Chris Barker 
Making Sense of Cultural Studies 
Central Problems and Critical Debates

′The book is an important read for persons who practice or study within the field. Anyone with experience or interest in the topic will come away with a deepened understanding of debates within cultural studies and with an array of nfew questions and ideas to pursue. The book would make a fine text for graduate level classes dealing with culture and media; the question/debate-orientated structure especially could provide the launching pad for a whole range of discussions, profjects, and papter topics′

The Southern Communication Journal

In this sequel to the best-selling text Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice , Chris Barker turns his attention to the significance and future of the field. He analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of cultural studies, providing students and practitioners with an authoritative diagnosis of the subject and a balanced prognosis, and investigates the boundaries of cultural studies elucidating the main underlying themes of study.

Written with panache, and an understanding of classroom needs, Making Sense of Cultural Studies is the perfect teaching complement to Chris Barker′s earlier textbook. It is a rich resource for seminar work and undergraduate and postgraduate thesis topics, yet it can also be read as a free-standing analysis of the condition of cultural studies today.

Table des matières

Investigating Problems in Cultural Studies

Investigating Problems in Cultural Studies

Language, Practice and the Material

Truth, Science and Ideology

Culture as a Way of Life

Subjects, Agents and the Limits of Rational Action

Identity, Equality and Difference

The Politics of Gender

Global Culture/Media Culture

Transforming Capitalism

Kaleidoscopic Cultural Studies

Issues of Politics and Method

Evolution and Emotion

New Resources for Cultural Studies

A propos de l’auteur

Chris Barker is a teacher and researcher with over 25 years experience. He has worked in a number of schools and universities in both England and Australia. He is currently Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Chris is the author of six previous books that are linked together by an interest in culture, meaning and communication. At present he is exploring questions of emotion in contemporary cultural life.