{"product_id":"studying-culture-a-practical-introduction-paperback-softback-9781405155922","title":"Studying Culture; A practical Introduction (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405155922","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStudying Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA practical Introduction\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJudy Giles (Author), Tim Middleton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405155922, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 January 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.3 x 1.8 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFully revised and updated, this second edition is an ideal introduction for those who are new to the study of culture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing global case studies, selections of readings, exercises, and commentary throughout, it spans the subject from issues of identity through to technological trends.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores key issues and theories on identities, representation, histories, places, and spaces, discussing the various interpretations of culture and cultural studies\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\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\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\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501096464664,"sku":"9781405155922","price":37.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405155922.jpg?v=1786210054","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/studying-culture-a-practical-introduction-paperback-softback-9781405155922","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}