1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996589535203316

Autore

Birchall Clare

Titolo

Knowledge goes pop : from conspiracy theory to gossip / / Clare Birchall

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2020

ISBN

1-00-308581-4

1-000-18986-4

1-000-18323-8

1-003-08581-4

1-282-54561-2

9786612545610

1-84788-316-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Culture Machine ; ; v.v. 3

Disciplina

001.09

Soggetti

Knowledge, Sociology of - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2006 by Berg Publishers."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Know It All; 2 Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You; 3 Cultural Studies on/as Conspiracy Theory; 4 Hot Gossip: The Cultural Politics of Speculation; 5 Sexed Up: Gossip by Stealth; Conclusion: Old Enough to Know Better? The Work of Cultural Studies; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food joint injects its food with drugs that make men impotent. A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. 'Julia Roberts in Porn Scandal' shouts the front page of a gossip mag. A spiritual healer claims he can cure chronic fatigue syndrome with the energizing power of crystals . . . What do you believe? Knowledge Goes Pop examines the popular knowledges that saturate our everyday experience. We make this information and then it shapes the way we see the world. How valid is it when compared to official knowledge and



why does such (mis)information cause so much institutional anxiety? Knowledge Goes Pop examines the range of knowledge, from conspiracy theory to plain gossip, and its role and impact in our culture.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910446347203321

Titolo

Journeys of discovery in volunteer tourism : international case study perspectives / / edited by Kevin D. Lyons and Stephen Wearing

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wallingford, UK ; ; Cambridge, MA, : CABI, c2008

ISBN

1-281-24440-6

9786611244408

1-84593-381-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (233 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LyonsKevin D

WearingStephen

Disciplina

338.4791

361.3/7

Soggetti

Volunteer tourism

Tourism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; Part I: Journeys Beyond Otherness: Communities, Culture and Power; Part II: Inward Journeys: Motivations, Needs and the Self; Part III: Journeys at the Edge: Overlaps and Ambiguities; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Offers an insight into how volunteer tourism is growing and developing. This title includes case studies from researchers in the field which explore the experiences of the volunteer tourist and the relationships between volunteers and host communities and commercial, non-commercial and government entities involved in volunteer tourism.