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Cultural Theory: An Anthology
Imre Szeman
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Description for Cultural Theory: An Anthology
Hardback. Cultural Theory presents a comprehensive collection of the essential readings that have shaped and defined the field of contemporary cultural theory. Editor(s): Szeman, Imre; Kaposy, Timothy. Num Pages: 558 pages. BIC Classification: JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Cultural Theory: An Anthology is a collection of the essential readings that have shaped and defined the field of contemporary cultural theory
Cultural Theory: An Anthology is a collection of the essential readings that have shaped and defined the field of contemporary cultural theory
- Features a historically diverse and methodologically concise collection of readings including rare essays such as Pierre Bourdieu’s “Forms of Capital” (1986), Gilles Deleuze “Postscript on Societies of Control” (1992), and Fredric Jameson’s “Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture” (1979)
- Offers a radical new approach to teaching and studying cultural theory with material arranged around the central areas of inquiry in contemporary cultural study —the status and significance of culture itself, power, ideology, temporality, space and scale, and ... Read more
- Section introductions, designed to assist the student reader, provide an overview of each piece, explaining the context in which it was written and offering a brief intellectual biography of the author
- A large annotated bibliography of primary and secondary works for each author and topic promotes further research and discussion
- Features a useful glossary of critical terms
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405180832
SKU
V9781405180832
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99-50
About Imre Szeman
Imre Szeman is Canada Research Chair in Cultural Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada. He is the author of Zones of Instability: Literature, Postcolonialism and the Nation (2003); co-author of Popular Culture: A User's Guide (2004, 2009); and co-editor of Pierre Bourdieu: Fieldwork in Culture (2000), the Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (2005), and Canadian Cultural Studies: ... Read more
Reviews for Cultural Theory: An Anthology
"Even if it does not engage this question of the animal, Cultural Theory constitutes a valuable resource for scholars, as well as a springboard for fur¬ther discussion." (Snell Review, 2011)