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SOAS University of London MA Cultural Studies
SOAS University of London

MA Cultural Studies

London, United Kingdom

1 Years

English

Full time

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Sep 2024

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The MA Cultural Studies program aims to offer grounding in the theories on Cultural Studies which draw on Marxism, Structuralism, Post-Structuralism, Post-Marxism, Feminism, and Post-Modernism and their use, application, and adaption in the cross-cultural contexts of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.

It provides an examination of the main historical concepts in Western culture such as ideology, power, class, identity, race, nation, subjectivity, representation, and memory, and how these are challenged by scholars working in non-Western cultures of Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. The aim is to explore the different and plural cultural histories and memories of these contexts to which Cultural Studies must adapt.

Theoretical paradigms covered will reflect on issues of class, ‘race’, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, representation, and religion. The course will investigate central questions of epistemology and methodology about the application of Cultural Studies theories in non-Western contexts. The program is theory and practice-based and therefore, it draws on case studies from a diversity of cultural practices, genres, and contexts to elucidate complex theoretical concepts and challenge their limitations and/or validity in the context of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

The MA Cultural Studies program aims to equip students with sufficient knowledge to understand and evaluate how Cultural Studies theories and methods are used in cross-cultural contexts and hence develop analytic skills for undertaking their research projects.

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