This volume introduces six major paradigms within cultural theory: utilitarianism; culturalism and cultural materialism; critical theory and the sociology of culture; structuralism and post-structuralism; difference theory; and postmodernism.
This volume introduces six major paradigms within cultural theory: utilitarianism; culturalism and cultural materialism; critical theory and the socio...
As cultural studies has grown from its origins on the margins of literary studies, it has tended to discard both literature and sociology in favour of the semiotics of popular culture. Literature, Culture and Society makes a determined attempt to re-establish the connections between literary studies, cultural studies and sociology. Arguing against both literary humanism and sociological relativism, it provides a critical overview of theoretical approaches to textual analysis, from hermeneutics to postmodernism, and presents a substantive account of the capitalist literary mode of...
As cultural studies has grown from its origins on the margins of literary studies, it has tended to discard both literature and sociology in favour of...
As cultural studies has grown from its origins on the margins of literary studies, it has tended to discard both literature and sociology in favor of the semiotics of popular culture." Literature, Culture and Society" makes a determined attempt to re-establish the connections between literary studies, cultural studies and sociology. Arguing against both literary humanism and sociological relativism, it provides a critical overview of theoretical approaches to textual analysis, from hermeneutics to postmodernism, and presents a substantive account of the capitalist literary mode of...
As cultural studies has grown from its origins on the margins of literary studies, it has tended to discard both literature and sociology in favor of ...
This concise and accessible textbook overviews the place and continuing centrality of the concept of class in cultural studies and sociology.
The book reopens the debates over class and culture that were very nearly closed down in postmodernism. Andrew Milner offers readers a critical introduction to the Marxist and Weberian accounts of class and relates the significance of class in the new social movements. He also looks at class politics and trends in the character of class relations.
This concise and accessible textbook overviews the place and continuing centrality of the concept of class in cultural studies and sociology.
'His wealth of scholarship and sharp insights make this a very fine book indeed. It is probably the fullest statement of Raymond Williams's enduring influence upon cultural studies' -Jim McGuigan, University of Loughborough
'An accessible, engaging book' - TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies
This important book traces the continuing influence on contemporary cultural studies of the kinds of cultural materialism developed by Raymond Williams and his successors. Williams now often appears in cultural studies as a vaguely...
'His wealth of scholarship and sharp insights make this a very fine book indeed. It is probably the fullest statement of Raymond Williams's enduring i...
Amidst continuing debates about the literary canon, Literature, Culture and Society poses a revealing question--if academics find it valuable and stimulating to discuss texts ranging from Genesis to Bladerunner in their leisure time, why do they act as if this is sacrosanct in their formal work? In this well- argued and refreshing discussion of the history and importance of literary criticism, Milner embraces a reality that many in the academy still fear, that cultural studies is alive, and it's here to stay.
Andrew Milner begins with an introduction to the field of cultural studies and...
Amidst continuing debates about the literary canon, Literature, Culture and Society poses a revealing question--if academics find it valuable and s...
Amidst continuing debates about the literary canon, Literature, Culture and Society poses a revealing question--if academics find it valuable and stimulating to discuss texts ranging from Genesis to Bladerunner in their leisure time, why do they act as if this is sacrosanct in their formal work? In this well- argued and refreshing discussion of the history and importance of literary criticism, Milner embraces a reality that many in the academy still fear, that cultural studies is alive, and it's here to stay.
Andrew Milner begins with an introduction to the field of cultural studies and...
Amidst continuing debates about the literary canon, Literature, Culture and Society poses a revealing question--if academics find it valuable and s...
This concise and accessible textbook overviews the place and continuing centrality of the concept of class in cultural studies and sociology. The book offers readers a critical introduction to the Marxist and Weberian accounts of class and relates the significance of class in the new social movements.
This concise and accessible textbook overviews the place and continuing centrality of the concept of class in cultural studies and sociology. The book...
Locating Science Fiction is a ground breaking and potentially paradigm-shifting book, a major intervention into contemporary theoretical debates about SF. Academic literary criticism has tended to locate SF primarily in relation to the older genre of utopia; fan criticism primarily in relation to fantasy and SF in other media, especially film and television; popular fiction studies primarily in relation to other contemporary genres such as the romance and the thriller. This bold new synthesis relocates SF in relation to each of these other genres and media and also to the historical and...
Locating Science Fiction is a ground breaking and potentially paradigm-shifting book, a major intervention into contemporary theoretical debates about...
