Kulturstudier

"An illustrated guide to embracing your inner ogre and living your truth, mud, farts, and all"--

Antifeminismen er på fremmarch I modsætning til kvindehad, der har en meget lang historie, så erantifeminisme forholdsvis ny, da den ikke bare kræver tilstedeværelsenaf kvinder, men af feminister, dvs. af kvinder — og mænd — der kræverkønsligestilling, hvor der endnu hersker ulighed. Det er fordi, kvinderoverskrider deres ’naturlige’ plads, at der mobiliseres antifeministisk.Bagantifeminismen ligger kvindehadets frygt for den selvstændige kvinde,frygten for en kvinde, der kan lykkes uden manden, der kan klare siguden manden, kvinden som sin egen aktør. Antifeminisme er en højlydtversion af kvindehad, hvis markante aggressivitet skyldes, feminismenssucces med at få kvinder til at tale på egne vegne og gå egne veje ilivet.Antifeminisme hører sammen med kvindehad. Det er del af kvindehadets nyere historie.Og det er den historie, som bogen afdækker. Den aktuelle antifeminismekan kort forklares med, at den sexistiske påstand om kvinders mindreværd bliver modbevist hver eneste dag. Forestillingen om, at kvinder ernaturligt disponeret til at blive hjemme, og hvis de vover sig ud, såklarer de sig ringere end mænd, bliver systematisk modbevist hver dag af et utal af kvinder. Så hvad gør man(d)?

Grisen er i vores egen tid i centrum af en sand symbolstorm: Muslimer og jøder anser den for uren; for vegetarer og veganere er den en syndebuk, mens visse politikere argumenterer for frikadelletvang i offentlige institutioner. Endelig er der dem, som mener, at grisen er langt bedre end sit rygte: Den er et af de mest intelligente pattedyr, producerer langt mindre CO2 end drøvtyggerne – og gastronomer vil vide, at den er et sandt tagselvbord af delikate udskæringer. Grisen har gennem historien vist sig overmåde overlevelses- og tilpasningsdygtig. Klimaet i Tyskland og Danmark er meget velegnet til grisehold, og allerede fra middelalderen fik den sammen med øl, rugbrød, sild og kål sin faste plads på langbordene. Efter tabet af Slesvig-Holsten i 1864 blev grisen inddraget i den nationalromantiske hyldest af danske værdier. Tidligt blev det danske landbrug rationaliseret og effektiviseret, og svinekøb blev sammen med smør en hovedeksportvare fra slutningen af 1800-tallet. Danskerne fik til gengæld lært at holde af leverpostej. ”Grisen” er en fortælling om opture og nedture for både dyrene og griseavlerne – og ikke mindst den stadig mindre del af befolkningen, som gerne spiser den Bogen demonstrerer, at grisen er behæftet med både religiøse tabuer, politiske slagord, profittænkning, udskamning, gode historier, respekt og nydelse At tage på rejse med grisen er at lære vores egen madkultur og selvforståelse at kende. Helle Brønnum Carlsen (født 1959) er uddannet husholdningslærer, litterat og ph.d. på en afhandling om madens æstetik. Mangeårig madskribent og -anmelder, bl.a. for Politiken og Weekendavisen.

En biografi er en fortælling om og en fortolkning af et liv, mener Birgitte Possing. Biografierne er populære, tiltrækker læserne, og mange sluger dem råt. Alligevel er biografigenren ringeagtet, fordi dens metoder er så uigennemskuelige. Ind i biografien baner en vej gennem vildnisset af godt og skidt og giver læsere, kritikere og forfattere nye redskaber til at forstå, hvor meget der er på spil i biografien. Den er en etisk udfordrende og farlig genre, fordi den kan ære og agte, men også fordreje eller ødelægge et menneskes ry.Biografien er som fortælling, kritik og etisk vidnesbyrd en vigtig del af vores kulturarv. Fra antikken til i dag har den været en del af både historieskrivningen og den litterære portrætkunst. Den ældgamle genre er traditionelt om og af mænd, men har i løbet af den seneste generation også åbnet sig for kvinder.Birgitte Possing præsenterer her en måde at få hold på det store og uoverskuelige felt. Hun viser, hvordan biografier om statsmænd og politikere, intellektuelle, kulturpersonligheder og oprørere afspejler forskellige kulturhistoriske virkelighedsopfattelser. Hun inddeler biografien i otte arketyper og indkredser hovedstrømningerne i biografiens fortælletraditioner. Gennem analyser af vellykkede såvel som mindre vellykkede biografier viser hun, hvordan vi kan læse biografierne og opsnuse de fælder, der ligger i genren.

THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER'Chris Broad explores Japan in all its quirky glory..Endlessly fascinating!'Will Ferguson, author of Hokkaido Highway Blues'Carves a unique path across Japan bringing him into contact with far too many cats, heartening renewal in Tohoku, and even pizza with Ken Watanabe.'Iain Maloney, author of The Only Gaijin in the Village'Fascinating, fact-packed and very funny..An excellent and enjoyable read for the Japan-curious. I loved it and learned a lot.'Sam Baldwin, author of For Fukui's Sake: Two years in rural JapanWhen Englishman Chris Broad landed in a rural village in northern Japan he wondered if he'd made a huge mistake. With no knowledge of the language and zero teaching experience, was he about to be the most quickly fired English teacher in Japan's history?Abroad in Japan charts a decade of living in a foreign land and the chaos and culture clash that came with it. Packed with hilarious and fascinating stories, this book seeks out to unravel one the world's most complex cultures.Spanning ten years and all forty-seven prefectures, Chris takes us from the lush rice fields of the countryside to the frenetic neon-lit streets of Tokyo. With blockbuster moments such as a terrifying North Korean missile incident, a mortifying experience at a love hotel and a week spent with Japan's biggest movie star, Abroad in Japan is an extraordinary and informative journey through the Land of the Rising Sun.Number one Sunday Times bestseller, August 2023. Cover may vary.

Hvordan hænger uligheden mellem mænd og kvinder sammen med kapitalismen? Caliban & heksen er en historisk analyse af kapitalismens opkomst fra et feministisk perspektiv. Silvia Federicis kultklassiker bevæger sig fra middelalderens bondeoprør over heksejagterne til begyndelsen på den moderne filosofi og undersøger kapitalismens undertvingelse af kroppen.Silvia Federici (f. 1942) er italiensk-amerikansk feministisk aktivist, politisk teoretiker og professor emerita fra Hofstra University. I 1972 var hun med til at grundlægge det internationale feministiske kollektiv Wages for Housework. Caliban & heksen er hendes hovedværk, oversat til 19 sprog.Bogen er en del af serien Feministisk bibliotek, der samler fire af de mest markante feministiske stemmer fra de sidste 100 år, og introducerer de vigtigste diskussioner om forholdet mellem køn, magt og historie.

”Vi lever i mærkværdige tider. En tid for Langsomme samtaler.” – Ivan Krastev ”Hvis vi skal forstå verden, og hvis vi skal være med til at forbedre verden, har vi brug for at bringe økonomi, sociologi, filosofi, politik og aktivisme sammen i et fælles sprog. Det er det, Rune Lykkebergs Langsomme samtaler gør.”– Thomas Piketty Gennem 2022 har Rune Lykkeberg talt med 37 internationale tænkere, forskere, forfattere og aktivister om klimakrisen, moralske revolutioner, krig, magt, frihed, håb, blomster, skønhed og vejene til forandring. Vi skal gøre det hele på én gang er en studiekreds med dem, vi helst vil stille spørgsmål til om det, der brænder i verden. Bogen er en form for dannelsesaktivisme, som vil bringe vores indsigt på niveau med vores indignation og forbinde ideer og analyser med bevægelser, der langsomt kan være med til at ændre verden.

';It is only ideas gained from walking thathave any worth.'Nietzsche In A Philosophy of Walking, a bestsellerin France, leading thinker FredericGros charts the many different wayswe get from A to B the pilgrimage,the promenade, the protest march, thenature rambleand reveals what theysay about us. Gros draws attention to otherthinkers who also saw walking assomething central to their practice.On his travels he ponders Thoreau's eagerseclusion in Walden Woods; the reasonRimbaud walked in a fury, while Nervalrambled to cure his melancholy. Heshows us how Rousseau walked in orderto think, while Nietzsche wanderedthe mountainside to write. In contrast,Kant marched through his hometownevery day, exactly at the same hour, toescape the compulsion of thought.Brilliant and erudite, A Philosophyof Walking is an entertaining andinsightful manifesto for putting onefoot in front of the other.

From the internationally bestselling artist Kerby Rosanes, this essential coloring book includes ninety-six double-sided pages of pure imagination and is the latest entry in Kerby’s astounding Worlds series.   Illustrator extraordinaire Kerby Rosanes is here with his most far-out book yet, Alien Worlds, the third installment in his brilliant, internationally bestselling Worlds series, in which he transports colorists back into the Kerby-verse, dreaming up new alien worlds drawn in his signature super-detailed style. Welcome to the next astounding stop in Kerby's vast universe: extraterrestrial worlds full of alien creatures and lush landscapes, Martian atmospheres, and lunar terrains. Vast worlds and encounters with creatures big and small.

Bogen handler om digitalt didaktisk design med brug af web- og mobilteknologi. Den sætter fokus på de muligheder og problemstillinger, som digitaliseringen bringer med sig i forhold til læring og kommunikation.Bogen har tre dele: en teoretisk, en teknologisk og en praktisk. Den teoretiske del forklarer centrale begreber knyttet til design af digitale ressourcer og aktiviteter med henblik på undervisning, læring og faglig formidling. Den teknologiske del fokuserer på teknologi og interaktionsmuligheder for digitale ressourcer i form af web 3.0 og af e-bøger. Den praktiske del præsenterer fire konkrete cases, der tilsammen illustrerer væsentlige faktorer i konkret realisering af digitalt didaktisk design. Bogen henvender sig især til forskere, undervisere og studerende i fag om it og læring på informations- og biblioteksvidenskabsstudier samt på læreruddannelser og efter- og videreuddannelser.Forfatterne tilhører alle forskningsprogrammet Didaktik, design og digitalisering på Syddansk Universitet. De arbejder med digitalt didaktisk design fra forskellige vinkler: teknologisk, vidensfilosofisk, læringsteoretisk og didaktisk.Didaktik, design og digitalisering, er en del af serien Medier, kommunikation, journalistik.

Vi taler, og taler, og taler om følelser. Kærestepar søger terapi for rullende kameraer, tit “føler” vi noget i stedet for at “mene” det, og nogle gange trumfer følelser endda fakta. Men hvad er følelser egentlig? Vi taler ofte om følelser som det modsatte af fornuft og metaforisk om hjerte over for hjerne, selvom vi udmærket ved, at følelserne bor i hjernen, og at fornuften er afhængig af følelserne.FØLELSERNES BOG er en rundvisning i menneskets indre baseret på den nyeste psykologiske videnskab, forfatterens erfaringer som et stort følehoved og eksempler fra kunst og kultur. Den giver indsigt i følelseslivet i al dets vidunderlige kompleksitet, både dit eget og de andres.Torben Sangild (f. 1969) er kulturforsker, radiovært og journalist og skriver for Zetland om videnskab, kultur og psykologi. Han er musikalsk miserabilist, lider af såkaldt technostress, men arbejder med det, og så har han engang skældt en gulvklud ud.

Hvis man vil forstå Afrika, kan man med fordel begynde med kontinentets fodbold. Det er udgangspunktet i journalist og idéhistoriker Oscar Rothsteins bog, Det lysende hjerte. Baseret på reportager og en bred vifte af litteratur fortæller og analyserer han den afrikanske fodbold, og hvad den udtrykker om Afrika i det hele taget – både historisk og i dag.Bogen viser, hvordan fodbolden på kontinentet giver fast form til abstrakte magtforhold, formidler politiske budskaber og afslører racistiske stereotyper. Fra en diktator i Cameroun og en målmand i Uganda til en amatørturnering i Mozambique og en slagsang i Algeriet.

Do we have free will? Is the universe compatible with God? Do we live in a computer simulation? Does the universe think?Physicists are great at complicated research, but they are less good at telling us why it matters. In this entertaining and groundbreaking book, theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder breaks down why we should care. Drawing on the latest research in quantum mechanics, black holes, string theory and particle physics, Existential Physics explains what modern physics can tell us about the big questions.Filled with counterintuitive insights and including interviews with other leading scientists, this clear and yet profound book will reshape your understanding of science and the limits of what we can know.

3000 år. Så langt strækker Kinas litteraturhistorie sig tilbage i tiden. Tekster af Konfucius, Zhuangzi og Sima Qian udgør det klassiske fundament, som senere forfattere skriver sig ind i. Generationer af kinesere har siden læst formfuldendte vers om natur og kærlighed, sære dyre- og spøgelseshistorier, frivole sædeskildringer, moraliserende noveller og omfangsrige romaner. Tekster og emner, der også i dag præger det kinesiske samfund. Kinesisk litteratur i 3000 år er antologi, litteraturhistorie og opslagsværk i ét og præsenterer mesterværker fra oldtidens forfattere til samtidsaktuelle Yu Hua, Yan Lianke og Cixin Liu. Værkerne kan læses alene eller i sammenhæng med bogens introduktioner, så læseren kan gå på opdagelse i Kinas righoldige litteraturhistorie – og lade sig inspirere til at søge endnu længere ind i det kinesiske skatkammer. Peter Damgaard er ph.d. i kinesisk litteratur, oversætter og ekstern lektor ved Københavns Universitet.Anne Wedell-Wedellsborg er professor emerita i Kinastudier ved Aarhus Universitet.

Containing the stories of four legendary fashion houses, this collectable box holds a beautiful set of covetable style guides.

Har du lagt mærke til, at de danske motorvejsskilte er grønne, mens de i størstedelen af Europa er blå? Eller at vi i Danmark tænder lyset ved at slå vippekontakten ned, hvor man i mange andre lande slår kontakten op? Og at vi på dansk siger tallene bagfra, mens man på de fleste sprog siger dem forfra, som når englændere og svenskere siger fifty-four og femtiofyra. I et halvt århundrede har Morten Schøler arbejdet og boet i mange lande, som han har sammenlignet med Danmark. De mange iagttagelser fortæller han om i bogen, der er fuld af overraskelser om blandt andet geografi, historie, sprog, grundlove, forvaltning, økonomi, uddannelse, arbejde, omgangsform, ulandshjælp, mad, sundhed, trafik, musik, nationalsange, sport og religion. Danmark og Verden balancerer mellem lovprisning og konstruktiv kritik af Danmark og er fortalt med både overbevisende eksempler og kærlig humor. Undervejs opdager man, at meget kan siges og gøres bedre og mere logisk, end vi er vant til i Danmark.Bogen er rigt illustreret af Niels Roland, der i 20 år har tegnet i Weekendavisen og har udgivet en række bøger i eget navn.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “The visionary author of How to Do Nothing returns to challenge the notion that ‘time is money.’ . . . Expect to feel changed by this radical way of seeing.”—Esquire “One of the most important books I’ve read in my life.”—Ed Yong, author of An Immense WorldA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: Harper’s Bazaar, Esquire, Chicago Public Library, Electric LitIn her first book, How to Do Nothing, Jenny Odell wrote about the importance of disconnecting from the “attention economy” to spend time in quiet contemplation. But what if you don’t have time to spend?In order to answer this seemingly simple question, Odell took a deep dive into the fundamental structure of our society and found that the clock we live by was built for profit, not people. This is why our lives, even in leisure, have come to seem like a series of moments to be bought, sold, and processed ever more efficiently. Odell shows us how our painful relationship to time is inextricably connected not only to persisting social inequities but to the climate crisis, existential dread, and a lethal fatalism.This dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book offers us different ways to experience time—inspired by pre-industrial cultures, ecological cues, and geological timescales—that can bring within reach a more humane, responsive way of living. As planet-bound animals, we live inside shortening and lengthening days alongside gardens growing, birds migrating, and cliffs eroding; the stretchy quality of waiting and desire; the way the present may suddenly feel marbled with childhood memory; the slow but sure procession of a pregnancy; the time it takes to heal from injuries. Odell urges us to become stewards of these different rhythms of life in which time is not reducible to standardized units and instead forms the very medium of possibility.Saving Time tugs at the seams of reality as we know it—the way we experience time itself—and rearranges it, imagining a world not centered on work, the office clock, or the profit motive. If we can “save” time by imagining a life, identity, and source of meaning outside these things, time might also save us.

"The candid inside tale of two online media rivals, Jonah Peretti of HuffPost and Buzzfeed and Nick Denton of Gawker Media, whose delirious pursuit of attention at scale in the first two decades of the 21st century helped release the dark forces that would overtake the Internet and American society... The curtain opens in Soho in the early 2000's, in that brief moment after the first dotcom crash and before Google, Apple, and Facebook exploded, when it seemed that New York City rather than Silicon Valley might become tech's center of gravity. There, within a few square blocks, Nick Denton's merry band of nihilists at his growing Gawker empire and Jonah Peretti's sunnier crew at HuffPost and Buzzfeed were building the foundations of click-bait media. It was tech's age of innocence: the old establishment might have been discredited by the Iraq War, but digital news would facilitate the spread of truth. Progressive activists were first to the scene, and for a while it seemed they were the scene... Ben Smith, who would go on to earn a controversial reputation as Buzzfeed's editor-in-chief, was either there or talked to everyone who was, and in his trademark fashion, he chronicles it all with marvelous lucidity scored with dark wit, sparing no one--and certainly not himself... At the heart of Traffic is one of the great ironies of our time: the Internet, which was going to help the left remake the world in its image, has become the motive force of right populism. As Smith and his colleagues and rivals thought they were inventing digital media, other figures, flickering around the margins of their story, had different designs. People like Steve Bannon and Andrew Breitbart and Gavin McInnes and Chris Poole, the creator of 4chan, all seemed like minor characters in the narrative in which Nick and Jonah and crew were the stars. By 2020, any reasonable observer might wonder if the opposite wasn't the case"--

"The trauma that our world experienced in recent years--as result of both the pandemic and societal tensions that threaten to overwhelm us-has been unprecedented and is not going away anytime soon. It is clear that existing political and economic systems are not enough to bring the change that the world needs. In this book, Rainn Wilson explores the possibility and hope for a spiritual revolution, a 'Soul Boom' in order to address today's greatest issues--mental health, racism and sexism, climate change, and economic injustice. For Wilson, this is very serious and essential pursuit, but he brings great humor and his own unique perspective to the conversation. He feels that, culturally, we've thrown the baby out with the bathwater--and that bathwater is spirituality, Faith and the Sacred. The baby is us, and we are in need of profound healing and a unifying understanding of the world that religion provides. Sharing his experience of losing his father during the summer of 2020 as well as his personal struggles with addiction and mental health, Wilson is an empathetic narrator and thinker who readers will appreciate and trust. Wilson's approach to spirituality--the non-physical, eternal aspects of ourselves--is relatable and will apply to people of all beliefs, even the skeptics. Filled with genuine insight--not to mention enlightening Kung Fu and Star Trek references--the book offers the keys to delving into ancient wisdom and seeking out practical, transformative answers to life's biggest questions"--

With 73 million units sold worldwide, Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed franchise is established as one of the best-selling game series ever. Recognized for having some of the richest, most-engrossing art and storytelling in the industry, Assassin's Creed transcends video games, branching into other entertainment experiences including comic books, novels, short films and an impressive merchandise line-up. The recently announced Assassin's Creed Unity takes players into the heart of the French Revolution. Marrying intricately detailed environments and next-gen capabilities, Paris comes to life around you and immerses you in the grit and grime of a city in turmoil. Continuing in the footsteps of this already world-renowned franchise, Assassin's Creed Unity brings to life a time of unrest and disorder in one of the greatest cities in the world, promising to be the biggest and best experience yet. Highlights in the game, and in the book, include the different areas of Paris, each with their own identity and population, towering buildings bigger than any Assassin's Creed game so far and an amazing range of locations and action. (c) 2014 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Assassin's Creed, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft in the U.S. and/or other countries.

A full-colour illustrated history of the store that changed gaming for ever, as told by its founders.Games Workshop, Warhammer, White Dwarf, Citadel Miniatures and Fighting Fantasy are names which trigger powerful memories for millions of people around the world. The cultural impact of Games Workshop and Fighting Fantasy has been remarkable. But how did it all begin? Since starting out in 1975 as a part-time mail-order business in a modest third-floor flat in West London, Games Workshop has grown from its humble beginnings to become a FTSE 250 company listed on the London Stock Exchange. From distributing Dungeons & Dragons, to living in the back of a van, to opening Games Workshop stores, to creating Fighting Fantasy, to launching Warhammer, co-founders Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson tell their remarkable story for the first time. Dice Men is the fascinating, never-before-told story of an iconic company which changed the world of tabletop gaming for ever. It's an insight into the rollercoaster first year of Games Workshop and the birth of the industry.

"Writer and former model Paulina Porizkova pens a series of intimate, introspective, and enlightening essays about the complexities of womanhood at every age, pulling back the glossy magazine cover and writing from the heart"--

Here is a look behind the frozen fjords and ice caves of Berk at the making of the sequel to a beloved animated classic. This full-color, lavishly illustrated book features more than 650 paintings, drawings, sketches, models, film stills, lighting studies, color keys, story boards, and photographs. Along with quotes from all the principal filmmakers there is also an introduction by the writer/director Dean DeBlois and a foreword by Gerard Butler, the voice of Stoick.In this brilliantly conceived sequel, we are on a journey of exploration to new lands, four-winged dragons, long-lost love, vicious and powerful enemies, and ginormous Bewilderbeasts.How does a movie of such imagination and magnitude come into creation? Well, you begin with an incredibly talented team of artists, writers, engineers, animators, modelers, and tech wizards and you let their creativity soar. The result is a stunning, original vision?bigger, better, and fiercer than ever?of an earth-shattering, fire-breathing sequel to the legendary story of Vikings and dragons in the frozen north.Hold on to your dragons, fans and friends, you're in for the ride of a lifetime!

Discover the loyalty of your inner Hufflepuff with this yearlong guided journal inspired by the beloved Harry Potter films.In the Harry Potter films, students sorted into the house of Hufflepuff are known for their kindness and loyalty. Now, fans of the iconic film series can embrace their inner Hufflepuff with this deluxe guided journal. Featuring classic Hufflepuff iconography, this yearlong journal includes a mixture of one-line-a-day activities, lists, and free-writing prompts to help fans tap into and develop the key trait that makes Hufflepuffs so special: their loyalty. With film quotes from famous Hufflepuffs throughout and prompts and activities inspired by key scenes from the movies, From the Films of Harry Potter: Kindness: A Guided Journal for Embracing Your Inner Hufflepuff offers Harry Potter fans a space for self-reflection, evaluation, and empowerment inspired by the movies they love.