Cultural Studies - The Basics

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SAGE, 2002 M06 3 - 492 páginas
`To say that the scope of the book's coverage is wide-ranging would be an under-statement. Few texts come to mind that have attempted such a thorough overview of the central tenets of cultural studies' - Stuart Allan, University of West of England

This is a book for anyone who wants an unfussy, authoritative critical introduction to Cultural Studies. It equips you with all that you need to know about theories of cultural studies: what they say, how they differ from one another and what are the strengths and weaknesses of each position. It provides biographical information on major theorists plus assessments of key texts.

Unlike other competing books in the field, Cultural Studies - The Basics demonstrates what a Cultural Studies approach can do to illuminate basic areas of contemporary culture. Included are chapters on:

- Feminism

- The Body

- Cultural Space

- Communications Technology

- Cultural Policy

- Language and Culture.

The book is designed to be used and read by students who face the pressures of essay dead-lines, examinations and dissertations. Above all it approaches Cultural Studies as something that needs to be used as well as studied.

 

Contenido

Part One Forming CultureInforming Cultural Theory
1
Society and Culture
39
Marxism and the Formation of Cultural Ideology
75
British Cultural Studies
109
Part Two Cultural Locations
143
From Femininity to Fragmentation
185
Postmodernism and Beyond
215
Popular Consumption and Media Audiences
250
xiii
324
Local and Global Identities
334
The Culture of New Communications Technology
379
Constructing the Future
419
A Genealogy of Cultural Theory
449
References
455
Index
468
13
469

The Body
294

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Acerca del autor (2002)

Jeff Lewis is Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, and Senior Research Fellow at the Globalism Institute, both at RMIT University, Melbourne. He is also the author of Language Wars (Pluto Books, 2005) and has had articles published in Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies, European Journal of Cultural Studies, International Journal of the Humanities and International Journal of Cultural Studies.

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