Reading theory: Toward a comparative cultural studies. A review article

Comparative Studies in Society and History

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 734-738

  Horn, David G ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/s0010417500020880     Document Type: Review

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1. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
2. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
3. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
4. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
5. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
6. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
7. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
8. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
9. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
10. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
11. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
12. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
13. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
14. Since the publication of Cultural Studies, which grew out of a 1990 conference at the University of Illinois, there has been a steady production of edited volumes. See Lawrence Grossberg, Cary Nelson, and Paula Treichler, eds., Cultural Studies (New York and London: Routledge, 1992); Houston Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, and Ruth Lindeborg, eds., Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996); Martin Barker and Anne Beezer, eds., Reading into Cultural Studies (New York: Routledge, 1992); Valda Blundell, John Shepherd, and Ian Taylor, eds., Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (New York: Routledge, 1993); Oliver Boyd-Barrett and Chris Newbold, eds., Approaches to Media: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1995); Erica Carter, James Donald, and Judith Squires, eds., Cultural Remix: Theories of Politics and the Popular (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1995); Gail Dines and Jean Humez, eds., Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Text-Reader (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1995); Antony Easthope and Kate McGowan, eds., A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1992); John Frow and Meaghan Morris, eds., Australian Cultural Studies: A Reader (Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1993); Ann Gray and Jim McGuigan, Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (London and New York: Arnold, 1993); Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson, eds., Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cultural Studies (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1991); Jessica Munns and Gita Rajan, eds., A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (New York: Longman, 1995); Paddy Scannell, Philip Schlesinger, and Colin Sparks, eds., Culture and Power: A Media, Culture and Society Reader (Newbury Park: Sage, 1992); John Storey, ed., What is Cultural Studies?: A Reader (New York: Arnold, 1996).
15. Lemert writes in a postface, "Final Notes: Where Does Reading End?," that he would ask students to supplement his collection by reading the whole of The Protestant Ethic or Souls of Black Folk (p. 663).
16. On the emergence of "the social" see Jacques Donzelot, The Policing of Families (New York Pantheon, 1979), and especially the preface by Gilles Deleuze; François Ewald, L'Etat providence (Paris: Grasset, 1986); Giovanna Procacci, "L'economia sociale ed il governo della miseria," Aut aut, 167-8:63-80; Paul Rabinow, French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989).
17. On the emergence of "the social" see Jacques Donzelot, The Policing of Families (New York Pantheon, 1979), and especially the preface by Gilles Deleuze; François Ewald, L'Etat providence (Paris: Grasset, 1986); Giovanna Procacci, "L'economia sociale ed il governo della miseria," Aut aut, 167-8:63-80; Paul Rabinow, French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989).
18. On the emergence of "the social" see Jacques Donzelot, The Policing of Families (New York Pantheon, 1979), and especially the preface by Gilles Deleuze; François Ewald, L'Etat providence (Paris: Grasset, 1986); Giovanna Procacci, "L'economia sociale ed il governo della miseria," Aut aut, 167-8:63-80; Paul Rabinow, French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989).
19. On the emergence of "the social" see Jacques Donzelot, The Policing of Families (New York Pantheon, 1979), and especially the preface by Gilles Deleuze; François Ewald, L'Etat providence (Paris: Grasset, 1986); Giovanna Procacci, "L'economia sociale ed il governo della miseria," Aut aut, 167-8:63-80; Paul Rabinow, French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment (Cambridge: MIT Press, 1989).
20. See, for example, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin, eds., The Post-Colonial Studies Reader (New York: Routledge, 1995). For readers on postcolonial theory that resist this flattening, see Patrick Williams and Laura Chrisman, eds., Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994) and Francis Barker, Peter Hulme, and Margaret Iversen, eds., Colonial Discourse, Postcolonial Theory (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994).
21. See, for example, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin, eds., The Post-Colonial Studies Reader (New York: Routledge, 1995). For readers on postcolonial theory that resist this flattening, see Patrick Williams and Laura Chrisman, eds., Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994) and Francis Barker, Peter Hulme, and Margaret Iversen, eds., Colonial Discourse, Postcolonial Theory (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994).
22. See, for example, Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin, eds., The Post-Colonial Studies Reader (New York: Routledge, 1995). For readers on postcolonial theory that resist this flattening, see Patrick Williams and Laura Chrisman, eds., Colonial Discourse and Postcolonial Theory: A Reader (New York: Columbia University Press, 1994) and Francis Barker, Peter Hulme, and Margaret Iversen, eds., Colonial Discourse, Postcolonial Theory (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1994).
23. See, for example, Robert Castel, Les métamorphoses de la question sociale: une chronique du salariat (Paris: Fayard, 1995) and Pierre Rosanvallon. La nouvelle question sociale: Repenser l'état providence (Paris: Seuil, 1995).
24. See, for example, Robert Castel, Les métamorphoses de la question sociale: une chronique du salariat (Paris: Fayard, 1995) and Pierre Rosanvallon. La nouvelle question sociale: Repenser l'état providence (Paris: Seuil, 1995).
25. For a provocative discussion of what is at stake in theorizing the cultural in the university of the late twentieth century, see Bill Readings, The University in Ruins (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1996).
26. Richard Hoggart, The Uses of Literacy (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1957);
27. Raymond Williams, Culture and Society: 1780-1950 (Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1958).
28. Compare the origin stories told by Stuart Hall, "The Emergence of Cultural Studies and the Crisis of the Humanities," October, 53 (Summer 1990), 11-23
29. and Lawrence Grossberg, "The Formations of Cultural Studies: An American in Birmingham," Relocating Cultural Studies (Summer 1990), 21-66.
30. During is particularly fascinated by the relations between the triumph of Thatcherism and cultural studies' re-orientation toward the "culture of difference." Culture is newly theorized at precisely the moment that Thatcher announces that "there is no such thing as 'society'" (p. 13). Compare Marilyn Strathern's discussion in After Nature: English Kinship in the Late Twentieth Century (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992).