Cultural Studies

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

Rethinking Infidelity: Skye C. Cleary Interviews Esther Perel
Skye C. Cleary talks to renowned therapist Esther Perel about her new book, "The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity."
Skye C. ClearyOct 28, 2017
- Cultural Studies
No Fences Make the Best Neighbors: Collective Home Ownership, Kibbutz to Cohousing
Bonnie Johnson looks at intentional communities and asks: just how communal are they?
Bonnie JohnsonOct 25, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Cultural Studies
Coffee as Existential Statement: A Crisis in Every Cup on Valencia Street
Theodore Gioia provides a culinary and cultural tour of the coffee shops on San Francisco’s Valencia Street.
Theodore GioiaOct 23, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Food & Drink
We Can’t Stem the Tide of Language Death
Laura McPherson on the importance of documenting endangered languages before they vanish.
Laura McPhersonOct 19, 2017
How Women Talk: Heather Wood Rudulph Interviews Deborah Tannen
Heather Wood Rudulph talks to professor Deborah Tannen about her latest, "You’re the Only One I Can Tell: Inside the Language of Women’s Friendships."
Heather Wood RudulphOct 11, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
Between Tragedy and Opportunity: Lynne B. Sagalyn’s “Power at Ground Zero”
Stephen Petrus surveys “Power at Ground Zero” by Lynne B. Sagalyn.
Stephen PetrusOct 10, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Cultural Studies
The Art of Embarrassment and the Embarrassment of Art
Jamie Carragher contemplates the relationship between embarrassment and art.
Jamie CarragherOct 8, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Cultural Studies
Down with the English Language!
Colin Marshall looks at books by Minae Mizumura and Aamir R. Mufti that lament the rise of global English.
Colin MarshallOct 5, 2017
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Culture Is Armor: On Adam Gopnik and the Necessity of the Cultural Intellectual
On Adam Gopnik as a public intellectual.
Cody DelistratyOct 5, 2017
Regarding the Pain of Trump
What Susan Sontag might say about Trump’s response to the Syrian Civil War.
Rebecca ChaceSep 30, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
“The End Is Where We Start From”: On Evan Kindley’s “Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture”
Bradley Babendir reviews Evan Kindley’s “Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture.”
Bradley BabendirSep 25, 2017
On “Coming of Age”: Margaret Mead’s Correspondence and the Biographical Problem
Deborah Blum’s new biography of anthropologist Margaret Mead poses questions about the ethical underpinnings of early fieldwork and the genre of biography.
Megan TuslerSep 23, 2017