Culture, Representation and Identities is dedicated to a particular understanding of 'cultural
studies' as an inherently interdisciplinary project critically concerned with the analysis of …

In this book, originally published in 1985, British and North American geographers present
original and challenging viewpoints on the media. The essays deal with a diverse content …

During the 1930s a series of conferences were held in Britain to discuss the 'problem'of
leisure and citizenship.'Tell me how a man spends his leisure time and I will tell you what …

First published in 1989. Understanding Leisure is a readable introductory analysis of the key
elements in the study of leisure. This includes leisure concepts and dimensions of leisure, its …

Drawing upon extensive urban anthropological fieldwork with football hooligan formations in
England and Scotland, it is argued that academics have failed to examine adequately the …

There is already a large literature discussing the relationship between crime and the mass
media. Mostly, it seeks to establish or refute hypothesised links between peoples' exposure …

Through a comparison of Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand texts published between
1840 and 1940, From Colonial to Modern develops a new history of colonial girlhoods …

Ranging from soldiers reading newspapers at the front to authors' responses to the war, this
book sheds new light on the reading habits and preferences of men and women …

This article explores two series of girls' annuals: the Empire Annual for Australian Girls (1909–
30), published by the Religious Tract Society, and the Australian Girl's Annual (1910–3?) …

Abstract The First World War set in train the development of ideas and traditions that had
profound implications for nations and for national identity. Whilst the British Empire grew in …