Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction

by During,Simon

• ISBN13: 9780415246569
• ISBN10: 0415246563
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

An Introduction to Cultural Studies is a wide-ranging and stimulating introduction to the history and theory of Cultural Studies from Leavisism, through the era of the CCCS, to the global nature of contemporary Cultural Studies. Each thematic section examines and explains a key topic within Cultural Studies. Sections include: Time Space Media and the Public Sphere Identity Sexuality and Gender Value

Author Biography

Simon During is Professor of English at the Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(2)
Part 1 The discipline	3	(46)
1.1 Going global	5	(9)
1.2 Enterprise culture	14	(5)
1.3 Genres and genealogies	19	(19)
1.4 Problems	38	(11)
Part 2 Time	49	(30)
2.1 The past: cultural history/cultural memory	51	(10)
2.2 The present	61	(8)
2.3 The future: policies and prophesies	69	(10)
Part 3 Space	79	(28)
3.1 Thinking globalisation	81	(15)
3.2 The regional, national and local	96	(11)
Part 4 Media and the public sphere	107	(36)
4.1 Television	109	(15)
4.2 Popular music	124	(12)
4.3 The Internet and technoculture	136	(7)
Part 5 Identity	143	(26)
5.1 Debating identity	145	(8)
5.2 Multiculturalism	153	(8)
5.3 Race	161	(8)
Part 6 Sexuality and gender	169	(22)
6.1 Feminism's aftermath: gender today	171	(12)
6.2 Queer culture	183	(8)
Part 7 Value	191	(23)
7.1 Culture high and low	193	(15)
7.2 The nature of culture	208	(6)
Conclusion	214	(2)
Bibliography	216	(17)
Index	233