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This chapter outlines some of the main features that characterize
cultural studies in Europe by providing a historical, theoretical, and
bibliographical review of their main authors, debates, and texts. In
particular, we start by tracing historically the origins of this current of
thought situating it at two research centers: the Birmingham School
at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) in the United
Kingdom and the Centre d’Études de Communications des Masses
(CECMAS) in France. To complete this European analysis, we have also
considered the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish cases, which we will
contrast to the British and French contexts. We then present the debates
and theoretical tensions currently characterizing cultural studies in
Europe. Finally, we analyze qualitatively some of the key reference
texts used to analyze culture and media within Europe. Ultimately, the
present text is an invitation to think of what has been carried out so
far in order to plan the future challenges that a European culturalist
research will have to provide answers to.
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Cultural studies European thought Metatheory Reference texts Critical thought Sociology of knowledge Interpretative thought Marxism Birmingham School CECMAS
Citation
Garcia-Jiménez, L.; Hernández-Perez, M. & Subtil, F. (2020). History, debates and primary references of cultural studies. In F.O.Paulino, G. Kaplún, M.V.Mariño & L. Custodio (eds.). Research Tradition in Dialogue Communication studies in Latin America and Europe (pp.123-152). Ramada: Media XXI