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Welcome to the Cultural Studies web pages. On these pages you should find all the information you need regarding Cultural Studies at Sussex, including details of the undergraduate programme, the distinctiveness of Cultural Studies at Sussex and a message from the Director of Cultural Studies. If there is any information you need that is not contained in these pages, please do get in touch with us. We would be glad to hear from you.
What is Cultural Studies?
The word culture is used to describe all manner of things: sometimes this means actual products like penicillin, yoghurt or garden produce. One of its most frequent meanings is when we talk of a people and their way of life. Often it is loosely used to mean the surroundings in which something comes to flourish and the characteristics associated with it - youth culture, music culture, urban culture, technological culture, heritage culture, car culture...It seems as if the word culture can be attached to almost anything.
Cultural Studies at Sussex takes a deeper look at the meanings of culture in relation to certain key concepts: identity, history, globalisation, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity. By the end of the programme, you will not only understand more about the topics you have covered in your degree- you will have acquired the skills to better understand new and unfamiliar cultures for yourself.