Books in the Theories of Contemporary Culture series

Demonstrates the centrality of aesthetics and the literary to studies of otherness and cultural contact. Drawing on literary theory, anthropology, and psychoanalysis, this title contends that literature facilitates contact with cultures that may seem foreign to us.

A collection of essays that deepens our understanding of Jacques Derrida, and removes the suspicion of mystification from his treatment of philosophic and literary issues. It focuses on displacement. It exemplifies the sophistication toward deconstruction in Britain and the United States.

Explores the complex connections between our imagining of animals and our cultural environment. This title examines the ways we talk, write, photograph, imagine, and otherwise represent animals. It includes topics such as pet cloning, fox hunting, animatronic characters, and how we displace our fear of aging onto our dogs.