Whether used on its own or in conjunction with Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, this reader is a theoretical, analytical, and historical introduction to the study of popular culture within cultural studies. The readings cover the culture and civilization tradition, culturalism, structuralism and poststructuralism, Marxism, feminism, and postmodernism, as well as current debates in the study of popular culture. New to this edition:Four new readings by Stuart Hall, Ernesto Laclau and Chantal Mouffe, Judith Butler, and Savoj ?i?ekFully revised general and section introductions that contextualize and link the readings with key issues in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An IntroductionFully updated bibliographyIdeal for courses in:cultural studiesmedia studiescommunication studiessociology of culturepopular culturevisual studiescultural criticism | Cultural Theory and Popular Culture by John Storey, Paperback | Indigo Chapters