The aesthetics of cultural studies / edited by Michael Bérubé.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bérubé, Michael, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aesthetics.

Culture.

Physical Description:

viii, 208 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2005.

Summary:

The subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies is a timely and authoritative collection of essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field. An international group of leading scholars write eloquently and convincingly about aesthetics in terms of subcultural analysis, the question of judgment in contemporary popular culture, the history of US and UK cultural studies, and the current state of the field.A substantial editorial introduction opens the volume to help orient the reader to specific contributions and major debates. This is a must-have book for students of cultural studies, media, and communications.

Contents:

Introduction: Engaging the Aesthetic / Michael Berube 1

1 The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies / Rita Felski 28

2 On Literature in Cultural Studies / John Frow 44

3 Excessive Practices: Aesthetics, Erotica, and Cultural Studies / Jane Juffer 58

4 The Burden of Culture / Jonathan Sterne 80

5 Cultural Studies and Questions of Pleasure and Value / David Shumway 103

6 "I Give it a 94. It's Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to It": Valuing Popular Music / David Sanjek 117

7 Cultural Studies and the New Populism / Barry Faulk 140

8 Beauty on My Mind: Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural Studies / Irene Kacandes 156

9 Inventing Culture (Behind the Garage Door) / Steven Rubio 175

10 The Cringe Factor / Laura Kipnis 185.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0631223053

0631223061

OCLC:

55228495