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Foreword Moscow Romantic Conceptualism was a major Soviet underground art movement and the echoes of its influence still manifest themselves in the pacesetting and often rebellious contemporary art of Russia. Developed in the atmosphere of strict ideological conventionality of the 1970s Soviet Union, Moscow conceptualist art served as not only a form of protest but also a means of escape from artistic and personal constraints characteristic of the period. This series offers a

This article approaches popular culture and its effects on society's youth.

This article discusses the influence and success of the animated series BoJack Horseman.

Which cultural imaginaries come from social problems such as machismo and femicide?

Isekai is one of the most popular anime genres today. Why is that the case?

Old age is the last stage of life. Alongside gender, class, and race, age also supposes a source of discrimination against many. Socially and culturally, age might determine many factors of someone’s life, and how it affects and limits the natural course of time in the human body. As with all -isms, ageism “is broadly defined as prejudice or discrimination against or in favor of any age group” (Ayalon & Tesch-Römer, 2018, p. 3). However, discrimination or favoritism on the ba

The first part of the article covers Italian literary movements, key authors and their contributions in the early 20th century.

In addition to helping us find the information we are looking for, algorithms also tell us what we should know and how to know it.

This article discusses Judith Butler's theory of gender to explore the argument that gender is a cultural construct and not a natural fact.

This article explores the significance of time travel in romance fiction through an analysis of Nifenegger's novel The Time Traveller's Wife

This essay will provide insights into the historical, cultural, and social issues that shaped Italian literature in the 19th century.

This article explores the significance of spoken word poetry, through a political lens, as a vehicle of identity and cultural reclamation.

The dominant online business models of the sharing economy impact the platform-user relationship, currency, and society.

Nowadays, it has become less and less uncommon to come upon a bookstore section labelled “trending on #BookTok”. Platforms such as TikTok accumulate a certain readership, usually young and new adults, who recommend, critique, and comment on literature, generally novels. That is the reason for the merging of the noun ‘book’ and the platform’s partial title; other variations are Bookstagram, Booktwt, and BookTube. The latter is where this literary behaviour appeared. Common rea

There is no universally accepted definition of "philosophical fiction"; however, some distinctive features found in literary works ranging from the classic era to the contemporary literary movements effectively allow to establish a connection between them, and thus to regroup them under this "philosophical fiction" label, or genre. One of these main features, and probably the most relevant to this classification, is the fact that these works, from Candide to The Handmaid's Ta