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Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices
Stuart Hall
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Description for Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices
Paperback. Highly anticipated Second Edition of one of the most popular and influential books ever written in media and cultural studies. A genuine classic, expertly updated for a new generation of students and researchers. Editor(s): Nixon, Sean; Hall, Stuart; Evans, Jessica. Series: Culture, Media and Identities Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: GTE; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 772.
Since 1997 Representation has been the go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited second edition:
Since 1997 Representation has been the go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited second edition:
• updates and refreshes the approaches to representation, signalling key developments in the field
• addresses the emergence of new technologies, media formats, politics and theories
• includes an entirely new chapter on celebrity culture and reality TV
• offers new exercises, readings, images and examples for a new generation of students
This book once again provides an indispensible resource for students and teachers in cultural and media studies.
Product Details
Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Series
Culture, Media and Identities Series
Condition
New
Weight
775g
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781849205634
SKU
V9781849205634
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About Stuart Hall
Stuart Hall was born and raised in Jamaica and arrived in Britain on a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford in 1950. In 1958, he left his PhD on Henry James to found the New Left Review, which did much to open a debate about immigration and the politics of identity. Along with Raymond Williams and Richard Hoggart he established the first ... Read more
Reviews for Representation: Cultural Representations and Signifying Practices
This is simply a magnificent collection of chapters, laced together under the guiding light of Stuart Hall′s outstanding scholarship. The chapters each exemplify the very best modes of cultural studies writing, theoretically informed, lucid, vividly alive and relevant to students and to general readers across the arts, humanities and social sciences. New material by Stuart Hall is particularly welcome, and ... Read more