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  • Global Modernities

    Edited by Mike Featherstone, Roland Robertson, Scott M Lash ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    Global Modernities is a sustained commentary on the international character of the most microcosmic practices. It demonstrates how the global increasingly informs the regional, so deconstructing ideas like the `nation state′ and `national sovereignty′. The spatialization of social theory, hybridization and bio-politics are among the critical issues discussed. ... Read more

    $129.59 USD

  • Body Modification

    Edited by Mike Featherstone ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    This fascinating collection explores the growing range of body modification practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants, which have sprung up recently in the West.It asks whether this implies that we are returning to traditional tribal practices of inscribing identities onto bodies on the part of ′modern primitives′, or is body modification better understood as ... Read more

    $119.69 USD

  • Consumer Culture and Postmodernism

    by Mike Featherstone ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    The first edition of this contemporary classic can claim to have put ′consumer culture′ on the map, certainly in relation to postmodernism. This expanded new edition includes:a fully revised preface that explores the developments in consumer culture since the first editiona major new chapter on ′Modernity and the Cultural Question′an update on postmodernism and the development of contemporary ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Images of Aging

    Cultural Representations of Later Life

    Edited by Mike Featherstone, Andrew Wernick ...
    We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almost a complete absence of study of culture and self-image of the middle aged and old. Images of Ageing: Cultural Representations of Later Life changes this. The contributors discuss images of ageing which have come to circulate in the advanced ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

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  • Ideology

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Freeden ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Ideology is one of the most controversial terms in the political vocabulary, exciting both revulsion and inspiration. This book examines the reasons for those views, and explains why ideologies deserve respect as a major form of political thinking. It investigates the centrality of ideology both as a political phenomenon and as an organizing framework of political thought and action. It explores ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Cultural Theory

    An Introduction

    by Philip Smith, Alexander Riley ...
    This second edition of Cultural Theory provides a concise introduction to cultural theory, placing major figures, traditional concepts, and contemporary themes within a sharp conceptual framework.Provides a student-friendly introduction to what can often be a complex field of studyUpdates the first edition in response to reader feedback and to the changing nature of the fieldIncludes additional ... Read more

    $45.00 USD

  • New Keywords

    A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society

    Edited by Tony Bennett, Lawrence Grossberg, Meaghan Morris ...
    Over 25 years ago, Raymond Williams' Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society set the standard for how we understand and use the language of culture and society.Now, three luminaries in the field of cultural studies have assembled a volume that builds on and updates Williams’ classic, reflecting the transformation in culture and society since its publication. New Keywords: A Revised ... Read more

    $39.00 USD

  • Creative Explorations

    New Approaches to Identities and Audiences

    by David Gauntlett ...
    How do you picture identity? What happens when you ask individuals to make visual representations of their own identities, influences, and relationships?Drawing upon an array of disciplines from neuroscience to philosophy, and art to social theory, David Gauntlett explores the ways in which researchers can embrace people's everyday creativity in order to understand social experience.Seeking an ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Communication Studies

    The Essential Resource

    Edited by Andrew Beck, Peter Bennett, Peter Wall ...
    Series series Essentials
    This book brings together a huge range of material including academic articles, film scripts and interplanetary messages adrift on space probes with supporting commentary to clarify their imporatance to the field. Communication Studies: The Essential Resource is a collection of essays and texts for all those studying communication at university and pre-university level.Individual sections address: ... Read more

    $54.99 USD

  • Art Education in a Postmodern World

    Collected Essays

    by Tom Hardy ...
    Series series Readings in Art and Design Education
    Many of the essays pinpoint the stagnancy of teaching methods today and discuss the reductive parameters enforced by the current curriculum. The radical tone that echoes through the entire series of papers is unmistakable. Throughout the book, postmodern theory informs the polemical debate concerning new directions in educative practice. Contributors shed new light on a postmodern view of art in ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Lifestyles

    by David Chaney ...
    Series series Key Ideas
    In the modern world our lifestyle helps to define our attitudes and values as well as show our wealth and social position. This clearly written introduction to the concept of lifestyle offers a concise guide to how the term is used in sociological accounts to refer to this modern social form. Lifestyles explores* how we should classify lifestyles* why they have become more important* what ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Perspectives in Sociology

    by E.C. Cuff, A.J. Dennis, D.W. Francis, W.W. Sharrock, D.W. Framcis ...
    From its first edition in 1979, Perspectives in Sociology has provided generations of undergraduates with a clear, reassuring introduction to the complications of sociological theory. This revised and updated edition features:a completely rewritten general introduction and conclusion;all-new introductions to each part, clarifying how each one builds on what came before;an updated set of formative ... Read more

    $66.99 USD