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Postcolonial Studies Meets Media Studies: A Critical Encounter
Kai Merten
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Description for Postcolonial Studies Meets Media Studies: A Critical Encounter
Paperback. Editor(s): Merten, Kai; Kramer, Lucia. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: HBTR; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
The book brings together experts from Media and Communication Studies with Postcolonial Studies scholars to illustrate how the two fields may challenge and enrich each other. Its essays introduce readers to selected topics including "Media Convergence", "Transcultural Subjectivity", "Hegemony", "Piracy" and "Media History and Colonialism". Drawing on examples from film, literature, music, TV and the internet, the contributors investigate the transnational dimensions in today's media, engage with local and global media politics and discuss media outlets as economic agents, thus illustrating mechanisms of power in postcolonial and neo-colonial mediascapes.
The book brings together experts from Media and Communication Studies with Postcolonial Studies scholars to illustrate how the two fields may challenge and enrich each other. Its essays introduce readers to selected topics including "Media Convergence", "Transcultural Subjectivity", "Hegemony", "Piracy" and "Media History and Colonialism". Drawing on examples from film, literature, music, TV and the internet, the contributors investigate the transnational dimensions in today's media, engage with local and global media politics and discuss media outlets as economic agents, thus illustrating mechanisms of power in postcolonial and neo-colonial mediascapes.
Product Details
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
262
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783837632941
SKU
V9783837632941
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99-1
About Kai Merten
Kai Merten is Professor of British Literature at the University of Erfurt, Germany.
Reviews for Postcolonial Studies Meets Media Studies: A Critical Encounter
"This volume is a methodologically diverse and knowledgeable cornucopia ofinsights into one of the most vibrant and essential fields of contemporary media studies." Eckart Voigts, Anglistik, 28/1 (2017)