What's Become of Australian Cultural Studies?

<p>Cultural studies face a complicated yet rich future proving both flexible and resilient in many countries. Against this backdrop this book offers a fresh perspective on the state of the field of cultural studies via an evaluation of the work of one of its key thinkers – Graeme Turner – and the traditions of Australian cultural studies which have been influential on the formation of the field.</p><p>Thinking with Turner and being informed by his practice can help orient us in the face of new challenges and contexts across culture media and everyday life; teaching and pedagogy; the relation of research to the new politics of public engagement policy management and universities; the internationalization of cultural studies and the reconfiguration of nationalism; the changing concepts and relations of culture; the development of important new areas in cultural studies such as celebrity studies; and the emergence of digital media studies.</p><p>This lively and provocative volume is essential reading for anyone interested in where cultural studies has come from where it’s heading to and what kinds of ideas – not least from Graeme Turner – will help scholars and students alike make sense of and reconfigure the discipline. This book was originally published as a special issue of <i>Cultural Studies.</i></p>