At we enter the 21st century, we are witnessing tremendous changes in the world's culture.
As it has become both postmodern and multinational, so too must ethnography. In this book …

Emphasising the contradictions of fandom, Matt Hills outlines how media fans have been
conceptualised in cultural theory. Drawing on case studies of specific fan groups, from Elvis …

INTRODUCING QUALITATIVE METHODS provides a series of volumes which introduce
qualitative research to the student and beginning researcher. The approach is …

This article identifies the primary features of what we term “critical media industry studies,”
emphasizing midlevel fieldwork in examining media industries and delimiting new ways of …

In her new book Gajjala examines online community formations and subjectivities that are
produced at the intersection of technologies and globalization. She describes the process of …

This collection brings together the work of both film scholars and queer theorists to advance
a more sophisticated notion of queer film criticism. While the" politics of representation" has …

BEYOND FEMINIST AESTHETICS: FEMINIST LITERATURE AND SOCIAL CHANGE. By
Rita Felski. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989; pp. 222. 13.50 …

World-system theory provides concepts and language for a critical understanding of
international educational development. Within this worldsystem tradition, some comparative …

This essay examines the commodification of Pocahontas surrounding the 1995 Disney film.
Pocahontas. Through an examination of Pocahontas products and popular cultural …

Although Gramsci's application to the communication discipline has received incomplete
consideration, Gramsci can provide an insightful perspective on the cultural dominance of …