Cultural Studies

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

The Piety of Shinta Ratri: When Militant Islamists Attacked a Transgender Madrasa, They Attacked Pluralism Itself
Historically, many Indonesian sexual and gender minorities have lived with a mix of tolerance and prejudice.
Kyle KnightAug 11, 2016
Marie Antoinette’s Desk: The Hammer Biennial: “Made in L.A. 2016: a, the, though, only”
Victoria Dailey on The Hammer Biennial: "Made in L.A."
Victoria DaileyAug 3, 2016
- Art & Architecture
- Cultural Studies
The Lonely Hearts Club
Olivia Laing has found a canny, outward-facing architecture to hold up the viscous topic of loneliness.
Nora Caplan-BrickerJul 16, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Noise. Church. Flesh.: Or, For Coltrane Church, For Pulse
How is the production of noise a practice of religion — and of race?
Ashon T. CrawleyJul 13, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Religion
The Nomadic Humanities
A proposal for a new paradigm: the Nomadic Humanities.
Catharine R. StimpsonJul 12, 2016
St. Marks Isn’t Over, It’s Over For You: A Conversation With Ada Calhoun
In “St. Marks Is Dead”, writer Ada Calhoun traces 400 years of the street beginning with Peter Stuyvesant’s expansive farm to the karaoke bars of today.
Emily ColucciJun 16, 2016
- Cultural Studies
Fail, Fail Again, Fail Better
Dan Fox on why pretentiousness matters.
Jun 15, 2016
- Cultural Studies
The Tragedy of the Pit Bull
Tucker Coombe interviews Bronwen Dickey about her new book, “Pit Bull: The Battle over an American Icon”.
Tucker CoombeJun 13, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- History
Blame Ageism
How ugly is ageism in the United States?
Margaret Morganroth GulletteJun 8, 2016
- Cultural Studies
The Elephant in the Seminar Room: Should the PhD Be Saved?
A review of Leonard Cassuto’s "The Graduate School Mess: What Caused It and How We Can Fix It".
Stephen MilderMay 26, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Education
On National Tap Dance Day, May the Critics Hail: “Tap Dance Is Dead Right for Everybody!”
Thirty-six years after a historic gathering, the tap community still struggles to convince the general public that tap is “dead right for everybody.”
Constance Valis HillMay 20, 2016
- Cultural Studies
Beyond Resistance: Towards a Future History of Digital Humanities
In “Neoliberal Tools (and Archives),” Daniel Allington, Sarah Brouillette, and David Golumbia have produced a timely and trenchant critique.
Andrew Piper, Juliana Spahr, Richard SoMay 11, 2016
- Cultural Studies