Prescribed & Recommended reading 
Prescribed Text:
Cohen, B M Z (ed.) (2012) Being Cultural. Auckland: Pearson.
Recommended reading
Baldwin, E., Longhurst, B., McCracken, S., Ogborn, M., Smith, G. (eds.) (2004) Introducing cultural studies (first revised edn.). Harlow: Pearson.
Barker, C. (2008) Cultural Studies: Theory and Practice (3rd edn.) Los Angeles: Sage.
Bell, C. and S. Matthewman, eds. 2004. Cultural Studies in Aotearoa New Zealand. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
Bennett, T., Mercer, C. and Woollacott (1986) Popular Culture and Social Relations. Milton Keynes: Open University Press.
During, S. (ed.) (1999) The Cultural Studies Reader (2nd edn.). New York: Routledge.
Evans, J. and Hall, S. (eds) (1999) Visual Culture: The Reader. London: Sage.
Fiske, J. (2001) Reading the Popular. London: Taylor & Francis. [e-resource]
Gary, A. and McGuigan, J. (eds.) (1997) Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (2nd edn.). London: Arnold.
Gelder, K. (ed.) (2005) The Subcultures Reader (2nd edn). New York: Routledge.
Mirzoeff, N. (ed.) (2002) The Visual Culture Reader (2nd edn.). London: Routledge.
Sardar, Z., Van Loon, B. and Appignanesi, R. (1999) Introducing Cultural Studies. London: Icon Books.
Storey, J (ed.) (2009) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader (4th ed.). New York: Prentice-Hall.
Strinati, D (2000) An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture. New York: Routledge.
More books in the Short Loan Collection are in the Course Materials list.
Reference Books
Reference books are an excellent place to start your research. You should then go on to read more in-depth journal articles and books.
- Ritzer, George, ed. 2007. The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Malden: Blackwell. Library copies
- Scott, John, and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2009. Oxford Dictionary of Sociology. 3rd revised ed, Oxford: Oxford University Press. Library copies
- Calhoun, Craig, ed. 2002. Dictionary of the Social Sciences. New York: Oxford University Press.
- Bouissac, Paul, ed. 1998. Encyclopedia of Semiotics. New York: Oxford University Press. Library copies
- Barker, Chris. 2004. The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies. London: SAGE. Library copies
The Catalogue
Keyword Searches
Tips for Keyword searching:
- Search for variant spellings: globalisation or globalization
- Use a truncation symbol to find variant word endings: Search for semio* to find semiotics, semiological, semiology
- Search for synonyms and related terms: semiotic or sign
- Use "double quote marks" to combine words as one phrase: "popular culture"
Examples:
"cultural studies" new zealand
youth subcultur*
Subject Headings
General topics often have more specific subdivisions, for example:
Consumer behavior
Consumer behavior - Social aspects
Consumer behavior - Social aspects - New Zealand
Journals
Have a look through recent issues of these journals to see the published results of current research. To research a specific subject, to find out what has been written in these and other journals, you should search a database.
Databases & Articles
To find more information on a topic, a good place to start is a database that indexes journals articles. More databases are listed on the Sociology resource pages.
Example of a 'Command Search' using the database Index New Zealand
Internet Sites
- SYMBOLS.com
More than 2,500 Western signs, their histories, uses, and meanings.
- New Zealand Emblems
NZ emblems, symbols of New Zealand's national identity, from the website of the Ministry for Culture & Heritage.
- NZFlag
A website advocating for a change of New Zealand's national flag.
- New Zealand History online
History and disputes about New Zealand flags.
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The Chicago Manual of Style Online
ReferenŠite Academic referencing resource
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