The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies

The subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary
debates with a vengeance. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies
is a timely and authoritative collection of essays that analyze the
role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and
reflect on its recuperation in the field.

• • Contains first-rate, original essays that analyze the role of
    aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on
    its recuperation in the field.

• Contributors are leading scholars, internationally based.

• Includes substantial introductory material by the editor.

Auteur
Michael Bérubé is the Paterno Family Professor in Literature at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of Marginal Forces/Cultural Centers: Tolson, Pynchon, and the Politics of the Canon (1992); Public Access: Literary Theory and American Cultural Politics (1994); Life As We Know It: A Father, A Family, and an Exceptional Child (1996); and The Employment of English: Theory, Jobs, and the Future of Literary Studies (1998).

Texte du rabat
The subject of the aesthetic has returned to cultural and literary debates with a vengeance. The Aesthetics of Cultural Studies is a timely and authoritative collection of essays that analyze the role of aesthetics in American and British cultural studies, and reflect on its recuperation in the field. An international group of leading scholars write eloquently and convincingly about aesthetics in terms of subcultural analysis, the question of judgment in contemporary popular culture, the history of US and UK cultural studies, and the current state of the field.

A substantial editorial introduction opens the volume to help orient the reader to specific contributions and major debates. This is a must-have book for students of cultural studies, media, and communications.

Contenu
Notes on Contributors. Introduction: Engaging the Aesthetic (Michael Berube).

1 The Role of Aesthetics in Cultural Studies (Rita Felski).

2 On Literature in Cultural Studies (John Frow).

3 Excessive Practices: Aesthetics, Erotica, and Cultural Studies (Jane Juffer).

4 The Burden of Culture (Jonathan Sterne).

5 Cultural Studies and the Questions of Pleasure and Value (David Shumway).

6 "I Give It a 94. It's Got a Good Beat and You Can Dance to It": Valuing Popular Music (David Sanjek).

7 Cultural Studies and the New Belletrism (Barry Faulk).

8 Beauty on My Mind: Reading Literature in an Age of Cultural Studies (Irene Kacandes).

9 Inventing Culture (Behind the Garage Door) (Steven Rubio).

10 The Cringe Factor (Laura Kipnis).

Index.