Against the Grain

Terrains of Struggle

Lawrence Grossberg explains what the cultural theorist Stuart Hall meant by a war of positions and a war of maneuvers. We also present portions of a talk Hall gave about the dynamics of media representation. And Yousuf Al-Bulushi examines certain political stances taken by South Africa’s shack dweller movement.

Lawrence Grossberg, On the Way to Theory Duke University Press, 2024

Stuart Hall: Representation and the Media

Yousuf Al-Bulushi, Ruptures in the Afterlife of the Apartheid City Palgrave Macmillan, 2024

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