At once intellectual history and feminist document of this moment, Angela McRobbie's Feminism, Young Women and Cultural Studies reminds us that McRobbie has accompanied European and American girls and women for over 50 years. For scholars, the book is a gift to teaching that history. For students, it is a rich and personal account of writing that history and narrating changes in one's own thinking, in dialogue with the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and its leading authors, like Stuart Hall, Richard Hoggart, Paul Gilroy and Paul Willis, and McRobbie's feminist co-author Jenny Garber.
Lisa Henderson, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, University of Western Ontario
Dating back to the 1970s and continuing to the present day, cultural studies scholar and sociologist Angela McRobbie stands alone as the founder of an entire tradition of feminist sociological investigations of cultural influence. She has inspired literally generations of feminist scholars and continues to do so. This much overdue volume identifies her most influential pieces and makes them easily accessible to a new generation of cultural studies scholars.
Andrea L. Press, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Media Studies and Sociology, University of Virginia
For an astounding 50 years, Angela McRobbie has led the way in feminist cultural studies. This collection brings together classic pieces from the past with vital new essays on gender, race, class and power. Across the decades, every page teems with insightful and stimulating ideas.
David Hesmondhalgh, Professor of Media, Music and Culture, University of Leeds
