ABSTRACT

First published in 1995. Cultural Studies is an international journal committed to exploring the relationships between cultural practices and everyday life, economic relations, the material world, the State, and historical forces and contexts.

chapter |18 pages

RETHINKING POSTCOLONIALISM AND MULTICULTURALISM IN THE FIN DE SIÈCLE

JOHN DOCKER The article argues that terms like ‘postcolonialism’ and ‘multiculturalism’

chapter |26 pages

RECONSTRUCTING TONTO: CULTURAL FORMATIONS AND AMERICAN INDIANS IN 1990s TELEVISION FICTION

DIANA GEORGE WITH SUSAN SANDERS This article draws on theories of colonial discourse, cultural

chapter |12 pages

NOSTALGIA CRITIQUE

STUART TANNOCK Nostalgia is a widespread structure of feeling in Western modernity. While critique of nostalgia has tended to be hostile and dismissive, associating the phenomenon with dominant and conservative forces in society, this paper

chapter |20 pages

AUTHORSHIP, GENDER AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF MEANING IN THE EURYTHMICS’ HIT RECORDINGS

RICHARD MIDDLETON Pop songs are often interpreted, by fans, critics and even academic

chapter |18 pages

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT: POPULAR MUSIC’S CULTURAL MOBILITY

MARCUS BREEN Popular music has moved to the centre of economic life, suggesting a shift

chapter |16 pages

TRIALS OF THE POSTMODERN

JOHN FISKE AND KEVIN GLYNN The criminal courtroom is an important institutional site where a modernist epistemology works hard to keep the postmodern disturbance of such concepts as ‘truth’ and ‘reality’ at bay. Nevertheless, some popular

chapter |2 pages

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