{"product_id":"culture-and-society-david-oswell-9780761942696","title":"Culture and Society: An Introduction to Cultural Studies","description":"David Oswell has written a comprehensive introduction to cultural studies that guides the reader through the field′s central foundations and its freshest ideas. This book: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- grounds the reader in the foundations of cultural studies and cultural theory: language and semiology, ideology and power, mass and popular culture;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- analyzes the central problems: identity, body, economy, globalization and empire;\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- introduces the latest developments on materiality, agency, technology and nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCulture and Society\u003c\/b\u003e is an invaluable guide for students navigating the dynamic debates and intellectual challenges of cultural studies. Its breadth and unparallelled coverage of cutting-edge theory will also ensure that it is read by anyone interested in questions of materiality and culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Too often cultural studies discourse seems cut off from wider developments in social theory. As a sociologist with a strong cultural studies sensibility, David Oswell is ideally placed to put this right. Through a series of well-judged and historically nuanced readings of cultural, social theory and critical philosophy, this book provides just the bridge between cultural studies and wider debates that we need′ -\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Nick Couldry, Redaer in Media, Communications and Culture, London School of Economics and Political Science\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Oswell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0761942696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780761942696\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.32h x 5.94w x 0.53d","brand":"David Oswell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48065102217471,"sku":"9780761942696","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3255ca5a-eb97-47e2-b55f-e44bf0e46dba.jpg?v=1768672998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-and-society-david-oswell-9780761942696","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}