Repeatedly, scholars have demanded that language, due to its materiality and performativity,be understood as a medium. Along these lines, this book provides a systematic foundationof a media theory of communication, whichenvisions language as cultural practice of understanding. From this, a new, linguistically oriented way of culturalstudies originates,whichrevolves aroundquestions of aesthetics, diversity and cultural memory.
| ISBN: | 9783110339482 |
| Publication date: | 31st January 2014 |
| Author: | Metten, Thomas |
| Publisher: | De Gruyter |
| Format: | Ebook |