Social and Cultural Forms of Modernity: Understanding Modern Societies, Book III

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.

Title - Social and Cultural Forms of Modernity: Understanding Modern Societies, Book III

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ISBN 13 - 9780745609645

Imprint - Polity Press

Publisher - John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Date Published - 11/06/1992

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Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 100 x 250 x 15mm

Weight - 1191 g

Languages - English