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Please supply ...... copy/copies of Being Cultural ISBN 9781442547698 NZ$64.99 each (+ Post & Packing: $5.00/International $10.00) PAYMENT OPTIONS CREDIT CARD ... VISA or ... MASTERCARD (Please tick one) Card Number ................................................................. r r Name on Card .............................................................. Signature ....................................................................... Expiry Date ......................... Total NZ$ ..................... Institution/Business ........................................................................... Department ...................................................................................... Contact Name .................................................................................. Street Address .................................................................................. ............................................................................................................ Order No ................................. Ph .................................................... Email ................................................................................................... Post to: Customer Service Dept, Pearson, Private Bag 102 902, North Shore, Auckland 0745. e-mail: [email protected] Ph: 09 442 7400 © 2012 433 pp $64.99 rrp An ambitious collection of original readings introducing students to key theory and key issues within cultural studies and popular culture. Bringing together established writers such as Andy Bennett, Douglas Kellner, Chris Rojek, Barry Smart and John Storey with academics researching cultural texts in new and innovative ways, the book challenges our common-sense notions of ‘culture’, placing debates centrally within the power dynamics and dominant meaning-making of capitalist society. With a total of twenty-five chapters presented in a user-friendly style this is an essential text for any student new to the subject. See overleaf for Table of Contents and Contributors. Available from your educational bookstore. To purchase online visit pearsoned.co.nz/vbd/cohen ORDER FORM Order online @ pearsoned.co.nz/vbd/cohen Inspection Copies are available to lecturers considering this text for adoption. For more information contact your Education Consultant @ pearsoned.co.nz/replocator NZ Title!

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© 2012 433 pp $64.99 rrp

An ambitious collection of original readings introducing students to key theory and key issues within cultural studies and popular culture.

Bringing together established writers such as Andy Bennett, Douglas Kellner, Chris Rojek, Barry Smart and John Storey with academics researching cultural texts in new and innovative ways, the book challenges our common-sense notions of ‘culture’, placing debates centrally within the power dynamics and dominant meaning-making of capitalist society. With a total of twenty-fi ve chapters presented in a user-friendly style this is an essential text for any student new to the subject.

See overleaf for Table of Contents and Contributors.

Available from your educational bookstore. To purchase online visit pearsoned.co.nz/vbd/cohen

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Contributors

Part I: Introduction Introduction to Part I Bruce Cohen 1. Cultural Studies and Sociology: Early developments Bruce Cohen and keywords 2. ‘Culture’ in Cultural Studies John Storey3. Sociology of Art and Culture David Inglis

Part II: Key Theory Introduction to Part II Bruce Cohen 4. The Frankfurt School and the Culture Industry Douglas Kellner 5. British Cultural Studies: Culturalism and beyond Jeff Lewis and Belinda Lewis 6. From Subculture to Post-subculture: A critical Andy Bennett overview of contemporary youth cultural studies 7. The Contribution of Semiotics to the Analysis of Merja Bauters Popular Culture 8. Postmodernism and Popular Culture: Back to the Laurence Simmons future or forward into the past? 9. Australian and New Zealand Cultural Studies: Nick Perry The antipathies and ambiguities

Part III: Key Issues Introduction to Part III Bruce Cohen10. Gender, Popular Culture and Postfeminism Tracey Jensen11. The Racialisation of Culture Nabeel Zuberi12. Pakeha Identity and Material Culture Claudia Bell 13. The Body in Popular Culture Meredith Jones 14. Consumption, Culture and Change Catherine Reynolds 15. Advertising: Mapping the ‘new and improved’ Geoff Stahl mediascape 16. Celebrity Chris Rojek17. Global Sport and the Cultural Economy of Late Barry Smart Capitalism: Play, spectacle, and profi t 18. Technology, Popular Culture and Kraftwerk Bruce Cohen19. Reality Television: Actuality, authenticity, artifi ce Amy West Amy West Amy West20. Democratizing Television?: The politics of Henry Jenkins participation21. Cinema and Cultural Studies: In the land of the Adrian Danks cinephiles 22. Digital Media: The cultural politics of information Andrew Whelan 23. Facebook: Audiences, surveillance, friendship and Adam Craigie identity 24. The Sociology of Videogames Eli Boulton and Colin Cremin 25. Space, Place and Identity Fiona Allon