Culture, Media, Language: Working Papers In Cultural Studies, 1972-79 (cultural Studies Birmingham)

Culture, Media, Language Culture, Media, Language Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 1972–79 in association with the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies University of Birmingham First published 1980 by the Academic Division of Unwin Hyman (Publishers) Ltd This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk.” 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 © 1980 Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, University of Birmingham All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Culture, media, language. 1. Culture-Addresses, essays, lectures 1. Hall, Stuart b. 1932 301.2’08 HM101 ISBN 0-203-38118-1 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-38814-3 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-07906-3 (Print Edition) Contents Preface vi Part One Introduction 1 Cultural Studies and the Centre: some problematics and problems Stuart Hall 2 Barrington Moore, Perry Anderson and English social development Richard Johnson 2 36 Part Two Ethnography 3 Introduction to ethnography at the Centre Roger Grimshaw, Dorothy Hobson, Paul Willis 61 4 Subcultural conflict and working-class community Phil Cohen 66 5 Notes on method Paul Willis 76 6 Green Farm Scout Camp Roger Grimshaw 84 7 Housewives and the mass media Dorothy Hobson 93 Part Three Media Studies 8 Introduction to Media Studies at the Centre Stuart Hall 104 9 The ideological dimension of media messages Marina Camargo Heck 110 Encoding/decoding Stuart Hall 117 10 v 11 Television news and the Social Contract Ian Connell 128 12 Recent developments in theories of language and ideology: a critical note Stuart Hall 147 13 Texts, readers, subjects Dave Morley 154 Part Four Language 14 Introduction to Language Studies at the Centre Chris Weedon , Andrew Tolson , Frank Mort 167 15 Ideology and subjectivity John Ellis 177 16 Theories of language and subjectivity Chris Weedon , Andrew Tolson , Frank Mort 186 17 Sexuality for sale Janice Winship 210 Part Five English Studies 18 Literature/society: mapping the field The Literature and Society Group, 1972–3 219 19 Recent developments in English Studies at the Centre The English Studies Group, 1978–9 227 20 Selective guide to further reading and contacts 263 Notes and references 270 Index 298 Preface The Centre for Cultural Studies is a post-graduate research centre at the University of Birmingham; its staff and students research and publish in the field of Cultural Studies.1 * It was established in 1964 under the Directorship of Richard Hoggart, then Professor of Modern English Literature. The aim was to inaugurate research in the area of contemporary culture and society: cultural forms, practices and institutions, th