Sociology of Culture

A Critical Psychology of the Postcolonial explores the psychological dimension of postcolonial thought by treating the work of a variety of anti-colonial authors as serious psychological contributions to the theorization of racism and oppression...

Stressing critical realism as the stratified, multi-causal approach needed for productive research today in the academy, this book creates the subject of the ontology of art history and sets aside a theoretical space for metaphysical reflection, thus clarifying the usually muddy distinction between ..

This volume presents a wide array of essays that offer insight into the intersection of expressive culture, daily life, and global politics through analyses of power, colonialism, modernity, and change in Africa and the African diaspora. These essays challenge us to reconsider the role of culture in..

This volume presents a wide array of essays that offer insight into the intersection of expressive culture, daily life, and global politics through analyses of power, colonialism, modernity, and change in Africa and the African diaspora. These essays challenge us to reconsider the role of culture in..

This book explores competing discourses on youth culture in Africa and the diaspora. Contributors examine constructions of African/black youth cultural identities in literature, popular culture, and social media. Students and scholars interested in youth and black studies will find this volume to be..

This book explores competing discourses on youth culture in Africa and the diaspora. Contributors examine constructions of African/black youth cultural identities in literature, popular culture, and social media. Students and scholars interested in youth and black studies will find this volume to be..

This book describes the archives whose language and logic have shaped our ways we remember and respond to difficult events and the ways in which we expect memory and loss to be coherent, credible, and lead to clear conclusions. In asking what is missing and what is found in the archives of difficult..

This revised edition of a classic text explores the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms. Updated with a substantial new foreword and epilogue...

This revised edition of a classic text explores the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms. Updated with a substantial new foreword and epilogue...

This revised edition of a classic text explores the development of rugby from a folk game into its modern forms. Updated with a substantial new foreword and epilogue...

Exploring current issues in brand management, this book fills a niche in the burgeoning cache of branding literature with a distinctive managerially and theoretically informed perspective on the cultural dimensions of branding...

Brands are now a dominant feature of everyday life. Drawing on rich empirical material, this book builds up a critical theory, arguing that brands have become an important tool for transforming everyday life into economic value...