Berg: Culture and Media  (25 titles).
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Mixed-Race, Post-Race: Gender, New Ethnicities and Cultural Practices
Author: Suki Ali
Published: November 2003
ISBN:   HB 1 85973 765 X   PB 1 85973 770 6
Subject: sociology;anthropology;
  • Social scientists claim that we now live in a post-race society, where race has been replaced by 'ethnicity'. Yet racism is endemic to British society and people often think in terms of black and white.

    • Sport, Dance and Embodied Identities
    Author: Edited by Noel Dyck & Eduardo P. Archetti
    Published: July 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 635 1   PB 1 85973 640 8
    Subject: anthropology;sport;
  • Sport and dance command the passions and devotion of countless athletes, dancers and fans worldwide. Although conventionally thought to reside within separate social realms, these two embodied cultural forms are revealed in this volume to share much.

    • London Calling: The Middle Classes and the Remaking of Inner London
    Author: Garry Robson and Tim Butler
    Published: August 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 623 8   PB 1 85973 628 9
    Subject: politics;
  • Symbolizing both commerce and culture, London has always been a magnet for the ambitions of the middle classes. However, the past three decades have witnessed a dramatic fragmentation in inner-city Londons social map.

    • The Clothed Body
    Author: Patrizia Calefato
    Published: June 2004
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 800 1   PB 1 85973 805 2
    Subject: Fashion;art;
  • Translated by Lisa Adams Dress is everywhere imbued with symbols that reflect different meanings in different contexts. This compelling book convincingly demonstrates how clothing is analogous to a working language .

    • Fashion Classics from Carlyle to Barthes
    Author: Michael Carter
    Published: March 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 601 7   PB 1 85973 606 8
    Subject: Fashion;sociology
  • With so much focus on contemporary theory, it is easy to forget that the serious analysis of clothing and fashion has a long history. In fact, they have been the subject of intense cultural debate since the nineteenth century.

    • Suburban Century: Social Change and Urban Growth in England and the USA
    Author: Mark Clapson
    Published: September 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 643 2   PB 1 85973 648 3
    Subject: history;
  • Bad architecture. Soulless. Destructive of communities. The suburbs are much-maligned places. We see this time and again in films like American Beauty and novels like The Ice Storm. But are they really as homogenous and conservative as we think?

    • Sport and Postcolonialism
    Author: Edited by John Bale & Mike Cronin
    Published: February 2003
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 544 4   PB 1 85973 549 5
    Subject: sociology;anthropology;sport;
  • Compared with modes of representation such as literature, drama, poetry and dance, the world of sport has been largely neglected in postcolonial studies. At both local and global levels, however, sport has been profoundly affected by the colonial legacy.

    • National Identity, Popular Culture and Everyday Life
    Author: Tim Edensor
    Published: November 2002
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 514 2   PB 1 85973 519 3
    Subject: cultural and media studies;
  • The Millennium Dome, Braveheart and Rolls Royce cars. How do cultural icons reproduce and transform a sense of national identity? How does national identity vary across time and space, how is it contested, and what has been the impact of globalization.

    • Nazi Chic?: Fashioning Women in the Third Reich
    Author: Irene Guenther
    Published: May 2004
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 400 6   PB 1 85973 717 X
    Subject: Fashion;
  • This is the first book in English to deal comprehensively with German fashion from World War I through to the end of the Third Reich. It explores the failed attempt by the Nazi state to construct a female image that would mirror official gender policies.

    • Information and Communication Technologies in Everyday Life: A Concise Introduction and Research Guide
    Author: Leslie Haddon
    Published: August 2004
    ISBN:   HB 1 85973 793 5   PB 1 85973 798 6
    Subject: cultural and media studies;sociology;
  • The internet, television, mobile phones, computer-based devices and other new forms of information technology are changing at a rapid pace with potentially profound but also subtle influences on social life.

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