In Near Ruins: Cultural Theory at the End of the Century - Tapa blanda

Dirks, Nicholas B.

 
9780816631230: In Near Ruins: Cultural Theory at the End of the Century
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ISBN 10: 0816631239 ISBN 13: 9780816631230
Editorial: University of Minnesota Press, 1998

Sinopsis

A group of leading scholars considers the current state of cultural analysis.

If culture is suspect, what of cultural theory? At a moment when culture’s traditional caretakers-humanism, philosophy, anthropology, and the nation-state-are undergoing crisis and mutation, this volume charts the tensions and contradictions in the development and deployment of the concept of culture.

Skeptical of the concept of culture but fascinated with cultural forms, the authors take up diverse topics, from debates over sexuality in the contemporary United States to relations between empire, capitalism, and gender in nineteenth-century Britain; from poverty in U.S. inner cities to violence in war-torn Sri Lanka; from the operation of nostalgia on cultural practices in Japan to anthropological forms of state power in Indonesia and the writing of history in India.

Linked by a common urge to think through the aesthetics and politics of particular social relations amid a variety of globalizing forces-revolution, colonialism, nationalism, and the disciplinary institutions of the academy itself-these writers contribute to the ongoing work of remapping the terrain of cultural analysis and reevaluating the stakes in such a daunting effort.

Contributors: Lauren Berlant, U of Chicago; E. Valentine Daniel, Columbia U; Marilyn Ivy, Columbia U; Robin D. G. Kelley, New York U; Laura Kipnis, Northwestern U; Marjorie Levinson, U of Michigan; Gyanendra Pandey, U of Delhi; John Pemberton, Columbia U; Adela Pinch, U of Michigan; Michael Taussig, Columbia U.

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320 pages 4 black-and-white photos, 3 figures 5 7/8 x 9 December

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Acerca del autor

Nicholas B. Dirks is chair of the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University, where he is professor of history and anthropology.

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Editorial
University of Minnesota Press
Año de publicación
1998
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0816631239
ISBN 13 
9780816631230
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Número de páginas
326
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