CULTURAL THEORY Praise for the first edition: ‘‘Thorough, well-written and accessible, this text should be an indispensable part of every library.’’ Douglas Kellner, University of California at Los Angeles Now in its second edition, Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts is an up-to-date prehensive survey of over 350 of the key terms central to cultural theory today. This second edition includes new entries on: colonialism cyberculture globalisation terrorism visual studies Providing clear and inct introductions to a wide range of subjects from feminism to postmodernism, Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts continues to be an essential resource for students of literature, sociology, philosophy and media, and for anyone wrestling with contemporary cultural theory. Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick are both lecturers at the University of Wales, Cardiff. They are the authors of Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers, also published by Routledge. ALSO AVAILABLE FROM ROUTLEDGE Cultural Theory: The Key Thinkers Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick 978-0-415-23281-4 Communication, Culture and Media Studies: The Key Concepts (Third edition) John Hartley 978-0-415-26889-9 Habermas: The Key Concepts Andrew Edgar 978-0-415-30379-8 The panion to Feminism and Postfeminism Edited by Sarah Gamble 978-0-415-24310-0 The panion to Postmodernism Edited by Stuart Sim 978-0-415-24308-7 CULTURAL THEORY The Key Concepts Second Edition Edited by Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick First published as Key Concepts in Cultural Theory 1999 This edition published in 2008 by Routledge 2 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4RN Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 270 Madison Avenue, New York NY10016 This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2007. “To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to ..” Rout
