Overview :By addressing the themes of forms of knowledge, audiences, gender and race, this accessible student text outlines the theories and approache... Read More
Overview :Hitherto, cultural theory and empirical work on culture have outstripped cultural policy. This book rectifies the peculiar imbalance in the ... Read More
Overview :This volume of specially commissioned work by experts in the field of film studies provides a comprehensive overview of the field. Its inter... Read More
Overview :Television Studies: The Basics is a lively introduction to the study of a powerful medium. It examines the major theories and debates surrou... Read More
Overview :This book explores the multifaceted impact of sports mega-events, from the World Cup to the Olympics, Formula One, and America's Cup. Often ... Read More
Overview :Superman's role in romanticizing commercialism; sexual violence in Japanese manga comics; Wonder Woman as Americanized immigrant; reader's r... Read More
Overview :Global Media Studies is unique in its coverage of places, peoples, institutions, and discourses. Toby Miller and Marwan M. Kraidy provide a ... Read More
Overview :We stand at an epic moment in history, akin to the transformations brought about by plague, slavery, imperialism, colonialism, capitalism, w... Read More
Overview :Popular culture provides a daily catalog of cultural attitudes, values, and practices. From television sitcoms to the daily news, from the t... Read More
Overview :What does it mean to be a 'citizen', in an age of unbridled consumerism, terrorism, militarism, and multinationalism? This book looks at med... Read More
Overview :Research on popular culture is a dynamic, fast-growing domain. In scholarly terms, it cuts across many areas, including communication studie... Read More
Overview :"This is a major work on the connection of theoretical to political practice under postmodernity. At once rigorous and readable, its academi... Read More