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CSC Recommends:   The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsitz   Get it right now!

• "Canonizing the Popular"
  A cautionary tale by the author that asks some pointed questions about the recent direction of cultural studies.
  
  
• Rants 'n' Raves
  An interactive bulletin board of unbridled and opinionated cultural commentary and analysis. Your contributions are welcome and necessary. Something you need to rant or rave about? Well, this is the place!
  
  
• New "Selected Events" section coming later this fall! Don't touch that dial!!
  Please let CSC know about your event!
  
  
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The Neverland

"Reconstructing Michael Jackson," A dynamic, interactive collection of close readings - please join in! Updated November 19, 1998 LIFE magazine's "The World of Children," a brief excerpt from the author's doctoral dissertation. Coming Soon: Sins of the Father - A multimedia bricolage of images, sounds, and words. The work is still in production, so any contributions or suggestions are welcome! Note to contributors: All contributions should conform to the "fair-use" provisions of U.S. copyright law.

• Richard Polt's Classic Typewriter Page
  A remarkable and thoroughly absorbing work of cultural archeology. You'll be here for hours!
  
  
• Border Crossings
  An innovative exploration of the various "borders" that divide and define the modern world. Not to be missed.
  
  
• Art Crimes - Graffiti!
  
  
• Library of Congress American Memory Collection
  One of the finest and most important sites on the Web, this repository of American life and history features text, photos, recordings, and original documents.
  
  
• Center for Utopian Studies
  Shared hopes, dreams, and fears, masterfully crafted in pure HTML by Andy Wood. Fun, too.
  
  
• Ioan Davies: Articles, Journals, Fictions
  An innovative collection of significant cultural studies works. A must-see.
  
  
• Retro - The Magazine of 20th Century Popular Culture
  A rich smorgasbord of pop culture with an historical bent. Beautifully presented.
  
  
• The Urban Legends Archives - Will your illusions be crushed? Find out for yourself.
  
  

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• American Studies Web
  Extensive collection of American Studies resources.
  
  
• Bad Subjects
  The magazine and mailing list with an aggresively progressive take on everyday life and culture. Founded in 1992 at UC Berkeley.
  
  
• The Bakhtin Centre - From the University of Sheffield.
  
  
• Black Cultural Studies
  Resources focusing on questions of ethnicity, race and gender among groups who are of African descent.
  
  
• "Conditions of their own Making,"
  An historical look at the University of Birmingham's Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies.
  
  
• Contemporary Philosophy, Critical Theory and Postmodern Thought
  A very thorough page of resources, links to articles, and information. By Martin Ryder of the University of Colorado at Denver.
  
  
• CTHEORY
  An international journal of theory, technology, and culture. Go ahead, gorge yourself; this is a nearly bottomless resource of ideas and opinion on just about everything in the modern world. Just don't say you weren't warned.
  
  
• The University of Birmingham Department of Cultural Studies and Sociology
  The real "cultural studies central."
  
  
• The Cultural Studies Times
  The online, interactive version of Routledge's journal of no-holds-barred opinion. Just remember to duck when the mud comes flying!
  
  
• Sarah Zupko's Cultural Studies Center
  An up-to-date and extraordinarily comprehensive guide to cultural studies resources. If you can't find it here, it probably doesn't exist! The center will soon also have an e-'zine of its own.
  
  
• Cultronix
  An electronic journal of contemporary cultural studies. One of the many rich resources on Carnegie Mellon University's English department server.
  
  
• CULTSTUD-L
  A cultural studies listserv. The web site also has needed information.
  
  
• Cultural Dynamics - An international journal of interdisciplinary cultural studies.
  
  
• Cultural Studies Resources
  The University of Iowa Libraries' guide to cultural studies resources.
  
  
• Cultural Studies Resources Page
  From Towson State University's Scott Allen and Paul Miers.
  
  
• differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies
  Features some full-text journal articles.
  
  
• Franco-American Women's Institute
  
  
• George Mason University - Some Cultural Studies Links
  A helpful collections of references from George Mason University's program in Cultural Studies.
  
  
• Humanities Hub
  A superb, thorough, and well-organized guide to humanities resources, including Cultural Studies. Maintained by the Faculty of Humanities, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
  
  
• The Internet Research Pointer (IRP) - Topic: Humanities
  A great place to really find what you're looking for. Check out the rest of the site.
  
  
• The Marx-Engles Internet Archive
  An ever growing compilation of the classic works. Cultural Studies before it was cool.
  
  
• MCS - The Media and Communications Site
  Perhaps the richest collection of media scholarship on or off the 'net. You'll never stop returning!
  
  
• Media Representations of Masculinity
  A superb collection of links to full-text articles and other important resources on the subject. By Marj Kibby of the University of Newcastle.
  
  
• Melibea - A journal of Spanish culture and cultural studies. En Español.
  
  
• Not Bored
  A "Situationist-inspired" screed which you are free to redistribute and copy to your heart's delight. What the Web is for.
  
  
• Postmodern Culture - An electronic journal of interdisciplinary criticism.
  
  
• Praxis
  A new, "insurgent" site produced by the sociology department of UC Riverside. Wonderful!
  
  
• Prossiga Rei - Cultural Studies Virtual Library - From Brazil.
  
  
• Public Culture - A global interdisciplinary journal of late twentieth century cultural studies.
  
  
• The Resource Center for Cyberculture Studies
  An important and growing new site focusing on the study of cyberculture. The Center welcomes interaction and collaboration.
  
  
• The Simon Reynolds Homepage - Musings of A "White Brit Rave Aesthete"
  Uncut music criticism.
  
  
• Sholê: Teaching Culture in a non-linear environment
  Rob Van Craenenburg's groundbreaking pedogogical interventions. An extraordinary site about an even more extraordinary project. Sponsored by the Department of Teacher Training in Gent.
  
  
• Phoebe Sengers' Cultural Studies References and Links - A concise, yet rich guide.
  
  
• Sexuality and Culture - An Interdisciplinary Journal
  An important new journal exploring the cultural, political, social and ethical issues surrounding sexuality. Edited by Barry Dank.
  
  
• Social Text - The online version of the journal.
  
  
• The Sokal Affair
  A comprehensive collection of commentary on the infamous hoax. This will all undoubtedly be in hardcover one day quite soon, so get it now while it's free.
  
  
• Spoon Collective
  The Mother of All cultural studies mailing lists. There should be a list here for whatever tickles your fancy. Also includes plenty of Gopher goodies.
  
  
• The Voice of the Shuttle
  A motherlode of humanities research, including cultural studies and so much more. A splendid production by Alan Liu.
  
  
• Renate Wickens' Sites in Cultural Studies
  An excellent, sharply focused guide to important cultural studies points on the web.
  
  

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