Jo Littler

Jo Littler
FAcSS
Born1972
Occupation(s)Professor of Cultural, Media and Social Analysis
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sussex
Academic work
DisciplineSociology and Cultural studies
InstitutionsGoldsmiths, University of London

Jo Littler FAcSS (born 1972) is a British sociologist and cultural theorist. She is known for her contributions to sociology and cultural studies, particularly her critiques of meritocracy and social and cultural inequality.

Academic career

Littler started her academic career teaching interdisciplinary modules part time at the University of Sussex.[1] In 2000, she took up a post in Media and Cultural Studies at Middlesex University.[2][3] In 2012 she joined City, University of London, where she later became Professor in the Department of Sociology. In 2023, she joined Goldsmiths, University of London as Professor of Cultural, Media and Social Analysis.[4]

Littler was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2024.[5]

Public roles

Littler co-edits the European Journal of Cultural Studies[6] and is a member of the editorial collective of Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture.[7]

She serves as a judge for the Stuart Hall Foundation’s Essay Prize[8] and is a trustee of the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust.[9]

Key publications

  • Littler, Jo. Left Feminisms: Conversations on the Personal and the Political. London: Lawrence & Wishart, 2023.[10][11]
  • The Care Collective (Andreas Chatzidakis, Jamie Hakim, Jo Littler, Catherine Rottenberg, and Lynne Segal). The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence. London: Verso, 2020. Translated into multiple languages.[12]
  • Littler, Jo. Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility. London: Routledge, 2018.[13][14]
  • Keller, Jessalyn; Littler, Jo; and Winch, Alison (eds.). An Intergenerational Feminist Media Studies: Conflicts and Connectivities. London: Taylor & Francis, 2018.
  • Binkley, Sam; and Littler, Jo (eds.). Anti-consumerism and Cultural Studies. London: Taylor & Francis, 2011.
  • Littler, Jo. Radical Consumption: Shopping for Change in Contemporary Culture. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2009.[15][16]
  • Littler, Jo; and Naidoo, Roshi (eds.). The Politics of Heritage: The Legacies of ‘Race’. London: Routledge, 2005.

References

  1. ^ "Care, cultural studies and the politics of interdependence". Soundings. 83. 2023.
  2. ^ "Author biographies". Celebrity Studies. 2 (1): 106–107. 14 March 2011. doi:10.1080/19392397.2010.544173.
  3. ^ Hall, Gary (2024). "The University and the Undercommons". Educational Philosophy and Theory. 56 (10): 1117–1124. doi:10.1080/00131857.2024.2396445.
  4. ^ "Professor Jo Littler". Goldsmiths, University of London.
  5. ^ "The Academy of Social Sciences welcomes 45 outstanding social scientists to its Fellowship". Academy of Social Sciences. 9 September 2024.
  6. ^ "Jo appointed as an Editor of European Journal of Cultural Studies". 21 October 2016.
  7. ^ "Soundings, Issue 57". Project MUSE.
  8. ^ "Inaugural Stuart Hall Essay Prize".
  9. ^ "Our Trustees".
  10. ^ Hart, Gerry (11 August 2023). "Left Feminisms – review". Red Pepper.
  11. ^ Collett, Rachel (19 September 2023). "Left Feminisms: Conversations on the personal and political: by Jo Littler, 2023, London, Lawrence Wishart, 271pp., £16.00 (paperback), ISBN: 978-1-913-54608-3". Women's History Review. 32 (6): 920–922. doi:10.1080/09612025.2023.2239656. ISSN 0961-2025.
  12. ^ Joshi, Swati (2022). "The Care Manifesto: The Politics of Interdependence by The Care Collective (review)". Literature and Medicine. 40 (1): 183–186. doi:10.1353/lm.2022.0017. ISSN 1080-6571. PMID 35848303.
  13. ^ Deller, Rose (4 June 2018). "Book Review: Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power and Myths of Mobility by Jo Littler". LSE Review of Books.
  14. ^ Reay, Diane (December 2018). "Review: Jo Littler, Against Meritocracy: Culture, Power, and Myths of Mobility". Theory, Culture & Society. 35 (7–8): 325–330. doi:10.1177/0263276418799866. ISSN 0263-2764.
  15. ^ Carducci, Vince (1 November 2009). "Book Review: Jo Littler, Radical Consumption: Shopping for Change in Contemporary Culture. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2008. 160 pp. ISBN-13 978—0—3352—2152—3/ISBN-10 0—3352—2152—1 (pbk)". Journal of Consumer Culture. 9 (3): 422–424. doi:10.1177/14695405090090030301. ISSN 1469-5405.
  16. ^ Jonas, Tammi (1 May 2010). "Review: Jo Littler Radical Consumption: Shopping for Change in Contemporary Culture. Maidenhead: Open University Press, 2008. 160 pp. ISBN-10: 0335221521". International Journal of Cultural Studies. 13 (3): 308–310. doi:10.1177/1367877910371223. ISSN 1367-8779.
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