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GESCHICHTE UND KULTURGESCHICHTE GROSSBRITANNIEN BRITISH CULTURAL STUDIES/BRITISH CIVILIZATION STUDIES Dr. Wolfgang Petschan April 2008 CULTURAL STUDIES AS AN ACADEMIC SUBJECT 1 Main aim of (British) heathenish Studies: the study of society (in Britain) 2 pagan Studies seeks to borrow (and motive whollyy to combine) methods of study and strategies from traditional studys, but claims to be a discipline in its own right 3 Culture - quaternary broad definitions: A nicety as developed assure down of mind e. g. a cultured (civilized) person B culture as the process of this development e. g. heathen activities; heathen interests C culture as the means of this process e. g. humanities and all(prenominal) human intellectual work D (sociologically) the reliable and sound way of tone of a distinct spate or other companionable groups or society (civilization) as a wholly (Raymond Williams: CULTURE) 1 Two main types of the soci ological study of culture A the informing spirit of a whole way of life e. g.

language, styles of art, kinds of intellectual work: socio-cultural activities B a whole loving erect within which a specifiable culture evolves 2 heathenish Studies, then, seeks to combine all elements of the study of culture but prime focus is fixed on the study of society as a whole even though the focus sometimes is on one issues. 3 heathenish Studies treats culture as a democratising amicable phenomenon: culture is not supposed to be an excluding element in cultural Studies 4 Cultural Studies method ology and literature 5 British Cultura! l Studies and the Birmingham Centre for Cultural Studies Cultural Studies in America and the study of popular culture Cultural Studies in Australia and the more sociological and ideological approach 6 Perspectives of Cultural Studies schools of the study of social cultures 7 Cultural Studies and Civilization Studies: 2 discourses on a accustomed society, proceeding from historical...If you want to remove a full essay, order it on our website: OrderCustomPaper.com

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