A companion to critical and cultural theory /
This Companion addresses the contemporary transformation of critical and cultural theory, with special emphasis on the way debates in the field have changed in recent decades.-Features original essays from an international team of cultural theorists which offer fresh and compelling perspectives and...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Hoboken, NJ :
Wiley Blackwell,
2017.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This Companion addresses the contemporary transformation of critical and cultural theory, with special emphasis on the way debates in the field have changed in recent decades.-Features original essays from an international team of cultural theorists which offer fresh and compelling perspectives and sketch out exciting new areas of theoretical inquiry Thoughtfully organized into two sections - lineages and problematics - that facilitate its use both by students new to the field andadvanced scholars and researchers -Explains key schools and movements clearly and succinctly, situating them in relation to broader developments in culture, society, and politics -Tackles issues that have shaped and energized the field since the Second World War, with discussion of familiar and under-theorized topics related to living and laboring, being and knowing, and agency and belonging. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 564 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781118472309 1118472306 9781118472293 1118472292 |