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Doing cultural studies : the story of the Sony Walkman / Paul du Gay ... [and others].
Van Pelt Library TK7881.6 .D65 1997
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Culture, media, and identities
- Culture, media and identities
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sonī Kabushiki Kaisha.
- Cassette tape recorders--Technological innovations.
- Cassette tape recorders.
- Cassette tape recorders--Technological innovations--Social aspects.
- Popular culture.
- Technological innovations.
- Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 151 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm.
- Other Title:
- Story of the Sony Walkman
- Sony Walkman
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Thousand Oaks [Calif.] : Sage, in association with The Open University, 1997.
- Summary:
- In recent years culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0761954015
- 0761954023
- OCLC:
- 36643157
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