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Adorno: The Stars Down to Earth and Other Essays on the Irrational in Cultureby Theodor W. Adorno, Stephen CrookISBN 0415105684 (0-415-10568-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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Ain't No Makin' It: Leveled Aspirations in a Low-Income Neighborhoodby Jay MacLeodISBN 0422621706 (0-422-62170-6)
Hardcover, Westview Press
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America's Secret Aristocracyby Stephen BirminghamISBN 0425119122 (0-425-11912-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guineaby Bron MalinowskiISBN 0415090946 (0-415-09094-6)
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Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racismby Patricia Hill CollinsISBN 041595150X (0-415-95150-X)
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Black Wealth/white Wealth: A New Perspective on Racial Inequalityby Melvin L. Oliver, Thomas M. ShapiroISBN 0415918472 (0-415-91847-2)
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Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sexby Judith ButlerISBN 0415903661 (0-415-90366-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex'Book summary:In Bodies That Matter, Judith Butler further develops her distinctive theory of gender by examining the workings of power at the most "material" dimensions of sex and sexuality. Deepening the inquiries she began in Gender Trouble, Butler offers an original reformulation of the materiality of bodies, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender.
Butler argues that power operates to constrain "sex" from the start, delimiting what counts as a viable sex. She offers a clarification of the notion of "performativity" introduced in Gender Trouble and explores the meaning of a citational politics. The text includes readings of Plato, Irigaray, Lacan, and Freud on the formation of materiality and bodily boundaries; "Paris is Burning," Nella Larsen's "Passing," and short stories by Willa Cather; along with a reconsideration of "performativity" and politics in feminist, queer, and radical democratic theory. [via]More editions of Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of "Sex:
Communities in Cyberspaceby Peter Kollock, Marc A. SmithISBN 0415191408 (0-415-19140-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Communities in Cyberspace'Book summary:This collection of thought-provoking essays bridges the gap between textbook and anthology as it explores several of the key issues of online community. The topics for discussion are grouped into four primary areas: determining the concept of identity in an environment where individuals cannot be seen; ordering and controlling a social environment where the tools of control are severely limited compared with those of the physical world; understanding the structure and dynamics of online communities; and using cybercommunity as the basis for collective action.
There's much here to provoke discussion, including the idea that social control in cyberspace is largely in keeping with medieval social norms, and the argument that cyberspace doesn't eliminate the consideration of racial identity but rather alters the way in which racial identify is judged (or misjudged). This is not a collection that hesitates to challenge long-standing assumptions. Editors Smith and Kollock have gathered contributions from scholars holding widely diverse viewpoints as they question both the "legitimacy" of cybercommunity and the methods of its operation. Although the authors do come to a consensus that cyberspace does house true communities, they reveal some surprises in the ways those cybercommunities differ from geographical ones. -- Elizabeth Lewis [via]
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Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers In Cultural Studies, 1972-79by Stuart Hall, Paul Willis, Andrew Lowe, Dorothy HobsonISBN 0415079063 (0-415-07906-3)
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Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food And the Supersizing of Americaby Morgan SpurlockISBN 0425210235 (0-425-21023-5)
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Dont eat this groundbreaking, hilarious bookbut if you care about your countrys health, your childrens, and your own, you better read it.
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: Why, Commas Really Do Make a Difference!by Lynne Truss, Bonnie TimmonsISBN 0399244913 (0-399-24491-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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This picture book is sure to elicit gales of laughterand better punctuationfrom all who read it.
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Eros and Civilization: A Philisophical Inquiry into Freudby Herbert MarcuseISBN 0415186633 (0-415-18663-3)
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Essential Mcluhanby Marshall McLuhan, Frank ZingroneISBN 0415162459 (0-415-16245-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essential Mcluhan'Book summary:Given the profound influence that the writings and teachings of Marshall McLuhan have had in the Information Age, it is surprising how few people have read anything more than context-free excerpts printed in indecipherable day-glo fonts over a background guaranteed to induce vertigo. But once you actually get around to reading McLuhan's ideas about the Global Village, the history of print, and the rise of digital media, you realize that behind the hype he did indeed make many substantive and influential contributions.
Surprisingly, most of McLuhan's seminal books are still out of print (as of 1996). Luckily, this collection of articles and excerpts from his most important books is a comprehensive and accessible overview of the musings of the "Patron Saint of the Digerati". It includes substantial passages from my favorite McLuhan book The Gutenberg Galaxy (a brilliantly provocative academic treatise about the history and consequences of writing and printing), as well as many articles and interviews you wouldn't find in any of his previously published books anyway.
The main weaknesses of this volume are that it does not include excerpts from the hyper-kinetic and image-packed "The Medium is the Massage" -- his main contribution to pop culture of the late '60s -- and that the sources of each passage are noted only in an appendix. It would have been nice if sources were noted at the beginning or end of each linear text, and I hope this is addressed in future editions. Other than these minor editorial quibbles, this book is highly recommended. [via]
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Feminist Epistemologiesby Elizabeth Potter, Linda AlcoffISBN 041590451X (0-415-90451-X)
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Feudal Society: Social Classes and Political Organisationby Marc BlochISBN 0415039185 (0-415-03918-5)
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Feudal Society: The Growth and Ties of Dependenceby Marc BlochISBN 0415039169 (0-415-03916-9)
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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: From Structuralism to Post-humanismby John LechteISBN 041532694X (0-415-32694-X)
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With a new introduction by the author, sections on phenomenology and the post-human, full cross-referencing and up-to-date guides to major primary and secondary texts, this is an essential resource to contemporary critical thought for undergraduates and the interested reader.
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Fifty Key Contemporary Thinkers: From Structuralism to Postmodernityby John LechteISBN 0415074088 (0-415-07408-8)
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Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theoristsby John ScottISBN 0415352592 (0-415-35259-2)
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Fifty Key Sociologists: The Formative Theoristsby John ScottISBN 0415352606 (0-415-35260-6)
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The Frankfurt School and Its Criticsby Tom BottomoreISBN 0415285399 (0-415-28539-9)
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A General Theor of Magicby Marcel Mauss, Robert Brain, David Francis PocockISBN 0415255503 (0-415-25550-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A General Theor of Magic'Book summary:First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. As a study of magic in 'primitive' societies and its survival today in our thoughts and social actions, it represents what Claude Lévi-Strauss called, in an introduction to that edition, the astonishing modernity of the mind of one of the century's greatest thinkers. The book offers a fascinating snapshot of magic throughout various cultures as well as deep sociological and religious insights still very much relevant today. At a period when art, magic and science appear to be crossing paths once again, A General Theory of Magic presents itself as a classic for our times. [via]
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Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Cultureby Simon ReynoldsISBN 0415923735 (0-415-92373-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Generation Ecstasy: Into the World of Techno and Rave Culture'Book summary:In Generation Ecstasy, Simon Reynolds takes the reader on a guided tour of this end-of-the-millenium phenomenon, telling the story of rave culture and techno music as an insider who has dosed up and blissed out. A celebration of rave's quest for the perfect beat definitive chronicle of rave culture and electronic dance music. [via]
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The Idea of a Social Science: And Its Relations to Philosophyby Peter WinchISBN 0415025591 (0-415-02559-1)
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Knowledge and Human Interestsby Jurgen HabermasISBN 0435823892 (0-435-82389-2)
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Knowledge and the Social Sciences: Theory, Method and Practiceby Open University, David GoldblattISBN 0415222869 (0-415-22286-9)
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Knowledge And The Social Sciences: Theory, Method, Practiceby David Goldblatt, Open UniversityISBN 0415222850 (0-415-22285-0)
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Life in Ancient Romeby F.R. CowellISBN 0399503285 (0-399-50328-5)
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Live Sex Acts: Women Performing Erotic Laborby W. Chapkis, Jill Posener, Annie Sprinkle, Gon BuurmanISBN 0415912881 (0-415-91288-1)
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The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town Americaby Bill BrysonISBN 0436071835 (0-436-07183-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Continent: Travels in Small Town America'Book summary:A travelogue by Bill Bryson is as close to a sure thing as funny books get. The Lost Continent is no exception. Following an urge to rediscover his youth (he should know better), the author leaves his native Des Moines, Iowa, in a journey that takes him across 38 states. Lucky for us, he brought a notebook.
With a razor wit and a kind heart, Bryson serves up a colorful tale of boredom, kitsch, and beauty when you least expect it. Gentler elements aside, The Lost Continent is an amusing book. Here's Bryson on the women of his native state: "I will say this, however--and it's a strange, strange thing--the teenaged daughters of these fat women are always utterly delectable ... I don't know what it is that happens to them, but it must be awful to marry one of those nubile cuties knowing that there is a time bomb ticking away in her that will at some unknown date make her bloat out into something huge and grotesque, presumably all of a sudden and without much notice, like a self-inflating raft from which the pin has been yanked."
Yes, Bill, but be honest: what do you really think? [via]
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Maps of Meaning : An Introduction to Cultural Geographyby Peter JacksonISBN 0415090881 (0-415-09088-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maps of Meaning : An Introduction to Cultural Geography'Book summary:This innovative book marks a significant departure from tradition anlayses of the evolution of cultural landscapes and the interpretation of past environments. Maps of Meaning proposes a new agenda for cultural geography, one set squarely in the context of contemporary social and cultural theory.
Notions of place and space are explored through the study of elite and popular cultures, gender and sexuality, race, language and ideology. Questioning the ways in which we invest the world with meaning, the book is an introduction to both culture's geographies and the geography of culture.
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Max Weberby Frank ParkinISBN 0415285291 (0-415-28529-1)
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Max Weber: Lawyer As Social Thinkerby Regis A. Factor, Stephen P. TurnerISBN 0415114527 (0-415-11452-7)
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Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity and Politics Between the Modern and the Postmodernby Douglas KellnerISBN 0415105706 (0-415-10570-6)
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Moral Panicsby Kenneth ThompsonISBN 0415119774 (0-415-11977-4)
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The Open Society and Its Enemiesby Karl R. Popper, E. H. Gombrich, Vaclav HavelISBN 0415282365 (0-415-28236-5)
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Open Society and Its Enemies: Hegel And Marxby Karl PopperISBN 0415290635 (0-415-29063-5)
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The Open Society and Its Enemies: The High Tide of Prophecy Hegel, Marx and the Aftermathby Karl Raimund PopperISBN 0415051347 (0-415-05134-7)
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The Open Society and Its Enemies: The Spell of Platoby Karl Raimund PopperISBN 0415040310 (0-415-04031-0)
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The Open Society and its Enemies; The Spell of Platoby Karl PopperISBN 0415290627 (0-415-29062-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Open Society and its Enemies; The Spell of Plato'Book summary:Written in political exile during the Second World War and first published in 1945, Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is one of the most influential books of the twentieth century. Hailed by Bertrand Russell as a 'vigorous and profound defence of democracy', its now legendary attack on the philosophies of Plato, Hegel and Marx exposed the dangers inherent in centrally planned political systems. Popper's highly accessible style, his erudite and lucid explanations of the thought of great philosophers and the recent resurgence of totalitarian regimes around the world are just three of the reasons for the enduring popularity ofThe Open Society and Its Enemies, and for why it demands to be read both today and in years to come.
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Phenomenology of the Social Worldby A. SchutzISBN 0435828762 (0-435-82876-2)
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The Philosophy of Moneyby Georg Simmel, David Frisby, Tom BottomoreISBN 0415341728 (0-415-34172-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Philosophy of Money'Book summary:'I have lost interest ... in all that I have written prior to The Philosophy of Money. This one is really my book, the others appear to me colourless and seem as if they could have been written by anyone else.' - Georg Simmel to Heinrich Rickert (1904)
In The Philosophy of Money, Simmel provides us with a remarkably wide-ranging discussion of the social, psychological and philosophical aspects of the money economy, full of brilliant insights into the forms that social relationships take. He analyzes the relationships of money to exchange, the human personality, the position of women, individual freedom and many other areas of human existence. Later he provides us with an account of the consequences of the modern money economy and the division of labour, which examines the processes of alienation and reification in work, urban life and elsewhere. Perhaps, more than any of his other sociological works, The Philosophy of Money gives us an example of his comprehensive analysis of the interrelationships between the most diverse and seemingly connected social phenomena.
This revised edition of the translation by Tom Bottomore and David Frisby, includes a new Preface by David Frisby. [via]
The Politics of Uncertainty : Attachment in Private and Public Lifeby Peter MarrisISBN 0415131723 (0-415-13172-3)
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Post-Work: The Wages of Cybernationby Stanley Aronowitz, Jonathan CutlerISBN 0415917832 (0-415-91783-2)
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Armed with an interdisciplinary approach, Post-Work looks beyond the rancorous debates around welfare politics and lays out the real sources of anxiety in the modern workplace. The result is an offering of hope for the future--an alternative path for a cybernation, where the possibility of less work for a better standard of living is possible.
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The Problem Of Sociologyby Howard Newby, David LeeISBN 0415094534 (0-415-09453-4)
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Professional Ethics and Civic Moralsby Emile Durkheim, Cornelia BrookfieldISBN 041506225X (0-415-06225-X)
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Readings from Emile Durkheimby Emile Durkheim, Kenneth ThompsonISBN 0415043204 (0-415-04320-4)
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The Road to Serfdomby F. A. HayekISBN 0415253896 (0-415-25389-6)
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Runaway World: How Globalization Is Reshaping Our Livesby Anthony GiddensISBN 0415944872 (0-415-94487-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Runaway World: How Globalisation Is Reshaping Our Lives'Book summary:As director of the London School of Economics, Anthony Giddens is one of the world's foremost academics. He has served as an advisor to both President Bill Clinton and Prime Minister Tony Blair, and is closely tied to the center-left idea of "third-way" politics. In this brief book on globalization (drawn from a series of lectures delivered in 1999), Giddens writes, "We are living through a major period of historical transition." Globalization is reordering societies all over the planet, and although the results are sometimes unpredictable, they are heading in a generally positive direction. But not everybody agrees, as the author freely admits:
The battleground of the twenty-first century will pit fundamentalism against cosmopolitan tolerance. In a globalising world, where information and images are routinely transmitted across the globe, we are all regularly in contact with others who think differently, and live differently, from ourselves. Cosmopolitans welcome and embrace this cultural complexity. Fundamentalists find it disturbing and dangerous. Whether in the areas of religion, ethnic identity, or nationalism, they take refuge in a renewed and purified tradition--and, quite often, violence.
Giddens is not coy about where he stands: "We can legitimately hope that a cosmopolitan outlook will win out." In what is sure to be a controversial chapter, he examines sex and family life through the prism of this fundamentalist-cosmopolitan divide. He is severely critical of what he calls the "traditional family," which he considers an aspect of fundamentalism the world over and an enemy of sexual equality: "I remember what my great aunt once said to me. She must have had one of the longest marriages of anyone, having been with her husband for over 60 years. She once confided that she had been deeply unhappy with him the whole of that time. In her day there was no escape." Runaway World is certain to provoke a lively debate--Giddens would surely have it no other way. --John J. Miller [via]More editions of Runaway World: How Globalization Is Reshaping Our Lives:
Russia's Youth and Its Culture: A Nation's Constructors and Constructedby Hilary PilkingtonISBN 041509044X (0-415-09044-X)
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Schmoozing: The Private Conversations of American Jewsby Joshua HalberstamISBN 0399521577 (0-399-52157-7)
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The Science of Pleasure: Cosmos and Psyche in the Bourgeois World Viewby Harvie FergusonISBN 0415044588 (0-415-04458-8)
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Self and Othersby Ronald David LaingISBN 0415198194 (0-415-19819-4)
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Sigmund Freudby Robert BocockISBN 0415288177 (0-415-28817-7)
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Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Natureby Donna Jeanne HarawayISBN 0415903874 (0-415-90387-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The Reinvention of Nature'Book summary:Simians, Cyborgs and Women is a powerful collection of ten essays written between 1978 and 1989. Although on the surface, simians, cyborgs and women may seem an odd threesome, Haraway describes their profound link as "creatures" which have had a great destabilizing place in Western evolutionary technology and biology. Throughout this book, Haraway analyzes accounts, narratives, and stories of the creation of nature, living organisms, and cyborgs. At once a social reality and a science fiction, the cyborg--a hybrid of organism and machine--represents transgressed boundaries and intense fusions of the nature/culture split. By providing an escape from rigid dualisms, the cyborg exists in a post-gender world, and as such holds immense possibilities for modern feminists. Haraway's recent book, Primate Visions, has been called "outstanding," "original," and "brilliant," by leading scholars in the field. Simians, Cyborgs, and Women tradition--establishing [via]
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Social Identityby Richard JenkinsISBN 0415340977 (0-415-34097-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Social Identity'Book summary:Without social identity there is no human world. Without frameworks of similarity and difference, people would be unable to relate to each other in a consistent and meaningful fashion. In the second edition of this highly successful text, Richard Jenkins develops his argument that identity is both individual and collective, and should therefore be considered within one analytic framework. Using the work of major social theorists, such as Mead Goffman and Barthes, to explore the experience of identity in everyday life, Jenkins considers a range of different issues, including:
- embodiment
- categorization and boundaries
- the institutionalizing of identities
- identity and modernity.
Written in an open and student-friendly style throughout, this multidisciplinary text has been thoroughly revised and updated, and is essential reading for all students interested in the concept of identity in the contemporary world.
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Sociological Theory :What Went Wrong?: Diagnosis and Remediesby Nicos P. MouzelisISBN 0415076943 (0-415-07694-3)
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The Sociology of Postmodernismby Scott LashISBN 0415047854 (0-415-04785-4)
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The Sociology of Religion: Theoretical and Comparative Perspectivesby Malcolm B. HamiltonISBN 0415226678 (0-415-22667-8)
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The Stars Down to Earth: And Other Essays on the Irrational in Cultureby Theodor AdornoISBN 0415271002 (0-415-27100-2)
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Stephen King's Danse Macabreby Stephen KingISBN 0425104338 (0-425-10433-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stephen King's Danse Macabre'Book summary:In the fall of 1978 (between The Stand and The Dead Zone), Stephen King taught a course at the University of Maine on "Themes in Supernatural Literature." As he writes in the foreword to this book, he was nervous at the prospect of "spending a lot of time in front of a lot of people talking about a subject in which I had previously only felt my way instinctively, like a blind man." The course apparently went well, and as with most teaching experiences, it was as instructive, if not more so, to the teacher as it was to the students. Thanks to a suggestion from his former editor at Doubleday, King decided to write Danse Macabre as a personal record of the thoughts about horror that he developed and refined as a result of that course.
The outcome is an utterly charming book that reads as if King were sitting right there with you, shooting the breeze. He starts on October 4, 1957, when he was 10 years old, watching a Saturday matinee of Earth vs. the Flying Saucers. Just as the saucers were mounting their attack on "Our Nation's Capital," the movie was suddenly turned off. The manager of the theater walked out onto the stage and announced, "The Russians have put a space satellite into orbit around the earth. They call it ... Spootnik."
That's how the whole book goes: one simple, yet surprisingly pertinent, anecdote or observation after another. King covers the gamut of horror as he'd experienced it at that point in 1978 (a period of about 30 years): folk tales, literature, radio, good movies, junk movies, and the "glass teat". It's colorful, funny, and nostalgic--and also strikingly intelligent. --Fiona Webster [via]
The Subcultures Readerby Ken Gelder, Sarah ThorntonISBN 0415127289 (0-415-12728-9)
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Television Cultureby John FiskeISBN 0415039347 (0-415-03934-7)
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Understanding Japanese Societyby Joy HendryISBN 0415263832 (0-415-26383-2)
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· the effects of the Asian crisis and recession in Japan
· the emergence of the millennial cults such as the Aum Shinrikyo
· major advances in sport and leisure such as the 2002 World Cup and the amazing global cultural success of Pokemon and Japanese animation and computer games
· the tumultuous changes of the Japanese ruling elite
· the Ainu and other Japanese minorities
· debates about the future of the Japanese constitution and the resurgence of nationalism and militarism. [via]More editions of Understanding Japanese Society:
Understanding Scotland: The Sociology of a Nationby David McCroneISBN 0415251648 (0-415-25164-8)
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Varities of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Natureby William JamesISBN 0415278090 (0-415-27809-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Varities of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature'Book summary:"I am neither a theologian, nor a scholar learned in the history of religions, nor an anthropologist. Psychology is the only branch of learning in which I am particularly versed. To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities."
When William James went to the University of Edinburgh in 1901 to deliver a series of lectures on "natural religion," he defined religion as "the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine." Considering religion, then, not as it is defined by--or takes place in--the churches, but as it is felt in everyday life, he undertook a project that, upon completion, stands not only as one of the most important texts on psychology ever written, not only as a vitally serious contemplation of spirituality, but for many critics one of the best works of nonfiction written in the 20th century. Reading The Varieties of Religious Experience, it is easy to see why. Applying his analytic clarity to religious accounts from a variety of sources, James elaborates a pluralistic framework in which "the divine can mean no single quality, it must mean a group of qualities, by being champions of which in alternation, different men may all find worthy missions." It's an intellectual call for serious religious tolerance--indeed, respect--the vitality of which has not diminished through the subsequent decades. [via]
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Wake Up Little Susieby Rickie Solinger, Elaine Tyler MayISBN 0415926769 (0-415-92676-9)
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The World of Goods: Towards an Anthropology of Consumptionby Mary Douglas, IsherwoodISBN 0415130476 (0-415-13047-6)
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World We Have Lostby Peter LaslettISBN 0415315271 (0-415-31527-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World We Have Lost'Book summary:The World We Have Lost is a seminal work in the study of family and class, kinship and community in England after the Middle Ages and before the changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. The book explores the size and structure of families in pre-industrial England, the number and position of servants, the elite minority of gentry, rates of migration, the ability to read and write, the size and constituency of villages, cities and classes, conditions of work and social mobility. [via]
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