Cultural Theory

From TV's Big Brother, to Heat magazine, this Reader includes classic pieces and contemporary writings to examine the study of celebrity over the last twenty years, and the significance and importance of celebrity in contemporary culture...

From TV's Big Brother, to Heat magazine, this Reader includes classic pieces and contemporary writings to examine the study of celebrity over the last twenty years, and the significance and importance of celebrity in contemporary culture...

The book teases out the difficult relationship between the individual, culture and society especially in relation to autonomy and marginality, while arguing that the creative underground is crucial for a better world, as it offers enchantment, vitality and hope...

How do societies achieve a level of complexity, coordination, and social intelligence that far surpasses the capacity of individual human intelligence? Emily Chamlee-Wright addresses this question in the context of civil society generally, in which we cannot always rely on market prices to guide our..

How do societies achieve a level of complexity, coordination, and social intelligence that far surpasses the capacity of individual human intelligence? Emily Chamlee-Wright addresses this question in the context of civil society generally, in which we cannot always rely on market prices to guide our..

Across a series of radical re-reappraisals of canonical postmodern texts, primarily films, from Fredric Jameson’s Postmodernism to David Cronenberg’s Crash and Harmony Korine’s Gummo, Duncan shows that the same postmodern archive that has proven resistant to strongly subject-based and object-oriente..

Across a series of radical re-reappraisals of canonical postmodern texts, primarily films, from Fredric Jameson’s Postmodernism to David Cronenberg’s Crash and Harmony Korine’s Gummo, Duncan shows that the same postmodern archive that has proven resistant to strongly subject-based and object-oriente..

The Hollywood Brand traces the development of the moving picture from its humble roots as an object of mass amusement to its transformation into an art form worthy of exhibition in museums and academic study in leading universities. This book provides historical context to the ideas that coalesce to..

The Hollywood Brand traces the development of the moving picture from its humble roots as an object of mass amusement to its transformation into an art form worthy of exhibition in museums and academic study in leading universities. This book provides historical context to the ideas that coalesce to..

The Politics of Imagination offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the contemporary relationship between politics and the imagination. _x000D_  ..

The Politics of Imagination offers a multidisciplinary perspective on the contemporary relationship between politics and the imagination. _x005F_x000D_  ..

This fully revised third edition of The Routledge Companion to Postmodernism provides the ideal introduction to postmodernist thought. Featuring contributions from a cast of international scholars, the Companion contains 19 detailed essays on major themes and topics along with an A-Z of key terms an..