About the Book :
This book is an ideal foundation for students new toculturalstudies. The essays
are collected in chronological orderto allowthe reader to map the development of
the field. Togetherthe essaysprovide a fascinating perspective on the past,
presentand possiblefuture of cultural studies.This book is not a
culturalstudiesreader. That is, it is not a collection of essays from
andaboutcultural studies, demonstrating the range, the diversity
andtheinfectious excitement of the field. Instead it is anintroduction
tocultural studies through a series of attempts todefine culturalstudies. It
brings together for the first time agroup of essaysfrom many of the leading
scholars in the fieldwhich attempt,sometimes directly, sometimes indirectly, to
definethe subject ofcultural