Questions of Method in Cultural Studies - Hardcover

 
9780631229773: Questions of Method in Cultural Studies
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0631229779 ISBN 13: 9780631229773
Publisher: *Wiley-Blackwell, 2005

Synopsis

Question of Method in Cultural Studies brings together a group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies.



  • Covers such topics as the media, feminism, and politics
  • Identifies what methods have prevailed in the interdisciplinary pursuit of cultural studies
  • Examines the relationship between cultural studies and traditional disciplines, the politics of knowledge, and spatial and temporal models
  • Probes the possibility of method in explicit terms for scholars and students in media, communications, sociology and allied fields.

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About the Author

Mimi White is Professor of Radio/TV/Film at Northwestern University. She is author of Tele-Advising: Therapeutic Discourse in American Television (1992) and co-author of Media Knowledge (with James Schwoch and Susan Reilly, 1992).


James Schwoch holds a permanent faculty appointment at Northwestern University, where he conducts research on media history, diplomacy and international relations, science and technology studies, and research methodologies. He is the author of The American Radio Industry and Its Latin American Activities, 1900–1939 (1990).

From the Back Cover

QUESTIONS OF METHOD IN CULTURAL STUDIES collects a lively group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies. Covering such topics as the media, feminism, and politics, these original essays identify what methods have prevailed in the interdisciplinary pursuit of cultural studies. They also analyze what kinds of methodological choices are made, privileged, or even attacked in the academy and among the disciplines. Examining the relationship between cultural studies and traditional disciplines, the politics of knowledge, and spatial and temporal models, this book probes the possibility of method in explicit terms for scholars and students in media, communications, sociology, and allied fields.

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QUESTIONS OF METHOD IN CULTURAL STUDIES collects a lively group of scholars from across the social sciences and humanities to consider one of the most vexing issues confronting the proverbial 'anti-discipline' of cultural studies. Covering such topics as the media, feminism, and politics, these original essays identify what methods have prevailed in the interdisciplinary pursuit of cultural studies. They also analyze what kinds of methodological choices are made, privileged, or even attacked in the academy and among the disciplines. Examining the relationship between cultural studies and traditional disciplines, the politics of knowledge, and spatial and temporal models, this book probes the possibility of method in explicit terms for scholars and students in media, communications, sociology, and allied fields.

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Publisher
*Wiley-Blackwell
Publication date
2005
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631229779
ISBN 13 
9780631229773
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
335
Editor
White Mimi, Schwoch James

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