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Readership: 2nd and 3rd year undergraduates of cultural studies and women's studies. Postgraduates and academics in these subjects.
Edited by Morag Shiach, Reader in Cultural Studies, Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London
"A useful teaching tool for courses in cultural studies and an easily accessible guide to debates within the field for students embarking on women's studies and related courses" - Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory
"It's interrogation is both theoretically sound and sensitive to the political possibilities of what it represents ... interesting and solid accounts of work in the field" - Years Work in Critical Cultural Theory
Morag Shiach: Introduction Meaghan Morris: Things to do with Shopping Centres Mica Nava: Consumerism Reconsidered Angela McRobbie: Shut Up and Dance Kristen Drotner: Cast Upon Their Own Resources Anne Ducille: Dyes and Dolls Patricia Williams: The Death of the Profane Dorothy Hobson: Women Audiences and the Workplace Christine Griffin: Typical Girls? Catherine Hall: The Tale of Samuel and Jemima Sally Alexander: A Woman in London in the 1920s and 30s Patricia Mellencamp: High Anxiety Claire Johnston: Women's Cinema as Counter Cinema Jackie Stacey: Desperately Seeking Difference Jacqueline Bobo: Black Women as Cultural Readers Christine Geraghty: Women and Soap Opera Laura Mulvey: Cosmetics and Abjection Judith Williamson: Family, Education, Photography Charlotte Brunsden: Pedagogies of the Feminine Alison Light: `Returning to Manderley' Janice Radway: Romance and the Work of Fantasy Clare Whatling: Who's Read Macho Sluts? Elspeth Probyn: Disciplinary Desires Gargi Bhattacharyya: `Who Fancies Pakis?' Lesley Johnson: `As Housewives We Are Worms' Kristin Ross: Hygiene and Modernization Biddy Martin and Chandra Talpade Mohanty: Feminist Politics Ien Ang: On Not Speaking Chinese Susan Leigh Star: From Hestia to Home Page
