Television, Globalization and Cultural Identities - Couverture souple

Barker, Chris

 
9780335199549: Television, Globalization and Cultural Identities
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0335199542 ISBN 13 : 9780335199549
Editeur : Open University Press, 1999

Synopsis

* Are cultural identities socially constructed?
* How are race, nation, sex and gender constructed and represented on television?
* What is the impact of globalization on television and cultural identities?

This introductory text examines issues of television and cultural identities in the context of globalization. It is a wide-ranging volume, exploring many of the central cultural issues in contemporary cultural studies, such as media, globalization, language, gender, ethnicity, cultural politics and identity - perhaps the topic of cultural studies over the past decade. At the core of the book are two critical arguments - that television is a proliferating resource for the construction of cultural identity, and that cultural identity is not a fixed essential 'thing' but a contingent social construction to which language is central.

The book will be essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on television and cultural identities in the fields of cultural studies, communications, media studies and sociology, with a wider appeal to those with an interest in the television industry. Key concepts are introduced and explained for those new to cultural studies, whilst debates are extended and enriched for those already familiar with them. The text is well structured, links the vocabularies of media studies and cultural studies, and is supported by original case study material.

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À propos de l?auteur

Chris Barker is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. After being awarded a doctorate by the University of Leeds, centred on television drama, Chris Barker taught for a number of years in secondary schools, colleges and higher education institutions in the UK, including the University of Humberside and the University of Wolverhampton. His current interests are in language, identity and global media.

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Éditeur
Open University Press
Date d'édition
1999
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0335199542
ISBN 13 
9780335199549
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0335199550 ISBN 13 :  9780335199556
Editeur : Open University Press, 1999
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