Making sense of cultural studies : central problems and critical debates
In Chris Barker's sequel to Cultural Studies, the author addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the discipline and investigates its practical and academic boundaries. The author also clarifies its underlying themes of study
Einführung
vii, 244 pages ; 25 cm
9780761968955, 9780761968962, 0761968954, 0761968962
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1. Investigating Problems in Cultural Studies
The cultural studies family
Family therapy: approaching problems in cultural studies
Underlying themes
2. Language, Practice and the Material
Language and cultural studies: dilemmas and omissions
Signification and cultural materialism
Language, the material and practices that signify
From text to performances
3. Truth, Science and Ideology
Philosophy in search of the truth
The place of science
The mistaken character of ideology
The concept of hegemony
Political values in cultural studies
4. Culture as a Way of Life
Raymond Williams: culture as a whole way of life
Commodities are ordinary
The whole divided
Holism and levels of practice
Global chaos culture
5. Subjects, Agents and the Limits of Rational Action
The subject of cultural studies
The limits of the rational mind
Constructionism and the language of biochemistry
6. Identity, Equality and Difference: The Politics of Gender
Identity and difference
Gender and difference
The science of sex
Man trouble
7. Global Culture/Media Culture
Globalization and cultural imperialism
Globalizing the television market
Programme flows in global television
Global audiences and creative consumption
Syncretic global youth culture
Diaspora and hybrid identities
Globalization and power
8. Transforming Capitalism
The transformation of capitalism
The recomposition of class and culture
Class: the return of the repressed
The problem of consumer culture
Consumption, resistance and lifestyle politics
Living in the wasteland: resistance and beyond
9. Kaleidoscopic Cultural Studies: Issues of Politics and Method
The politics of culture and power
Cultural studies and the agents of cultural politics
Texts, institutions and the politics of method
The politics of policy
Emotional education
10. Evolution and Emotion: New Resources for Cultural Studies
Evolutionary biology and cultural studies
The fundamentals of evolutionary psychology
Evolution, culture and emotions
The problem of meaning