Cultural studies

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*Shortlisted for the Bread and Roses Prize, 2015* *Winner of the ICA Bookshop Book of the Year 2014*Stitched Up delves into the alluring world of fashion to reveal what is behind the clothes we wear.

Hans-Georg Gadamer is one of the leading philosophers in the world today.

Radio in the Global Age offers a fresh, up-to-date, and wide-ranging introduction to the role of radio in contemporary society.

Islam in World Cultures analyzes differences in Islamic culture and practice by looking not simply at matters of doctrine, but also at how Islam interacts with local cultures.

In this book an effort has been made to present a complete picture of multidimensional status of Indian women, after considering and analysing their status regarding all the aspects of their life.

Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable.

The Social Dynamics of Development explores social frames to delineate the development in the Third World countries.

This book is a detailed and wide-ranging account of the birth of social theory as a distinctive and modern intellectual genre, providing a brilliant account of the "e;pre-history"e; of sociology and a vivid portrayal of intellectual culture between the Enlightenment and the age of Romanticism.

In this new book, Slavoj i ek and Glyn Daly engage in a series of entertaining conversations which illustrate the originality of i ek s thinking on psychoanalysis, philosophy, multiculturalism, popular/cyber culture, totalitarianism, ethics and politics.

Anyone who reads the newspaper, watches television, or listens to casual conversation on the street is aware of the ubiquitous nature of sport.

A radical reinterpretation of three controversial works that illuminate racism and national identity in the United StatesCitizenship on Catfish Row focuses on three seminal works in the history of American culture: the first full-length narrative film, D.

The period in which we live is marked by increasingly frequent and intense cultural encounters of all kinds.

It is a comprehensive volume on Bengali riddles and their socio-cultural background.

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of Umberto Eco - one of the most important writers in Europe today.

Botswana's large deposits of diamonds have made it one of the richest African countries on a per capita basis.

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In this book Peter Burke adopts a socio-cultural approach to examine the changes in the organization of knowledge in Europe from the invention of printing to the publication of the French Encyclop die.

Rhetoric appears to be a marginal topic for the Bakhtin School and for most Bakhtin scholars, but many rhetorical critics, theorists, and teachers have nonetheless found the school's work compelling and challenging.

This book sheds light on Kant''s claim that the Critique of Pure Reason is a ''treatise'' or ''doctrine'' of method.

Facebook is now used by nearly 500 million people throughout the world, many of whom spend several hours a day on this site.

Melissa Fuster thinks expansively about the multiple meanings of comida, food, from something as simple as a meal to something as complex as one's identity.

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the work of Fredric Jameson, one of the most important cultural critics writing today.

This book aims to understand the different readings of Castiglione's Cortegiano or Book of the Courtier from the Renaissance to the twentieth century.

With the publication of this remarkable book in 1998, Gustavo Esteva and Madhu Suri Prakash instigated a complete epistemological rupture.

Democracy and democratization are now high on the political agenda, but there is growing indifference to the gap between rich and poor.

An art expert takes a critical look at restaurant menus—from style and layout to content, pricing and more—to reveal the hidden influence of menu design.

When Freud wrote his classic Civilization and its Discontents, he was concerned with repression.

The rise of digital photography and imaging has transformed the landscape of visual communication and culture.

Until now, in-depth cultural information on Pakistan, a predominantly Muslim country formed in 1947 after the dissolution of British rule in India, has been scarce.

This much-needed book is a concise and accessible account of the contribution of feminist thinking to the study of crime.

Lauren Gillingham reveals how a modern notion of fashion helped to transform the novel in nineteenth-century Britain.

Therapy for Kings promotes the value of introspection for all people, offering an alternative understanding of therapy.

At a time when so many cracks have emerged within the imagined community of the West', this important new book, by one of the leading social scientists in Europe, examines the intellectual history of comparing Europe and the United States.

Alexander Korda's masterpiece "e;The Private Life of Henry VIII"e; was arguably the most important British film of the pre-war period and a phenomenal, critical and box-office success.

Franco Moretti's Graphs, Maps, Trees: Abstract Models for Literary History is one of the most provocative recent works of literary history.

This book presents serious academic scholarship on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

An innovative approach to rethinking sciences of mind at the turn of the twenty-first century via the texts of philosopher and psychologist William James.

Redefining the face of the American farmer The growing trend of organic farming and homesteading is changing the way the farmer is portrayed in mainstream media, and yet, farmers of color are still largely left out of the picture.

The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of Popular Music Volume 1 provides an overview of media, industry, and technology and its relationship to popular music.

The over-the-top musicals of Bollywood may be the most familiar aspect of Indian popular culture, but there are many more, all explored in this fascinating volume.

In this lively and accessible study, David Lyon explores the relationship between religion and postmodernity, through the central metaphor of 'Jesus in Disneyland.