Introducing Cultural and Media Studies: A Semiotic Approach

By Tony Thwaites, Warwick Mules, Lloyd Davis

Book Overview

This second edition of the popular introductory textbook Tools for Cultural Studies, has been thoroughly revised and updated for a new generation of students taking introductory courses in cultural studies and cultural analysis at a tertiary level. It provides a solid grounding in the key terms and theories necessary for the study of popular culture and media texts. Without underestimating the complexity of the social, this text encourages a critical and inventive attitude to cultural theory and, through its practical step-by-step approach, is very confidence-building.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333972473
• ISBN13: 9780333972472
• Release Date: September 2002
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 9.2"