Cultural Studies

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

Speaking Substances: Bodies
The Oglala Lakota chief Red Cloud, who lived from 1822–1909, is distinguished by two unusual superlatives.
Kyla SchullerMar 23, 2016
Islam’s Forgotten Booklovers
Nile Green on the literary, critical, avant-garde, and unorthodox voices that have always been part of Muslim societies.
Nile GreenMar 16, 2016
Two Decades of Hip
Too glib an analysis of a complex time.
Robert FayMar 11, 2016
- Cultural Studies
Sexual Ableism
Fighting sexual ableism doesn't mean ignoring abuse or exonerating Anna Stubblefield.
David M. PerryFeb 25, 2016
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
On Shit: Profanity as Weltanschauung
The first time you hear your beloved 10-year-old say motherfucker: well, on that day something changes. Why does it disturb us so?
Mark EdmundsonDec 29, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
The Opium Wars, Neoliberalism, and the Anthropocene
David Palumbo-Liu interviews author and cultural critic Amitav Ghosh.
David Palumbo-LiuDec 28, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Left Behind: Why Marxists Need Anarchists, and Vice Versa
Any history of anarchism — like Andrew Cornell's new book "Unruly Equality" — is a third-place history of leftism.
Malcolm HarrisDec 20, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Faith and Fat Chances: An Interview with Carla Trujillo
Carla Trujillo interviewed by Alex Espinoza
Alex EspinozaDec 19, 2015
- Cultural Studies
The Return of the Repressed
Arabic is one of the six most spoken languages in the world today, with more than 400 million people using one of its varieties.
Kaya GençDec 11, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
Dear Parents: Everything You Need to Know About Your Son and Daughter’s University But Don’t
Universities, in the interest of increasing enrollments (= money), are willing to flatter you and your children so shamelessly …
Ron SrigleyDec 9, 2015
Paris: A Tale of Two Cities
"What strikes us today as terrifyingly new would in 1914 strike many Parisians, mutatis mutandis, as little more than déjà vu."
Robert ZaretskyDec 7, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- History
Spoiler Alerts: Three Books on Trash
Three very different recent books meditate on the unruly accumulation of things. Objects circulate in these books; stuff gets around.
Suzanne FischerNov 29, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology