Ellis Cashmore

Ellis Cashmore (10 February 1949 in Staffordshire, Great Britain) is a British sociologist and cultural critic.^[1][2] He is currently a visiting professor of sociology at Aston University.^[3][4] Before teaching at Aston, he used to teach culture, media and sport at Staffordshire University, starting in 1993. Before 1993, he taught sociology at the University of Tampa, Florida; and, before this, he was a lecturer in sociology at the University of Hong Kong.^[5][6] He is a regular contributor at Fair Observer. ^[7]

Selected works

Books authored

• Celebrity Culture. Routledge, 2006. ISBN 1-134-19141-3.
• The Black Culture Industry. Routledge, 2006 ISBN 1-134-80938-7.
• And There Was Television. Routledge, 2002 ISBN 1-134-87489-8.
• Dictionary of Race and Ethnic Relations. Routledge, 2002 ISBN 1-134-77388-9.

Contributions

• Screen Society. Springer, 2018. ISBN 3-319-68164-8.
• Making Sense of Sports. Psychology Press, 2005. ISBN 0-415-34853-6.
• Introduction to Race Relations. Psychology Press, 1990 ISBN 1-850-00759-4
• No Future: Youth and Society. Pearson Education, 1984 ISBN 0-435-82164-4

Citations

According to website Briswa, co-founded by Erasmus Programme, Ellis Cashmore "is probably one of the first researchers to investigate racism in football".^[8] His works have been cited by other authors and academics, including Dorceta Taylor (The Environment and the People in American Cities, 2009), Yulisa Amadu Maddy (Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa 2008), Anthony G. Reddie (Theologising Brexit 2019) or Diego Medrano (Una puta albina colgada del brazo de Francisco Umbral 2010). As a researcher, he also have been cited by media outlets such as Reuters and CNN.^[9][10]