Contemporary cultural theory1991

A fully revised edition of this highly regarded concise introduction to cultural theory.The past twenty years have witnessed an extraordinary expansion of interest in cultural theory and in cultural studies, much of it self-consciously 'radical' in political intent and purpose. Contemporary Cultural Theory is designed both as a general introduction to the increasingly complex international debates within this burgeoning field, and as a deliberately controversial, at times polemical, intervention into current debate in Australia itself. Contemporary Cultural Theory identifies six alternative paradigms in cultural studies: utilitarianism, culturalism, marxism, structuralism, feminism and postmodernism. It explores how each of these have been imported into Australia: utilitarianism through...