Strategies for Theory

From Marx to Madonna

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

Interdisciplinary essays on the role of high theory in politics and popular culture.Interdisciplinary in scope and often provocative in their choice of materials, the essays in this volume present new strategies for theorizing culture and politics. Not content simply to "apply" theory to political and cultural objects, they instead treat all three as complex, interconnected, and constantly evolving areas of inquiry. Drawn from the innovative work originally published in Strategies: Journal of Theory, Culture and Politics, the essays collected here explore a variety of topics, ranging from considerations of Marx, Foucault, Jameson, and Rorty to investigations of Madonna, Pasolini, pornography, and vampires. Lively and inventive, Strategies for Theory goes beyond conventional cultural studies and cultural politics in order to suggest new approaches to both.Contributors include Teresa Brennan, William Chaloupka, Iain Chambers, Kelly Dennis, Ernesto Laclau, John P. Leavey Jr., Bradley J. Macdonald, Marilyn Manners, Donald Preziosi, Kriss Ravetto, Laurence A. Rickels, R. L. Rutsky, Michael Ryan, Keith Topper, Gregory L. Ulmer, and Samuel Weber.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-08
Mått:162 x 228 x 16 mm
Vikt:408 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:299
Förlag:State University of New York Press
ISBN:9780791457306

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Litteraturteori inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

R. L. Rutsky teaches film and media studies at the University of California at Irvine and is the author of High Technē: Art and Technology from the Machine Aesthetic to the Posthuman. Bradley J. Macdonald teaches political theory at Colorado State University and is the author of William Morris and the Aesthetic Constitution of Politics.

Recensioner i media

"Theory in relation to culture and politics is a central issue that pervades the humanities, arts, and social sciences today. This book presents leading scholars in the areas of theory, cultural studies, and political analysis who offer surprising perspectives on this topic. A fascinating read." — Mark Poster, editor of Politics, Theory, and Contemporary Culture"An excellent collection that offers both compelling critical views of established figures and theoretically inflected considerations of cultural phenomena." — Jeffrey J. Williams, coeditor of The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionFrom Marx to Madonna: Theory, Culture, PoliticsR. L. Rutsky and Bradley J. Macdonald PART I: FROM POLITICS TO THEORY 1. Piece-WorkSamuel Weber 2. Why the Time Is Out of Joint: Marx's Political Economy without the SubjectTeresa Brennan 3. Time Signatures: Post*.* ResponsibilitiesJohn P. Leavey Jr. 4. Building a New Left: An Interview with Ernesto LaclauStrategies Collective 5. La Vi(ll)e en Rose: Reading Jameson Mapping SpaceDonald Preziosi 6. Foucault's FallacyMichael Ryan 7. The Politics of PostmetaphysicsKeith Topper PART II: FROM THEORY TO CULTURE 8. Rodney King and the Awkward Pause: Interpretation and PoliticsWilliam Chaloupka 9. The Making of "Derrida at the Little Bighorn": An InterviewGregory L. Ulmer 10. All the Stupid "Sex Stuff"Marilyn Manners 11. Migrant LandscapesIain Chambers 12. Leave It to Beaver: The Object of PornographyKelly Dennis 13. Heretical Marxism: Pasolini's Cinema InpopulareKriss Ravetto 14. Missing Marx: Or, How to Take Better AimLaurence A. Rickels Contributors Index