Making sense of cultural studies : central problems and critical debates

목차 (Table of Contents)

• CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements = ⅹ
• 1 Investigating Problems in Cultural Studies = 1
• Introduction = 1
• The cultural studies family = 2
• Family therapy : approaching problems in cultural studies = 7
• Underlying themes = 9
• 2 Language, Practice and the Material = 21
• Introduction = 21
• Language and cultural studies : dilemmas and omissions = 21
• Signification and cultural materialism = 24
• Language, the material and practices that signify = 29
• From text to performances = 38
• Conclusions = 44
• 3 Truth, Science and Ideology = 45
• Introduction = 45
• Philosophy in search of the truth = 46
• The place of science = 50
• The mistaken character of ideology = 53
• The concept of hegemony = 57
• Political values in cultural studies = 62
• Conclusions = 64
• 4 Culture as a Way of Life = 66
• Introduction = 66
• Raymond Williams : culture as a whole way of life = 67
• Commodities are ordinary = 69
• The whole divided = 72
• Holism and levels of practice = 77
• Global chaos culture = 82
• Conclusions = 84
• 5 Subjects, Agents and the Limits of Rational Action = 86
• Introduction = 86
• The subject of cultural studies = 87
• The limits of the rational mind = 94
• Constructionism and the language of biochemistry = 102
• Conclusions = 106
• 6 Identity, Equality and Difference : The Politics of Gender = 108
• Introduction = 108
• Identity and difference = 109
• Gender and difference = 110
• The science of sex = 115
• Man trouble = 121
• Conclusions = 128
• 7 Global Culture／Media Culture = 130
• Introduction = 130
• Globalization and cultural imperialism = 130
• Globalizing the television market = 133
• Programme flows in global television = 138
• Global audiences and creative consumption = 142
• Syncretic global youth culture = 146
• Diaspora and hybrid identities = 147
• Globalization and power = 151
• Conclusions = 153
• 8 Transforming Capitalism = 154
• Introduction = 154
• The transformation of capitalism = 155
• The recomposition of class and culture = 159
• Class : the return of the repressed = 161
• The problem of consumer culture = 163
• Consumption, resistance and lifestyle politics = 166
• Living in the wasteland : resistance and beyond = 171
• Conclusions = 175
• 9 Kaleidoscopic Cultural Studies : Issues of Politics and Method = 176
• Introduction = 176
• The politics of culture and power = 177
• Cultural studies and the agents of cultural politics = 180
• Texts, institutions and the politics of method = 183
• The politics of policy = 189
• Emotional education = 193
• Conclusions = 197
• 10 Evolution and Emotion : New Resources for Cultural Studies = 198
• Introduction = 198
• Evolutionary biology and cultural studies = 199
• The fundamentals of evolutionary psychology = 206
• Evolution, culture and emotions = 209
• The problem of meaning = 213
• Conclusions = 220
• Keywords in Cultural Studies = 221
• References = 229
• Index = 239