Cultural Studies

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

Shades of Beige
Shannon Luders-Manuel talks to Tara Betts about her anthology "The Beiging of America," co-edited with Cathy J. Schlund-Vials and Sean Frederick Forbes.
Shannon Luders-ManuelAug 8, 2017
- Cultural Studies
David Shields’s “Reality Hunger” in the Age of Trump; or, How to Write Now
Stephen Marche reflects on David Shields’s “Reality Hunger” in the age of Trump and the post-fact.
Stephen MarcheAug 5, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Gaming Gone Queer
A new collection of essays probes how queerness intersects with the video game as an industry and an art form.
Marcus Tran DegnanAug 3, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
The Internet Wars Come to Print
A new book on the internet memes and curious logic of modern agitprop conservatism.
Peter BerardJul 30, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Dialectic of Dark Enlightenments: The Alt-Right’s Place in the Culture Industry
Did the professional managerial class give us the alt-right? Catherine Liu on Angela Nagle's "Kill All Normies."
Catherine LiuJul 30, 2017
Not with a Bang, but a Retweet: The Rise of the Alt-Right
Jacqui Shine reviews one of the first histories of the alt-right.
Jacqui ShineJul 30, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
The Uses of Beauty: On “Daughters of the Dust” and Diasporic Inheritance
The Sea Islands might seem like a small place. But every point in diaspora is the cutting edge if you have the nerve to touch it.
Carina del Valle SchorskeJul 21, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Film
When Progress Ebbs: Career Women at the Turn of the 20th Century
Radha Vatsal muses on the shifting contours of social progress for women.
Radha VatsalJul 11, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
Cottage Industry: On “Dead Pledges: Debt, Crisis, and Twenty-First-Century Culture”
In "Dead Pledges," Annie McClanahan uncovers how cultural production after 2008 registers a new crisis subjectivity in the wake of the mortgage meltdown.
Sofia CutlerJul 9, 2017
Learning from Mistakes: Howard S. Becker’s “Evidence”
Ben Merriman reviews Howard S. Becker’s “Evidence,” on the conduct of sociological research.
Ben MerrimanJun 25, 2017
- Cultural Studies
Above and Below the Fruited Plain: On Edward McPherson’s “The History of the Future”
A trip through the contemporary American landscape featuring portraits of eight different cities by a creative writing professor.
Tom ZoellnerJun 23, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Facing the Feminist in the Mirror: On Sara Ahmed’s “Living a Feminist Life”
In all the messiness of Sara Ahmed's "Living a Feminist Life," it offers more than a healthy start.
Mariam RahmaniJun 6, 2017