Cultural criticism : a primer of key concepts /: a primer of key concepts. (©1995)

• Record Type: Book
• 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 -- 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.
• 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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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.