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Title Cultural theory : the key concepts / edited by Andrew Edgar and Peter Sedgwick
Edition 2nd ed
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 445 pages)
Series Routledge key guides
Routledge key guides.
Contents Chapter CULTURAL THEORY The Key Concepts Second Edition -- chapter ABSENCE -- chapter ALIENATION -- chapter BRICOLAGE -- chapter CARTESIANISM -- chapter CITIZENSHIP -- chapter CONFLICT THEORY -- chapter CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY -- chapter CONTRADICTION -- chapter COUNTERCULTURE -- chapter CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY -- chapter CULTURAL CAPITAL -- chapter CULTURAL STUDIES -- chapter CULTURE -- chapter DETERMINISM -- chapter DIACHRONIC DIALECTICAL AND HISTORICAL MATERIALISM -- chapter DISCOURSE -- chapter EDUCATION -- chapter FIELDWORK -- chapter FUNDAMENTALISM -- chapter GENEALOGY -- chapter GRAND NARRATIVE -- chapter HISTORICISM -- chapter HUMANISM -- chapter INSTITUTION -- chapter LANGUAGE -- chapter LEGITIMATION -- chapter NATION STATE -- chapter NATURE -- chapter NEW CRITICISM -- chapter PARADIGM -- chapter PLURALISM -- chapter POSITIVISM -- chapter POST-COLONIALISM -- chapter REASON -- chapter RELIGION -- chapter REPRESENTATION -- chapter REPRODUCTION -- chapter ROMANTICISM -- chapter SEMIOTICS/SEMIOLOGY -- chapter SEXUALITY -- chapter SPEECH ACT -- chapter SUBLIME -- chapter USE VALUE -- chapter VISUAL STUDIES
Summary Now in its second edition, Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts is an up-to-date and comprehensive survey of over 350 of the key terms central to cultural theory today. This second edition includes new entries on: colonialism cybercultur globalisation terrorism visual studies. Providing clear and succinct introductions to a wide range of subjects, from feminism to postmodernism, Cultural Theory: The Key Concepts continues to be an essential resource for students of literature, sociology, philosophy and media and anyone wrestling with contemporary cultural theory
Notes "First published as Key Concepts in Cultural Theory."--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 380-427) and indexes
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Subject Culture
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Culture
Cultuurtheorie.
Begrippen.
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
Author Edgar, Andrew.
Sedgwick, Peter R.
ISBN 9780203933947
020393394X
9781281061133
1281061131