Stuart Hall by James Procter - 9780415262668

Stuart HallAuthor(s): James Procter\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415262668, 978-0415262668\nSynopsis\nJames Procter's introduction places Hall's work within its historical contexts, providing a clear guide to his key ideas and influences, as well as to his critics and his intellectual legacy.\n\nStuart Hall has been pivotal to the development of cultural studies during the past forty years. Whether as director of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, or as one of the leading public intellectuals of the postwar period, he has helped transform our understanding of culture as both a theoretical catagory and a political practice. \n\nTopics include:\n\n* popular culture and youth subcultures\n* the CCCS and cultural studies\n* media and communication\n* racism and resistance\n* postmodernism and the postcolonial\n* Thatcherism\n* identity, ethnicity, diaspora\nStuart Hall is the ideal gateway to the work '