Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice

✍ Scribed by Chris Barker, Emma A. Jane

Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 761
Edition: 5
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

With over 40,000 copies sold, Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice has been the indispensable guide to studying culture for generations of students. Here is everything students need to know, with all the key concepts, theories and thinkers in one comprehensive, authoritative yet accessible resource.

Teaching students the foundations of cultural studies - from ideology, representation and discourse to audiences, subcultures and cultural policy - this revised edition:

Fully explores the ubiquity of digital media culture, helping readers analyse issues surrounding social media, surveillance, cyber-activism and more
Introduces students to all the key thinkers they’ll encounter, from Stuart Hall and Michel Foucault to Judith Butler and Donna Haraway
Balances the classics with cutting edge theory, including case studies on e-commerce, the self-help industry, the transgender debate, and representations of race
Embraces popular culture in all of its diversity, from drag kings and gaming, to anime fandom and remix cultures
Is re-written throughout with a new co-author, making it a more enjoyable read than ever.

Unmatched in coverage and used world-wide, this is the essential companion for all students of cultural studies, culture and society, media and cultural theory, popular culture and cultural sociology.

✦ Table of Contents

CULTURAL STUDIES- FRONT COVER
CULTURAL STUDIES
COPYRIGHT
CONTENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
PREFACE BY CHRIS BARKER
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PART ONE- CULTURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
CHAPTER 1- AN INTRODUCTION TO CULTURAL STUDIES
CHAPTER 2- QUESTIONS OF CULTURE AND IDEOLOGY
CHAPTER 3- CULTURE, MEANING, KNOWLEDGE: THE LINGUISTIC TURN IN CULTURAL STUDIES
CHAPTER 4- BIOLOGY, THE BODY AND CULTURE
PART TWO- THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF CULTURAL STUDIES
CHAPTER 5- A NEW WORLD DISORDER?
CHAPTER 6- ENTER POSTMODERNISM
PART THREE- SITES OF CULTURAL STUDIES
CHAPTER 7- ISSUES OF SUBJECTIVITY AND IDENTITY
CHAPTER 8- ETHNICITY, RACE AND NATION
CHAPTER 9- SEX, SUBJECTIVITY AND REPRESENTATION
CHAPTER 10- TELEVISION, TEXTS AND AUDIENCES
CHAPTER 11- DIGITAL MEDIA CULTURE
CHAPTER 12- CULTURAL SPACE AND URBAN PLACE
CHAPTER 13- YOUTH, STYLE AND RESISTANCE
CHAPTER 14- CULTURAL POLITICS AND CULTURAL POLICY
GLOSSARY: THE LANGUAGE-GAME OF CULTURAL STUDIES
REFERENCES
INDEX

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