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Paperback. Condición: Good. This essay collection considers: the relationship between pedagogy and media literacy; the intersection of critical pedagogy with postmodernism, race, the politics of desire and post-colonialism; and the question of representation with respect to popular culture, the arts and the state.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. A rich, witty, and accessible introduction to the anthropology of contemporary cultures,Cultural Complexity emphasizes that culture is organized in terms of states, markets, and movements. Hannerz pays special attention to the interplay between the centralizing agencies of culture, such as schools and media, and the decentering diversity of subcultures, and considers the special role of cities as the centers of cultural growth. Hannerz discusses cultural process in small-scale societies, the concept of subcultures, and the economics and politics of culture. Finally, he presents the twentieth-century globalization of culture as a process of cultural diffusion, polycentralism, and local innovation, focusing on periods of intensive cultural productivity in Vienna, Calcutta, and San Francisco.…

Paperback. Condición: Fair. This collection constitutes a salutory demonstration that Britain no longer serves as the centre for cultural studies. Engaging the critical discourses of feminism, postmodernism and postcolonialism, the contributions explore the renegotiations and changes in cultural studies in the wake of its export from Britain. In particular, the volume shows how to understand the experiences of marginalized groups, including women and aboriginal peoples in postcolonial states. Questions about the ongoing globalization of capital and culture are linked to constructions of national, local and individual identities. The alternative relocations of cultural studies offered here manifest two not incommensurate trends: Some contributors consider how textual processes of representation articulate with exclusionary practices. Others keep alive a sense of politics in respect of institutional and policy debates. The result is an invigorated cultural studies which moves between theory and practice, gives primacy to tensions between extra-local centres of political and economic power, and considers lived experiences within their specific geo-cultural contexts.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. A rich, witty, and accessible introduction to the anthropology of contemporary cultures,Cultural Complexity emphasizes that culture is organized in terms of states, markets, and movements. Hannerz pays special attention to the interplay between the centralizing agencies of culture, such as schools and media, and the decentering diversity of subcultures, and considers the special role of cities as the centers of cultural growth. Hannerz discusses cultural process in small-scale societies, the concept of subcultures, and the economics and politics of culture. Finally, he presents the twentieth-century globalization of culture as a process of cultural diffusion, polycentralism, and local innovation, focusing on periods of intensive cultural productivity in Vienna, Calcutta, and San Francisco.…

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Paperback. Condición: Good. This major text offers a critical reappraisal of the contemporary practice of cultural studies. It focuses in particular on the contribution of cultural studies to the understanding of media, communications and popular cultures in contemporary societies. The contributors, an outstanding group of internationally acclaimed scholars, examine topics such as: the different strands of cultural studies and how they are developed; whether cultural studies is a coherent discipline; tensions and debates within cultural studies; alternative or related approaches to contemporary media and society; and the movement by cultural studies revisionists towards more empirical and sociological modes of analysis. …

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Paperback. Condición: Good. This title develops methods and analyses of contemporary film, television, music and other artefacts to discern their nature and effects. It presents a series of studies that both illuminate contemporary culture and provide methods of analysis and critique.

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Paperback. Condición: Very Good. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a 'keyword' is 'a word that is of great importance or significance'. On the web, 'keywords' organize vast quantities of complex information. This title offers these features and more to its readers, providing meditations on terms and concepts used in cultural studies, American studies, and beyond.…

Paperback. Condición: Good. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, a 'keyword' is 'a word that is of great importance or significance'. On the web, 'keywords' organize vast quantities of complex information. This title offers these features and more to its readers, providing meditations on terms and concepts used in cultural studies, American studies, and beyond.…

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