From Class Struggle to the Politics of Pleasure

David Harris is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth.

• Chapter 1 The Context; Chapter 2 Floating Signifiers; Chapter 3 Struggle and Education; Chapter 4 Youth and symbolic Politics; Chapter 5 The Crisis and its Consequences; Chapter 6 The Mass Media; Chapter 7 Positioning, Pleasure, and the Media Audience; Chapter 8 Leisure, Pleasure, Sport and Tourism; Chapter 9 Gramscian Politics; Chapter 10 Conclusion;

`This is by far the most complete and critical analysis of cultural studies which we possess. It is organised logically and written in a clear and accessible style. The criticisms of Gramsci's legacy with respect to data, narrowness, exclusive definitions of truth, elitism, circukarity of arguement, posturing etc, are well devolped. An obvious undergraduate textbook' - Bryan Turner, Professor of Sociology, Essex University`THis is a fine study ... I recommend this book strongly' - Roland Robertson, Professor of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh