An exploration of the heritage of soccer culture around the world, and the potential for development in fringe nations in world soccer that lie mostly outside the developed European and Latin American football world. This book was previously published as a special issue of Soccer and Society.
This collaborative book explores the artistic and aesthetic development of shojo, or girl, manga and discusses the significance of both shojo manga an..
Recent years have seen a rise in the popularity and quantity of ’quality’ television programs, many of which featuring complicated versions of masculi..
Iain Chambers approaches the often overlooked details and textures of popular culture through a series of histories which show how it becomes continua..
This third edition of a popular text offers an accessible overview of the central themes: language, semiotics, Marxism and ideology, individualism, su..
The contributors to this lively collection address the importance of karaoke within Japanese culture and its spread to other parts of the world, explo..
Sport is an important part of cultural life, yet until recently it has tended to remain on the margins of academic cultural studies. This textbook put..
From The War of the Worlds, Mars Attacks!, Mission to Mars and Independence Day; Neil Badmington explores our relationship with aliens and how thinker..
Cornel Sandvoss considers football's relationship with television, transnational capitalism and the importance of football fandom in forming social an..
Studying the work of important continental theorists, Joe Moran explores the concrete sites and routines of everyday life and how they are represented..