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John Storey
An Introductory Guide to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture
The University of Georgia Press 1993
Stron 238
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Since the time of Matthew Arnold, critics and theorists of various persuasions have debated the nature of popular culture and the question of where it fits into the broader cultural spectrum. The purpose of this book, says John Storey, is "to chart the many problems encountered, and the many solutions suggested, in cultural theory's complex engagement with popular culture."
In his opening chapter, Storey distinguishes between the concepts of "culture," "ideology," and "popular culture" and sorts through the various definitions applied to each of these terms. He then offers, in the subsequent chapters, a clear and compelling survey of the competing theories of, and approaches to, popular culture. He considers the culture and civilization tradition, culturalism, structuralism and post-structuralism, Marxism, feminism, and postmodernism. Using examples of popular cultural texts and practices throughout the book, Storey assesses the various theoretical approaches in terms of their contributions to the study of popular culture. In the final chapter, he examines recent developments and debates, including the claims and counterclaims of political economy and cultural populism, and briefly considers the questions of cultural value and "political correctness."
Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
1 What is popular culture? 1
Culture 2
Ideology 2
Popular culture 6
Conclusion 17
Further reading 18
2 The 'culture and civilization* tradition 20
Matthew Arnold 21
Leavisism 27
Mass culture in America: the post-war debate 33
The culture of other people 40
Further reading 41
3 Culturalism 43
Richard Hoggart: The Uses of Literacy 44
Raymond Williams: The Long Revolution 51
E.P Thompson: The Making of the English WorkingClass 57
Stuart Hall and Paddy Whannel: The Popular Arts 60
The Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies 66
Further reading 68
4 Structuralism and post-structuralism 69
Ferdinand de Saussure 69
Claude Levi-Strauss, Will Wright and the American Western 73
Roland Barthes 77
Post-structuralism 85
Jacques Derrida 86
Jacques Lacan 88
Discourse and power- Michel Foucault and Edward Said 91
Further reading 95
5 Marxism 97
Classical Marxism 97
The Frankfurt School 100
Althusserianism 110
Hegemony theory 118
Further reading 123
6 Feminism 125
Feminisms 125
Cultural politics 126
Laura Mulvey: 'Visual pleasure and narrative cinema' 129
Janice Radway: Leadingthe Romance 132
len Ang: Watching Dallas 139
Janice Winship: Inside Women's Magazines 146
The other gender- men's studies and masculinity 150
Conclusion 151
Further reading 152
7 Postmodernism 154
The postmodern condition 154
Postmodernism in the 1960s 155
Jean-Francois Lyotard 159
Jean Baudrillard 162
Fredric Jameson 166
Postmodern pop 172
Postmodern television 176
Conclusion 179
Further reading 179
8 The politics of the popular
A paradigm crisis in cultural studies
The cultural field
The economic field
A return to hegemony
The ideology of mass culture
Further reading
journals on cultural theory and popular culture
Notes
Index
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