Cultural studies Books
John Wiley & Sons The View from On the Road The Rhetorical Vision
Book SynopsisThrough careful analysis of Jack Kerouac's ""On the Road"", Omar Swartz argues that Kerouac's influence on American society is largely rhetorical. Kerouac's significance as a cultural icon can best be understood, Swartz asserts, in terms of traditional rhetorical practices and principles.Trade ReviewIn a book that is both intellectually insightful and a pleasure to read, Omar Swartz argues that Kerouac's novel is a vision for living. Written in an age of stability and conformity, On the Road urged its readers to travel freely with only occasional visits to stability. Through Swartz's discussion of deviance, sexuality, and Dean Moriarty, it becomes apparent that Kerouac presaged not only the Beat Generation and the hippies, but also our mobile phone and laptop computer society. For Swartz, it is the experience of a text that changes us, and The View from On the Road: The Rhetorical Vision of Jack Kerouac is a text well worth experiencing. - Craig Allen Smith, Wayne State University; ""Swartz has produced a valuable book.... Somebody stands up and speaks the truth. How wonderful to read this."" - Beat Scene
£27.71
Northwestern University Press Music and More Essays 19681991
Book SynopsisSamuel Lipman's essays passionately defend high culture against what he sees as its growing banalization and politicization.Table of ContentsPart 1 Composers: music and Mao; why Kurt Weill?; American music - the years of hope; Lenny on our minds; Hugo Weisgall's six characters; a new look at Prokofiev. Part 2 Pianists: Rubinstein the great entertainer; Bartok at the piano; Keith Jarrett joins the Bach parade; the pupils of Clara Schumann and the uses of tradition; does the piano have a future? Part 3 Conductors: Willem Mengelberg at the Philharmonic; Pierre Monteux's success; Toscanini and the love of great music; Roger Norrington and authentic performance. Part 4 Critics and writers: James William Davison of ""The (London) Times""; James Huneker and America's musical coming-of-age; Edward Said, music critic; but if the artist fails? Part 5 Culture and society: Ivy Litvinov - the commissar's wife; the muse under Mussolini; say ""no"" to trash - Mapplethorpe and the nea; opera and politics; backward and downward with the arts.
£999.99
Northwestern University Press Planet Management Limits to Growth Computer
Book SynopsisThis text features a study of the history of globality, the emergence of a complex organization of politics, economics, and culture at a planetary level. Using historical research and science studies, it tells the story of the role of technoscientific discourses in the emergence of globality.
£999.99
Northwestern University Press City Dog Essays
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that veers from the author's early years as the son of immigrants in Philadelphia to his working life in art, film, music, and poetry. It shows him to be insightful about himself and his work in spite of his protestations against the 'boosterism' of autobiography.
£999.99
Northwestern University Press Triquarterly An International Journal of Writing
Book SynopsisThis title features fiction by Richard Burgin, Stephen Dixon, Susan Hubbard, and Willis Johnson; poetry by Stuart Dybek, Carol Frost, Linda Gregerson, and Allen Tate; an essay on eco-fiction by Donna Seaman, and more.
£999.99
The University Press of Kentucky Eating as I Go Scenes from America and Abroad
Book SynopsisIn this unique memoir, Doris Friedensohn takes eating as an occasion for inquiry. Friedensohn's subjects range from Thanksgiving at a Middle Eastern restaurant to fried grasshoppers in Oaxaca. Eating as I Go is Friedensohn's distinctive combination of memoir, traveler's tale, and cultural commentary.Trade ReviewReads like a refreshing breeze redolent of delicious foods. - Betty Fussell, author of My Kitchen Wars
£27.00
Ohio State University Press Technology and the Rest of Culture
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Wayne State University Press Hadha Baladuna
Book SynopsisThe first work of creative nonfiction in the field of Arab American literature that focuses entirely on the Arab diaspora in Metro Detroit, an area with the highest concentration of Arab Americans in the US. The book sheds light on the shifting position of Arab Americans in an era of escalating tension between the US and the Arab region.
£23.36
University of Arizona Press Calexico
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University of Arizona Press Mexican Melodrama
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£999.99
University of Minnesota Press Celebrity and Power
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContentsIntroduction to the Second Edition. Celebrity in the Digital Era: A New Public IntimacyCelebrity and Power: Fame in Contemporary CulturePrefacePart I1. Tracing the Meaning of the Public Individuals2. Conceptualizing the Collective: The Mob, the Crowd, the Mass, and the Audience3. Tools for the Analysis of the Celebrity as a Form of Cultural PowerPart II4. The Cinematic Apparatus and the Construction of the Film Celebrity5. Television’s Construction of the Celebrity6. The Meanings of the Popular Music Celebrity: The Construction of Distinctive Authenticity7. The System of CelebrityPart IIIThe Embodiment of Affect in Political CultureConclusion: Forms of Power/Forms of Public SubjectivityCoda: George, Celebrities, and the Shift in Political/Popular CultureNotesIndex
£999.99
The University of Alabama Press Soapbox Rebellion The Hobo Orator Union and the
Book SynopsisA new critical history of the free speech fights of the Industrial Workers of the World, this illustrates how the colourful soapbox culture of the “Wobblies” generated novel forms of class struggle. Soapbox Rebellion highlights the methodological obstacles to recovering a workers’ history of public address; closely analyses the impact of hobo oratorical performances; and discusses the implications of the Wobblies’ free speech fights for understanding grassroots resistance and class struggle today.
£999.99
The University of Alabama Press Visions of the Black Belt A Cultural Survey of
Book SynopsisOffers a richly illustrated tour of the Black Belt, the fertile arc that represents the cultural efflorescence of Alabama’s heartland. Like knowledgeable friends, Robin McDonald and Valerie Pope Burne guide readers through the Black Belt’s towns and architecture and introduce the region’s great panoply of citizens, farmers, craftspeople, cooks, writers, and musicians.
£999.99
The University of Alabama Press Power Authority and the Origins of American
Book SynopsisQuestions the assumption that colonial American churches are seedbeds of democratic sentiment merely awaiting the American Revolution to cast off the shackles of both political and religious domination. This title shows that colonial American religious organization reflected a clear and conscious commitment to British patterns of life and faith.
£999.99
University of Georgia Press The Jekyll Island Cottage Colony
Book SynopsisThis text focuses on the Jekyll Island social club's members and the ""cottages"" they built near the clubhouse between 1888 and 1928. It tells the story of each home, the owners' connections with the island, and their interactions with one another.
£39.95
MJ - Ohio University Press Gone Dollywood
Book SynopsisCountry music superstar Dolly Parton’s Dollywood is a 150-acre fantasyland that hosts three million people a year. What does it tell us about the modern South, and in turn what does that tell us about America as a whole? Hoppe blends tourism, public history, and personal reflection into an unforgettable interrogation of Southern American identity.Trade Review“Different from other works on Dollywood, Hoppe’s volume is neither a tour guide nor a Parton biography—readers looking for such will be disappointed. Instead, he deftly examines the culture of Appalachia, specifically in East Tennessee, how it fits in with the greater Southern story (or not), and how all of this together with Parton’s genuineness overflow into Dollywood, creating an attraction that makes thousands of people a year feel at home whether they are from the South or not.” * Library Journal *“More than just a book about an amusement park, or its celebrity sponsor, this slim volume covers a lot of ground.… [Gone Dollywood] is written in a very accessible style.…This book would be an excellent purchase for public and other libraries in Tennessee, and for anyone with an interest in Appalachia.” * Tennessee Libraries *“Hoppe’s profile of [Dollywood] is a quirky contribution to the lore and legend of Parton.” * The Weekly Standard *“Graham Hoppe’s Gone Dollywood places Dolly Parton’s theme park, persona, and career within a broader history of the collisions of fact and fantasy, folk and celebrity, and art and commerce that have buffeted the Tennessee mountains Dolly calls home. Like Parton herself, the book is disarmingly open and friendly on its surface, with an impressive core of smart and savvy.”“Gone Dollywood is a landmark study. Graham Hoppe eloquently explains why Dollywood draws thousands of visitors each year and captures East Tennessee worlds in significant ways. This fine book, like Dolly Parton, will touch the heart of its readers.”“With an engaging and singular voice, Hoppe shows us just how Dollywood reflects, shapes, and challenges stereotypes of Appalachia, hillbillies, and country music, leading readers to understand Dollywood as an indispensable point of departure for broader conversations about gender, race, and class.”
£999.99
University of Hawai'i Press Haena Through the Eyes of the Ancestors Latitude
Book SynopsisSuitable for historians, ethnologists and students of Hawaiian literature and culture, this work examines the stories that identify the origins and places of the earliest inhabitants of Ha'ena. It outlines the unique relationships developed by Hawaiians with the environment and describes the system used to look after the land and the sea.
£22.29
University of Missouri Press James AFord and the Growth of Americanist
Book SynopsisThis volume tells the story of Ford's role in the development of culture history, the dominant paradigm in the field from 1914 to 1960. By studying Ford's life and the part he played in the rise of fall of culture history, the authors aim to explore the underpinnings of the paradigm.
£999.99
Quest Books,U.S. Beyond the Postmodern Mind The Place of Meaning
Book SynopsisThis edition of essays explores possible breakthroughs in the direction of reaching a liberated and enlightened consciousness. It offers suggestions for moving out of the dark woods of postmodern thought and into a 21st century that affirms the ultimate truths of love.
£16.19
Monthly Review Press,U.S. Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War
Book SynopsisThis volume describes for US readers the centuries of transformation that have taken Canada from British colonial status to the high ranks of industrial power. Addressing present-day political and economic issues, it covers social infrastructure, Quebec nationalism and indigenous movements.
£72.60
Novello & Co Ltd Jephte
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£7.12
Random House Australia The Wife Drought
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£17.33
Te Herenga Waka University Press New Zealands China Experience Its Genesis
Book SynopsisNew Zealandâs China Experience collects fiction, poetry, personal accounts, historical narrative, anecdotes, transcribed oral narratives, newspaper articles and more, all bearing in one way or another on New Zealand perceptions of China and contacts with China and the Chinese. The book is richly illustrated with photographs, paintings, posters, and cartoons, and includes photographs by Brian Brake, George Silk, and Tom Hutchins, and three works by the contemporary artist Kerry Ann Lee. This unique collection brings together history from an 1823 report pointing to the importance of the Chinese market, to firsthand reports of the bombing of Shanghai from Yunan caves. The book also marks the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and China in December 1972.Table of ContentsAn 1823 report pointing to the importance of the Chinese market -- The lives of Chinese goldminers seen by the missionary Alexander Don and the contemporary writer Alison Wong, and in the film Illustrious Energy -- First-hand reports of the bombing of Shanghai by Robin Hyde, and Mao Zedong in the Yunan caves by James Bertram -- The Chinese contractor in Dunedin who changed his name to MacPherson in order to bid successfully for Council contracts -- The New Zealand sheep flown 2,500 miles inland from Shanghai and rafted down the Yangtze to establish a breeding flock -- The New Zealand Honorary Consul in Tianjin who caused a diplomatic incident when required to remove his trousers at a Japanese checkpoint -- The ship's captain who took greenstone from Milford Sound for the China market, losing an eye and fracturing both arms in the blasting operation.
£24.95
MP-OSU Oregon State Universi Here on the Edge How a Small Group of World War
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WW Norton & Co DNA USA
Book SynopsisCrisscrossing the continent, a renowned geneticist provides a groundbreaking examination of America through its DNA.Trade Review"Starred review. Human genetics energetically elucidated, entertaining travel writing, the fascinating personal stories of DNA volunteers, and Sykes’ candid musings on his awakening to the complex emotional and social implications of hidden biological inheritances make for a milestone book guaranteed to ignite spirited discussion." -- Donna Seaman - Booklist"Starred review. Sykes combines history, science, travel and memoir in one grand exposition of what it means to be an “American.” In a graceful text, the author delivers rich images of the American landscape, conversations with strangers, and historic asides on the waves of immigration, the Indian diasporas and the various federal laws that shaped the movements of people across the continent. ...Sykes should also be applauded for his skills as a storyteller, science expositor, travel companion and compassionate human being." -- Kirkus Reviews"An authority on ancient DNA analysis, Sykes provides a nontechnical introduction to how Y chromosomes and mitochondrial DNA may be used to reveal ancestral heritage. Combining in-depth interviews with volunteers along with these genetic techniques, he attempts to create a biological portrait of the United States. Using a travel diary approach to describe his three-month coast-to-coast journey, he introduces the people he meets and reflects on how ancestry and heredity play into our culture, customs, and beliefs. While Sykes acknowledges that the sample is too small to draw significant conclusions, the results provide interesting perspectives on life in early America… These DNA portraits illustrate the complexity of human inheritance and how difficult it is to assign individuals to distinct groups." -- Library Journal"As the author of The Seven Daughters of Eve and other books, Sykes is an old hand at writing about genetics for the general public. His experience shows as he deftly introduces highly technical information in reader-friendly ways… During his journey, Sykes encounters people who embrace DNA testing as a way to clear up messy genealogical records. He also meets skeptics, who see the technology as a way to discredit their cultural heritage. Sykes doesn’t shy away from these criticisms, presenting a well-balanced view of the disparate attitudes." -- Tina Hesman Saey - ScienceNews"It may seem odd for the author of a book on human genetics and heredity to thank his travel agent in the acknowledgments, but in the case of this hybrid work of science and cross-country reportage it’s a fitting gesture… Sykes writes lucidly, creating his own unique mixture in a book that might be described as Travels With Charley meets The Double Helix." -- Abigail Meisel - New York Times Book Review
£20.89
WW Norton & Co Gates of Eden American Culture in the Sixties
Book SynopsisWidely admired as the definitive cultural history of the 1960s, this groundbreaking work finally reappears in a new edition.Trade Review"Dickstein's study effectively carries us back to those times when we really believed that protest might stop a horrific war…[T]he best book on that exhilarating, depressing decade." -- Boston Globe
£12.34
MP-NEV University of Nevada The Wild and the Domestic Animal Representation
Book SynopsisA challenging look at feminist criticism as well as ecocriticism and the burgeoning literature of the environment. The author explores how American literature has shaped the way people view animals as ""wild"" and ""domestic"" and the consequences of this.Trade ReviewIn The Wild and the Domestic, Barney Nelson brings her sane and balanced vision to bear on some of the most heated issues of our time. Her informed and loving voice for our responsible use of land, our responsibility for other species, and responsible living provides a vital and seldom-articulated perspective on ranching and the rancher’s stewardship.""—Mary Clearman Blew, author of Jackalope Dreams""Barney Nelson has written a stunning book in The Wild and the Domestic, desperately needed as we plan the future of the Real West, the one more and more of us live in these days. This woman has ridden and written over some of the slickest rock in the nation and found a trail for others to follow: it is ‘time someone stuck up for the cows,’ as she says, and no one has done it better than Barney Nelson, who deserves to be ranked with the best writers of the century.”—Linda Hasselstrom, author of No Place Like Home
£999.99
Georgetown University Press One America Political Leadership National
Book SynopsisWith enormous numbers of new immigrants, America is becoming dramatically more diverse racially, culturally, and ethnically. This title discusses the role of national leadership, especially the presidency, at a time when a fragmented and dysfunctional national identity has become a real possibility.Trade ReviewOffers reflective critical thinking on social, racial, and culture issues that confront policymakers at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The authors challenges the conventional wisdom on issues of race, affirmative action, immigration, and presidential leadership. Perspectives on Political Science Highly recommended for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, and those interested in the public policy process. ChoiceTable of ContentsPreface Introduction One America: Contemporary and Historical Settings 1. America at a Crossroads: Political Leadership, National Identity, and the Decline of a Common CultureStanley A. Renshon 2. Which America? Nationalism among the NationalistsNoah M.J. Pickus I. Political Leadership and the Dilemmas of Diversity 3. The Presidency, Leadership, and RaceRussell L. Riley 4. President Clinton's Race Initiative: Promise and DisappointmentRichard D. Kahlenberg5. Affirmative Action and the Failure of Presidential LeadershipJohn David Skrentny II. American Culture and the Dilemmas of Diversity 6. Moving beyond Racial CategoriesRichard J. Payne 7. Racial Preferences in Higher Education: An Assessment of the EvidenceStephan Thernstrom and Abigail Thernston 8. Dual Citizenship + Multiple Loyalties = One America?Stanley Renshon III. Reflections on American National Identity in an Age of Diversity9. The End of American IdentityJack Citrin 10. American National Identity in a Postnational AgeJim Sleeper 11. How to Achieve One America: Class, Race, and the Future of PoliticsRichard D. Kahlenberg IV. Political Leadership and the Dilemmas of Diversity Recondsidered 12. Leadership Capital and the Politics of Courage: The President's Initiative on RaceStanley A. Renshon ContributorsIndex
£48.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Uses of Knowledge Selections from the Idea
Book SynopsisThis insightful selection, features four discourses from The Idea of a University: Knowledge Its Own End; Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning; Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skill; and Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Religion.Table of ContentsPrincipal dates in Newman's Life vi Introduction vii General argument in the idea of a university 1 The uses of knowledge 8 Knowledge Its Own End 8 Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Learning 29 Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Professional Skill 53 Knowledge Viewed in Relation to Religion 77 Appendices 106 Discipline of Mind 106 Literature and Science 112 Style 115 Bibliography 118
£14.10
Harlan Davidson Inc In the Wake of Columbus The Impact of the New
Book SynopsisAttempts to assess the impact of the exploration and conquest of America on early modern Europe and considers several different subjects, because the existence of America influenced the development of European civilisation in a variety of ways.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Part I: European Economics and America; Part II: European Politics and America; Part III: European Conceptions of Native Americans; Part IV: European Daily Life and America; Afterword.
£20.24
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Coffee and Coffee Houses
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£28.79
Museum of New Mexico Press Chistes Hispanic Humor of Northern New Mexico
Book SynopsisWhen I moved to northern New Mexico thirty-three years ago, writes John Nichols, I immediately fell in with my neighbours and commenced laughing. As folklorist Nasario García explains in his introduction to this collection, falling in with the voices of laughter and comic relief is a timeless, vital aspect of Hispanic culture. !Chistes! brings together for the first time in English and regional Spanish a medley of orally gathered humorous anecdotes from northern New Mexico and southern Colorado. The chistes range in form from practical jokes, pranks, slips-of-the-tongue, hyperbole, solecisms, slapstick, and double entendres. True for most of the villages and towns represented in this collection, Hispanic humour is a function of folks who understand how to deal with difficult times with verve and at time self-deprecation, places with a strong communal identification, where everyone knows everybody''s business and tells it with good-natured fun; where nothing is off limits, not even the
£27.89
Bluewood Books,U.S. 100 Inventions That Shaped World History
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£7.50
Bluewood Books,U.S. 100 Artists Who Shaped World History 100 Bluewood
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£8.60
University of Chicago Press Confronting Identities in German Art Myths
Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be German? This catalogue to accompany the exhibtion at the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art turns to artworks, artists, and their audiences to explore how Germans of the past two centuries have confronted issues of identity, both individual and collective.
£999.99
Kungoni Centre of Culture and Art When Animals Sing and Spirits Dance Gule Wamkulu
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£999.99
Hui Hanai Nana I Ke Kumu Look to the Source Volume I 001
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£20.95
The Institute for the Psychological Sciences Press Christianity and the West Interaction and Impact
Book SynopsisChristianity, while receiving its mother tongues and its first canonical texts within Hebrew and Greco-Roman civilizations, has provided its own major contributions to the art and culture of the last two millennia. This book reflects on how Christians have dialogued with diverse cultures and religions.
£23.70
Fowler Museum of Cultural History,U.S. Steeped in History
Book SynopsisTraces the impact of tea from its discovery in ancient China to the present-day tea plantations of Assam, crossing oceans and continents in the process. This book examines the multitude of ways in which tea has figured in the visual and literary arts.Trade Review"It offers insightful glimpses of history in an attractively designed format that rewards both casual browsing and close reading. . . . Hohenegger and her collaborators have given us much to think about when we think of tea." -- Mimi Hellman * Gastronomica *"Editor and guest curator Hohenegger masterfully combines serious history and museology . . . The literature and 250-plus illustrations make this a good addition for libraries and anyone interested in tea culture and history. Summing up: Highly recommended." * Choice *"A seminal work of meticulous scholarship, informed and informative, thoroughly reader friendly, and a delight to simply browse through, Steeped in History: The Art of Tea is enthusiastically recommended for personal, academic, and community library collections." * The Midwest Book Review *"This book is beautiful and informative…. 12 contributors in all unite the history of tea and the history of art, from east to west." * The Tea House Times *"Full of fascinating pictures, this tribute to tea is a must for those interested in learning more about the background of their best-loved beverage…. Steeped in History captures the beauty of the art inspired by tea while also regaling the reader with the details of its history." * Tea Time Magazine *Table of ContentsForeword Acknowledgments Teatime: An Introduction / Beatrice Hohenegger Part One. China, Cradle of Tea Culture / Beatrice Hohenegger 1. Tea in China: From Its Mythological Origins to the Qing Dynasty / Steven D. Owyoung Learning Pottery in Yixing, China / Terese Tse Bartholomew Part Two. The Way of Tea in Japan / Beatrice Hohenegger . 2. Buddhist Thought and the Way of Tea / Dennis Hirota 3. Dissension in the World of Tea: The Fashion for Sencha and Chinese Culture in Early Modern Japan / Patricia J. Graham 4. The Sacred and the Profane: The Role of Women in Edo Period Tea Culture / Reiko Tanimura Part Three. The Tea Craze in the West / Beatrice Hohenegger 5. Tea and the Middle Class / Woodruff D. Smith Tea and the Conversation Piece / Angus Trumble 6. Determining the Growth and Distribution of Tea Drinking in Eighteenth-Century America / Barbara G. Carson 7. Beyond Boston: Prerevolutionary Activism and the Other American Tea Parties / Jane T. Merritt Part Four. Tea and Empire / Beatrice Hohenegger 8. Teapots, Opium Pipes, Guns: From the Canton Trade to the Opium War, 1700–1842 / John E. Wills Jr. 9. Tea, Labor, and Empire in India / Elizabeth Kolsky Notes References Cited Index Contributors
£30.40
International Polar Institute Press The Moravian Beginnings of Canadian Inuit
Book SynopsisCatalog for an exhibition held at McGill University, February to April 2009, exploring the extensive holdings from its Rare Books & Special Collections.
£14.00
Te Papa Press The New Photography New Zealands firstgeneration
Book SynopsisIn this handsome book, leading photography curator Athol McCredie tells the story of the beginnings of contemporary photography also known as art photography in New Zealand. Through interviews with the photographers Gary Baigent, Richard Collins, John Daley, John Fields, Max Oettli, John B Turner, Len Wesney and Ans Westra, and accompanied by an outstanding introductory essay, McCredie shows how the break-through approach of personal documentary photography created a new field of photography in New Zealand that was not simply illustrative but rather spoke for itself and with its own language.
£45.89
Taylor & Francis Gender
Book SynopsisThis fully updated and revised eighth edition examines the behavioral, biological, and social context in which people express gendered behaviors, utilizing the latest research to help students think critically about research findings and stereotypes and provoking them to examine and revise their own preconceptions.The text's unique pedagogical program helps students understand the portrayal of gender in the media and the application of gender research in the real world. Headlines from the news open each chapter; Gendered Voices present true personal accounts of people's lives; According to the Media boxes highlight gender-related coverage in newspapers, magazines, books, TV, and movies; while According to the Research boxes offer the latest scientifically based research to help students analyze the accuracy and fairness of gender images presented in the media. Additionally, Considering Diversity sections emphasize the cross-cultural perspect
£147.48
Routledge Cultural Theory and Popular Culture An
Book SynopsisIn this 7th edition of his award-winning Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. As before, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular culture, means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines. Also retaining the accessible approach of previous editions, and using appropriate examples from the texts and practices of popular culture, this new edition remains a key introduction to the area.New to this edition:â Extensively revised, rewritten and updated â Improved and expanded content throughoutâ A new section on âThe Contextuality of Meaningâ that explores how context impacts meaning â A brand new chapter on âThe Materiality of Popular Cultureâ that examines popular culture as material cultureâ Extensive updates to the companion website at www.routledge.com/cw/storey, which includes practice questions, extension activities and interactive quizzes, links to relevant websites and further reading, and a glossary of key terms. The new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies, media studies, communication studies, the sociology of culture, popular culture and other related subjects.
£53.74
Taylor & Francis Film Form and Culture Fourth Edition
Book SynopsisFilm, Form, and Culture (4th edition) offers a lively introduction to both the formal and cultural aspects of film. With extensive analysis of films past and present, this textbook explores film from part to whole; from the smallest unit of the shot to the way shots are edited together to create narrative. It then examines those narratives (both fiction and non-fiction) as stories and genres that speak to the culture of their time and our perceptions of them today. Composition, editing, genres (such as the gangster film, the Western, science fiction, and melodrama) are analyzed alongside numerous images to illustrate the discussion. Chapters on the individuals who make films - the production designer, cinematographer, editor, composer, producer, director, and actor - illustrate the collaborative nature of filmmaking.This new edition includes: An expanded discussion of the digital 'revolution in filmmaking: exploring the movement from celluTrade Review"Kolker's lucid, accessible style gives this book a pace and energy that sets it apart. Among the many introductory film textbooks, Film, Form, and Culture captures the reader's attention at first glance, and holds it throughout. Robert Burgoyne, Professor of Film Studies, University of St Andrews "Film, Form and Culture is a thoughtful, ambitious, and thorough introductory textbook that is also an absolute pleasure to read. Put simply, this richly illustrated book makes it easy to understand how to take film seriously. It is scaled to a manageable size and scope for classroom use, providing a comprehensive set of tools and skills with which to approach the study of film. Kolker introduces his reader to film and art history, theories of representation, genres and international cinemas, and the vocabulary with which to discuss moving images. True to its title, the book provides a framework with which to understand and engage with the way that form and culture interact through the medium of film. Kolker pulls off a rare feat with Film Form and Culture: he has provided teachers at any level with a readable and immensely useful book that is also rigorously intellectual. I have used earlier editions of Film, Form and Culture in my introductory film classes and I’m delighted to now be able to use this updated edition. This is a fantastic introductory book by one of the field’s foremost thinkers that will be appreciated by anyone wishing to better understand what makes films tick." Marsha Gordon, Associate Professor, Film Studies, North Carolina State University "Robert Kolker is both a brilliant analyst of film and a great teacher. He manages to explain and use complex concepts in limpid prose, and his effortless blend of textual and contextual approaches to cinema is a model to us all." Toby Miller, Professor of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University and Sir Walter Murdoch Professor of Cultural Policy Studies, Murdoch University "Robert Kolker’s Film, Form, and Culture (4th edition) is a lucidly written textbook for undergraduate students who are beginning their film and media studies programs. Kolker takes the readers on a tantalizing journey in which they will encounter film language, grammar, history, theory and the broader issues of culture and ideology. The book does not get bogged down in jargon and theoretical trapeze walks. Its purpose is to teach students to unpack the artifice of cinema by learning the analytical tools to take the scenes apart and then figuring out how the audience puts them all together. The students will also learn the fact that film developed all over the world, almost at the same time, and form and style have been evolving ever since in different cultural contexts to render a rich body of work for all to see. " Manjunath Pendakur, Professor, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies, Florida Atlantic University Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1. Image and Reality 2. Formal Structures: How Films Tell Their Stories 3. The Building Blocks Of Film I: The Shot 4. The Building Blocks of Film II: The Cut 5. The Story Tellers of Film I 6. The Storytellers of Film II: Acting 7. The Storytellers of Film III: The Director 8. International Cinema 9. The Stories Told By Film I 10. The Stories Told by Film II 11. Film as Cultural Practice Glossary Index
£49.39
Macmillan US Hair Story Revised Edition Untangling the Roots
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£14.09
McGraw-Hill Education Cultural Anthropology Loose Leaf Edition
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£999.99
WW Norton & Co Give Methods a Chance
Book SynopsisA collection of short, accessible pieces designed to demystify the research process and show how methods are put into action.
£19.87
John Wiley and Sons Ltd It Happened One Night
Book SynopsisA movie that swept the 1934 Academy Awards and captivated Depression-era America, It Happened One Night challenged the ways Americans imagined marriage, romance, gender, and class difference. This book examines key scenes and formal features of It Happened One Night , and explores its lasting importance in film history and in cultural studies.Trade Review"Filled with clearly explained theory, it is an exemplary guide for film students and teachers. Its shrewd reading of the film empowers the text; the meticulous research and subtle analysis is sophisticated enough for high level readers yet accessible enough for those new to the field. ... This book is not just for lovers of Capra, Gable, or even 'old films'—the concepts of gender, class, stardom, and censorship developed in this text are pertinent for any film buff." (M/C Reviews, April 2010)Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1.Rules and Unruliness: Screwball Comedy and the Road Movie. 2. The Production Code and the Wall of Jericho. 3. Contexts: Capra, Class, and Depression-Era America. 4. Stardom: Gable and Colbert
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