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  • Problem Spaces

    How and Why Methodology Matters

    by Celia Lury ...
    In this innovative book, Celia Lury argues that the time has come for us to explore the world not only with new methods, but with a new approach to methodology itself. Fundamental changes are taking place in how we produce knowledge, how we communicate it and, indeed, what we consider to be knowledge. These changes demand innovative and creative responses to research questions.Lury's rethinking of ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Inventive Life

    Approaches to the New Vitalism

    Edited by Sarah Kember, Celia Lury, Mariam Fraser ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    This book demonstrates how and why vitalism - the idea that life cannot be explained by the principles of mechanism - matters now. Vitalism resists closure and reductionism in the life sciences whilst simultaneously addressing the object of life itself. The aim of this collection is to consider the questions that vitalism makes it possible to ask: questions about the role and status of life across ... Read more

    $213.29 USD

  • Prosthetic Culture

    by Celia Lury ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    In a fascinating account of how technology is altering our consciousness, Celia Lury shows how the manipulation of photographic images and ways of seeing can so redefine the relation between consciousness, the body and memory as to create a 'prosthetic culture' whose capacities both extend and threaten our humanity. We live in a society in which some memories can be falsely implanted in the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of Interdisciplinary Research Methods

    Edited by Celia Lury, Rachel Fensham, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Sybille Lammes, Angela Last, Mike Michael, Emma Uprichard ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    The landscape of contemporary research is characterized by growing interdisciplinarity, and disciplinary boundaries are blurring faster than ever. Yet while interdisciplinary methods, and methodological innovation in general, are often presented as the ‘holy grail’ of research, there are few examples or discussions of their development and ‘behaviour’ in the field.This Routledge Handbook of ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Transformations

    Thinking Through Feminism

    Edited by Sarah Ahmed, Jane Kilby, Celia Lury, Maureen McNeil, Maureen McNeil, Beverley Skeggs ...
    Series series Transformations
    With contributions from some of the most important current feminist thinkers, Transformations traces both the shifts in thinking that have allowed feminism to arrive at its present point, and the way that feminist agendas have progressed in line with wider social developments.A thorough reassessment of feminism's place in contemporary life, the authors engage in current debates as diverse as ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Cultural Rights

    Technology, Legality and Personality

    by Celia Lury ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    Cultural Rights aims to combine sociology of culture and cultural studies approaches to provide an innovative interpretation of contemporary culture. It develops Walter Benjamin's arguments on the effects of mechanical reproduction by seeing what has happened to originality and authenticity in postmodern culture. One aspect of this culture is that reproduction and simulation have become listless, ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Brands

    The Logos of the Global Economy

    by Celia Lury ...
    Series series International Library of Sociology
    Brands are everywhere: in the air, on the high-street, in the kitchen, on television and, maybe even on your feet. But what are they? The brand, that point of connection between company and consumer, has become one of the key cultural forces of our time and one of the most important vehicles of globalization. This book offers a detailed and innovative analysis of the brand Illustrated with many ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Feminism & Autobiography

    Texts, Theories, Methods

    by Tess Coslett, Celia Lury, Penny Summerfield ...
    Series series Transformations
    Featuring essays by leading feminist scholars from a variety of disciplines, this key text explores the latest developments in autobiographical studies.The collection is structured around the inter-linked concepts of genre, inter-subjectivity and memory. Whilst exemplifying the very different levels of autobiographical activity going on in feminist studies, the contributions chart a movement from ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Inventive Methods

    The Happening of the Social

    Edited by Celia Lury, Nina Wakeford ...
    Series series CRESC
    Social and cultural research has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to changing conceptions of the empirical, an intensification of interest in interdisciplinary work, and the growing need to communicate with diverse users and audiences. Methods texts, however, have not kept pace with these changes.This volume provides a set of new approaches for the investigation of the ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • Figure

    Concept and Method

    Edited by Celia Lury, William Viney, Scott Wark ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This open access book shows how figures, figuring, and configuration are used to understand complex, contemporary problems. Figures are images, numbers, diagrams, data and datasets, turns-of-phrase, and representations. Contributors reflect on the history of figures as they have transformed disciplines and fields of study, and how methods of figuring and configuring have been integral to practices ... Read more

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  • Introducing Cultural Studies

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