A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory
2. Auflage April 2013
832 Seiten, Softcover
Handbuch/Nachschlagewerk
Kurzbeschreibung
Now thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the highly acclaimed dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to modern ideas in the broad interdisciplinary fields of cultural and critical theory. The new volume has been updated with over 40 new entries including pieces on Alain Badiou, Ecocriticism, Comparative Racialization, and Graphic Narrative. It also includes articles from leading theorists including Julia Kristeva, Stanley Cavell, and Simon Critchley. The wide-ranging content makes this an invaluable dictionary for students of a diverse range of disciplines.
Now thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the highly acclaimed dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to modern ideas in the broad interdisciplinary fields of cultural and critical theory
* Updated to feature over 40 new entries including pieces on Alain Badiou, Ecocriticism, Comparative Racialization , Ordinary Language Philosophy and Criticism, and Graphic Narrative
* Includes reflective, broad-ranging articles from leading theorists including Julia Kristeva, Stanley Cavell, and Simon Critchley
* Features a fully updated bibliography
* Wide-ranging content makes this an invaluable dictionary for students of a diverse range of disciplines
Preface to the First Edition (1996) x
Preface to the Second Edition (2010) xii
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction 1
A-Z entries 12
Bibliography 742
Index 808
"There are some world-class scholars among the contributors here, and many of the longer entries are insightful as well as challenging (Simon Frith's and Christopher Norris's, among others, stand out, as do many by the editors themselves: Jessica Rae Barbera on Elaine Scarry, for example)." (Times Literary Supplement, 6 January 2012)
"Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through graduate students." (Choice, 1 May 2011)
Praise for the first edition:
"Thoughtfully structured and containing an impressive array of generally well-written entries, this book will be a welcome addition to the shelves of many reference collections." Reference Reviews
Jessica Rae Barbera is a doctoral candidate in the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Her areas of specialization include Cultural and Critical Theory, British Modernism, Psychoanalysis, Literatures of Medicine and Science, Graphic Narratives, Illness Narratives, and Memoir. She is the recipient of the 2009.2010 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, and is currently at work on her dissertation, The Medicalization of Pain: The Human in the 20th Century.