Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader

Storey, John

ISBN 10: 140587421X / ISBN 13: 9781405874212

Published by Routledge, 2008

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Synopsis:

This fully revised and updated 4th edition of John Storey’s successful reader in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture provides a theoretical, analytical and historical introduction to the study of popular culture, and provides key primary coverage of fundamental issues in cultural studies.  Content has been revised and essays have been replaced and updated.  The Reader offers students the opportunity to experience at first hand the theorists and critics discussed in its companion volume 'Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction', which is now in its 5th edition.  

The editor has also included fully revised general and section introductions to the Reader, contextualising and linking the readings with key issues from the textbook.  New readings include What Is This ‘Black’ in Black Popular Culture by Stuart Hall, Musical Jihad by Amir Saeed, Dr Who and the Convergence of Media by Neil Perryman and Genericity in the Nineties by Jim Collins.  The Reader can be used both in conjunction with, and independently of the textbook.

The new edition is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies, media studies, communication studies, the sociology of culture, popular culture and other related subjects.

From the Back Cover:

 

The new 4th edition of John Storey’s successful reader in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture is a companion volume to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, now in its 5th edition. The Reader offers students the opportunity to experience at first hand the theorists and critics discussed in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction. It can be used both in conjunction with and independently of the textbook.

Taken as a whole, the reader provides a theoretical, analytical and historical introduction to the study of popular culture and provides key primary coverage of fundamental issues in cultural studies.

 New to this edition:

·         4 new readings –
Stuart Hall, What Is This ‘Black’ in Black Popular Culture
Amir Saeed, Musical Jihad
Neil Perryman,  Dr Who and the Convergence of Media
Jim Collins, Genericity in the Nineties

• fully revised general and section introductions from the editor, contextualising and linking the readings with key issues from the textbook
• full updated bibliography

 The new edition is essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate
students of cultural studies, media studies, communication studies, the
sociology of culture, popular culture and other related subjects.

 John Storey is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland. He has published widely in cultural studies, including seven books. The most recent book is called The Articulation of Memory and Desire (Guangxi Normal University Press, 2007). His work has been translated into Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Polish, Serbian, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian. He has been a Visiting Professor at the universities of Henan, Vienna and Wuhan.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 4th Edition