Culture and Contestation in the New Century

Culture and Contestation in the New CenturyThis book of essays examines the conditions of cultural production in the first decade of the twenty first century. With an emphasis on how current neoliberal policies have affected institutions of cultural production and dissemination, it highlights ensuing changes to critical theory and poses questions about cultural democracy and social change.

This book charts key aspects of the Anglo-Scottish experience down to the Restoration and greatly improves understanding of that complex and troubled relationship

Offers accessible accounts of different strands of discourse theory such as deconstruction

Ignored or derided until now

performance and writing of Jack Smith

and political dimensions of irregular migrants’ experiences of entrapment

An esteemed group of contributors discuss the varieties of lesbian and gay representation to deconstruct and redefine notions of national identity and culture in a diverse European context

and uses these rules to cast a critical eye over a selection of contemporary high-street magazines

Annoyed by his expectations

This book provides a ‘no-nonsense’ guide to project management which will enable library and information professionals to lead or take part in a wide range of projects from large-scale multi-organisation complex projects through to relatively simple local ones

from satirical eighteenth-century prints by William Hogarth and James Gillray to works by celebrated contemporary artists such as Andreas Gursky and Molly Crabapple

Digital Platforms and the Press argues that there is a growing risk of a platform-dependent press

It also provides an inside look at the city’s film studio