With the rapid growth of knowledge concerning ethnic and national group differences in human behaviors in the last two decades, researchers are increasingly curious as to why, how, and when such differences surface. The field is ready to leapfrog from a descriptive science of gr…
With the rapid growth of knowledge concerning ethnic and national group differences in human behaviors in the last two decades, researchers are increasingly curious as to why, how, and when such differences surface. The field is ready to leapfrog from a descriptive science of gr…
This lays the theoretical foundation for the transition to a science of cultural processes by proposing an original process model.
"This book shows how culturally shared knowledge is used to structure social transactions, and it lays the groundwork for a new science of cultural processes.ûCarol Dweck, Stanford University. "Treating culture as process the book describes most recent research findings, theori…
The renewal of cultural studies
Cultural studies, once a burgeoning academic field, developed into a discipline in which just about any cultural text, object or event could be studied. The Renewal of Cultural Studies offers a panoramic view of the field, its assumptions, and its methodologies. Editor Paul Smit…
A collective manifesto for the future of cultural studies. Paul Smith and a team of contributors examine cultural studies in relation to other disciplines - history, anthropology, literature, media, and American studies.