Cultural criticism : a primer of key concepts /

Covering the key theorists, concepts and subject areas, from literary, sociological and psychoanalytical theories of semiotics and Marxism, Berger brings cultural criticism to life by making these theories relevant to students' lives. Illustrating his explanations with excerpts from classic wor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, ©1995.
Colección:Foundations of popular culture ; v. 4.
Temas:
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.
culture note.
culture (concept)
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Communism and culture
Criticism
Psychoanalysis and culture
Semiotics > Social aspects
Sociology > Methodology
Psychoanalyse
Marxismus
Kulturtheorie
Kultursoziologie
Cultuurkritiek.
Semiotiek.
Communisme.
Psychoanalyse.
Cultuursociologie.
Populaire cultuur.
Popular culture
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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