ENGLISH

Culture

By Ben Highmore

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
ISBN
0415672732, 9780415672733
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1935846 bytes)
Series
Key Ideas in Media & Cultural Studies
Pages
174\175
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-01-21 01:45:08

Description

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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