Cultural Politics: Class, Gender, Race and the Postmodern World

Cultural Politics: Class, Gender, Race and the Postmodern World

by Glenn Jordan (Author)

Synopsis

Glenn Jordan and Chris Weedon look at the role of culture in reproducing and contesting social relations of class, gender and race. They focus on relationships between culture, subjectivity, and power, in what is the first comprehensive introduction to contemporary cultural politics. aeo Whose culture shall be the official one and whose shall be subordinated? aeo What cultures shall be regarded as worthy of display and which shall be hidden? aeo Whose history shall be remembered and whose forgotten? aeo What images of social life shall be projected and which shall be marginalized? aeo What voices shall be heard and which shall be silenced? aeo Who is representing whom and on what basis? aeo How can marginalized and oppressed people be empowered to change their social position? aeo What is cultural democracy and how can it be achieved? These key questions are among the radical issues Cultural Politics addresses, through case studies from Britain, North America, Eastern Europe and Australia.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 644
Edition: 1
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 30 Nov 1994

ISBN 10: 0631162283
ISBN 13: 9780631162285

Media Reviews
With exemplary clarity, this book explains what cultural politics are, explores the history of their emergence in twentieth--century Marxist, feminist and anti--racist thought and practice and reviews the most important contests in recent cultural theory. I have no doubt that it will be an important intellectual resource for teachers and students in all areas of the study of culture. Steven Connor
Author Bio
Glenn Jordan teaches cultural and media studies at the University of Glamorgan. He previously taught at the University of Illinois. He has published on cultural theory, racism and Black intellectual history. Chris Weedon teaches critical theory, cultural studies and womena s studies at the University of Wales, Cardiff, and her books include Feminist Practice and Poststructuralist Theory (1987), published by Blackwell.