Overview

Power has long been a central preoccupation of social and cultural analysis. Culture and Power focuses on the concept to shape a history of Cultural Studies, from the work of Michel Foucault in post-war France and the Birmingham Centre for Cultural Studies in the 1970s to the expansion of the field in the United States and present day concerns with culture, power and ethics. As Cultural Studies has shifted, the concept of power has changed and become more problematic. Moving on from the celebrated ""culture wars"" - and battles over language, objective knowledge and disciplinary values and meanings - Culture and Power unravels the social, ideological and political knots bound up in the concept of power. In doing so, the book charts not only the history but also the possible future of Cultural Studies.

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Author:   Mark Gibson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Berg Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.346kg
ISBN:  

9781845201173

ISBN 10:   1845201175
Pages:   242
Publication Date:   01 March 2007
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

* Cultural Studies and the Concept of Power * With Respect to Foucault - Towards a Critique of the Thematics of Power * Power and Sovereignty - The 'Peculiarities of the English' Revisited * Cultural Studies 'Before Power' - The First Generation * 'A Whole Way of Conflict' - The Turn to the Concept of Power * The Sociological Encounter - 'Power' at Birmingham * A Continuing Tension - The Unresolved Politics of Cultural Studies * 'An Impossible Politics to Live' - Gender, Race and the Calculus of Oppression * American Cultural Studies and the Inflation of the Concept of Power * The Shoals of Banality - Living with the Concept of Power * Beyond Power? The 'New Pluralism' and the Turn to Ethics * Conclusion - Reconfiguring Cultural Studies

Reviews

'[The book] is the most significant and original contribution on a topic - power - that is both central to Cultural Studies yet is not discussed in depth in that field.' Terry Flew, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane 'An excellent critique of cultural studies' moralism and its frequently dogmatic relationship to power and oppression, the book is also an important intervention into the ongoing debate about cultural studies' responsibilities and its future direction.' Joanna Zylinska, Goldsmiths College, University of London

'[The book] is the most significant and original contribution on a topic - power - that is both central to Cultural Studies yet is not discussed in depth in that field.' Terry Flew, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane'An excellent critique of cultural studies' moralism and its frequently dogmatic relationship to power and oppression, the book is also an important intervention into the ongoing debate about cultural studies' responsibilities and its future direction.'Joanna Zylinska, Goldsmiths College, University of London

Author Information

Mark Gibson is Senior Lecturer in Communications and Media Studies in the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University.

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