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Philosophers have long distinguished between appearance and reality, and the opposition between a supposedly deceptive surface and a more profound truth is deeply rooted in Western culture. At a time of obsession with self-representation, when politics is enmeshed with spectacle and social and economic forces are intensely aestheticized, philosophy remains moored in traditional dichotomies: being versus appearing, interiority versus exteriority, authenticity versus alienation. Might there be more to appearance than meets the eye?In this strikingly original book, Barbara Carnevali offers a philosophical examination of the roles that appearances play in social life. While Western metaphysics and morals have predominantly disdained appearances and expelled them from their domain, Carnevali invites us to look at society, ancient to contemporary, as an aesthetic phenomenon. The ways in which we appear in public and the impressions we make in terms of images, sounds, smells, and sensations are discerned by other people’s senses and assessed according to their taste; this helps shape our ways of being and the world around us. Carnevali shows that an understanding of appearances is necessary to grasp the dynamics of interaction, recognition, and power in which we live—and to avoid being dominated by them. Anchored in philosophy and traversing sociology, art history, literature, and popular culture, Social Appearances develops new theoretical and conceptual tools for today’s most urgent critical tasks.

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Nowadays, all over the world, whether in Asia or Latin America, consumers are faced with making choices between products from all countries. In order to understand consumer purchasing decisions, numerous studies have been conducted and have shown the influencing effect of country-of-origin. The chosen subject of this thesis was the impact of "Made in Belgium" on the Vietnamese consumer purchasing behaviour on beers. The main objectives were therefore to establish which variables and factors favour the willingness to buy a Belgian product with a “Made in Belgium” label and to understand the Vietnamese perception of Belgian beers.
Our study was done in two parts. The first being the theoretical part, requiring the reading of many scientific articles and studies in order to understand the factors that influence the purchasing behaviours of consumers and especially the Vietnamese. The country-of-origin was studied in depth in order to ascertain the impact it had on purchasing intentions. The second part, the empirical part, was carried out in two stages. The first part was conducted by interviewing Vietnamese consumers and professionals in the beer sector in Vietnam. The second step was achieved by an online survey reaching a larger number of people, targeted as Vietnamese currently living in Vietnam and who consume beer.
From these two parts, some interesting and significant results have been shown. The main result of this study is that "Made in Belgium" does have an impact on the consumption and perception of Belgian beers by Vietnamese consumers. Indeed, the Vietnamese consider Belgian beers as being of high quality and are fond of foreign beers in general. Moreover, Belgian beer has earned a positive and solid reputation in Vietnam with many consumers considering Belgium to be the best producer in the World.
To conclude, the findings of this thesis may prove to be both thought-provoking and valuable for any Belgian company eager to integrate the Vietnamese market and, more particularly, beer companies. They can now benefit from some constructive insights regarding the perception of Belgium in Vietnam as well as the impact of Made in Belgium on the purchasing behaviour of the Vietnamese.

country-of-origin --- Made in Belgium --- consumer behaviour --- buying decision --- beer consumption --- perception --- Vietnamese consumer --- consumer ethnocentrism --- social prestige --- brand familiarity --- Sciences économiques & de gestion > Marketing

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Lieux de réception, d'administration et de représentation, les ambassades sont également des architectures d'exception. Ces témoignages extraterritoriaux d'une présence nationale impliquent non seulement un dialogue avec le pays d'accueil et ses traditions mais aussi l'affirmation d'une culture. Dans cette dialectique se situe l'originalité du programme diplomatique, qui constitue en outre, pour tout architecte, une commande sans équivalent et généralement unique dans une carière. Oeuvres des figures parmi les plus marquantes du XXe siècle (Le Corbusier, Eugène Beaudouin, Roger-Henri Expert, Georges-Henri Pingusson, Bernard Zehrfuss, Christian de Portzamparc...), les sept exemples réunis dans cet ouvrage illustrent la spectaculaire modernisation d'un programme pourtant fortement marqué par la tradition. Formes, matériaux, espaces de travail, insertion dans la ville, intégration des arts : tous ces ingrédients se renouvellent progressivement tandis que perdure une attention particulière aux espaces de la diplomatie.

Service diplomatique et consulaire français --- Ambassades (constructions) --- Architecture française --- À l'étranger --- Architecture française --- Service diplomatique et consulaire français --- Histoire --- Embassy buildings --- Architecture, French --- Diplomatic and consular service, French --- Ambassades (Édifices) --- Buildings --- History --- Constructions --- Expert, Roger-Henri, --- Beaudouin, Eugène. --- Pingusson, Georges-Henri, --- Le Corbusier, --- Jullian de la Fuente, Guillermo. --- Zehrfuss, Bernard --- Remondet, André. --- Portzamparc, Christian de, --- Ambassade --- Architecture de prestige --- Bâtiment public --- Bâtiment administratif --- À l'étranger

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Making the Scene in the Garden State explores New Jersey’s rich musical heritage through stories about the musicians, listeners and fans who came together to create sounds from across the American popular music spectrum. The book includes chapters on the beginnings of musical recording in Thomas Edison’s factories in West Orange; early recording and the invention of the Victrola at Victor Records’ Camden complex; Rudy Van Gelder’s recording studios (for Blue Note, Prestige, and other jazz labels) in Hackensack and Englewood Cliffs; Zacherley and the afterschool dance television show Disc-o-Teen, broadcast from Newark in the 1960s; Bruce Springsteen’s early years on the Jersey Shore at the Upstage Club in Asbury Park; and, the 1980s indie rock scene centered at Maxwell’s in Hoboken. Concluding with a foray into the thriving local music scenes of today, the book examines the sounds, sights and textures of the locales where New Jerseyans have gathered to rock, bop, and boogie.

Popular music --- Sound recording industry --- History and criticism. --- History. --- Criticism, History, United States, State, Local, Middle Atlantic, Popular Culture, music, Genres, Styles, Pop Vocal, social science, Media Studies, Machine Company, Thomas Edison, Cool Ghoul, Twenty-First Century, Upstage Club, Asbury Park, scene, Rudy Van Gelder, First Recording Studio, Bandstand, Garden State, New Jersey, musicians, listeners, fans, music spectrum, popular music, musical recording, West Orange, Jersey Shore, 1980s, sounds, sights, textures, rock, bop, boogie, Hoboken, Maxwell’s, Blue Note, Prestige, jazz, Hackensack, Englewood Cliff, Zacherley, television show, Disc-o-Teen, broadcast, Newark, Bruce Springsteen.

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A new edition that brings the ways we watch and think about television up to the presentWe all have opinions about the television shows we watch, but television criticism is about much more than simply evaluating the merits of a particular show and deeming it "good" or "bad." Rather, criticism uses the close examination of a television program to explore that program's cultural significance, creative strategies, and its place in a broader social context.How to Watch Television, Second Edition brings together forty original essays--more than half of which are new to this edition--from today's leading scholars on television culture, who write about the programs they care (and think) the most about. Each essay focuses on a single television show, demonstrating one way to read the program and, through it, our media culture. From fashioning blackness in Empire to representation in Orange is the New Black and from the role of the reboot in Gilmore Girls to the function of changing political atmospheres in Roseanne, these essays model how to practice media criticism in accessible language, providing critical insights through analysis--suggesting a way of looking at TV that students and interested viewers might emulate. The contributors discuss a wide range of television programs past and present, covering many formats and genres, spanning fiction and non-fiction, broadcast, streaming, and cable. Addressing shows from TV's earliest days to contemporary online transformations of the medium, How to Watch Television, Second Edition is designed to engender classroom discussion among television critics of all backgrounds.

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