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What are the effects of increasing conglomerate ownership on the creation and dissemination of news and culture Available for the first time in paperback, these nine essays by leading media insiders and critics take probing, critical looks at the dramatic changes of recent years.

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Illustrates that what is distinctive about any particular society is not the fact of its modernity, but rather its own unique debates about modernity. The book addresses the roles of various interests in the making of India's public culture - examining different sites of consumption.

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In this volume, the author seeks to explore those unobtrusive links that regulate and organize the ensemble of our representations - the raw material refashioned in our imaginary and our fantasies - exploring what it is that is recognizably "postmodern" about them.

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Gothic images pervade contemporary culture, from popular interior decorating programmes to news stories of vampire-obsessed killers. This book seeks to analyse this trend. Why is Gothic perennially undergoing revival What is its role in modern consumer culture And is its popularity or its usefulness drawing to an end

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"Cosplay is a unique and necessary examination of identity, performance, play, and otaku fandom and culture in relation to contemporary theories. Through a culmination of years of personal research on cosplay, author Frenchy Lunning offers an intimate, sensational tour through cosplay's past and present, as well as its global lure"--

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"Cosplay is a unique and necessary examination of identity, performance, play, and otaku fandom and culture in relation to contemporary theories. Through a culmination of years of personal research on cosplay, author Frenchy Lunning offers an intimate, sensational tour through cosplay's past and present, as well as its global lure"--

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The last three decades have seen a massive expansion of China's visual culture industries, from architecture and graphic design to fine art and fashion. New ideologies of creativity and creative practices have reshaped the training of a new generation of art school graduates. Creativity Class is the first book to explore how Chinese art students de

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An important sociological intervention into the role played by media narrativesusually reflecting the ruling ideasin shaping social and political responses to Europe's refugee 'crisis.'

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Traces how Cuba's revolutionary past and uncertain future collide with post - Cold War realities. Four decades ago, the Cuban revolution captured the world's attention. The author explores the sites, both physical and imaginative, where memory bears upon Cuba's collective history in ways that illuminate the extended moment of uncertainty.

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Traces how Cuba's revolutionary past and uncertain future collide with post - Cold War realities. Four decades ago, the Cuban revolution captured the world's attention. The author explores the sites, both physical and imaginative, where memory bears upon Cuba's collective history in ways that illuminate the extended moment of uncertainty.

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Contributors: Karen Backstein; David A. Black, Seton Hall U; Mary Hammond, Open U; Nathan Hunt, U of Nottingham; Mark Jancovich; Petra Kuppers, Bryant College; Philippe Le Guern, U of Angers, France; Alan McKee; Toby Miller, New York U; Jeffrey Sconce, Northwestern U; Eva Vieth

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Ricardo L. Ortz addresses the question of Cuban-American diaspora and cultural identity by exploring the histories and self-sustaining practices of smaller communities in such U.S. cities as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York.

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Showcases Australia's leading historians writing about cultural history, both in theory and practice.

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From the author of "The Order of Mimesis" and "Paris and the Nineteenth-Century", this book provides a collection of essays on Raymond William's theories of cultural materialism.

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In this translation of La Culture au Pluriel, de Certeau anticipates current debates surrounding multiculturalism and social diversity, providing a critique of identity politics.

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Culture on drugs extends the discussion of drugs and drug culture beyond the boundaries of such disciplines as sociology, anthropology and criminology to cultural and literary studies and philosophy. -- .

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