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Тернер Б. Современные направления развития теории тела: Антропология и тело. Тайная история тела в социальной теории // Тезис. - 1994. - вып. 6 Bryan S. Turner. Recent Developments in the Theory of the Body. In: M.Featherstone et al. (eds. ). The Body. London, etc. : SAGE Publications Ltd. , 1993, p.1–35. Утверждая, что, за исключением антропологии, изучение тела выпало из основного направления социальной теории, мы описали оппозиционную традицию...

[2nd, revised edition]. - London, New York: Verso, 1991. - 224 pp. What makes people love and die for nations, as well as hate and kill in their name? While many studies have been written on nationalist political movements, the sense of nationality - the personal and cultural feeling of belonging to the nation - has not received proportionate attention. In this widely acclaimed work, Benedict Anderson examines the creation and global spread of th...

This Companion provides a comprehensive overview of the influences that have shaped modern-day Japan. Covering topics such as technology, food, nationalism and the rise of anime and manga in the visual arts, this book traces the cultural transformation that took place over the course of the 20th century, and paints a picture of a nation rich in cultural diversity. With contributions from some of the most prominent scholars in the field, The Cambr...

The article published in Journal of British Cinema and Television (Edinburgh University Press) 4 (2). 2007. pp.337-360. Claire Monk is Senior Lecturer in Film Studies at De Montfort University, Leicester (UK). She has written widely on cultural politics and film in post-1979 Britain, contributing to, amongst others, Sight and Sound, Cineaste, British Cinema, Past and Present (Routledge 2000). She is co-editor (with Amy Sargeant) of British Histo...

Society of Biblical Literature, 2010. - 220 pages. In popular culture, the Bible is generally associated with films: The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Jesus of Montreal, and many others. Less attention has been given to the relationship between the Bible and other popular media such as hip-hop, reggae, rock, and country and western music; popular and graphic novels; animated television series; and apocalyptic fantasy. This collec...

Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001. 625 pages. The Cultural Studies Reader is the ideal introduction for students. A revised introduction explaining the history and key concerns of cultural studies brings together important articles by leading thinkers to provide an essential guide to the development, key issues and future directions of cultural studies. The second edition includes essays and articles of T. Adorno & M. Horkheimer, R. Barth...

In the last quarter-century, the resources of China's pre-socialist past have been rediscovered and combined with current influences to reinvent Chinese culture. This is the first source to digest China's vast cultural output and make it accessible to the English-speaking world. More than 1,000 entries, written by an international team of specialists, explore a diverse range of subjects- from prisons to rock groups and underground Christian churc...

Communication, Cultural and Media Studies is an introductory guide for those who need to "come to terms'' with the fields of communications and cultural studies. More 300 entries introduce the reader to key points in the areas, as well the historical underpinnings of each concept, and provides references for further reading. This edition contains more than 70 new entries, with existing entries revised to maintain currency with new developments in...

USA: Oxford University Press, 1992 - 360 p. Samuels's collection of critical essays gives body and scope to the subject of nineteenth-century sentimentality by situating it in terms of "women's culture" and issues of race. Presenting an interdisciplinary range of approaches that consider sentimental culture before and after the Civil War, these critical studies of American literature and culture fundamentally reorient the field. Moving beyond al...

A Companion to Media Studies is a comprehensive collection that brings together new writings by an international team to provide an overview of the theories and methodologies that have produced this most interdisciplinary of fields.