Studying Culture: A practical Introduction, 2nd Edition - Softcover

Giles, Judy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1405155922 ISBN 13: 9781405155922

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008

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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Review:

"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

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1405155922
• ISBN 13: 9781405155922
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 326