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Legacies and Mega Events: Fact or Fairy Tales? (Routledge Advances in Event Research Series)
The use of sporting and other mega-events to bring about transformation of socially deprived areas of major cities is becoming an increasingly important part of the raison d'être for hosting such events, especially given the immense costs involved and the current economic climate. The tax-paying pub... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2018 -
Techno-Orientalism
by Jinny Huh • Catherine Fung • Abigail De Kosnik • Seo-Young Chu • Dylan Yeats • Kathryn Allan • Julie Ha Tran • Aimee Bahng • Jason Crum • Tzarina T. Prater • Douglas S. Ishii • Greta A. Niu • Kenneth Hough • Betsy Huang • Se Young Kim • Warren Liu • Victor Bascara • David S. Roh • Steve Choe • Charles ParkWhat will the future look like? To judge from many speculative fiction films and books, from Blade Runner to Cloud Atlas, the future will be full of cities that resemble Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, and it will be populated mainly by cold, unfeeling citizens who act like robots. Techno-Orientalis... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Filipinx American Studies: Reckoning, Reclamation, Transformation
by Gina Apostol • Victor Bascara • Dylan Rodríguez • Nerissa Balce • Karin Aguilar-San Juan • Rick Bonus • Martin Manalansan • Allan Punzalan Isaac • Angelica Allen • Joi Barrios-LeBlanc • Jody Blanco • Alana Bock • Sony Coranez Bolton • Lucy Mae San Pablo Burns • Richard Chu • Gary Colmenar • Kim Compoc • Denise Cruz • Reuben Deleon • Josen Diaz • Robert Diaz • Kale Fajardo • Vernadette Gonzales • Theodore Gonzalves • Anna Guevarra • Dina Maramba • Cynthia Marasigan • Edward Nadurata • JoAnna Poblete • Anthony Bayani Rodriguez • Evelyn Rodriguez • Robyn Rodriguez • J. A. Ruanto-Ramirez • Jeff Santa Ana • Dean Saranillo • Michael Schulze-Oechtering • Sarita Echavez-See • Roy Taggueg • Antonio TiongsonThis volume spotlights the unique suitability and situatedness of Filipinx American studies both as a site for reckoning with the work of historicizing U.S. empire in all of its entanglements, as well as a location for reclaiming and theorizing the interlocking histories and contemporary trajectorie... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2022