Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among the perspectives analysed are the Marxist sociology of culture and poststructural/postmodern analysis
Autorentext
Ben Agger
Zusammenfassung
This edited volume explores the significance of the earlyHelsinki process as a means of redefining and broadening the concept of security during the latter half of the Cold War. The early Helsinki process introduced innovative confidence-building measures, and made human rights a requirement of a legitimate and well-functioning international sys
Inhalt
Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 What is Cultural Studies?; Chapter 2 Popular Culture as Serious Business; Chapter 3 Marxist Theories of Culture; Chapter 4 The Frankfurt School's Aesthetic Politics; Chapter 5 The Birmingham School of Cultural Studies; Chapter 6 Poststructuralism and Postmodernism on Culture; Chapter 7 Feminist Cultural Studies; Chapter 8 Needs, Values and Cultural Criticism; Chapter 9 Deprogramming the Cult of Cultural Studies; Chapter 10 Cultural Studies as Everyday Life in the Society of the Spectacle;