Roll over Beethoven : the return of cultural strife / Stanley Aronowitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aronowitz, Stanley.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Cultural policy.

United States.

Cultural policy.

Politics and culture--United States.

Politics and culture.

United States--Civilization--1970-.

Civilization.

Physical Description:

xii, 277 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Hanover, NH : Wesleyan University Press : University Press of New England, [1993]

Summary:

The question of culture has become central for a new generation of scholars raised in a world of television and mass production. At the same time debates about culture have become a point of reference for criticism of current trends in academia and society, variously defended or derided on the grounds of 'multi-culturalism, ' 'canonicity, ' and 'political correctness.' In his re-examination of these debates, Stanley Aronowitz traces the history of the cultural issue--in both its British and American manifestation--and relates it to the contemporary rethinking of the nature of knowledge and culture.

Contents:

On the Politically Correct

Culture Between High and Low

The Origins of Cultural Studies

British Cultural Studies

Cultural Politics of Popular Front

Cultural Study in Postmodern America

The Authority of Knowledge

The End of the Beginning?.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0819552550

0819562629

OCLC:

27066275