Culture and Power in Cultural Studies: The Politics of Signification - Rilegato

Storey, John

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ISBN 10: 0748640150 ISBN 13: 9780748640157

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2010

Riassunto

Culture and Power in Cultural Studies is a collection of John Storey's best and most significant contributions to the field of cultural studies, spanning 25 years. Covering a variety of topics, all chapters share a common focus on culture and power and the politics of signification: the struggle to define social reality; to give the world and its contents meaning in particular ways to generate desired effects of power. Chapters are informed by history and organised by theory, and have been revised and rewritten to create an engaging volume.Twelve chapters expand and elaborate certain key ideas, themes and issues to be found in the author's cultural studies textbooks, providing an essential reference for those looking for further exemplification of these key areas of study. Each with a different subject matter and method of argument, the chapters demonstrate how signification and the struggle over meaning is fundamental to the processes of hegemony. The collection fixes its critical gaze on how parti

Su questo libro

L'autore:

John Storey is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0748640150
• ISBN 13: 9780748640157
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 202