Cultural Studies

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

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  Everyone Feels Deeply Alabamian

  Cameron Engwall talks with Alexis Okeowo about her second book, “Blessings and Disasters: A Story of Alabama.”

  Cameron EngwallNov 11

  • Cultural Studies

  • Memoir & Essay

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  Hello, Kitty; Goodbye, Illusions

  Minjie Chen takes a journey through China’s shadowlands in “Hello, Kitty and Other Stories” by Anne Stevenson-Yang.

  Minjie ChenNov 10

  • Fiction

  • Cultural Studies

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  Rebel Without a Clue

  Elizabeth Alsop picks up the trail of Kelly Reichardt’s alienated art thief in “The Mastermind.”

  Elizabeth AlsopNov 7

  • Film

  • Cultural Studies

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  Disenchanted Enchantment

  Jordan Williamson investigates Derek Lee’s “Parascientific Revolutions: The Science and Culture of the Paranormal” and Joshua Comaroff’s “Spectropolis: The Enchantment of Capital in Singapore.”

  Jordan WilliamsonNov 6

  • Philosophy & Religion

  • Cultural Studies

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  Sound Epistemology

  Alexander Billet listens to Damon Krukowski’s “Why Sound Matters.”

  Alexander BilletNov 2

  • Cultural Studies

  • Music

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  The Cancel-Culture Canard

  Emmet Fraizer considers Adam Szetela’s “That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing.”

  Emmet FraizerOct 26

  • Cultural Studies

  • Politics

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  Common Roots

  Martin Dolan explores labor, trade, and shared humanity in Craig Thompson’s “Ginseng Roots.”

  Martin DolanOct 12

  • Comics

  • Memoir & Essay

  • Cultural Studies

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  F— Being Hard, De La Soul Is Complicated

  Oliver Wang speaks with two De La Soul biographers, Dave Heaton and Marcus J. Moore, about their respective portrayals of the rap group’s complex legacy.

  Oliver WangSep 30

  • Music

  • Cultural Studies

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  Proletarians of the Screen

  Helena Aeberli investigates the aesthetics of memes and trash essays in Joanna Walsh’s “Amateurs! How We Built Internet Culture and Why It Matters.”

  Helena AeberliSep 25

  • Cultural Studies

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  Vous écoutez RFI

  Anna Gaca finally understands French, in a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”

  Anna GacaSep 22

  • LARB Lit

  • Cultural Studies

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  The Goldilocks of Bothsidesism

  Robert N. Watson investigates Thomas Chatterton Williams’s “Summer of Our Discontent: The Age of Certainty and the Demise of Discourse.”

  Robert N. WatsonSep 22

  • Cultural Studies

  • Politics

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  Expats Dream About China’s City of Sin

  Jeremy Murray reviews Paul French’s “Destination Macao.”

  Jeremy MurraySep 20

  • History

  • Cultural Studies