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Title The practice of cultural studies / Richard Johnson, Deborah Chambers, Parvati Raghuram and Estella Tincknell
Published London ; Thousand Oaks, California : SAGE, [2004]
©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 300 pages) : illustrations
Contents 1. Cultural studies and the study of culture : disciplines and dialogues -- 2. Multiplying methods : from pluralism to combination -- 3. Method and the researching self -- 4. The research process : moments and strategies -- 5. Theory in the practice of research -- 6. Make space! : spatial dimensions in cultural research -- 7. Time please! : historical perspectives -- 8. Culture, power and economy -- 9. Reading popular narratives : from structure to context -- 10. Reading texts of or for dominance -- 11. Reading fictions, reading histories -- 12. Researching others : from autobiography to ethnography -- 13. Representing the other : interpretation and cultural readings -- 14. Integrating methods : from audience research to studying subjectives
Summary What is distinctive about cultural research? How does one do Cultural Studies? Unlike many other disciplines, cultural studies has not been explict about the nature of its practice. This book aims to redress the balance in favour of those who are studying culture by providing a comprehensive guide to researching and writing. This book aims to provide an overview of specific research traditions in cultural studies, whilst also situating those traditions in their historical context
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Culture -- Study and teaching.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Culture -- Study and teaching
Culturele studies.
Methodologie.
Form Electronic book
Author Johnson, Richard, 1939- author.
ISBN 9781848605145
1848605145
9781446218655
1446218651