Cultural Studies
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Higher Education
Museums, Media and Cultural Theory
1st Edition © 2005 | Published: November 16, 2005Out of stockMuseums can work to reproduce ideologies and confirm the existing order of things, or as instruments of social reform. Yet objects in museums can exceed their designated roles as documents or specimens. In this wideranging and original book, Michelle Henning explores how historical and contemporary …
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Materiality and Society
1st Edition © 2004 | Published: December 16, 2004Out of stockThis book examines the relationships between society andmaterial culture: the interaction between people and things.Tim Dant argues that the traditional approach to materialculture has focused on the symbolic meanings of objects,largely overlooking the material impact that objects have oneveryday li…
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Cities and Urban Cultures
1st Edition © 2003 | Published: April 16, 2003In stock*What is distinctive about urban life?*What key trends have shaped the contemporary city?*How have the city and urban cultures been explained by sociology and cultural studies?This is the first book to explore cities and urban life from the perspectives of both sociology and cultural theory. Through…
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Drama in Performance
1st Edition © 1991 | Published: June 16, 1991In stockRaymond Williams' reputation rests mainly on his contribution to literary and cultural studies, but he was also an important critic and theoretician in the field of drama. "Drama in Performance", first published in 1954, pioneered a method of dramaturgical rather than literary-critical analysis of p…
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