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Cultural Studies and the 'Juridical Turn': Culture, law, and legitimacy in the era of neoliberal capitalism book cover

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Cultural Studies and the 'Juridical Turn' Culture, law, and legitimacy in the era of neoliberal capitalism

Edited By Jaafar Aksikas, Sean Andrews Copyright 2016
396 Pages
by Routledge

394 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
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The relationship between culture and the law has become an emergent concern within contemporary Cultural Studies as a field, but the recent focus has been largely limited to the role played by cultural representations and identity politics in the legitimation of legal discourse and policies. While continuing this emphasis, this collection also looks at the law itself as a cultural production,... Read more
 

Foreword Toby Miller

Preface Jaafar Aksikas and Sean Johnson Andrews

Introduction – Neoliberalism, Law and Culture: A Cultural Studies Intervention after ‘The Juridical Turn’ Jaafar Aksikas and Sean Johnson Andrews

1. The Legal Trial and/in Documentary Film Kristen Fuhs

2. Symbolic Economies: Money, Neoliberal Law and National Politics in Argentina Pablo Castagno

3. Overlooking/Looking over Neoliberal Immigration: Amnesty Policy in the ‘Nation of Immigrants’ Leah Perry

4. Restoring Law and (Racial) Order to the Old Dominion: White Dreams and New Federalism in Anti-Immigrant Legislation Pia Møller

5. Mighty Crime Victims: Victims’ Rights and Neoliberalism in the American Conjuncture Raphael Ginsberg

6. ‘In Light of this Demonstration of Crisis in our Nation’: Paternity, Responsibility and Welfare Kathalene A. Razzano

7. Shoplifters of the World Unite! Law and Culture in Financialized Times Mike Beggs, Dick Bryan and Michael Rafferty

8. Towards an Affirmative Public Domain Christopher M. Toula and Gregory C. Lisby

9. Copyright Culture and Pirate Politics Martin Fredriksson

10. Rule of Law: Sharia Panic and the US Constitution in the House of Representatives Katherine Lemons and Joshua Takano Chambers-Letson

11. Culture and the Court: The Judiciary as an Arbiter of Cultural Disputes in the USA Marcus Schulzke and Amanda Cortney Caroll

Biography

Jaafar Aksikas is Associate Professor of Cultural Studies at Columbia College, Chicago, IL, USA. He is also President of the Cultural Studies Association. His books include Arab Modernities (2009) and The Sirah of Antar: An Interpretation of Arab and Islamic History (2002). He has taught, researched, and published widely in the fields of Cultural Studies, media and culture industry studies, critical legal and policy studies, American Studies, and Middle Eastern studies.

Sean Johnson Andrews is Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and the Humanities at Columbia College, Chicago, IL, USA. He teaches courses on Cultural Studies methods and methodologies, media studies, cyberculture, and the digital humanities.

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