Cultural Studies
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A Social and Economic Theory of Consumption
Arto NoroCurrent price €74.69Original price €82.99Kaj Ilmonen was a pioneer in the third wave of the sociology of consumption. This book provides a balanced overview of the sociology of consumption...
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Travel, Humanitarianism, and Becoming American in Africa
K. MathersCurrent price €92.69Original price €102.99Travel, Humanitarianism, and Becoming American in Africa uses observations of American travelers to southern Africa to ask: why is Africa so import...
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Queer Youth and Media Cultures
Christopher PullenCurrent price €92.69Original price €102.99This collection explores the representation and performance of queer youth in media cultures, primarily examining TV, film and online new media. Sp...
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Food and Philosophy: Selected Essays
Spencer K. WertzCurrent price €24.80Original price €28.50These essays on Food and Philosophy were written over several decades. Not only philosophers and historians but individuals who have an ongoing int...
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Transforming Bodies: Makeovers and Monstrosities in American Culture
H. SteinhoffCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99At the turn of the twenty-first century, American media abound with images and narratives of bodily transformations. At the crossroads of American,...
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Martin Luther King Jr., Homosexuality, and the Early Gay Rights Movement: Keeping the Dream Straight?
Desmond TutuCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Martin Luther King, Jr., was not an advocate of homosexual rights, nor was he an enemy; however both sides of the debate have used his words in the...
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Modernity in Crisis: A Dialogue on the Culture of Belonging
L. DonskisCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99A blend of political theory, social theory, and philosophy of culture, the book will show the relationship and tension between thought and action, ...
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Material Religion in Modern Britain: The Spirit of Things
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This volume contributes towards to developments in the study of religion that illuminate the plural nature of religious change in modern Britain. I...
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Foodscapes of Contemporary Japanese Women Writers: An Ecocritical Journey around the Hearth of Modernity
Masami YukiCurrent price €79.19Original price €87.99Translated from Japanese, this study exposes English-language scholars to the complexities of the relationship between food, culture, the environme...
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Cultural Memories of Nonviolent Struggles: Powerful Times
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99If societies have only memories of war, of cruelty, of violence, then why are we called humankind? This book marks a new trajectory in Memory Studi...
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English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99An accessible and wide-ranging consideration of concerns facing English Studies in its surrounding context of the university and society. The contr...
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Restaurantes, rumba y más: A Gringo''s Guide to Latino Fort Worth
Peter SzokCurrent price €15.29Original price €16.99Taking us well off the beaten path, Peter Szok leads readers on a cultural journey that will make your stomachand hearthunger for more.Szok sets th...
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Debating Modern Masculinities: Change, Continuity, Crisis?
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Masculinity, it seems, is in crisis, again. This edited volume critically interrogates the current situation facing contemporary young men. The con...
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Durkheim and National Identity in Ireland: Applying the Sociology of Knowledge and Religion
J. DingleyCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This book examines the development of opposed Nationalist and Unionists identities as products of different economies, symbolically represented in ...
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The Politics of Being a Woman: Feminism, Media and 21st Century Popular Culture
Palgrave MacmillanCurrent price €70.19Original price €77.99What does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century? The feminist movement has a long and rich history, but is its time now passed? This edited col...
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Cultural Producers and Social Change in Latin America
Kenneth A. LoparoCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99In Argentina, Colombia, and Peru, there has been an out-pouring of popular-performative activities that have asked citizens to pose questions about...
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Portuguese Sociology: A History
Filipe Carreira da SilvaCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Sociology in Portugal provides the first English-language account of the history of sociology in Portugal from 1945 to the present day. Banned by t...
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Sex and Ethics in Spanish Cinema
Cristina Sánchez-ConejeroCurrent price €48.71Original price €55.99Reflecting on a series of ethical and moral questions significant to contemporary Spanish culture, Cristina Sánchez-Conejero analyzes several issue...
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Mythological Constructs of Mexican Femininity
Pilar MeleroCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99Mexican figures like La Virgen de Guadalupe, la Malinche, la Llorona, and la Chingada reflect different myths of motherhood in Mexican culture. For...
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Gendered Impact of Globalization of Higher Education: Promoting Human Development in India
Geeta NairCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This book explores the significant role education plays in the promotion of human development and gender equality in India, situating this progress...
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Mapping British Women Writers Urban Imaginaries: Space, Self and Spirituality
Arina CirsteaCurrent price €50.39Original price €55.99This study provides an alternative to the postmodern tradition of writing about the city by exploring spatialized constructions of gender and spiri...
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Fast Times and Excellent Adventures: The Surprising History of the ''80s Teen Movie
James KingCurrent price €19.13Original price €21.99'Brilliant' Mail on SundayTake a trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS and...
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The Climate is Changing, Why Aren''t We?: A practical guide to how you can make a difference
Daisy KendrickCurrent price €15.76Original price €18.99'An inspirational and motivational must-read, packed with practical tips to push for positive change' Zanna van DijkThe climate is changing, so why...
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Schriften 1942-1949: Herausgegeben von Peter Gostmann und Claudius Härpfer
Albert SalomonCurrent price €83.69Original price €92.99Albert Salomon (1891-1966), deutsch-jüdischer Soziologe und Herausgeber der Zeitschrift Die Gesellschaft, war nach seiner Emigration 1935 Professor...
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