About

“If we speak and try to give an account from this place, we will not be irresponsible, or, if we are, we will surely be forgiven” – Butler, Giving an Account of Oneself, 136

This is a site designed to explore various theories as they apply to the field of cultural studies. The chief purpose is to develop an understanding of different theories and to practice applying those theories to cultural objects. Some (though by no means all) theorists that I will be working on are: Theodor Adorno, Roland Barthes, Stuart Hall, Walter Benjemin, Robert Cover, Judith Butler, Giorgio Agamben, and many more.

The cultural objects range over a fairly large field, though they will primarily come from American media (films, t.v., newspapers, etc.). Many posts will combine theory and a specific cultural object, while some will just examine a theory, and a very few will just take on a cultural object.