Culture / Ben Highmore.

By:

Highmore, Ben, 1961-

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Key ideas in media and cultural studiesPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Edition: 1 EditionDescription: viii,165 pages ; 20 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780415672740 (pbk)

Subject(s):

Culture

DDC classification:

306 HIG

Online resources:

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Contents:

A note to the reader -- Introduction -- Landscape -- A whole way of life -- Politics -- Experience -- Death -- Two cheers for culture? -- Bibliography -- Index.

Summary: What are the qualities and properties that make something cultural? What does claiming something as cultural allow us to do? Culture offers students a workable understanding of the category 'culture' and explores how the realm of the 'cultural' can be practically explored as a way of understanding the world. Ben Highmore provides a clear and robust defence of the productivity of cultural analysis in a media saturated world, while also instilling a sense of modesty in qualifying what can and can't be accomplished in the name of cultural analysis. With extensive examples and case studies throughout, the book demonstrates both the productivity and the limitations in orientating analysis to the cultural. A thought-provoking and engaging examination, Culture is an ideal introductory text for students of media and cultural studies.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	306 HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K3630

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-163) and index.

A note to the reader --
Introduction --
Landscape --
A whole way of life --
Politics --
Experience --
Death --
Two cheers for culture? --
Bibliography --
Index.

What are the qualities and properties that make something cultural? What does claiming something as cultural allow us to do? Culture offers students a workable understanding of the category 'culture' and explores how the realm of the 'cultural' can be practically explored as a way of understanding the world. Ben Highmore provides a clear and robust defence of the productivity of cultural analysis in a media saturated world, while also instilling a sense of modesty in qualifying what can and can't be accomplished in the name of cultural analysis. With extensive examples and case studies throughout, the book demonstrates both the productivity and the limitations in orientating analysis to the cultural. A thought-provoking and engaging examination, Culture is an ideal introductory text for students of media and cultural studies.

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