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Cultural Studies 325: Understanding Cultural Studies introduces the history and origins of cultural studies. Students learn to identify, analyze, and discuss several key theoretical debates about what constitutes cultural studies. The course provides examples of the range of approaches that continue to shape and reshape the ever-expanding boundaries of the field.

The following items are required readings for the course. Additional required readings are found in the textbooks and on the course website.

Unit 2

Theoretical Influences and Key Debates
Fiske, John. "Opening the Hallway: Some Remarks on the Fertility of Stuart Hall's Contribution to Critical Theory." Chapter 10 in Stuart Hall: Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies. Eds. David Morley and Kuan-Hsing Chen. London: Routledge, 1996. 212-220.
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Fiske, John. "Commodities and Culture: Formations of the People." Chapter 2 in Understanding Popular Culture, pp. London: Routledge, 1991. 23-47.

Unit 3

Texts and Contexts
Fiske, John. "Introduction: What is Communication?" "Chapter 1: Communication Theory," "Chapter 3: Communication, Meaning, and Signs," "References." Introduction to Communication Studies, 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 1990. 1-5, 6-22, 39-60, 191-195.
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Hall, Stuart. "Encoding, Decoding." Chapter 36 in The Cultural Studies Reader, 2nd ed. Ed. Simon During. New York: Routledge, 1999. 507-517.
Hardt, Hanno. "British Cultural Studies and the Return of the 'Critical' in American Mass Communication Research: Accommodation or Radical Change?" Journal of Communication Inquiry 10.2(1986): 117-124.

Unit 4

Classic Examples
Radway, Janice. "Interpretive Communities and Variable Literacies: The Functions of Romance Reading." Daedalus 113.3, (1984):49-73.
Hall, Stuart. "New Ethnicities." Chapter 21 in Stuart Hall: Critical Dialogues in Cultural Studies. Eds. David Morley and Kuan-Hsing Chen. London: Routledge, 1996. 441-449.
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Unit 5

The Future of Classical Studies

Bose, Martina. " 'Race' and Class in the 'Post-subcultural' Economy." The Post-subcultures Reader. Eds. David Muggleton and Rupert Weinzierl. Oxford: Berg, 2003. 167-180.

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Kahn, Richard, and Douglas Kellner. "Internet Subcultures and Oppositional Politics." The Post-subcultures Reader. Eds. David Muggleton and Rupert Weinzierl. Oxford: Berg, 2003. 299-313.

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