Cultural Remix - Theories of Politics and the Popular (Paperback)

What have black hair-styles got to do with politics? Does sex have a history? What effect has the Walkman had on how we listen to music? What have Margaret Thatcher and Ruth Ellis got in common? This book shows how key debates of the 1980s and 90s have shaped the agenda of cultural politics in the day-to-day consumption and production of popular culture. The essays illustrate how ideas of cultural theory, ways of reading the popular and the politics of difference are crucial to understanding the ways in which politics and the popular have informed one another. Contributors include: Ien Ang, Homi Bhabha, Charlotte Brundson, Iain Chambers, Joan Copjec, Stuart Hall, Dick Hebdige, Kobena Mercer, S.P. Mohanty, Chantal Mouffe, Jacqueline Rose, Anne Maria Smith and Susan Willis.