This hands-on survey introduces students to the diverse fields that comprise cultural studies, from visual culture to popular music and new media. It can be used as a standalone text or is the perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies: An Anthology.
* Provides a comprehensive overview of the field, from cyberculture and digital media to fashion and new formulations of gender identity
* Includes student exercises and activities for each chapter
* Teaches cultural analysis through practical examples and application
* Gives students across disciplines the tools to become practitioners of Cultural Studies and active cultural analysts
* The perfect companion volume to Ryan's Cultural Studies Anthology (2008)

Overview
This anthology of classic and cutting-edge statements in literary theory has now been updated to include recent influential texts in the areas of Ethnic Studies, Postcolonialism and International Studies
A definitive collection of classic statements in criticism and new theoretical work from the past few decades
All the major schools and methods that make up the dynamic field of literary theory are represented, from Formalism to Postcolonialism
Enables students to familiarise themselves with the most recent developments in literary theory and with the traditions from which these new theories derive

Michael Ryan's Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition introduces students to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature and culture, from Formalism, Structuralism, and Historicism to Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, and Global English.
Introduces readings from a variety of theoretical perspectives, on classic literary texts.
Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work.
Contains an accessible account of different theoretical approaches
An ideal resource for use in introductory courses on literary theory and criticism.
Designed to function both as a stand-alone text and a companion to Rivkin and Ryan’s Literary Theory: An Anthology, Second Edition.