Relocating Cultural Studies: Developments in Theory and Research (International Library of Sociology) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415075491 ISBN 13: 9780415075497

Publisher: Routledge, 1993

Synopsis

This collection constitutes a salutory demonstration that Britain no longer serves as the centre for cultural studies. Engaging the critical discourses of feminism, postmodernism and postcolonialism, the contributions explore the renegotiations and changes in cultural studies in the wake of its export from Britain. In particular, the volume shows how to understand the experiences of marginalized groups, including women and aboriginal peoples in postcolonial states. Questions about the ongoing globalization of capital and culture are linked to constructions of national, local and individual identities. The alternative relocations of cultural studies offered here manifest two not incommensurate trends: Some contributors consider how textual processes of representation articulate with exclusionary practices. Others keep alive a sense of politics in respect of institutional and policy debates. The result is an invigorated cultural studies which moves between theory and practice, gives primacy to tensions between extra-local centres of political and economic power, and considers lived experiences within their specific geo-cultural contexts.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415075491
• ISBN 13: 9780415075497
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Blundell Valda, Etc.