Jordan and Weedon look at the role of culture in reproducing and contesting social relations of class, gender and race. They focus on relationships between culture, subjectivity, and power, in what is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary cultural politics.
Glenn Jordan teaches cultural and media studies at the University of Glamorgan. He previously taught at the University of Illinois. He has published on cultural theory, racism and Black intellectual history.
Chris Weedon teaches critical theory, cultural studies and women's studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and her books include Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory (1987), published by Blackwell.