Cultural Studies

Drawing on in-depth interviews with women reflecting a range of experiences of verbal hostility, physical violence and sexual violence, Spectacle of Violence explores the issues surrounding violence and hostility towards lesbians and gay men...

In this book the different manifestations, meanings, and processes of the star and celebrity confessional will be explored.  The authors consider acts of confession by celebrities such as Tom Cruise, Michael Jackson,  Jade Goody, Britney Spears, Sarah Jessica Parker, Tracey Emin, and Russell Crowe._..

Revised and updated completely to include new research and theories, this second edition of a hugely successful book brings together a range of articles, from big names in the field, classic texts and new thinking on subcultures and their definitions...

In this important new work, Christine Battersby undertakes an exploration of the nature of the sublime, one of the most important topics in contemporary debates about modernity, politics and art...

Based on extensive interviews with key industry and business figures and drawing on new empirical research into audience perceptions of business, The Television Entrepreneurs draws upon popular business-oriented shows such as The Apprentice and Dragons' Den to explore the relationship between televi..

Based on extensive interviews with key industry and business figures and drawing on new empirical research into audience perceptions of business, The Television Entrepreneurs draws upon popular business-oriented shows such as The Apprentice and Dragons' Den to explore the relationship between televi..

This book provides a link between the contemporary criticism of Trauma Studies and the increasingly important world of comic books and graphic novels...

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company...

The Twelver Shi'a as a Muslim Minority in India is the first survey to present the Indian mourning gathering and explain the history of this extraordinary phenomenon...

The Visible Human Project examines how the VHP provides visual access to every organ of the body, viewable from every angle and capable of being manipulated to simulate living processes like respiration...

In this fascinating work, Louise Purbrick offers an alternative analysis of contemporary domestic consumption. She investigates the ritualized presentation of objects upon marriage, and their subsequent cycles of exchange within the domestic sphere. Presenting new material on the enactment of exchan..

In this fascinating work, Louise Purbrick offers an alternative analysis of contemporary domestic consumption. She investigates the ritualized presentation of objects upon marriage, and their subsequent cycles of exchange within the domestic sphere. Presenting new material on the enactment of exchan..