| Class in Culture Contributor(s): Ebert, Teresa L. (Author), Zavarzadeh, Mas'ud (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594513155 ISBN-13: 9781594513152 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $61.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2008 Annotation: Class in Culture demonstrates the power of moving beyond cultural politics to a deeperclass critique of contemporary life. Making a persuasive case for class as the material logic of culture, the book is written in a double register of short critiques of life practices???from food and education to race, stem-cell research, and abortion???as well as sustained critiques of such theoretical discourses as ideology, consumption, globalization, and 9/11. Surpassing the orthodoxies of cultural studies, Class in Culture makes surprising connections among seemingly unrelated cultural events and practices and offers a groundbreaking and complex understanding of the contemporary world. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Classes & Economic Disparity - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 305.5 |
| Series: Series in Critical Narratives |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.07" W x 8.91" (0.76 lbs) 244 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A gem of a book. Its topics are timely and provocative for cultural studies, sociology, English, literary theory, and education classes. The authors are brilliant thinkers and clear, penetrating writers." -Peter McLaren, UCLA, author of Capitalists and Conquerors: A Critical Pedagogy Against Empire Class in Culture demonstrates the power of moving beyond cultural politics to a deeper class critique of contemporary life. Making a persuasive case for class as the material logic of culture, the book is written in a double register of short critiques of life practices-from food and education to race, stem-cell research, and abortion-as well as sustained critiques of such theoretical discourses as ideology, consumption, globalization, and 9/11. Surpassing the orthodoxies of cultural studies, Class in Culture makes surprising connections among seemingly unrelated cultural events and practices and offers a groundbreaking and complex understanding of the contemporary world. |