Cultural Studies
BIC code: GTS
See also: Philosophy & Culture
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Add to BasketThe American Counterculture, 1945-1975 - - Paperback
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Exploring the relationship between the counterculture and American popular culture, this book looks at the ways in which Hollywood and corporate record labels commodified and adapted countercultural texts, and the extent to which countercultural artists and their texts were appropriated. -
£16.99American Culture In The 1960s - - Paperback
This volume provides a vivid account of the major cultural forms of 1960s America - fiction and poetry, music and performance, film and television, art and photography - as well as influential texts, figures and trends of the decade - from the civil rights movement to pop art to the Vietnam War. -
Add to BasketAnatomy Of The New Scotland: Power, Influence And Change - Hardback
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Scotland is undergoing a radical transformation economically, socially and politically. This collection offers an analysis of contemporary Scotland, highlighting who holds power, influence and status. It covers the economy, the public sector, political institutions, the media and culture. -
Add to BasketBeing English In Scotland - - Paperback
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Using a range of sources, including oral history contributions from English people living all over Scotland, this investigation reveals how a massive influx of English settlers has unobtrusively formed Scotland's most significant migrant community in modern times. -
Add to BasketBeing Scottish: Personal Reflections On Scottish Identity Today - Paperback
£9.99
This collection consists of 100 short reflections on the experience of being Scottish in the opening years of the 21st century. -
£7.99A Boy's Story: The Revelations And Wild Times Of A Young Skin - - Paperback
As the 1960s drew to a close, the skinhead was born and a youth culture took Britain by storm. Boys and girls alike embraced this new working-class culture. Martin King describes the heady mix of pleasures which were all part of life at that time. -
Add to BasketBrigadoon, Braveheart And The Scots: Scotland In Hollywood Cinema - - Hardback
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'Brigadoon' and 'Braveheart' have an important resonance for Scots, and for non-Scots for whom such films provide general impressions of Scottishness. This book discusses the films' representations of Scotland and the Scots. -
Add to BasketByron: Life And Legend - - Paperback
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For this biography of Byron, Fiona MacCarthy has had exclusive access to the full John Murray Byron archive. She brings a fresh eye to Byron's childhood in Scotland, his embattled relations with his mother, and the effect on him of his deformed foot. -
Add to BasketThe Culture Of Protestantism In Early Modern Scotland - - Hardback
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The Protestant Reformation of the 16th century brought a radical shift from a profoundly sensual and ceremonial experience of religion to the dominance of the word through book and sermon. This study explores how such a drastic shift was accomplished. -
Add to BasketThe Democratic Intellect: Scotland And Her Universities In The Nineteenth Century - - Paperback
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Scotland's generalist approach to higher education characterised the country's intellectual life, even into the 19th century, when economic, social and political pressures enforced an increasing conformity to English models. This is an account of the history of these movements.











