The Social and Cultural Forms of Modernity by Kenneth Thompson

The Social and Cultural Forms of Modernity by Kenneth Thompson

This book considers the social and cultural aspects of 20th-century modern industrial social formations, focusing on Britain and Europe, with reference to North America and Australasia. The main topics of the social dimension include an analysis of the class, gender and racial divsions; women, the family, and the romantic sphere; patterns of consumption; and conceptions of the self, the body and sexuality. The section on cultural dimensions focuses on an analysis of contemporary ideologies and belief systems; the growth in popular culture, the revolution in mass communications; the reshaping of knowledge in education and the modern metropolis as the privileged scene of modernity.

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ISBN 13	9780745609645
ISBN 10	0745609643
Title	The Social and Cultural Forms of Modernity
Author	Kenneth Thompson
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published	1992-06-11
Number of pages	496
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