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1. Race and Ethnicity: The Key Concepts

   By Amy Ansell

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Situating the study of race and ethnicity within its historical and intellectual context, this much needed guide exposes students to the broad diversity of scholarship within the field. It provides a clear and succinct explanation of more than 70 key terms, their conceptual evolution over time, and...

   Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge
2. Fifty Key Writers on Photography

   Edited by Mark Durden

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Fifty Key Writers on Photography is a clear and concise survey of some of the most significant writers on photography who have played a major part in defining and influencing our understanding of the medium. It provides a succinct overview of writing on photography from a diverse range of...

   Published December 17th 2012 by Routledge
3. Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts

   4th Edition

   By Susan Hayward

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Cinema Studies: The Key Concepts is an essential guide for anyone interested in film. Providing accessible coverage of a comprehensive range of genres, movements, theories and production terms, this is a must-have guide to a fascinating area of study and arguably the greatest art form of modern...

   Published December 16th 2012 by Routledge
4. Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization

   By William Coleman, Alina Sajed

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Fifty Key Thinkers on Globalization is an outstanding guide to often-encountered thinkers whose ideas have shaped, defined and influenced this new and rapidly growing field. The authors clearly and lucidly survey the life, work and impact of fifty of the most important theorists of...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
5. Gender: The Key Concepts

   Edited by Mary Evans, Carolyn Williams

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   This invaluable volume provides an overview of 37 terms, theories and concepts frequently used in gender studies which those studying the subject can find difficult to grasp. Each entry provides a critical definition of the concept, examining the background to the idea, its usage and the major...

   Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
6. Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films

   Edited by Adele Reinhartz

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Movies which have drawn inspiration from the Bible, either directly or indirectly, have been extremely popular since the earliest days of cinema. Bible and Cinema: Fifty Key Films introduces a wide range of those movies, which are among the most important, critically-acclaimed and highest-grossing...

   Published October 30th 2012 by Routledge
7. Research Methods: The Key Concepts

   By Michael Hammond, Jerry Wellington

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   This invaluable resource provides a comprehensive overview of the many methods and methodologies of social research. Each entry provides a critical definition and examines the value and difficulties of a particular method or methodology of concept across different fields of social research....

   Published August 16th 2012 by Routledge
8. Tourism: The Key Concepts

   Edited by Peter Robinson

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Tourism: The Key Concepts offers a comprehensive collection of the most frequently used and studied concepts in the subject of tourism. Within the text key terms, concepts, typologies and frameworks are examined in the context of the broader social sciences, blending together theory and practice to...

   Published July 30th 2012 by Routledge
9. Fifty Key Texts in Art History

   Edited by Diana Newall, Grant Pooke

   Series: Routledge Key Guides

   Fifty Key Texts in Art History is an anthology of critical commentaries selected from the classical period to the late modern. It explores some of the central and emerging themes, issues and debates within Art History as an increasingly expansive and globalised discipline. It features an...

   Published February 12th 2012 by Routledge
10. Popular Music Culture: The Key Concepts

    3rd Edition

    By Roy Shuker

    Series: Routledge Key Guides

    Now in an updated 3rd edition this popular A-Z student handbook provides a comprehensive survey of key ideas and concepts in popular music culture. With new and expanded entries on genres and sub-genres the text comprehensively examines the social and cultural aspects of popular music, taking into...

    Published December 1st 2011 by Routledge