Texts : Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches.
Title:
Texts : Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches.
Author:
Childs, Peter.
ISBN:
9780748629183
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (186 pages)
Contents:
COVER -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION: STARTING POINTS -- CHAPTER 1 FILM: THE MATRIX AND THE I-POD -- CHAPTER 2 BUILDING: SHOPPING IN UTOPIA -- CHAPTER 3 MOVIE POSTER: ALIEN NATURE -- CHAPTER 4 POP VIDEO: MICHAEL JACKSON'S 'THRILLER' AND 'RACE' -- CHAPTER 5 CELEBRITY: DIANA AND DEATH -- CHAPTER 6 TV SHOW: BIG BROTHER AFTER THE BIG OTHER -- CHAPTER 7 NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: THE GULF WAR IN REAL TIME AND VIRTUAL SPACE -- CHAPTER 8 PHOTOGRAPH(ER): CINDY SHERMAN AND THE MASQUERADE -- CHAPTER 9 POLITICAL SPEECH: MARGARET THATCHER'S HYMN AT THE SERMON ON THE MOUND -- CHAPTER 10 CRITICAL TEXT: ALAN SOKAL'S SHAM TRANSGRESSION -- CHAPTER 11 POPULAR NOVEL: THE ETHICS OF HARRY POTTER -- CHAPTER 12 SHORT STORY: BARTHELME'S BALLOON AND THE RHIZOME -- CHAPTER 13 LYRIC: 'WHERE'S MY SNARE?': EMINEM AND SYLVIA PLATH -- CHAPTER 14 AUTOBIOGRAPHY: MARTIN AMIS'S EXPERIENCE -- CHAPTER 15 VIRTUAL TEXT: AMAZONIAN DEMOCRACY -- CHAPTER 16 WORLD MEDIA EVENT: IT'S ABOUT TIME: CULTURAL HISTORY AT THE MILLENNIUM -- INDEX.
Abstract:
Texts is a new kind of book which shows students how to use literary theory to approach a wide range of literary, cultural and media texts of the kind studied on todayâs courses.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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