Chris Barker’s best-selling Cultural Studies has established itself as the leading undergraduate introduction to cultural studies. This Third Edition takes the student through all they need to know: the theoretical foundations and developments of cultural studies and the questions that occupy the field today, from the multiple meanings of ‘culture’ itself to ideology, language, subjectivity, sex, space, race, media, the urban, youth and resistance. With its concise, accessible definitions, stimulating activities, checked ‘key points’, chapter summaries, and an expanded glossary, it is an indispensable tool for students and instructors alike.

An introduction to cultural studies -- Questions of culture and ideology -- Culture, meaning, knowledge: the linguistic turn in cultural studies -- Biology and culture: questions of reductionism and complexity -- A new world disorder? -- Enter postmodernism -- Sites of cultural studies -- Ethnicity, race and nation -- Sex, subjectivity and representation -- Television, texts and audiences -- Digital media culture -- Cultural space and urban place -- Youth, style and resistance -- Cultural politics and cultural policy -- Glossary: the language-game of cultural studies.