Phrases such as "corporate culture," "market culture" and the "knowledge economy," have now become familiar clarion calls in the world of work. They are calls that have echoed through organizations and markets. Clearly something is happening to the ways markets and organizations are being represented and intervened in and this signals a need to reassess their very constitution. In particular, the once clean divide that placed the economy, dealt with mainly by economists, on one side, and culture, addressed chiefly by those in anthropology, sociology and the other "cultural sciences," on...
Phrases such as "corporate culture," "market culture" and the "knowledge economy," have now become familiar clarion calls in the world of work. The...
Nixon's study is a major contribution to the cultural sociology of the new service sector professionals and their gendered identities.It's importance lies in it's skilful synthesis of detailed ethnographic research and social theory. This is a genuinely innovative book which reopens cultural debate about advertising and society' - Frank Mort, Professor of Cultural History, University of East London
Advertising Cultures is a lucid, thorough and highly engaging account of advertising creatives that unlocks two crucial issues for understanding the culture...
Nixon's study is a major contribution to the cultural sociology of the new service sector professionals and their gendered identities.It's importance ...
'One of the most important books on race, representation and politics to come along in a decade' - Henry Giroux, Penn State University
Representing Black Britain offers a critical history of Black and Asian representation on British television from the earliest days of broadcasting to the present day.
'One of the most important books on race, representation and politics to come along in a decade' - Henry Giroux, Penn State University
