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Article: Barker, Chris. The SAGE Dictionary of Cultural Studies.(Book review)
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- Communication Research Trends
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- December 1, 2006
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Barker, Chris. The SAGE Dictionary of Cultural Studies. London, Thousand Oaks, New Delhi: Sage, 2004. Pp. xxi, 211. ISBN 0-7619-7341-9 (pb.) $37.95.
On opening this book, one is likely to ask, "Why didn't someone think of this before?" Cultural Studies has burgeoned in communication and media studies, offering important methodologies for the investigation of communication topics and a comprehensive language for their discussion. But, as with any language, it has its own vocabulary and many a student may want to ask (or be too embarrassed to ask), "Just what does the 'ideal speech situation' refer to?" or "Who is Julia Kristeva and why does my professor go on so ...