Cultural Studies

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

Black Left, Black List
“Let’s imagine…a history in which words like 'leftist,' 'radical,' and 'communist' did not summon instant skepticism if not scorn; a world in which these terms could sustain real dialogue.”
Kate BaldwinMar 25, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- History
Hatchet to Hatchet, Dust (Jacket) to Dust: Reading The New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller List
Zach Dorfman on the NYT Nonfiction Bestseller List.
Zach DorfmanMar 17, 2015
- Cultural Studies
Winchester Cathedral
A new installment in Deanne Stillman's "Letter from the West" series.
Deanne StillmanMar 17, 2015
- Cultural Studies
The View from Dover
David Herd on the Dover Immigration Removal Centre.
David HerdMar 3, 2015
- Cultural Studies
The Tao of Angelyne: On Temple Grandin, H. G. Wells, and Being “It”
"Some people look at me and think of a Barbie doll, others see me and think of a porn star. You see me as a rebel because that’s how you think."
Bonnie JohnsonFeb 12, 2015
- Cultural Studies
Incest’s History
Brian ConnollyFeb 11, 2015
- Cultural Studies
After Translation
Michael Leong examines Ignacio Infante's "After Translation: The Transfer and Circulation of Modern Poetics Across the Atlantic."
Michael LeongFeb 5, 2015
Fabulous!
"It takes guts to write about a serious subject with a sense of humor."
Jonathan ShapiroJan 21, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Law
Before the Fourth Wall: Reading “New World Drama”
If the theatrical performances of colonial America looked different than those of our own, did they mean something different, too?
Duncan FahertyJan 16, 2015
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
Humanitarian Intervention at Home
Relating "whether Ferguson demonstrators are mostly marauding looters or merely exercising their freedom of speech" to United States foreign policy.
Hawa AllanJan 7, 2015
- Cultural Studies
G-Men as Literary Critics
"F.B. Eyes" shows the canon of modern black literature to have been powerfully — and dialogically — shaped by Hoover’s ghostreaders.
Gayle RogersJan 7, 2015
- Cultural Studies
Suicidal Thoughts: The Creative Lives and Tragic Deaths of a Prince and a Pauper
Nancy Spiller reacts to the suicides of Les Plesko and Robin Williams.
Nancy SpillerDec 30, 2014
- Cultural Studies