Culture / Chris Jenks.
Material type: TextSeries: Key ideasPublication details: Oxon ; New York : Routledge / Taylor & Francis, 2005.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xii, 234 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0415338689 (softcover)
- 9780415338684
- 306 JEN 22
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-224) and index.
The origins of the concept of culture in philosophy and the literary tradition -- The relation between culture and social structure -- Culture, idealism and social action -- Culture, Marxism and materialism -- Cultural stratification -- Cultural reproduction -- Subculture -- Visual culture -- Urban culture -- Culture and postmodernism -- Cultural studies : what is it?
Culture provides a comprehensive introduction to one of the buzz words of today. It argues that we must locate it within traditions of thought and not treat it as a modern invention or discovery.
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