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Neoliberal Culture presents a framework for analysing neoliberalism in the United States as a culture - or structure of feeling - which shapes American everyday life. The book proposes five 'components' as the keys to any study of American neoliberal culture: biopower, corporatocracy, globalization, the erosion of welfare-state society, and hyperlegality. Carefully organized according to its central themes and adopting a case study approach in order to allow for thorough, illustrated analyses, this book is an important tool for scholars and students of contemporary cultural studies, popular culture, American Studies, and sociology.
List of contents
Chapter 1 Introduction: American Neoliberal Culture; Chapter 1a Understanding the Components of American Neoliberal Culture; Chapter 2 Learning from Neoliberal Las Vegas: Understanding Globalization in Location; Chapter 3 Home is Where the Market is: Corporatocracy in Context; Chapter 4 Poverty and Welfare: Hyperlegality and the Erosion of Welfare-State Society; Chapter 5 Biopower and Operation Iraqi (Governing Through) Freedom; Chapter 7 Conclusion: Resisting Neoliberal Culture;
About the author
Patricia Ventura is Associate Professor of English at Spelman College, USA.
