The Anthropology of Media: A Reader

by Richard R. Wilk

Book Overview

The Anthropology of Media: A Reader Brings together key writings in the emergent field of the anthropology of media for the first time Integrates key themes in the anthropology of media by means of editorial commentary Explores the theoretical issues that have arisen from ethnographic studies of media offers a critical overview of how mass media represents and constructs both Western and non-Western cultures. Moving beyond earlier anthropological...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631220941
• ISBN13: 9780631220947
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.7" x 9.8"