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  • The Casino, Card and Betting Game Reader

    Communities, Cultures and Play

    Modifié par Dr. Mark R. Johnson ...
    Collections series Play Beyond the Computer
    Casino games and traditional card games have rich and idiosyncratic histories, complex subcultures and player practices, and facilitate the flow of billions of dollars each year through casinos and card rooms, and between professional players and amateurs. They have nevertheless been overlooked by game scholars due to the negative ethical weight of “gambling” – with such games pathologized and ... En savoir plus

    $43.19 CAD

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  • Status and Culture

    How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change

    par W. David Marx ...
    **"Subtly altered how I see the world." —Michelle Goldberg, New York Times“[Status and Culture] consistently posits theories I'd never previously considered that instantly feel obvious.” —Chuck Klosterman, author of The Nineties“Why are you the way that you are? Status and Culture explains nearly everything about the things you choose to be—and how the society we live in takes shape in the process ... En savoir plus

    $18.99 CAD

  • Art Theory

    A Very Short Introduction

    par Cynthia Freeland ...
    Collections series Very Short Introductions
    In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this Very Short Introduction Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature, ... En savoir plus

    $7.99 CAD

  • Curationism

    How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else

    par David Balzer ...
    Collections series Exploded Views
    Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture?‘Curate’ is now a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. Curatorial ... En savoir plus

    $9.99 CAD

  • Looking Closer 5

    Critical Writings on Graphic Design

    Modifié par Michael Bierut, William Drenttel, Steven Heller ...
    The final installment in this acclaimed series offers astute and controversial discussions on contemporary graphic design from 2001 to 2005. This collection of essays takes stock of the quality and profundity of graphic design writing published in professional and general interest design magazines, as well as on blogs and Internet journals. Prominent contributors include Milton Glaser, Maud Lavin, ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • 9.5 Theses on Art and Class

    par Ben Davis ...
    9.5 Theses on Art and Class seeks to show how a clear understanding of class makes sense of what is at stake in a broad number of contemporary art's most persistent debates, from definitions of political art to the troubled status of "outsider" and street art to the question of how we maintain faith in art itself.Ben Davis currently lives and works in New York City where he is Executive Editor at ... En savoir plus

    $19.99 CAD

  • Being Cultured

    in defence of discrimination

    par Angus Kennedy ...
    Collections Livre 19 - Societas
    Today culture is everywhere as maybe never before. We read culture reviews, watch culture shows, live in Cities of Culture, and witness the Cultural Olympiad. Government, museums and arts councils worry that we are not getting enough culture and shape policy around notions of art and culture for all. Access and inclusion are in. Difficulty and exclusivity out. In "Being Cultured: in defence of ... En savoir plus

    $17.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Bedside Essays for Lovers (of Cities)

    par Daniel Solomon ...
    Collections series Island Press E-ssentials
    In this provocative collection of essays, renowned architect Daniel Solomon delves into the complexities of what makes a city vibrant. Acknowledging that a city is not a static thing, he argues we need to pay more attention to nurturing what he calls “continuous cities.” In such a city, he says, “new buildings, new institutions, and new technologies don’t rip apart the old and wreck it. They ... En savoir plus

    $8.99 CAD

  • We, Robots

    Staying Human in the Age of Big Data

    par Curtis White ...
    In the tradition of Jaron Lanier’s You Are Not a Gadget, a rousing, sharply argued—and, yes, inspiring!—reckoning with our blind faith in technologyCan technology solve all our problems? Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, many of our most famous journalists, pundits, and economists seem to think so. According to them, “intelligent machines” and big data will free us from work, educate ... En savoir plus

    $27.19 CAD

  • Everything, All the Time, Everywhere

    How We Became Postmodern

    par Stuart Jeffries ...
    A radical new history of a dangerous ideaPost-Modernity is the creative destruction that has shattered our present times into fragments. It dynamited modernism which had dominated the western world for most of the 20th century. Post-modernism stood for everything modernism rejected: fun, exuberance, irresponsibility. But beneath its glitzy surface, post-modernism had a dirty secret: it was the fig ... En savoir plus

    $11.99 CAD

  • Pretentiousness

    Why It Matters: An Essay

    par Dan Fox ...
    Pretentiousness is the engine oil of culture; the essential lubricant in the development of all arts, high, low, or middle.Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that’s making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It’s an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose ... En savoir plus

    $16.99 CAD ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The Ethics of Architecture

    par Mark Kingwell ...
    A lively and accessible discussion of how architecture functions in a complex world of obligation and responsibility, with a preface offering specific discussion of architecture during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. What are the special ethical obligations assumed by architects? Because their work creates the basic material conditions that make all other human activity possible, architects and ... En savoir plus

    $26.99 CAD