Cultural Studies

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

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  From Outer Space, or Something: Fantasizing Capital in Contemporary Hip-Hop

  Rappers like Rick Ross, Jay-Z, and Kanye West use fantasy to challenge the duty to represent lack within black life.

  Ismail MuhammadOct 14, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Music

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  Postcommunist Cartography: Agata Pyzik’s “Poor but Sexy”

  Agata Pyzik’s Poor but Sexy attempts an ambitious continental psychogeography, examining the historical legacy of communism in Eastern and Western Europe.

  Ross WolfeOct 10, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

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  Is College Still Worth It?

  “Our failing colleges” got the A-side listing. The B-side, “our failing pragmatism: how a market focus hurt college learning” — never got played.

  Christopher NewfieldSep 29, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Education

  • Remaking the University

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  On Risk and Personal Belief

  Fear paralyzes, irrationality kills.

  Susan McCallum-SmithSep 29, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Memoir & Essay

  • Science & Technology

• A Truthy Critique of American Higher Ed

  "Excellent Sheep" enters a conversation that is well worth engaging — if only because public opinion, stoked with Deresiewicz-style fables passing as fact, has the power to do great harm.

  Kevin DettmarSep 25, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Education

• White People Problems: A Critical Response to William Deresiewicz’s “Excellent Sheep”

  Deresiewicz is angry about the miseducation of young people at prestigious universities. He is also, according to Douglas Greenberg, “making shit up.”

  Douglas GreenbergSep 25, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

• Life, Prison, and the Pursuit of Happiness

  Priyanka KumarAug 22, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Law

• Capitalizing on “The Body”

  By now you’ve probably heard the news: Marx is back on trend.

  Ed CohenJul 25, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Philosophy & Religion

• Feminism and the “50 Shades” Hangover

  Neither of these books is about "50 Shades of Grey," not really. They are about the state of women. How, they ask, is feminism working for you?

  Jessa CrispinJul 15, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Gender & Sexuality

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  Unalienated Uncreativity: An Interview with Kenneth Goldsmith

  Claire LuchetteJun 28, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

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  Going Up?

  Without the “vertical railways” of the elevator, not only would cities like New York, Tokyo, and Hong Kong bear no architectural resemblance to their current forms, they would also be radically different social spaces.

  Ariana KellyJun 9, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

• Culture Shock: The Problem of Juvenile Justice

  The prison system as a whole isn’t working, particularly so for juvenile detention centers.

  Jessica PishkoJun 2, 2014

  • Cultural Studies

  • Law