This book asks why humans through history have covered their genitals and worn a cache-sexe. Does the cache-sexe merely provide protection, or is it an instrument to draw attention? Can the cache-sexe be used to stimulate certain thoughts? Why does not wearing a cache-sexe provoke shame one society but not in another? Are nudity and nakedness the same?

On his quest to answer these questions, the author takes the reader on a review of the anatomy of the female and male genitals and reflects ...

Kaas en Nederland worden vaak in een adem genoemd. Bovendien worden kaas en Nederland verbonden met een nostalgische idealisering van het platteland.

Dit boek zoekt de werkelijkheid achter de mythe van ‘kaas als typisch voor Nederland’. Het resultaat toont een kleurrijk palet waarbij kaas en alles wat met kaas te maken heeft op de studietafel wordt gelegd. De auteurs nemen u mee naar koeienstallen en ultrarechtse social media, naar kaasletters, vroegmoderne diplomatie en emigratieliterat...

Na de Eerste Wereldoorlog leek de vaste grond onder de voeten van de adel in Duitsland en Nederland weg te vallen. Rond 1900 hadden de meeste adellijke families nog tot de elite behoord. Nu was die tijd voorgoed voorbij en moesten zij op zoek naar manieren om sociaal, politiek en cultureel te overleven in een zich snel moderniserende samenleving. In Einde van de adelscultuur? wordt deze thematiek in achttien artikelen vanuit een interdisciplinair en vergelijkend perspectief benaderd. Twee vra...

This handbook marks the first comprehensive review of this subject to date. Its editors emphasise two main different forms of study: the use of the web as an historical resource, and the web as an object of study in its own right. Bringing together all the existing knowledge of the field, with an interdisciplinary focus and an international scope, this is an incomparable resource for historians and students alike.

From profiling databases and mashups to cybersex and the truth about social networking, Miller's insightful second edition traces the pervasive influence of 'digital culture' throughout contemporary life.

Taking readers from media students to media professionals, Introducing Media Practice brings together the 'why' and the 'how to' of media studies. It explains how adding theory to practice improves students' media projects, and shows them how to develop the kind of project skills they need for a career in the creative and media industries.

This text introduces a socio-cultural approach to public relations as a way of analysing the growing importance of public relations in its social, cultural and political contexts and brings theory to life with a range of case studies, including YouTube vlogging, the global fair trade movement and the 2016 EU referendum in the UK.

This text provides a concrete set of tools to research and analyse a wide range of visual data, showing students how to apply the right mix of methods to their own research projects and equipping them with the skills to break down and analyse contemporary visual communication.

This Handbook represents a timely and important contribution to popular music studies during a significant period of theoretical and empirical growth and innovation in the field.