ABSTRACT
Born in Jamaica in 1932, Stuart Hall came to be the best-known figure in the development of British cultural studies. As a leader, facilitator, theorist and editor, he developed key approaches and strands of theory within the field. In some cases he took up the work of influential European theorists and helped to bring them to the attention of Englishspeaking audiences. A lot of his work was done in collaboration with colleagues from the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and the Open University.
