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States of Emergency

Autor Patrick Brantlinger
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 aug 2013
In his latest book, Patrick Brantlinger probes the state of contemporary America. Brantlinger takes aim at neoliberal economists, the Tea Party movement, gun culture, immigration, waste value, surplus people, the war on terror, technological determinism, and globalization. An invigorating return to classic cultural studies with its concern for social justice and challenges to economic orthodoxy, States of Emergency is a delightful mix of journalism, satire, and theory that addresses many of the most pressing issues of our time.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253010193
ISBN-10: 0253010195
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 157 x 234 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Indiana University Press

Cuprins

PrefaceI. Class Conflicts 1. Cultural Studies and Class War; 2. "It's the Economy, Stupid!"; 3. Tea Party Brewhaha; 4. Shooters; 5. What's the Matter with Mexico?; 6. Waste and Value: Thorstein Veblen and H. G. WellsII. Postmodern Conditions 7. Shopping on Red Alert: The Rhetorical Normalization of Terror; 8. The State of Iraq; 9. On the Postmodernity of Being Aboriginal--and Australian; 10. McLuhan, Crash Theory, and the Invasion of the Nanobots; 11. Army Surplus: Notes on "Exterminism"; 12. World Social Forum: Multitude versus Empire?Notes; Works Cited; Index

Notă biografică

Patrick Brantlinger is James Rudy Professor of English (Emeritus) at Indiana University Bloomington. His books include The Reading Lesson: The Threat of Mass Literacy in Nineteenth-Century British Fiction (IUP, 1998); Bread and Circuses: Theories of Mass Culture as Social Decay; Crusoe s Footprints: Cultural Studies in Britain and America; Who Killed Shakespeare? What s Happened to English since the Radical Sixties; and Taming Cannibals: Race and the Victorians."

Recenzii

"A good read, as can be expected from this author. The themes are pertinent, the treatments are well-researched, the judgment is balanced, the style is sober. While the essays are wide ranging, the contents cohere by virtue of Brantlinger's moral passion." - Jan Nederveen Pieterse, author of Is There Hope for Uncle Sam? and Globalization and Culture

"A good read, as can be expected from this author. The themes are pertinent, the treatments are well-researched, the judgment is balanced, the style is sober. While the essays are wide ranging, the contents cohere by virtue of Brantlinger's moral passion." --Jan Nederveen Pieterse, author of Is There Hope for Uncle Sam? and Globalization and Culture--Jan Nederveen Pieterse, author of Is There Hope for Uncle Sam? and Globalization and Culture

"This book is where a lifetime of liberal scholarly study leads one: to revolution. Using his perfect skills as historical archivist, cultural critic, and critical theorist, Brantlinger writes for those insulted and injured by neoliberal economic policies and capitalist modernity in language accessible for action." --Regenia Gagnier, author of Individualism, Decadence and Globalization: On the Relationship of Part to Whole--Regenia Gagnier, author of Individualism, Decadence and Globalization: On the Relationship of Part to Whole

This book is where a lifetime of liberal scholarly study leads one: to revolution. Using his perfect skills as historical archivist, cultural critic, and critical theorist, Brantlinger writes for those insulted and injured by neoliberal economic policies and capitalist modernity in language accessible for action.--Regenia Gagnier, author of Individualism, Decadence and Globalization: On the Relationship of Part to Whole

Descriere

An invigorating return to classic cultural studies with its concern for social justice and challenges to economic orthodoxy