Cultural Studies: A Graphic Guide
Cultural studies is a discipline that claims not to be a discipline – a radical critical approach for understanding racial, national, social and gender identities.
Introducing Cultural Studies provides an incisive tour through the minefield of this complex subject, charting its origins in Britain and its migration to the USA, Canada, France, Australia and South Asia, examining the ideas of its leading exponents and providing a flavour of its use around the world. Covering the ground from Gramsci to Raymond Williams, postcolonial discourse to the politics of diaspora, feminism to queer theory, technoculture and the media to globalization, it serves as an insightful guide to the essential concepts of this fascinating area of study.
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Authors: Ziauddin Sardar & Borin van Loon
Prices: £6.99/$9.95/C$12.5
Pages: 176 pages
ISBN: 9781848311817
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Kate 
02.09.10 at 10:32AM
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Introducing Cultural Studies tackles a complex topic, breaking it down into smaller areas of study enhancing the level of understanding the readers will have. This was a perfect introduction into cultural studies for me as it approaches the topic from the very beginning, addressing and asking the question 'what actually is cultural studies?' without being slow paced. Very helpful for someone who intends to study this and simply enjoyable for anyone else.
Rosannagh
20.06.11 at 04:49PM
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Introducing Cultural Studies explains, in a very readable way, how the discipline began to take shape, its principal figures, and its influence on modern life.
From clear and concise summaries of the theory itself, to its relevance in the arts, modern life and nationality, this book is very readable and always informative. I would fully recommend it to students of the subject or those who - like me - are just curious.
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