Capitalizing on Culture: Critical Theory for Cultural Studies

Shane Gunster

Published by University of Toronto Press 2004

Capitalizing on Culture

Critical Theory for Cultural Studies

Shane Gunster

In the series Cultural Spaces

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442672727

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About this book

Capitalizing on Culture offers a fresh examination of critical theory that will be valuable to scholars studying the intersection of culture and capitalism.

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Gunster Shane :

Shane Gunster is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at Simon Fraser University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	vii
Introduction: Culture as Commodity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. Mass Culture and the Commodity Form: Revisiting the Culture Industry Thesis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Capitalism, Mimesis, Experience: Legacies of the Commodity Fetish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	69
3. Dreams of Redemption? Adorno, Benjamin, and the Dialectics of Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	103
4. From Mass to Popular Culture: From Frankfurt to Birmingham Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
5. Articulation and the Commodity Form: Rethinking Contemporary Cultural Studies Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	216
Concluding Thoughts Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Works Cited Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	339
Backmatter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	347

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 380

eBook

Published: July 2, 2004
ISBN: 9781442672727