Cultural Studies

Culture Smart! China puts the latest dramatic changes into a historical context, explains deep-seated cultural attitudes, and guides the visitor th...

'No one else casts such a shrewd and gimlet eye on contemporary life.' - William BoydComic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is Hanif Kureishi's...

Twenty-five years ago, Namco released Tekken and redefined the fighting game genre in three dimensions. Known for its deep gameplay, cutting edge g...

Organised crime puts on a smiley face.When the Summer of Love hit Britain in 88, Wayne embraced the bright new world of dance music, MDMA and all-...

'Danny Goldberg is probably one of the purest, most reasonableguides you could ask for to 1967.' Ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham. 'Wea...

I've been a comic book fan since childhood. The child became a man and the fan became a comic book retailer. I wanted more out of life and joined t...

Twenty-first century American television series such as Revolution, Falling Skies, The Last Ship and The Walking Dead have depicted a variety of...

Cool can't be taught. That's the received wisdom, yet this wry, entertaining compendium by Thomas W. Hodgkinson (author of the indispensable How to...

In recent years digital technology has made available an inconceivably vast archive of old media. Images of the past--accessed with the touch of...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** a comic about dinosaurs navigating the complexities of life, together ...

I thought it was a great cultural movement, the music, the look, they're things that have shaped who I am... Paul Weller The skin-suede era was...

This follow-up to the smash hit Cats Galore dives deeper into the world of Susan Herbert, whose delightful re-imaginings of some of the best-known ...

This book is about a single, serpentine fact: late in 1976 a record called 'Anarchy in the UK' was issued in London, and this event launched a tr...

'You'll never look at your favourite movies and TV shows the same way again. And you shouldn't' Steven Soderbergh 'Insanely readable' Slavoj Ziz...

Florence Maybrick was the first American woman to be sentenced to death in England--for murdering her husband, a crime she almost certainly did ...