Since the late 1960s, both internationally and locally, we have
witnessed the growth of subject areas outside the traditional
liberal arts curriculum and disciplinary structure of the
university curriculum: Black Studies (or Indigenous Studies),
Feminist or Women's Studies, Critical Legal Studies, Film &
Media Studies, Gay Studies, and Cultural Studies are some of the
most popular. The principles underlying a global neo-liberalism and
managerialism were responsible for restructuring universities
during the 1980s. Some thought that such developments imperiled the
humanities, while others believed that the context of globalization
and the development of new communications technologies offered new
hope for both interdisciplinary work and the emergence of a
critical approach.
The book asks the following broad questions: What are the
underlying historical, epistemological, and political reasons for
the emergence of cultural studies? What do these developments imply
for the traditional liberal arts curriculum and the traditional
discipline-based university? To what extent does the emergence of
cultural studies displace or dislocate traditional disciplines?
What forms of resistance has cultural studies encountered, and why?
To what extent does the emergence of cultural studies reflect a
changing mission of the university and changing relations between
the university and the wider society? What is the future of
cultural studies?
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