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Author Babe, Robert E.

Title Cultural studies and political economy : toward a new integration / Robert E. Babe
Published Lanham, MD : Lexington Books, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (1 volume)
Series Critical media studies
Critical media studies.
Contents Genealogy of political economy -- Genealogy of cultural studies -- The colloquy revisited -- Genealogy of poststructuralist cultural studies and the political economy of media scholarship -- Environment and pecuniary culture -- Time and space -- Semiotics and the dialectic of information -- Keeping the portals open: Poster vs. Innis
Summary This book addresses the notorious split between the two fields of cultural studies and political economy. Drawing on the works of Harold Innis, Theodor Adorno, Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart, E.P. Thompson, and other major theorists in the two fields, Robert E. Babe shows that political economy can be reconciled to certain aspects of cultural studies, particularly with regards to cultural materialism. Uniting the two fields has proven to be a complex undertaking though it makes practical sense, giventhe close interaction between political economy and cultural studies. Babe examines the evol
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Economics -- Sociological aspects.
Cultural industries -- Social aspects
Mass media -- Economic aspects
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Cultural industries -- Social aspects.
Economics -- Sociological aspects.
Mass media -- Economic aspects.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780739131985
0739131982