Cultural studies : the basics / Jeff Lewis.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Angeles : Sage Publications, 2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: ix, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:

9781412922296
9781412922302

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306 LEW

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Cover Page Title Copyright Dedication Contents List of Tables, Figures and Plates Preface Acknowledgements Part One Forming Culture/Informing Cultural Theory 1 Contemporary Culture, Cultural Studies and the Global Mediasphere Introduction: The contemporary setting Case study 1: Defining Di Culture and cultural studies Case study 2: Terrorism: A postmodern attack on America Methodologies and methods Advantages of the cultural studies approach 2 Social Theory and the Foundations of Cultural Studies Introduction: Foundations of ‘culture’ Culture and society Phenomenology and cultural studies Cultural anthropology 3 Marxism and the Formation of Cultural Ideology Introduction Marx and Hegel Symbolic control Criticisms of Marx and Marxist assumptions The Frankfurt School Walter Benjamin and mechanical reproduction Louis Althusser and structuralist Marxism Antonio Gramsci Science, language and critical theory 4 From British Cultural Studies to International Cultural Studies Introduction Literary foundations of cultural studies Culturalism and the formation of a new cultural studies The internationalization of British cultural studies 5 Language and Culture: From Structuralism to Poststructuralism Introduction Structuralist language theory Early Roland Barthes and the semiological moment The poststructuralist critique of structuralism The later Barthes Deconstruction: Jacques Derrida Michel Foucault Psychoanalytic theory: Jacques Lacan Politics and difference: Deleuze and Guattari Part Two Cultural Locations 6 Feminism: From Femininity to Fragmentation Introduction Feminism and modernism Sexual and political emancipation Poststructuralism and feminism Magazines and cultural feminism Feminism in contemporary politics Contemporary feminist cultural politics The imagining of the female body 7 Postmodernism and Beyond Introduction Literary and aesthetic derivations of postmodernism Jean-François Lyotard: From French poststructuralism to French postmodernism Frederic Jameson Jean Baudrillard Postmodern architecture Postmodern politics, new democracy and the invisible ethic 8 Popular Consumption and Youth Culture Introduction Early audience theories David Morley’s audience ethnography Pierre Bourdieu and symbolic consumption Michel de Certeau Transgressive pleasures: Popular media consumption Youth culture Popular politics 9 The Body Introduction Modernism and the body The body as discourse Sex and sexuality Alternative sexualities Beautiful and healthy bodies Commodification and sport Shaping masculinities Posthuman bodies 10 Globalization and Global Spaces: Local Transformations Introduction Locating globalization Globalization, race and historical imperialism Multiculturalism Global imperialism – US media hegemony Internationalism Global spaces Uneven global distributions 11 New Media Cultures Introduction Communication and technology Electronic democracy Digital democracy Postmodern computer politics Cyber-sex and electronic Eros 12 Global Terror and the New Language Wars Introduction The meaning of terrorism and acts of terror America and the war on terror Media and political violence in Iraq Freedom of expression and the imagining of domestic security Glossary of Key Terms References Index

Summary: Praise for the first edition: "This is a great introduction and contribution to the subject. It is unusually wide-ranging, covering the historical development of cultural theory and deftly highlighting key problems that just won′t go away." - Matthew Hills, Cardiff University "To say that the scope of the book′s coverage is wide-ranging would be an under-statement. Few texts come to mind that have attempted such a thorough overview of the central tenets of cultural studies." - Stuart Allan, Bournemouth University This fully revised edition of the best selling introduction to cultural studies offers students an authoritative, comprehensive guide to cultural studies. Clearly written and accessibly organized the book provides a major resource for lecturers and students. Each chapter has been extensively revised and new material covers globalization, the post 9/11 world and the new language wars. The emphasis upon demonstrating the philosophical and sociological roots of cultural studies has been retained along with boxed entries on key concepts and issues. Particular attention is paid to demonstrating how cultural studies clarifies issues in media and communication studies, and there are chapters on the global mediasphere and new media cultures. This is a tried and tested book which has been widely used wherever cultural studies is taught. It is an indispensable undergraduate text and one that will appeal to postgraduates seeking a ′refresher′ which they can dip into.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [404]-424) and index.

Cover Page
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
List of Tables, Figures and Plates
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part One Forming Culture/Informing Cultural Theory
1 Contemporary Culture, Cultural Studies and the Global Mediasphere
Introduction: The contemporary setting
Case study 1: Defining Di
Culture and cultural studies
Case study 2: Terrorism: A postmodern attack on America
Methodologies and methods
Advantages of the cultural studies approach
2 Social Theory and the Foundations of Cultural Studies
Introduction: Foundations of ‘culture’
Culture and society
Phenomenology and cultural studies
Cultural anthropology
3 Marxism and the Formation of Cultural Ideology
Introduction
Marx and Hegel
Symbolic control
Criticisms of Marx and Marxist assumptions
The Frankfurt School
Walter Benjamin and mechanical reproduction
Louis Althusser and structuralist Marxism
Antonio Gramsci
Science, language and critical theory
4 From British Cultural Studies to International Cultural Studies
Introduction
Literary foundations of cultural studies
Culturalism and the formation of a new cultural studies
The internationalization of British cultural studies
5 Language and Culture: From Structuralism to Poststructuralism
Introduction
Structuralist language theory
Early Roland Barthes and the semiological moment
The poststructuralist critique of structuralism
The later Barthes
Deconstruction: Jacques Derrida
Michel Foucault
Psychoanalytic theory: Jacques Lacan
Politics and difference: Deleuze and Guattari
Part Two Cultural Locations
6 Feminism: From Femininity to Fragmentation
Introduction
Feminism and modernism
Sexual and political emancipation
Poststructuralism and feminism
Magazines and cultural feminism
Feminism in contemporary politics
Contemporary feminist cultural politics
The imagining of the female body
7 Postmodernism and Beyond
Introduction
Literary and aesthetic derivations of postmodernism
Jean-François Lyotard: From French poststructuralism to French postmodernism
Frederic Jameson
Jean Baudrillard
Postmodern architecture
Postmodern politics, new democracy and the invisible ethic
8 Popular Consumption and Youth Culture
Introduction
Early audience theories
David Morley’s audience ethnography
Pierre Bourdieu and symbolic consumption
Michel de Certeau
Transgressive pleasures: Popular media consumption
Youth culture
Popular politics
9 The Body
Introduction
Modernism and the body
The body as discourse
Sex and sexuality
Alternative sexualities
Beautiful and healthy bodies
Commodification and sport
Shaping masculinities
Posthuman bodies
10 Globalization and Global Spaces: Local Transformations
Introduction
Locating globalization
Globalization, race and historical imperialism
Multiculturalism
Global imperialism – US media hegemony
Internationalism
Global spaces
Uneven global distributions
11 New Media Cultures
Introduction
Communication and technology
Electronic democracy
Digital democracy
Postmodern computer politics
Cyber-sex and electronic Eros
12 Global Terror and the New Language Wars
Introduction
The meaning of terrorism and acts of terror
America and the war on terror
Media and political violence in Iraq
Freedom of expression and the imagining of domestic security
Glossary of Key Terms
References
Index

Praise for the first edition: "This is a great introduction and contribution to the subject. It is unusually wide-ranging, covering the historical development of cultural theory and deftly highlighting key problems that just won′t go away." - Matthew Hills, Cardiff University "To say that the scope of the book′s coverage is wide-ranging would be an under-statement. Few texts come to mind that have attempted such a thorough overview of the central tenets of cultural studies." - Stuart Allan, Bournemouth University This fully revised edition of the best selling introduction to cultural studies offers students an authoritative, comprehensive guide to cultural studies. Clearly written and accessibly organized the book provides a major resource for lecturers and students. Each chapter has been extensively revised and new material covers globalization, the post 9/11 world and the new language wars. The emphasis upon demonstrating the philosophical and sociological roots of cultural studies has been retained along with boxed entries on key concepts and issues. Particular attention is paid to demonstrating how cultural studies clarifies issues in media and communication studies, and there are chapters on the global mediasphere and new media cultures. This is a tried and tested book which has been widely used wherever cultural studies is taught. It is an indispensable undergraduate text and one that will appeal to postgraduates seeking a ′refresher′ which they can dip into.

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