Theory Overviews, by Topic
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A note: All these readings are available via NYU's library system (many through Ebrary), or if you are in Terri Senft's Approaches class, through our shared Google Drive folder. |
ACTOR NETWORK THEORY
Barabasi, A. (2010) ‘Introduction and Keynote’, in Papacharisi, Z. (ed.) A Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites. United Kingdom: Routledge.
Fenwick, T. and Edwards, R. (2010) Actor-network theory in education. New York: Routledge.
Schüll, N.D. and Schull, N.D. (2012) Addiction by design: Machine gambling in Las Vegas. United States: Princeton University Press.
ADVERTISING and BRANDING THEORIES
Bevan, A. and Wengrow, D. (2010) Cultures of commodity branding. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
Holt, D. (2016) “Branding in the Age of Social Media,” Harvard Business Review, Winter.
Lee, A (2015) “Brands: Origins, Importance, Inheritance,” Strategy of Global Branding and Brand Equity. New York: Routledge
Kompella, (2014) Branding Beyond Marketing. The Definitive Book of Branding. New Delhi: Sage
Wharton, C. (2013) Advertising as culture. Bristol, UK: Intellect (UK)
AESTHETICS AND TASTE THEORY
Wilson, C. (2014) Let’s talk about love: Why other people have such bad taste. London: Continuum Intl Pub Group.
AUTHENTICITY
Bannett Weiser (2012) “Branding the Authentic.” In Authentic: The Politics of Ambivalence in Brand Culture. New York: NYU Press.
Zukin, S. (2011) “Consuming Authenticity,” in Cultural studies and anti-consumerism. London: Routledge.
BEAUTY/ COSMETICS INDUSTRY THEORIES
McCracken, A.B.V. (2014) The beauty trade: Youth, gender, and fashion globalization. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
BODY THEORY
Lewis, J.E. (2008) “The Body.” In Cultural studies: The basics. 2nd edn. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
CITY BRANDING
Bannett Weiser (2012) “Branding Creativity: Making the City Sing.” In Authentic: The Politics of Ambivalence in Brand Culture. New York: NYU Press.
COMMUNITY THEORY
Blackshaw, T. (2004) ‘Setting the Record Straight: What is Community? And What does it mean Today?’, in Key Concepts in Community Studies. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications Ltd, .
CONSUMPTION THEORY
Herman. A. (2014) Production, Consumption and Labor in Social Media Production. Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Lewis, J.E. (2008) “Popular Consumption and Youth Culture.” In Cultural studies: The basics. 2nd edn. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
McRobbie. (2011) “Young Women and Consumer Culture: An Intervention,” in Cultural studies and anti-consumerism. London: Routledge.
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION THEORY
Young, J.O. (2012) The ethics of cultural appropriation. Edited by Conrad G. Brunk. Oxford: Wiley, John & Sons.
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THEORIES
Mirrlees, T. (2013) Global entertainment media: Between cultural imperialism and cultural globalization. New York: Routledge.
FASHION
Berry (2006) “Fashion,” In A companion to cultural studies. Toby Miller, ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Breward (2011) “The Globalization of the Fashion City” In Global Design History. Adamson, Glenn, Riello, Giorgio, and Teasley, Sarah, eds. Florence, KY, USA: Routledge,
GENDER THEORY
Woodward, K. (ed.) (1999) “Gender,” in Questioning identity: Gender, class and nation. New York: Routledge in association with the Open University.
Marwick, A. (2014) “Gender and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
GLOBALIZATION
Pieterse (2015) “Globalization and Culture: 3 Paradigms.” Globalization and culture: Global Melange. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Lewis, J.E. (2008) “Globalization.” In Cultural studies: The basics. 2nd edn. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
Vondereau (2015)How Global is Hollywood: Division of Labor from a Prop Making Perspective. Production Studies, The Sequel! : Cultural Studies of Global Media Industries. Banks, Miranda, Conor, Bridget, and Mayer, Vicki, eds.. Florence, KY, USA: Taylor and Francis, 2015.
HIP HOP AND GLOBALIZATION
Fernandes, S. (2014) Close to the edge: In search of the global hip hop generation. Sydney: New South.
Turkourafi( 2012) Introduction. The Languages of Global Hip Hop. New York: Continuum.
IDENTITY THEORY
Burke, P.J. and Stets, J.E. (2009) Identity theory. New York: Oxford University Press.
Woodward, K. (ed.) (1999) “Identity,” in Questioning identity: Gender, class and nation. New York: Routledge in association with the Open University.
LEISURE THEORY
Rojek, C. (2005) Leisure theory: Principles and practices. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
FOOD STUDIES THEORY
Carruth, A. (2013) Global Appetites: American Power and the Literature of Food. Cambridge: Cambridge U Press.
Parham, S. (2012) Market place: Food quarters, design and urban renewal in London. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
LITERATURE AS PRODUCTION (THEORIES OF)
Biendarra, A.S. (2012)”Effects of Globalization on the Literary Marketplace and Contemporary Authorship.”Germans going global: Contemporary literature and cultural globalization. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Boston, N. and Duffy, B. “What Actually Matters: The Work of Glossy Magazine Production.” In Production Studies, The Sequel! : Cultural Studies of Global Media Industries. Banks, Miranda, Conor, Bridget, and Mayer, Vicki, eds.. Florence, KY, USA: Taylor and Francis, 2015.
POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Mariscol (2006) “Can Cutural Studies Speak Spanish?” In A companion to cultural studies. Toby Miller, ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
POSTMODERNISM THEORY
Comrie, B. and Sim, S. (2004) The Routledge companion to postmodernism. Edited by Professor Stuart Sim. 2nd edn. New York: Taylor & Francis.
PUBLIC SPHERE THEORY
Mckee, A. and MacKee, A. (2004) An introduction to the public sphere. CAMBRIDGE: Cambridge University Press.
Papacharissi, Z. (2014) “Public Spheres and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
RACE THEORY
Stam, R. (2006) “Cultural Studies and Race” In A companion to cultural studies. Toby Miller, ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Senft, T. and Noble, S. (2014) “Race and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Woodward, K. (ed.) (1999) “Race” in Questioning identity: Gender, class and nation. New York: Routledge in association with the Open University.
SOCIAL MEDIA THEORY
Marwick, A. (2014) “Gender and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Herman. A. (2014) Production, Consumption and Labor in Social Meddia Production. Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Johnston, A. (2014) “Community and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Senft, T. and Noble, S. (2014) “Race and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Papacharissi, Z. (2014) “Public Spheres and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
SPACE AND THEORIES OF SPATIAL PRODUCTION
Chambers, D. (2004) Make Space! Spatial Dimensions in Cultural Research. In Chambers, Deborah, Johnson, Richard, and Tincknell, Estella.(2004) Practice of Cultural Studies : A Guide to the Practice and Politics of Cultural Studies. London, GBR: SAGE Publications Inc.
Barabasi, A. (2010) ‘Introduction and Keynote’, in Papacharisi, Z. (ed.) A Networked Self: Identity, Community, and Culture on Social Network Sites. United Kingdom: Routledge.
Fenwick, T. and Edwards, R. (2010) Actor-network theory in education. New York: Routledge.
Schüll, N.D. and Schull, N.D. (2012) Addiction by design: Machine gambling in Las Vegas. United States: Princeton University Press.
ADVERTISING and BRANDING THEORIES
Bevan, A. and Wengrow, D. (2010) Cultures of commodity branding. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press.
Holt, D. (2016) “Branding in the Age of Social Media,” Harvard Business Review, Winter.
Lee, A (2015) “Brands: Origins, Importance, Inheritance,” Strategy of Global Branding and Brand Equity. New York: Routledge
Kompella, (2014) Branding Beyond Marketing. The Definitive Book of Branding. New Delhi: Sage
Wharton, C. (2013) Advertising as culture. Bristol, UK: Intellect (UK)
AESTHETICS AND TASTE THEORY
Wilson, C. (2014) Let’s talk about love: Why other people have such bad taste. London: Continuum Intl Pub Group.
AUTHENTICITY
Bannett Weiser (2012) “Branding the Authentic.” In Authentic: The Politics of Ambivalence in Brand Culture. New York: NYU Press.
Zukin, S. (2011) “Consuming Authenticity,” in Cultural studies and anti-consumerism. London: Routledge.
BEAUTY/ COSMETICS INDUSTRY THEORIES
McCracken, A.B.V. (2014) The beauty trade: Youth, gender, and fashion globalization. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
BODY THEORY
Lewis, J.E. (2008) “The Body.” In Cultural studies: The basics. 2nd edn. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
CITY BRANDING
Bannett Weiser (2012) “Branding Creativity: Making the City Sing.” In Authentic: The Politics of Ambivalence in Brand Culture. New York: NYU Press.
COMMUNITY THEORY
Blackshaw, T. (2004) ‘Setting the Record Straight: What is Community? And What does it mean Today?’, in Key Concepts in Community Studies. United Kingdom: SAGE Publications Ltd, .
CONSUMPTION THEORY
Herman. A. (2014) Production, Consumption and Labor in Social Media Production. Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Lewis, J.E. (2008) “Popular Consumption and Youth Culture.” In Cultural studies: The basics. 2nd edn. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
McRobbie. (2011) “Young Women and Consumer Culture: An Intervention,” in Cultural studies and anti-consumerism. London: Routledge.
CULTURAL APPROPRIATION THEORY
Young, J.O. (2012) The ethics of cultural appropriation. Edited by Conrad G. Brunk. Oxford: Wiley, John & Sons.
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THEORIES
Mirrlees, T. (2013) Global entertainment media: Between cultural imperialism and cultural globalization. New York: Routledge.
FASHION
Berry (2006) “Fashion,” In A companion to cultural studies. Toby Miller, ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Breward (2011) “The Globalization of the Fashion City” In Global Design History. Adamson, Glenn, Riello, Giorgio, and Teasley, Sarah, eds. Florence, KY, USA: Routledge,
GENDER THEORY
Woodward, K. (ed.) (1999) “Gender,” in Questioning identity: Gender, class and nation. New York: Routledge in association with the Open University.
Marwick, A. (2014) “Gender and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
GLOBALIZATION
Pieterse (2015) “Globalization and Culture: 3 Paradigms.” Globalization and culture: Global Melange. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Lewis, J.E. (2008) “Globalization.” In Cultural studies: The basics. 2nd edn. Los Angeles: Sage Publications.
Vondereau (2015)How Global is Hollywood: Division of Labor from a Prop Making Perspective. Production Studies, The Sequel! : Cultural Studies of Global Media Industries. Banks, Miranda, Conor, Bridget, and Mayer, Vicki, eds.. Florence, KY, USA: Taylor and Francis, 2015.
HIP HOP AND GLOBALIZATION
Fernandes, S. (2014) Close to the edge: In search of the global hip hop generation. Sydney: New South.
Turkourafi( 2012) Introduction. The Languages of Global Hip Hop. New York: Continuum.
IDENTITY THEORY
Burke, P.J. and Stets, J.E. (2009) Identity theory. New York: Oxford University Press.
Woodward, K. (ed.) (1999) “Identity,” in Questioning identity: Gender, class and nation. New York: Routledge in association with the Open University.
LEISURE THEORY
Rojek, C. (2005) Leisure theory: Principles and practices. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
FOOD STUDIES THEORY
Carruth, A. (2013) Global Appetites: American Power and the Literature of Food. Cambridge: Cambridge U Press.
Parham, S. (2012) Market place: Food quarters, design and urban renewal in London. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
LITERATURE AS PRODUCTION (THEORIES OF)
Biendarra, A.S. (2012)”Effects of Globalization on the Literary Marketplace and Contemporary Authorship.”Germans going global: Contemporary literature and cultural globalization. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Boston, N. and Duffy, B. “What Actually Matters: The Work of Glossy Magazine Production.” In Production Studies, The Sequel! : Cultural Studies of Global Media Industries. Banks, Miranda, Conor, Bridget, and Mayer, Vicki, eds.. Florence, KY, USA: Taylor and Francis, 2015.
POSTCOLONIAL THEORY AND CULTURAL STUDIES
Mariscol (2006) “Can Cutural Studies Speak Spanish?” In A companion to cultural studies. Toby Miller, ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
POSTMODERNISM THEORY
Comrie, B. and Sim, S. (2004) The Routledge companion to postmodernism. Edited by Professor Stuart Sim. 2nd edn. New York: Taylor & Francis.
PUBLIC SPHERE THEORY
Mckee, A. and MacKee, A. (2004) An introduction to the public sphere. CAMBRIDGE: Cambridge University Press.
Papacharissi, Z. (2014) “Public Spheres and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
RACE THEORY
Stam, R. (2006) “Cultural Studies and Race” In A companion to cultural studies. Toby Miller, ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing.
Senft, T. and Noble, S. (2014) “Race and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Woodward, K. (ed.) (1999) “Race” in Questioning identity: Gender, class and nation. New York: Routledge in association with the Open University.
SOCIAL MEDIA THEORY
Marwick, A. (2014) “Gender and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Herman. A. (2014) Production, Consumption and Labor in Social Meddia Production. Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Johnston, A. (2014) “Community and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Senft, T. and Noble, S. (2014) “Race and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
Papacharissi, Z. (2014) “Public Spheres and Social Media.” Social Media Handbook. J. Hunsinger and T. Senft, eds. New York: Routledge.
SPACE AND THEORIES OF SPATIAL PRODUCTION
Chambers, D. (2004) Make Space! Spatial Dimensions in Cultural Research. In Chambers, Deborah, Johnson, Richard, and Tincknell, Estella.(2004) Practice of Cultural Studies : A Guide to the Practice and Politics of Cultural Studies. London, GBR: SAGE Publications Inc.