1. COMING OF AGE IN BIRMINGHAM: Cultural Studies and Conceptions of Subjectivity.
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Lave, Jean, Duguid, Paul, Fernandez, Nadine, and Axel, Erik
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SUBJECTIVITY ,POPULAR culture studies ,CULTURAL studies ,SOCIAL participation ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
The article explores the conceptions of subjectivity and social practice in cultural studies undertaken by the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies (CCCS) at the University of Birmingham in England. It attempts to address the issue of how subjectivities are forged and how persons emerge and change through engagement in social practice. It traces the history of the Centre and examines the challenges faced by CCCS researchers in exploring class cultures. The various factors which challenged the dominance of class analysis at the Centre, including the concept of poststructuralism and postmodernism are discussed.
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- 1992
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