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Cultural Studies

Core definition

A field of scholarly inquiry that explores the production and circulation of meaning and covers all forms of cultural practice. Objects of inquiry are broad and include literary texts, products of mass media, objects of industrial production, consumer culture, marginality, and other aspects of ...

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