After the First Congress of Soviet Writers in 1934, folklore, like literature, became an instrument of the political propagandist. Folklorists began to produce works of pseudofolklore that often featured Joseph Stalin in the hero's role. This study includes synopses of some of these works...
By addressing the issue of food and eating in Britain today, this book considers the way in which our food habits are changing, and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health and risk influence choices...
By addressing the issue of food and eating in Britain today, this book considers the way in which our food habits are changing, and shows how social and personal identities and perceptions of health and risk influence choices...
Offers a new paradigm for cultural studies. Brabazon explores our understanding of our own past and the collective past we share with others through popular culture. She investigates Generation X and the popular cultural literacies that are the basis of this imagining community. Brabazon from Murdoc..
As part of the "Popular Culture in the City" series, this volume examines cultural production and consumption in the post-industrial city. Topics covered include the interchangeable roles of the producer, consumer and cultural intermediary, and the city as a site of ethical consumption...
Describes the very different lives of women in developed and developing countries from childhood to old age, analysing how class, ethnicity, nationality and individual values intersect with the experience of the life course...