Cultural studies in question (Sage Publications, 1997)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-242) and index
Reflections on the project of (American) cultural studies / James W. Carey -- The anti-political populism of cultural studies / Todd Gitlin -- Policy help wanted: willing and able media culturalists please apply / Denis McQuail -- Political economy and the practice of cultural studies / Nicholas Garnham -- Dominance and ideology in culture and cultural studies / Sari Thomas -- Base notes: the conditions of cultural practice / Graham Murdock -- Overcoming the divide: cultural studies and political economy / Douglas Kellner -- Theoretical orthodoxies: textualism, constructivism and the 'new ethnography' in cultural studies / David Morley -- Cultural populism revisited / Jim McGuigan -- Imagining the audience: losses and gains in cultural studies / Joli Jensen and John J. Pauly -- The Es and the anti-Es: new questions for feminism and cultural studies / Angela McRobbie -- Cultural studies, communication and change: Eastern Europe to the Urals / John D.H. Downing -- From codes to utterances: cultural studies, discourse and psychology / Michael Billig
This major text offers a critical reappraisal of the contemporary practice of cultural studies. It focuses in particular on the contribution of cultural studies to the understanding of media, communications and popular cultures in contemporary societies. The contributors, an outstanding group of internationally acclaimed scholars, examine topics such as: the different strands of cultural studies and how they are developed; whether cultural studies is a coherent discipline; tensions and debates within cultural studies; alternative or related approaches to contemporary media and society; and the