Book Series in Media & Film Studies
Comedia
New & Published Titles:
Media, Modernity and Technology
The Geography of the New
From best-selling author David Morley, this book presents a set of interlinked essays which discuss and examine some of the key debates in the fields…
read more2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33342-9 (Routledge)
Watching with The Simpsons
Television, Parody, and Intertextuality
Using our favourite Springfield family as a case study, Watching with The Simpsons examines the textual and social role of parody in offering critical commentary…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-36202-3 (Routledge)
Media/Theory
Thinking about Media and Communications
From an established author with a growing international profile in media studies, Media/Theory is an accessible yet challenging guide to ways of thinking about media…
read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24384-1 (Routledge)
The Politics of Heritage
The Legacies of Race
While 'social inclusion' and 'cultural diversity' circulate frenetically as buzzwords, are we really ready to accept that ideas about 'race' and 'ethnicity', rather than being… read more2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32211-9 (Routledge)
A Game of Two Halves
Football Fandom, Television and Globalisation
Professional football is one of the most popular television 'genres' worldwide, attracting the support of millions of fans, and the sponsorship of powerful companies.… read more2003 | Paperback: 978-0-415-31485-5 (Routledge)
Impossible Bodies
Femininity and Masculinity at the Movies
Impossible Bodies investigates issues of ethnicity, gender, and sexuality in contemporary Hollywood. Examining stars from Arnold Schwarzenegger and Clint Eastwood, to Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer… read more2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-18576-9 (Routledge)
Culture after Humanism
History, Culture, Subjectivity
Culture After Humanism asks what happens to the authority of traditional western modes of thought in the wake of postmodernist theories of language and identity.… read more2001 | Paperback: 978-0-415-24756-6 (Routledge)
The Place of Media Power
Pilgrims and Witnesses of the Media Age
This fascinating study focuses on an area neglected in previous studies of the media: the meetings between ordinary people and the media. Couldry explores what… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-21315-8 (Routledge)
Black British Culture and Society
A Text Reader
Black British Culture and Society brings together in one indispensable volume key writings on the Black community in Britain, from the 'Windrush' immigrations of the… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-17846-4 (Routledge)
Times of the Technoculture
From the Information Society to the Virtual Life
Times of the Technoculture explores the social and cultural impact of new technologies, tracing the origins of the information society from the coming of the… read more1999 | Paperback: 978-0-415-16116-9 (Routledge)
Series Details:
Now celebrating its twentieth anniversary, the Comedia series features new theoretical and empirical work exploring the dynamics of the arts and culture industries, and addressing critical issues in the field of contemporary popular culture: issues of production, design, marketing and consumption. While the principle focus is contemporary, the series also offers historical, educational and policy-oriented perspectives across a broad range of media and cultural forms, from the news media to the visual arts.
Forthcoming Titles:
Media Events in a Global Age
Edited by Nick Couldry, Andreas Hepp, Friedrich Krotz
To be published July 1st 2009