A Critical and Cultural Theory ReaderAntony Easthope, Kate McGowan The Critical and Cultural Theory Reader is an introduction to the key readings in cultural theory. It guides students through the tradition of thought, from Saussure's early writings on language to contemporary commentary on world events by theorists such as Baudrillard and Zizek. The second and expanded edition of this highly successful Reader reflects the growing diversity of the field and includes thirteen new essays. Divided into six thematic sections: Semiology; Ideology; Subjectivity; Difference; Gender and Race, and Postmodernism, the Reader features an editors' introduction to the volume, introductions to each of the thematic sections as well as invaluable summaries of each of the extracts. |
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