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Stuart Hall / Annie Paul.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paul, Annie, author.
- Series:
- Caribbean biography series.
- The Caribbean biography series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sociologists--Great Britain--Biography.
- Sociologists.
- Sociologists--Jamaica--Biography.
- Hall, Stuart, 1932-2014.
- Hall, Stuart.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (113 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jamaica ; Barbados ; Trinidad and Tobago : The University of the West Indies Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- A pioneer in the field of cultural studies, Stuart Hall produced an impressive body of work on the relationship between culture and power. His contributions to critical theory and the study of politics, culture, communication, media, race, diaspora and postcolonialism made him one of the great public intellectuals of the late twentieth century. For much of his career, Hall was better known outside the Caribbean than in the region. He made his mark most notably in the United Kingdom as head of the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and at the Open University, where his popular lecture series was broadcast on BBC2. His influence expanded from the late 1980s onwards as the field of cultural studies gained traction in universities worldwide. Hall's middle-class upbringing in colonial Jamaica and his subsequent experience of immigrant life in the United Kingdom afforded him a unique perspective that informed his groundbreaking work on the complex power dynamics of race, class and empire. This accessible, lively biography provides glimpses into Hall's formative Jamaican years and includes segments from his hitherto unpublished early writing. Annie Paul gives us an engaging introduction to a globally renowned Caribbean intellectual.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- One
- Two
- Three
- Four
- Five
- Six
- Seven
- Eight
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789766407919
- 9766407916
- OCLC:
- 1393304282
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