Books by Jim McGuigan

Cutting edge and critically acclaimed work on cultural analysis from one of the most well-known and respected authors in cultural studies today.

Neoliberal Culture presents a critical analysis of the impact of the global free-market - the hegemony of which has been described elsewhere by the author as 'a short counter-revolution' - on the arts, media and everyday life since the 1970s.

Cutting edge and critically acclaimed work on cultural analysis from one of the most well-known and respected authors in cultural studies today.

Cultural Populism fills a huge gap in the study of popular culture by providing the first comprehensive critical assessment of the cultural studies tradition.

Thomas Frank coined the term 'the conquest of cool'. This book shows how this conquest is at the heart of the dynamics of contemporary capitalism. *BR**BR*Jim McGuigan argues that 'cool capitalism' incorporates disaffection into capitalism itself, absorbing rebellion and neutralising opposition to the present system of culture and society.*BR**BR*The book explores a huge variety of cultural examples, from the sleek images of mainstream advertising, to the fringes of artistic production, offering a vigourous critique of our understanding of subversion, resistance and counter-culturalism. *BR**BR*Is there is still any space left for rebellion against the seductive power of the free market economy?

Addressing cultural policy from a critical and multi-dimensional perspective, this study draws upon the work of Pierre Bourdiew, Michel Foucault and Jurgen Habermas. It discusses such areas as the American "culture ware" and the "post-Fordist" restructuring of the cultural industries.