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Cultural Theory and Popular Culture<\/h1>\n\n\n

An Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Welcome to the Student Resources area of Cultural Theory and Popular Culture<\/em> (tenth edition<\/strong>) \u2013 a theoretically grounded textbook for the study of culturally informed approaches to popular culture read and taught worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has been designed and updated to support your reading of the book\u2019s chapters and systematically revisit the book\u2019s insights. You will find here useful resources related to each chapter of the textbook aimed at helping you revise the book\u2019s instructive and astute content. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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You can access these resources by selecting the appropriate chapter from the drop-down list above. There are quizzes in each section by which you can assess your knowledge and comprehension of the content discussed, including important terms, names, problems and trajectories of cultural development in relation to popular culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a glossary of important and frequently used words and definitions which you may find beneficial in your reading of the textbook and in understanding problems explained in relation to a broad range of cultural issues. Links to extra materials, which you can find in a dedicated tab and which support the timeliness of Cultural Theory and Popular Culture<\/em>, will help you deepen that understanding as they echo the book\u2019s approaches and allow for better navigation of the academic study of the popular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They include up-to-date web links to contemporary examples of popular culture texts and practices. It is advisable that you follow these to facilitate your understanding of the theoretical material presented in the textbook. These will help ground the academic debates in twenty-first-century cultural practices. At the end of each chapter, as well, there are extensions and further considerations for you to engage in. This also tests your understanding of theory as you apply what you have learned to other examples in everyday life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also the opportunity to develop your understanding of Cultural Theory using additional reading material in Professor Storey\u2019s companion book, Cultural Theory and Popular Culture<\/em> (tenth edition<\/strong>). It is recommended that you engage with this title, so you can fully understand the key debates and issues explored here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here begins your journey as a student of Cultural Theory and Popular Culture! It\u2019s both fascinating and at times, provocative. Enjoy it! Learn it. Live it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professor Ania Malinowska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Karen Atkinson<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

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About the Authors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n