A collection that explores the nature of love and eroticism, examining the ways in which erotic bodily pleasures have become central to contemporary consumer culture. Drawing on the work of feminists, sociologists and cultural theorists, it contains contributions to contemporary debates on sexuality, love and eroticism.
A collection that explores the nature of love and eroticism, examining the ways in which erotic bodily pleasures have become central to contemporary c...
We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almost a complete absence of study of culture and self-image of the middle aged and old. Images of Ageing: Cultural Representations of Later Life changes this. The contributors discuss images of ageing which have come to circulate in the advanced industrial societies today. They address themes such as: body and self image in everyday interaction; experience and identity on old age; advertising and consumer culture images of the elderly;...
We all have a finite life-span. We are born, we get old and we die. Given the universiality of the ageing process, it is remarkable that there is almo...
This innovative collection examines the emerging arena of cyberspace and the challenges it presents for the social and cultural forms of the human body. It shows how changing relations between body and technology offer new arenas for cultural representations.
This innovative collection examines the emerging arena of cyberspace and the challenges it presents for the social and cultural forms of the human bod...
In this book leading international social scientists analyze the extent to which we are seeing a globalization of culture. Differing explanations are offered for trends towards global unification and their relation to an economic world-system.
In this book leading international social scientists analyze the extent to which we are seeing a globalization of culture. Differing explanations are ...
Undoing Culture is a notable contribution to our understanding of modernism and postmodernism. It explores the formation and deformation of the cultural sphere and the effects on culture of globalization.
Undoing Culture is a notable contribution to our understanding of modernism and postmodernism. It explores the formation and deformation of the cultur...
This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with his basic essays on defining culture, its changes and its crisis. These are followed by more specific explorations of culture.
This collection enables the reader to engage with the full range of Georg Simmel's dazzling contributions to the study of culture. It opens with his b...
What is culture? What is the relationship between social structure and culture in a globalized and networked world? This book explores the key themes in social theory: the nation state; the city; modernity and reflexivity; post-Fordism and the spatial logic of the informational city.
What is culture? What is the relationship between social structure and culture in a globalized and networked world? This book explores the key themes ...
This fascinating collection explores the growing range of body modification practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting implants, which have sprung up recently in the West. It asks whether this implies that we are returning to traditional tribal practices of inscribing identities onto bodies on the part of 'modern primitives', or is body modification better understood as purely cosmetic and decorative with body markings merely temporary signs of transferable loyalties?
Contributors address the question of the permanence of body transformation through fitness...
This fascinating collection explores the growing range of body modification practices such as piercing, tattooing, branding, cutting and inserting imp...
This challenging volume reasserts the centrality of the body within social theory as a means to understanding the complex interrelations between nature, culture and society. The importance of a theoretical understanding of the body to social and cultural analysis of contemporary societies is demonstrated through specific case studies.
This challenging volume reasserts the centrality of the body within social theory as a means to understanding the complex interrelations between natur...
Global Modernities is a sustained commentary on the international character of the most microcosmic practices. It demonstrates how the global increasingly informs the regional, so deconstructing ideas like the nation-state' and national sovereignty'. The spatialization of social theory, hybridization and bio-politics are among the critical issues discussed.
Global Modernities is a sustained commentary on the international character of the most microcosmic practices. It demonstrates how the global increasi...