Cultural studies in question
By: edited by Marjorie Ferguson and Peter Golding.
Contributors: Ferguson, Marjorie.; Golding, Peter, 1947-
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; Thousand Oaks, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Mass media and culture -- Study and teaching; Popular culture -- Study and teaching
Description: In recent years cultural studies perspectives have proliferated through a range of traditional academic disciplines and have been a fertile source of new ideas beyond the sphere of the academy; at the same time, cultural studies has been subject to critical scrutiny. Cultural Studies in Question is a major new text that offers a critical reappraisal of the contemporary practice of cultural studies. Focusing on the contribution of cultural studies to understanding media, communication, and popular cultures in contemporary societies, the authors offer a major reassessment of the domain of cultural studies. Elements examined include: + different strands of cultural studies, their sources, and whether there is a coherent project in cultural studies today + tensions and debates within cultural studies, and between cultural studies and alternative or related approaches to contemporary media and society + the movement by cultural studies revisionists toward more empirical and sociological modes of analysis Drawing on an outstanding group of internationally acclaimed scholars representing a broad cross-section of perspectives in media theory and communication studies, Cultural Studies in Question will provide a benchmark for substantive reflection on the state of the field of media and cultural analysis for academics and researchers and will stimulate reflection, understanding, and insight among students of media, communications, journalism, popular culture, and cultural studies -- Provided by the publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-242) and index.
Table of contents: title: Reflections on the project of (American) cultural studies / James W. Carey; title: The anti-political populism of cultural studies / Todd Gitlin; title: Policy help wanted: willing and able media culturalists please apply / Denis McQuail; title: Political economy and the practice of cultural studies / Nicholas Garnham; title: Dominance and ideology in culture and cultural studies / Sari Thomas; title: Base notes: the conditions of cultural practice / Graham Murdock; title: Overcoming the divide: cultural studies and political economy / Douglas Kellner; title: Theoretical orthodoxies: textualism, constructivism and the 'new ethnography' in cultural studies / David Morley; title: Cultural populism revisited / Jim McGuigan; title: Imagining the audience: losses and gains in cultural studies / Joli Jensen and John J. Pauly; title: The Es and the anti-Es: new questions for feminism and cultural studies / Angela McRobbie; title: Cultural studies, communication and change: Eastern Europe to the Urals / John D.H. Downing; title: From codes to utterances: cultural studies, discourse and psychology / Michael Billig.