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Grenzenloses Vergnügen: der Aufstieg der Massenkultur, 1850-1970
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ISBN: 3596601436 Year: 1997 Publisher: Frankfurt am Main Fischer

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Twilight zones : the hidden life of cultural images from Plato to O. J.
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ISBN: 0585054495 0520919971 9780520919976 9780585054490 0520211014 9780520211018 0520211022 9780520211025 Year: 1997 Publisher: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press,

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Considering everything from Nike ads, emaciated models, and surgically altered breasts to the culture wars and the O.J. Simpson trial, Susan Bordo deciphers the hidden life of cultural images and the impact they have on our lives. She builds on the provocative themes introduced in her acclaimed work Unbearable Weight--which explores the social and political underpinnings of women's obsession with bodily image--to offer a singularly readable and perceptive interpretation of our image-saturated culture. As it becomes increasingly difficult to distinguish between appearance and reality, she argues, we need to rehabilitate the notion that not all versions of reality are equally trustworthy. Bordo writes with deep compassion, unnerving honesty, and bracing intelligence. Looking to the body and bodily practices as a concrete arena where cultural fantasies and anxieties are played out, she examines the mystique and the reality of empowerment through cosmetic surgery. Her brilliant discussion of sexual harassment reflects on the Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill controversy as well as the film Disclosure. She suggests that sexuality, although one of the mediums of harassment, is not its essence, and she calls for the recasting of harassers as bullies rather than sex fiends. Bordo also challenges the continuing marginalization of feminist thought, in particular the failure to read feminist work as cultural criticism. Finally, in a powerful and moving essay called "Missing Kitchens"--written in collaboration with her two sisters--Bordo explores notions of bodies, place, and space through a recreation of the topographies of her childhood. Throughout these essays, Bordo avoids dogma and easy caricature. Consistently, and on many levels, she demonstrates the profound relationship between our lives and our theories, our feelings and our thoughts.

Een stille revolutie? Cultuur en mentaliteit in de lange jaren vijftig
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ISBN: 9065505490 9789065505491 Year: 1997 Publisher: Hilversum : Verloren,

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De lange jaren vijftig liggen ingebed tussen twee perioden die tot voor kort de meeste aandacht van publiek en historici trokken. Aan de ene kant de tijd van bezetting en naoorlogse perikelen, aan de andere kant de spraakmakende jaren zestig en zeventig met hun protestgeneratie en een vloed aan nieuwe sociale bewegingen. De tussenliggende periode lijkt hierdoor traditioneel en onbeweeglijk en is zelfs als kleurloos, saai en truttig gekarakteriseerd. Deze bundel laat van dat beeld weinig over. Er was eerder sprake van 'een stille revolutie', zonder welke de luidruchtige jaren zestig ondenkbaar zouden zijn geweest. Weliswaar bleef de uiterlijke vorm van staat en samenleving nog onaangetast. Op het niveau van cultuur en mentaliteit echter raakten tradities en overgeleverde normen fundamenteel aan het wankelen en werden zekerheden grondig aangetast. Juist op dergelijke aspecten van een breed opgevatte cultuur- en mentaliteitsgeschiedenis van de lange jaren vijftig gaan de hier bijeengebrachte bijdragen systematisch in. De auteurs laten zien in welke sectoren, onder welke groepen en in welke mate zich de komende veranderingen toen al aandienden. Ter sprake komen daarbij onder meer het dagelijkse leven, het seksuele gedrag, de nieuwe jeugdcultuur, de positie van de vrouw, literatuur, wetenschap, godsdienst en de rol van de media, 4e de couv.

The clubcultures reader: readings in popular cultural studies
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ISBN: 0631212167 9780631212164 0631197869 9780631197867 0631197877 9780631197874 Year: 1997 Publisher: Oxford: Blackwell,

The sibling society
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ISBN: 0679781285 Year: 1997 Publisher: New York, NY : Vintage books,

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This book is not about siblings in a family; we'll use the word sibling as a metaphor. We'll try to make the phrase sibling society into a lens; bringing into focus certain tendencies, habits, and griefs we have all noticed. Adults regress toward adolescence; and adolescents - seeing that - have no desire to become adults. Few are able to imagine any genuine life coming from the vertical plane - tradition, religion, devotion. (Introduction, p. X.)

Studying British cultures : an introduction
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ISBN: 0415114403 9781003209218 1003209211 9781000446012 1000446018 9781000443080 1000443086 0415164575 0415165814 9780415164573 9780415165815 9780415114400 Year: 1997 Publisher: London: Routledge,

Cultural studies in question
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ISBN: 080397924X 0803979231 9786612262234 144622581X 1446278999 1282262238 1849207062 9780803979246 9781849207065 9781446278994 9780803979239 9780803979239 9781446225813 9781282262232 Year: 1997 Publisher: London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications,

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This major reassessment of the current state of cultural studies focuses on its contribution to the understanding of media communication and popular cultures in contemporary societies looking at current tensions and alternative approaches.

The sociology of taste
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ISBN: 0415132959 0415132940 9780415132947 9780415132954 0203158156 9780203158159 9781134786565 1134786565 1282777882 9781282777880 9786612777882 6612777885 9781134786510 9781134786558 1134786557 Year: 1997 Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge,

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The modern society of consumption is a society of fashion. Fashion has extended its influence over various fields of social life and, together with taste, become central to our understanding of the inner dynamics of any modern society. The Sociology of Taste looks at the role of taste - or the aesthetic reflection - in society at large and in modern society in particular. Taking case studies from social life, for example eating and food culture, it illustrates the role of fashion in the formation of collective taste.

Readings in African popular culture
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ISBN: 0253211409 025333294X 085255236X 9780852552360 9780253332943 9780253211408 Year: 1997 Publisher: Bloomington, Ind.: International African Institute in association with Indiana University Press,

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