Lecturer: Stuart Hall. Recorded at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1989.
Contents:
Introduction (2:21) -- A point of disturbance: cultural studies & the academy (3:46) -- Post war Britain: an unexamined cultural revolution (4:16) -- "Who are the English?": race & the decline of empire (6:30) -- Race & cultural studies: representation & silence (6:38) -- A new understanding of race: the return of the repressed (9:43).
Summary:
This convocation address, delivered on the occasion of Hall's receipt of an honorary degree from the University of Massachusetts, outlines the social, intellectual and institutional origins of cultural studies. It also deals with the field's importance in the study of race and ethnicity.
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