Multiculturalism: A Critical Reader (Blackwell Critical Reader)1 review David Theo Goldberg Wiley-Blackwell, 1995 Hughly Academic but also Highly Useful This critical reader provides a very deep insight into multicultural theory. It isn't beach reading. The chapters are analytical, delving into complex notions of why we might need mutlicultural perspectives and how we might benefit from them. Being a teacher, I am better able to teach multicultural ...             Women's Studies: Essential Readings Stevi Jackson NYU Press, 1993 "...No mere collection, but a wonderful synthesis of some of the best and most representative works of modern feminist scholarship, reflecting the richness and diversity of contemporary women's studies. It provides an informative and empowering perspective on feminist scholarly achievements of the last decades." —Dale Spender, Founding member of WITS (Women, Information, Technology, and ...             Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods2 reviews John Storey University of Georgia Press, 1996 A concise variety of theories for examining popular culture + Nobody does it better... I am using "Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture" as the primary textbook in an "Introduction to Popular Culture" class. Now, on the one hand it is clear John Storey's book is not written at an introductory level, which would have been a reason for me not to select it for my class. ...             The Power of Identity: The Information Age - Economy, Society and Culture (Castells, Manuel. Information Age, ...5 reviews Manuel Castells Blackwell Publishers, 1997 Brave New World + Time of Change.... ? + Globalized public sphere + A true view of what is going on. + A Contemporary take on Toeffler and Naisbitt             Rethinking Popular Culture: Contempory Perspectives in Cultural Studies University of California Press, 1991 Rethinking Popular Culture selects some of the best and most important recent work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon recent developments in cultural theory and the exciting new techniques of critical analysis, the essays in this volume break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh and innovative fashion. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Rethinking Popular Culture includes works by authors in ...             Postmodernist Culture: An Introduction to Theories of the Contemporary2 reviews Steven Connor Wiley-Blackwell, 1997 great! + He thinks he's it he does As a student at Birkbeck College Steven Connor's will be my tutor this year - lucky or what!             As We Are Now: Mixblood Essays on Race and Identity1 review University of California Press, 1998 Superb This book challenges white male patriarchal assumptions. A brave and enormously intelligent book that subverts the paradigms of eurocentrism in the U. S. and elsewhere. A tremendous achievemnet.             The Gender/Sexuality Reader: Culture, History, Political Economy1 review Routledge, 1997 This Reader Delivers The Goods A lot of books in the field give lip service to the idea that gender, sexuality, race, and class are somehow "connected" or "interconnected." This big book shows, convincingly, how they're connected--both historically, and in the present. The text includes stimulating essays on the history of ...             Who Can Speak?: AUTHORITY AND CRITICAL IDENTITY University of Illinois Press, 1995             Routledge Language and Cultural Theory Reader1 review Tony Crowley Routledge, 2000 A perfect introduction and exploration of Cultural Theory This book has numerous articles which furnish vast amount of information on cultural theory. If you want to learn more about cultural theory, Vygotsky, Bruner, Malinowski, etc., this book has all and more.             Gender and Discourse2 reviews Deborah Tannen Oxford University Press, USA, 1996 Amazing and Brilliant + Not Pop Psych Dr. Tannen is a brilliant author and the "go to" researcher on matters concerning gender differences in communication. This book is research-based and a more difficult read when compared to her more popular books. I read this book cover to cover in graduate school and I recommend it highly for any ...             The Cultural Studies Reader: Second Edition2 reviews Simon During Routledge, 1999 The Cultural Studies Reader We received this in timely manner and it was in good condition             Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks (Keyworks in Cultural Studies) Blackwell Publishers, 2000 Media and Cultural Studies: KeyWorks is a comprehensive anthology of the most significant theoretical readings on critical approaches to media culture and communications. The volume brings together what are considered the KeyWorks of current theory and method for the study of the abundance and diversity of culture and society in the present age. Spanning the gamut from the writings of Antonio ...             Space and Social Theory: Interpreting Modernity and Postmodernity Wiley-Blackwell, 1997 In this book, the world's leading spacial theorists provide new accounts of the central questions and issues in social-spacial theory with critical perspectives on the post-modern condition.             Cultural Studies1 review Routledge, 1991 Compelling collection of cultural studies essays Grossberg, Nelson, and Treichler have compiled a compelling collection of cultural studies essays. The selections in the book examine cultural studies from multiple angles, demonstrating the difficulty in identifying one encompassing definition of cultural studies. The differences do not create ...             End of Millennium5 reviews Manuel Castells Wiley-Blackwell, 2000 This is an outstanding book that deals with our world. + Is information technology the culprit? I read this book as a stand-alone book even though it is No. 3 of a trilogy. Castells deals with the most important issues of our times, and he does so, in a serious, scholarly, but readable way. This book is "must" reading for people in economics, politics, policy studies as well as in the ...             An Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture3 reviews John Storey University of Georgia Press, 1998 Introducing the competing theories of Popular Culture + nice introduction to a maddeningly diverse topic John Storey, a senior lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Sutherland in England, gives you a couple of fundamental options in terms of introductory textbooks for a Popular Culture class. Whereas his "Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods" is ...             A Critical and Cultural Theory Reader2 reviews University of Toronto Press, 1992 An excellent introduction to contemporary theory + A practical guide to academic tomfoolery. Despite the rather tongue-in-cheek review by the student from Boston, this is a well-edited and thoughtful collection. It provides context for selections from Marx, Saussure, Barthes, Foucault, Freud and others. As a professor who has taught widely about critical theory, I highly recommend this ...             The Rise of the Network Society (New Edition) (The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture Volume 1)13 reviews Manuel Castells Wiley-Blackwell, 2000 The Rise of Network Society + The whole picture + Is information technology the culprit? + Network society: Informationalization and globalization             The Post-Colonial Studies Reader5 reviews Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, ... Routledge, 1995 A superb (if expensive) college teaching resource + Literary Criticism This is one of the best cultural-theoretical "readers" on the marketplace today, and should be indispensable addition to course syllabi for those wanting to teach postcolonial culture. All of the big names are here (Said, Anderson, Spivak, Bhabha, Fanon), and they've been helpfully redacted down ...