The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies
by Editor: Michael Bé; rubé; (Pennsylvania State University)Format: eBook
Pub. Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher(s): Wiley-Blackwell
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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. Contains first-rate, original essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field. Contributors are leading scholars, internationally based. Includes substantial introductory material by the editor.
Table of Contents
| Notes on Contributors | |
| Introduction: Engaging the Aesthetic | |
| The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies | |
| On Literature in Cultural Studies | |
| Excessive Practices: Aesthetics, Erotica, and Cultural Studies | |
| The Burden of Culture | |
| Cultural Studies and the Questions of Pleasure and Value | |
| "I Give It a 94. It's Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to It": Valuing Popular Music | |
| Cultural Studies and the New Belletrism | |
| Beauty on My Mind: Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural Studies | |
| Inventing Culture | |
| The Cringe Factor | |
| Index | |
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