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Owing to increased migration from the 1990s, Nordic countries have gone through substantial cultural and social changes, resulting in increased debate surrounding the politics of multiculturalism. By drawing...
Re-Crafting Rationalization contributes to debates relating to the public understanding of science, regarding the conceptualisation of the relationship between 'science' and 'the public'. With profound implications...
In view of the growing influence of religion in public life, Muslim Diaspora in the West offers a timely contribution to scholarly debates and concerns raised in the West about Islam and Muslims within diaspora....
This ground-breaking book furthers the internal sociological analysis of ideas and styles of thought by showing that the defining but largely neglected feature of what has become 'French theory' is a collective...
Conversations With Landscape moves beyond conventional dualist approaches to the study of landscape and its relation with humans. With contributions drawn from a variety of disciplines, including anthropology,...
In recent years the 'body' has become one of the most popular areas of study in the arts, social sciences and humanities. Transgressive Bodies engages with these contemporary cultural debates to offer an examination...
The book examines the processes through which public art museums, as modern Western institutions, were introduced to Japan in the late nineteenth century and how they subsequently developed distinctive national...
Advertising and Cultural Politics in Global Times traces daringly transgressive convergences between cultural politics and global advertising media. By drawing on the work of Baudrillard, Giroux, Foucault, Castells...
With specific examples drawn from popular media, this volume examines the extent to which developments in the communication and portrayal of biomedical discourses in Asia have given the broader public both greater...
Situated within the field of discourse-oriented approaches to policy and media, this collection explores the interface between government, media and the public, highlighting the increasing importance placed...
In spite of the growing literature on discourse analysis, the relationship of discourse to violent/non-violent outcomes of conflict is an under-researched area. This book combines theories on ethnic conflict,...
A New Youth? offers critical reflections in the realm of sociology of youth by providing broader understandings of the term 'youth'. The detailed analysis of new forms of marginality and social exclusion among...
In this book Fiona Hutton provides a fascinating insight into women's experiences of clubbing. Revealing the important role of different spaces and atmospheres in how women participate in club scenes, she argues...
Examining issues of taste, media and lifestyle from the 1900s to 1970s, this volume provides empirical evidence and debate from varied international perspectives. Including examples as diverse as 'Good Housekeeping'...
Drawing material from the USA, UK and Hong Kong, this volume allows the demystification of stereotypical presentations surrounding young people who attend clubs and/or use club drugs. The volume provides theoretical...
This volume brings together original studies from international scholars to identify and evaluate the productive dimensions of Idols. As one of the world's most successful television formats, Idols offers a...
Advertising and Reality: A Global Study of Representation and Content offers, for the first time, an extensive study of the way our life is represented in advertising. Leading scholars from different countries,...
Myrna Blyth, former editor-in-chief of Ladies' Home Journal, was part of the Spin Sisters media elite for over twenty years. In Spin Sisters, she tells the truth about the business she knows so well---its power...
The president of the United States traditionally serves as a symbol of power, virtue, ability, dominance, popularity, and patriarchy. In recent years, however, the high-profile candidacies of Hillary Clinton,...
This book has an original focus and is structured in two parts: the first discusses broad issues affecting music festivals globally, especially in the context of rural revitalisation. The second part looks in...