Class in culture /
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| Author / Creator: | Ebert, Teresa L., 1951- |
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| Imprint: | Boulder, Colo. : Paradigm Publishers, c2008. |
| Description: | xxii, 221 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Series in critical narrative Series in critical narratives. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7680556 |
| Summary: | "A gem of a book. Its topics are timely and provocative for cultural studies, sociology, English, literary theory, and education classes. The authors are brilliant thinkers and clear, penetrating writers." -Peter McLaren, UCLA, author of Capitalists and Conquerors: A Critical Pedagogy Against Empire Class in Culture demonstrates the power of moving beyond cultural politics to a deeper class critique of contemporary life. Making a persuasive case for class as the material logic of culture, the book is written in a double register of short critiques of life practices-from food and education to race, stem-cell research, and abortion-as well as sustained critiques of such theoretical discourses as ideology, consumption, globalization, and 9/11. Surpassing the orthodoxies of cultural studies, Class in Culture makes surprising connections among seemingly unrelated cultural events and practices and offers a groundbreaking and complex understanding of the contemporary world. |
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| Physical Description: | xxii, 221 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-215) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781594513145 1594513147 |
