Popular culture Books

From advertising to health education campaigns, sex and sexual imagery now permeate every aspect of culture. Striptease Culture explores the 'sexualization' of contemporary life, relating it to wider changes in post-war society. Striptease Culture is...

The karaoke machine is much more than an instrument which allows us to be a star for three minutes. The contributors to this lively collection address the importance of karaoke within Japanese culture and its spread to other parts of the world, exploring...

How can we study popular culture? What makes 'popular culture' popular? Is popular culture important? What influence does it have?An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture provides a clear and comprehensive answer to these questions. It presents a...

We are living in an age when 'nature' seems to be on the brink of extinction yet, at the same time, 'nature' is becoming increasingly ubiquitous and unstable as a category for representation and debate.Futurenatural brings together leading theorists of...

Taking the reader on a journey through queer manifestations in games, this book advocates for video games as a rich, political and cultural medium, which provides us with tools to navigate the future of gaming.Situated at the intersection of New Media,...

This book examines the various film festivals where Korean cinema plays a significant role, both inside and outside of Korea, focusing on their history, structure and function, and analysis of successful festival films. Using Korean film festivals and...

The activity of play has accompanied mankind ever since it exists. Playing games is fun. Children naturally start playing games already as toddlers. But games do not only absorb children with the prospects of an enjoyable time - adults participate in...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1,0, Universität zu Köln, Veranstaltung: Pädagogik / Erziehungswissenschaften / Sozialwissenschaften, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: 1.EinleitungBreakdance-Battles in...

Masterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2010 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, University of Westminster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: This dissertation is set out to explore the implications of Social Media - especially Twitter - on the field of...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportsoziologie, Note: 3,0, Universität Bremen, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Ein Artikel in der Süddeutschen Zeitung über gewalttätige Auseinandersetzugen zwischen einer deutschen und einer...

Mémoire (de fin d'études) de l'année 2012 dans le domaine Sociologie - Médias, Art, Musique, , langue: Français, résumé: Lorsqu'en novembre 2011, le jury du prix Bambi , décerné à des personnalitésexemplaires de la vie publique allemande, avait dû...

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2012 im Fachbereich Gesundheit - Sport - Sportsoziologie, Note: 1,0, Philipps-Universität Marburg (Institut für Sportwissenschaft und Motologie), Veranstaltung: Seminar: Sport und Bildung, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Am 30. Januar...

Master's Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Sociology - Media, Art, Music, grade: 1, University of Dalarna, language: English, abstract: Sergio Leone, the well known Italian Western director, once criticized the woman's role in the Hollywood...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1,0 (sehr gut), Helmut-Schmidt-Universität - Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg (Professur für Allgemeine Pädagogik unter Berücksichtigung ihrer systematischen und...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportsoziologie, Note: 1,3, Technische Universität München, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Fahrradkuriere stellen eine soziale Gruppierung dar, die bisher noch kaum wissenschaftlich erschlossen bzw...

Examensarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportsoziologie, Note: Gut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Betrachtet man das Gebilde Sportverein (span. ‛club deportivo') aus der Ferne, so scheinen zunächst...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportsoziologie, Note: 1,0, Universität Mannheim (Sozialwissenschaften), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Entwicklung nach dem Nationalsozialismus zwar auseinander, aber in beiden Staaten entwickelte sich...

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2005 im Fachbereich Sport - Sportsoziologie, Note: 2,1, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald (Institut für Sportwissenschaft), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Werbeslogans, die mit dem Sport in Beziehung stehende Begriffe...

Author Justin K. Capili has chosen poetry as his outlet to express and attempt to make sense of his feelings. He uses his own experiences mixed with his observations of others as his inspirations. In his words, "I interpret life the way my lenses...

When Drew Hastings was seven years old, his father, also named Drew Hastings, left the family, remarried, and had another son, named Drew Hastings. "Suddenly there were three Drew Hastings," Hastings writes, "me, the one who left me, and the one who...

While the memorialization of slavery has generated an impressive number of publications, relatively few studies deal with this subject from a transnational, transdisciplinary and transracial standpoint. As a historical phenomenon that crossed borders and...

Through the combination of text and images, comic books offer a unique opportunity to explore deep questions about aesthetics, ethics, and epistemology in nontraditional ways. The essays in this collection focus on a wide variety of genres, from...

An Unabridged Edition To Include All Photographs And Original Illustrations: In the Rue Vaugirard - The Boulevard St. Michel - The "Bal Bullier" - Bal des Quat'z' Arts - "A Déjeuner at Lavenue's" - "At Marcel Legay's" - "Pochard" - The Luxembourg Gardens...

"A hard head makes a soft behind" and "if ya think long, ya think wrong" are just a few of the timeless sayings that our grandmothers and mothers imparted on our young minds. Take a journey back into time as you reminisce through the "common sense"...

Kids and adults alike will enjoy the creative freedom of producing their very own comic book with this blank comic book journal. Producing your unique comic strip is made easy with the variety of different comic book panel layouts with complete with...

Ethical and Physiological Inquiries: Chiefly Relative to Subjects of Popular Interest is a book written by Alexander Hamilton Dana in 1862. The book is a collection of essays that explore various topics related to ethics and physiology that were of...

Researching Visual Arts Education in Museums and Galleries brings together case studies from Europe, Asia and North America, in a way that will lay a foundation for international co-operation in the future development and...

The sari has remained an essential part of culture, tradition and fashion in South Asia and India through many centuries. This book examines the variety of meanings which it carries as a symbol of Indian femininity and tradition as well as a means of...

The alt-right movement in the US has actively been endorsing the use of left theory to achieve its ends. This book asks if the alt-right's reference of left theory is just bad reading, in addition to drawing on the history of right-wing...

This book investigates the pictorial figurations, aesthetic styles and visual tactics through which visual art and popular culture attempt to appeal to "all of us". One key figure these practices bring into play-the "everybody" (which stands for "all of...

L'étude du langage populaire fascinait Alfredo Niceforo, un anthropologue, criminologue et archéologue italien qui a étudié les peuples et les cultures du bassin méditerranéen. Dans Le Génie de l'argot, Niceforo plonge dans les subtilités et la...

Gang Wars! Rock n' Roll! Fine Knits!Step into the world of the sharpies, Australia's answer to mods and skinheads. A world of custom-made clothing and blood n' guts street brawls. Packed with first-hand accounts from sharpie veterans and rock n' rollers...

A book of explosive fireworks poetry written on the streets at the Edinburgh Festival Fireworks Show. This collection is fiery, quirky and explosive, set in the backdrop of the Castle and legions of history - what do you do while waiting for the show to...

In his beautiful booklnvisible eities Italo Calvino writes about the two cities ofValdrada, the one which lies on the shores of a lake, and the other which is reflected in the lake and contains not only the exterior of Valdrada...

This collection of all-new essays approaches the topic of immersion as a product of social and media relations. Examining the premises and aesthetics of live-action and tabletop role-playing games, reality television, social media apps and...

This work reveals the often racy, ribald, and sexually charged nature of the vaudeville stage, looking at a broad array of provocative performers from disrobing dancers to nude posers to skimpily dressed athletes. Examining the ways in which big-time...

"It's time for those of us who remember how great our generation was to start thinking about what else we need to do Before We Croak. I agree with Mr. Keveson, we were the greatest, coolest, most evolutionary generation the world has ever seen, and for...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

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