The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies
1. Auflage August 2004
220 Seiten, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
ISBN:
978-0-631-22305-4
John Wiley & Sons
The subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies is a timely and authoritative collection of essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field.
* Contains first-rate, original essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field.
* Contributors are leading scholars, internationally based.
* Includes substantial introductory material by the editor.
1 Introduction: Engaging the Aesthetic: Michael Berube.
2 The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies: Rita Felski.
3 On Literature in Cultural Studies: John Frow.
4 Excessive Practices: Aesthetics, Erotica, and Cultural
Studies.
5 The Burden of Culture: Jonathan Sterne.
6 Cultural Studies and the Questions of Pleasure and Value:
David Shumway.
7 "I Give It a 94. It's Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to
It": Valuing Popular Music: David Sanjek.
8 Cultural Studies and the New Belletrism: Barry Faulk.
9 Beauty on My Mind: Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural
Studies: Irene Kacandes.
10 Inventing Culture (Behind the Garage Door): Steven Rubio.
11 The Cringe Factor: Laura Kipnis
2 The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies: Rita Felski.
3 On Literature in Cultural Studies: John Frow.
4 Excessive Practices: Aesthetics, Erotica, and Cultural
Studies.
5 The Burden of Culture: Jonathan Sterne.
6 Cultural Studies and the Questions of Pleasure and Value:
David Shumway.
7 "I Give It a 94. It's Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to
It": Valuing Popular Music: David Sanjek.
8 Cultural Studies and the New Belletrism: Barry Faulk.
9 Beauty on My Mind: Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural
Studies: Irene Kacandes.
10 Inventing Culture (Behind the Garage Door): Steven Rubio.
11 The Cringe Factor: Laura Kipnis
"This book is a refreshing reminder that cultural studies of
pleasure can (and should) be pleasurable. Interesting questions,
engaging voices, rueful disagreements, startling juxtapositions of
topic and concept. A book to make you laugh while thinking and
think while laughing. What more could anyone want?"
-Simon Frith, University of Stirling
"These essays are both timely and hard-hitting. The
Aesthetics of Cultural Studies shows how crucial the
provocation of cultural studies has been and remains for aesthetic
thought. No grown-up or wide-awake account of the place and
possibilities of the aesthetic can afford to ignore the arguments
convened here."
--Steven Connor, Birkbeck College
pleasure can (and should) be pleasurable. Interesting questions,
engaging voices, rueful disagreements, startling juxtapositions of
topic and concept. A book to make you laugh while thinking and
think while laughing. What more could anyone want?"
-Simon Frith, University of Stirling
"These essays are both timely and hard-hitting. The
Aesthetics of Cultural Studies shows how crucial the
provocation of cultural studies has been and remains for aesthetic
thought. No grown-up or wide-awake account of the place and
possibilities of the aesthetic can afford to ignore the arguments
convened here."
--Steven Connor, Birkbeck College
Michael Bérubé is the Paterno Family Professor in Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Marginal Forces/Cultural Centers: Tolson, Pynchon, and the Politics of the Canon (1992); Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics (1994); Life As We Know It: A Father, A Family, and an Exceptional Child (1996); and The Employment of English: Theory, Jobs, and the Future of Literary Studies (1998).