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   Published March 8th 2007 by Routledge
2. Communication as Culture, Revised Edition

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   By James W. Carey

   In this classic text, James W. Carey maintains that communication is not merely the transmission of information; reminding the reader of the link between the words "communication" and "community," he broadens his definition to include the drawing-together of a people that is culture. In this...

   Published September 16th 2008 by Routledge
3. The Advertising and Consumer Culture Reader

   Edited by Joseph Turow, Matthew Mcallister

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   Published April 29th 2009 by Routledge
4. Judith Butler and Political Theory

   Troubling Politics

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   Over the past twenty-five years the work of Judith Butler has had an extraordinary impact on numerous disciplines and interdisciplinary projects across the humanities and social sciences. This original study is the first to take a thematic approach to Butler as a political thinker. Starting...

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5. Teaching Critical Thinking

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   Published September 14th 2009 by Routledge
6. Critical Perspectives on bell hooks

   Edited by Maria del Guadalupe Davidson, George Yancy

   Series: Critical Social Thought

   Although bell hooks has long challenged the dominant paradigms of race, class, and gender, there has never been a comprehensive book critically reflecting upon this seminal scholar’s body of work. Her written works aim to transgress and disrupt those codes that exclude others as intellectually...

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7. The Fashion History Reader

   Global Perspectives

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   Published April 25th 2010 by Routledge
8. Militainment, Inc.

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   Published November 23rd 2009 by Routledge