contemporary literary and cultural debate. It does so by presenting substantial extracts from seminal thinkers and surrounding them with the contextual materials necessary to a full understanding. Each selection has a headnote which gives biographical details of the author and provides suggestions for further reading and footnotes that help explain difficult references. The collection is ordered both historically and thematically and readers are encouraged to draw for themselves connections between essays and theories. Modern Criticism and Theory has long been regarded as a necessary collection. Now revised for the twenty first century it goes further and provides students and the general reader with a wide-ranging survey of the complex landscape of modern theory and a critical assessment of the way we think – and live – in the world today. | Modern Criticism and Theory A Reader

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Sociology of Religion A Reader

Sociology of Religion A Reader

Sociology of Religion is a collection that seeks to explore the relationship between the structure and culture of religion and various elements of social life in the United States. This reader is an ideal standalone course text and can also serve as supplement to the text written by the same author team Religion Matters (Routledge 2010). Based on both classic and contemporary research in the sociology of religion this new third edition highlights a variety of research methods and theoretical approaches to studying the sociological elements of religion. It explores the ways in which religious values beliefs and practices shape the world outside of church synagogue or mosque walls while simultaneously being shaped by the non-religious forces operating in that world. | Sociology of Religion A Reader

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Mexican History A Primary Source Reader

Mexican History A Primary Source Reader

Mexican History is a comprehensive and innovative primary source reader in Mexican history from the pre-Columbian past to the neoliberal present. Chronologically organized chapters facilitate the book's assimilation into most course syllabi. Its selection of documents thoughtfully conveys enduring themes of Mexican history (land and labor indigenous people religion and state formation) while also incorporating recent advances in scholarly research on the frontier urban life popular culture race and ethnicity and gender. Student-friendly pedagogical features include contextual introductions to each chapter and each reading lists of key terms and related sources and guides to recommended readings and Web-based resources. | Mexican History A Primary Source Reader

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Chinese Buddhist Texts An Introductory Reader

Chinese Buddhist Texts An Introductory Reader

The influence of Buddhism on the Chinese language on Chinese literature and on Chinese culture in general cannot be overstated and the language of most Chinese Buddhist texts differs considerably from both Classical and Modern Chinese. This reader aims to help students develop familiarity with features of Buddhist texts in Chinese including patterns of organization grammatical features and specialized vocabulary. It also aims to familiarize students with the use of a range of resources necessary for becoming independent readers of such texts. Chinese Buddhist Texts is suitable for students who have completed the equivalent of at least one year’s college level study of Modern Chinese and are familiar with roughly one thousand of the commonest Chinese characters. Previous study of Classical Chinese would be an advantage but is not assumed. It is an ideal textbook for students taking relevant courses in Chinese studies programs and in Buddhist studies programs. However it is also possible for a student to work through the reader on his or her own. Further online resources are available at: lockgraham. com | Chinese Buddhist Texts An Introductory Reader

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Indian Philosophy A Reader

Indian Philosophy A Reader

The selection of essays in this volume aims to present Indian philosophy as an autonomous intellectual tradition with its own internal dynamics rhythms techniques problematics and approaches and to show how the richness of this tradition has a vital role in a newly emerging global and international discipline of philosophy one in which a diversity of traditions exchange ideas and grow through their interaction with one another. This new volume is an abridgement of the four-volume set Indian Philosophy published by Routledge in 2016. The selection of chapters was made in collaboration with the editors at Routledge. The purpose of this volume is to reintroduce the heritage of ‘Indian Philosophy’ to a contemporary readership by acquainting the reader with some of the core themes of Indian philosophy such as the concept of philosophy philosophy as a search for the self Buddhist philosophy of mind metaphysics epistemology language and logic. | Indian Philosophy A Reader

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Social Work A Reader

Social Work A Reader

Building on the successful 1st edition this reader brings together some of the most significant ideas that have informed social work practice over the last fifty years. At the same time as presenting these foundational extracts the book includes commentaries that allow the reader to understand the selected extracts on their own terms as well as to be aware of their relations to each other and to the wider social work context. There is no settled view or easy consensus about what social work is and should be and the ideas reflected in this volume are themselves diverse and complex. The world of social work has changed greatly over the last ten years and this new edition reflects that change with new material on the decolonisation of social work knowledges the greater emphasis on inter-disciplinarity and co-production and the new concern for identities. With an accessible introduction to contextualise the selections the book is divided into three main sections each presenting key texts drawn from a wide range of perspectives: psychological sociological philosophical educational and political as well as perspectives that are grounded in the experiences of practitioners and those who use services which have contributed to the development of: the profession of social work knowledge and values for social work and practice in social work. By providing students and practitioners with an easy way into reading first-hand some of the most interesting foundational texts of the subject it will be required reading for all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and professionals undertaking post-qualifying training. | Social Work A Reader

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Dalit Feminist Theory A Reader

Dalit Feminist Theory A Reader

Dalit Feminist Theory: A Reader radically redefines feminism by introducing the category of Dalit into the core of feminist thought. It supplements feminism by adding caste to its study and praxis; it also re-examines and rethinks Indian feminism by replacing it with a new paradigm namely that caste-based feminist inquiry offers the only theoretical vantage point for comprehensively addressing gender-based injustices. Drawing on a variety of disciplines the chapters in the volume discuss key themes such as Indian feminism versus Dalit feminism; the emerging concept of Dalit patriarchy; the predecessors of Dalit feminism such as Phule and Ambedkar; the meaning and value of lived experience; the concept of Difference; the analogical relationship between Black feminism and Dalit feminism; the intersectionality debate; and the theory-versus-experience debate. They also provide a conceptual historical empirical and philosophical understanding of feminism in India today. Accessible essential and ingenious in its approach this book is for students teachers and specialist scholars as well as activists and the interested general reader. It will be indispensable for those engaged in gender studies women’s studies sociology of caste political science and political theory philosophy and feminism Ambedkar studies and for anyone working in the areas of caste class or gender-based discrimination exclusion and inequality. | Dalit Feminist Theory A Reader

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The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Economics

The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Economics

Environmental economics may hold the key to the successful management of the world's accelerating environmental problems from transport and pollution to the wholesale degradation of much of the Third World climate change and loss of the ozone layer. Increasingly a range of professionals and policy makers as well as environmentalists and the economists themselves are turning to it to show how to arrive at decisions on these complicated and vital issues. This reader brings together the most important contributions to the subject. Sections of it cover the theoretical issues the different ways of valuing the environment economic instruments of environmental policy environment and development and global environmental problems. An extensive introduction by the editors maps out the area and the development of the arguments within it. As a whole the volume makes an indispensable sourcebook for those in any way involved with these questions. Anil markandya is one of the authors of Blueprint for a Green Economy and Blueprint 2: Greening the Global Economy. | The Earthscan Reader in Environmental Economics

GBP 175.00
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The Rock History Reader

The Rock History Reader

This eclectic compilation of readings tells the history of rock as it has been received and explained as a social and musical practice throughout its six decade history. This third edition includes new readings across the volume with added material on the early origins of rock 'n' roll as well as coverage of recent developments including the changing shape of the music industry in the twenty-first century. With numerous readings that delve into the often explosive issues surrounding censorship copyright race relations feminism youth subcultures and the meaning of musical value The Rock History Reader continues to appeal to scholars and students from a variety of disciplines. New to the third edition: Nine additional chapters from a broad range of perspectives Explorations of new media formations industry developments and the intersections of music and labor For the first time a companion website providing users with playlists of music referenced in the book Featuring readings as loud vibrant and colorful as rock ‘n’ roll itself The Rock History Reader is sure to leave readers informed inspired and perhaps even infuriated—but never bored.

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The Translation Studies Reader

The Translation Studies Reader

The Translation Studies Reader provides a definitive survey of the most important and influential developments in translation theory and research with an emphasis on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The introductory essays prefacing each section place a wide range of seminal and innovative readings within their various contexts thematic and cultural institutional and historical. The fourth edition of this classic reader has been substantially revised and updated. Notable features include: Four new readings that sketch the history of Chinese translation from antiquity to the early twentieth century Four new readings that sample key trends in translation research since 2000 Incisive commentary on topics of current debate in the field such as world literature migration and translingualism and translation history A conceptual organization that illuminates the main models of translation theory and practice whether instrumental or hermeneutic This carefully curated selection of key works by leading scholar and translation theorist Lawrence Venuti is essential reading for students and scholars on courses such as the History of Translation Studies Translation Theory and Trends in Translation Studies.

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The Globalizing Cities Reader

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 Routledge Diaspora Studies Reader

The Routledge Diaspora Studies Reader

The Routledge Diaspora Studies Reader provides a comprehensive resource for students and scholars working in this vital interdisciplinary field. The book traces the emergence and development of diaspora studies as a field of scholarship presenting key critical essays alongside more recent criticism that explores new directions. It also includes seminal essays that have been selected specifically for this collection as well as one brand new paper. The volume presents: introductions to each section that situate each work within its historical disciplinary and theoretical contexts; essays grouped by key subject areas including religion nation citizenship home and belonging visual culture and digital diasporas; writings by major figures including Robin Cohen Homi K. Bhabha Avtar Brah Pnina Werbner Floya Anthias James Clifford Paul Gilroy and Salman Rushdie. The Routledge Diaspora Studies Reader is a field-defining volume that presents an illuminating guide for established scholars and also those new to diaspora.

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Sex and Gender A Contemporary Reader

Sex and Gender A Contemporary Reader

Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader is a much-needed exploration of the relationship between sex gender and gender identity. Its multidisciplinary approach provides fascinating perspectives from the sciences social sciences and humanities as well as biology neuroscience medicine law sociology and English literature. The 15 chapters are original contributions authored by scholars who are leaders in their respective fields. This thought-provoking collection offers significant methodological theoretical and empirical insights into one of the most fraught debates in contemporary politics and academia. It provides a broad-ranging introduction to the issues central to questions about how and why sex matters from a range of disciplinary perspectives drawing out the social political and legal implications. Questions addressed include: Is sex binary? What is a woman? Why do we need data on sex? Also discussed are topics widely debated today such as sports feminism sex and inequality sex-based rights puberty suppression criminal justice and gender dysphoria. Sex and Gender: A Contemporary Reader is a timely introduction to contemporary debates on sex and gender. It is an accessible text for both general readers and for students of gender issues across a wide range of disciplines including sociology education history philosophy and gender studies. | Sex and Gender A Contemporary Reader

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