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Identity, Culture and the Postmodern World /

This introductory guide surveys the work of a range of influential contemporary social theorists including Lacan, Baudrillard, Foucault, Said, Harvey and Haug and explains their analyses of current topics such as consumer identity and commodity aesthetics; post-colonial criticism; identity and narra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sarup, Madan (Autor)
Otros Autores: Brooker, Peter (Contribuidor), Raja, Tasneem (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FOREWORD
  • BEGINNING AND THE END
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • AN INTRODUCTION: WRITING THE SELF
  • 1 The Home, the Journey and the Border
  • 2 Identity and Narrative
  • 3 Identity and the Unconscious
  • 4 Identity and Difference
  • 5 Foucault: Discipline and the Self
  • 6 Foucault: Sex and the Technologies of the Self
  • 7 The Condition of Postmodernity
  • 8 Baudrillard: Images and Identity in Consumer Society
  • 9 Consumer Identity and Commodity Aesthetics
  • 10 National Identity: 'Englishness' and Education
  • 11 Imperialism and Culture
  • 12 'Race', Ethnicity and Nation-ness
  • Index