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  • Presumed Intimacy: Parasocial Interaction in Media, Society and Celebrity Culture

    de Chris Rojek ...
    ‘Presumed intimacy’ refers to a relationship that requires instant trust, confidence, disclosure and the recognition of vulnerability. Chris Rojek investigates the impact of relationships of ‘presumed intimacy’, where audiences form strong identifications with mediated others, whether they be celebrities, political personae or online friends. Arguing that the way the media are able to manage these ... Leer más

    $21.00 USD

  • Cults

    de Stephanie Alice Baker, Eugene McLaughlin, Chris Rojek ...
    Series series Key Ideas
    This engaging text introduces readers to the sociology of cults. Covering the history and current state of cult studies, this book includes topics ranging from doomsday cults and new religious movements through to self-help cults, the cult of celebrity, intellectuals, and entrepreneurs. Case studies as varied as David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, the Manson family, and the cult brands of Elon ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Lifestyle Gurus

    Constructing Authority and Influence Online

    de Stephanie A. Baker, Chris Rojek ...
    The rise of blogs and social media provide a public platform for people to share information online. This trend has facilitated an industry of self-appointed ‘lifestyle gurus’ who have become instrumental in the management of intimacy and social relations. Advice on health, wealth creation, relationships and well-being is rising to challenge the authority of experts and professionals. Pitched as ... Leer más

    $20.00 USD

  • Celebrity

    de Chris Rojek ...
    Series series FOCI
    In contemporary society, the cult of celebrity is inescapable. Anyone can be turned into a celebrity, and anything can be made into a celebrity event. Celebrity has become a part of everyday life, a common reference point. But how have people like Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Bill Clinton or Princess Diana impressed themselves so powerfully on the public mind? Do they have unique qualities, or have ... Leer más

    $16.99 USD

  • Social Work & Received Ideas

    de Chris Rojek ...
    The first book to examine the language of both traditional and radical social work as forms of power. The will to help and care for people unintentionally results in new types of dependency, control and domination. ... Leer más

    $39.99 USD

  • Capitalism and Leisure Theory (Routledge Revivals)

    de Chris Rojek ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1985, this title explores theories of leisure in a capitalist society. Basing his argument on a refutation of the conventional association of leisure with freedom and free time, Chris Rojek examines the four main structural characteristics of modern leisure practice: privatisation, individuation, commercialisation and pacification. The writings of Marx, Durkheim, Weber, and ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Event Power

    How Global Events Manage and Manipulate

    de Chris Rojek ...
    "Rojek’s argument is a psychological one, although his message is political: global events build on people’s needs to feel empowered and jointly engaged in the pursuit of a higher purpose; they allow a break from daily routines, provide an illusion of intimacy and social membership, and create a sense of self-validation and personal gratification. In short, participation in such events makes us ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • Being Sociological

    de Sara Salman, Daniel R. Smith, Suzanne Woodward, Adrian Franklin, Kate Huppatz, Mary Holmes, Raelene Wilding, Farzana Shain, Chamsy el-Ojeili, Dylan Taylor, David Bartram, Luke Goode, Chris Rojek, Stephanie Baker, Thomas Thurnell-Read, Tracey McIntosh, Dr Lucy Mayblin ...
    Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.The book encourages readers to examine both ... Leer más

    $42.99 USD

  • The Labour of Leisure

    The Culture of Free Time

    de Chris Rojek ...
    Leisure has always been associated with freedom, choice and flexibility. The week-end and vacations were celebrated as ′time off′. In his compelling new book, Chris Rojek turns this shibboleth on its head to demonstrate how leisure has become a form of labour.Modern men and women are required to be competent, relevant and credible, not only in the work place but with their mates, children, parents ... Leer más

    $78.29 USD

  • New Forms of Consumption

    Consumers, Culture, and Commodification

    de Mark Gottdiener, Jorge Arditi, Matthew D. Bramlett, Karen A. Cerulo, Daniel Thomas Cook, E Melanie DuPuis, Eugene Halton, Beverly Mullings, Minjoo Oh, Seth Ovadia0, Cotten Seiler1, Noam Shoval2, Mark Sloan3, George Ritzer4, Chris Rojek5 ...
    Series series Postmodern Social Futures
    Consumption as a field of cultural studies overlaps with theories of postmodernism, the social construction of self, commodification in late capitalism, and the role of mass media in daily life. New forms of consumption such as those facilitated by cyberspace, themed environments, the commodification of sex, and the increasing role of leisure in society all play new and interesting roles in daily ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Brit-Myth

    Who do the British think they are?

    de Chris Rojek ...
    Series series FOCI
    Is Britain really perceived as a nation of poorly dressed, roast-beef-eating, snaggle-toothed xenophobes? Or do the British perhaps all live in stately homes, and lead supercilious, emotionally repressed, tea-drinking lives? In Brit-Myth, well-known social and cultural commentator Chris Rojek probes these and other myths, conceptions and misconceptions of Britishness, looking not only at how ... Leer más

    $20.99 USD

  • The Politics of Jean-Francois Lyotard

    Justice and Political Theory

    Edición de Chris Rojek, Mr Bryan S Turner, Bryan Turner ...
    Jean-Francois Lyotard is still considered to be the father of postmodernism. An international range of contributors in the field of cultural and philosophical studies, including Barry Smart, John O' Neill and Victor J. Seidler consider Lyotard's writings on justice and politics of difference, feminism, youth and Judaism. ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD