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Studying Culture: A practical Introduction, 2nd Edition

Studying Culture: A practical Introduction, 2nd Edition

by Judy Giles (Author), Tim Middleton (Contributor)

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    Paperback 2008

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Synopsis

Fully revised and updated, this second edition is an ideal introduction for those who are new to the study of culture. Featuring global case studies, selections of readings, exercises, and commentary throughout, it spans the subject from issues of identity through to technological trends. Explores key issues and theories on identities, representation, histories, places, and spaces, discussing the various interpretations of culture and cultural studies Incorporates new work on the study of space, place, identity, gender, and cultural history, as well as new sections on cultural studies theories and methodology in each chapter Introduces more complex issues including high and popular culture, subjectivities, consumption, and new technologies, and a fully updated section on new and enduring trends in technology and culture

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 326
 Edition: 2nd
 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 02 Jan 2008
ISBN 10: 1405155922
ISBN 13: 9781405155922

Media Reviews
This is an invaluable introduction for students across the humanities and social sciences. A synthesis of carefully weighted comment, readings, images, and activities involves the reader in the pleasures, perils, and multiple meanings of that most complex word, 'culture'. Mary Eagleton, Leeds Metropolitan University
Author Bio
Professor Judy Giles lectures in Cultural Studies and Literature at York St. John University. She is the author of The Parlour and the Suburb (2004) and co-editor of Writing Englishness 1900 1950 (1995).


Professor Tim Middleton lectures in Literature & Creative Studies at Bath Spa University. He has published on modern and contemporary fiction, masculinity, and national identity and is co-editor of Writing Englishness, 1900 1950 (1995) and editor of Modernism: Cultural & Critical Concepts (2003).