Cultural Studies: Part:2 - 2nd MA English - Syllabus 2009 - 2010

UNIT I: CULTURAL THEORIES:
1. Antonio Gramsci : Intellectuals
2. Raymond Williams : Conclusion - Culture and Society
3. Walter Benjamin : The work of art in the age of Machanical production (2nd Test) - Text | Guide 1 | Guide 2 | Guide 3 | Wiki
4. Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno : The culture industry - enlightenment as Mass Deception (2nd Test) - Guide 1 | Guide 2 | Guide 3 | Wiki
5. Jurgen Habermas : Modernity - An incomplete project (2nd Test) - Wiki | Guide 1 | Guide 2
6. Pierre Bourdieu : Distinction - Social critique of the Judgement of Taste
7. Clifford Geertz : Deep play - Notes on the Balinese Cockfight
8. Ajaz Ahmed : Globalization and Culture

UNIT II: CULTURAL STUDIES IN CONTEXTS:
1. Identity Politics : The cultural Politics of Hindutva
2. Cultural institutions, Power systems and the disciplines of knowledge crisis in literary studies in India
3. Cultures from the Margins

REQUIRED READINGS:
1. Contemporary cultural theory
2. Miller & Browitt : Cultural Studies and Cultural Theory
3. Partha Chatterjee : Talking about Modernity in two languages (2nd Test)
4. Sudipa Kaviraj : In Search of Civil Society
5. Steven Connor : Cultural Sociology and Cultural Sciences
6. Antonio Gramsci : Political Thought: An Introduction
7. Nicholas Mirzoeff : What is visual culture