Miller A Companion to Cultural Studies

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99879-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 600 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies

Experts from five continents provide a thorough exploration ofcultural studies, looking at different ideas, places and problemsaddressed by the field.
* * Brings together the latest work in cultural studies andprovides a synopsis of critical trends
* Showcases thirty contributors from five continents
* Addresses the key topics in the field, the relationship ofcultural studies to other disciplines, and cultural studies aroundthe world
* Offers a gritty introduction for the neophyte who is keen tofind out what cultural studies is, and covers in-depth debates tosatisfy the appetite of the advanced scholar
* Includes a comprehensive bibliography and a listing of culturalstudies websites
* Now available in paperback for the course market.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miller, Toby

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. What it is and what it isn't: Introducing . . . CulturalStudies: Toby Miller.
Part I: Disciplines:.
2. Interdisciplinarity: Mark Gibson, Murdoch University and AlecMcHoul, Murdoch University.
3. Is There a Cultural Studies of Law?: Rosemary Coombe,University of Toronto and York University.
4. The Renewal of the Cultural in Sociology: Randy Martin, NewYork University.
5. Sociology, Cultural Studies, and Disciplinary Boundaries:Frank Webster, University of Birmingham.
6. Notes on the Traffic Between Cultural Studies and Science andTechnology Studies: Marianne de Laet, California Institute ofTechnology.
7. Political Economy within Cultural Studies: Richard Maxwell,Queens College, CUNY.
8. Cultural Studies and Philosophy: An Intervention: DouglasKellner, UCLA.
9. "X" Never, Ever Marks the Spot: Archaeology and CulturalStudies: Silke Morgenroth.
10. The Unbalanced Reciprocity Between Cultural Studies andAnthropology: George E. Marcus, Rice University.
11. Media Studies and Cultural Studies: A Symbiotic Convergence:John Nguyet Erni, University of New Hampshire.
Part II: Places:.
12. Comparative Cultural Studies Traditions: Latin America andthe U.S.: George Yudice, New York University.
13. Can Cultural Studies Speak Spanish?: Jorge Mariscal,University of California - San Diego.
14. Australasia: Graeme Turner, University of Queensland,Australia.
15. Peripheral Vision: Chinese Cultural Studies in Hong Kong:Eric Kit-wai Ma, Chinese University of Hong Kong.
16. Decentering the Centre: Cultural Studies in Britain and itsLegacy: Ben Carrington, University of Brighton.
17. European Cultural Studies: Paul Moore, University ofUlster.
Part III: Issues:.
18. Let's Get Serious: Notes on Teaching Youth Culture: JustinLewis, Cardiff University.
19. Looking Backwards and Forwards at Cultural Studies: PaulSmith, University of Sussex.
20. Close Encounters: Sport, Science, and Political Culture: C.L. Cole, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
21. Intellectuals, Culture, Policy: The Practical and theCritical: Tony Bennett, Open University.
22. Listening to the State: Culture, Power, and Cultural Policyin Colombia: Ana Mara Ochoa Gautier, Universidad Autonoma delEstado de Morelos in Cuernavaca, Mexico.
23. Museum Highlights: A Gallery Talk: Andrea Fraser.
24. The Scandalous Fall of Feminism and the "First BlackPresident": Melissa Deem, University of Iowa.
25. Rap and Feng Shui: On Ass Politics, Cultural Studies, andthe Timbaland Sound: Jason King, New York University.
26. Fashion: Sarah Berry.
27. Cultural Studies and Race: Robert Stam, New YorkUniversity.
28. Globalization and Culture: Toby Miller, New York Universityand Geoffrey Lawrence, Central Queensland University,Australia.
29. "Cricket, with a Plot": Nationalism, Cricket, and DiasporicIdentities: Suvendrini Perera, University of Sri Lanka.
Part IV: Sources:.
30. Bibliographical Resources for Cultural Studies: Toby Miller,NYU.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Toby Miller is Professor in the Departments of English,Sociology, and Women's Studies, and Director of theUniversity's Program in Film and Visual Culture, at theUniversity of California, Riverside.
He is co-editor, with Robert Stam, of Blackwell's Film &Theory: An Anthology (2000) and A Companion to FilmTheory (2000), and is the author of a wide range of work incultural studies including Technologies of Truth (1998),Popular Culture and Everyday Life (1998), andGlobalization and Sport (2001). He is also co-editor of thejournal Social Text and editor of the journal TelevisionStudies and New Media.