Postmodernism and the politics of "culture" / Adam Katz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Katz, Adam, 1962-

Series:

Cultural studies

Cultural studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Study and teaching.

Culture.

Politics and culture.

Postmodernism.

Physical Description:

vi, 237 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2000.

Contents:

1 Postmodernism and Cultural Studies 33

Cultural Studies and the Academy 33

The Problematic of Cultural Studies 36

The (Post)Discipline of Postmodern Cultural Studies 42

Articulation and the Politics of Identity 51

The Question of the Outside 57

2 Cultural Studies and the Politics of (Non)Identity 65

Feminism and the Critique of Experience 65

Toward a Postmodern Feminism? 67

The De/Reconstruction of Identity 76

Ideology 82

Historicizing the Politics of (Non)Identity 85

Feminism as Totalizing Theory and Ideology Critique 88

3 Cultural Studies and Postmodernity 103

Theory, Materialism, and Cultural Studies 103

Theories of Postmodernity 107

(Post)Modernity and Postmodernism as Ideology 120

Materialism, Production, and Critique 124

4 Cultural Studies and the Public Sphere 139

Politics and Theory 139

The Political Function of the Intellectual 142

Power, Sovereignty, and Knowledge 147

Counterpublics 154

The Practice of Border-Crossing Counterpublicity 163

5 Globalization, Universality, and Cultural Studies 179

Foundational Polemics 179

The Globalization of Cultural Studies 182

Cosmopolitics 194

Universality: Singular or Political Economic? 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index.

ISBN:

0813368073

OCLC:

44811641