These nine essays and eponymous introduction address increasing choice and resulting change in the diet of Chinese youth. Contributors from anthropology, sociology, political economy, and nutrition address topics such as the effects of new foods on children's health; consumption of "prestige" foods; the social implications of commercialized children's food on a Chinese Islamic ...(展开全部)

大型科技公司给我们带来了一种错觉，即人工智能是一种无摩擦的技术，它将为人类带来财富和繁荣。然而，在这光鲜亮丽的表面之下，隐藏着残酷的现实：全球数百万劳动力在恶劣的条件下辛勤劳作，才得以实现人工智能。《为机器提供动力》一书对维护这一剥削体系的错综复杂的组织网络进行了一次紧迫而引人入胜的调查，揭示了人工智能不为人知的真相。 本书基于十多年来数百次访谈和数千小时的实地考察，向我们展现了那些经常被刻意掩盖的劳动力的生活，以及决定他们未来的权力体系。 Big Tech has sold us the illusion that artificial intelligence is a frictionless technology that will bring wealth and prosperity to humanity. But hidden ben...(展开全部)

Zombies want brains. Vampires want blood. Cannibals want human flesh. All monsters need feeding. Horror has been embraced by mainstream pop culture more than ever before, with horror characters and aesthetics infecting TV, music videos and even TikTok trends. Yet even with the commercial and critical success of The Babadook, Hereditary, Get Out, The Haunting of Hill House, Yell...(展开全部)

Until recently, Chinese children ate what their parents fed them and were not permitted to influence, much less dictate, their own diet. The situation today is radically different, especially in cities and prosperous villages, as a result of a notable increase in people’s income and a fast-growing consumer culture. Chinese children, with spending money in their pockets, arguabl...(展开全部)

In this now-classic study, Linda Williams moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does--as a genre with a history, as a specific cinematic form, and as part of contemporary discourse on sexuality. For the 1999 edition, Williams has written a new preface and a new epilogue, "On/scenities," illustrated wit...(展开全部)

In this now-classic study, Linda Williams moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does--as a genre with a history, as a specific cinematic form, and as part of contemporary discourse on sexuality. For the 1999 edition, Williams has written a new preface and a new epilogue, "On/scenities," illustrated wit...(展开全部)

China's food safety system is in crisis. Egregious scandals, as varied as the sale of liquor laced with Viagra and the distribution of fake eggs, reveal how regulatory practices have been stretched to their limit in the world's largest food production system. On Feeding the Masses focuses on the oft-cited but ultimately overlooked concept of scale to identify the root causes of...(展开全部)