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Cultural Studies
Theory and Practice
Fifth Edition
- Chris Barker - University of Wollongong, Australia
- Emma A. Jane - University of New South Wales, Australia
August 2016 | 760 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
With over 40,000 copies sold, Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice has been the indispensable guide to studying culture for generations of students. Here is everything students need to know, with all the key concepts, theories and thinkers in one comprehensive, authoritative yet accessible resource.
Teaching students the foundations of cultural studies - from ideology, representation and discourse to audiences, subcultures and cultural policy - this revised edition:
Teaching students the foundations of cultural studies - from ideology, representation and discourse to audiences, subcultures and cultural policy - this revised edition:
- Fully explores the ubiquity of digital media culture, helping readers analyse issues surrounding social media, surveillance, cyber-activism and more
- Introduces students to all the key thinkers they’ll encounter, from Stuart Hall and Michel Foucault to Judith Butler and Donna Haraway
- Balances the classics with cutting edge theory, including case studies on e-commerce, the self-help industry, the transgender debate, and representations of race
- Embraces popular culture in all of its diversity, from drag kings and gaming, to anime fandom and remix cultures
- Is re-written throughout with a new co-author, making it a more enjoyable read than ever.
PART ONE: CULTURE AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cultural Studies
Chapter 2: Questions of Culture and Ideology
Chapter 3: Culture, Meaning, Knowledge: The Linguistic Turn in Cultural Studies
Chapter 4: Biology, the Body and Culture
PART TWO: THE CHANGING CONTEXT OF CULTURAL STUDIES
Chapter 5: A New World Disorder?
Chapter 6: Enter Postmodernism
PART THREE: SITES OF CULTURAL STUDIES
Chapter 7: Issues of Subjectivity and Identity
Chapter 8: Ethnicity, Race and Nation
Chapter 9: Sex, Subjectivity and Representation
Chapter 10: Television, Texts and Audiences
Chapter 11: Digital Media Culture
Chapter 12: Cultural Space and Urban Place
Chapter 13: Youth, Style and Resistance
Chapter 14: Cultural Politics and Cultural Policy
GLOSSARY
Excellent updated text - very comprehensive.
Plymouth Business School, Plymouth University
September 7, 2022
Excellent textbook. When you are teaching a course in Comparative Cultures it is hard to find a good match with underlying course outcomes.
Criminal Justice/Sociology Dept, University of Jamestown
April 6, 2019
The book on 'Cultural Studies' was essential to fill the gaps in our understanding of trans-disciplinary dimensions of culture and its allied manifestations. 'Cultural Studies' - underpins the necessary theoretical scaffoldings for multitude issues and positions in the subject of society and allied forces that shape our culture - and the book 'Cultural Studies' fulfils our desire to embark on the discussion and debate on 'Culture' as one of the attribution of human development.
Scott Sutherland School of Architecture & Built Environment , Robert Gordon University
November 15, 2017
A relevant, modern and accessible text that provides both a practical and a theoretical grounding in a subject that is becoming ever more important for students of social science.
Dept of Health,Wellbeing & the family, Canterbury Christ Church University
May 4, 2016
This is a book that is an ideal introduction to the issues surrounding the ever-expanding social and digital media culture. It serves as an excellent resource in that research area.
Cliff College, Cliff College
November 13, 2015
