Postmodernism and popular culture / Angela McRobbie.
By: McRobbie, Angela
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 1994Description: vii, 225 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0415077125 (hbk); 0415077133 (pbk).Subject(s): Popular culture | Postmodernism -- Social aspects | Postmodernism -- Political aspects | Popular culture -- Study and teachingDDC classification: 700.904 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 700.904 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00106108 | ||
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 700.904 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00056980 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Postmodernism and Popular Culture brings together eleven recent essays by Angela McRobbie in a collection which deals with the issues which have dominated cultural studies over the last ten years.
A key theme is the notion of postmodernity as a space for social change and political potential. McRobbie explores everyday life as a site of immense social and psychic complexity to which she argues that cultural studies scholars must return through ethnic and empirical work; the sound of living voices and spoken language. She also argues for feminists working in the field to continue to question the place and meaning of feminist theory in a postmodern society. In addition, she examines the new youth cultures as images of social change and signs of profound social transformation.
Bringing together complex ideas about cultural studies today in a lively and accessible format, Angela McRobbie's new collection will be of immense value to all teachers and students of the subject.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Part I: Postmodernity and cultural studies -- Postmodernism and popular culture -- New times in cultural studies -- Post-marxism and cultural studies -- Feminism, postmodernism and the 'real me' -- Part II: Key figures in cultural theory -- The modernist style of Susan Sontag -- The passagenwerk and the place of Walter Benjamin in cultural studies -- Strategies of vigilance: An interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak -- Part III: Youth, media, postmodernity -- Second-hand dresses and the role of the ragmarket -- Shut up and dance: Youth culture and changing modes of feminity -- Different, youthful, subjectivities: towards a cultural sociology of youth -- The moral panic in the age of the postmodern mass media.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Acknowledgements (p. vi)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part I Postmodernity and Cultural Studies (p. 11)
- 1 Postmodernism and Popular Culture (p. 13)
- 2 New Times in Cultural Studies (p. 24)
- 3 Post-Marxism and Cultural Studies (p. 44)
- 4 Feminism, Postmodernism and the 'Real Me' (p. 61)
- Part II Key Figures in Cultural Theory (p. 75)
- 5 The Modernist Style of Susan Sontag (p. 77)
- 6 The Passagenwerk and the Place of Walter Benjamin in Cultural Studies (p. 96)
- 7 Strategies of Vigilance: an Interview with Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (p. 121)
- Part III Youth, Media, Postmodernity (p. 133)
- 8 Second-Hand Dresses and the Role of the Ragmarket (p. 135)
- 9 Shut Up and Dance: Youth Culture and Changing Modes of Femininity (p. 155)
- 10 Different, Youthful, Subjectivities: Towards a Cultural Sociology of Youth (p. 177)
- 11 The Moral Panic in the Age of the Postmodern Mass Media (p. 198)
- Index (p. 220)