Culture and the Literary
Matter, Metaphor, Memory
1st Edition
Published on 26. January 2022
234 pages
979-8-7651-6972-8 (ISBN)
Description
Culture and the Literary is a study of how cultural codes are constructed, consumed and conveyed as represented in selected works of fiction and non-fiction.
Examining cultural studies as a discipline by revisiting some of its seminal figures, the book includes a study of selected literary as well as non-fictional texts. It offers a unique combination of three major theoretical frames: memory studies, thing theory, and affect studies.
Drawing on fictional representations, theoretical frames and historical events, this book aims to provide a unique perspective into how culture as a phenomenon is represented, reified and re-membered in the world we inhabit today.
Examining cultural studies as a discipline by revisiting some of its seminal figures, the book includes a study of selected literary as well as non-fictional texts. It offers a unique combination of three major theoretical frames: memory studies, thing theory, and affect studies.
Drawing on fictional representations, theoretical frames and historical events, this book aims to provide a unique perspective into how culture as a phenomenon is represented, reified and re-membered in the world we inhabit today.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-6972-8 (9798765169728)
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Book
02/2022
Rowman & Littlefield International
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Person
Avishek Parui is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras and the founding chairperson of the Indian Network for Memory Studies (INMS).
Content
Introduction
1. Culture, Commodity, and Colonial Identity
2. Culture, Memory, and History
3. Culture, Consumption, and Technology
4. Race, Medicine, Matter, and Metaphor
Conclusion
Index
1. Culture, Commodity, and Colonial Identity
2. Culture, Memory, and History
3. Culture, Consumption, and Technology
4. Race, Medicine, Matter, and Metaphor
Conclusion
Index
