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The Cultural Studies Reader

3rd Edition

Edited by Simon During

Published March 21st 2007 by Routledge – 576 pages

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Description

The Cultural Studies Reader is the ideal introduction for students. A revised introduction explaining the history and key concerns of cultural studies brings together important articles by leading thinkers to provide an essential guide to the development, key issues and future directions of cultural studies.

This fully updated third edition includes:

  • 36 essays including 21 new articles

  • An editor’s preface succinctly introducing each article with suggestions for further reading

  • Comprehensive coverage of every major cultural studies method and theory

  • An updated account of recent developments in the field

  • Articles on new areas such as culture and nature and the cultures of globalization

  • New key thinkers such as CLR James, Gilles Deleuze, Antonio Negri and Edward Said, included for the first time

The Cultural Studies Reader is designed to be read around the world and deals with issues relevant to each continent

Reviews

Praise for the 3rd edition - 'a major collection of previously published work… It nevertheless continues to represent a collection of major work in and around the disciplinary intersections that the not-discipline of cultural studies likes to call home. Ultimately, this is one collection that's still worth having on your bookshelf.' - M/C-Reviews

Contents

Acknowledgments Simon During, Introduction PART 1: THEORY AND METHOD PART 2: CULTURE IN SPACE PART 3: GLOBALISATION/POSTMODERNISM PART 4: NATIONALISM/POSTCOLONIALISM/MULTICULTURALISM PART 5: SCIENCE, NATURE & CYBERCULTURE PART 6: SEXUALITY & GENDER PART 7: CONSUMPTION AND THE MARKET PART 8: MEDIA AND PUBLIC SPHERES Bibliography Index

Author Bio

Simon During is a Professor of English and Cultural Studies at Johns Hopkins University, USA. He is the author of Cultural Studies: A Critical Introduction (2005); Modern Enchantments: The Cultural Power of Secular Magic (2004) and Foucault and Literature (1992).

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