Cultural Theory

An Anthology

Szeman, Imre / Kaposy, Timothy (Herausgeber)

1. Auflage April 2010
558 Seiten, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-1-4051-8082-5

John Wiley & Sons

Kurzbeschreibung

Cultural Theory presents a comprehensive collection of the essential readings that have shaped and defined the field of contemporary cultural theory. The editors have selected readings from key theorists and authors, including Judith Butler, Frantz Fanon, Michel Foucault and Fredric Jameson, whose ideas remain most relevant to the analysis and study of culture today. The readings presented in this carefully chosen compilation reflect the most influential ideas that have emerged in each of these areas -- ideas that have been put to use in myriad ways in the study and critical assessment of modern culture.

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Cultural Theory: An Anthology is a collection of the essential readings that have shaped and defined the field of contemporary cultural theory
* Features a historically diverse and methodologically concise collection of readings including rare essays such as Pierre Bourdieu's "Forms of Capital" (1986), Gilles Deleuze "Postscript on Societies of Control" (1992), and Fredric Jameson's "Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture" (1979)
* Offers a radical new approach to teaching and studying cultural theory with material arranged around the central areas of inquiry in contemporary cultural study --the status and significance of culture itself, power, ideology, temporality, space and scale, and subjectivity
* Section introductions, designed to assist the student reader, provide an overview of each piece, explaining the context in which it was written and offering a brief intellectual biography of the author
* A large annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works for each author and topic promotes further research and discussion
* Features a useful glossary of critical terms

Acknowledgments.

Introduction.

Part 1 Reforming Culture.

Part 2 Power.

Part 3 Ideology.

Part 4 Space and Scale.

Part 5 Temporality.

Part 6 Subjectivity.

Glossary of Terms.

Sources.

Index.

Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is the author of Zones of Instability: Literature, Postcolonialism and the Nation (2003); co-author of Popular Culture: A User's Guide (2004, 2009); and co-editor of Pierre Bourdieu: Fieldwork in Culture (2000), the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (2005), and Canadian Cultural Studies: A Reader (2009).

Timothy Kaposy is Assistant Professor in the Cultural Studies Program at George Mason University, Virginia.

I. Szeman, University of Alberta, Canada; T. Kaposy, George Mason University, USA