From Panem to the Pandemic: An Introduction to Cultural Studies
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2023
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Narr Francke Attempto (Verlag)
978-3-8233-8444-1 (ISBN)
Narr Francke Attempto (Verlag)
978-3-8233-8444-1 (ISBN)
This textbook introduces first-year students systematically and comprehensively to the key theories and concepts of Cultural Studies. It puts particular emphasis on their application, aiming to enable students to do their own analyses of cultural artefacts and practices. The author draws on many examples, mostly taken from American culture, but in each chapter, he applies the ideas introduced to The Hunger Games franchise and the coronavirus pandemic to show how different theories can lead to very different interpretations of the same phenomenon.
Today, virtually all BA programs in English at German universities place a strong focus on Cultural Studies. However, textbooks that introduce first-year students to the subject are rare, and the few existing ones are too complicated or not comprehensive enough. By contrast, this textbook introduces the key theories and concepts of Cultural Studies systematically and thoroughly. It puts particular emphasis on their application, aiming to enable students to do their own analyses of cultural artefacts and practices. The author draws on many examples, mostly taken from American culture, but in each chapter, he applies the ideas introduced to The Hunger Games franchise and the coronavirus pandemic to show how different theories can lead to very different interpretations of the same phenomenon. Each chapter ends with exercises that allow students to apply what they have learned.
Today, virtually all BA programs in English at German universities place a strong focus on Cultural Studies. However, textbooks that introduce first-year students to the subject are rare, and the few existing ones are too complicated or not comprehensive enough. By contrast, this textbook introduces the key theories and concepts of Cultural Studies systematically and thoroughly. It puts particular emphasis on their application, aiming to enable students to do their own analyses of cultural artefacts and practices. The author draws on many examples, mostly taken from American culture, but in each chapter, he applies the ideas introduced to The Hunger Games franchise and the coronavirus pandemic to show how different theories can lead to very different interpretations of the same phenomenon. Each chapter ends with exercises that allow students to apply what they have learned.
Michael Butter ist Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Amerikanische Literatur- und Kulturgeschichte an der Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen.
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. Representation and Semiotics
3. Medium and Discourse .
4. Genre and Narrative
5. Individual and Collective Identity
6. Gender, Race, and Class
7. Queerness and Intersectionality .
8. Production, Consumption, and Regulation
9. Ideology and Hegemony
10. Memory and Space
11. Four Areas of Cultural Studies
12. Conclusion: The Politics of Cultural Studies
Index
List of Figures
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.10.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | narr STUDIENBÜCHER LITERATUR- UND KULTURWISSENSCHAFT |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 371 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Schlagworte | Class • Collective and National Identity • consumption • Convergence Culture • Coronapandemie • Cultural Studies • discourse • Ethnicity • Gender • Genre • hegemony • Ideology • Intersectionality • Kulturwissenschaft • language • material culture • Medium • Memory • Mode • narrative • Personal • popular culture • Production • Race • Regulation • Repräsentation • Sexuality • space • The Hunger Games • Time • Visual Culture |
| ISBN-10 | 3-8233-8444-9 / 3823384449 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-8233-8444-1 / 9783823384441 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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