{"product_id":"culture-and-society-an-introduction-to-cultural-studies","title":"Culture and Society: An Introduction to Cultural Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Oswell has written a comprehensive introduction to cultural studies that guides the reader through the field's central foundations and its freshest ideas. This book: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- grounds the reader in the foundations of cultural studies and cultural theory: language and semiology, ideology and power, mass and popular culture;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- analyzes the central problems: identity, body, economy, globalization and empire;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- introduces the latest developments on materiality, agency, technology and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCulture and Society\u003c\/b\u003e is an invaluable guide for students navigating the dynamic debates and intellectual challenges of cultural studies. Its breadth and unparallelled coverage of cutting-edge theory will also ensure that it is read by anyone interested in questions of materiality and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e`Too often cultural studies discourse seems cut off from wider developments in social theory. As a sociologist with a strong cultural studies sensibility, David Oswell is ideally placed to put this right. Through a series of well-judged and historically nuanced readings of cultural, social theory and critical philosophy, this book provides just the bridge between cultural studies and wider debates that we need' -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Nick Couldry, Redaer in Media, Communications and Culture, London School of Economics and Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"sb-details\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Social Science, Anthropology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Other Book Format\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 246\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e SAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9780761942696\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"SAGE","offers":[{"title":"Poor Condition — £5.53","offer_id":47914178871473,"sku":"SB-0761942696-C4","price":5.53,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/2669\/5345\/files\/0761942696.jpg?v=1789238838","url":"https:\/\/sellbooks.co.uk\/products\/culture-and-society-an-introduction-to-cultural-studies","provider":"Sell Books .co.uk","version":"1.0","type":"link"}