Cultural studies : a practical introduction
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Cultural studies : a practical introduction
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010
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- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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: pbk ISBN 9781405170499
Description
This hands-on survey introduces students to the diverse fields that comprise cultural studies, from visual culture to popular music and new media. It can be used as a standalone text or is the perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies: An Anthology.
Provides a comprehensive overview of the field, from cyberculture and digital media to fashion and new formulations of gender identity
Includes student exercises and activities for each chapter
Teaches cultural analysis through practical examples and application
Gives students across disciplines the tools to become practitioners of Cultural Studies and active cultural analysts
The perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies Anthology (2008)
Table of Contents
Preface viii
Acknowledgments xiii
1. Policy and Industry 1
2. Place, Space, and Geography 12
3. Gender and Sexuality 26
4. Ideologies 40
5. Rhetoric 53
6. Ethnicity 71
7. Identity, Lifestyle, and Subculture 83
8. Consumer Culture and Fashion Studies 94
9. Music 105
10. Media Studies 122
11. Visual Culture 136
12. Audience, Performance, and Celebrity 150
13. Bodies and Things 161
14. Transnationality, Globalization, and Postcoloniality 170
Index 180
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: hard ISBN 9781405170505
Description
This hands-on survey introduces students to the diverse fields that comprise cultural studies, from visual culture to popular music and new media. It can be used as a standalone text or is the perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies: An Anthology.* Provides a comprehensive overview of the field, from cyberculture and digital media to fashion and new formulations of gender identity* Includes student exercises and activities for each chapter* Teaches cultural analysis through practical examples and application* Gives students across disciplines the tools to become practitioners of Cultural Studies and active cultural analysts * The perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies Anthology (2008)
Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. 1. Policy and Industry. 2. Place, Space, and Geography. 3. Gender and Sexuality. 4. Ideologies. 5. Rhetoric. 6. Ethnicity. 7. Identity, Lifestyle, and Subculture. 8. Consumer Culture and Fashion Studies. 9. Music. 10. Media Studies. 11. Visual Culture. 12. Audience, Performance, and Celebrity. 13. Bodies and Things. 14. Transnationality, Globalization, and Postcoloniality. Index.
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