Questions of Method in Cultural Studies

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.Content: Chapter 1 Introduction: The Questions of Method in Cultural Studies (pages 1–15): James Schwoch and Mimi WhiteChapter 2 From the Ordinary to the Concrete: Cultural Studies and the Politics of Scale (pages 17–53): Anna McCarthyChapter 3 Raymond Williams's Culture and Society as Research Method (pages 54–70): John Durham PetersChapter 4 “Read thy self”: Text, Audience, and Method in Cultural Studies (pages 71–104): John HartleyChapter 5 Cultural Studies of Media Production: Critical Industrial Practices (pages 105–153): John CaldwellChapter 6 Feminism and the Politics of Method (pages 154–174): Joke HermesChapter 7 Taking Audience Research into the Age of New Media: Old Problems and New Challenges (pages 175–200): Andrea Press and Sonia LivingstoneChapter 8 Mixed and Rigorous Cultural Studies Methodology — an Oxymoron? (pages 201–220): Micaela di LeonardoChapter 9 Is Globalization Undermining the Sacred Principles of Modernity? (pages 221–240): Pertti AlasuutariChapter 10 Engagement through Alienation: Parallels of Paradox in World Music and Tourism in Sarawak, Malaysia (pages 241–284): Gini GorlinskiChapter 11 For the Record: Interdisciplinarity, Cultural Studies, and the Search for Method in Popular Music Studies (pages 285–307): Tim Anderson