Books by Simon During

Magic, During suggests, has helped shape modern culture. Devoted to this deceptively simple proposition, During's work gets at the aesthetic questions at the very heart of the study of culture. How can the most ordinary arts-and by "magic," During means not the supernatural, but the special effects and conjurings of magic shows-affect people?

An introduction to the history and theory of Cultural Studies from Leavisism, through the era of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, to the global nature of contemporary Cultural Studies. Each thematic section examines and explains a key topic within Cultural Studies.