Title:
Introducing cultural and media studies : a semiotic approach
Author:
Thwaites, Tony.
ISBN:
9780333972489
9780333972472
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Publication Information:
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, N.Y. : Palgrave, ©2002.
Physical Description:
xii, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
General Note:
Revised edition of: Tools for cultural studies, published in 1994 by Macmillan Education Australia.
Contents:
Introduction: approaching cultural and media studies ---- PART I. Cultural signs. 1. Some Aspects of Signs --- 2. Signs and Systems --- 3. Interactions of Signs ---- PART II. Cultural texts. 4. Texts and Textualities --- 5. Genre and Intertextuality --- 6. Narrative ---- PART III. Cultural practices. 7. Discourse and Medium --- 8. Ideology --- 9. Systems and Strategies ---- PART IV. Cutural studies. 10 .Other Directions.
Abstract:
This second edition of "Tools for Cultural Studies", has been revised and updated for a new generation of students taking introductory courses in cultural studies and cultural analysis at a tertiary level. Clear, applied and very easy to follow, it provides a solid grounding in the key terms and theories necessary for the study of popular culture and media texts. Without underestimating the complexity of the social, this text encourages a critical and inventive attitude to cultural theory and, through its practical step by step approach, is very confidence building. References and resources have been revised to include Web addresses, and examples are tailored to appeal to a broad international readership.
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