The Millennium Dome, Braveheart and Rolls Royce cars. How do cultural icons reproduce
and transform a sense of national identity? How does national identity vary across time and …

All societies that maintain armies maintain the belief that some things are more valuable
than life itself. Just what is so valued varies. In previous times, wars were fought for causes …

Images are 'everywhere'. They permeate our academic work, everyday lives, digital and
social media worlds, societal narratives and imagined futures. They inhabit and inspire our …

Globalization is now widely discussed, but the debates often focus on economic issues. A
lucid and engaging writer, John Tomlinson goes far beyond traditional discussions to …

What is left to say about celebrity? Well, as I hope to demonstrate in this book, quite a lot. In
particular, I have been concerned to disaggregate the customary constructions of celebrity a …

This analysis explores the social history and politics of mega-events from the late 19th
century to the present. Through case studies of events such as the 1851 Crystal Palace …

Audiences are problematic. From both left and right they have been the subject of concern
and debate. On the one hand, this has been expressed through fears about the effects of the …

Home Territories examines how traditional ideas of home, homeland and nation have been
destabilised both by new patterns of migration and by new communication technologies …

This article explores the metaphor of performance to investigate how tourism can be
conceived as a set of activities, imbricated with the everyday, whereby conventions are …

Media Rituals rethinks our accepted concepts of ritual behaviour for a media-saturated age.
It connects ritual directly with questions of power, government, and surveillance and …