Personally Speaking A Long Conversation with Stuart Hall (2009)

In this stimulating and eloquent fourhour interview conducted by the literary journalist Maya Jaggi and directed by Mike Dibb Hall reflects on his life and career talking personally and in depth about the trajectory of his work and how it has intersected with broader political movements In a conversation both intimate and sweeping in scope Hall describes his migration from Jamaica to England his immersion in leftwing politics in London the influence of Raymond Williams and EP Thompson on the evolution of his thought and the context within which the early classic texts of cultural studies were written Hall also shares his pessimism about the economic recession and his optimism about Barack Obamas victory Future analysis of Halls work and of cultural studies in general will need to take account of this fascinating and indispensable firstperson account of his life and ideas