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LIT 4310: Literary Theory

Key Theorists in Cultural Studies

Explore these main theorists and figures in cultural studies:

  • Roland Barthes
  • Walter Benjamin
  • Ian Bogost
  • Susan Bordo
  • Marc Bousquet
  • Rosi Braidotti
  • Rey Chow
  • Frantz Fanon
  • Michel Foucault
  • Paul Gilroy
  • Antonio Gramsci
  • Jurgen Habermas
  • Judith Jack Halberstam
  • Stuart Hall
  • Donna Haraway
  • Dick Hebdige
  • Max Horkheimber and Theodor W. Adorno
  • E. Ann Kaplan
  • Bruno Latour
  • Laura Mulvey
  • Alondra Nelson
  • Andrew Ross
  • Edward W. Said
  • Raymond Williams
  • Slavoj Zizek

Books on Cultural Theory

Learn more about cultural theory with these books (keeping in mind, these are not primary theoretical sources):