Cultural Studies

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Mexico's Ruins

Explores the trope of modernity in García Ponce’s writings.

In-Between Bodies

Connects theories of sexual difference to race and queer theories through a focus on “in-between” bodies.

Seoul Searching

Korean cinema as industry, art form, and cultural product.

Listening and Voice

By Don Ihde
Subjects: Cultural Studies

New and expanded edition of the now classic study in the phenomenology of sound.

Beer, Babes, and Balls

Looks at contemporary sports talk radio and its relations to both traditional and newer forms of masculinity.

Out of Play

A revealing look at gender issues in contemporary sport.

Apocalyptic Dread

The power and presence of dread in recent American cinema.

From Kung Fu to Hip Hop

Explores the revolutionary potential of Bruce Lee and hip hop culture in the context of antiglobalization struggles and transnational capitalism.

The German Invention of Race

Illuminates the emergence of race as a central concept in philosophy and the social sciences.

Etiquette

Brings etiquette into dialogue with ethics.

Modeling Life

A fascinating consideration of the work of life models and the models’ own perspectives on their craft.

The Melancholy Android

Explores the cultural significance of androids.

Detecting Men

Looks at how detective films have reflected and shaped our ideas about masculinity, heroism, law and order, and national identity.

The Bodily Dimension in Thinking

An ontology of bodily being featuring Plato, Nietzsche, Scheler, Merleau-Ponty, Heidegger, and Foucault.

Rhine Crossings

Explores the unique and volatile relationship of these two nations and cultures over the past two centuries, as expressed in literature, film, and philosophy.

The Language of the Eyes

Recovers a dynamic women’s tradition of vision and sexuality, challenging Darwinian and Freudian accounts of women as nonvisual sexual agents.

Become Who You Are

Two texts—one novella and one essay—that exemplify Dohm’s passionate arguments for gender equality.

Roll Over Adorno

Moves from Beethoven to Buffy to examine the blurred nexus of elite and popular culture in the twenty-first century.

Nietzsche and Embodiment

Examines the significance of Nietzsche’s writings for contemporary debates about embodiment.

Empire and Poetic Voice

Explores the relation of post-colonization authors to literary traditions.

On Jameson

Edited by Caren Irr & Ian Buchanan
Subjects: Cultural Studies

Offers an interrogation of Jameson's critical legacy.

Deconstructing Sport History

Presents a broad spectrum of critical approaches that question traditional sport history.

AIDS and American Apocalypticism

Looks at how both anti-gay and AIDS activists use apocalyptic language to describe the AIDS crisis.

Speaking the Lower Frequencies

Shows how using texts from popular culture in the classroom can help young people to become critical consumers of media without losing the pleasure they derive from it.