This new textbook addresses the neglect of practical research methods in
cultural studies. It provides students with clearly written overviews of
research methods in cultural studies, along with guidelines on how to
put these methods into operation. It advocates a multi-method approach,
with students drawing from a pool of techniques and approaches suitable
for their own topics of investigation. The book covers the following
main areas: * Drawing on experience, and studying how narratives make
sense of experience.* Investigating production processes in the
cultural industries, and the consumption and assimilation of cultural
products by audiences and fans.* Taking both quantitative and
qualitative approaches to the study of cultural life.* Analysing visual
images and both spoken and written forms of discourse.* Exploring
cultural memory and historical representation.The contributors, along
with Michael Pickering, are Martin Barker, Aeron Davis, David Deacon,
Emily Keightley, Steph Lawler, Anneke Meyer, Virginia Nightingale, and
Sarah Pink. The book is designed for use by students on upper-level
undergraduate and taught Masters-level courses as well as postgraduate
research students and cultural studies researchers more generally. It
will be of enormous value across all fields of study involved in
cultural enquiry and analysis
