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Overview
Representation, subjectivity and sexuality continue to be central to scholarly inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. Deciphering Culture explores their relationship, each author taking a distinct approach to the concept of 'curiosity' as a way of deciphering the working of particular cultural formations. In the process they address a variety of topics including:
* the historical formation of subjectivities, identities and differences
* cultural conduct and habits of the self
* everyday cultures and negotiation
* consumption and the body
* memory, history and autobiography
* the ethics of critical and textual inquiry.
This fascinating book will appeal to students and academics from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences and cultural studies.
Synopsis
Representation, subjectivity and sexuality continue to be central to scholarly inquiry in the humanities and social sciences. Deciphering Culture explores their relationship, each author taking a distinct approach to the concept of 'curiosity' as a way of deciphering the working of particular cultural formations. In the process they address a variety of topics including:
* the historical formation of subjectivities, identities and differences
* cultural conduct and habits of the self
* everyday cultures and negotiation
* consumption and the body
* memory, history and autobiography
* the ethics of critical and textual inquiry.
This fascinating book will appeal to students and academics from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds in the social sciences and cultural studies.
Booknews
Crisp (culture studies, Griffith University), Ferres (humanities, Griffith University), and Swanson (cultural studies, University of the West of England) explore the relationship between representation, subjectivity, and sexuality. Focusing on the way representations are used in practices and narratives of self formation, they develop the concept of "curiosity" as a way of deciphering the working of distinct cultural formations. They specifically consider questions of knowledge and authority, reading and decipherment, and the ethics of critical inquiry. Each author takes a distinct approach, using examples from the visual arts, literature, popular culture, and cultural history, and examines issues of gender and cultural difference. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)