Cultural Studies

'We're all now self-makers, whether we like it or not - and this witty, sceptical book is the thought-provoking story of how we got here'GUARDIAN'A...

Food and drink has been a focal point of modern social theory since the inception of agrarian capitalism and the industrial revolution. From Adam S...

This book investigates the concept of freedom as it has been defined by Søren Kierkegaard and some of existentialisms major figures, including Jean...

The Mega Man Zero series is a fan-favorite Mega Man spin-off known for it's exciting gameplay, stellar character designs, and engaging story. Meg...

With multidisciplinary examination, this book explores Waiting for Visa, Ambedkar's autobiographical writing. This investigation ranges from Dalit ...

Fashion is a research topic of increasing interest to economic and business historians as it points towards new understandings of economic growth a...

A richly illustrated guide to inspire & empower the next generation of women & girls to be Boss Beauties - to be fierce, to be fearless, to...

Before 2010, there were no Israeli horror films. Then distinctly Israeli serial killers, zombies, vampires, and ghosts invaded local screens. The n...

'Beautiful, moving, profoundly imaginative in itself - this book is as entertaining as it is relevant and practical' ALAIN DE BOTTON'Anyone who has...

This book highlights the attention that policymakers, activists, and the public should pay to internal migration. Although prominent research has a...

We all have images that we find unwatchable, whether for ethical, political, or sensory and affective reasons. From news coverage of terror attacks...

Horror films have traditionally sunk their teeth into straitened times, reflecting, expressing and validating the spirit of the epoch, and capitali...

The aim of the volume is to show in which sense the study of culture, literature and the arts can contribute to a better understanding of human cog...

Bulgarian popular music, the meanings it articulates, and the infrastructures of its creation, operates within a web of inter-dependencies with cha...

This book offers intimate readings of a diverse range of global autobiographical literature with an emphasis on the (re)presentation of the physica...

Our world is at a critical turning point in history, as certainties are swept aside by a global pandemic, climate change and political upheaval. Th...

This book explores how the youth experience, viscerally felt and deeply ingrained at a time of substantial physical, psychological and emotional ch...

In The World and Us, Roberto Mangabeira Unger sets out to reinvent philosophy. His central theme is our transcendence - everything in our existence...

An outstanding achievement... Graeme Turner writes with power and persuasion, and brilliantly explores what it is about celebrity today that should...

The belief that men and women have fundamentally distinct natures, resulting in divergent preferences and behaviours, is widespread. Recently, econ...