Communication 795N - S-Cultrl Stds:Theortcl Foundtn

This seminar examines the theoretical perspectives that lie behind the formation of cultural studies. Instead of discussing works claiming to do cultural studies, we will read a number of authors, from whom cultural studies draws its concepts and analytic procedures. Special attention will be given to structuralist and poststructuralist writings. Authors we will read include Derrida, Foucault, Nancy, Althusser, Laclau, Hamacher, and others.

Open to Doctoral and Masters Communication students only.