Studying Culture A Practical Introduction

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ISBN: 9781405155922

ISBN-10: 1405155922

ISBN-13: 9781405155922

Edition: 2nd 2008 (Revised)

Authors: Judy Giles, Tim Middleton

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This accessible introduction to the study of culture is written specifically for those who are new to the subject. The book includes numerous student-friendly features throughout, encouraging the reader to think analytically about culture and how it can be interpreted. Fully revised and updated, the second edition: 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…

Book details

List price: $64.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/29/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 6.02" wide x 9.02" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 1.254
Language: English



List of Figures


List of Tables


Acknowledgements


Introduction



What is Culture?


Introduction


The 'culture and civilization' debate


The 'mass culture' debate


Social definitions of culture


Culture and power


Conclusions



Identity and Difference


Introduction


Who am I?


Social constructivist approaches to identity


'Identity crisis' and the modern world


Representing and narrating identity


Conclusions



Representation


Introduction


Language and representation


Communicating meaning


Representation and discourse


Representation, discourse and resistance


Conclusions



History


Introduction


The past 'as it really was'?


Challenges to objectivity: post-structuralist theories of history


The past and popular memory


History as 'heritage'


Conclusions



Location, Location, Location: Cultural Geographies


Place and identity: a brief introduction


Mapping realities?


Going shopping


Case study: mapping Los Angeles


Conclusions



Case Study: Global Tourism


The story of tourism


Tourism as social practice


Tourist places


Tourism and identities


Tourism and heritage


Cultural imperialism or cultural globalization?


Conclusions



Cultural Value: High Culture and Popular Culture


Defining culture


Discriminations


Versions of literary culture


Rereading literature


Rereading texts: The Wind in the Willows (1908) and English masculinity


Conclusions



Subjects, Bodies, Selves


Introduction


Fragmented or multiple selves?


Language and subjectivity


Discourse and the subject


Embodied selves


Conclusions



Consumption


Introduction


What is a consumer?


Buying a newspaper


My high street and your high street


Theories of consumption


Selling identities


Agency, appropriation and ethics


Conclusions



Technology


The place of the personal: ethnography and the practice of cultural studies


Twentieth-century technology: cultural studies of TV


Living with technology


Working with the Web


Conclusions


Conclusion


References and Further Reading


Bibliography


Index