»Is It Really So Strange?« Verschiedene Aneignungen: Morrissey und der Blues

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Subcultura, arte y poder: revisitando los cultural studies = Subculture, art and power: the cultural studies revisited

ES: El artículo es una reflexión sobre el legado de los cultural studies, y sus aportaciones a las ciencias sociales contemporáneas. Se basa en una conversación entre los autores, con Dick Hebdige en el centro, y gira en torno a la trayectoria de este profesor, comunicólogo y semiólogo británico, alumno destacado de Stuart Hall. También repasa la historia del Centro de Estudios Culturales Contemporáneos de la Universidad de Birmingham (CCCS, por sus siglas en inglés), fundado por Richard Hoggart en 1964 y activo hasta su clausura en 2002, especialmente durante la etapa dirigida por Stuart Hall, de 1969 a 1979. El CCCS fue el laboratorio académico donde surgieron los cultural studies británicos, de gran influencia a nivel internacional, con figuras tan relevantes como Paul Willis y Angela McRobbie. Dick Hebdige fue una de las figuras más importantes del centro, especialmente por su libro Subculture, publicado en 1979, que reconstruye la historia de las subculturas juveniles británicas de postguerra. El artículo gira en torno a tres conceptos centrales -subcultura, arte y poder-, con la juventud en el centro del triángulo.The article is a reflection on the legacy of cultural studies, and its contributions to contemporary social sciences. It is based on a conversation between the authors, with Dick Hebdige in the center, and revolves around the trajectory of this British professor, communicologist and semiologist, an outstanding student of Stuart Hall. It also reviews the history of the Center for Contemporary Cultural Studies of the University of Birmingham (CCCS), founded by Richard Hoggart in 1964 and active until its closure in 2002, especially during the stage directed by Stuart Hall, 1969 to 1979. The CCCS was the academic laboratory where British cultural studies emerged, of great influence internationally, with figures as relevant as Paul Willis and Angela McRobbie. Dick Hebdige was one of the center's most important figures, especially for his book Subculture, published in 1979, which reconstructs the history of British post-war youth subcultures. The article revolves around three central concepts - subculture, art and power - with youth in the center of the triangle

Buffy the vampire slayer: what being Jewish has to do with it

This article examines the whiteness in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The author argues that the show’s overwhelming whiteness is a product of a generalized white anxiety about the numerical loss of white dominance across the United States and, in particular, in California. The article goes on to think through the role that Jewishness plays in the program, discussing the relationship between the apparently Anglo-American Buffy, played by a Jewish actor, and her sidekick, Willow, who is characterized as Jewish but is played by a non-Jewish actor. The evil master in the first series is given Nazi characteristics and the destruction that he wants to inflict carries connotations of the Holocaust. Structurally, Buffy is produced as the Jew who saves the United States from this demonic destruction. In this traumatic renarrativising, the Holocaust comes to stand for the white-experienced crisis of the loss of white supremacy in the United States. With this reading we can begin to understand the show’s popularity among early adult, predominantly white Americans

Hiding in the Light : On Images and Things

"In these essays, Dick Hebdige examines the creation and consumption of objects and images as diverse as fashion and documentary photographs, 50s streamlined cars, Italian motor scooter, 80s 'style manuals', Biff cartoons, the Band Aid campaign, Pop Art, and pop music videos. He assesses their cultural significance and charts their impact on contemporary popular tastes" - p. [4] of cover