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  • The Rhetoric of Brexit Humour

    Comedy, Populism and the EU Referendum

    by Simon Weaver ...
    Since 2016 there has been an outpouring of humour, comedy and satire on the United Kingdom’s EU Referendum and decision to leave the EU, or Brexit. This book examines the relationship between Brexit and its comedy, exploring how Brexit and comedy are connected in both Leave and Remain discourse.It argues that both populism and comedy are rhetorical in nature and so are linked through their ... Read more

    $59.99 USD

  • The Joke Is on Us

    Political Comedy in (Late) Neoliberal Times

    by Julie A. Webber, James Brassett, Marc-Olivier Castagner, Seçil Dagtas, Jessyka Finley, Viveca Greene, David Grondin, Thomas Lawson, Sophia McClennen, Aaron McKain0, Diane Rubenstein1, Don Waisanen2, Simon Weaver3, Rebecca Krefting4 ...
    Series series Politics and Comedy: Critical Encounters
    This edited volume brings together scholars of comedy to assess how political comedy encounters neoliberal themes in contemporary media. Central to this task is the notion of genre; under neoliberal conditions (where market logics motivate most actions) genre becomes “mixed.” Once stable, discreet categories such as comedy, horror, drama and news and entertainment have become blurred so as to be ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • The Rhetoric of Racist Humour

    US, UK and Global Race Joking

    by Simon Weaver ...
    In today's multicultural and multireligious societies, humour and comedy often become the focus of controversy over alleged racist or offensive content, as shown, for instance, by the intense debate of Sacha Baron Cohen's characters Ali G and Borat, and the Prophet Muhammad cartoons published in the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Despite these intense debates, commentary on humour in the ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

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  • Political Discourse Analysis

    A Method for Advanced Students

    by Isabela Fairclough, Norman Fairclough ...
    In this accessible new textbook, Isabela and Norman Fairclough present their innovative approach to analysing political discourse.Political Discourse Analysis integrates analysis of arguments into critical discourse analysis and political discourse analysis. The book is grounded in a view of politics in which deliberation, decision and action are crucial concepts: politics is about arriving ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Critical Discourse Analysis

    The Critical Study of Language

    by Norman Fairclough ...
    Bringing together papers written by Norman Fairclough over a 25 year period, Critical Discourse Analysis represents a comprehensive and important contribution to the development of this popular field.The book is divided into seven sections covering the following themes:language in relation to ideology and powerdiscourse in processes of social and cultural changedialectics of discourse, dialectical ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • Reading Media Theory

    Thinkers, Approaches and Contexts

    by Brett Mills, David M. Barlow ...
    What does the Frankfurt School have to say about the creative industries? Does the spread of Google prove we now live in an information society? How is Madonna an example of postmodernism? How new is new media? Does the power of Facebook mean we're all media makers now?This groundbreaking volume – part reader, part textbook - helps you to engage thoroughly with some of the major voices that have ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Maps of Meaning

    by Peter Jackson ...
    This innovative book marks a significant departure from tradition anlayses of the evolution of cultural landscapes and the interpretation of past environments. Maps of Meaning proposes a new agenda for cultural geography, one set squarely in the context of contemporary social and cultural theory.Notions of place and space are explored through the study of elite and popular cultures, gender and ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Ironic Spectator

    Solidarity in the Age of Post-Humanitarianism

    by Lilie Chouliaraki ...
    WINNER of the 2015 ICA Outstanding Book AwardThis path-breaking book explores how solidarity towards vulnerable others is performed in our media environment. It argues that stories where famine is described through our own experience of dieting or or where solidarity with Africa translates into wearing a cool armband tell us about much more than the cause that they attempt to communicate. They ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Culture, Media, Language

    Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972-79

    Edited by Stuart Hall, Dorothy Hobson, Andrew Lowe, Paul Willis ...
    Series series Cultural Studies Birmingham
    First published in 2004. A collection of the pioneering work from The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies. ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Space, Place and Gender

    by Doreen Massey ...
    This new book brings together Doreen Massey's key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her current position on these important issues.The book is organized around the three themes of space, place and gender. It traces the development of ideas about the social nature of space and place and the ... Read more

    $24.00 USD

  • An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture

    by Dominic Strinati ...
    An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture. Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which these theories have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies.Among the theories and ideas the book introduces are: mann culture, the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • The Persistence of Gender Inequality

    by Mary Evans ...
    Despite centuries of campaigning, women still earn less and have less power than men. Equality remains a goal not yet reached. In this incisive account of why this is the case, Mary Evans argues that optimistic narratives of progress and emancipation have served to obscure long-term structural inequalities between women and men, structural inequalities which are not only about gender but also ... Read more

    $19.00 USD