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Examines how ideas of fashion, politics, faith, freedom, and cultural diversity are articulated by young British Muslims as they seek out clothes which best express their identities, perspectives and concerns. This book explores the social and political effects of their clothing choices on the development of transnational cultural formations.

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Examines how ideas of fashion, politics, faith, freedom, and cultural diversity are articulated by young British Muslims as they seek out clothes which best express their identities, perspectives and concerns. This book explores the social and political effects of their clothing choices on the development of transnational cultural formations.

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Taking up a range of themes such as spectatorship, pleasure, power, doubles, hallucination and the frame, the book explains them within the context of these theoretical developments. The major theorists are all covered as the authors look at the significance of the visual in their work.

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Theory has become increasingly significant in the field of the visual, giving rise to a whole discipline of 'visual culture' situated within the disciplines of media/communication/cultural studies and also within history of art. This book aims to offer a clear exposition of their ideas and how they have been used in visual cultural studies.

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This book unpacks the complex relationship between media and visual culture in India, offering a critical lens for navigating our image-saturated world. This edited collection explores how we experience visuals beyond just seeing, while examining their creation, display, and interpretation across media.

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Looks at ways in which images and memories of war have emerged and endured in the 20th century. Through studies ranging from the construction of memorials through to film, this work discusses the complex identities of war memories and their social, cultural and political significances.

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Addresses how using water for relaxation intersects with ideas about class, gender, nationality and consumption. It explores the ways Europeans have turned to water for pleasure, relaxation and profit over the last 200 years as the enjoyment of free time developed from a privilege to a right.

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Addresses how using water for relaxation intersects with ideas about class, gender, nationality and consumption. It explores the ways Europeans have turned to water for pleasure, relaxation and profit over the last 200 years as the enjoyment of free time developed from a privilege to a right.

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In the tradition of Listen Up the under-30 generation of young feminists speak out

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Wedding clothes are not only distinctive forms of dress, but are also steeped in years of cultural tradition. This book, drawing on case studies from around the world, considers how wedding attire is both a statement of tradition and a vehicle for challenging social norms.

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Examines what the donning of uniforms says about cultural psychology and the expression of economic nationalism in Japan. Drawing on examples, this book focuses particularly on student uniforms, which are key socializing objects in Japan's politico-economic order, but also examines 'office ladies', 'salary men', service personnel, and housewives.

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The author of the bestselling "Words That Work" examines what Americans say they want, how their actions often contradict those claims, and what that means for businesses.

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This book is designed as a pedagogic resource which offers a variety of answers to the question it poses. It brings together some major writers in the international field, and introduces the student to debates about the evolution of cultural studies, discusses various different strands within the subject, and considers future directions.

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Surveys the dramatic changes in Australian society over the last half century - from the blinkered and conservative British colony' of 1953 to the progressive, confident society we are today.

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Aimed at the generation who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops" takes readers back in time to the tastes, smells, and sounds of their childhood, from Marathon candy bars to "Schoolhouse Rock."

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