Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks (KeyWorks in Cultural Studies) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405132582 ISBN 13: 9781405132589

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

Bringing together a range of core texts into one volume, this acclaimed anthology offers the definitive resource in culture, media, and communication. * A fully revised new edition of the bestselling anthology in this dynamic and multidisciplinary field* New contributions include essays from Althusser through to Henry Jenkins, and a completely new section on Globalization and Social Movements* Retains important emphasis on the giant thinkers and "makers" of the field: Gramsci on hegemony; Althusser on ideology; Horkheimer and Adorno on the culture industry; Raymond Williams on Marxist cultural theory; Habermas on the public sphere; McLuhan on media; Chomsky on propaganda; hooks and Mulvey on the subjects of visual pleasure and oppositional gazes* Features a substantial critical introduction, short section introductions and full bibliographic citations

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Product Description:

Bringing together a range of core texts into one volume, this acclaimed anthology offers the definitive resource in culture, media, and communication. A fully revised new edition of the bestselling anthology in this dynamic and multidisciplinary field.

Review:

"Contains a range of extracts and essays which are genuinely key works in
these fields... Very useful and reasonably priced." -- Reference Reviews (of the first edition)

"An intellectually invigorating assortment of material, framed by
a lucid and exceedingly useful opening essay." -- Theodore L. Glasser, Stanford University

"Selections cover a spectrum of approaches to cultural studies...
Suitable for most university courses in cultural studies." -- Reference and Research Book News (of the first edition)

"This updated and expanded edition provides a useful interpretive
framework and remains an indispensable one-volume resource." -- Hanno Hardt, University of Ljubljana

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1405132582
• ISBN 13: 9781405132589
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 800
• Editor: Durham Meenakshi Gigi, Kellner Douglas M.