Cultural studies

Cultural studies combines sociology, social theory, literary theory, film/video studies, and cultural anthropology to study cultural phenomena in industrial societies. Cultural studies researchers often concentrate on how a particular phenomenon relates to matters of ideology, race, social class, and/or gender.

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Sociology - Social theory - Literary theory - Film/video studies - Cultural anthropology - Cultural - Industrial societies - Ideology - Race - Social class - Gender

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Cultural studies concerns itself with the meaning and practices of everyday life. Cultural practices comprise the ways people do particular things (such as watching television, or eating out) in a given culture. Particular meanings attach to the ways people in particular cultures do things.

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Meaning - Life

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In a loosely related but separate usage, the phrase cultural studies sometimes serves as a rough synonym for area studies, as a general term referring to the academic study of particular cultures in departments and programs such as Islamic studies, Asian studies, African American studies, African studies, et al..

Related Topics:
Area studies - Islamic studies - Asian studies - African American studies - African studies

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