The reader provides a theoretical, analytical and historical introduction to the study of popular culture and provides key primary coverage of fundamental issues in cultural studies. The text includes four new readings:1). Stuart Hall,What Is This ‘Black' in Black Popular Culture 2). Amir Saeed,Musical Jihad 3). Neil Perryman, Dr Who and the Convergence of Media 4). Jim Collins,Genericity in the Nineties Fully revised general and section introductions from the editor, contextualise and link the readings with key issues from the textbook A fully updated bibliography is provided