Text| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 306 HAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000156415 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An introduction to current debates around the themes of culture, identity and lifestyle. Such debates often begin with the assertion that we live in a society of signs. Features include: summary and critical discussion of some basic approaches in social theory and cultural analysis; key readings of some of the work of writers including Barthes and Giddens; reviews of work in more traditional areas, for example, the sociology of identity and the embedding process found in social life; and advice on further reading.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Sociological Perspectives and the Complexities of Modern Life
- Chapter 2 the Politics of Cultural Autonomy
- Chapter 3 Discourse Theories and Critical Analysis
- Chapter 4 the Textual Metaphor in Barthes' 'New Semiology'
- Chapter 5 Postmodernism, Anti-Foundationalism and the Aversion Against the Universal
- Chapter 6 Film and Video and 'Postmodernist Sensibility'
- Chapter 7 Personal Identities in Modernity
- Conclusion
- Bibliography