
Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction
A Critical Introduction
Simon During(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 12. January 2005
Book
Hardback
252 pages
978-0-415-24656-9 (ISBN)
Description
Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction is a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the history and theory of Cultural Studies from Leavisism, through the era of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, to the global nature of contemporary Cultural Studies. Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction begins with an introduction to the field and its theoretical history and then presents a series of short essays on key areas of Cultural Studies, designed to provoke discussion and raise questions. Each thematic section examines and explains a key topic within Cultural Studies.
Sections include:
* the discipline
* time
* space
* media and the public sphere
* identity
* sexuality and gender
* value
Sections include:
* the discipline
* time
* space
* media and the public sphere
* identity
* sexuality and gender
* value
Reviews / Votes
'essential reading for students studying culture' John Storey, The Times Higher Education Supplement'a book of enormous usefulness' John Storey, The Times Higher Education Supplement
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
552 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-24656-9 (9780415246569)
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Person
Simon During is a Professor in the English department at John Hopkins University. He has published widely in the field of Cultural Studies. His latest publication is Modern Enchantments: The Cultural Power of Secular Magic (Harvard University Press, 2004)
Content
Part 1: The Discipline, 1 Going global, 2 Enterprise culture, 3 Genres and genealogies, 4 Problems, Part 2: Time 1 The Past: cultural history/cultural memory, 2 The Present, 3 The Future: policies and prophesies, Part 3: Space 1 Thinking globalisation, 2 The regional, national and local, Part 4: Media and the Public Sphere, 1 Television, 2 Popular music, 3 The internet and technoculture, Part 5: Identity, 1 Debating identity, 2 Multiculturalism, 3 Race, Part 6: Sexuality and Gender, 1 Feminism's aftermath: gender today, 2 Queer culture, Part 7: Value, 1 Culture high and low, 2 The nature of culture