Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman (Culture, Media and Identities series)
by Paul du Gay, Globaliserings Professor and Academic Director of the Public-Private Platform Paul Du Gay, Stuart Hall, Linda Janes, Hugh Mackay, Keith Negus
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines

In recent years `culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this `turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies.