Richard Hoggart and Cultural Studies - by S Owen (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

In this new collection of essays, a range of established and emerging cultural critics re-evaluate Richard Hoggart's contribution to the history of ideas and to the discipline of Cultural Studies. They examine Hoggart's legacy, identifying his widespread influence, tracing continuities and complexities, and affirming his importance.

About the Author

STEFAN COLLINI is Professor of Intellectual History and English Literature at Cambridge University, UK CHARLIE ELLIS is a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, University of Edinburgh, UK DAVID FOWLER teaches Modern British History and Economic History at The University of Cambridge, UK MARK GIBSON is Chair of the Graduate Communications and Media Studies Program in the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University, Australia MELISSA GREGG is an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow in the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, University of Queensland, Australia LAWRENCE GROSSBERG is the Morris Davis Distinguished Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies, Adjunct Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, and the Director of the University Program in Cultural Studies, at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA STUART HALL is Professor Emeritus at the Open University, UK JOHN HARTLEY is Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, and Research Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, at Queensland University of Technology in Australia BILL HUGHES is completing his PhD at the Department of English Literature at the University of Sheffield, UK. RICHARD E. LEE is Professor of Sociology and Director of the Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University, USA JIM MCGUIGAN is Professor of Cultural Analysis in the Department of Social Sciences at Loughborough University, UK GRAEME TURNER is an ARC Federation Fellow and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia ROBERT J.C. YOUNG is Julius Silver Professor of English and Comparative Literature at New York University, USA