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Biographical note
Chris Barker is a teacher and researcher with over 25 years experience. He has worked in a number of schools and universities in both England and Australia. He is currently Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia. Chris is the author of six previous books that are linked together by an interest in culture, meaning and communication. At present he is exploring questions of emotion in contemporary cultural life.`A scholarly lexicon and stimulating ′rough guide′ for Cultural Studies as it confronts and navigates the shifting sands of past, present and future′ - <b><i>Tim O′Sullivan Head of Media and Cultural Production, De Montfort University
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<p><b><i>`I′m certain undergraduate and postgraduate readers will consider the Dictionary to be a highly useful resource. Taken together, the definitions provide a effective overview of the field′ - <b><i>Stuart Allan Reader in Cultural Studies, University of the West of England, Bristol</i></b></i></b></p>
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<p><b><i><b><i>`Any student wishing to acquaint her or himself with the field of cultural studies will find this an enormously useful book′ - <b><i>Joke Hermes Editor European Journal of Cultural Studies and Lecturer in Television Studies, University of Amsterdam</i></b></i></b></i></b></p>
<em>"This dictionary of cultural studies provides a handy and wonderfully comprehensive guide- it doesn’t purport to tell the whole story, but it does offer to introduce readers and point out further paths. This short dictionary is a wonderful addition to the world of cultural studies. Students will find it a godsend; teachers, a springboardto an exciting intellectual milieu within communication studies; and libraries, a hard-to-keep-the shelves volume."</em>
- Paul A. Soukup,