The Contradictions of Culture: Cities, Culture, Women

by Elizabeth Wilson

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761969756
• ISBN13: 9780761969754
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.2" x 9.4"