1st Edition

Cultural Studies Volume 3, Issue 2

Edited By Ien Ang, David Morley Copyright 1989

    This special issue of Cultural Studies from 1989 looks at European Identities. The editor remakes that putting together a ‘European Issue’ for this journal proved to be a very intriguing task—not least because of the complexity of what ‘Europe’ means. Europe is not just a geographical site, it is also an idea: an idea inextricably linked with the myths of western civilization, and its implications not only of culture but also of colonialism. Twentieth-century Europe is also a political and historical reality that continues to be marked by the deeply traumatic experiences of World War II and the drawing of the Iron Curtain—a continent whose century-long world hegemony was gradually taken over by the United States on the one side, and the Soviet Union on the other.

    Editorial: Mayonnaise culture and other European follies. Re-imagined communities: European image spaces beyond Fordism Kevin Robins Technology and tradition: audio visual culture among South Asian families in West London Marie Gillespie 'Who Dunnit? America did' Rambo and Post-Hungerford rhetoric Duncan Webster On doing cultural studies in West Germany Gabrielle Kreutzner High culture revisited Jostein Grisprud Europop Simon Frith Girl meets boy: aesthetic production, reception and gender identity Kirsten Drotner

    Biography

    Ien Ang