Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies

Presented in a single volume, this engaging review reflects on the scholarship and the historical development of American broadcasting. “A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting” comprehensively evaluates the vibrant history of American radio and television and reveals broadcasting's influence on American history in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. With contributions from leading scholars on the topic, this wide-ranging anthology explores the impact of broadcasting on American culture, politics, and society from an historical perspective as well as the effect on our economic and social structures. The text's original and accessibly-written essays offer explorations on a wealth of topics including the production of broadcast media, the evolution of various television and radio genres, the development of the broadcast ratings system, the rise of Spanish language broadcasting in the United States, broadcast activism, African Americans and broadcasting, 1950's television, and much more. This essential resource: • Presents a scholarly overview of the history of radio and television broadcasting and its influence on contemporary American history • Contains original essays from leading academics in the field • Examines the role of radio in the television era • Discusses the evolution of regulations in radio and television • Offers insight into the cultural influence of radio and television • Analyzes canonical texts that helped shape the field Written for students and scholars of media studies and twentieth-century history, “A Companion to the History of American Broadcasting” is an essential and field-defining guide to the history and historiography of American broadcasting and its many cultural, societal, and political impacts.

Provides an up-to-date overview of the present state Visual Cultural Studies, featuring new original content, topics, and methods. “The Wiley Blackwell Concise Companion to Visual Culture” brings together original research by both established scholars and new voices in the dynamic field, exploring the history, current state, and possible future directions of visual cultural studies. Organized as a series of non-traditional keyword essays, this innovative volume engages readers with a diversity of ideas and perspectives to broaden and enrich their understanding of visual culture and its operations. This accessible, reader-friendly volume begins with a brief introduction to the history and practices of visual studies, featuring interviews and conversations with key figures such as W. J. T. Mitchell and Douglas Crimp. The majority of the text explores key concepts within a broad framework of history, ecologies, mediations, agencies, and politics while placing particular emphasis on interdisciplinarity and intersectionality. Essays cover keyword topics including Identities, Representation, Institutions, Architectures, Memes, Environment, Temporality, and many more. Offering a unique approach to the subject, this timely resource: • Presents new work from a diverse group of scholars with a broad range of social, cultural, and generational perspectives • Emphasizes the importance of activism and political urgency in humanities scholarship • Discusses engaging objects and discourses beyond film and art, such as architecture, video games, political activism, and the nonhuman • Highlights the diverse and interconnecting elements of visual culture scholarship • Includes case studies and short introductions that provide context and reinforce core concepts “The Wiley Blackwell Concise Companion to Visual Culture” is essential reading for advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars in the fields of visual studies, art history, film studies, and media studies.

“A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism” offers a ground-breaking combined discussion of the concepts of diaspora and transnationalism. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars provide interdisciplinary perspectives that link together the concepts in new and important ways. • A wide-ranging collection which reviews the most significant developments and provides valuable insights into current key debates in transnational and diaspora studies • Contains newly commissioned essays by leading scholars, which will both influence the field, and stimulate further insight and discussion in the future • Provides interdisciplinary perspectives on diaspora and transnationalism which link the two concepts in new and important ways • Combines theoretical discussion with specific examples and case studies

“A Companion to Sport” brings together writing by leading sports theorists and social and cultural thinkers, to explore sport as a central element of contemporary culture. • Positions sport as a crucial subject for critical analysis, as one of the most significant forms of popular culture • Includes both well-known social and cultural theorists whose work lends itself to an interrogation of sport, and leading theorists of sport itself • Offers a comprehensive examination of sport as a social and cultural practice and institution • Explores sport in relation to modernity, postcolonial theory, gender, violence, race, disability and politics

“A Companion to Popular Culture” is a landmark survey of contemporary research in popular culture studies that offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field. • Includes over two dozen essays covering the spectrum of popular culture studies from food to folklore and from TV to technology • Features contributions from established and up-and-coming scholars from a range of disciplines • Offers a detailed history of the study of popular culture • Balances new perspectives on the politics of culture with in-depth analysis of topics at the forefront of popular culture studies

A Companion to Museum Studies captures the multidisciplinary approach to the study of the development, roles, and significance of museums in contemporary society. • Collects first-rate original essays by leading figures from a range of disciplines and theoretical stances, including anthropology, art history, history, literature, sociology, cultural studies, and museum studies • Examines the complexity of the museum from cultural, political, curatorial, historical and representational perspectives • Covers traditional subjects, such as space, display, buildings, objects and collecting, and more contemporary challenges such as visiting, commerce, community and experimental exhibition forms