Book Series
Comedia
New & Published Titles:
Black British Culture and Society
A Text Reader
Black British Culture and Society brings together in one indispensable volume key writings on the Black community in Britain, from the 'Windrush' immigrations of the… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17846-4 (Routledge)
Times of the Technoculture
From the Information Society to the Virtual Life
Times of the Technoculture explores the social and cultural impact of new technologies, tracing the origins of the information society from the coming of the… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16116-9 (Routledge)
Television and Common Knowledge
Television and Common Knowledge considers how television is and can be a vehicle for well-informed citizenship in a fragmented modern society. Grouped into thematic sections,… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18929-3 (Routledge)
Stuart Hall
Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies
Stuart Hall's work has been central to the formation and development of cultural studies as an international discipline. Stuart Hall: Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies… read more1996 | Paperback: 978-0-415-08804-6 (Routledge)
The Photographic Image in Digital Culture
What does a new technology of images mean for the ways in which we encounter and use images in everyday life: in advertising, entertainment, news,… read more1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-12157-6 (Routledge)
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Television, Ethnicity and Cultural Change
For 'ethnic minorities' in Britain, broadcast TV provides powerful representations of national and 'western' culture. In Southall - which has the largest population of 'South… read more1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-09675-1 (Routledge)
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The Dynasty Years
Hollywood Television and Critical Media Studies
The Dynasty Years documents and analyses in detail 'the Dynasty phenomenon', the hotly debated success of the Hollywood-made 'Rolls Royce of a primetime soap' which… read more1995 | Paperback: 978-0-415-08599-1 (Routledge)
To Be Continued...
Soap Operas Around the World
To Be Continued... explores the world's most popular form of television drama; the soap opera. From Denver to Delhi, Moscow to Manchester, audiences eagerly await… read more1994 | Paperback: 978-0-415-11007-5 (Routledge)
Migrancy, Culture, Identity
In Migrancy, Culture, Identity, Iain Chambers unravels how our sense of place and identity is realised as we move through myriad languages, worlds and histories.… read more1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-08802-2 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the Comedia series features new theoretical and empirical work exploring the dynamics of the arts and culture industries, and addressing critical issues in the field of contemporary popular culture: issues of production, design, marketing and consumption. While the principle focus is contemporary, the series also offers historical, educational and policy-oriented perspectives across a broad range of media and cultural forms, from the news media to the visual arts.
Forthcoming Titles:
Relocating Television: Television in the Digital Context
Edited by Jostein Gripsrud
To be published May 28th 2010