{"product_id":"the-polity-reader-in-cultural-theory-paperback-softback-9780745612089","title":"The Polity Reader in Cultural Theory (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745612089","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Polity Reader in Cultural Theory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePolity (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745612089, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 December 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.472 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'An incisive contribution to the history of ideas and their relation to social and political change.' \u003ci\u003eThe Tribune (India) \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\"\u003eThe field of cultural and media studies is one of the most important and rapidly developing areas in the social sciences and humanities today. This new text provides an overview of some of the key issues and debates in the field. The book is designed in such a way that it can be used either as a supplement to other texts or as an integral volume in itself.  \u003cp\u003eAmong the topics covered are: theories of media, communication and ideology; the influence of electronic communication; popular and high culture; the interpretation of art and literature; the impact of feminism in cultural studies; advertising and the consumer culture; and theories of modernism and postmodernism. The contributors include many of the major figures involved in current debates, including Jean Baudrillard, Pierre Bourdieu, Peter Burger, Mary-Ann Caws, Joanne Finkelstein, Jürgen Habermas, Stuart Hall, J. F. Lyotard, John B. Thompson, Janet Wolff and others.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart I: Theoretical Considerations:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Social Theory, Mass Communication and Public Life:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Saussure and the Origin of Semiotics:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert Hodge and Gunther Kress.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. The Field of Cultural Production:\u003c\/b\u003e Pierre Bourdieu.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Critique of Commodity Aesthetics:\u003c\/b\u003e W. F. Haug.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Critical Theory and the Consumer Society:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas Kellner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. The Emergence of the Public Sphere:\u003c\/b\u003e Jürgen Habermas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. The Theory of the Public Sphere:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Critical Appraisal: John Thompson.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. The Dynamics of Electronic Networks:\u003c\/b\u003e G. J. Mulgan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9. The Masses:\u003c\/b\u003e The Implosion of the Social in the Media:.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJean Baudrillard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10. The Question of Cultural Identity:\u003c\/b\u003e Stuart Hall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11. Baudrillard and TV Ads:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Poster.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12. Postmodernist Sensibility:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Lash and John Urry.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13. The Decline of Modernism:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Burger.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart II: Media Representation:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14. Media Sport:\u003c\/b\u003e John Hargreaves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15. Ten Theses on Children and Television:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBob Hodge and David Tripp.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16. The Emergence of the Consumer Society:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Bocock.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17. Women and Soap Opera:\u003c\/b\u003e Christine Geraghty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e18. Feminist Romance:\u003c\/b\u003e Anne Cranny-Francis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e19. The Invisable Flaneuse:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Literature of Modernity: Janet Wolff.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e20. The Myth of Marilyn Monroe:\u003c\/b\u003e Graham McCann.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003ePart III: Reading Popular Culture:\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e21. A Message from Kakania:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFreud, Music, Criticism: Malcom Bowie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e22. The Analysis of Popular Music:\u003c\/b\u003e John Shepherd.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e23. Music for Pleasure:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Frith.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e24. Comic Subversions:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComedy as Strategy in Feminist Theatre: Lizbeth Goodman.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e25. Gilbert and Sullivan:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Making and Unmaking of a British 'Tradition': David Cannadine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e26. The Great Reception:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSurrealism and Kandinsky's Inner Eye: Mary Ann Caws.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e27. Barthes on Theatre:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Moriarty.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e28. Fashion, Taste and Eating Out:\u003c\/b\u003e Joanne Finkelstein.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e29. The Sublime and the Avant Garde:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Francois Lyotard.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e30. \u003ci\u003eThe Exorcist\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Omen\u003c\/i\u003e or Modern and Postmodern Limits to Knowledge:\u003c\/b\u003e Zygmunt Bauman.\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":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52475098530072,"sku":"9780745612089","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745612089.jpg?v=1785805121","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-polity-reader-in-cultural-theory-paperback-softback-9780745612089","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}