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A critical and cultural theory reader

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Praise for the first edition
“The selection is judicious and valuably supplemented by thorough commentaries that contextualise and clarify the debates and issues and the importance of each excerpt. Though today there may be many readers in and around cultural and media studies, Easthope and McGowan’s remains vital…” Times Higher Educational Supplement

This Reader introduces the key readings in critical and cultural theory. It guides students through the tradition of thought, from Saussure’s early writings on language to contemporary commentary on world events by theorists such as Baudrillard and Žižek. The readings are grouped according to six thematic sections: Semiology; Ideology; Subjectivity; Difference; Gender and Race; and Postmodernism.

The second and expanded edition of this highly successful Reader reflects the growing diversity of the field.

  • Featuring thirteen new essays, including essays by Homi Bhabha, Simone de Beauvoir, Franz Fanon and Judith Butler
  • With a general introduction as well as useful introductions to each of the thematic sections
  • Including summaries of each of the extracts – invaluable for students and lecturers.
Key reading for areas of study including cultural studies, critical theory, literature, linguistics, English, media studies, communication studies, cultural history, sociology, gender studies, visual arts, film and architecture.

Essays by: Louis Althusser, Roland Barthes, Jean Baudrillard, Homi K. Bhabha, Judith Butler, Hélène Cixous, Simone de Beauvoir, Ferdinand de Saussure, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Frederick Engels, Franz Fanon, Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, Julia Kristeva, Jacques Lacan, Jean-François Lyotard, Colin MacCabe, Pierre Macherey, Karl Marx, Kobena Mercer, Laura Mulvey, Rajeswari Sunder Rajan, Edward Said, Slavoj Žižek.

About the Author

Kate McGowan is Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies at the Manchester Metropolitan University. She is the Editor of The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory and is a Director of the English Association. She has, at various times, held visiting fellowships in Critical Theory and Cultural Studies at the Universities of Illionis and Puerto Rico. Antony Easthope was Professor of English and Cultural Studies at the Manchester Metropolitan University. He is the author of several books including Literary into Cultural Studies, Englishness and National Culture and most recently, Privileging Difference. He has, at various times, held visiting fellowships at the Universities of Oxford, Adelaide and Virginia.

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S.L. · 16 December 2019

Very challenging read but incredibly important and thought provoking. Definitely recommend reading in tandem with someone who you can discuss the material with!

Basic Textbook-esque book; At Times Useful

G.G. · 20 January 2015

This is your basic textbook or small collection giving a smattering of literary criticism--or at least that is what my school used it for. It is divided into these sections: Semiology, Ideology, Subjectivity, Difference, Gender and Race, and Postmodernism. With the English majors at my school, the book is notorious for being dense and at times confusing, but it served its purpose helping us learn a few theories of literary criticism. Our teacher basically had us read some of the essays, which are selections from larger works. But it was better reading the introduction to each section or hearing the teacher lecture. These are selections from a larger work, for example,Ferdinand de Saussure from the book "Course in General Linguistics," Karl Marx, Louis Althusser from the book "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses'," Edward Said from "Orientalism," and Simone de Beauvoir from "The Second Sex." Because I couldn't sell the book back for a decent price, I kept it, and it came in handy at least once when I needed to pick what my teacher(s) called a "theoretical lens" to drive a paper. Hence, it can help you pick a theory and then you'll know what book or author to look into more. Some content can be on the objectionable-side (i.e., Freud and so forth).

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