Cultural criticism : a primer of key concepts /: a primer of key concepts. (©1995)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Cultural criticism : a primer of key concepts /: a primer of key concepts. (©1995)
- Main Title:
- Cultural criticism : a primer of key concepts
- Further Information:
- Note: Arthur Asa Berger.
- Other Names:
- Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-
- Contents:
- 1. An introduction to cultural criticism -- The Mission impossible dream -- Cultural criticism and cultural studies -- On technical language -- Making complex ideas accessible -- Thinkers evolve and change their ideas over time -- A useful analogy -- 2. Literary theory and cultural criticism -- Mimesis and other theories of literature -- Texts -- Genres and texts -- Interpretation of texts -- Hermeneutics -- Reception theory -- Deconstruction -- Postmodernism -- Feminist criticism -- Phallocentric theory -- Formalism -- Defamiliarization -- Dialogical theory -- Montage and meaning -- Conclusion -- 3. Marxism and cultural criticism -- Base/superstructure -- The Frankfurt school of criticism -- The bourgeoisie -- Class -- Alienation -- Commodity fetishism --Consumer culture -- Interpellation -- Ideology -- Cultural imperialism -- Hegemony -- Reproduction -- Political cultures -- Conclusion -- 4. Semiotics and cultural criticism -- Signs in semiotics and semiology -- How signs function -- Symbols in Saussure's system -- Icon, index, symbol : Peirce's system -- Images -- Codes -- Connotation -- Denotation -- Metaphor -- Metonymy -- Synchronic analysis and diachronic analysis -- Intertextuality -- Auteur theory -- Syntagmatic analysis -- Paradigmatic analysis -- Structuralism -- Conclusion -- 5. Psychoanalytic theory and cultural criticism -- The unconscious -- The id -- The ego -- The superego -- The Oedipus complex -- Condensation -- Displacement -- Narcissism -- Sublimation --1. An introduction to cultural criticism -- The Mission impossible dream -- Cultural criticism and cultural studies -- On technical language -- Making complex ideas accessible -- Thinkers evolve and change their ideas over time -- A useful analogy -- 2. Literary theory and cultural criticism -- Mimesis and other theories of literature -- Texts -- Genres and texts -- Interpretation of texts -- Hermeneutics -- Reception theory -- Deconstruction -- Postmodernism -- Feminist criticism -- Phallocentric theory -- Formalism -- Defamiliarization -- Dialogical theory -- Montage and meaning -- Conclusion -- 3. Marxism and cultural criticism -- Base/superstructure -- The Frankfurt school of criticism -- The bourgeoisie -- Class -- Alienation -- Commodity fetishism --Consumer culture -- Interpellation -- Ideology -- Cultural imperialism -- Hegemony -- Reproduction -- Political cultures -- Conclusion -- 4. Semiotics and cultural criticism -- Signs in semiotics and semiology -- How signs function -- Symbols in Saussure's system -- Icon, index, symbol : Peirce's system -- Images -- Codes -- Connotation -- Denotation -- Metaphor -- Metonymy -- Synchronic analysis and diachronic analysis -- Intertextuality -- Auteur theory -- Syntagmatic analysis -- Paradigmatic analysis -- Structuralism -- Conclusion -- 5. Psychoanalytic theory and cultural criticism -- The unconscious -- The id -- The ego -- The superego -- The Oedipus complex -- Condensation -- Displacement -- Narcissism -- Sublimation -- Overdetermination -- Myth -- Archetype -- Heroes -- Shadow -- Anima/animus -- Conclusion -- 6. Sociological theory and cultural criticism -- Culture -- Multiculturalism -- DWEMs -- Political correctness -- Anomie -- Functionalism -- Sacred/profane -- Mass media theory -- Mass society -- Media/medium -- Audience -- Stereotyping-- Popular culture -- Everyday life -- Conclusion. … (more)
- Publisher Details:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif : Sage Publications
- Publication Date:
- 1995
- Copyright Date:
- 1995
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xii, 194 pages :), illustrations
- Subjects:
- 306.4
Culture
Criticism
Communism and culture
Semiotics -- Social aspects
Psychoanalysis and culture
Sociology -- Methodology
Culture
Critique
Communisme et culture
Sémiotique -- Aspect social
Psychanalyse et culture
Sociologie -- Méthodologie
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture
Communism and culture
Criticism
Culture
Psychoanalysis and culture
Semiotics -- Social aspects
Sociology -- Methodology
Cultuurkritiek
Semiotiek
Communisme
Psychoanalyse
Cultuursociologie
Populaire cultuur
Psychoanalyse
Marxismus
Kulturtheorie
Kultursoziologie
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781452221069
1452221065
9781452204734 - Related ISBNs:
- 145220473X
9780803957336
0803957335
0803957343
9780803957343 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-178) and index.
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- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
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- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.31016
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