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  • The Play Ethic

    A Manifesto For a Different Way of Living

    by Pat Kane ...
    ‘Fizzes with intellectual curiosity. Kane writes engagingly and with a humility difficult to find among idea-entrepreneurs’ James Harkin, IndependentWe all think we know what play is. Play is what we do as children, what we do outside of work, what we do for no other reason than for pleasure. But this is only half of the truth. The Play Ethic explores the real meaning of play and shows how a more ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Understanding Photojournalism

    by Jennifer Good, Paul Lowe ...
    Understanding Photojournalism explores the interface between theory and practice at the heart of photojournalism, mapping out the critical questions that photojournalists and picture editors consider in their daily practice and placing these in context. Outlining the history and theory of photojournalism, this textbook explains its historical and contemporary development; who creates, selects and ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • The Refusal of Work

    The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Work

    by David Frayne ...
    Paid work is absolutely central to the culture and politics of capitalist societies, yet today's work-centred world is becoming increasingly hostile to the human need for autonomy, spontaneity and community. The grim reality of a society in which some are overworked, whilst others are condemned to intermittent work and unemployment, is progressively more difficult to tolerate.In this thought ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Introducing Philosophy of Science

    A Graphic Guide

    by Ziauddin Sardar ...
    Series series Graphic Guides
    What do scientists actually do? Is science "value-free"? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us? "Introducing Philosophy of Science" is a clear and incisively illustrated map of the big questions underpinning science. It is essential reading for students, the general public, and even scientists themselves. ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Television

    Technology and Cultural Form

    by Raymond Williams ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    Television: Technology and Cultural Form was first published in 1974, long before the dawn of multi-channel TV, or the reality and celebrity shows that now pack the schedules. Yet Williams' analysis of television's history, its institutions, programmes and practices, and its future prospects, remains remarkably prescient.Williams stresses the importance of technology in shaping the cultural form ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Media, Gender and Identity

    An Introduction

    by David Gauntlett ...
    Popular media present a vast array of stories about women and men. What impact do these images and ideas have on people’s identities?The new edition of Media, Gender and Identity is a highly readable introduction to the relationship between media and gender identities today. Fully revised and updated, including new case studies and a new chapter, it considers a wide range of research and provides ... Read more

    $90.99 CAD

  • Introducing Cultural Studies

    by Brian Longhurst, Greg Smith, Gaynor Bagnall, Garry Crawford, Miles Ogborn ...
    This updated, new edition of Introducing Cultural Studies provides a systematic and comprehensible introduction to the concepts, debates and latest research in the field. Reinforcing the interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, the authors first guide the reader through cultural theory before branching out to examine different dimensions of culture in detail – including globalisation, the ... Read more

    $114.99 CAD

  • Media Analysis

    Understanding and Applying Media Theory

    by Lisa J Merante ...
    Media Analysis, Understanding and Applying Media Theory assists upper secondary Media Studies students to learn and revise essential media studies content such as media language, context, representation, narrative theories, communication theories, values and ideologies, codes and conventions, and media terminology. Moreover, media influence and popular culture are discussed in rel... ... Read more

    $44.99 CAD

  • Advertising as Culture

    by Chris Wharton ...
    This book is about advertising and culture. Advertising is a significant aspect of modern societies and plays an important part in economic activity. It is a highly visible component of everyday life and increasingly of contemporary culture. The book considers culture as a broad category of human endeavour and experience. It takes a multidisciplinary approach drawing on media and cultural studies ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Photography

    A Critical Introduction

    Edited by Liz Wells ...
    Now in its sixth edition, this seminal textbook examines key debates in photographic theory and places them in their social and political contexts. Written especially for students in further and higher education and for introductory college courses, it provides a coherent introduction to the nature of photographic seeing.Individual chapters cover:• Key debates in photographic theory and history• ... Read more

    $85.99 CAD

  • Barthes' Mythologies Today

    Readings of Contemporary Culture

    Edited by Pete Bennett, Julian McDougall ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
    This is Barthes’ seminal text reimagined in a contemporary context by contemporary academics. Through a revisiting of Mythologies, a key text in cultural and media studies, this volume explores the value these disciplines can add to an understanding of contemporary society and culture. Leading academics in media, English, education, and cultural studies here are tasked with identifying the "new ... Read more

    $89.99 CAD

  • Children and Young People’s Cultural Worlds

    Edited by Sarah Bragg, Mary Jane Kehily ...
    Series Book 2 - Open University Childhood
    Children and young people in the early twenty-first century encounter, and creatively adapt to, a range of cultural phenomena in an increasingly mediated, commercialised and globalised world. Children and young people's cultural worlds offers a critical introduction to childhood in the digital age. Childhood innocence is a concept that often underpins the way adults think about children and new ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD