Cultural Studies and Political Economy

Robert E. Babe is professor of information and media studies at the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

• 1 Table of ContentsPart 2 I. GeneologiesChapter 3 Introduction to Part IChapter 4 1. Genealogy of Political EconomyChapter 5 2. Genealogy of Cultural StudiesChapter 6 3. The Colloquy RevisitedChapter 7 4. Genealogy of Poststructuralist Cultural Studies and the Political Economy of Media ScholarshipPart 8 II. Portals for DialogueChapter 9 Introduction to Part IIChapter 10 5. Environment and Pecuniary CultureChapter 11 6. Time and SpaceChapter 12 7. Semiotics and the Dialectic of InformationChapter 13 8. Keeping the Portals Open: Poster vs. InnisChapter 14 Conclusion15 References16 About the Author

Robert Babe has clearly established himself as the leading communications scholar in Canada, following in the venerated footsteps of Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, and Dallas Smythe. This book is an invaluable scholarly critique of American Cultural Studies/Poststructuralism.