Pirates and Publishers

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fei-Hsien Wang
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
State Legislation ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Agents ◽  
Changing Knowledge ◽  
Foreign Ideas

This book reveals the unknown social and cultural history of copyright in China from the 1890s through the 1950s, a time of profound sociopolitical changes. It draws on a vast range of previously underutilized archival sources to show how copyright was received, appropriated, and practiced in China, within and beyond the legal institutions of the state. Contrary to common belief, copyright was not a problematic doctrine simply imposed on China by foreign powers with little regard for Chinese cultural and social traditions. Shifting the focus from the state legislation of copyright to the daily, on-the-ground negotiations among Chinese authors, publishers, and state agents, the book presents a more dynamic, nuanced picture of the encounter between Chinese and foreign ideas and customs. Developing multiple ways for articulating their understanding of copyright, Chinese authors, booksellers, and publishers played a crucial role in its growth and eventual institutionalization in China. These individuals enforced what they viewed as copyright to justify their profit, protect their books, and crack down on piracy in a changing knowledge economy. As China transitioned from a late imperial system to a modern state, booksellers and publishers created and maintained their own economic rules and regulations when faced with the absence of an effective legal framework. Exploring how copyright was transplanted, adopted, and practiced, the book demonstrates the pivotal roles of those who produce and circulate knowledge.

Women, Writing and the Iraqi Ba'thist State

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hawraa Al-Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
The State ◽  
Woman Question ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Cultural Resistance ◽  
Cultural Revival ◽  
Counter Narratives ◽  
History Of ◽  
A Site ◽  
Material Form

The book examines the trajectory of the state sponsored novel in Iraq and considers the ways in which explicitly political and/or ideological texts functioned as resistive counter narratives. It argues that both the novel and ‘progressive’ discourses on women were used as markers of Iraq’s cultural revival under the Ba‘th and were a key element in the state’s propaganda campaign within Iraq and abroad. In an effort to expand its readership and increase support for its pan-Arab project, the Iraqi Ba‘th almost completely eradicated illiteracy among women. As Iraq was metaphorically transformed into a ‘female’, through its nationalist trope, women writers simultaneously found opportunities and faced obstacles from the state, as the ‘Woman Question’ became a site of contention between those who would advocate the progressiveness of the Ba‘th and those who would stress its repressiveness and immorality. By exploring discourses on gender in both propaganda and high art fictional writings by Iraqis, this book offers an alternative narrative of the literary and cultural history of Iraq. It ultimately expands the idea of cultural resistance beyond the modern/traditional, progressive/backward paradigms that characterise discourses on Arab women and the state, and argues that resistance is embedded in the material form of texts as much as their content or ideological message.

The First Nutcracker, the Enchantment of International Relations, and the Franco-Russian Alliance

2016 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-149
Author(s):  
Damien Mahiet
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Sleeping Beauty ◽  
The State ◽  
The Political ◽  
Revolutionary Era ◽  
History Of

Despite the lively scholarly debate on the place of The Sleeping Beauty (1890) in the political and cultural history of the Franco-Russian alliance in the 1890s, the representation of international relations in the first production of The Nutcracker (1892) has so far received little attention. This representation includes the well-known series of character dances in the second act of the ballet, but also the use of French fashion from the revolutionary era to costume the party guests, the mechanical dolls, the toy soldiers, and even Prince Nutcracker. The fairy-tale world offered a frame that not only promoted the absolutist aspirations of Alexander III's regime, but also solved the symbolic challenge of a problematic alliance between republican France and tsarist Russia. The same visual repertoire informed diplomatic life: four years after The Nutcracker, in 1896, the décor for the state visit of Nicholas II and Alexandra Feodorovna in France duplicated that of the fairy-tale world on stage.

11. Child Protection: State Support for Children

2021 ◽  
pp. 705-769
Author(s):  
Polly Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
State Support ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Looked After Children ◽  
History Of ◽  
Difficult Situations ◽  
Or Applications

This chapter considers how the Children Act 1989 provided a legal framework within which the state can support children to remain with their families through difficult situations and intervene to protect them when they face unacceptable risks. The chapter starts by giving a brief history of child protection law. The chapter then looks at the inherent tension in protecting children while aspiring to support their life with their families, before considering local authorities' powers and duties, resources, and the ever-increasing numbers of children who are involved with social services, whether as c hildren in need, looked after children, or as subjects of child protection investigations or applications.

URBAN FOOTBALL PERFORMANCES: PLAYING FOR THE NEIGHBOURHOOD IN SENEGAL, 1950s–2000s

Africa ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 84 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susann Baller
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Urban Youth ◽  
Social Space ◽  
National Football League ◽  
Local Level ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

ABSTRACTIn Senegal, neighbourhood football teams are more popular than teams in the national football league. The so-called navétanes teams were first created in the 1950s. Since the early 1970s, they have competed in local, regional and national neighbourhood championships. This article considers the history of these clubs and their championships by focusing on the city of Dakar and its fast-growing suburbs, Pikine and Guédiawaye. Research on the navétanes allows an exploration of the social and cultural history of the neighbourhoods from the actor-centred perspective of urban youth. The history of the navétanes reflects the complex interrelations between young people, the city and the state. The performative act of football – on and beyond the pitch, by players, fans and organizers – constitutes the neighbourhood as a social space in a context where the state fails to provide sufficient infrastructure and is often contested. The navétanes clubs and championships demonstrate how young people have experienced and imagined their neighbourhoods in different local-level ways, while at the same time interconnecting them with other social spaces, such as the ‘city’, the ‘nation’ and ‘the world’.

scholarly journals Studi Konseptual Museum Negeri Sirisori Islam

2016 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Syahruddin Mansyur
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
The State ◽  
Provincial Government ◽  
Alternative Form ◽  
Local Characteristic ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Islamic State ◽  
Land Administration ◽  
History Of ◽  
Conceptual Study

Maluku provincial government has the local characteristic as represented in the “pemerintahan negeri” as a unified system of customary communities in Maluku province government areas. It gives an understanding that the land administration system has implications for aspects of customary law relevant to understanding the history of the culture of a country. Therefore, in the context of the preservation of cultural resources, land administration is the collective memory of the people of Maluku that must be preserved. In regard to the preservation of cultural resources, research conducted in the State Islamic Sirisori is expected to summarize the totality of the cultural history of the country Sirisori Islam. Further more, the results of this study is a conceptual study on the establishment of the museum Sirisori Islamic country. Based on the conceptual study, an alternative form of museum management can adapt the form of eco-museum as an attempt to preserve the cultural resources that existin Sirisori Islamic State. The themes that can be displayed in a museum presentation; State History Sirisori Islam, Islamic tradition Sirisori State Society, and the State Archaeological Collection Sirisori Islam.Provinsi Maluku memiliki karakteristik pemerintahan yaitu sistem Pemerintahan Negeri sebagai kesatuan masyarakat hukum adat dalam wilayah pemerintahan Provinsi Maluku. Hal ini memberi pemahaman bahwa sistem pemerintahan negeri memiliki implikasi pada aspek hukum adat yang terkait dengan pemahaman sejarah budaya suatu negeri. Oleh karena itu, dalam konteks pelestarian sumber daya budaya, pemerintahan negeri merupakan memori kolektif masyarakat Maluku yang harus dilestarikan. Dalam kaitan pelestarian sumberdaya budaya tersebut, penelitian yang dilakukan di Negeri Sirisori Islam ini diharapkan dapat merangkum totalitas sejarah budaya negeri Sirisori Islam. Selanjutnya, hasil penelitian ini  merupakan kajian konseptual pendirian museum negeri di Sirisori Islam. Berdasarkan kajian konseptual tersebut,  alternatif bentuk pengelolaan museum dapat mengadaptasi bentuk eco-museum  sebagai upaya untuk melestarikan sumberdaya budaya yang ada di Negeri Sirisori Islam. Tema-tema yang dapat ditampilkan dalam penyajian museum diataranya; Sejarah Negeri Sirisori Islam, Tradisi Masyarakat Negeri Sirisori Islam, dan Koleksi Arkeologi Negeri Sirisori Islam. 

scholarly journals ІСТОРИКО-ПІЗНАВАЛЬНЕ КІНО ЯК ФЕНОМЕН ПЕРІОДУ НЕЗАЛЕЖНОСТІ УКРАЇНИ

2019 ◽  
pp. 186-194
Author(s):  
О. І. Орлов
Keyword(s):  
Mass Communication ◽  
Historical Development ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
The State ◽  
Soviet Period ◽  
Philosophical Hermeneutic ◽  
National School ◽  
Mass Consciousness ◽  
History Of

This article offers a survey of the historical-cognitive cinema in Ukrainian cinematography during the independence period. The author focuses on both thematic diversity of films, and philosophical, hermeneutic, psychoanalytic possibilities and demand of their thorough study. Indicated that, chronicle-documentary and popular science films of Ukraine during the independence period inherent mapping of historical development of the state and the Ukrainian people, social problems, and understanding the legal framework of Ukrainians. The article deals with the features of cinematography among other means of mass communication in the context of its influence on the mass consciousness. The tendencies of Ukrainian cinema as a distinctive genre in the field of directorial and acting art are analyzed. The process of formation of the national school of cinema during the Independence period is shown, and its activity with the work of directors of the previous Soviet period in the history of Ukrainian cinema art is compared. The contribution of Ukrainian actors of the theater and cinema, artists, scriptwriters and directors to the development of massive cinema playing during the independence period. As an example of the development of Ukrainian cinema, the trends of the historical – cognitive cinema during the Independence period were analyzed, on the basis of which the features of the country's exhibit in elite circles were determined.

scholarly journals CHARTERS OF VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATIONS IN PREREVOLUTIONARY RUSSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-136
Author(s):  
Anastasiya S. Tumanova ◽  
Alexander A. Safonov
Keyword(s):  
Voluntary Associations ◽  
The State ◽  
Voluntary Association ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Russian Government ◽  
Late Imperial ◽  
Imperial Russia ◽  
External Context ◽  
History Of ◽  
Corporate Legislation

The article deals with the history of doctrinal formation of the content of the charter of voluntary association of Late Imperial Russia, as well as the role of the charter in regulating the phenomenon of social self-organization. This problem is practically don't studied in the scientific literature. It is based on the involvement of a broad corpus of published sources (constituent documents of public organizations, materials of clerical work of public institutions, etc.) and archives (documents of the RGIA). The legal policy of the Russian government aimed at establishing uniformity in the content of constituent documents of voluntary societies and the principles of their relationship with the state according to the creation, re-registration, termination of societies is analyzed. This national framework is assessed from the standpoint of the content of corporate regulation in Late Imperial Russia, the degree of intervention of the state in this process. Russian and European sources for the formation of corporate legislation on voluntary associations are considered. The analysis of constituent documents of various groups of organizations in prerevolutionary Russia takes a significant place. They are studied according to the content, structure, general and special features, field of activity. The authors investigate how independent creativity of the founders was expressed when drawing up the charters of organizations that do not fully comply with typical constituent documents, find out its meaning and boundaries. The authors come to the conclusion that the charters gave Russian associations substantial autonomy in the inner life (defining goals and objectives, methods of capital formation, requirements for categories of members, etc.), but rather strictly prescribed the “external” context of their functioning, coupled with the interaction with state authorities.

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