title: Cultural Studies: A Practical Introduction
author:  Michael Ryan 
description: "This is a sprightly and engaging tour around all the major pointsof reference in the field of Cultural Studies. Up-to-date andcomprehensive in its coverage, with an array of interesting studentexercises, it will be invaluable in the classroom and studentswould be hard pressed to find a more comprehensive and accessiblehandbook."<br /><b>Paul Smith</b>, George Mason University
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  Contents
  Cover
  Title Page
  Copyright
  What Is Cultural Studies?
  What is Culture?
  What is the Subject of Cultural Studies?
  Characteristics of Cultural Studies
  How to do Cultural Studies: Semiotics
  Signs, Codes and Texts
  Representation of the Other
  Discursive Analysis
  Decoding the Indian Restaurant
  Origins of Cultural Studies
  Founding Fathers
  Richard Hoggart
  Authentic Working-Class Life
  Raymond Williams
  E.P. Thompson: Understanding Class
  Remembering History
  Stuart Hall
  Intellectual Practice
  Culture Makes a Difference
  British Cul