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In rethinking questions of identity, social agency and national affiliation, Bhabha provides a working, if controversial, theory of cultural ... More

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This book extends the theme of Raymond Williams's earlier work in literary and cultural analysis. He analyzes previous contributions to a Marxist ... More

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First published in 1966, this celebrated book--Sontag's first collection of essays--quickly became a modern classic, and has had an enormous ... More

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This study of sexuality and decadence in culture crosses the boundaries of literature, art, psychology and religion, from antiquity to Wilde and ... More

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Acknowledged as perhaps "the" masterpiece of materialist criticism in the English language, this omnibus ranges over British literary history from ... More

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A bestseller in France, where it was originally published, this supremely erudite book draws together folkloric, literary, and artistic sources and ... More

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Mass literacy has opened new worlds to new readers. How far has it also been exploited to debase standards and behaviour? Have the magazines, books ... More

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This volume provides a broad analysis of the term 'discourse' and a thorough examination of the many theoretical assumptions surrounding it. In the ... More

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Following the death of Raman Selden, Widdowson has substantially revised this text. New material has been added on key areas of literary theory, and ... More

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Colonialism/Postcolonialism is a comprehensive yet accessible guide to the historical and theoretical dimensions of colonial and postcolonial studies ... More

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Raymond Williams was one of the world's leading cultural critics. With this book, Williams brilliantly documents the exciting birth of the popular ... More

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What are the political implications of a feminist critical practice? How do the problems of the literary text relate to the priorities and ... More

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For more than 40 years, Marx's work focused on technology and culture in 19th- and 20th-century America. This edition celebrates the anniversary of ... More

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In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote "Illness as Metaphor," a classic work described by "Newsweek" as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer ... More

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A field-defining collection that consolidates thinking and builds momentum in the burgeoning area of affect studies.

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Provides an in-depth introduction to debates within post-colonial theory and criticism. The many contributors include Frantz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral, ... More

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Edith Wharton, Virginia Woolf, Katherine Mansfield, Jean Rhys, Christina Stead, Djuna Barnes, Violet Trefusis, Jane Bowles, Simone de Beauvoir, ... More

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An argument that the sensation of speed (made available to many through the mass-produced automobile) was the quintessential way that people ... More

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This text is an examination of the fantasies concocted around conditions such as cancer and tuberculosis in our cultural history. The author argues ... More

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No one raises an eyebrow if you suggest that a guy who arranges his furniture just so, rolls his eyes in exaggerated disbelief, likes techno music or ... More

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What is at stake in male homo/heterosexual definition? Grounded in gay theory and politics and offering new paradigms for them, Sedgwick's book ... More

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A collection of theoretical writings by Monique Wittig, described as one of the most important and influential contemporary French feminist writers. ... More

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Ten years of research back up the bold new theory advanced by authors Thomason and Kaufman, who rescue the study of contact-induced language change ... More

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Clearly, the author of the bestselling You Just Don't Understand posseses wonderful insights into how and why women and men so often misunderstand ... More

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Ellis questions the assumption that cinema and television are interchangeable media. He sees cinema and broadcast TV not as competitive media, but as ... More

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