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Cultural Studies and Political Economy

Toward a New Integration

Robert E. Babe

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English
Lexington Books
10 May 2010
This book addresses the notorious split between the two fields of cultural studies and political economy. Drawing on the works of Harold Innis, Theodor Adorno, Raymond Williams, Richard Hoggart, E.P. Thompson, and other major theorists in the two fields, Robert E. Babe shows that political economy can be reconciled to certain aspects of cultural studies, particularly with regards to cultural materialism.

Uniting the two fields has proven to be a complex undertaking though it makes practical sense, given the close interaction between political economy and cultural studies. Babe examines the evolution of cultural studies over time and its changing relationship with political economy. The intersections between the two fields center around three subjects: the cultural biases of money, the time/space dialectic, and the dialectic of information.
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Imprint:   Lexington Books
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 233mm,  Width: 156mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   386g
ISBN:   9780739123676
ISBN 10:   073912367X
Series:   Critical Media Studies
Pages:   250
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Robert E. Babe is professor of information and media studies at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

Reviews for Cultural Studies and Political Economy: Toward a New Integration

Robert Babe has clearly established himself as the leading communications scholar in Canada, following in the venerated footsteps of Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and Dallas Smythe. This book is an invaluable scholarly critique of American Cultural Studies/Poststructuralism. -- James Winter Babe offers a convincing, welcomed, and timely criticism of poststructuralism with its obsession with language far removed from a material context. -- Berry, David The Fifth-Estate-Online As always, Babe unpacks the delicious debates and unexpected influences in the historiography of communication and cultural studies and in doing so provides provocative and prolific ideas for the reintegration of political economy and cultural studies. -- Shade, Leslie Regan


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