Cultural Studies: A Practical Introduction / Edition 1

by Michael Ryan

Overview

This hands-on survey introduces students to the diverse fields that comprise cultural studies, from visual culture to popular music and new media. It can be used as a standalone text or is the perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies: An Anthology.

• Provides a comprehensive overview of the field, from cyberculture and digital media to fashion and new formulations of gender identity
• Includes student exercises and activities for each chapter
• Teaches cultural analysis through practical examples and application
• Gives students across disciplines the tools to become practitioners of Cultural Studies and active cultural analysts  
• The perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies Anthology (2008)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781405170499
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	03/15/2010
Series:	Wiley Desktop Editions Series
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Ryan is Professor of Film and Media Arts at Temple University. His books include An Introduction to Film Analysis, Marxism and Deconstruction, Politics and Culture, Camera Politica, Cultural Studies; An Anthology, and Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction.

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Table of Contents

Preface viii

Acknowledgments xiii

1 Policy and Industry 1

2 Place, Space, and Geography 12

3 Gender and Sexuality 26

4 Ideologies 40

5 Rhetoric 53

6 Ethnicity 71

7 Identity, Lifestyle, and Subculture 83

8 Consumer Culture and Fashion Studies 94

9 Music 105

10 Media Studies 122

11 Visual Culture 136

12 Audience, Performance, and Celebrity 150

13 Bodies and Things 161

14 Transnationality, Globalization, and Postcoloniality 170

Index 180

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From the Publisher

"This is a sprightly and engaging tour around all the major points of reference in the field of Cultural Studies. Up-to-date and comprehensive in its coverage, with an array of interesting student exercises, it will be invaluable in the classroom and students would be hard pressed to find a more comprehensive and accessible handbook."
—Paul Smith, George Mason University