Cultural Studies category: 176761 books
Transgressive Bodies
Representations in Film and Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2016
In recent years the body has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Transgressive Bodies offers an examination of a variety of non-normative bodies and how they are represented in film, media and popular culture. Examining the non-normative body...
by Toni Schindler Zimmerman
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Don't let hidden cultural expectations sabotage your therapeutic relationships!
Integrating Gender and Culture in Family Therapy Training offers positive strategies for teaching your students to understand the ways in which cultural expectations affect individuals, society, the therapeutic...
Cultural Genocide
Law, Politics, and Global Manifestations
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2019
This book explores concepts of Cultural genocide, its definitions, place in international law, the systems and methods that contribute to its manifestations, and its occurrences.
Through a systematic approach and comprehensive analysis, international and interdisciplinary contributors from...
Introducing Cultural Studies
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2015
Cultural Studies signals a major academic revolution for the 21st century. But what exactly is it, and how is it applied? It is a discipline that claims not to be a discipline; it is a radical critical approach for understanding racial, national, social and gender identities. "Introducing Cultural...
Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth
Beyond Schools
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2011
Cultural Studies, Education, and Youth: Beyond Schools, edited by Benjamin Frymer, Matthew Carlin, and John Broughton, addresses the new cultural landscapes which increasingly "educate" our youth. With essays from both emerging and established scholars, the book explores the ways media and...
Parodies of Ownership
Hip-Hop Aesthetics and Intellectual Property Law
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2011
"Richard Schur offers a provocative view of contemporary African American cultural politics and the relationship between African American cultural production and intellectual property law."
---Mark Anthony Neal, Duke University
"Whites used to own blacks. Now, they accomplish...
Cultural Encounters and Homoeroticism in Sri Lanka
Sex and Serendipity
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Ceylon, or Sri Lanka, was long known to travellers for its luxuriant landscapes, colourful temples and friendly inhabitants – the island once named Serendip. This book explores the sojourns of gay visitors from the late 1800s to the modern day, providing a history of homosexuality, travel and cultural...
Twenty-First Century Perspectives on Indigenous Studies
Native North America in (Trans)Motion
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2015
In recent years, the interdisciplinary fields of Native North American and Indigenous Studies have reflected, at times even foreshadowed and initiated, many of the influential theoretical discussions in the humanities after the "transnational turn." Global trends of identity politics, performativity,...
by David Hesmondhalgh
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2012
"At once brilliant and accessible, it is without peer when it comes to detailing the big picture and complex nuances of how cultural industries work. Every student of the media should have this book on their shelf"
- Jennifer Holt, University of California
"Sometimes provocative,...
by Erdener Kaynak, Lalita Manrai
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Global Perspectives in Cross-Cultural and Cross-National Consumer Research deals with several important issues crucial for greater understanding of international and cross-cultural consumer behavior. This understanding in turn can provide international marketers with valuable insights, such as conditions...
Planet Cosplay
Costume Play, Identity and Global Fandom
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2018
This book examines cosplay from a set of ground-breaking disciplinary approaches, highlighting the latest and emerging discourses around this popular cultural practice. Planet Cosplay comprises chapters from scholars who are widely published in this field, examining the subject of cosplay from sources...
Approaching the Hunger Games Trilogy: A Literary and Cultural Analysis
A Literary and Cultural Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2012
This book addresses Suzanne Collins's work from a number of literary and cultural perspectives in an effort to better understand both its significance and its appeal. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to the Hunger Games trilogy, drawing from literary studies, psychology, gender studies, media...
Mapping the New African Diaspora in China
Race and the Cultural Politics of Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
When one thinks of African diasporas, it is likely that their mind will automatically drift to locations such as Europe and America. But how much is known about the African diaspora in East Asia and, in particular, within China, where race is such a politically sensitive topic?
Based on multi-sited...
Theorizing Cultural Work
Labour, Continuity and Change in the Cultural and Creative Industries
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2014
In recent years, cultural work has engaged the interest of scholars from a broad range of social science and humanities disciplines. The debate in this ‘turn to cultural work’ has largely been based around evaluating its advantages and disadvantages: its freedoms and its constraints, its informal...