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This collection includes eighteen essays that introduce the concept of unpopular culture and explore its critical possibilities and ramifications from a large variety of perspectives. Proposing a third term that operates beyond the dichotomy of high culture and mass culture and yet offers a fresh approach to both, these essays address a multitude of different topics that can all be classified as unpopular culture. From David Foster Wallace and Ernest Hemingway to Zane Grey and fan fiction, from Christian Rock and Country to Black Metal, from Steven Seagal to Genesis (Breyer) P-Orridge, from The Simpsons to The Real Housewives, from natural disasters to 9/11, from thesis hatements to professional sports, these essays find the unpopular across media and genres, and they analyze the politics and the aesthetics of an unpopular culture (and the unpopular in culture) that has not been duly recognized as such by the theories and methods of cultural studies

Fast track route to mastering culture and culture change Covers the key areas of culture, from how culture evolves and why different companies have different cultures to cultural diagnosis and implementing successful change Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful businesses, including Amazon.com, EDS, Honda and Nissan, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Edgar Schein, Charles Handy, Geert Hofstede and Gareth Morgan. Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide

This book analyzes the functions, content, methods, findings, and impacts of social and cultural research carried out by the worldwide network of 16 International Agricultural Research Centers of the CGIAR (Conservative Group on International Agricultural Research). Its two parts - ''insiders''. and ''outsiders'' - brings together the perspectives of over 50 eminent scholars and social researchers from 30 countries, working within the Centers or within outside academic and development institutions. The authors examine critically the priorities, strengths, and weaknesses of research on the. soc

What is anthropology? -- Culture -- Doing anthropology -- Language and communication -- Making a living -- Political systems -- Families, kinship, and marriage -- Gender -- Religion -- the world system and colonialism -- Ethnicity and race -- Applying anthropology -- Anthropology's role in a globalizing world

The way people think and act politically is not set in stone. People can and do change the fundamental cultural contours of their political situation. Their political culture does not only restrict imagination and action - it is also a resource for political creativity and invention. In Reinventing Political Culture, this resource is uncovered and explored. Analyzed as a tension between the power of culture and the culture of power, the concept of political culture is reinvented and applied to understanding the practice of people transforming their own political culture in very different cir