Author : Paul Smith
Publisher : Temple University Press
ISBN 13 : 1439902534
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (399 download)
Book Synopsis The Renewal of Cultural Studies by : Paul Smith
Download or read book The Renewal of Cultural Studies written by Paul Smith and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2011-07-15 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultural Studies, once a burgeoning academic field, developed into a discipline in which just about any cultural text, object or event could be studied. The Renewal of Cultural Studies offers a panoramic view of the field, its assumptions, and its methodologies. Editor Paul Smith and thirty contributors map out new directions that will redefine and sustain the field of cultural studies. In twenty-seven original essays, cultural studies is examined in relation to other disciplines—history, anthropology, literature, media, and American studies. The discipline is reviewed in the context of globalization, in relation to topics such as war, public policy, and labor, its pedagogy and politics, and in Marxist, feminist, and environmentalist contexts. Smith wants to establish theoretical and methodological common ground among cultural studies scholars. Providing a “state of the discipline,” The Renewal of Cultural Studies asks, “What can and should the field of Cultural Studies be doing now?”