Foreword from Cultural studies - Theory and practice by Chris Barker, foreword by Paul Willis.

"'Culture' is a strange and capacious category. It's one of those concepts, perhaps the best example, that we simply cannot do without - it is used everywhere - but which is also very unsatisfactory and cries out for betterment. No one can define it exactly, say what it 'really' means. That's partly why it's so useful of course, because we can always say later we meant something slightly different whilst getting on for now saying something nearly right of great importance. So many things are contained in the word."

Culteral Studies - Theory and practice. Chris Barker, foreword by Paul Willis.