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The book 'Doing Cultural Theory' is rich in its dicussion of all one needs to know when doing serious and qualitative work in cultural studies. Theory helps authors to navigate the journey they choose to undertake. Thus, this book will be a good companion in such journey - Dr S.E. Usadolo

To general and vague

The greatest strength of David Walton’s book is that it systematically engages with these difficult theories...it is a serious attempt to ‘translate’ the main concepts of French Cultural Theory for an Anglo-Saxon readership.

a fantastic book for all students wanting to broaden horizons into aspects of cultural studies.

A comprehensive and well-balanced text that brings valuable insights in different aspect of cultural theory.

Nice background to the study of popular culture.

Comprehensive and clear introduction to a complex area. Well-designed and structured.

Too specific for my applied social science students

Doing Cultural Theory will be a very useful tool for any student trying to make sense of the vast expanses of contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Well-written and admirably self-reflective, it combines rigorous explications and applications of many of the most influential concepts and theorists
Lawrence Grossberg
The University of North Carolina

Accesible work which will help undergraduates understand key idea in cultural theory

The tone just wasn't the right "fit" for the course. "

Good overviews of cultural theories.

Great text with some relevance to current teaching.

A fantastic introduction to cultural theory and its application to research. The author uses current explames to illustrate the points and introduces theory in an esy to grasp manner. It covers all the major theories that one would need to know when engaging in cultural studies

This is a challenging but rewarding read for advanced undergraduate, final year students.
It is also an excellent introduction for non-cognate postgraduates entering a media studies programmes. The writing is to a high standard and creates the perfect platform for students to develop their critical skills and engage with the key theorists in the area.

This is a challenging but rewarding read for advanced undergraduate, final year students.
It is also an excellent introduction for non-cognate postgraduates entering a media studies programmes. The writing is to a high standard and creates the perfect platform for students to develop their critical skills and engage with the key theorists in the area.

David Walton offers an excellent introduction to the history of cultural studies as well as of its key theories such as structuralism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis and discourse analysis. Each chapter is self-contained so that it is very convenient to excerpts in class. Teaching "Introduction to Cultural Studies", I very much appreciate Walton's pragmatic approach to theoretical concepts. The way he exemplifies abstract ideas is perfect for first- and second-year students of cultural studies.

using a few parts of this book in class, but recommending use for higher seminars -- too advanced for our purposses in this introduction module

This book will be recommended not only to our fourth year post-graduate students, but also to our MA and PhD students. It is ideal for any student/scholar who is doing application-based work/research in both mass communication studies and cultural studies. The emphasis, as the title clearly states, is on DOING, and is a practical guide to applying difficult concepts such as phenomenology, to application. A wonderful find.