Book Series
Comedia
New & Published Titles:
Spectacular Bodies
Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema
While films such as Rambo, Thelma and Louise and Basic Instinct have operated as major points of cultural reference in recent years, popular action cinema… read more1993 | Paperback: 978-0-415-09224-1 (Routledge)
Video Playtime
The Gendering of a Leisure Technology
The 1980s saw an explosion in the use of the domestic video cassette recorder (VCR), arguably the most significant new form of home entertainment technology… read more1992 | Paperback: 978-0-415-05865-0 (Routledge)
The Consumerist Manifesto
Advertising in Postmodern Times
Advertising is no longer on the defensive. It has survived the snobbery of the 50s, the conspiracy theories of the 60s and the semiology of… read more1992 | Paperback: 978-0-415-04620-6 (Routledge)
Advertising International
The Privatisation of Public Space
The advertising industry has changed out of all recognition over the past twenty years. The map of global communications has been redrawn by a flood… read more1991 | Paperback: 978-0-415-05064-7 (Routledge)
Timeshift
On Video Culture
Timeshift explores the powers and capabilities of video and the cultures it thrives in. Adding a new dimension to film, television and computer media, video… read more1991 | Paperback: 978-0-415-01678-0 (Routledge)
The Known World of Broadcast News
International News and the Electronic Media
Radio and television news are expanding everywhere, often at the expense of print media. Developments in global communications, in theory at least, have made the… read more1990 | Paperback: 978-0-415-03604-7 (Routledge)
Hiding in the Light
On Images and Things
Dick Hebdige looks at the creation and consumption of objects and images as diverse as fashion and documentary photographs, 1950's streamlined cars, Italian motor scooters,… read more1988 | Paperback: 978-0-415-00737-5 (Routledge)
The Museum Time Machine
Putting Cultures on Display
A provocative contribution to the current debate on museums, The Museum Time-Machine deals with recent public controversies, such as those over charges, sponsorship, and political… read more1988 | Paperback: 978-0-415-00652-1 (Routledge)
Television Mythologies
Stars, Shows and Signs
A collection of essays on television which focuses on the previewers, the TV magazines, quiz shows, commercial breaks, Top of the Pops, One Man and… read more1987 | Paperback: 978-0-415-03700-6 (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