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Postcolonial Studies Meets Media Studies A Critical Encounter Kai Merten, Lucia Krämer
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Postcolonial studies ; Volume 23.
- Postcolonial Studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Postcolonial Studies.
- Media Studies.
- Global Media.
- Transnationalism.
- Media Politics.
- Cultural Industries.
- Postcolonialism.
- Media.
- Media Theory.
- British Studies.
- Cultural Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Postcolonial Studies.
- Media Studies.
- Global Media.
- Transnationalism.
- Media Politics.
- Cultural Industries.
- Postcolonialism.
- Media.
- Media Theory.
- British Studies.
- Cultural Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (262 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Merten/Krämer (eds.), Postcolonial Studies A Critical Encounter
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2016
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Biography/History:
- Kai Merten is Professor of British Literature at the University of Erfurt, Germany.
- Lucia Krämer is Professor of British Studies at the University of Passau, Germany.
- Summary:
- The book brings together experts from Media and Communication Studies with Postcolonial Studies scholars to illustrate how the two fields may challenge and enrich each other. Its essays introduce readers to selected topics including »Media Convergence«, »Transcultural Subjectivity«, »Hegemony«, »Piracy« and »Media History and Colonialism«. Drawing on examples from film, literature, music, TV and the internet, the contributors investigate the transnational dimensions in today's media, engage with local and global media politics and discuss media outlets as economic agents, thus illustrating mechanisms of power in postcolonial and neo-colonial mediascapes.
- "This volume is a methodologically diverse and knowledgeable cornucopia of insights into one of the most vibrant and essential fields of contemporary media studies."
- Besprochen in:GMK-Newsletter, 3 (2017)
- »[Der Sammelband macht] durch diese kritische Beschäftigung mit multiplen Perspektiven und Gegenständen auf die zahlreichen Interaktionspotentiale von Postkolonialen Studien und Medienwissenschaften aufmerksam und inspiriert dazu, diese Bereiche auch weiterhin in Dialog miteinander zu bringen.«
- »Der Band verfolgt ein zeitgemäßes und mutiges Vorhaben, das forscherisches Interesse weckt. Er lädt zu einer breiten (selbst-)kritischen Diskussion darüber ein, was Postcolonial Studies heute sind und worin der Gewinn vermeintlich postkolonialer medienwissenschaftlicher Perspektiven liegt.«
- "This volume is a methodologically diverse and knowledgeable cornucopia ofinsights into one of the most vibrant and essential fields of contemporary media studies.«
- Contents:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Introduction 7 Media Convergence 25 Media Globalization 43 Transcultural Subjectivity 67 Diasporic Media 85 Inter/National Media Politics 103 Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in Postcolonial Media Theory and Culture 125 Performing Regulation 143 Postcolonial Piracy 161 Sound Cultures 179 Commodification 197 The Marketing of Postcolonial Literature 215 Postcolonial Media History 235 Notes on Contributors 257
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839432945
- OCLC:
- 1002243788
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