{"product_id":"consuming-history-1","title":"Consuming History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eConsuming History\u003c\/em\u003e examines how history works in contemporary popular culture. Analysing a wide range of cultural entities from computer games to daytime television, it investigates the ways in which society consumes history and how a reading of this consumption can help us understand popular culture and issues of representation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this second edition, Jerome de Groot probes how museums have responded to the heritage debate and how new technologies from online game-playing to internet genealogy have brought about a shift in access to history, discussing the often conflicted relationship between ‘public’ and academic history and raising important questions about the theory and practice of history as a discipline. Fully revised throughout with up-to-date examples from sources such as W\u003cem\u003eolf Hall\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGame of Thrones\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003e12 Years a Slave\u003c\/em\u003e, this edition also includes new sections on the historical novel, gaming, social media and genealogy. It considers new, ground-breaking texts and media such as YouTube in addition to entities and practices, such as re-enactment, that have been underrepresented in historical discussion thus far.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEngaging with a broad spectrum of source material and comparing the experiences of the UK, the USA, France and Germany as well as exploring more global trends, \u003cem\u003eConsuming History\u003c\/em\u003e offers an essential path through the debates for readers interested in history, cultural studies and the media.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54255525658968,"sku":"9781138905313","price":192.2,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781138905313_d6ee0efe-7332-463d-9f1f-da67facbbdc2.jpg?v=1780991154","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/consuming-history-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}