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Media Culture: Cultural Studies, Identity, and Politics in the Contemporary Moment book cover

2nd Edition

Media Culture Cultural Studies, Identity, and Politics in the Contemporary Moment

By Douglas Kellner Copyright 2020
334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge
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In this thorough update of one of the classic texts of media and cultural studies, Douglas Kellner argues that media culture is now the dominant form of culture that socializes us and provides and plays major roles in the economy, polity, and social and cultural life. The book includes a series of lively studies that both illuminate contemporary culture and society, while providing... Read more

INTRODUCTION TO MEDIA CULTURE 2020

1. THEORY WARS, IDEOLOGY CRITIQUE, AND MEDIA/CULTURAL STUDIES

2. FOR A CRITICAL MEDIA/CULTURAL STUDIES

 3. SOCIAL ANXIETY, HORROR, AND AMERICAN NIGHTMARES

4. RACE, RESISTANCE, AND REPRESENTATION

5. GENDER AND SEXUALITY WARS

6. YOUTH, IDENTITIES, AND FASHION

7. NEWS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND DOCUMENTARY AS POLITICAL SPECTACLE

8. FANTASY, TECHNOCULTURE, AND DYSTOPIA

CONCLUSION: TECHNOLOGIES, LITERACIES, AND THE FUTURE OF MEDIA CULTURE

Biography

Douglas Kellner is George Kneller Chair in the Philosophy of Education at UCLA, U.S.A., and is author of many books on social theory, politics, history, and culture, including American Nightmare: Donald Trump, Media Spectacle, and Authoritarian Populism (2016) and American Horror Show: Election 2016 and the Ascent of Donald J. Trump (2017).

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