Coverpage; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgment; 1 Introduction; 2 Culture and Its Outside; 3 What's the Matter with Materialism(s)?; 4 Cultural Theory After the Contemporary; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Contemporary cultural studies have marginalized "agency," namely the power of people to shape social life. Here, Stephen Tumino offers a new materialist challenge to these tendencies and articulates an internationalist cultural theory that puts global agency at the forefront of cultural analysis