Cultural Studies and Beyond: Fragments of EmpireRoutledge, 4. aug 2005 - 216 pages This lively book will be essential to all those attempting to understand the state of Cultural Studies in the West today. Ion Davies, who was in at the birth of Cultural Studies in Britain and followed its development in many parts of the world, is uniquely qualified to add historical depth and comparative breadth to this subject. Introducing the central theoretical issues, as well as the key personalities, Cultural Studies and Beyond traces the origins, growth and diffusion of the subject. |
Contents
1 Introduction | 1 |
2 The First Narrative | 7 |
3 The Modes of Difference | 17 |
The Political Educational and Media Sites of Cultural Theory | 27 |
5 Aesthetics and Culture | 63 |
6 Race Gender Class and Representation | 83 |
7 Popular Culture and its Politics | 103 |
8 Narrative and Entropy | 133 |
Envoi | 169 |
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