Doing Cultural Theory
- David Walton - University of Murcia, Spain
Doing Cultural Theory is a textbook and a toolkit that teaches the basics of cultural theory, unpacks its complexities with real-life examples, and shows readers how to link theory and practice.
Key Features
- Offers accessible introductions to how cultural studies has engaged with key theories in structuralism, poststructuralism and postmodernism
- Teaches straightforward ways of practicing these theories so students learn to think for themselves
- Uses 'Practice' boxes to show students how to apply cultural theory in the real world
- Guides students through the literature with carefully selected further reading recommendations
Other textbooks only show how others have analyzed and interpreted the world. Doing Cultural Theory takes it a step further and teaches students step-by-step how to do cultural theory for themselves.
The tone just wasn't the right "fit" for the course.
Nice background to the study of popular culture.
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.
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
a fantastic book for all students wanting to broaden horizons into aspects of cultural studies.
Good overviews of cultural theories.
using a few parts of this book in class, but recommending use for higher seminars -- too advanced for our purposses in this introduction module
Accesible work which will help undergraduates understand key idea in cultural theory
Comprehensive and clear introduction to a complex area. Well-designed and structured.
