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The island of Bali has long been characterized in the West as the last “paradise” on earth, but there is far more to this small Indonesian province. Bali Tourism presents an enlightening ethnographi……続きを見る

Are Americans obsessed with shopping? Shop 'til You Drop is a lively look at our consumer culture and its role in our everyday lives and society. Is the United States different from other first-worl……続きを見る

Media and Society: A Critical Perspective offers an accessible introduction to the role that the mass media play in our lives, our society, and American culture. Berger explores the relationship bet……続きを見る

In this sociology textbook/mystery novel, students can join Sherlock Holmes and Watson as they discover a new area ripe for acrimony and intrigue: social theory. In 1910, the most prominent social t……続きを見る

Gizmos or: The Electronic Imperative offers a concise series of analyses on the transformative impact of digital devices on American society. With approaches ranging from semiotic theory to psychoan……続きを見る

Arthur Asa Berger, author of an array of texts in communication, popular culture, and social theory, is back with the second edition of his popular, user-friendly guide for students who want to unde……続きを見る

A useful introduction to the critical study of tourism, this brief text applies semiotics and cultural theory to deal with some of our most iconic global destinations. It offers accessible analyses ……続きを見る

This book offers a cultural studies approach to marketing and advertising and shows readers how scholars from different academic disciplines make sense of marketing’s role in American culture and so……続きを見る

This book, written in an accessible style and illustrated with drawings by the author and with many other images, discusses the basic principles of discourse theory and applies them to various aspec……続きを見る

The Genius of the Jewish Joke focuses on what is distinctive and unusual about Jewish jokes and Jewish humor. Jewish humor is humor by Jews and about Jews, in whatever medium this humor is found. Jo……続きを見る

The average person in America watches four hours of television per day and spends the equivalent of nine years of his or her life in front of the television set. If the attention most people devote ……続きを見る

To be civilized involves, among other things, making, using, and buying objects. Although speculation on the significance of objects often tends to be casual, there are professionals--anthropologist……続きを見る

From their inception, video games quickly became a major new arena of popular entertainment. Beginning with very primitive games, they quickly evolved into interactive animated works, many of which ……続きを見る

When the cold war ended, many hoped it signified enhanced prospects for a more stable world. However, despite favorable political developments, the post-cold war period has been marked by turbulence……続きを見る

This volume explores the vast and endlessly growing subject of popular culture, mass culture, the public arts, and mass-mediated culture. They cover such varied forms of mass communication as televi……続きを見る

Is television a cultural wasteland, or a medium that has brought people more great art, music, dance, and drama than any previous media? How do we study and interpret television? What are the effect……続きを見る

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Canadian history, political science, and international relations. Accessibly written, it will appeal also to a more general audience. 続きを見る

Professional Emotions in Court examines the paramount role of emotions in the legal professions and in the functioning of the democratic judicial system. Based on extensive interview and observation……続きを見る

The retreat of the Byzantine army from Syria in around 650 CE, in advance of the approaching Arab armies, is one that has resounded emphatically in the works of both Islamic and Christian writers, a……続きを見る

A Samaritan State Revisited brings together a refreshing group of emerging and leading scholars to reflect on the history of Canada's overseas development aid. Addressing the broad ideological and i……続きを見る

This book, written in an accessible style with numerous illustrations and with drawings by the author, discusses what brands are and the role brands play in American society and consumer cultures, i……続きを見る

The first three editions of this bestselling book have established A Social History of the Media as a classic, providing a masterful overview of communication media and of the social and cultural co……続きを見る

Winner of ASOR's 2022 G. Ernest Wright Award for the most substantial volume dealing with archaeological material, excavation reports and material culture from the ancient Near East and Eastern Medi……続きを見る

This introductory textbook familiarizes students with ideas of key thinkers and perspectives related to postmodern thought and everyday life. The book is unique in that it offers selections from key……続きを見る

Three Tropes on Trump: A Textbook on Applied Marxism, Semiotics, and Psychoanalysis uses the term "trope" in an unusual wayーnot as an expression in a figurative sense but as a form or method of ana……続きを見る

Åsa Moberg lyckades säkert under sin tid som kolumnist på Aftonbladet höja den genomsnittliga blodtrycksnivån på åtskilliga i vårt land, men hon fick också många att le åt hennes kvicka angrepp på v……続きを見る

En röd resväska. En vattenflaska. En busshållplats som tillfälligt har flyttats. När Rakhmat Akilov den 7 april 2017 stjäl en lastbil och kör rakt mot folkmassan på Drottninggatan i Stockholm blir s……続きを見る

Vem är det som luras på nätet? Och varför? Viralgranskarens handbok går bakom kulisserna och presenterar dig för de som luras på nätet. Här ges en omfattande genomgång av hur och varför fejkade elle……続きを見る

Våren 1968 är Åsa Moberg tjugo år gammal. Hon bor med den sjutton år äldre dokumentärfilmaren Tor-Ivan Odulf i ett litet hus i Vita bergen utan rinnande vatten. Gymnasiet har hon hoppat av - livet k……続きを見る

Varför demokrati? Svaren på frågan ter sig allt mer svävande. Färre tycks ha tilltro demokratins institutioner och diktaturen kallar sig demokratisk. Vi lever i postsanningens tid. I "Därför demokra……続きを見る