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Whether as sources of joy and pleasure to be fed, counted, and watched, as objects of sport to be hunted and killed, or as food to be harvested, wild birds evoke strong feelings. Sean Nixon traces the transformation of these human passions for wild birds from the early twentieth century through the 1970s, detailing humans' close encounters with wild birds in Britain and the wider North Atlantic world. Drawing on a rich range of written sources, Passions for Birds reveals how emotional, subjective, and material attachments to wild birds were forged through a period of pronounced social and cultural change. Nixon demonstrates how, for all their differences, new traditions in birdwatching and conservation, field sports, and bird harvesting mobilized remarkably similar feelings towards birds. Striking similarities also emerged in the material forms that each of these practices used to bring birds closer to people - hides and traps, nets and ropes, and binoculars. Wide ranging in scope

Focusing on advertising's relationship to the mass market housewife, Hard Sell shows how advertising promoted new standards of material comfort in the selling of a range of everyday consumer goods and

This study examines the significance of representations of masculinity with particular focus on the consumer industries, building a form of cultural analysis that draws together the study of "texts" a

In this study, Nixon (U. of Essex) examines the occupational cultures and subjective identities of a group of young male art directors and copywriters working for London-based advertising agencies. Hi

`Nixon's study is a major contribution to the cultural sociology of the new service sector professionals and their gendered identities.It's importance lies in it's skilful synthesis of detailed ethnog

How did advertising shape growing popular prosperity in the 1950s and 60s? What were the images of domesticity and modern living which it promoted? Focusing on advertising's relationship to the mass m

Since 1997 Representation has been the key go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited Second Edition:

Since 1997 Representation has been the key go-to textbook for students learning the tools to question and critically analyze institutional and media texts and images. This long-awaited Second Edition:

After being wrongly inprisoned for killing a senator, Wolverine is rescued by the sinister organization responsible for his Adamantium skeleton.

Wolverine's nightmare is real as the Weapon X program returns! With a sadistic new Director in charge, the program offers mutants a chance to turn against their own kind - and a deadlier-than-ever Sab