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The Contradictions of Culture: Cities, Culture, Women
Author(s): Elizabeth Wilson (Author)
- Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
- Publication Date: 15 Dec. 2000
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 192 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761969748
- ISBN-13: 9780761969747
Book Description
In this book, one of the most accomplished and thoughtful cultural commentators of the day, considers the contradictory nature of cultural relations. Elizabeth Wilson explores these themes through an examination of fashion, feminism, consumer culture, representation and postmodernism. Debates within feminism on the nature and effects of pornography are used to illustrate a particular kind of cultural contradiction. Wilson recognizes that postmodernism permitted the reappropriation of subjects that were not previously considered worthy of attention, or opposed to the idea of emancipation, chief among these was fashion. She shows that the association of an interest in this culturally significant subject with a revisionist project raises doubts about the coherence of postmodernism itself.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Elizabeth Wilson is one of the most incisive and critical commentators on the contemporary scene. This excellent book brings together several of her most fascinating essays and frames them within a compelling overview of cultural politics.”
— Jim McGuigan
About the Author
Elizabeth Wilson is a leading commentator on culture, the city and feminism in the UK. She is currently Professor of Social Science at the University of North London.
