Society & Culture: General

Children, while being the most victimised group in society, rarely become a topic of sociological research, neither as victims nor as perpetrators....

This book is an investigation of the Swedish microchipping phenomenon and seeks to explain why, despite its many negative connotations in an intern...

Collecting data about our lives, our bodies and our behaviours has become a part of everyday practice that promises greater self-awareness, healthi...

This volume contains an Open Access Chapter. Authenticity has become a buzzword for our times. Much of the travel industry is built around the pro...

Research in the Sociology of Education is an important and established series, highlighting how societal contexts shape the educational experiences...

Subcultures have long captured the imagination of sociologists and the public alike. Making an important contribution to sociology, Subcultures is ...

The concept of Global Civil Society as an ‘imagined global community’ is raising questions that challenge perceptions of a border-free, footloose, ...

Lying at the heart of the modern Action Cinema Canon is the concept of transformation. As the action genre evolves and shifts into the new millenni...

The noughties witnessed rapid change in Action Cinema, carrying with it the new action stars of the previous decade, and the boundary blurring expe...

This book explores the theories of transhumanism and posthumanism, two philosophies that deal with radically changing bodies, minds, and even the n...

Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this book ...

This volume includes six varied contributions to the study of visual ethics in organizations. The implications of our visual world for organization...

Sponsored by the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology section of the American Sociological Association (CITAMS), this volum...

The twentieth volume of Research in Consumer Behavior presents twelve chapters, selected from the best papers submitted at the 13th annual Consumer...

This absorbing anthology uses in-depth interdisciplinary case studies from across the globe to examine the practice and concept of microcelebrity. ...