A Concise Glossary Of Cultural Theory

Author : Peter Brooker
Publisher : Hodder Arnold
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0340691476

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This glossary of key terms is a guide to changing meanings and issues in cultural studies and the broader study of culture. The entries present cultural theory as an active and continuing set of debates which challenge the received attitudes and redefine thinking. Cultural theory ranges across a number of academic disciplines and subject areas. There is hence no prescribed route through the glossary but a network of possibilities connecting readers with a wide terrain of on-going theory and discussion. Topics covered include: feminism, Marxism, psychoanalysis, poststructuralism, discourse, postmodernism, postcolonialism, media and popular culture, and sociology of culture and information theory.

Author : Peter Brooker
Publisher : Hodder Arnold
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0340807008

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A Glossary of Cultural Theory by Peter Brooker Pdf

This title aims to provides the researcher and the student with guidance through the changing debates in cultural studies and related disciplines. In a field where meanings are frequently complex and ambiguous, this resource is for anyone wishing to keep up-to-date with the changing agenda in cultural studies.

Author : Peter Brooker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Culture
ISBN : OCLC:731730724

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A Concise Glossary of Cultural Theory by Peter Brooker Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1140785001

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Author : Peter Brooker
Publisher : Hodder Education Publishers
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Anglais (Langue) - Glossaires, vocabulaires, etc
ISBN : 0340691468

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Cultural Theory by Peter Brooker Pdf

This is a guide to the changing meanings and issues in Cultural Studies and the broader study of culture. Over 300 extensive entries on key terms present cultural theory as an active and continuing set of debates, which challenge received attitudes and seek to redefine current issues in a productive way. These living theories inform our thinking in a range of academic areas, and the key theoretical issues travel across many different disciplines. There is no prescribed single route into the glossary but many possible pathways and networks; the entries refer readers to related concepts, and to studies beyond the covers of this text. Fields covered include Feminism, Marxism, Psychoanalysis, Structuralism, Poststructuralism, Discourse, Postmodernism, Postcolonialism, Literary Criticism, and Aesthetic Theory, Film, Media and Popular Culture, Sociology of Culture, Information Theory.

Author : Peter Brooker
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 598 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317354765

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A Glossary of Literary and Cultural Theory by Peter Brooker Pdf

The Glossary of Literary and Cultural Theory provides researchers and students with an up-to-date guide through the vibrant and changing debates in Literary and Cultural Studies. In a field where meanings are frequently complex and ambiguous, this text is remarkable for its clarity and usefulness. This third edition includes 17 entirely new entries and updates to more than a dozen others which address key concepts and contemporary positions in both literary and cultural theory. New entries include: • Actor Network Theory • Anthropocene • Ecocriticism • Digital Humanities • Postcapitalism • World Literature

Author : Andrew Milner,Jeff Browitt
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781134419203

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Contemporary Cultural Theory by Andrew Milner,Jeff Browitt Pdf

First Published in 2002. This lucid and concise overview brings a much needed sense and history and theoretical scale to the growth of cultural studies. The authors identify six major paradigms in cultural theory: utilitarianism, cultural materialism, critical theory and postmodernism. They outline social and discursive contexts within each of these has developed and provide the essential grounding to understand current debates in the field. This third edition has been extensively revised to include new material on the new historicism, queer theory, black and Latino cultural studies, cultural policy and posthumanism, and on the work of thinkers such as Zizek, Bourdieu, Deleuze and Guattari.

Author : Peter Brooker
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317354772

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A Glossary of Literary and Cultural Theory by Peter Brooker Pdf

The Glossary of Literary and Cultural Theory provides researchers and students with an up-to-date guide through the vibrant and changing debates in Literary and Cultural Studies. In a field where meanings are frequently complex and ambiguous, this text is remarkable for its clarity and usefulness. This third edition includes 17 entirely new entries and updates to more than a dozen others which address key concepts and contemporary positions in both literary and cultural theory. New entries include: • Actor Network Theory • Anthropocene • Ecocriticism • Digital Humanities • Postcapitalism • World Literature

Author : Imre Szeman,Timothy Kaposy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405180825

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Cultural Theory by Imre Szeman,Timothy Kaposy Pdf

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 subjectivity 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

Author : Imre Szeman,Timothy Kaposy
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781405180832

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Cultural Theory by Imre Szeman,Timothy Kaposy Pdf

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 subjectivity 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

Author : Ernest Cashmore,Chris Rojek
Publisher : Hodder Education
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0340645490

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Dictionary of Cultural Theorists by Ernest Cashmore,Chris Rojek Pdf

If cultural theory is a minefield, this book is a route map through that field. Prepared by an international team of scholars, the entries in this dictionary provide accessible introductions to the key cultural theorists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It brings together a wide spectrum of theorists from fields such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science, philosophy, history, linguistics, psychoanalysis and law. Covers over 200 of the leading figures in the study of culture, together with their key concepts and main arguments, their major works and formative influences. Each entry provides links to other seminal figures, as well as a guide to further reading. An extensive introduction sets the entries in the appropriate intellectual and historical contexts. An ideal resource for the cross-disciplinary study of culture.

Author : Philip Smith,Alexander Riley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781444358902

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Cultural Theory by Philip Smith,Alexander Riley Pdf

This second edition of Cultural Theory provides a concise introduction to cultural theory, placing major figures, traditional concepts, and contemporary themes within a sharp conceptual framework. Provides a student-friendly introduction to what can often be a complex field of study Updates the first edition in response to reader feedback and to the changing nature of the field Includes additional coverage of theorists from the classical period to include Nietzsche and DuBois Introduces entirely new chapters on race and gender theory, and the body Considers themes that have become more important in theoretical activity in recent years such as computers and virtual reality, cosmopolitanism, and performance theory Draws on theories and theorists from continental Europe as well as the English-speaking world

Author : Andrew Edgar,Peter Sedgwick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-10-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134149070

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Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts by Andrew Edgar,Peter Sedgwick Pdf

Now in its second edition, Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts is an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of over 350 of the key terms central to cultural theory today. This second edition includes new entries on: colonialism cybercultur globalisation terrorism visual studies. Providing clear and succinct introductions to a wide range of subjects, from feminism to postmodernism, Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts continues to be an essential resource for students of literature, sociology, philosophy and media and anyone wrestling with contemporary cultural theory.

Author : Joseph Childers,Gary Hentzi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 380 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0231072430

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The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism by Joseph Childers,Gary Hentzi Pdf

More than 450 succinct entries from A to Z help readers make sense of the interdisciplinary knowledge of cultural criticism that includes film, psychoanalytic, deconstructive, poststructuralist, and postmodernist theory as well as philosophy, media studies, linguistics.

Author : Chris Barker
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0761973419

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The SAGE Dictionary of Cultural Studies by Chris Barker Pdf

Contains over 200 entries on key concepts and theorists of cultural studies.