CULTURAL STUDIES AS CRITICAL THEORY
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CULTURAL STUDIES AS CRITICAL THEORY (ebook)

BEN AGGER

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SPON PRESS
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SOCIOLOGIA
ISBN:
9781134080175
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226
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Epublication content package
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Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among the perspectives analysed are the Marxist sociology of culture and poststructural/postmodern analysis

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