(Hardback)

(Paperback)

Despite the growth of digital media, traditional FM radio airplay still remains the essential way for musicians to achieve commercial success. Climbing the Charts examines how songs rise, or fail to rise, up the radio airplay charts. Looking at the relationships between record labels, tastemakers, and the public, Gabriel Rossman develops a clear pi

(Hardback)

How is the relationship between the Japanese state and Japanese society mediated by the press Does the pervasive system of press clubs, and the regulations underlying them, alter or even censor the way news is reported in Japan This book presents an overview of the relationship between the press, politics, and the public.

(Hardback)

Drawing examples from a range of African cultures, this book focuses on the art patronage systems that stimulate production, consumption, commodification and cultural meaning, and emphasizes the importance of cloth to aesthetic and cultural expression in African societies.

(Paperback)

Drawing examples from a range of African cultures, this book focuses on the art patronage systems that stimulate production, consumption, commodification and cultural meaning, and emphasizes the importance of cloth to aesthetic and cultural expression in African societies.

(Paperback)

In recent years, there has been a spate of books theorizing fashion. Few, however, take on board the artefactual nature of cloth. In contrast, costume historians have looked closely at garments, but have shown less concern with how clothing is informed by social structures.

(Hardback)

Social scientists, though interested in fashion theories, have rarely addressed the material qualities of clothing. In contrast, traditional studies of dress have focused on textiles but neglect the context within which dress becomes consumed as clothing. This book aims to combine these two 'camps' through a material culture approach to clothing.

(Hardback)

This encyclopedia surveys, from a cross-cultural perspective, the similarities and differences between clowns and tricksters in world cultures. It presents each character in the context of the culture in which he or she is found.

(Paperback)

A celebration of the 100th birthday of the crossword puzzle.

(Hardback)

This book draws from, and is supported by, a decade of ethnographic research undertaken with videogames development companies located in Australia and the USA. It explores key contemporary issues in participatory media culture, including questions of technology, labour and professional expertise.

(Paperback)

This book draws from, and is supported by, a decade of ethnographic research undertaken with videogames development companies located in Australia and the USA. It explores key contemporary issues in participatory media culture, including questions of technology, labour and professional expertise.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

Looks at how the internet is transforming our culture, providing outlets for human potential. From lolcats to tools for tracking voter fraud and ethnic violence, this book shows how we're using our cognitive surplus for the better, and what it means for the future.

(Hardback)

He also develops an alternative interpretation of Macedonian national formation.

The contentious issue of Macedonian national minorities in the southern Balkans is examined as well as the issue of the Albanian movements toward self-determination and succession in Kosovo and western Macedonia.

(Paperback)

This work assesses the role and character of comedy and fantasy in colonial societies from India to Ireland, Australia to Cuba, Africa to North America. It deals with both oral and written traditions, the history of comic and fantastic discourse, visual, theatrical and literary representations.

(Paperback)

Over the past few generations, expectations of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have altered radically, but these dramatic changes have largely gone unnoticed. This book brings together the sociology of consumption and technology to investigate the evolution of these changes.

(Hardback)

Over the past few generations, expectations of comfort, cleanliness and convenience have altered radically, but these dramatic changes have largely gone unnoticed. This book brings together the sociology of consumption and technology to investigate the evolution of these changes.

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

Provides answers to questions about contemporary commercial culture through historically specific, theoretically informed, empirically grounded inter-disciplinary research.

(Paperback)

Provides answers to questions about contemporary commercial culture through historically specific, theoretically informed, empirically grounded inter-disciplinary research.

(Hardback)