ABSTRACT

This collection of classic essays focuses on the theoretical frameworks that informed the work of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham, the methodologies and working practices that the Centre developed for conducting academic research and examples of the studies carried out under the auspices of the Centre.

This volume is split into seven thematic sections that are introduced by key academics working in the field of cultural studies, and includes a preface by eminent scholar, Stuart Hall. The thematic sections are:

  • Literature and Society
  • Popular Culture and Youth Subculture
  • Media
  • Women's Studies and Feminism
  • Race
  • History
  • Education and Work.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

SECTION 1 Literature and society

part |2 pages

SECTION 2 Popular culture and youth subculture

part |2 pages

SECTION 3 Media

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

chapter 16|18 pages

The spectacular world of Whicker

chapter 18|9 pages

Housewives and the mass media*

part |2 pages

SECTION 4 Women’s studies and feminism

chapter |17 pages

Introduction

part |2 pages

SECTION 5 Race

chapter |8 pages

Introduction: Lost in translation

chapter 34|20 pages

Multicultural fictions

part |2 pages

SECTION 6 History