Representing culture : essays on identity, visuality and technology / edited by Claudia Alvares.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alvares, Claudia.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Culture--Research.

Culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The essays collected in this volume are interdisciplinary in nature, defying the traditional boundaries that compartmentalise and contain knowledge within particular camps. Heir to the 'undisciplining' legacy of cultural studies, they attempt to transcend the restrictive frameworks of pre-established discourse, engaging in new and fruitful combinations of theories and methodologies. The general aim of the book is to indicate new perspectives for the exercise of cultural criticism on the basis...

Contents:

CONTENTS; EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; IDENTITY POLITICS AND THE ATTACK ON KNOWLEDGE; FEMINIST COMMUNITARIANISM; CONSTRUCTING THE 'MUSLIM OTHER'; CONFRONTING WHITENESS; 'OUR DISGUST WILL MAKE US STRONGER'; PUBLIC FRAMES; HERITAGE REVISITED; 'IT'S FOR YOU'; THE END OF DISTANCE; MNEMOSYNE AND THE ARCADES; CONTRIBUTORS; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-19029-6

9786612190292

1-4438-0641-2

OCLC:

827209333