Culture and critique
Subtitle: an introduction to the critical discourses of cultural studies
By: Jere Paul Surber.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 294
Subjects: Culture -- Study and teaching; Culture -- Philosophy; Critical theory; Discourse analysis; Social sciences -- Philosophy
Description: Written by philosopher Jere Surber, Culture and Critique familiarizes students with both the broad and specialized meanings of cultural studies, providing detailed explanations of theoretical terms, critical strategies, and discursive traditions upon which it is based. This text is a useful reference for reading works in cultural studies, which puts unfamiliar terms and ideas into historical perspective and explains how the founding texts of the discipline first appeared.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.