Theorizing Culture: An Interdisciplinary Critique After Postmodernism

An accessible introduction to the expanding field of cultural studies, Theorizing Culture provides a range of critical perspectives on contemporary cultural forms, practices, and identities. In an era of posts', terms such as postmodernism, postcolonialism, post-Enlightenment, post-feminism, post-disciplinary, and even post-history pervade much of the conceptual terrain for cultural research. At the same time, more familiar analytical categories, such as representation, experience, reality, and power, have been neglected.
This book agrees with the important postmodern focus on contingency, temporality, and situational definitions of the world. Without the neutral ground of modernism beneath our feet, we face culturally specific, contingent questions of value. Extending beyond the postmodern debate to reinstate the critical dimension in cultural analysis, this anthology covers a wide range of contemporary subjects, such as the body, AIDS, race, the environment, and virtual reality.

Author: Barbara Adam
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 10/01/1995
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.41w x 0.61d
ISBN: 9780814706442

About the Author
Allan, Stuart: - Stuart Allan lectures in media and cultural studies at the University of Glamorgan.Adam, Barbara: - Founding editor of Time and Society, Barbara Adam teaches social theory and women's studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff.