{"product_id":"culture-control-critique-frida-beckman-9781783488018","title":"Culture Control Critique: Allegories of Reading the Present","description":"When \"revolution\" becomes a recurring theme in mainstream culture, where do we look for the tools for a critical engagement with the present? Addressing the link between allegory and cultural critique in contemporary culture and resisting the thematic abstraction of sexy, fast, revolutionary content, this book suggests that one way is to pay attention not so much to content as to form. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCulture Control Critique provides an analysis of how representations of political systems in contemporary mainstream culture may be understood not so much by looking at their apparent critical message but by shifting our critical gaze to an underlying and recurring political logic that controls the desire for political change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frida Beckman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1783488018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781783488018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Frida Beckman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44125373661439,"sku":"9781783488018","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b3ac7439-14c9-4ac8-b317-65d376e6fbd3.jpg?v=1687442252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/culture-control-critique-frida-beckman-9781783488018","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}