Everyday Life in the Postmodern World

An Introduction to Cultural Studies

Arthur Asa Berger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XVII, 166 Seiten

2022 | 1st ed. 2022
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-07925-2 (ISBN)

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This introductory textbook familiarizes students with ideas of key thinkers and perspectives related to postmodern thought and everyday life. The book is unique in that it offers selections from key passages of works of important thinkers as well as from some of the author's own publications that serve as examples of how to interpret various aspects of culture. The book draws in readers with its engaging and conversational style and use of cases, illustrations and photographs, including fun discussions on everyday life under pandemic restrictions. This is a must read for students taking courses in sociology, cultural anthropology, culture and media studies, linguistics, social philosophy, and for specific courses on postmodernism.

Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts, San Francisco State University. He is the author of more than 100 articles and 80 books on popular culture, media, communication, semiotics, humor and tourism. He had a Fulbright fellowship and taught at the University of Milan in 1963. He has also lectured at many universities outside of the US, including in Iran, China, Argentina, France, Germany, Mexico, and Turkey. His books have been translated into 10 languages.

- Part I Cultural Studies and Everyday Life. - 1. Introduction. - 2. Notes on American National Character. - 3. A Cultural Studies Analysis of Everyday Life. - 4. Media and Everyday Life. - 5. The Postmodern Sacred in America. - Part II My Contributions to the Study of Everyday Life. - 6. My Contributions to Analyzing Everyday Life and Postmodernism: From a Cultural Studies Perspective. - 7. An Ethnographic Case Study: My Everyday Life During the Pandemic. - 8. Coda.

Erscheinungsdatum	26.08.2022
Reihe/Serie	Springer Texts in Social Sciences
Zusatzinfo	XVII, 166 p. 65 illus., 25 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	290 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
Schlagworte	African-Americans in the Media • American Society • Cultural Studies • Football as a Sacred Ritual • Popular Culture and Everyday Life • Post-Freudian Psychoanalytic theory • Semiotics and Tourism • Signs and Everyday Life • Sociology and Everyday Life • Speech Codes and the Socialization of Children
ISBN-10	3-031-07925-6 / 3031079256
ISBN-13	978-3-031-07925-2 / 9783031079252
Zustand	Neuware