Jim McGuigan Cultural Analysis

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1、‘JimMcGuiganhasdoneitagain.Anothergreatcontributiontoculturalstudies;andtoourunderstandingofaworldnotoriousfordefying/escapingunderstanding.CulturalAnalysisThisisexactlywhatweneed“culturalanalysis”for.’ZygmuntBauman,UniversityofLeedsCultural‘JimMcGuiganisoneofcultu

2、ralstudies’leadingpractitioners.Thisvolumeisagenerousandwide-reachingexplorationofhowtouseculturaltheorytoexploreawidevarietyoftopics,broughttogetherunderthesignofthestruggleforavigorous,participatorypublicsphere.’TobyMiller,UniversityofCaliforniaAnalysisThisbookre

3、presentsadistinctiveapproachtoculturalanalysis,usingmulti-dimensionalmethodsforaddressingissuesofpublicinterest.Stressingtheimpactofbothneoliberalismandtheformationofa‘coolcapitalistculture’thatJimMcGuiganhascolonisedeverydaylifearoundmuchoftheglobe,JimMcGuigandepl

4、oyshisoriginalconceptofthe‘culturalpublicsphere’,withinseveralcarefullyanalysedcasestudiesincluding:•celebritydeath•festivalsandurbanregeneration•‘race’andmulticulturalcontroversy•populartelevision•socialsignificanceoftheallpurposemobilecommunicationdeviceinaprivat

5、isedandindividualisedwayoflifeJimMcGuigan•riskinessanduncertaintyinthecreativeandmediaindustriesThisisaradicalinterventionintheresearchagendasandconceptualdevelopmentofculturalpolicystudies,culturalsociologyand,moregenerally,inthebroadfieldknownas‘culturalstudies’.

6、Itofferschallengingtheoreticalargumentsthataresubstantiatedwithconcreteevidenceofculturalandsocialprocesses.JimMcGuiganisProfessorofCulturalAnalysisintheDepartmentofSocialSciencesatLoughboroughUniversity.CoverdesignbyLisaHarperCoverphoto©JustinKasezsixz/AlamyISBN:9

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