'This is the most lucid and engaged account of Stuart Hall's work.
Meticulously, and with an exemplary generosity, Helen Davis
patiently unravels the threads of Hall's intellectual history. The
result is a most useful and thoughtful book, which could prove to
be indispensable for students of cultural studies'
- Graeme Turner, University of Queensland
Understanding Stuart Hall traces the development of one of the
most influential and respected figures within cultural studies.
Focusing on Stuart Hall's writings over a period of nearly fifty
years, this volume offers students and academics a cogent and
exploratory route through complex and overlapping areas of
analysis. In her critical assessment of Hall's most important
contributions to academic and public debate, Davis shows the extent
to which his analyses of race and ethnicity have been informed by
early studies of Marxism, class and 'societies structured in
dominance'. Davis offers fresh insight into the formation of one of
the most prolific, charismatic and controversial intellectuals of
his generation.
Despite having been branded a 'cultural pessimist', Stuart Hall
has long been associated with encouraging new, cutting-edge
scholarship within the field. This volume concludes with a
discussion of Hall's most recent political and academic
interventions and his continuing commitment to innovation within
the visual arts.
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