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... The conclusion takes up whether there is a promise of blackness as revealed in telling lies. blackness lying death drive ...

... the status of being “banned in China” is often viewed as a selling point in foreign markets, there is no necessary correlation between whether a work is banned and its underlying literary quality. He discusses the relationship between state censorship and processes of self-censorship, noting that he himself...

... Nature on the Las Vegas Strip is constructed and themed to match the socioeconomics of the clientele of the various hotel-casinos. Design decisions such as whether to use artificial plants or real plants and whether to display nature as imperfect or flawless are taken to the extreme in Las Vegas...

... Whether teaching online or in-person, instructors will gain from teaching strategies to help them frame and implement their own course on the history of the Indian Ocean. The great time depth of the Indian Ocean world provides multiple ways to consider periodization, and students will benefit...

... This chapter is a manifesto for writing in the Indian subcontinent. The main thrust is toward producing writing, whether fiction or non-fiction, that makes sense of rampant violence in our society, especially violence against women and people from lower castes. Indian writing in English...

... This essay probes whether the non/relation of the photographer to his or her subject determines the effect or affect of the work. Solomon-Godeau begins with Sontag’s indictment of Arbus as a predatory photographer, exploiting people she photographed. She argues that the ethical and political...

.... Healers are also increasingly relying on clinic diagnostics (bloodwork to determine whether patients have diabetes or tension meters to see whether they have high blood pressure) before administering treatment with local medicines. Such collaborative potential is also endorsed by the World Bank...

... and theoretically interesting tendency even among those who contend to be writing about addiction to slip into modes of analysis that effectively substitute questions regarding the social approval of an activity for questions concerning whether it is voluntary or involuntary. Hence, one purpose of this chapter...

... The first chapter uses a quote from Shakespeare’s Hamlet about being true to one’s self to understand the concept of self in Western thought, as well as ways of “capturing” the self. It proceeds to define selfies as technological inventions of the mobile phone and questions whether they ought...

... Questions about whether “performance” disappears or remains fuel debates in the academy, the art world, and beyond. If performance exists solely in the second of its execution, how can it be “saved”? This chapter takes up this question through a consideration of how archival holdings convey...

... This chapter outlines and origins and stakes of the current debates surrounding autonomous thought and practices. It also provides an overview of the book’s structure and contents. The editors argue that in autonomous movements around the world, whether in the European traditions of operaismo...

... This chapter begins with the discussion of a popular thesis that sexual repression resulted in impotence in the Maoist period. Leaving aside the relationship between impotence and sexual repression, this thesis leads to the discussion of whether and why sexual desire was repressed under...

... This chapter brings the narrative to a conclusion by identifying a lexicon of public values that have shaped and guided the author’s engagement in public life, whether as a social activist, a business executive, or a government official, or in the many other activities that have challenged him...

... will pay for might just be whether she still has a dick or not. And it might be something more. “Trick Dive” sets up a major theme of the book: What knowledge might the trans person have? BDSM San Francisco trans knowledge dive bar ...

... the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. In chapter 6, the histories are told from several points of view. Some attention is paid to Che Guevara’s struggle in Bolivia and whether or not it was sponsored by Cuba or only by Guevara himself. Bolivia Che Guevara Fidel Castro Latin American liberation...