Cultural Studies


"Inside Culture"

Reimagining the Method of Cultural Studies

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Stimulating and accessible introduction to questions of methods central to cultural studies. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 347g.
Author:  Couldry, Nick
ISBN:  0761963863
Publisher:  Sage Publications Ltd
Date:  2000  (United States)
Readership:  Tertiary Education (Us: College) Cultural Studies

"In Praise of Commercial Culture"

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Economist, Tyler Cowen argues that the capitalist market economy is a vital but underappreciated institutional framework for supporting both high and low culture, helping consumers and artists refine their tastes, and paying homage to the past by capturing, reproducing, and disseminating it. New ed. Paperback, 288 pages. Size: 234 x 163 mm. Weight: 406g.
Author:  Cowen, Tyler
ISBN:  0674001885
Publisher:  Harvard University Press
Date:  2000  (United States)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"Good Hair Days"

A History of British Hairdressing

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Uses a historical approach to trace the dramatic changes in styling from bobs to beehives and dyes to dreadlocks, and looks at the technological developments which have made them possible. With illustrations. Paperback, 278 pages. Size: 190 x 150 mm. Weight: 344g.
Author:  Cox, Caroline
ISBN:  0704381117
Publisher:  Quartet Books
Date:  1999  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Agnes Bowker's Cat"

Travesties and Transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England

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The author reveals how, in Tudor and Stuart times, a series of troubling and unorthodox happenings - bestiality and monstrous births, nakedness and cross-dressing, excommunication and irregular burial, iconoclasm and vandalism - disturbed the margins and set the authorities on edge. With black and white illustrations. Paperback, 364 pages. Size: 196 x 129 mm. Weight: 385g.
Author:  Cressy, David
ISBN:  0192825305
Publisher:  Oxford University Press
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"On Humour"

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"Thinking in Action" series; This is a fascinating and beautifully written book on what philosophy can tell us about humour and about what it is to be human. It will fascinate and intrigue anyone with a sense of humour, which hopefully is all of us. With facsims.. Paperback, 144 pages. Size: 190 x 127 mm. Weight: 168g.
Author:  Critchley, Simon
ISBN:  0415251214
Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd
Date:  2002  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"The Social Body"

Habit, Identity and Desire

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A timely and accessible exploration of both the embodied nature of social life and the social nature of human bodily life. With illustrations. Paperback, 176 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 272g.
Author:  Crossley, Nick
ISBN:  0761966404
Publisher:  Sage Publications Ltd
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  Professional & Vocational Cultural Studies

"The Allotment"

Its Landscape and Culture

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Reprinted edition of the much praised and hugely readable history of allotments in the UK. With 2ill.. 3 rev ed. Paperback, 314 pages. Weight: 90g.
Author:  Crouch, David Ward, Colin
ISBN:  0907123910
Publisher:  Five Leaves Publications
Date:  1997  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Seen"

Black Style Uk

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This visual celebration of the diversity and creativity of Black British Youth provides a unique window onto some of the most vibrant and innovative stylistic subcultures ever to have hit the dance floor. With 300 colour illustrations. Hardback, 192 pages. Size: 248 x 277 mm. Weight: 1244g.
Author:  Cunningham, Jake Lazarides, Steve
ISBN:  1861542178
Publisher:  Booth-Clibborn Editions
Date:  2001  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"The Warhol Economy"

How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City

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Argues that industries like fashion, art, and music drive the economy of New York as much as - if not more than - finance, real estate, and law. This book takes the reader into the city spaces where the social and economic lives of creativity merge. It explains how the cultural economy works - and why it is vital to all great cities. With 25 halftones. 22 line illus. 5 tables.. Hardback, 280 pages. Size: 229 x 178 mm. Weight: 599g.
Author:  Currid, Elizabeth
ISBN:  0691128375
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"The Warhol Economy"

How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City

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Which is more important to New York City's economy, the gleaming corporate office - or the grungy rock club that launches the best new bands? This title argues that creative industries like fashion, art, and music drive the economy of New York as much as - if not more than - finance, real estate, and law. With 20 halftones. 22 line illus. 5 tables.. New ed. Paperback, 280 pages. Size: 229 x 152 mm. Weight: 459g.
Author:  Currid, Elizabeth
ISBN:  0691138745
Publisher:  University Presses of California, Columbia and Princeton
Date:  2008  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Astrology, Science and Culture"

Pulling Down the Moon

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Tackling the astrology's controversial history, its problematic relationship to Jungian theory, and attempts to prove its grounding in objective reality, this book demonstrates that astrology is far more than a superstitious relic of years gone by, and enables a fundamental critique of the scientism of its opponents. With bibliography, index. First. Paperback, 256 pages. Size: 234 x 156 mm. Weight: 281g.
Author:  Curry, Patrick Willis, Roy
ISBN:  1859736874
Publisher:  Berg Publishers
Date:  2004  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Intercultural Interactions"

A Practical Guide

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"Cross Cultural Research and Methodology" series; 2 rev ed. Paperback, 384 pages. Size: 216 x 140 mm. Weight: 483g.
Author:  Cushner, Kenneth Brislin, Richard W.
ISBN:  0803959915
Publisher:  Sage Publications Inc
Date:  1995  (United States)
Readership:  Tertiary Education (Us: College) Cultural Studies

"Welsh Icons"

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"Inside Out" series; Offers the insider's guide to Wales. This work takes a look at those distinctly Welsh aspects of life in Wales. From familiar associations of Welshness such as images of miners with coal-blackened faces, stadiums awash with passionate rugby fans and plentiful jibes about the sheep, it also takes an insider's look at life in Wales. With colour illustrations. Paperback, 48 pages. Size: 240 x 170 mm. Weight: 163g.
Author:  Dafydd, Fflur
ISBN:  1843237873
Publisher:  Gomer Press
Date:  2007  (United Kingdom)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Our Culture, What's Left of It"

The Mandarins and the Masses

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Presents a collection of essays which ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx, and from the breakdown of Islam to the legalization of drugs. This book attempts to restore our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization. Hardback, 356 pages. Size: 158 x 231 mm. Weight: 610g.
Author:  Dalrymple, Theodore
ISBN:  1566636434
Publisher:  Ivan R Dee, Inc
Date:  2005  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

"Our Culture, What's Left of It"

The Mandarins and the Masses

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Presents a collection of essays that ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx, from the breakdown of Islam to the legalization of drugs, and more. This book attempts to restore our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization. New ed. Paperback, 360 pages. Size: 222 x 146 mm. Weight: 22g.
Author:  Dalrymple, Theodore
ISBN:  156663721X
Publisher:  Ivan R Dee, Inc
Date:  2007  (United States)
Readership:  General (Us: Trade) Cultural Studies

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