Doing Cultural Theory

Doing Cultural Theory will be a very useful tool for any student trying to make sense of the vast expanses of contemporary cultural theory and criticism. Well-written and admirably self-reflective, it combines rigorous explications and applications of many of the most influential concepts and theorists
Lawrence Grossberg
The University of North Carolina

Accessible and insightful throughout; offering help to both experienced and inexperienced students of cultural theory. Highly recommended
John Storey
The University of Sunderland

The greatest strength of David Walton’s book is that it systematically engages with these difficult theories...it is a serious attempt to ‘translate’ the main concepts of French Cultural Theory for an Anglo-Saxon readership. -- Karen Bennett * Cultural Studies Journal *
To general and vague -- Dr Berndt Clavier * drupal *
a fantastic book for all students wanting to broaden horizons into aspects of cultural studies. -- Dr Dean-David Holyoake * drupal *
A comprehensive and well-balanced text that brings valuable insights in different aspect of cultural theory. -- Dr Gabriele Habinger * drupal *
Nice background to the study of popular culture. -- Dr Joanie Willett * drupal *
Comprehensive and clear introduction to a complex area. Well-designed and structured. -- Dr Julie Scanlon * drupal *
Too specific for my applied social science students -- Dr Mark Taylor * drupal *
Accesible work which will help undergraduates understand key idea in cultural theory -- Dr Richard Smith * drupal *
The book ′Doing Cultural Theory′ is rich in its dicussion of all one needs to know when doing serious and qualitative work in cultural studies. Theory helps authors to navigate the journey they choose to undertake. Thus, this book will be a good companion in such journey - Dr S.E. Usadolo -- Dr Sam Usadolo * drupal *
The tone just wasn′t the right "fit" for the course. " -- Melissa Camacho * drupal *
Good overviews of cultural theories. -- Miss Kati Voigt * drupal *
Great text with some relevance to current teaching. -- Mr David Ness * drupal *
A fantastic introduction to cultural theory and its application to research. The author uses current explames to illustrate the points and introduces theory in an esy to grasp manner. It covers all the major theories that one would need to know when engaging in cultural studies -- Mr Fergus Hogan * drupal *
This is a challenging but rewarding read for advanced undergraduate, final year students.
It is also an excellent introduction for non-cognate postgraduates entering a media studies programmes. The writing is to a high standard and creates the perfect platform for students to develop their critical skills and engage with the key theorists in the area. -- Mr Robbie Smyth * drupal *
This is a challenging but rewarding read for advanced undergraduate, final year students.
It is also an excellent introduction for non-cognate postgraduates entering a media studies programmes. The writing is to a high standard and creates the perfect platform for students to develop their critical skills and engage with the key theorists in the area. -- Mr Robbie Smyth * drupal *
David Walton offers an excellent introduction to the history of cultural studies as well as of its key theories such as structuralism, poststructuralism, psychoanalysis and discourse analysis. Each chapter is self-contained so that it is very convenient to excerpts in class. Teaching "Introduction to Cultural Studies", I very much appreciate Walton′s pragmatic approach to theoretical concepts. The way he exemplifies abstract ideas is perfect for first- and second-year students of cultural studies.
This book helped me a lot in teaching cultural studies and I can only recommend it to students and instructors alike. -- Ms Isabell Grosse * drupal *
using a few parts of this book in class, but recommending use for higher seminars -- too advanced for our purposses in this introduction module
-- Ms Rita Singer * drupal *
This book will be recommended not only to our fourth year post-graduate students, but also to our MA and PhD students. It is ideal for any student/scholar who is doing application-based work/research in both mass communication studies and cultural studies. The emphasis, as the title clearly states, is on DOING, and is a practical guide to applying difficult concepts such as phenomenology, to application. A wonderful find. -- Professor Beschara Karam * drupal *