Contemporary culture : new directions in arts and humanities research /
"Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? In the context of pervasive economic liberalism and shrinking budgets due to a deep and prolonged recession, the exigency of humanities research for society is increasingly put into question. This volume claims that the humanities...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press,
2013.
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| Series: | Transformations in art and culture.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "Are the humanities still relevant in the twenty-first century? In the context of pervasive economic liberalism and shrinking budgets due to a deep and prolonged recession, the exigency of humanities research for society is increasingly put into question. This volume claims that the humanities do indeed matter by offering empirically-grounded critical reflections on contemporary cultural practices, thereby opening up new ways of understanding social life and new directions in humanities scholarship."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 electronic resource (250 pages)) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789048517954 9048517958 9781306208192 130620819X 9089644741 9789089644749 |