| Culture Control Critique: Allegories of Reading the Present Contributor(s): Beckman, Frida (Author) |
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ISBN: 1783488018 ISBN-13: 9781783488018 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $55.44 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Movements - Critical Theory - Social Science |
| Dewey: 303.33 |
| LCCN: 2015047395 |
| Series: Critical Perspectives on Theory, Culture and Politics |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 170 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: When "revolution" becomes a recurring theme in mainstream culture, where do we look for the tools for a critical engagement with the present? Addressing the link between allegory and cultural critique in contemporary culture and resisting the thematic abstraction of sexy, fast, revolutionary content, this book suggests that one way is to pay attention not so much to content as to form. Culture Control Critique provides an analysis of how representations of political systems in contemporary mainstream culture may be understood not so much by looking at their apparent critical message but by shifting our critical gaze to an underlying and recurring political logic that controls the desire for political change. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beckman, Frida: - Frida Beckman is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at Stockholm University in Sweden |