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Taylor & Francis Ltd Deciphering Culture Ordinary Curiositics and Subjective Narratives by Jane Crisp and Kay Ferres and Gillian Swanson
Representation, subjectivity and sexuality continue to be central to scholarly inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. Deciphering Culture explores their relationship, each author taking a distinct approach to the concept of 'curiosity' as a way of deciphering the working of particular cultural formations. In the process they address a variety of topics including:_x000D__x000D_* the historical formation of subjectivities, identities and differences_x000D_* cultural conduct and habits of the self_x000D_* everyday cultures and negotiation_x000D_* consumption and the body_x000D_* memory, history and autobiography_x000D_* the ethics of critical and textual inquiry. _x000D__x000D_This fascinating book will appeal to students and academics from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences and cultural studies._x000D_show more