The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory - recent issues

Preface

2007-09-21

1 * Deconstruction

Kamuf, P. — 2007-09-21

This chapter deals with work in the area of deconstruction published in 2005.

2 * Psychoanalysis: Lacanian Theory

Murray, M. — 2007-09-21

This chapter deals with Lacanian Theory.

3 * Continental Philosophy

Constantinou, M., Margaroni, M. — 2007-09-21

This chapter focuses on books published in the field of Continental Philosophy in 2005 and is divided into four Sections: 1. Reference Works; 2. ‘AND’; 3. Continental Philosophy between the Sacred and the Political; 4. Messianic Tensions of Law and the State of Exception in the Current Work of Alain Badiou, Antonio Negri and Giorgio Agamben. Sections 1, 2 and 3 are by Maria Margaroni; section 4 by Marios Constantinou.

4 * Modernism and Postmodernism

Gasiorek, A., Boxall, P. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into two sections: 1. Modernism; 2. Postmodernism.

5 * Narrative

Albrecht, T., Surprenant, C. — 2007-09-21

This chapter reviews books published in 2005 in the field of narrative theory.

The nature of the books published in 2005 in the areas of narrative and narrative theory is unusual in two respects. For one, there are an unusually high number of collaborative volumes devoted to the field of narrative theory as such. Some of these volumes offer a survey of the discipline as a whole, focusing on its past, present, and possible futures, its important terms and concepts, its methodologies, and its famously elusive object, while others provide a survey of a particular subfield of narrative theory. Secondly, exceptionally few of the monographs published in 2005 are primarily devoted to narrative, to narrative theory, or to a narratological analysis of a particular literary or non-literary topic. For this reason, it seems appropriate to divide the following review article into three sections: (1) collaborative volumes dedicated to the field of narrative theory as a whole; (2) collaborative volumes dedicated to a specific subfield within the larger area of narrative theory; and (3) monographs dedicated to a specific narrative topic.

6 * Poetics

Sutherland, K. — 2007-09-21

This article discusses four books published in 2005 in the field of poetics.

7 * Virtual Cultures

Saunders, I. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into three sections: 1. The Virtual and the Imagined; 2. The Incorporation of the Virtual within the Real; 3. Virtuality and the Politics of Resistance. As the chapter did not appear in the volume of YWCCT for 2004, it includes some discussion of important texts from that year.

8 * Multiculturalism

Mishra, V. — 2007-09-21

This chapter focuses on books published in the field of multiculturalism/multicultural studies primarily in 2005.

9 * Film Theory

Trahair, L. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into three sections, each of which concentrates on a key contribution to the ongoing dialogue between philosophy and film. The first section, Philosophy's Rib is an extended review of Rupert Read and Jerry Goodenough's Film as Philosophy: Essays on Cinema After Wittgenstein and Cavell; the second section, Citizen Derrida discusses the text of Dick and Kofman's recent film; the third section considers the extended conversation of the philosophical possibilities of film in Jean-Luc Godard, and Youseff Ishaghpour, Cinema: The Archaeology of Film and the Memory of a Century.

10 * Theatre and Performance

McEvoy, W. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into five sections: 1. Introductory Overview; 2. Theatre Theory; 3. Text and Performance; 4. Theatre/Cinema/Television; 5. Theatre Practitioners.

11 * Translation Studies

Munday, J. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into five sections: 1. Introduction; 2. Linguistic Studies; 3. ‘New Trends’; 4. Historiography/Sociology; 5. Geographical Expansion and the Concept of Identity.

12 * History/Historiography

Hadfield, A. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into six sections: 1. Introductory Overview; 2. Forms of Historical Explanation; 3. The History of the Self; 4. Memoirs and Essay Collections; 5. Textbooks; 6. Reference Works.

13 * Feminisms

Liggins, E. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into five sections: 1. Women's Writing; 2. Women and Work; 3. The New Woman and the New Girl; 4. Feminism and Masculinities; 5. Judith Butler and Queer Theory.

14 * Colonial Discourse, Postcolonial Theory

Procter, J., Morton, S. — 2007-09-21

This chapter deals with work published in the field of Colonial and Postcolonial Theory in 2005 and is divided into two sections: 1. Books; 2. Journals.

15 * Black Cultural Studies

Marriott, D. — 2007-09-21

This chapter is divided into four sections: 1. Psychoanalysis and Race; 2. Black Visual Culture; 3. Music, Literature, and Culture; 4. Black Ethnography.

16 * Testimony

Chare, N. — 2007-09-21

This chapter deals with a range of work published on the topic of testimony in 2005 and is divided into six sections: 1. Spectres of Memory; 2. Weird Science; 3. The King and I; 4. Critique of Violence; 5. Fabricating Affect; 6. Collect Call.

Index

2007-09-21

Preface

2006-09-21

1 * Deconstruction

Kamuf, P. — 2006-09-21

This chapter deals with work in the area of deconstruction published in 2004.

2 * Psychoanalysis

Bennett, M., Murray, M., Lebeau, V. — 2006-09-21

The chapter is divided in three sections: 1. Freud; 2. Lacan; 3. General. Section 1 is by Matthew Bennett; section 2 is by Martin Murray; section 3 is by Vicky Lebeau.

3 * Continental Philosophy

Constantinou, M., Margaroni, M. — 2006-09-21

This chapter focuses on books published in the field of Continental philosophy in 2004 and is divided into three Sections: 1. Anthologies: More on the Subject; 2. Tributes; 3. Politics of the Exception, Messianic Critique and the Theoaesthetic Crossing of the Spectacle. Sections 1 and 2 are by Maria Margaroni; section 3 is by Marios Constantinou.

4 * Modernism and Postmodernism

Gasiorek, A., Boxall, P. — 2006-09-21

This chapter has two sections: 1. Modernism; 2. Postmodernism. Section 1 is by Andrzej Gasiorek; section 2 is by Peter Boxall.

5 * Narrative

Albrecht, T., Surprenant, C. — 2006-09-21

This chapter reviews books and journal articles published in 2004 in the field of narrative theory.

6 * Poetics

Sutherland, K. — 2006-09-21

This chapter deals with work published in the field of poetics in 2004.

7 * Photography Theory

Smith, L. — 2006-09-21

This chapter covers work published in the field of Photography Theory in 2004.

8 * Queer Theory

Quinn, V., Sinfield, A. — 2006-09-21

This chapter covers work published in Queer Theory 2004.

9 * Popular Culture

Papanikolaou, D., Duncan, D. — 2006-09-21

The field of Popular Culture stands at the intersection of various disciplines, rather than constituting a discipline in its own right. This survey is necessarily, therefore, selective. This chapter focuses on the following areas: 1. Youth Culture; 2. Popular Music; 3. Gender.

10 * Theatre and Performance

McEvoy, W. — 2006-09-21

This chapter covers work published in the area of Theatre and Performance in 2004. It is divided into four sections: 1. Drama; 2. Acting and Performance; 3. Theatre and Materialism; 4. Theatre in the Wider Community.

11 * Translation Studies

Munday, J. — 2006-09-21

This chapter is divided into eight sections: 1. Introduction; 2. The Development of Translation Studies; 3. The Translation Studies ‘Canon’; 4. Non-Western Traditions; 5. Translation History; 6. Translation Universals; 7. Interdisciplinarity; 8. Translation Research and the New Technologies.

12 * History/Historiography

Hadfield, A. — 2006-09-21

This chapter is divided into six sections: 1. Introductory Overview; 2. Historical Explanation; 3. History and Narrative; 4. History's Effects; 5. Types of History; 6. Popular/Popularizing History.

13 * Feminisms

Liggins, E. — 2006-09-21

This chapter is divided into four sections: 1. Feminism and Biography; 2. Feminist Methodologies; 3. Feminist Approaches to Literature; 4. Girls’ Studies and Popular Culture.

14 * Colonial Discourse, Postcolonial Theory

Procter, J., Morton, S. — 2006-09-21

This chapter deals with work published in the field of Colonial and Postcolonial Theory in 2004 and is divided into two sections: 1. Books; 2. Journals.

15 * Black Cultural Studies

Marriott, D. — 2006-09-21

This chapter focuses on books published in the field of black cultural studies in 2004. It is divided into four sections: 1. Psychoanalysis, Gender and Sexuality; 2. Black Visual Culture; 3. Music and Culture; 4. Philosophy and Identity.

16 * Testimony

Chare, N. — 2006-09-21

This chapter deals with a range of work published on the topic of testimony in 2004 and is divided into six sections: 1. Resisting Representation; 2. Memories; 3. Writing Testimony; 4. Histories; 5. Attesting Images; 6. Witnessing Theory.

17 * Multiculturalism

Mishra, V. — 2006-09-21

This chapter focuses on books published in the field of multiculturalism/multicultural studies primarily in 2004. A book published a year earlier is, however, our point of entry.

18 * Film Theory

Dawkins, R., Ford, H., Trahair, L. — 2006-09-21

This chapter has two sections: 1. The Body in Film Theory; 2. Auteurism, History and National Culture. Section 1 was written by Roger Dawkins; Section 2 by Hamish Ford. Lisa Trahair edited the two sections.

Index

2006-09-21

1 * Introduction

McQuillan, M. — 2005-01-01

2 * Feminisms

Liggins, E. — 2005-01-01

This chapter has four sections: 1. Women's Writing and Reading 2. Women and War 3. Introductions to Feminism and 4. Feminism and Visual Culture.

3 * Marxism(s) and Post-Marxism(s)

Bowman, P. — 2005-01-01

This chapter covers work published on Marxism(s) and Post-Marxism(s) in 2003.

4 * Colonial Discourse, Postcolonial Theory

Morton, S., Proctor, J. — 2005-01-01

This chapter deals with work published in the field of Colonial and Postcolonial Theory in 2003 and is divided into two sections: 1. Books; 2 Journals.

5 * Postmodernism

Wake, P. — 2005-01-01

This chapter has two sections: 1. Postmodernism: Accounts, Politics and Cultures; 2. Postmodernism: Introductory Guides.

6 * Psychoanalysis

Brewster, S. — 2005-01-01

This chapter covers work published in the field of psychoanalytic studies in the year 2003.

7 * Narrative

O'Sullivan, M. — 2005-01-01

This chapter covers work published in the field of Narrative in 2003.

8 * Technics

Partington, G. — 2005-01-01

This chapter deals with work published in the field of Technics in 2003 and is divided into two sections: 1. Books; and 2. Journals.

9 * Music

Gilbert, J. — 2005-01-01

This chapter focuses on work published in the field of music culture in 2003.

10 * Testimony

Chare, N. — 2005-01-01

This chapter deals with a range of work published on the topic of testimony in 2003 and is divided into nine sections: 1. The Field; 2. Memento; 3. Pitch Black; 4. Event Horizon; 5. The Silence; 6. The Fog; 7. Dr Mabuse; 8. The Invisible Man; 9. Blow-up(s).

11 * Religion

Bradley, A. — 2005-01-01

This chapter deals with work published in the field of religion in the year 2003. It has four sections: 1. Philosophy and theology; 2. Literary studies; 3. Cultural studies; 4. Conclusion.

12 * Irish Studies

Graham, C. — 2005-01-01

This chapter covers work published in the field of Irish Studies in 2003.

13 * Multiculturalism

Mishra, V. — 2005-01-01

This chapter focuses on books published in the field of multiculturalism/multicultural studies primarily in 2003.

14 * Continental Philosophy

Margaroni, M. — 2005-01-01

This chapter focuses on books published in the field of Continental philosophy in 2003 and is divided into three sections: 1. Introductory Books/Anthologies; 2. Continental Ethics; 3. A Baudrillard Double Bill.

15 * Science

Grebowicz, M. — 2005-01-01

This chapter covers work on the Philosophy of Science as Cultural Theory published in 2003.

16 * Poststructuralism

Pateman, M. — 2005-01-01

This chapter covers work published in the field of Poststructuralism in 2003.

Index

2005-01-01