The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies
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The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies

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The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies

About this book

The subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies is a timely and authoritative collection of essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field.

  • Contains first-rate, original essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field.
  • Contributors are leading scholars, internationally based.
  • Includes substantial introductory material by the editor.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2008
Print ISBN
9780631223061
9780631223054
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780470777329
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Media Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Notes on Contributors
  3. Introduction:Engaging the Aesthetic
  4. 1 The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies
  5. 2 On Literature in Cultural Studies
  6. 3 Excessive Practices:Aesthetics,Erotica,and Cultural Studies
  7. 4 The Burden of Culture
  8. 5 Cultural Studies and Questions of Pleasure and Value
  9. 6 ‘‘I Give it a 94.It ’s Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to It ’’:Valuing Popular Music
  10. 7 Cultural Studies and the New Populism
  11. 8 Beauty on My Mind:Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural Studies
  12. 9 Inventing Culture (Behind the Garage Door)
  13. 10 The Cringe Factor
  14. Index

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