Featuring new essays by such prominent cultural theorists as Tony Bennett, Homi Bhabha, Donna Haraway, bell hooks, Constance Penley, Janice Radway, Andrew Ross, and Cornel West, Cultural Studies offers numerous specific cultural analyses while simultaneously defining and debating the common body of assumptions, questions, and concerns that have helped create the field.
... S for Simon and Simon, S / H, for Starsky and Hutch, H/Mc for Hardcastle and McCormick, or M/V for Miami Vice's Crockett and Tubbs, although the best recent Miami Vice slash story put Crockett and Castillo together to great effect.
This is a tried and tested book which has been widely used wherever cultural studies is taught. It is an indispensable undergraduate text and one that will appeal to postgraduates seeking a ′refresher′ which they can dip into.
Kristy Evans (2005), for example, points out that email and list servers have become the everyday tools of feminist activist organizations, an argument that also applies to peace activists, environmentalists, human rights organizations ...
With this book cultural studies finally comes of age methodologically' - Professor Norman K Denzin, Institute of Communications Research, University of Illinois Doing Research in Cultural Studies outlines the key methodological approaches ...
New Cultural Studies is both an introductory reference work and an original study which explores new directions and territories for cultural studies. A new generation has begun to emerge from the shadow of the Birmingham School.
The scene early in the movie is crucial to the theme of tradition's hold on Jewish heritage because Perchik, the teacher with revolutionary political leanings, steps over the rope to dance with Tevye's daughter Hodel.
Latour, B. (1993) We Have Never Been Modern, Hemel Hempstead: Harvester Wheatsheaf. ... Lee, M., Carpenter, B. and Meyers, L. (2007) 'Representations of older adults in television advertisements', JournalofAging Studies 21, 23–30.
Explores the origins of the field in Britain and its migration to the USA, Canada, France, Australia, and South Asia, examining the ideas of its leading exponents and providing a flavor of its use around the world.
Together, the contributions paint a picture of a brilliant theorist whose work and legacy is as vital as ever. This book was originally published as a special issue of Critical Studies in Media Communication.
This is a book on methods which readers will be able to make their own; and which -- uniquely in the genre -- will keep them buzzing′ - Bill Schwarz, Queen Mary University of London ′The Practice of Cultural Studies is an original ...