School of Social Sciences, Media & Communication

Associate Professor Chris Barker

Location:19:2020
Email: cbarker@uow.edu.au
Phone: +61 2 4221 3671

 

Chris is a teacher and researcher in the Media & Cultural Studies Program in the Faculty of Arts.

His work is in the tradition of Cultural Studies and has interests in the globalisation of television, cultural theory, identity, gender and emotion, in particular the concept of happiness. He has an interest in developing a mixture of theoretical and practical research interests centred on culture, language and identity that is interdisciplinary in character and engages with sociology, political economy, text analysis, cultural studies, discourse analysis, philosophy and psychology. The main strands of his work to date are:
  • The globalization of television with a particular interest in the questions of cultural identity.
  • A concern with cultural theory and the tradition of cultural studies
  • The cultural construction of subjectivity and the identity. This includes ethnographic research and discourse analysis of the generation of identity and of masculinity in particular.
  • The character of emotion as both a biological and cultural moment with particular reference to men and gender relations.
  • Causes and conditions for happiness as individuals, in interpersonal relationships and as a society.

Chris is also currently writing fiction.

Publications

Searchable RIS publications from 2000 to date

Selected Publications

Books

  • Barker, C (2007) The Hearts of Men: Tales of Happiness and Despair, Sydney : UNSW Press
  • Barker, C (2004) The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies. London & Thousand Oaks : Sage
  • Barker, C. (2002) Making Sense of Cultural Studies: Central Problems and Critical Debates London & Thousand Oaks : Sage.
  • Barker, C and Galasinski, D (2001) Cultural Studies and Discourse Analysis: a dialogue on language and identity. London & Thousand Oaks : Sage.
  • Barker, C (2000) Cultural Studies: theory and practice. London & Thousand Oaks : Sage  - Now up to the 4th edition in 2011.
  • Barker, (1999) Television, Globalization and Cultural Identities. Buckingham: Open University Press
  • Barker, C (1997) Global Television: an introduction Oxford : Blackwell
Chapters
  • Barker, C (in press) 'Praxis: Cultural Studies and the Leisure Industries' in Rojek, C (ed) The Handbook of Leisure Studies. London : Palgrave
  • Barker, C (2005) 'In The Shadow of Cultural Imperialism: Television and National Identities in the Era of Globalization' in J. Howard and M. Romero (eds.) The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities. Oxford : Blackwell.
Journal Articles
  • Barker, C. & Martin, B. (2009) 'Dilemmas in Teaching Happiness', Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, vol. 6, no. 2
  • Barker, C. J., Martin, B. & Zournazi, M. (2008), 'Emotional Self-Management for Activists', Reflective Practice, vol. 9, no. 4
  • Barker, C. J. 2008, 'Men, Buddhism and the discontents of western modernity', Journal of Men Masculinities and Spirituality, vol. 2, no. 1

 

 

Last reviewed: 25 October, 2011