Social Cultural Studies category: 176761 books
Sueños Americanos
Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identities
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Education is a primary route to rewarding employment and economic security. It is particularly significant for the future prospects of children who are ethnic minorities, were born into disadvantaged economic circumstances, or are dealing with language barriers.
For nearly a decade Julio Cammarota...
by Dr. Chris Barker
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2004
`A scholarly lexicon and stimulating "rough guide" for cultural studies as it confronts and navigates the shifting sands of past, present and future' - Tim O'Sullivan, Head of Media and Cultural Production, De Montfort University
`I'm certain undergraduate and postgraduate readers...
Disability, Avoidance and the Academy
Challenging Resistance
Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2017
Disability is a widespread phenomenon, indeed a potentially universal one as life expectancies rise. Within the academic world, it has relevance for all disciplines yet is often dismissed as a niche market or someone else’s domain. This collection explores how academic avoidance of disability studies...
Resistance Through Rituals
Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
Praise for the first edition:
‘No one seriously interested in youth mass culture or style can afford to ignore this work.’ - Stanley Cohen, The Times Higher Education Supplement
‘The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies deserves our gratitude for having begun to locate the...
Cultural Studies
The Basics
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2008
Praise for the first edition:
"This is a great introduction and contribution to the subject. It is unusually wide-ranging, covering the historical development of cultural theory and deftly highlighting key problems that just won't go away."
- Matthew Hills, Cardiff University
"To...
by Simon During
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2004
Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction is a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the history and theory of Cultural Studies from Leavisism, through the era of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, to the global nature of contemporary Cultural Studies. Cultural Studies: A Critical...
by Rey Chow
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Rey Chow is arguably one of the most prominent intellectuals working in the humanities today. Characteristically confronting both entrenched and emergent issues in the interlocking fields of literature, film and visual studies, sexuality and gender, postcolonialism, ethnicity, and cross-cultural politics,...
Disability Studies and Spanish Culture
Films, Novels, the Comic and the Public Exhibition
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Disability Studies and Spanish Culture is the first book to apply the tenets of Disability Studies to the Spanish context. In particular, this work is an important corrective to existing cultural studies of disability in Spain that tend to largely ignore intellectual disabilities. Taking on the representation...
Cross-Cultural Psychology
Critical Thinking and Contemporary Applications, Sixth Edition
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
Written in a conversational style that transforms complex ideas into accessible ones, this international best-seller provides an interdisciplinary review of the theories and research in cross‐cultural psychology. The book’s unique critical thinking framework, including Critical Thinking boxes,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
Cultural Studies has evolved and continues to evolve primarily along regional lines. However uncomfortable this might be, the genie of British cultural studies cannot be returned to the bottle of history. Thus, national versions of cultural studies have arisen in a few African countries. This book...
A History of Alcohol and Drugs in Modern South Asia
Intoxicating Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
At the beginning of the 21st century, alcoholism, transnational drug trafficking and drug addiction constitute major problems in various South Asian countries. The production, circulation and consumption of intoxicating substances created (and responded to) social upheavals in the region and had widespread...
Latinos in an Aging World
Social, Psychological, and Economic Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2014
This book fosters a deeper understanding of the growing Latino elderly population and the implications on society. It examines post-WWII demographic and social changes and summarizes research from sociology, psychology, economics, and public health to shed light on the economic, physical, and mental...
Corporations and Cultural Industries
Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation
Language: English
Release Date: December 28, 2011
Corporations and Cultural Industries: Time Warner, Bertelsmann, and News Corporation, by Scott Warren Fitzgerald, provides an introduction to the political economy of international media corporations. This text fills a fundamental gap in the critical media studies field, expanding on the relative...
Musical Performance and the Changing City
Post-industrial Contexts in Europe and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2013
A contribution to the field of urban music studies, this book presents new interdisciplinary approaches to the study of music in urban social life. It takes musical performance as its key focus, exploring how and why different kinds of performance are evolving in contemporary cities in the interaction...