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The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital
Lowe
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Description for The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital
Paperback. Global in scope, but refusing a familiar totalising theoretical framework, this title demonstrates how localised and resistant social practices - including anti-colonial and feminist struggles, peasant revolts, labour organising, and various cultural movements - challenge contemporary capitalism as a highly differentiated mode of production. Editor(s): Lowe, Lisa; Lloyd, David. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: JFC; JH; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Global in scope, but refusing a familiar totalizing theoretical framework, the essays in The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital demonstrate how localized and resistant social practices—including anticolonial and feminist struggles, peasant revolts, labor organizing, and various cultural movements—challenge contemporary capitalism as a highly differentiated mode of production.
Reworking Marxist critique, these essays on Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe advance a new understanding of "cultural politics" within the context of transnational neocolonial capitalism. This perspective contributes to an overall critique of traditional approaches to modernity, development, and linear liberal narratives of culture, history, and ... Read more
Global in scope, but refusing a familiar totalizing theoretical framework, the essays in The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital demonstrate how localized and resistant social practices—including anticolonial and feminist struggles, peasant revolts, labor organizing, and various cultural movements—challenge contemporary capitalism as a highly differentiated mode of production.
Reworking Marxist critique, these essays on Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, North America, and Europe advance a new understanding of "cultural politics" within the context of transnational neocolonial capitalism. This perspective contributes to an overall critique of traditional approaches to modernity, development, and linear liberal narratives of culture, history, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
Series
Post-Contemporary Interventions
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822320463
SKU
V9780822320463
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About Lowe
Lisa Lowe is Samuel Knight Professor of American Studies at Yale University and author of Immigrant Acts, published by Duke University Press. David Lloyd is Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities at Scripps College, Claremont and author of Anomalous States, also published by Duke University Press.
Reviews for The Politics of Culture in the Shadow of Capital
“Lowe and Lloyd bring together studies on contemporary histories and cultures from all over the world to show where and how they defy or escape prevailing theories, whether liberal, Marxist, or postmodern. The emphasis on the diverse and the singular is a welcome corrective to the globalizing pretensions of much recent theorization.”—Partha Chatterjee, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta ... Read more