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In recent years `culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this `turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies.
In recent years `culture' has become a central concern in a wide range of fields and disciplines. This book introduces the main substantive and theoretical strands of this `turn to culture' through the medium of a particular case study: that of the Sony Walkman. Using the example of the Walkman, the book indicates how and why cultural practices and institutions have come to play such a crucial part in our lives, and introduces some of the central ideas, concepts and methods of analysis involved in conducting cultural studies.
The authors identify five major cultural processes - representation, identity, production, consumption and regulation - which together constitute a kind of `cultural circuit' that can be used to structure the study of any cultural text or artefact. It is the cultural circuit which is used here to analyze the Walkman as a cultural object.
This unique book offers not only an introduction to key issues and debates in contemporary cultural studies, but also a practical illustration of how cultural studies can be used to make sense of our everyday lives.
Doing Cultural Studies: The Story of the Sony Walkman is the first of a series of books developed by the Open University which aims to offer a comprehensive and innovative introduction to contemporary cultural studies. The series editor is Professor Stuart Hall.
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Sony Walkman, United States, Akio Morita, Design Centre, New York, Selected Readings, Yasuo Kuroki, Shu Ueyama, Frankfurt School, The Sun, Kozo Ohsone, Mary Douglas, Michel de Certeau, Raymond Williams, Second World War New!
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Do you own a 'personal stereo'? Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Sony Walkman, United States, Akio Morita, Design Centre, New York, Selected Readings, Yasuo Kuroki, Shu Ueyama, Frankfurt School, The Sun, Kozo Ohsone, Mary Douglas, Michel de Certeau, Raymond Williams, Second World War New!
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- The Tuning of the World by R. Murray Schafer on 4 pages
- Stuart Hall: Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies (Comedia) by Dave Morley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Identity and Difference (Culture, Media and Identities series) by Dr Kathryn Woodward in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorsten Veblen on page 96, and Back Matter
- Made in Japan: Akio Morita and Sony (Signet) by Akio Morita in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Get Set for Media and Cultural Studies (Get Set for University) by Tony Purvis on 9 pages
- Consumption and Everyday Life (Culture, Media and Identities series) by Dr Hugh Mackay on 7 pages
- Production of Culture/Cultures of Production (Culture, Media and Identities series) by Dr Paul du Gay on 5 pages
- Media and Cultural Regulation (Culture, Media and Identities series) by Professor Kenneth A Thompson on 4 pages
- Geographies of Consumption by Juliana Mansvelt on page 115, page 125, and Back Matter
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