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"Pulp" brings together in one volume chapters on the bestseller,
detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. It
combines a lucid and accessible account of the cultural theories
that have informed the study of popular fiction with detailed
readings of particularly Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper, Colin
Dexter, William Gibson, Stephen King, Iain Banks, Terry McMillan
and Walter Mosley. Scott McCracken argues that popular fiction
serves a vital function in the late twentieth century: it provides
us with the means to construct a workable sense of self in the face
of the disorientating pressures of modernity.
At the turn of the last century the public culture of Europe's
cities underwent a transformation that changed both gender
relations and European fiction. Masculinities, Modernist Fiction
and the Urban Public Sphere charts the changing representations of
masculinity in modernist fiction in the context of the four most
influential cities - London, Dublin, Paris and Prague.It explores
the rise of new masculinities in response to the New Woman at the
end of the nineteenth century; how eating and drinking in the city
were developed; and discusses the importance of teashops, cafes and
restaurants to the emergence of a new literary culture at the turn
of the century. Authors discussed include George Gissing, Dorothy
Richardson, James Joyce and Franz Kafka. It combines urban cultural
history, gender studies and critical theory to produce a startling
account of the encounters that took place in the new spaces of the
city and the literary forms to which they gave rise. It will be of
interest to all those interested in modernist fiction, but equally
to cultural historians and those working in gender and urban
studies.
The Arcades Project, Walter Benjamin's unfinished masterpiece, is a
brilliant but maddening book. Benjamin's Arcades: an unGuided Tour
looks for the method behind the madness, carefully reconstructing
the intellectual and political context of the work and unpacking
its numerous analogies, metaphors and conceptual gambits. Written
by three literary scholars and one historian, this text is both a
reading companion and a vigorous interpretation of one of the most
important humanistic texts of the twentieth century. Benjamin's
Arcades is composed of 16 entries and a specially designed
'convoluted' index. Some of the entries confront Benjamin with a
different reading of his own historical sources (Blanqui, Marx,
Giedion), others look intensively at key themes, obsessions, and
images (the gambler, commodity fetishism, the Angel of History,
magic). Throughout there is discussion of the relationship of
Benjamin's work to current and past debate on topics such as
modernity, Judaism, fascism, and psychoanalysis. Benjamin's Arcades
opens up Benjamin's texts to a variety of interdisciplinary
perspectives and will be an essential text for those seeking to
better understand this extraordinary work. -- .
At the turn of the last century the public culture of Europe's
cities underwent a transformation that changed both gender
relations and European fiction. Masculinities, modernist fiction
and the urban public sphere charts the changing representations of
masculinity in modernist fiction in the context of the four most
influential cities -- London, Dublin, Paris and Prague. It explores
the rise of new masculinities in response to the New Woman at the
end of the nineteenth century; how eating and drinking in the city
were developed; and discusses the importance of teashops, cafes and
restaurants to the emergence of a new literary culture at the turn
of the century. Authors discussed include George Gissing, Dorothy
Richardson, James Joyce and Franz Kafka. It combines urban cultural
history, gender studies and critical theory to produce a startling
account of the encounters that took place in the new spaces of the
city and the literary forms to which they gave rise. It will be of
interest to all those interested in modernist fiction, but equally
to cultural historians and those working in gender and urban
studies. -- .
The end-of-century experience is generating intense interest among contemporary critics. This collection of essays scrutinizes ways in which current conflicts of race, class and gender have their origins in the cultural politics of the last fin de siècle. The construction of masculinities, feminism and empire, Yeats and Ireland, the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan, socialism, psychoanalysis, and the relationship between nascent modernism and postmodernism are all addressed in this radical collaborative venture.
Popular commercial fiction emerged in the nineteenth century, with
serialised novels and sensational penny dreadfuls. Today it remains
a multi-million dollar industry giving pleasure to many, but it is
also a field of growing interest for scholars and students of
literature. This Companion covers the major developments in the
history of popular fiction, with specially commissioned chapters on
pulp fiction, bestsellers, and comics and graphic narratives. The
volume also examines the public and personal everyday contexts
within which popular texts are read, highlighting the ways in which
such narratives have circulated across a variety of constantly
changing media, including theatre, television, cinema and new
computer-based digital forms. Case studies from key genres - crime
fiction, romance and Gothic horror - as well as a full chronology
and guide to further reading make this collection indispensable to
all those interested in this complex and vibrant cultural field.
Popular commercial fiction emerged in the nineteenth century, with
serialised novels and sensational penny dreadfuls. Today it remains
a multi-million dollar industry giving pleasure to many, but it is
also a field of growing interest for scholars and students of
literature. This Companion covers the major developments in the
history of popular fiction, with specially commissioned chapters on
pulp fiction, bestsellers, and comics and graphic narratives. The
volume also examines the public and personal everyday contexts
within which popular texts are read, highlighting the ways in which
such narratives have circulated across a variety of constantly
changing media, including theatre, television, cinema and new
computer-based digital forms. Case studies from key genres - crime
fiction, romance and Gothic horror - as well as a full chronology
and guide to further reading make this collection indispensable to
all those interested in this complex and vibrant cultural field.
A rapidly changing world - in part driven by huge transformations
in technology and mobility - means we all encounter shifting
cultures, and new cultural and social interactions daily. Powerful
forces such as consumption and globalization exert an enormous
influence on all walks and levels of life across both space and
time. Cultural Studies remains at the vanguard of consideration of
these issues. This completely revised second edition of Introducing
Cultural Studies gives a systematic overview of the concepts,
theories, debates and latest research in the field. Reinforcing the
interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, it first considers
cultural theory before branching out to examine different
dimensions of culture in detail. Key features: * Collaboratively
authored by an interdisciplinary team * Closely cross-referenced
between chapters and sections to ensure an integrated presentation
of ideas * Figures, diagrams, cartoons and photographs help convey
ideas and stimulate * Key Influence, Defining Concepts, and Extract
boxes focus in on major thinkers, ideas and works * Examines
culture along the dividing lines of class, race and gender *
Weblinks and Further Reading sections encourage and support further
investigation Changes for this edition: * Brand new chapter
addresses how culture is researched and knowledge in cultural
studies is produced * Brand new chapter on the Postmodernisation of
Everyday Life * Includes hot topics such as globalization, youth
subcultures, 'virtual' cultures, body modification, new media,
technologically-assisted social networking and many more This text
will be core reading for undergraduates and postgraduates in a
variety of disciplines - including Cultural Studies, Communication
and Media Studies, English, Geography, Sociology, and Social
Studies - looking for a clear and comprehensible introduction to
the field.
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