Cultural studies and its theoretical legacies

This suggests at least three impor- tant components of cultural studies: its (almost) constant (but troubled) engagement with Marxist theory, its interdisciplinary predisposition, and its profound interest in forms of resistance and political struggle as legitimate objects of analysis and knowledge

My title, "Cultural Studies and its Theoretical Legacies," suggests a look back to the past, to consult and think about the Now and the Future of cultural studies by way of a retrospective glance

It does seem necessary to do some genealogical and archaeological work on the archive

To get a sense of the way cultural studies (using the British context) has been developed and consolidated in relation to the themes established by what have become a number of key writers and approaches

To see the way the different theories introduced and illustrated in this book reflect developing interests within cultural studies