Charlotte Brundson's key writings on film and television are bought together with new introductions which contextualise and update the arguments. The focus is o

'Ordinary Lifestyles' contains a collection of new essays that explore how various media texts bring ideas about taste and fashion to consumers, helping audienc

Is the garden a consumption site where identities are constructed? Do gardeners make aesthetic choices according to how they are positioned by class and gender?

In the wake of the debates over high/low culture distinction spilling into the effective dismantling of the boundary that once separated them, the past decade h

With the chick flick arguably in decline, film scholars may well ask: what has become of the woman’s film? Little attention has been paid to the proliferation