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(P/B) IRREGULAR CONNECTIONS (080328036X)
Irregular Connections traces the anthropological study of sex from the eighteenth century to the present, focusing primarily on social and cultural anthropology and the work done by researchers in North America and Great Britain. Andrew P. and Harriet D. Lyons argue that the sexuality of those whom anthropologists studied has been conscripted into Western discourses about sex, including debates about prostitution, homosexuality, divorce, premarital relations, and hierarchies of gender, class, and race. Because sex is the most private of ac...
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(P/B) DICTIONARY OF CULTURAL THEORISTS
This book has benn printed digitally and produced in a standard design, so that Hodder Arnold can ensure its continuing availability. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) OUTFOXED - RUPERT MURDOCH'S WAR ON JOURNALISM

(P/B) JOURNALISM LITERATURE AND MODERNITY
Journalism has often been disregarded or represented as 'other' by literary critics and authors. The sense of its difference from literature has been heightened by its identification with daily newspaper journalism and reporting. Yet 'journalism' in its broadest sense refers to all writing in public journals, spanning both high and popular culture. It has been central to experiences of modernity, making its dismissal problematic. This book considers journalism in all its diversity, examining writing in journals across the cultural spectrum...
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(P/B) SOCIAL THEORY
Covering a wide area of political sociology and social and political theory, this Reader offers a selection of extracts incorporating both primary and secondary readings. As well as a general introduction to the concept of social theory, each section is prefaced by an introduction to the relevant theorist(s) and each reading is accompanied by a short explanatory introduction. Including a broad range of texts, the book offers a general introduction to the main writings of political sociology and social theory. While other texts tend to focu...
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(P/B) WHO OWNS THE MEDIA?
The ownership of the media and issues related to the governance of global media institutions are of immense public significance. Not only are cultural industries a major source of contemporary power - economic, political, social - they are also the primary definers of consciousness in most parts of the contemporary world. In the shadow of the recent decision by the US Federal Communications Commission to dismantle restrictions on cross media ownership, and similar initiatives in the United Kingdom and in other parts of the world, the issue...
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(H/B) GENDER AND CASTE
GENDER & CASTE is the first volume of a seminal new series, Issues in Contemporary Indian Feminism, which will serve as a point of entry and a guide to the complex and often contentious debates in Indian feminism. These volumes will construct a long over-due archive of writing relating to profound gender issues which will make a significant contribution to global feminist theory. Gender & Caste focuses particularly on the specificity of Dalit women's movements, and the development of Dalit feminist positions. This volume makes explicit th...
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(P/B) COMING ON STRONG
Today there are women athletes who are media celebrities and a source of inspiration for many. But not long ago, being serious about sport was considered appropriate only for men and boys. Susan Cahn's story of how sport has changed women's lives and women have transformed sport is an important chapter in the wider history of women's struggles to define their role in the twentieth century. (From the publisher) "Coming on Strong is both a serious study of women in sport and a wonderful story to read. Susan Cahn provides not only a brillian...
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(P/B) INTERNET NEWSPAPERS
Internet Newspapers: The Making of a Mainstream Medium examines newspapers on the Internet, and addresses the emergence of online newspapers and the delivery of news through this outlet. Utilizing empirical research, chapters explore the theoretical and practical issues associated with Internet newspapers and examine the process through which online newspapers have grown into a mainstream medium. Contributions to this work emphasize three key areas: the structure and presentation of newspapers on the Internet; the medium as an interactive ...
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(H/B) THE INVENTION OF JOURNALISM ETHICS
Does objectivity in the news media exist? In The Invention of Journalism Ethics Stephen Ward argues that, given the current emphasis on interpretation, analysis, and perspective, journalists and the public need a new theory of objectivity. He explores the varied ethical assertions of journalists over the past few centuries, focusing on the changing relationship between journalist and audience. This historical analysis leads to an innovative theory of pragmatic objectivity that enables journalists and the public to recognize and avoid biase...
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(P/B) DRUGS - POLICY AND POLITICS
Drugs: Policy and Politics is an accessible introduction to the links between drugs and social policy. Assessing current and recent policies and political responses, it considers the ways in which drugs policy is formulated and implemented in the UK and Europe. The book examines the dynamic context of drug policy through discussions of broader policy fields such as health and the criminal justice system. The contributors offer evidence-based insights into the social complexities of both drug use and drug users, as they examine those specif...
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(H/B) HABERMAS AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Over the last four decades Jurgen Habermas has forged an innovative and much-discussed theory of contemporary capitalist society. Building on Max Weber's thesis that the dynamic of capitalism actually erodes individual freedom and the meaningfulness of social life - famously resulting in a culture of 'specialists without spirit, sensualists without heart' - Habermas traces contemporary social conflict to resistance to this dynamic by a variety of social groups. His theory of 'communicative action' attempts to show the possibilities in cont...
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(P/B) DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

(CLOTH) RACE ETHNICITY GENDER AND CLASS
The text that has been very popular among undergraduate students studying race and ethnicity has been updated and revised in this new Fourth Edition! Written in a clear, consistent style, this best-selling text eloquently describes and, at times, serves as a conduit for a broad spectrum of experiences related to race, ethnicity, gender, and class. Author Joseph Healey uses sociological theory to tell the story of race and other socially constructed inequalities in the United States with consistency and clarity. (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) PROSTITUTION
'Bartleys study is a very welcome addition to the historiography of moral reform and sexual regulation.' -- Social History Society 'In this meticulously researched book, Paula Bartley offers the first national study of the work of moral reformers in late nineteenth-century ... her considerable achievement lies in her abilty to demonstrate that ... there is still much more to be said on the subject on nineteenth-century prostitution.' -- History 'One of the stregnths of the book is its detailed analysis of the intersection of contemporary...
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(P/B) SEX, DRUGS AND YOUNG PEOPLE
Sexual practices and drug use among the young are examined in this book, calling into question mainstream assumptions about 'adolescence'. Bringing together a range of cross-cultural and cross-national contributions, the book reveals both similarities and important differences that mark sexuality and drug use among young in different social and cultural settings. In doing so, it allows the reader to build up a clearer understanding of the challenges that must be faced in public health and education if we are to develop programs and interv...
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(P/B) STUDYING SOCIETY
This introductory text combines study skills and research methods to provide students with an invaluable guide to the techniques, practical skills and methods of study that will enable them to achieve success in their academic courses and become effective 'students of society'. It covers key topics such as: -asking questions - how to formulate questions and think about essay and exam questions -looking for answers - the strengths and limitations of different information sources -collecting and organizing information - how to get the best ...
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(P/B) FIELDS IN VISION
Fields in Vision offers a comprehensive and analytical study of the international phenomenon of television sports coverage. Garry Whannel considers the historical development of sport on television, the growth of sponsorship and the way that television and sponsorship have re-shaped sport in the context of the enterprise culture. Drawing on archival research, Whannel first charts the development of the BBC Outside Broadcast department, and the growing battle for dominance between BBC and ITV, showing how sponsorship and the rising power of...
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(H/B) BODY CULTURES
Body Cultures explores the relationship between the body, sport and landscape. This book presents the first critically edited collection of Henning Eichberg's provocative essays into 'body culture'. Eichberg, a well-known scholar in continental Europe who draws upon the ideas of Elias, Focault, Habermas and others, is now attracting considerable interest from Anglo-American sociologists, historians and geographers. This collection has been extensively edited to highlight Eichberg's most important arguments and themes. Introductory essays f...
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