Culture and Power in Cultural Studies

The Politics of Signification

Bibliographic Data

ID19908948
AuthorsJennifer Storey (0000-0002-7197-9901, corresponding author), John Storey
Year2010
Publication date2010-02-28
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueCulture and Power in Cultural Studies (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherEdinburgh University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1515/9780748641673
OpenAlexW1487390728
ISBN9780748641673
Open LibraryOL37117492M
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited2

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748640157); Culture and Power in Cultural Studies is a collection of John Storey's best and most significant contributions to the field of cultural studies, spanning 25 years. Covering a variety of topics, all chapters share a common focus on culture and power and the politics of signification: the struggle to define social reality; to give the world and its contents meaning in particular ways to generate desired effects of power. Chapters are informed by history and organised by theory, and have been revised and rewritten to create an engaging volume. Twelve chapters expand and elaborate certain key ideas, themes and issues to be found in the author's cultural studies textbooks, providing an essential reference for those looking for further exemplification of these key areas of study. Each with a different subject matter and method of argument, the chapters demonstrate how signification and the struggle over meaning is fundamental to the processes of hegemony. The collection fixes its critical gaze on how particular meanings acquire their authority and legitimacy, knowing that dominant modes of making the world meaningful are a fundamental aspect of the processes of hegemony

Power (physics) · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Studies · Globalization and Cultural Identity · History · Culture · Power (Social sciences)

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