Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-264) and index.
1. Cultural studies and cultural theory -- 2. Literature and society: from culturalism to cultural materialism -- 3. Critical theory: from ideology critique to the sociology of culture -- 4. Semiology: from structuralism to post-structuralism -- 5. The cultural politics of difference -- 6. Postmodernism and cultural theory -- 7. Cultural criticism and cultural policy -- Glossary -- Appendix. The institutionalisation of academic cultural studies.
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A fully revised edition of this highly regarded concise introduction to cultural theory, bringing a much-needed sense of historical and theoretical scale to the growth of cultural studies. Authors are from Monash University.