English Studies/culture Studies

Institutionalizing Dissent

• Author(s): Isaiah Smithson, Nancy Ruff,
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Pages: 229
• ISBN_10: 0252063988
  ISBN_13: 9780252063985
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , Literary Criticism / General , Political Science / Human Rights , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... The phrase 'English studies/culture studies' denotes a shift from the New Critical concept of the text and the reader--separable from each other and from their culture--to an affirmation that texts, writers, readers, and culture are intertwined. Teachers working within culture studies accept that they are working with multiple, expanding canons and with students who are increasingly aware of diverse ethnic heritages. Marxism, feminism, and cultural critique are major influences: so are ethnic studies programs and the British cultural studies movement.