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Understanding Culture
Cultural Studies, Order, Ordering
byGavin Kendall,Gary Wickham
- Publisher : SAGE
- Release : 2001-03-29
- Pages : 192
- ISBN : 1412932629
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Understanding Culture offers an accessible and comprehensive overview of the field of cultural studies whilst also proposing a different way of `doing' cultural studies. It focuses on the ways in which cultural objects and practices serve as both a means of ordering people's lives and as markers of that ordering. The book reviews the state of the discipline of cultural studies and suggests a new theoretical and methodological orientation drawing on the work of: Foucault; scepticism, Wittgenstein; Harvey Sacks and John Law; uses insights from a variety of sources to examine the complex ways in which meanings are manufactured as lives are ordered in particular social settings: personal life, education, health, the city and law; and presents case studies that illustrate what the new cultural studies looks like, covering: colonialism, everyday life and identity, and technology.
Understanding Culture
Theory, Research, and Application
byRobert S. Wyer,Chi-yue Chiu,Ying-yi Hong
- Publisher : Psychology Press
- Release : 2013-05-13
- Pages : 538
- ISBN : 1136642900
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
This volume contains contributions from 24 internationally known scholars covering a broad spectrum of interests in cross-cultural theory and research. This breadth is reflected in the diversity of the topics covered in the volume, which include theoretical approaches to cross-cultural research, the dimensions of national cultures and their measurement, ecological and economic foundations of culture, cognitive, perceptual and emotional manifestations of culture, and bicultural and intercultural processes. In addition to the individual chapters, the volume contains a dialog among 14 experts in the field on a number of issues of concern in cross-cultural research, including the relation of psychological studies of culture to national development and national policies, the relationship between macro structures of a society and shared cognitions, the integration of structural and process models into a coherent theory of culture, how personal experiences and cultural traditions give rise to intra-cultural variation, whether culture can be validly measured by self-reports, the new challenges that confront cultural psychology, and whether psychology should strive to eliminate culture as an explanatory variable.
Understanding Culture
An Introduction to Anthropological Theory
byPhilip Carl Salzman
- Publisher : Waveland Press
- Release : 2001-03-09
- Pages : 173
- ISBN : 1478610115
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Are cows sacred to Indian Hindus because they stand for nature and life, as symbolic analysts explain, or because they pull plows and fertilize the land, providing people with food, as cultural materialists argue? Are witchcraft accusations a scapegoating of the powerless by the elite to maintain their ascendancy, as materialist class theorists argue, or are they social expressions of psychological tensions arising from conflicts in relationships, as functionalist psychological anthropologists have argued? Understanding culture means understanding and appreciating the diverse theories that offer different perspectives on culture. Salzmans Understanding Culture explores six major streams of anthropological theory: interdependence in human life (functionalism); agency in human action (processualism and transactionalism); determining factors (materialism and political economy); coherence in culture (configurationalism and structuralism); transformation through time (history and evolution); and critical advocacy (feminism and postmodernism). Each theoretical approach is initially presented in its own terms, to show its assumptions, aims, and accomplishments, and each is elucidated and illustrated through arguments and ethnographic examples offered by original theorists and practitioners.
Understanding Culture and Practising It
- Publisher : Babaswami Printing & Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.
- Release : 2016-07-06
- Pages : 168
- ISBN :
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Her Holiness Guruma writes a regular column in Madhuchaitanya named ‘Understanding Culture and Practising It..’ She explains the obscure truths in Indian and other cultures to the readers in simple words, so that they can understand and accept this invaluable knowledge and preserve it. This booklet is a collection of the same articles.
Understanding Culture and Ethics in Organizations
- Publisher : Routledge
- Release : 2013-06-17
- Pages : 120
- ISBN : 1136351744
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Super series are a set of workbooks to accompany the flexible learning programme specifically designed and developed by the Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM) to support their Level 3 Certificate in First Line Management. The learning content is also closely aligned to the Level 3 S/NVQ in Management. The series consists of 35 workbooks. Each book will map on to a course unit (35 books/units).
Understanding Culture [by] John. J. Honigmann
- Publisher :
- Release : 1963
- Pages : 468
- ISBN :
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Understanding Cultural Diversity
Culture, Curriculum, and Community in Nursing
byMary Lebreck Kelley,Virginia Macken Fitzsimons
- Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Learning
- Release : 2000
- Pages : 352
- ISBN : 9780763711061
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
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The authors seek to uncover the cultural and philosophical underpinnings of the teaching-learning experience and the dynamics of curricular responses to changes within our society. They recognize the central role of faculty in delivering instruction in ways that are most understandable to culturally, gender-, and age-mixed groups of students. Faculty members must strive to understand and implement teaching styles and techniques that will best provide their students with a rich and challenging education.
Changing Korea
Understanding Culture and Communication
byTheresa Youn-ja Shim,Min-Sun Kim,Judith N. Martin
- Publisher : Peter Lang
- Release : 2008
- Pages : 206
- ISBN : 9781433101939
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
In the last fifty years, Korea has transformed itself from an agrarian, Confucian-based culture into a global and technological powerhouse, and one of the most important political and economic forces in the world. Based on previous research and face-to-face interviews, the book shows how contemporary Koreans negotiate traditional Confucian values and Western capitalistic values in their everyday encounters - particularly in business and professional contexts. This is a useful companion book for courses in international business, intercultural communication, and Asian studies.
Understanding Cultural Globalization
- Publisher : Polity
- Release : 2007-12-17
- Pages : 233
- ISBN : 9780745635583
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Paul Hopper leads the reader through the varied issues associated with globalization and culture, including deterritorialization, cosmopolitanism, cultural hybridization and homogenization as well as claims that aspects of globalization are provoking cultural resistance.
Understanding Cultures through Their Key Words
English, Russian, Polish, German, and Japanese
byAnna Wierzbicka
- Publisher : Oxford University Press
- Release : 1997-08-07
- Pages : 328
- ISBN : 9780195358490
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
This book develops the dual themes that languages can differ widely in their vocabularies, and are also sensitive indices to the cultures to which they belong. Wierzbicka seeks to demonstrate that every language has 'key concepts,' expressed in 'key words,' which reflect the core values of a given culture. She shows that cultures can be revealingly studied, compared, and explained to outsiders through their key concepts, and that the analytical framework necessary for this purpose is provided by the 'natural semantic metalanguage,' based on lexical universals, that the author and colleagues have developed on the basis of wide-ranging cross-linguistic investigations. Appealing to anthropologists, psychologists, and philosophers as well as linguists, this book demonstrates that cultural patterns can be studied in a verifiable, rigorous, and non-speculative way, on the basis of empirical evidence and in a coherent theoretical framework.
Understanding Culture's Influence on Behavior
- Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
- Release : 2000
- Pages : 468
- ISBN : 9780155083400
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Written in a lively, engaging style with many examples to illustrate complex concepts, this text helps readers to understand the influence of intercultural interactions in their own lives. It introduces students to disciplines, including cross-cultural psychology, intercultural communication, and international organizational behavior, that study culture's influence on human behavior. It covers a wide range of topics, such as schooling, work, gender, socialization of children, and health. This solid treatment of basic concepts applicable in the study of all behavior and social sciences lets students see that the study of culture and cultural differences is inherently connected to the other courses they will take throughout their college careers.
Understanding Cultural Transmission in Anthropology
A Critical Synthesis
byRoy Ellen,Stephen J. Lycett,Sarah E. Johns
- Publisher : Berghahn Books
- Release : 2013-08-30
- Pages : 392
- ISBN : 0857459945
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
The concept of 'cultural transmission' is central to much contemporary anthropological theory, since successful human reproduction through social systems is essential for effective survival and for enhancing the adaptiveness of individual humans and local populations. Yet, what is understood by the phrase and how it might best be studied is highly contested. This book brings together contributions that reflect the current diversity of approaches - from the fields of biology, primatology, palaeoanthropology, psychology, social anthropology, ethnobiology, and archaeology - to examine social and cultural transmission from a range of perspectives and at different scales of generalization. The comprehensive introduction explores some of the problems and connections. Overall, the book provides a timely synthesis of current accounts of cultural transmission in relation to cognitive process, practical action, and local socio-ecological context, while linking these with explanations of longer-term evolutionary trajectories.
Understanding Cultural Geography
- Publisher : Routledge
- Release : 2009-09-22
- Pages : 240
- ISBN : 1135277494
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
This new and comprehensive book offers a holistic introduction to cultural geography. It integrates the broad range of theories and practices of the discipline by arguing that the essential focus of cultural geography is place. The book builds an accessible and engaging configuration of this important concept through arguing that place should be understood as an ongoing composition of traces. The book presents specific chapters outlining the history of cultural geography, before and beyond representation, as well as the methods and techniques of doing cultural geography. It investigates the places and traces of corporate capitalism, nationalism, ethnicity, youth culture and the place of the body. Throughout these chapters case study examples will be used to illustrate how these places are taken and made by particular cultures, examples include the Freedom Tower in New York City, the Berlin Wall, the Gaza Strip, Banksy graffiti, and anti-capitalist protest movements. The book discusses the role of power in cultural place-making, as well as the ethical dimensions of doing cultural geography. Understanding Cultural Geography: Places and Traces offers a broad-based overview of cultural geography, ideal for students being introduced to the discipline through either undergraduate or postgraduate degree courses. The book outlines how the theoretical ideas, empirical foci and methodological techniques of cultural geography illuminate and make sense of the places we inhabit and contribute to. This is a timely synthesis that aims to incorporate a vast knowledge foundation and by doing so it will also prove invaluable for lecturers and academics alike.
Instructor's Manual to Accompany Understanding Culture
- Publisher :
- Release : 1963
- Pages : 71
- ISBN :
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Understanding Cultural Identity in Intervention and Assessment
- Publisher : SAGE Publications
- Release : 1997-12-15
- Pages : 256
- ISBN : 1452250367
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
How can quality mental health care be provided for multicultural populations? This volume explores this question by focusing on mental health services in the United States for a variety of populations, including African Americans, Native Americans and Chinese Americans.
Understanding Cultural Diversity in Today's Complex World
- Publisher : Lulu.com
- Release : 2013-07
- Pages : 206
- ISBN : 1411658426
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
No one in this country is untouched by the impact of diversity. Yet, as diverse as diversity is, are too the many different emotions and attitudes evoked by diversity. As a nation, we are not well equipped to deal with the swirling transitions that are converging on us on a daily basis because of the nature of being the most diverse country in the world.This text will well serve the purpose for many who decide to learn and teach the fundamentals of cultural diversity. It will be beneficial for college students, high school juniors and seniors, and organizations whose ever-changing workforce leads to the necessity of educating employees on how to deal with the diversity of employees and customers in a positive manner. This timely publication is filled with current and relevant examples taken from pop culture: from TV shows, song lyrics, and poetry of the times. These excerpts make this publication much more interesting and easy for the reader to relate to and understand.
Understanding Cultural Diversity in the Early Years
- Publisher : SAGE
- Release : 2010-03-18
- Pages : 160
- ISBN : 9781446203941
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
Taking the discussion about cultural diversity beyond the usual topics of anti-racism and inclusion but without overlooking these issues, this book considers current debates around the alleged failure of multiculturalism, and encourages practitioners to utilise their own cultural backgrounds and experiences as a way of developing their teaching. With an optimistic outlook, and focusing on the advantages for learning that cultural diversity can offer, the book discusses the concepts of culture, multi-culturalism and inter-cultural competence, and describes the principles that underpin good practice. It is packed full of case studies from a variety of early years settings, with ideas to try out and interactive exercises to aid reflection. Issues covered in the book include: - addressing cultural diversity in staff meetings, and on short training courses - planning a critical audit of your setting - working with parents from a variety of cultural backgrounds - how to explain diversity to young children - the overwhelmingly white British setting - settings where white British children are in the minority - curriculum developments in different parts of the UK, post-devolution Written for all early childhood students and early years practitioners, it is relevant to anyone interested in inclusion, society and global citizenship. Peter Baldock has worked extensively in early years education as a teacher, in community development, in registration and inspection of early years services, and as an Associate Lecturer with the Open University. His publications include three books on early years services, and he is actively involved in Sheffield's 0-19+ Partnership on behalf of the voluntary sector.
Explaining Culture
The Social Pursuit of Subjective Order
byLoren Demerath
- Publisher : Lexington Books
- Release : 2012
- Pages : 151
- ISBN : 073911638X
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
This provocative book offers a new theory of culture with a unique focus on our aesthetic response to order and meaningfulness. After first identifying the basic principles of aesthetic valuation, then describing the three dimensions of producing shared meaningfulness, it explains the appeal of such things as myth, ritual, symbol, humor, conversation, identity, stereotypes, change, religion, organizational culture, solidarity, and how all of those things vary according to positions within social structure.
Explaining Culture Scientifically
- Publisher : University of Washington Press
- Release : 2008
- Pages : 387
- ISBN : 9780295987897
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
A collection of essays by scholars of anthropology and biology, using scientific methods to examine the effects of culture on behavior. The book introduces a variety of theoretical perspectives, through studies grounded in fieldwork, to illustrate how evolution works. Melissa J. Brown is assistant professor of anthropology at Stanford University. The other contributors include Kenichi Aoki, Christophe Boesch, Robert Borofsky, Samuel Bowles, Robert Boyd, Roy D'Andrade, William H. Durham, Marcus W. Feldman, Herbert Gintis, Joseph Henrich, Yasuo Ihara, James Holland Jones, Peter J. Richerson, Gregory Starrett, and Arthur P. Wolf.
Exploring Borders
Understanding Culture and Psychology
byGiuseppe Mantovani
- Publisher : Routledge
- Release : 2012-10-12
- Pages : 153
- ISBN : 1134567871
- Language : En, Es, Fr & De
In Exploring Borders Giuseppe Mantovani highlights and explores the ways in which culture acts as a framework organising our experience. He emphasises the differences across and between cultures and examines the depths to which these can go. He also analyses the functions of culture, including: mediation, meaning-making, and forming a repertory of values and principles. Finally, he considers some of the challenges raised by taking a cultural perspective and examines how these may be addressed in society. This highly original and eminently readable narrative will be invaluable to scholars of psychology, media and cultural studies, and to all those fascinated by culture and eager to to make the cultural dimension visible to all.
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Culture and Power in Cultural Studies
| Author | : John Storey |
| Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 216 |
| Release | : 2010-02-28 |
| ISBN 10 | : 074864167X |
| ISBN 13 | : 9780748641673 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
John Storey's best and most significant contributions to the field of cultural studies - together in a single volume.
Culture and Power
| Author | : Mark Gibson |
| Publsiher | : UNSW Press |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780868408866 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0868408867 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
This cultural history of the concept of power in cultural studies, traces the uptake of the concept from the mid 1970s, the reasons that motivated its adoption, and the ways that concepts of power have shaped the field of cultural studies.
Co opting Culture
| Author | : Garrick B. Harden,Robert Carley |
| Publsiher | : Lexington Books |
| Total Pages | : 338 |
| Release | : 2009-06-16 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1461633257 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9781461633259 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Working from the idea that Sociology and Cultural Studies have developed distinct and valuable toolkits for understanding culture, Harden and Carley have brought together a collection of essays that address the ways in which the cultures around race, sex, and gender are mediated through or intersect with politics, society, and economy.
Power Knowledge
| Author | : Michel Foucault |
| Publsiher | : Pantheon |
| Total Pages | : 270 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| ISBN 10 | : 039473954X |
| ISBN 13 | : 9780394739540 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Study of the intersection of history and philosophy as it relates to recent French political change, evidenced in essays concerning popular justice, power struggles, and the history of sexuality
New Approaches to Latin American Studies
| Author | : Juan Poblete |
| Publsiher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 2017-09-13 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1351656341 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9781351656344 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Academic and research fields are moved by fads, waves, revolutionaries, paradigm shifts, and turns. They all imply a certain degree of change that alters the conditions of a stable system, producing an imbalance that needs to be addressed by the field itself. New Approaches to Latin American Studies: Culture and Power offers researchers and students from different theoretical fields an essential, turn-organized overview of the radical transformation of epistemological and methodological assumptions in Latin American Studies from the end of the 1980s to the present. Sixteen chapters written by experts in their respective fields help explain the various ways in which to think about these shifts. Questions posited include: Why are turns so crucial? How did they alter the shape or direction of the field? What new questions, objects, or problems did they contribute? What were or are their limitations? What did they displace or prevent us from considering? Among the turns included are: memory, transnational, popular culture, decolonial, feminism, affect, indigenous studies, transatlantic, ethical, post/hegemony, deconstruction, cultural policy, subalternism, gender and sexuality, performance, and cultural studies.
Introducing Cultural Studies
| Author | : Brian Longhurst,Greg Smith,Gaynor Bagnall,Gary Crawford,Miles Ogborn |
| Publsiher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 368 |
| Release | : 2014-01-21 |
| ISBN 10 | : 131786459X |
| ISBN 13 | : 9781317864592 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
A rapidly changing world – in part driven by huge transformations in technology and mobility - means we all encounter shifting cultures, and new cultural and social interactions daily. Powerful forces such as consumption and globalization exert an enormous influence on all walks and levels of life across both space and time. Cultural Studies remains at the vanguard of consideration of these issues. This completely revised second edition of Introducing Cultural Studies gives a systematic overview of the concepts, theories, debates and latest research in the field. Reinforcing the interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, it first considers cultural theory before branching out to examine different dimensions of culture in detail. Key features: Collaboratively authored by an interdisciplinary team Closely cross-referenced between chapters and sections to ensure an integrated presentation of ideas Figures, diagrams, cartoons and photographs help convey ideas and stimulate Key Influence, Defining Concepts, and Extract boxes focus in on major thinkers, ideas and works Examines culture along the dividing lines of class, race and gender Weblinks and Further Reading sections encourage and support further investigation Changes for this edition: Brand new chapter addresses how culture is researched and knowledge in cultural studies is produced Brand new chapter on the Postmodernisation of Everyday Life Includes hot topics such as globalization, youth subcultures, ‘virtual’ cultures, body modification, new media, technologically-assisted social networking and many more This text will be core reading for undergraduates and postgraduates in a variety of disciplines - including Cultural Studies, Communication and Media Studies, English, Geography, Sociology, and Social Studies – looking for a clear and comprehensible introduction to the field.
Culture and Power
| Author | : Paddy Scannell,Philip Schlesinger,Colin Sparks |
| Publsiher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 357 |
| Release | : 1992-05-27 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780803986312 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0803986319 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
This broad-ranging book presents an introduction to the issues and debates which are currently central to media studies, drawn from major articles published in the journal Media, Culture & Society in the period 1985 - 1991. The first part outlines and surveys some key theoretical developments in media studies such as the increased use of feminist and cultural studies approaches to the media and the development of the postmodernism debate. The second part addresses the key area of recent research around the audience; the last section addresses the public sphere. Drawing together key work from the breadth of current critical media research, Culture and Power is an invaluable student textbook and a complement to
Culture power history
| Author | : Nicholas B. Dirks,Geoff Eley,Sherry B. Ortner |
| Publsiher | : Princeton University Press |
| Total Pages | : 621 |
| Release | : 1994 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780691021027 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0691021023 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Organized around these three concepts, Culture/ Power/History brings together both classic and new essays that address Foucault's 'new economy of power relations' in a number of different, contestatory directions. Representing innovative work from various disciplines and sites of study, from taxidermy to Madonna, the book seeks to affirm the creative possibilities available in a time marked by growing uncertainty about established disciplinary forms of knowledge and by the increasing fluidity of the boundaries between them. The book is introduced by a major synthetic essay by the editors, which calls attention to the most significant issues enlivening theoretical discourse today. Daemon tools lite 101 serial number. The editors seek not only to encourage scholars to reflect anew on the course of social theory, but also to orient newcomers to this area of inquiry.
Individualism And Collectivism
| Author | : Harry C Triandis |
| Publsiher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 259 |
| Release | : 2018-10-09 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0429968396 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9780429968396 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
This book explores the constructs of collectivism and individualism and the wide-ranging implications of individualism and collectivism for political, social, religious, and economic life, drawing on examples from Japan, Sweden, China, Greece, Russia, the United States, and other countries.
The Power of Culture
| Author | : Willard J. Peterson,Andrew H. Plaks,余英時 |
| Publsiher | : Anonim |
| Total Pages | : 366 |
| Release | : 1994-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9789622015968 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9622015964 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
A symposium of essays presented in honor of T. T. Ch'en and F. W. Mote on the occasion of their retirement from the East Asian Studies Department of Princeton University. The participants and contributors are all renowned scholars in Chinese studies, including K. C. Chang, Tsu-lin Mei, Shuen-fu Lin, Yu-kung Kao, Donald Holzman, John Hay, Jao Tsung-i, Peter Bol, Richard Barnhart, Shou-chien Shih, Kang-i Sun Chang, Andrew Lo, Keith McMahon, Ju-hsi Chou, Derk Bodde and the editors.'
Against Meritocracy Open Access
| Author | : Jo Littler |
| Publsiher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 236 |
| Release | : 2017-08-16 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1317496035 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9781317496038 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Meritocracy today involves the idea that whatever your social position at birth, society ought to offer enough opportunity and mobility for ‘talent’ to combine with ‘effort’ in order to ‘rise to the top’. This idea is one of the most prevalent social and cultural tropes of our time, as palpable in the speeches of politicians as in popular culture. In this book Jo Littler argues that meritocracy is the key cultural means of legitimation for contemporary neoliberal culture – and that whilst it promises opportunity, it in fact creates new forms of social division. Against Meritocracy is split into two parts. Part I explores the genealogies of meritocracy within social theory, political discourse and working cultures. It traces the dramatic U-turn in meritocracy’s meaning, from socialist slur to a contemporary ideal of how a society should be organised. Part II uses a series of case studies to analyse the cultural pull of popular ‘parables of progress’, from reality TV to the super-rich and celebrity CEOs, from social media controversies to the rise of the ‘mumpreneur’. Paying special attention to the role of gender, ‘race’ and class, this book provides new conceptualisations of the meaning of meritocracy in contemporary culture and society.
Constructing Co Cultural Theory
| Author | : Mark P. Orbe |
| Publsiher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 159 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780761910688 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0761910689 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
This book presents a phenomenological framework for understanding the intricate relationship between culture, power and communication. Grounded in muted group and standpoint theory, this volume presents a theoretical framework which fosters a critically insightful vantage point into the complexities of culture, power and communication. Key coverage includes: a review and critique of the literature on co-cultural communication; a description of how the perspective of co-cultural group members were involved in each stage of theory development; and an explication of 25 co-cultural communication strategies and a model of six factors that influence strategy selection. The final chapter examines how co-cultural theory correlates with other work i
The Practice of Cultural Studies
| Author | : Richard Johnson,Deborah Chambers,Parvati Raghuram,Estella Tincknell |
| Publsiher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 312 |
| Release | : 2004-04-14 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1446230600 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9781446230602 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
`This is a tour de force.. It combines luminous discussion of the core conceptual issues of cultural studies, with a hard-headed, practical sense of how research in the field gets done. The result is a seriously smart, comprehensive survey of the whole terrain of cultural studies itself. This is a book on methods which readers will be able to make their own; and which -- uniquely in the genre -- will keep them buzzing' - Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London 'The Practice of Cultural Studies is an original introduction to the field. It offers a sophisticated 'how-to' guide to doing research in cultural studies. From the difficulties of formulating a problem to the unique articulations of specific methodologies in cultural studies, students will find this book both useful and challenging' - Professor Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina What is distinctive about cultural research? How does one do Cultural Studies? Unlike many other disciplines, cultural studies has not been explict about the nature of its practice. This book aims to redress the balance in favour of those who are studying culture by providing a comprehensive guide to researching and writing. Based on the methods course at Nottingham Trent and addressed to advanced undergraduates, Masters Level students and those just commencing a PhD, this book aims to provide an overview of specific research traditions in cultural studies, whilst also situating those traditions in their historical context. The Practice of Cultural Studies: · Identifies the main methods of researching culture · Demonstrates how theory can inform and enable the practice of research · Explores the ways in which research practices and methods both produce and are produced by knowledge · Looks at the implications of the 'cultural turn' for disciplines other than cultural studies The Practice of Cultural Studies will be an essential text for students of cultural studies and a useful guide to others studying culture in a range of disciplinary contexts across the humanities and social sciences.
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Reinventing Political Culture
| Author | : Jeffrey C. Goldfarb |
| Publsiher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2013-05-09 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0745637485 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9780745637488 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
The way people think and act politically is not set in stone. People can and do change the fundamental cultural contours of their political situation. Their political culture does not only restrict imagination and action - it is also a resource for political creativity and invention. In Reinventing Political Culture, this resource is uncovered and explored. Analyzed as a tension between the power of culture and the culture of power, the concept of political culture is reinvented and applied to understanding the practice of people transforming their own political culture in very different circumstances. Three instances of such reinvention are closely examined: one historic, during the twilight of the Soviet empire; one actively in process and actively opposed, ‘the Obama revolution'; and one an apparent distant dream, the power of culture and the culture of power that would avoid ‘the clash of civilizations' in the Middle East. In accessible and engaging prose, Goldfarb clearly and forcefully presents students and scholars of sociology, comparative politics, and cultural studies with an original position on political culture, showing how the political cultures of our times pose not only grave dangers, but also opportunities for creative alternatives.
Cultural Studies
| Author | : Chris Barker |
| Publsiher | : SAGE |
| Total Pages | : 584 |
| Release | : 2011-12-12 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1446260437 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9781446260432 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
'Chris Barker is a trustworthy field guide for those new to cultural studies.' - Ben Highmore, University of Sussex 'Remarkable in the breadth of its coverage, it is written with passion and insight. It will be warmly welcomed by students interested in how theory can help us to think through the complexities of real-world issues.' - Stuart Allan, Bournemouth University 'Has been for many years one of the best guides to and overviews of a broad range of the issues and theories that constitute cultural studies.. For those who want to be prepped to play the game of cultural studies, this is the book to read.' - Douglas Kellner, UCLA Building upon the scope and authority of previous editions this book represents a definitive benchmark in understanding and applying the foundations of cultural studies. it provides those new to the field with an authoritative introduction to everything they need to know. An indispensible resource for any student or lecturer it is packed with concise, accessible definitions, clear chapter summaries, inspiring student activities, biographical snapshots of key figures and a full glossary. With updates to every chapter and many more practical examples, this new edition includes: New material on social media, subcultures and climate change Improved coverage of digital cultures, digital media, digital games and the virtual city A comprehensive companion website providing student exercises, global case-studies, essay questions and links to relevant SAGE journal articles. Visit www.sagepub.co.uk/barker This is the perfect book for any student needing a vibrant, comprehensive introduction to cultural studies. An essential companion for all undergraduate students embarking on a cultural studies course or module.
Get Set for Media and Cultural Studies
| Author | : Tony Purvis |
| Publsiher | : Edinburgh University Press |
| Total Pages | : 224 |
| Release | : 2006-02-16 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0748626476 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9780748626472 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
This book presents a clear, concise and critical introduction to contemporary media and cultural studies. The book will be of interest to all students about to embark on courses in which knowledge of the mass media, cultural identities, popular culture, film, or television, forms a part of their programme. But the book is also aimed at those who are interested in how media and cultural identities can be studied in relation to audiences and industries in the context of local and global media. And finally, the book is of interest to all those who are studying aspects of the media, culture, and communications industries and who want to consolidate their knowledge and critical skills in more comprehensive ways. Get Set for Media and Cultural Studies will provide a concise learning aid.
Culture Power and Authoritarianism in the Indonesian State
| Author | : Tod Jones |
| Publsiher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 330 |
| Release | : 2013-06-07 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9004255109 |
| ISBN 13 | : 9789004255104 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
In Culture, Power, and Authoritarianism in the Indonesian State, Tod Jones provides a critical history of cultural policy in one of the world’s most diverse nations across the tumultuous twentieth century.
Anthropology and Social Theory
| Author | : Sherry B. Ortner |
| Publsiher | : Duke University Press |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 2006-11-30 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780822338642 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0822338645 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
World Culture Book Pdf
The award-winning anthropologist Sherry B. Ortner draws on her longstanding interest in theories of cultural practice to rethink key concepts of culture, agency, and subjectivity.
Thinking Through Television
| Author | : Ron Lembo |
| Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Total Pages | : 254 |
| Release | : 2000-10-19 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780521585774 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0521585775 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Animal Cell Culture Book Pdf
This original and engaging book investigates American television viewing habits as a distinct cultural form. Based on an empirical study of the day-to-day use of television by working people, it develops a unique theoretical approach integrating cultural sociology, post modernism and the literature of media effects to explore the way in which people give meaning to their viewing practices. While recognising the power of television, it also emphasises the importance of the social and political factors which affect the lives of individual viewers, showing how the interaction between the two can result in a disengagement with corporately produced culture at the same time as an appropriation of the images themselves into people s lives.
Culture Map Book Pdf
Cultural Theory and Popular Culture
| Author | : John Storey |
| Publsiher | : University of Georgia Press |
| Total Pages | : 646 |
| Release | : 1998 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780820322766 |
| ISBN 13 | : 0820322768 |
| Language | : EN, FR, DE, ES & NL |
Pakistani Culture Book Pdf
This reader is intended as a theoretical, analytical and historical introduction to the study of popular culture within cultural studies. It is divided into seven representative sections. The first six sections each contain a selection of readings from a particular approach to popular culture: culture and civilisation tradition; culturalism; structuralism and post-structuralism; Marxism; feminism; and postmodernism, providing a comprehensive overview and examples of the main theoretical perspectives. The final section contains readings from recent debates within the study of popular culture. Together, these sections chart the theoretical development of the study of popular culture within cultural studies, and provide examples of the analysis of the texts and practices of popular culture within each specific tradition. Each section is introduced, edited and contextualised by John Storey.