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Persian Carpets The Nation as a Transnational Commodity

Persian Carpets The Nation as a Transnational Commodity

Persian Carpets: the Nation As a Transnational Commodity tracks the Persian carpet as an exotic and mythological object as a commodity and as an image from mid-nineteenth-century England to contemporary Iran and the Iranian diaspora. Following the journey of this single object the book brings issues of labor into conversation with the politics of aesthetics. It focuses on the carpet as a commodity which crosses the boundaries of private and public religious and secular culture and economy modern and traditional home and diaspora and art and commodity to tell the story of transnational interconnectivity. Bringing transnational feminist cultural studies ethnography and network studies within the same frame of reference this book sheds light on Orientalia as civilizational objects that emerged as commodities in the encounter between the West and the many directly or indirectly colonized Middle Eastern and West Asian cultures focusing on the specific example of Persian carpets as some of the most extensively valued and traded objects since colonial modernity. | Persian Carpets The Nation as a Transnational Commodity

GBP 35.99
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Giorgio Armani Empire of the Senses

Giorgio Armani Empire of the Senses

Exploring 35 years of creative output this richly illustrated book offers an unprecedented look into Giorgio Armani’s unique aesthetic corporate and cultural strategies. More than any other designer Armani best represents the global success of the ’Made in Italy’ label. His impact is palpable not simply in women’s fashion and red carpet glamour but is also inseparable from the evolution of the menswear industry. Written in a lively and accessible style the book includes thoughtful and provocative chapters exploring: the evolution of the man’s suit; boutique culture in a global reality; the influence of Orientalism; the designer’s ambivalent relationship with the fashion press; the business of vertical branding; the use of the evening dress to construct the house’s history; power dressing for the modern woman; the relationship between textiles film and the contours of masculinity; the continued dialogue with early twentieth-century aesthetics; as well as the spaces and bodies of the theatre of fashion. The first holistic and critical investigation of one of the most influential fashion houses in the world Giorgio Armani: Empire of the Senses is a must read for anyone interested in the history and theories of fashion. | Giorgio Armani Empire of the Senses

GBP 44.99
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The Manager's Guide to Discipline

The Manager's Guide to Discipline

For most managers let alone the employees involved the disciplinary process can be painful and embarrassing. Poor performance tends to be confused with misconduct and consequently carries the stigma of punishment; this despite the fact that most company policies and indeed the ACAS Code (correctly) put emphasis on improving behaviour or performance rather than punishment. Derek Eccleston's concise guide provides a clear picture of the purpose and the process of the disciplinary procedure. This toolkit approach contains invaluable information and includes clear checklists and sample letters to help guide managers and supervisors through the minefield of employment rights explaining what to do and how to do it. Written in a no nonsense way The Manager's Guide to Discipline is free of legal jargon and focuses on the practical issues throughout. It will help to protect the organisation whilst ensuring matters are dealt with not left or brushed under the carpet because of a lack of management confidence. This essential reference will encourage managers to approach performance and disciplinary problems proactively and with more confidence and will significantly reduce the risk of getting it wrong.

GBP 175.00
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Disability and Sexuality in Zimbabwe Voices from the Periphery

Disability and Sexuality in Zimbabwe Voices from the Periphery

Disabled women represent one of the most marginalised minority groups in the world hence they are largely silent while their sexuality is ignored suppressed forbidden and buried underneath the carpet. Until recently most of the Global Northern published literature on the subject of the sexuality of disabled women has predominantly been constructed from hearsay and second-hand narratives in studies which draw from the perspectives of parents service providers and advocates without much consultation of the relevant women. By facilitating the voice of disabled women in Zimbabwe and illuminating their experiences of sexuality this book hopes to shift the experiences of sexuality of disabled women from the periphery of society to the fore. Disability and Sexuality in Zimbabwe presents original research on an issue that is thus far not found in local research data. Whilst addressing the paucity of literature on the subject the book informs policy and practice and enhances the existing body of knowledge by making recommendations towards the development of a disability and sexuality framework that is rooted in the African context. This book is of interest to students and scholars of African studies disability studies sociology psychology social work nursing education studies geography women’s and gender studies and interdisciplinary studies. Additional audiences include a wide range of health social care and educational professionals and practitioners as well donors disabled people’s organisations charities government departments NGOs supranational organisations and policy makers | Disability and Sexuality in Zimbabwe Voices from the Periphery

GBP 38.99
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A First Course In Chaotic Dynamical Systems Theory And Experiment

A First Course In Chaotic Dynamical Systems Theory And Experiment

A First Course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems: Theory and Experiment Second EditionThe long-anticipated revision of this well-liked textbook offers many new additions. In the twenty-five years since the original version of this book was published much has happened in dynamical systems. Mandelbrot and Julia sets were barely ten years old when the first edition appeared and most of the research involving these objects then centered around iterations of quadratic functions. This research has expanded to include all sorts of different types of functions including higher-degree polynomials rational maps exponential and trigonometric functions and many others. Several new sections in this edition are devoted to these topics. The area of dynamical systems covered in A First Course in Chaotic Dynamical Systems: Theory and Experiment Second Edition is quite accessible to students and also offers a wide variety of interesting open questions for students at the undergraduate level to pursue. The only prerequisite for students is a one-year calculus course (no differential equations required); students will easily be exposed to many interesting areas of current research. This course can also serve as a bridge between the low-level often non-rigorous calculus courses and the more demanding higher-level mathematics courses. FeaturesMore extensive coverage of fractals including objects like the Sierpinski carpet and othersthat appear as Julia sets in the later sections on complex dynamics as well as an actualchaos game. More detailed coverage of complex dynamical systems like the quadratic familyand the exponential maps. New sections on other complex dynamical systems like rational maps. A number of new and expanded computer experiments for students to perform. About the AuthorRobert L. Devaney is currently professor of mathematics at Boston University. He received his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley under the direction of Stephen Smale. He taught at Northwestern University and Tufts University before coming to Boston University in 1980. His main area of research is dynamical systems primarily complex analytic dynamics but also including more general ideas about chaotic dynamical systems. Lately he has become intrigued with the incredibly rich topological aspects of dynamics including such things as indecomposable continua Sierpinski curves and Cantor bouquets. | A First Course In Chaotic Dynamical Systems Theory And Experiment

GBP 42.99
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