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Selections from the prison notebooks of Antonio Gramsci
01 Jan 2015-
TL;DR: The first selection published from Gramsci's Prison Notebooks to be made available in Britain, and was originally published in the early 1970s as discussed by the authors, was the first publication of the Notebooks in the UK.
Abstract: Antonio Gramsci's Prison Notebooks, written between 1929 and 1935, are the work of one of the most original thinkers in twentieth century Europe. Gramsci has had a profound influence on debates about the relationship between politics and culture. His complex and fruitful approach to questions of ideology, power and change remains crucial for critical theory. This volume was the first selection published from the Notebooks to be made available in Britain, and was originally published in the early 1970s. It contains the most important of Gramsci's notebooks, including the texts of The Modern Prince, and Americanism and Fordism, and extensive notes on the state and civil society, Italian history and the role of intellectuals. 'Far the best informative apparatus available to any foreign language readership of Gramsci.' Perry Anderson, New Left Review 'A model of scholarship' New Statesman
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TL;DR: Suleri as discussed by the authors argued that the third world is locatable only as a discourse of convenience and that trying to find it is like pretending that history or home is real and not located precisely where you're sitting.
Abstract: When I teach topics in third world literature, much time is lost in trying to explain that the third world is locatable only as a discourse of convenience. Trying to find it is like pretending that history or home is real and not located precisely where you're sitting, I hear my voice quite idiotically say. (Sara Suleri, Meatless Days 1989)
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TL;DR: The alternative "diverse economies" vision of J. K. Gibson-Graham and supporters regarding how people make a living outside the capitalist framework, lists street vendors and informal economies of...
Abstract: The alternative ‘diverse economies’ vision of J. K. Gibson-Graham and supporters regarding how people make a living outside the capitalist framework, lists street vendors and informal economies of ...
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TL;DR: In this paper, a number of studies have examined the power relations between the media and sources at individual, organizational, and institutional levels and discussed in terms of interdependency and symbiosis.
Abstract: This chapter reviews the burgeoning number of studies seeking to explain what sets the media’s agenda, and integrates them within a power balance framework. The concept of power is used in a critical evaluation of the agenda-setting metaphor and its limitations when expanded to include influences on media content. The organizational perspective, taken by much “media sociology” research, has examined power relations within organizations. This approach restricts the power of journalists, who are viewed as constrained by bureaucratic structures. Alternatively, journalists may be viewed as agents of the organization’s power in their dealings with other institutions. These power relations between the media and sources can be examined at individual, organizational, and institutional levels and are discussed in terms of interdependency and symbiosis. A media organization may manifest its power through its ability to define a reality through reporting and structuring of information, in spite of efforts by involve...
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TL;DR: The authors combine textual analysis and interviews to understand and theorize about the ideological representations of women in a specific discursive field of advertising: ads in women's magazines, and synthesize findings of previous research with their findings to propose revisions to the current communication model of advertising, explicitly incorporating historical perspective of meaning(s) construction.
Abstract: The authors combine discursive textual analysis and the findings from long interviews to understand and theorize about the ideological representations of women in a specific discursive field of advertising: ads in women's magazines. They synthesize findings of previous research with their findings to propose revisions to the current communication model of advertising, explicitly incorporating historical perspective of meaning(s) construction.
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01 Jan 2013
TL;DR: In 2012, the political landscape in the Republic of Mali transformed rapidly, drastically, and unpredictably The formation of a new Tuareg political movement (the National Movement of Azawad) in October 2010 and the return to Mali of Tuaregs with military experience from the Libyan conflict in August 2011, bringing along heavy weapons and logistical supplies made speculation on renewed violence on the part of separatist Tuarege inevitable Indeed, TuareG separatists launched attacks on Malian garrisons in the Sahara in January 2012 Mali had experienced such rebellions before What nobody foresaw was that this renewed
Abstract: In 2012, the political landscape in the Republic of Mali transformed rapidly, drastically, and unpredictably The formation of a new Tuareg political movement—the National Movement of Azawad—in October 2010 and the return to Mali of Tuareg with military experience from the Libyan conflict in August 2011—bringing along heavy weapons and logistical supplies— made speculation on renewed violence on the part of separatist Tuareg inevitable Indeed, Tuareg separatists launched attacks on Malian garrisons in the Sahara in January 2012 Mali had experienced such rebellions before What nobody foresaw was that this renewed conflict would lead to a coup d'etat by disgruntled junior officers; the near total collapse of Mali’s army and most of its democratic institutions; the seizure of all of northern Mali by Tuareg rebels and foreign and local mujahideen;1 the precocious proclamation of an independent Azawad Republic; and the effective occupation of the north of the country by an alliance of Jihadi-Salafi movements who imposed their form of shari'a law on a suffering and largely recalcitrant population Those events happened very quickly, and their effects will be felt for years This article attempts to give an overview of the crisis in Mali as it unfolded through 2012, with particular attention to what was happening on the ground in Mali itself
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