Why Cultural Studies?

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2798-1
Verlag: Wiley-Blackwell

Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 237 mm, Gewicht: 441 g

Why Cultural Studies? is a rallying call for a reinvigoration of the project of cultural studies that provides a critical analysis of its meteoric rise to the academic fore and makes a convincing argument for the pressing need for a renewed investment in, and re-evaluation of, its core ideals.
* Rodman argues that there are valuable lessons we can learn from cultural studies' past that have the potential to lead cultural studies to an invigorated and viable future
* Makes the claim that cultural studies isn't - and shouldn't be - solely an academic subject, but open to both academics and non-academics alike
* Asserts that now more than ever cultural studies has a productive role to play in promoting social justice and building a better world
* Written by one of the leading figures in the area of cultural studies, and the current Chair of the Association for Cultural Studies

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rodman, Gilbert B.

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii

Acknowledgments xviii

1 Cultural Studies: What's the Point? 1

2 Cultural Studies: What It Is 35

3 Cultural Studies: What's Wrong 67

4 Cultural Studies: What It Was 120

5 Cultural Studies: What Next? 158

Index 199

Über Autor(innen)

Gilbert B. Rodman is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota. His publications include Elvis After Elvis: The Posthumous Career of a Living Legend (1996), Race in Cyberspace (2000), and The Race and Media Reader (2014). He is currently the Chair of the Association for Cultural Studies, and the founder/manager of CULTSTUD-L, the longest running international cultural studies listserv in the world.