Cultural Studies as Critical Theory

ISBN-13: 9781850009658 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 226 str.

Ben Agger;Agger Ben

Opis

Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among the perspectives analysed are the Marxist sociology of culture and poststructural/postmodern analysis

Spis treści

Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 What is Cultural Studies?; Chapter 2 Popular Culture as Serious Business; Chapter 3 Marxist Theories of Culture; Chapter 4 The Frankfurt School’s Aesthetic Politics; Chapter 5 The Birmingham School of Cultural Studies; Chapter 6 Poststructuralism and Postmodernism on Culture; Chapter 7 Feminist Cultural Studies; Chapter 8 Needs, Values and Cultural Criticism; Chapter 9 Deprogramming the Cult of Cultural Studies; Chapter 10 Cultural Studies as Everyday Life in the Society of the Spectacle;

O autorze

Ben Agger