Discourse and Ideology: A Critique of the Study of Culture

by Craig Martin

Book Overview

Drawing on poststructuralist approaches, Craig Martin outlines a theory of discourse, ideology, and domination that can be used by scholars and students to understand these central elements in the study of culture.

The book shows how discourses are used to construct social institutions-often classist, sexist, or racist-and that those social institutions always entail a distribution of resources and capital in ways that capacitate some subject...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350246298
• ISBN13: 9781350246294
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"