A contemporary look at one of the founding figures in the field of cultural studies This volume from Goldsmiths Press examines the career of the cultural studies pioneer Stuart Hall investigating his influence & revealing lesser-known facets of his work These essays evaluate the legacies of his particular brand of cultural studies & demonstrate how other scholars & activists have utilized his thinking in their own research Throughout Hall's colleagues & collaborators assess his theoretical & methodological standpoints his commitment to the development of a flexible form of revisionist Marxism & the contributions of his specific mode of analysis to public debates on Thatcherism neoliberalism & multiculturalism In her contribution Angela Davis argues that the model of politics ideology & race initially developed by Hall & his colleagues in England continues to resonate when applied to America's racialized policing Other essays focus on Hall's contributions to contemporary political debate & questions of race ethnicity identity migrancy & diaspora & discuss Hall's continuing involvement in issues of representation & aesthetics in the visual arts particularly photography & film With contributions from Britain Europe East Asia & North & Latin America the book provides a comprehensive look at how under Hall's intellectual leadership British cultural studies transformed itself from a form of "local" knowledge to the international field of study we know today Contributors John Akomfrah Avtar Brah Charlotte Brunsdon Iain Chambers Kuan-Hsing Chen John Clarke James Curran Angela Davis David Edgar Lawrence Grossberg Catherine Hall Dick Hebdige Tony Jefferson Robert Lumley Mahasiddhi (Roy Peters) Doreen Massey Angela Mc Robbie Caspar Melville Frank Mort Michael Rustin Bill Schwarz Mark Sealy Liv Sovik Lola Young