{"product_id":"studying-culture-9781405155922","title":"Studying Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFully revised and updated, this second edition is an ideal introduction for those who are new to the study of culture. Featuring global case studies, selections of readings, exercises, and commentary throughout, it spans the subject from issues of identity through to technological trends. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli style=\"list-style:\" none\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores key issues and theories on identities, representation, histories, places, and spaces, discussing the various interpretations of culture and cultural studies\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates new work on the study of space, place, identity, gender, and cultural history, as well as new sections on cultural studies theories and methodology in each chapter\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces more complex issues including high and popular culture, subjectivities, consumption, and new technologies, and a fully updated section on new and enduring trends in technology and culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This is an invaluable introduction for students across the humanities and social sciences. A synthesis of carefully weighted comment, readings, images, and activities involves the reader in the pleasures, perils, and multiple meanings of that most complex word, ‘culture’.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Eagleton, Leeds Metropolitan University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures. \u003cp\u003eList of Tables.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. What is Culture?\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Culture and Civilization’ Debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe ‘Mass Culture’ Debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Definitions of Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture and Power.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Identity and Difference\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho am I?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSocial Constructivist Approaches to Identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Identity Crisis’ and the Modern World.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresenting and Narrating Identity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Representation\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage and Representation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunicating Meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentation and discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentation, Discourse and Resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. History\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Past ‘As it Really Was’?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChallenges to Objectivity: Post-structuralist Theories of History.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Past and Popular Memory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistory as ‘Heritage’.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Location, Location, Location: Cultural Geographies\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePlace and Identity: A Brief Introduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMapping Realities?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGoing Shopping.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCase Study: Mapping Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Case Study: Global Tourism\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Story of Tourism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTourism as Social Practice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTourist Places.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTourism and Identities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTourism and Heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Imperialism or Cultural Globalization?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Cultural Value: High Culture and Popular Culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscriminations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVersions of Literary Culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRereading Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRereading Texts: The Wind in the Willows (1908) and English Masculinity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. Subjects, Bodies, Selves\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFragmented or Multiple Selves?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLanguage and Subjectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDiscourse and the Subject.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbodied Selves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. Consumption\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat is a Consumer?.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuying a Newspaper.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMy High Street and your High Street.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheories of Consumption.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelling Identities.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgency, Appropriation, and Ethics.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. Technology.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Place of the Personal: Ethnography and the Practice of Cultural Studies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwentieth-century Technology: Cultural Studies of TV.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiving with Technology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking with the Web.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences and Further Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407889736023,"sku":"9781405155922","price":38.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781405155922.jpg?v=1730500863","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/studying-culture-9781405155922","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}