peter lang dez 2018 (362 resultados)

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book collection is a celebration of women who speak truth to power in the public square. A perfect fit for undergraduate students of rhetoric, gender, religion and history, Women's Voices of Duty and Destiny showcases the speech texts of 14 women addressing societal issues from the values of their religious beliefs and discourse communities. Between the tensions of the duty of gender roles and human destiny, these global voices representing different time periods and religions address the thematic issues of faith, society, education, reform, freedom and peacemaking. Written in clear, straightforward language, students will directly encounter the words and voices of leaders who strive to make the world better for all in the quest for human dignity. Each speaker seeks to forward the transcendent value of human freedom as reinforced by her explicit references to the divine. This collection is appropriate for 200-400 level undergraduate classes and offers a broad sampling of women who speak in the public square. 155 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Foodscapes explores the nexus of food, drink, space, and place, both locally and globally. Multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary in scope, scholars consider the manifold experiences that we have when engaging with food, drink, space, and place. They offer a wide array of theories, methods, and perspectives, which can be used as lenses for analyzing these interconnections, throughout each chapter. Scholars interrogate our practices and behaviors with food within spaces and places, analyze the meanings that we create about these entities, and demonstrate their wider cultural, political, social, economic, and material implications. 325 pp. Englisch.

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Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The early years of the East Indian Indentureship system in the Caribbean saw experiments on 'coolie' laborers under the British Empire. Colonial Trinidad was one of the main sites for this experiment. This book foregrounds one of the earliest cases (1846) of occupational and physical cruelty against East Indian indentured laborers in Trinidad within this very early period of experimentation. It presents and analyzes the full transcripts of an inquiry concerning the ill-treatment of 'coolie' laborers and the severe punishment and death of one laborer, Kunduppa, by a Scottish planter in Trinidad. Drawing on the concepts of discipline, governmentality, and Orientalism, the main argument of the manuscript is that within the early experimental period of Indentureship, the figure of the 'coolie' and disciplinary tactics of bodily torture were instrumental to redrafting and stabilizing the colonial governance of contract labor. It also argues that Crown investigations of 'coolie' abuse and death became occasions for establishing a new colonial order, in which the disciplinary powers of planters were curbed in the interest of protecting and 'caring' for the 'coolie' -a discourse that was crucial to re-inventing colonial rule as benevolent. As such, the author's analysis of colonial violence has crucial implications for critically re-thinking colonial liberalism and its legacies in the present. 280 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Castle research witnessed a revival in recent years, and new theoretical and methodological approaches have massively changed our perception of medieval castles. But despite the fact that this renaissance is observable all over Europe, research is still mostly subject to regional perspectives. In 2016, a workshop was hosted at Kiel University, Germany, in order to address these recent developments and stimulate international scientific discourse. It was especially designed to provide a platform for young scholars. With its 11 contributions, the volume provides a vivid picture of current castle research in different areas of Europe, from Italy to Latvia and the Levant to Denmark. 204 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -This book investigates how practitioners of Hip Hop negotiate identity and belonging in contemporary Israel. An interdisciplinary, ethnographic approach illustrates how practitioners embody the paradox of political disparity and co-existence through their eclectic musical idiom and through the social aspects of the music-making process. 239 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -We live in times of accelerated changes - social, economic, and political - which are currently transforming most societies and areas of human life. Every day brings not only new shifts in political orders of various countries but also clearly observable metamorphoses of labour patterns, family forms, and modes through which we participate in political life, communicate, and which are related to each other. The pace of these changes and their complex mechanisms make it difficult to discern what directions they are actually taking.This book is about transformations of social bonds, the most fundamental sociological concept. It examines how these bonds are formed, how they are dissolved, and how they are forged anew. The book offers a preliminary reflection on the course and consequences of the ongoing transformations of the social order. At the same time, it invites to reconsider the foundations of sociological thinking. 363 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -In this book, Michael J. C. Taylor outlines an intellectual history of the six essential phrases of the Preamble of the U.S. Constitution. These phrases convey what the essential goals and purposes of the Constitution are, and this book's essential mission is to discern both the original intent of the Framers, as well as the Enlightenment legacy they left to us. This book examines the writings of the Framers, as well as the various works that inspired their ideas and the abstract concepts they studied. 246 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -La agenda de la rendición de cuentas democrática o accountability social ha avanzado en los últimos años en el análisis de experiencias, pero carecemos de diagnósticos de conjunto que permitan una comprensión articuladade la posición de esas experiencias y sus actores en los contextos políticos nacionales. El objetivo de este libro es realizar un estudio comparativo que caracteriza los regímenes de controles democráticos existentes en cinco países del Sur Global. En cada país es contemplado el conjunto total de las experiencias relevantes de control social sobre las instituciones públicas y sus agentes, diagnosticando los rasgos comunes que las vuelven expresión de un determinado contexto sociopolítico y defi nen sus alcances. Los patrones resultantes constituyen regímenes nacionales de rendición de cuentas, es decir, confi guraciones relativamente estables de control social cuyo diagnóstico enriquece nuestra comprensión del funcionamiento del Estado y de las instituciones políticas en esos países. La perspectiva de abordaje se centra en los 'controles democráticos no electorales', que remiten a un universo de dispositivos donde se articulan la acción ciudadana y colectiva orientada al control de autoridades públicas, independientemente del carácter democrático o no del régimen. 329 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Uno de los temas que más ha interesado a la investigación pragmática en los últimos cuarenta años es la cortesía comunicativa. Hasta el momento, la mayoría de las publicaciones han tratado sobre la función mitigadora y reparadora de la cortesía, olvidando otras funciones como la valorización de la imagen. El presente trabajo parte de la base de que la cultura española tiende hacia la proximidad en la comunicación interpersonal, razón por la cual no se dedica mucho esfuerzo a la preservación del territorio personal del individuo, sino que se considera más necesario el estrechamiento de las relaciones sociales por medio del uso de la cortesía valorizadora. El objetivo que nos proponemos es conocer mejor el funcionamiento y características de este tipo de actividad cortés, para lo que presentamos los resultados de un análisis pragmalingüístico de la misma, usando como base un corpus de conversaciones coloquiales en español. 313 pp. Spanisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill sold over 420,000 copies in its first week, received ten Grammy nominations (winning five). Celebrating Twenty Years of Black Girlhood: The Lauryn Hill Reader critically engages the work of Ms. Hill, highlighting the interdisciplinary nature of the album. Beyond the album's commercial success, Ms. Hill's radical self-consciousness and exuberance for life led listeners through her Black girl journey of love, motherhood, admonition, redemption, spirituality, sexuality, politics, and nostalgia that affirmed the power of creativity, resistance, and the tradition of African storytelling. Ms. Hill's album provides inspirational energies that serve as a foundational text for Black girlhood. In many ways it is the definitive work of Black girlhood for the Hip Hop generation and beyond because it opened our eyes to a holistic narrative of woman and mother. Twenty years after the release of the album, we pay tribute to this work by adding to the quilt of Black girls' stories with the threads of feminist consciousness, which are particularly imperative in this space where we declare: Black girls matter. Celebrating Twenty Years of Black Girlhood is the first book to academically engage the work of the incomparable Ms. Hill. It intellectually wrestles with the interdisciplinary nature of Ms. Hill's album, centering the connection between the music of Ms. Hill and the lives of Black girls. The essays in this collection utilize personal narratives and professional pedagogies and invite students, scholars, and readers to reflect on how Ms. Hill's album influenced their past, present, and future. 331 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Bis weit in das 20. Jahrhundert wurde die Auseinandersetzung mit Gegenwartsliteratur von der Literaturwissenschaft weitgehend abgelehnt, da die jeweils aktuelle Phase der Literaturproduktion unabgeschlossen ist und sich daher durch Wandelbarkeit auszeichnet. Definitionen und Eingrenzungen sind also aufgrund der Heterogenität des Feldes nicht ohne Weiteres zu leisten. Trotz der fehlenden Distanz zum Gegenstand lassen sich jedoch Entwicklungen erkennen, die über den Einzeltext hinausreichen und als «Tendenzen der Gegenwartsliteratur» markiert werden können. Die Beiträge des vorliegenden Bandes legen den Fokus dabei auf narrative Verfahren und Traditionen der erzählenden deutschsprachigen Literatur ab 2010. 185 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Joachim Haupt war ein radikaler Nationalsozialist der ersten Stunde. Er gilt zu Recht als führender und einflussreichster NS-Studentenfunktionär im norddeutschen Raum der 1920er Jahre. Haupt ist einer der zentralen Akteure im Reichserziehungsministerium auf den auch das Konzept der Nationalpolitischen Erziehungsanstalten zurückgeht. Seine Karriere ist vor allem geprägt durch die vielfachen innerparteilichen Machtkämpfe, in denen er sowohl als Opfer, aber auch als Täter auftrat. Im Alter von 21 Jahren bezeichnete Haupt sich als Revolutionär, unwissend, dass er mit 35 Jahren eben jener Revolution zum Opfer fallen sollte, deren Verwirklichung er in voller Überzeugung den Großteil seines Lebens gewidmet hatte. 176 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Die Bandbreite der im vorliegenden Band angesprochenen Themenfelder und Aspekte der Translation will ersichtlich machen, wie viele Faktoren diesen Prozess mitbestimmen und bei einer sachgerechten und wo möglich objektiven Bewertung der Übersetzer- und Dolmetscherleistung zu berücksichtigen sind. Aus der Vielzahl der möglichen Blickpunkte, aus denen die Qualitätssicherung des Translationsprozesses hinterfragt werden kann, nehmen die Autoren des Bandes besonders zwei Fragestellungen ins Visier - pragmatische und rhetorische Determinanten der Translation. Dabei werden Pragmatik und Rhetorik sowie Qualitätsmanagement des Translationsprozesses in Fachtexten, in audiovisuellen Übersetzungen und am Beispiel der Dolmetschpraxis aufgedeckt. 163 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -The collected volume presents an overview of the most significant dialogues between Romanian literature and European as well as world literature with respect to translation. Deploying various research methods, ranging from distant reading and macro-analysis to close reading and translation analysis, this book aims to provide a toolbox for the integration of the Romanian literary system in a regional and global frame.The articles either give a panorama of translation in Romania during the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries or are close readings of relevant phenomena for the current state of affairs in the Romanian literary world. 326 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Der Band analysiert die Bedeutung von Material Adverse Change-Klauseln (kurz: MAC-Klauseln) in Unternehmenskaufverträgen im Kontext des US-amerikanischen und deutschen Rechts. Im Lichte gewonnener rechtsvergleichender Einsichten aus US-amerikanischer Rechtsprechung, Rechtsliteratur und Praxis erfolgt eine Einordnung dieses «Legal Transplant» in das System des deutschen bürgerlichen Rechts. Die Autorin entwickelt insbesondere Kriterien zur Auslegung und Anwendung von MAC-Klauseln durch deutsche Gerichte und behandelt auch kautelarjuristische Fragestellungen. 280 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -«Das Internet vergisst nicht.» - Mit diesem Satz warnen Datenschutzrechtler vor der Permanenz online veröffentlichter persönlicher Informationen. Den Wunsch, das Internet das «Vergessen» zu lehren haben viele Personen im Laufe ihres Lebens. Seit dem 25. Mai 2018 gilt europaweit die Datenschutz-Grundverordnung, die in ihrem Artikel 17 das «Recht auf Löschung» normiert. Die vorliegende Arbeit, die im privaten Datenschutzrecht mit internetrechtlicher Prägung angesiedelt ist, diskutiert das «Recht auf Vergessen» nach alter und neuer Rechtslage insbesondere im Falle selbst online gestellter Daten, im Falle identifizierender Berichte in journalistischen Online-Archiven sowie bei Direktansprüchen auf Löschung gegenüber Internetsuchmaschinen wie Google. 310 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Stiftungen des öffentlichen Rechts gibt es schon lange und in großer Zahl. Gleichwohl sind der Begriff und die rechtlichen Anforderungen an deren Bildung und Betätigung teilweise immer noch unklar. Das vorliegende Buch enthält zunächst eine Bestandsaufnahme bestehender Stiftungen und des für sie geltenden Rechts. Ferner untersucht der Autor den Begriff «Stiftungen des öffentlichen Rechts» und entwickelt rechtliche Maßstäbe für die Bildung und Betätigung solcher Stiftungen. Sodann analysiert er anhand von Beispielen, inwieweit die Praxis diesen Maßstäben gerecht wird. Als Ergebnis zeigt der Autor auf, dass Stiftungen des öffentlichen Rechts ungeachtet ihres Images nicht notwendigerweise besonders «staatsfern» oder «unabhängig» sind, sondern als Teil der Staatsverwaltung den insoweit geltenden verfassungsrechtlichen Anforderungen unterliegen. 279 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Die Studie untersucht den Zusammenhang von Sprachverwendung, sozialer Positionierung und kollektiver Identitätsbildung in Weißrussland hinsichtlich des Weißrussischen, Russischen und der weißrussisch-russisch gemischten Rede (Trasjanka). Die soziodemographische und ökonomische Struktur der drei »Kodes« wird mittels Umfrage und Interviews bei drei Generationen erfasst. Die Konstellation ist grundlegend diglossisch: Russisch herrscht im öffentlichen Raum, die Trasjanka viel stärker als bisher angenommen im privaten Bereich (besonders bei der älteren Generation). Weißrussisch ist völlig marginalisiert. Für die spezifisch weißrussisch-kollektive Identität, die durchaus festzustellen ist, spielt keiner der Kodes eine nennenswerte Rolle, bestenfalls das Weißrussische auf symbolisch-musealer Ebene. 337 pp. Deutsch.

Buch. Condición: Neu. Neuware -Rassismus als Ideologie der Ausgrenzung funktioniert transnational, interkulturell, global. Die gesellschaftliche Aktualität und Relevanz des Themas ist unbestritten. Biogeographischer Rassismus geht nicht selten mit Antisemitismus, Antifeminismus oder neuerdings Rechtspopulismus enge Verbindungen ein. Diese Verschränkung des Rassismus mit anderen '-ismen' der Moderne veranschaulicht die Interdisziplinarität der Beiträge in diesem Buch. Sie liefern einen weitgefächerten Überblick über die Ansätze und Methoden der Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften im Umgang mit dem Forschungsthema 'Rassismus'. In Fallbeispielen werden die 'Grundlagen des rassistischen Denkens' dargestellt und mit systematischem Zugriff der 'Rassismus in seiner Verschränkung' bearbeitet. 405 pp. Deutsch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Seit 1982 kreiert das Theater Sgaramusch inhaltlich wie ästhetisch anspruchsvolle Stücke für Kinder, die sich auch an Erwachsene richten. Der vorliegende Band beleuchtet verschiedene Facetten seines Schaffens, das immer poetisch sein will, nie didaktisch. Das Buch versucht zudem eine Standortbestimmung des Theaters für ein junges Publikum in der Schweiz.Depuis 1982, le Théâtre Sgaramusch crée des spectacles au contenu et à l'esthétique ambitieux pour les enfants mais aussi pour les adultes. Le présent ouvrage aborde plusieurs facettes de leur engagement qui se veut toujours poétique, jamais didactique. Cette publication propose également divers éclairages sur la situation du théâtre pour le jeune public en Suisse.Dal 1982 il Theater Sgaramusch crea spettacoli esigenti sul piano dei contenuti ed estetico, rivolti sia ai bambini che agli adulti. Il presente volume esplora vari aspetti del suo lavoro artistico, che vuole essere poetico, non didattico. Il libro tenta inoltre di fare il punto della situazione sul teatro per un pubblico giovane in Svizzera.Founded in 1982, Theater Sgaramusch creates challenging plays in terms of content and aesthetics, staged for children and adults alike. The present volume showcases various facets of the company's oeuvre - which aims to be poetic and never didactic - and seeks to assess the current standing of theatre for young audiences in Switzerland. 296 pp. Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Marie Jones is one of the most prolific and popular writers working in Northern Irish theatre today. Her work has achieved local relevance and international recognition. In the course of a remarkable career now spanning five decades, Jones has been an actor, playwright, and screenwriter; she also helped to establish two major Irish theatre companies (Charabanc and DubbelJoint) as well as playing a major role in theatre-in-education through her plays for Replay Productions. From her earliest work with Charabanc in the early 1980s to the present day, Jones's work has engaged with Irish (and, more often than not, specifically Northern Irish) experience in ways that reveal the extent to which the personal is political in a distinctive form of popular theatre. This volume of essays engages critically with Jones's oeuvre, her reception in Ireland and beyond, and her position in the canon of contemporary drama. 236 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Sullied Magnificence: The Theatre of Mark O'Rowe is a collection of essays that combines the voices of Mark O'Rowe's collaborators and critics with analysis by leading academics. It examines the role of the actor and director in monologue theatre. It questions the use of violence in O'Rowe's films and plays. It explores influences and inspirations, and provides a thorough introduction to the work of one of Ireland's most unique theatrical voices. It also takes a brief look at O'Rowe's work for film, as both writer and director, and the crossover effect this work has had on his plays. 186 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Devised Performance in Irish Theatre: Histories and Contemporary Practice is the first collection to focus exclusively on devised theatre throughout the island of Ireland by bringing together a range of perspectives from both academics and practitioners. It situates the histories and contemporary practice of devised performance in the Irish theatre, responding to a decisive shift in the working approach of several prominent emerging companies including ANU Productions, Brokentalkers, THEATREclub, and THISISPOPBABY. This collection takes a historical approach that demonstrates how this contemporary surge of work builds on a physical and dance theatre movement in Irish theatre that began to coalesce in the 1990s through the work of companies like Barabbas, Macnas, Blue Raincoat, and Pan Pan which was in turn influenced by earlier community arts practice on the island of Ireland beginning in the late 1970s. Devised Performance in Irish Theatre makes visible a uniquely Irish body of work that will also further international understandings of devised performance as collaborative process and working methodology. 332 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -«Tom's ludic spirit is the perfect vehicle for theatrical exploration; the playfulness never eclipses a real seriousness to his work.»(Lynne Parker, Artistic Director, Rough Magic.)«One of the most creative dramatic writers working today.»(Kevin Reynolds, RTÉ.)«I have always enjoyed the fun, inventiveness and sharp social comment in Tom Swift's plays. This book is an invaluable record of that work, for all those interested in daring, provocative and entertaining drama.»(Jim Culleton, Artistic Director, Fishamble: The New Play Company.)«At the cutting edge of contemporary Irish theatre, Tom Swift's plays are at times absurd, at times hilarious, and always entertainingly edgy.»(Professor Brian Singleton, Samuel Beckett Chair of Drama & Theatre School of Drama, Film & Music, Trinity College Dublin.) 200 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A useful and provocative book that collects the diverse and related practices of theatre makers and theatre professionals deserving of greater attention from artists, teachers and scholars. (Willie White, Director of Dublin Theatre Festival and President of IETM)Radical Contemporary Theatre Practices by Women in Ireland is an important contribution to the fields of Irish theatre and performance studies, and gender and performance in Ireland. The essays and interviews explore the work of women directors, designers, and playwrights on both sides of the Irish Border, who are currently shaping theatre practice on the island. By gathering such an impressive range of material, Mária Kurdi and Miriam Haughton have produced a collection that offers a snapshot of radical practice on the Irish stage in the early 21st century. (Lisa Fitzpatrick, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, University of Ulster) 251 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What is Cli-Fi Climate change fiction is a new literary phenomenon that emerged at the turn of the twenty-first century in response to what may be society's greatest challenge. Climate change is already part responsible for extreme weather events, flooding, desertification and sea level rise, leading to famine, the spread of disease, and population displacement. Cli-fi novels and films are typically set in the future, telling of disaster and its effect on humans, or they depict the present, beset by dilemmas, conflicts or conspiracies, and pointing to grave consequences. At their heart are ethical and political questions: will humankind rise to the challenge of acting collectively, in the interest of the future What sacrifices will be necessary, and is a green dictatorship our only hope for survival as a species Each chapter in this volume offers a way of reading a particular literary text or film, drawing attention to themes, formal features, reception, contribution to public debate, and issues for class discussion. Popular novels and films (Kim Stanley Robinson's Science in the Capitol trilogy, Michael Crichton's State of Fear, Ian McEwan's Solar, and The Day after Tomorrow) are examined alongside lesser known writing (for instance J. G. Ballard's «proto-climate change» novel The Drowned World and Antti Tuomainen's Finnish thriller, The Healer), and films not generally thought of as being about climate change (Frozen and Take Shelter). The book, which includes an introduction tracing the emergence and influence of cli-fi, is directed towards general readers and film enthusiasts as well as teachers and students. Written in an accessible style, it fills the gap between academic studies and online blogs, offering a comprehensive look at this timely new genre. 244 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -What would schools and communities look like if the health and well-being of all our children were our highest priorities More important than test scores, profits, or real estate values What actions would we take if we wanted to guarantee that all our children were growing up with what they needed to be healthy, happy, and successful-and not just some of them The United States was once among the healthiest countries in the world. As of now, it is ranked no better than twenty-ninth. Those who bear the brunt of our worsening health are the poor, people of color, and, most of all, our children. All Children Are All Our Children situates our ongoing health crisis within the larger picture of inequality and the complex interplay of systems in the U.S. based on class, privilege, racism, sexism, and the ongoing tension between the ideals of democracy and the realities of corporate capitalism. Public education is caught in the middle of those tensions.All Children Are All Our Children begins by defining what we mean by health, looking at the many factors that support or undermine it, and then identifies steps that can be taken locally in our schools and in our communities that can support the health and well-being of our young people and their families, even as we work towards necessary change at the state and national policy level. 218 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Written during a time characterized by catalyzing Indigenous environmental movements such as Idle No More, political upheaval, and the final years of Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Protest as Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Indigenous Environmental Movements was motivated by Gregory Lowan-Trudeau's personal experiences as an activist, educator, and researcher. Insights from interviews with activists and educators in a variety of school, community, and post-secondary contexts are presented in relation to teaching and learning during, and in response to, Indigenous environmental movements. Looking toward future possibilities, the rise of renewable energy development by Indigenous communities across Canada is also considered. Throughout Protest as Pedagogy, these inquiries are guided by a theoretical framework built on concepts such as decolonization, Herbert Marcuse's repressive tolerance, Elliot Eisner's three curricula, and broader fields of study such as social movement learning, critical media literacy, Indigenous media studies, and environmental communication. 180 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condición: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Black music is a powerful art form. Artists' creations often go where words cannot. The music is special-sacred. However, it's still frequently shoehorned into the ambiguous categories of secular and sacred. Is God Funky or What : Black Biblical Culture and Contemporary Popular Music complicates the traditional categories of sacred and secular by exposing religious rhetoric and contexts of contemporary popular black music and by revealing the religious-based biblical references and spirituality that form the true cultural context from which these genres emerge. The personal beliefs of black music artists often include, if not revolve around, the heavens. How come we are bombarded by the 'thank Gods' in televised award shows, liner notes, or interviews for songs by musicians that some millennials might call 'ratchet ' Is God Funky or What shares anecdotes probing connections between specific forms of popular black music and religion. The qualifications of sacred and secular typically depend on context, lyrics, location, and audience (age, race, religion). Through a woven narrative of lyrics, godly acknowledgments, recorded and original interviews, biographies, and recordings from various genres of black music, this book explores how artists have intertwined views of God, perspectives regarding a higher power, spirituality, and religion in creating their music. Their creations make up an organic corpus called the Artistic Black Canon (ABC). Using the ABC, this book shares and explores its remarkable interpretations and ideas about life, music, spirituality, and religion. Is God Funky or What also shares how we can better make use of this music in the classroom, as well as better understand how essential it is to the lives of many. 264 pp. Englisch.