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Texts: Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches

By Peter Childs

Book information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2007
ISBN
0748620435, 9780748620432, 9780748629183
Open Library ID
OL7964244M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
651 kB (666287 bytes)
Pages
186\186
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

Texts shows students how to use literary theory to approach a wide range of literary, cultural, and media texts ranging from short stories, autobiographies, political speeches, websites, and lyrics to such films as The Matrix and Harry Potter, to television shows like Big Brother, and to shopping malls, celebrities, and rock videos. Each chapter combines an introduction to the text and aspects of its critical reception with an analysis using one of sixteen key approaches, including established angles like feminism, postcolonial studies, and deconstruction to newer areas such as ecocriticism, trauma theory, and ethical criticism. Texts provides students with an innovative introduction to contemporary culture.

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