The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies [Paperback]

Michael Bérubé (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0631223061 | ISBN-13: 978-0631223061 | Publication Date: November 1, 2004 | Edition: 1

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.

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"This book is a refreshing reminder that cultural studies of pleasure can (and should) be pleasurable. Interesting questions, engaging voices, rueful disagreements, startling juxtapositions of topic and concept. A book to make you laugh while thinking and think while laughing. What more could anyone want?"
-Simon Frith, University of Stirling

"These essays are both timely and hard-hitting. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies shows how crucial the provocation of cultural studies has been and remains for aesthetic thought. No grown-up or wide-awake account of the place and possibilities of the aesthetic can afford to ignore the arguments convened here."
--Steven Connor, Birkbeck College

Book Description

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. An international group of leading scholars write eloquently and convincingly about aesthetics in terms of subcultural analysis, the question of judgment in contemporary popular culture, the history of U.S. and U.K. cultural studies, and the current state of the field. A substantial editorial introduction opens the volume to help orient the reader to specific contributions and major debates. This is a must-have book for those interested in aesthetics in literary and cultural theory, cultural studies, and art theory.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 1 edition (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0631223061
• ISBN-13: 978-0631223061
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,578,933 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cultural Studies Renewed, February 18, 2006

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This review is from: The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies (Paperback)

The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies comes from the perspective of the 1990's during which purveyors of Cultural Studies had been in the field for 30 years or so, having read Williams, Hall and the like. The authors of the selected essays realized the changing times and the significant exclusion of aesthetics from the Birmingham school. Barry Faulk has put together a unique blend of perspectives of Cultural Studies from media, literary criticism, art, to the political. I find it refreshing and beneficial to see the discourse of the Cultural Studies discipline progress with age.