Doing Cultural Studies, The Story of the Sony Walkman - du Gay, Paul / Hall, Stuart / Janes, Linda / Mackay, Hugh / Negus, Keith
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Main description:
In recent years `culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this `turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies.
Table of contents:
Making Sense of the…mehr

Produktbeschreibung
Main description:
In recent years `culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this `turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies.

Table of contents:
Making Sense of the Walkman
The Production of the Sony Walkman
Designing the Walkman
Articulating Production and Consumption
Sony as a Global Firm
Consuming the Walkman
Regulating the Walkman
Selected Readings
Autorenporträt
Stuart Hall, geboren 1932, britischer Soziologe, ist der Begründer der weltweit gelehrten Cultural Studies. Für ihn muss Theorie im Befreiungsinteresse politisch eingreifend sein. Er befasst sich mit Kultur und kultureller Identität in der heutigen Zeit und berührt damit zwangsläufig Fragen der Macht.