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This book is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. Each chapter addre…

Does it make sense to speak of a European society, above and beyond its component states and regions? In this major new book William Outhwaite argues …

This volume offers lively current debates and case studies in historical archaeology selected from around the world, including North America, Latin Am…

Desert Peoples: Archaeological Perspectives provides an issues-oriented overview of hunter-gatherer societies in desert landscapes that combines archa…

Making Social Worlds: A Communication Perspective offers the most accessible introduction to the tools and concepts of CMM – Coordinated Management of…

'Liquid life’ is the kind of life commonly lived in our contemporary, liquid-modern society. Liquid life cannot stay on course, as liquid-modern socie…

The production of ‘human waste’ – or more precisely, wasted lives, the ‘superfluous’ populations of migrants, refugees and other outcasts – is an inev…

This major new textbook explores the relations between gender and archaeology, providing an innovative and important account of how material culture i…

In this important new book Rein Raud develops an original theory of culture understood as a loose and internally contradictory system of texts and pra…

This highly original, thought-provoking book – written by a pioneer of communication studies – is the first to analyze the post 9/11 world in terms of…

Political scandals have become a pervasive feature of many societies today. From Profumo to the cash-for-questions scandal, from Watergate to the Clin…

This unique volume gathers Weber's writings on a broad array of themes, from the nature of work, to the political culture of democracy, to the uniquen…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

Written by an award-winning researcher and professor whose work straddles the fields of communication and healthcare, Talking About Health explores th…

This insightful and provocative journey through spiritual landscapes explores the ways in which spiritualities of life have been experienced and under…

In this new book, Bauman examines how we have moved away from a 'heavy' and 'solid', hardware-focused modernity to a 'light' and 'liquid', software-ba…

This comprehensive volume ranges across the entire spectrum of contemporary sociological inquiry, as seen by Durkheim. It also includes secondary read…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

Understanding Media Users: From Theory to Practice focuses on the blurred concept of the “active audience” at the core of media studies. examines the …

In this lively and accessible study, David Lyon explores the relationship between religion and postmodernity, through the central metaphor of 'Jesus i…

With the advent of liquid modernity, the society of producers is transformed into a society of consumers. In this new consumer society, individuals be…

Part analysis of contemporary change and part vision of the future, post-Fordism lends its name to a set of challenging, essential and controversial d…

Feminist Anthropology surveys the history of feminist anthropology and offers students and scholars a fascinating collection of both classic and conte…

International Media Studies is a bold introduction to the field that focuses on a de-centering of media epistemology to represent a more thorough worl…

Gothic novels tell terrifying stories of patriarchal societies that thrive on the oppression or even outright sacrifice of women and others. Donna Hei…

This book is about the central figure of our contemporary, ‘liquid modern’ times – the man or woman with no bonds, and particularly with none of the f…

This book systematically reconstructs the origins and new advances in economic sociology. By presenting both classical and contemporary theory and res…

This book is concerned with the government of “illegal” immigration since the passage of the U.S. Immigration Act of 1965, exploring how certain menta…

This groundbreaking collection of original essays provides new perspectives in Asian media studies. The volume covers a diverse range of topics from m…

Masculinities in Theory is a clear, concise, and comprehensive introduction to the field of masculinity studies from a humanities perspective. Serves …

Modernity was supposed to be the period in human history when the fears that pervaded social life in the past could be left behind and human beings co…

Redundant Masculinities? investigates the links between the so-called 'crisis of masculinity' and contemporary changes in the labour market through th…

This book provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to Tibet, its culture and history. A clear and comprehensive overview of Tibet, its culture …

Looking for America: The Visual Production of Nation and People is a groundbreaking collection that explores the “visual” in defining the kaleidoscope…

This volume presents a systematic discussion of the leading theoretical approaches to social stratification. It is both an accessible overview and a d…

How are human societies changing the global environment? Is sustainable development really possible? Can environmental risks be avoided? Is our experi…

This book critically interrogates the work of David Harvey, one of the world's most influential geographers, and one of its best known Marxists. Consi…

Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place is the fascinating story of an urban neighborhood undergoing rapid gentrification. Explores…

Media, Communication, Culture offers a bold and comprehensive analysis of developments in the field amidst the effects of postmodernism and globalizat…

Jeffrey Weeks has established an international reputation as one of the most original and influential writers on the social history of sexuality.

Bob Dylan’s contribution to popular music is immeasurable. Venerated as rock’s one true genius, Dylan is considered responsible for introducing a new …

This book explores the multiple ways in which archaeologists give meaning to the past, highlighting debates over the ontological and epistemological s…

NAPA Bulletin is a peer reviewed occasional publication of the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology, dedicated to the practical probl…

Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media at the heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that the media (the press,…

Feminists have long differed in their view of prostitution. While some regard it as a classic form of exploitation and degradation, others offer a mor…