Creativity and academic activism : instituting cultural studies

Morris, Meaghan. (Added Author). Hjort, Mette. (Added Author).

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ISBN: 9781932643206 (hardback)
ISBN: 1932643206 (hardback)
ISBN: 9781932643022 (paperback)
ISBN: 1932643028 (paperback)
ISBN: 9789888139392 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9888139398 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9789888139408 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9888139401 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xii, 297 p. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Durham ; London : Duke University Press ; Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-282) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The desire for cultural studies / Tejaswini Niranjana -- Social movements, cultural studies, and institutions : On the shifting conditions of practices / Kuan-Hsing Chen -- Life of a parasite : one survival story in cultural studies / Josephine Ho -- The assessment game : on institutions that punch above their weight, and why the quality of the work environment also matters / Mette Hjort -- Three tough questions of cultural studies : the case of the Program in Cultural Studies at the University of Shanghai / Wang Xiaoming -- Doing cultural studies : critique, pedagogy, and the pragmatics of cultural education in Hong Kong / Stephen Ching-Kiu Chan -- Coordinates, confusions, and cultural studies / Dai Jinhua -- Uses of media culture, usefulness of media culture studies : beyond brand nationalism into public dialogue / Koichi iwabuchi -- Way out on a nut / Douglas Crimp -- Who needs human rights? cultural studies and public institutions / John Nguyet Erni -- From gatekeepers to gateways: pragmatism, politics, sexuality, and cultural policy in creative Singapore / Audrey yue -- Culture, Institution, Conduct: Th e Perspective of Metaculture / Tony Bennett.