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Capitalizing on Culture : Critical Theory for Cultural Studies /

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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gunster, Shane (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
Colección:Cultural Spaces
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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