A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory

A Dictionary of Cultural and Critical Theory
Author: Michael Payne,Jessica Rae Barbera
Publsiher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2013-05-06
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781118438817

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Now thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the highly acclaimed dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to modern ideas in the broad interdisciplinary fields of cultural and critical theory Updated to feature over 40 new entries including pieces on Alain Badiou, Ecocriticism, Comparative Racialization , Ordinary Language Philosophy and Criticism, and Graphic Narrative Includes reflective, broad-ranging articles from leading theorists including Julia Kristeva, Stanley Cavell, and Simon Critchley Features a fully updated bibliography Wide-ranging content makes this an invaluable dictionary for students of a diverse range of disciplines

The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory

The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory
Author: Paul Wake,Simon Malpas
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 469
Release: 2013-06-19
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9781134123346

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Now in a fully updated second edition The Routledge Companion to Critical and Cultural Theory is an indispensible guide for anyone approaching the field for the first time. Exploring ideas from a diverse range of disciplines through a series of 11 critical essays and a dictionary of key names and terms, this book examines some of the most complex and fundamental theories in modern scholarship including: Marxism Trauma Theory Ecocriticism Psychoanalysis Feminism Posthumanism Gender and Queer Theory Structuralism Narrative Postcolonialism Deconstruction Postmodernism With three new essays, an updated introduction, further reading and a wealth of new dictionary entries, this text is an indispensible guide for all students of the theoretically informed arts, humanities and social sciences.

The SAGE Dictionary of Cultural Studies

The SAGE Dictionary of Cultural Studies
Author: Chris Barker
Publsiher: SAGE
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2004-06-09
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0761973419

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Contains over 200 entries on key concepts and theorists of cultural studies.

A Dictionary of Critical Theory

A Dictionary of Critical Theory
Author: Ian Buchanan
Publsiher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 511
Release: 2010-04-29
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9780191034640

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Containing over 750 in-depth entries, this is the most wide-ranging and up-to-date dictionary of critical theory available. It covers the whole range of critical theory, including the Frankfurt school, cultural materialism, cultural studies, gender studies, film studies, literary theory, hermeneutics, historical materialism, internet studies, and sociopolitical critical theory. Entries clearly explain even the most complex of theoretical discourses, such as Marxism, psychoanalysis, structuralism, deconstruction, and postmodernism. There are biographies of important figures in the field, with feature entries for those who have heavily influenced areas of the discipline, e.g. Deleuze. Entries are fully cross-referenced and contain further reading where appropriate. To provide extra information this edition features an appendix of recommended web links, which are accessible via the Dictionary of Critical Theory companion website, where they are also checked regularly and kept up to date. Covering all aspects of the subject from globalization and race studies, to queer theory and feminism, this multidisciplinary A-Z is essential for students of literary and cultural studies and is useful for anyone studying a humanity subject requiring a knowledge of theory.

The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism

The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism
Author: Joseph Childers,Gary Hentzi
Publsiher: Columbia University Press
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1995
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0231072430

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More than 450 succinct entries from A to Z help readers make sense of the interdisciplinary knowledge of cultural criticism that includes film, psychoanalytic, deconstructive, poststructuralist, and postmodernist theory as well as philosophy, media studies, linguistics.

Cultural Studies As Critical Theory

Cultural Studies As Critical Theory
Author: Ben Agger
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2014-05-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781134080175

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Examines the field of cultural studies and argues for its relevance in addressing the enormous impact of popular culture and mass media today. Among the perspectives analysed are the Marxist sociology of culture and poststructural/postmodern analysis

The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory

The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory
Author: David Macey
Publsiher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Total Pages: 490
Release: 2000
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0140513698

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Accessing the huge and often bewildering subject of Critical Theory can be an intimidating experience. This acclaimed dictionary provides the ideal introduction to the range of theories and theorists on offer and will prove an invaluable and authoritative resource to all students. * Incisive overviews of the work of key figures from Arendt and Artaud to Winnicott, Wittgestein and Woolf * Powerful summaries of the crucial debates on desire and deconstruction, object relations and Orientalism, postcolonial theory and postmodernism * Clear explanations of both the links and the disagreements between different thinkers and schools.

Dictionary of Cultural Theorists

Dictionary of Cultural Theorists
Author: Ernest Cashmore,Chris Rojek
Publsiher: Hodder Education
Total Pages: 497
Release: 1999
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 0340645490

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If cultural theory is a minefield, this book is a route map through that field. Prepared by an international team of scholars, the entries in this dictionary provide accessible introductions to the key cultural theorists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It brings together a wide spectrum of theorists from fields such as sociology, psychology, anthropology, political science, philosophy, history, linguistics, psychoanalysis and law. Covers over 200 of the leading figures in the study of culture, together with their key concepts and main arguments, their major works and formative influences. Each entry provides links to other seminal figures, as well as a guide to further reading. An extensive introduction sets the entries in the appropriate intellectual and historical contexts. An ideal resource for the cross-disciplinary study of culture.