Doing cultural theory

By:

Walton,David

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Los Angeles; Sage; 2012Description: 334 pISBN:

9780857024855

Subject(s):

Cultural studies

DDC classification:

306.01 WAL

Summary: Doing Cultural Theory teaches more than just the basics of cultural theory. It unpacks its complexities with real-life examples, and shows readers how to link theory and practice. This book: *Offers accessible introductions to how cultural studies has engaged with key theories in structuralism, poststructuralism and postmodernism, *Teaches straightforward ways of practising these theories so students learn to think for themselves, *Uses ′practice′ boxes to show students how to apply cultural theory in the real world, *Guides students through the literature with carefully selected further reading recommendation, Other textbooks only show how others have analyzed and interpreted the world. Doing Cultural Theory takes it a step further and teaches students step-by-step how to do cultural theory for themselves.

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Doing Cultural Theory teaches more than just the basics of cultural theory. It unpacks its complexities with real-life examples, and shows readers how to link theory and practice. This book:

*Offers accessible introductions to how cultural studies has engaged with key theories in structuralism, poststructuralism and
postmodernism,

*Teaches straightforward ways of practising these theories so students learn to think for themselves,

*Uses ′practice′ boxes to show students how to apply cultural theory in the real world,

*Guides students through the literature with carefully selected further reading recommendation,

Other textbooks only show how others have analyzed and interpreted the world. Doing Cultural Theory takes it a step further and teaches students step-by-step how to do cultural theory for themselves.

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