Capitalizing on Culture : : Critical Theory for Cultural Studies / / Shane Gunster.
Building on the work of Theodor Adorno and Walter Benjamin, Capitalizing on Culture presents an innovative, accessible, and timely exploration of critical theory in a cultural landscape dominated by capital. Despite the increasing prevalence of commodification as a dominant factor in the production,...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Cultural Spaces
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (380 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Culture as Commodity
- 1. Mass Culture and the Commodity Form: Revisiting the Culture Industry Thesis
- 2. Capitalism, Mimesis, Experience: Legacies of the Commodity Fetish
- 3. Dreams of Redemption? Adorno, Benjamin, and the Dialectics of Culture
- 4. From Mass to Popular Culture: From Frankfurt to Birmingham
- 5. Articulation and the Commodity Form: Rethinking Contemporary Cultural Studies
- Concluding Thoughts
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Backmatter