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Special Offer: Colleges buy Representation & the Media and Race, the Floating Signifier (either edition) together for $340 (save $50), High Schools buy both videos for $110 (save $40). Closed caption available. Transcript available.









VHS: 55 minutes
DVD: 55 minutes


Colleges and Universities $195.00


High Schools and Non-Profits $75.00 was $125.00

 

Reviews and Comments

"This is a marvelous opportunity to see Stuart Hall in action - he is a major force in the fields of communication and cultural studies. He is more than engaging, he is spellbinding."
-Ellen Wartella, Dean, College of Communication, University of Texas-Austin


Representation and the Media
Featuring Stuart Hall
(1997)

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In this section:
Summary
Logistical Information
Biographical Summary
Reviews and Comments
Screenings and Festivals
Articles

Summary:

In this accessible introductory lecture, Hall focuses on the concept of "representation"-- one of the key ideas of cultural studies-- and shows how reality is never experienced directly, but always through the symbolic categories made available by society.

Logistical Information:

Produced & directed by Sut Jhally
Edited by Sanjay Talreja, Sut Jhally, & Mary Patierno
Copyright 1997

SECTIONS: Visual Representation & the Contemporary World / An Old View: Representation as reflection/distortion of reality / A New View: Representation as constitutive / Culture as Primary / Conceptual Maps: Classifying the world / Language & Communication / Reality & Discourse / The Practices of Signification / Meaning & Absence / Identity, Identification & the Viewer / Meaning is Interpretation / Ideology and Power Fix Meaning / Contesting Stereotypes: Positive representations / Contesting Stereotypes: Taking images apart / What is at Stake in Representation?

Biographical Summary:

Stuart Hall is seminal figure in the development of media & cultural studies, and is renowned as an inspirational public speaker and teacher.

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