Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader: 15

by Ann Gray (Editor), Ann Gray (Editor), Jim McGuigan (Editor)

• New

  Paperback
  1997

  $50.80

  This lively and stimulating resource book for students of cultural studies traces the formation of the field in Britain and its subsequent development internationally. Classic statements of culturalist, semiological and postmodernist perspectives are contrasted with less familiar material illustrating the impact of feminism and the politics of sexuality, ethnicity and race. This second, greatly expanded edition includes a new section exploring recent important work in international cultural studies, and provides key readings on the social construction of the self and the role of public policy in the cultural field.

• Used

  Paperback
  1993

  $3.47

  This reader traces the history of cultural studies, from its early formation to its subsequent international development. It registers a series of critical interventions and includes examples of current work. Classic statements of the culturalist, semiological and post-modernist perspectives contrast with seminal material, some of which is less well-known, illustrating the impact of feminism, the politics of sexuality, ethnicity and race. The three main sections - foundations, difference and identity, meaning and power - each have a contextualizing introduction and detailed recommendations for further reading. The texts have been selected with a view to their accessibility and relevance to general themes in the study of contemporary culture. They provide appropriate starting points for classroom discussion and debate.