ENGLISH

Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices

Book information

Publisher
SAGE Publications Limited
Year
2013
ISBN
1849205639, 9781849205634
Google Books ID
DLicKQEACAAJ
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
32 MB (33798254 bytes)
Edition
2
Pages
440\444
Topic
Other Social Sciences\\Cultural
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2025-04-01 20:18:56

Description

Since 1997 Representation has been the key go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited Second Edition: • update and refreshes the approach to theories of representation by signalling key developments in the field • addresses the emergence of new technologies and formats of representation, from the internet and the digital revolution to reality TV • includes an entirely new chapter on celebrity culture and personalisation, to debates about representation and democracy, and involve illustrations of an intertextual nature, cutting across various technologies and formats in which 'the real' or the authentic makes an appearance • offers new exercises, new readings, new images and examples for a new generation of students This book will once again prove an indispensible resource for students and teachers in cultural and media studies.

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