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Cultural Materialism (Interpretations series)
Andrew Milner
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Description for Cultural Materialism (Interpretations series)
Paperback. Series: Interpretations. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 214.
For much of the 20th century, idealist accounts sought to represent culture as ""pure"" consciousness, while materialist accounts represented it as a secondary ""effect"" of some other material reality. From the 1970s, however, new theoretical paradigms have sought rather to establish the materiality of culture itself. The term ""cultural materialism"", coined by Raymond Williams, describes this emergent body of cultural theory. ""Cultural Materialism"" is both an introduction and a contribution to cultural theory. It situates cultural materialism in relation to earlier paradigms such as literary humanism and Marxism. It explains how the new paradigm has been applied to important areas ... Read more
For much of the 20th century, idealist accounts sought to represent culture as ""pure"" consciousness, while materialist accounts represented it as a secondary ""effect"" of some other material reality. From the 1970s, however, new theoretical paradigms have sought rather to establish the materiality of culture itself. The term ""cultural materialism"", coined by Raymond Williams, describes this emergent body of cultural theory. ""Cultural Materialism"" is both an introduction and a contribution to cultural theory. It situates cultural materialism in relation to earlier paradigms such as literary humanism and Marxism. It explains how the new paradigm has been applied to important areas ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Melbourne University Publishing
Condition
New
Series
Interpretations
Number of Pages
1
Place of Publication
Carlton, Australia
ISBN
9780522844931
SKU
V9780522844931
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99-50
About Andrew Milner
Dr Andrew Milner is the author of Contemporary Cultural Theory (1991) and John Milton and the English Revolution (1981) and co-author of Discourse and Difference (1990) and Postmodern Conditions (1988). He was director of the Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies at Monash University.
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