488 Pages
by Routledge

488 Pages
by Routledge

488 Pages
by Routledge

This updated, new edition of Introducing Cultural Studies provides a systematic and comprehensible introduction to the concepts, debates and latest research in the field. Reinforcing the interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, the authors first guide the reader through cultural theory before branching out to examine different dimensions of culture in detail – including globalisation, the... Read more

Visual tour

List of key influence boxes

List of defining concepts boxes

List of spotlight boxes

List of example boxes

Preface

Acknowledgements

Part 1

1. Culture and Cultural Studies

2. Culture, Communication and Representation

3. Culture, Power, Globalisation and Inequality

4. Consumption, Collaboration and Digital Media

5. Researching Culture

Part 2

6. Topographies of Culture: Geography, Meaning and Power

7. Politics and Culture

8. Cultured Bodies

9. Subcultures, Postsubcultures and Fans

10. Visual Culture

Bibliography

Index

Biography

Brian Longhurst, University of Salford

Greg Smith, University of Salford

Gaynor Bagnall, University of Salford

Garry Crawford, University of Salford

Miles Ogborn, Queen Mary University of London