Interdisciplinary essays on the role of high theory in politics and popular culture.

Applies Foucault's ideas to a cultural studies framework.

A postmodernist metacritical look at theories of African literature.

Examines both the benign and harmful aspects of identity politics.

Traces the history of mind-body dualism.

Explores the ways that stereotypes of heterosexuality are portrayed and constructed in film.

Explores how whiteness is culturally constructed in American films.

Explores women's place in sport and exercise from a socioculture perspective.

Shows the inseparability of textuality, materiality, and history in discussions of the body.

Addresses the place of addiction in modern art, literature, philosophy, and psychology, including its effects on the works of such thinkers and writers as Heidegger, Nietzsche, DeQuincey, Breton, and Burroughs.

Addresses the relationship between modernity and social theory by looking at the works of Parsons, Goffman, and Garfinkel.

Develops a rigorous theory of narrative as apost-deconstructive model for interpretation.

Argues that Foucault's work employs a conception of subjectivity that is well-suited for feminist theory and politics.

Treats French cuisine as a "fine art," offering both historical background as well as a deep analysis of the social, political, and aesthetic aspects of cuisine and taste.

By exploring the work of the Frankfurt school today, this book helps to define the very field of cultural studies.

An interdisciplinary reader exploring issues related to diversity, multiculturalism, and social justice.

Uses the Sydney Olympics as a prism through which to explore recent Olympic scandals, media coverage, reform efforts, and controversies.

Examines Lacan's key seminar on sexual difference, knowledge, desire, and love.

Original essays explore the thought and influence of philosopher, educator, social critic, and theologian Ivan Illich.

Examines liberatory learning practices in the contemporary composition classroom.

Confronts the cultural challenges of globalization.

Explores the post-Enlightenment obsession with apocalyptic endings.

Shows how our cultural misconceptions about the body distort its capacities and lead to personal and social ills.

Embraces the leading edge in critical race theory.

Challenges the accepted model, and builds a politically sensitive notion of generosity.