Cultural Theory and Popular Culture

ISBN: 140587421X

Author: Storey, John

Condition: New

The new 4th edition of John Storeys 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 bibliographyThe 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.