Description
Book SynopsisCritical account of the cultural studies field, with interviews from some of the world’s leading cultural theorists
Trade Review'A powerful resource for engaging cultural studies as both a language of critique and a discourse of possibility. Anyone interested in cultural studies should read this book' -- Henry Giroux, Waterbury Chair Professor, Penn State University
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements
Contributors
Introduction: Interrogating Cultural Studies
Section One: From Cultural Studies
1. Catherine Belsey: From Cultural Studies to Cultural Criticism?
2. Mieke Bal: From Cultural Studies to Cultural Analysis: ‘a controlled reflection on the formation of method’
3. Martin McQuillan: The Projection of Cultural Studies
Section Two: Cultural Studies (&) Philosophy
4. Simon Critchley: Why I Love Cultural Studies
5. Chris Norris: Two Cheers for Cultural Studies: A Philosopher’s View
Section Three: For Cultural Studies
6. Adrian Rifkin: Inventing Recollection
7. Griselda Pollock: Becoming Cultural Studies: the Daydream of the Political
Section Four: What Cultural Studies
8. Jeremy Gilbert: Friends and Enemies: Which Side is Cultural Studies On?
9. Julian Wolfreys: …as if such a thing existed…
Section Five: Positioning Cultural Studies
10. John Mowitt: Cultural Studies, in Theory
11. Jeremy Valentine: The Subject Position of Cultural Studies: Is There A Problem?
12. Steven Connor: What Can Cultural Studies Do?
Section Six: Against Cultural Studies
13. Thomas Docherty: responses
14. Lynette Hunter: unruly fugues
Index
