Introduction
First readings:
- Raymond Williams, "Culture is Ordinary," in Gray and McGuigan (eds.), Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader (New York: Edward Arnold, 1993), pp. 5-14 [originally published in 1958]
- [Recommended: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Williams]
- Mike Davis, "The View from Futures Past," in Gray and McGuigan (eds.), pp. 217-224; originally from Mike Davis, City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles, 1990. [City of Quartz is notable for predicting some of the tensions that would lead into the 1992 Los Angeles riots.]