ABSTRACT

Three extensively revised essays by Mailloux, an influential proponent of cultural studies, describe his approach in depth. Following are ten essays, nine of them written specifically for this volume, by scholars who offer various perspectives on Mailloux's ideas. Each essayist weighs the strengths and limitations of the cultural studies movement in general and Mailloux's approach in particular.

part |56 pages

Rhetoric, Theory, Cultural Studies

chapter |13 pages

Cultural Rhetoric Studies

Eating Books in Nineteenth-Century America

chapter |22 pages

Rhetorical Hermeneutics as Reception Study

Huckleberry Finn and “Thebad Boy Boom”

part |42 pages

Pragmatism, Rhetoric, Literary Theory

chapter |16 pages

Beyond the “Imaginary Museum”

Interested Readings, Interesting Tropes

part |40 pages

Gender Politics, Feminism, Sexual Identity

chapter |9 pages

“My Kinsman, Major Mailloux”

Steven Mailloux as Feminist Critic

chapter |16 pages

Rhetorical Hermeneutics and Gay Identity Politics

Rethinking American Cultural Studies

chapter |12 pages

Angels, Critics, and the Rhetoric of AIDS in America

Rethinking American Cultural Studies

part |14 pages

Commentary

chapter |12 pages

The Politics of Doing

A Partial Response