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The Social and Cultural Forms of Modernity

Understanding Modern Societies, Book III

Kenneth Thompson editor Stuart Hall editor Robert Bocock editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Published:11th Jun '92

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This book considers the social and cultural aspects of 20th-century modern industrial social formations, focusing on Britain and Europe, with reference to North America and Australasia. The main topics of the social dimension include an analysis of the class, gender and racial divsions; women, the family, and the romantic sphere; patterns of consumption; and conceptions of the self, the body and sexuality. The section on cultural dimensions focuses on an analysis of contemporary ideologies and belief systems; the growth in popular culture, the revolution in mass communications; the reshaping of knowledge in education and the modern metropolis as the privileged scene of modernity.

ISBN: 9780745609645

Dimensions: 250mm x 100mm x 15mm

Weight: 1191g

496 pages