Table of Contents

Learning How to Fiske: Theorizing Power, Knowledge, and Bodies in the 21st Century

Black Hawk Hancock

Part One: Power and Cultural Theory

1. Power Plays

2. U.S. Cultures, European Theories

Part Two: Controlling Bodies

3. Bodies of Knowledge

4. Sporting Spectacles: The Body Visible

5. Elvis: A Body of Controversy

6. The Body of Violence

Part Three: Representing and Knowing

7. Act Globally, Think Locally

8. Gunfight at the P.C. Corral

9. Local Knowledge

10. Things and Practices

Part Four: White Power, Black Power

11. Blackened White

12. Power Works

13. Counter Power Works

Coda: The Slave Ship

Appendix: The John Fiske Reading List

About the Author

John Fiske is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.


Black Hawk Hancock is an Associate Professor of Sociology at DePaul University, USA.

Reviews

"This most theoretically masterful and politically trenchant of Fiske’s works allows the next generation the benefit of his intellectual acuity. Framed by Black Hawk Hancock’s thoughtful overview, Fiske teaches us anew how to apply a wide body of cultural theory to the power inequities of the 21st century."Elana Levine, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
"Power Plays, Power Works first released in 1993 was a staple for graduate students and media savvy citizens throughout America and Europe. As a student and colleague of John Fiske, Black Hawk Hancock’s thoughtful introduction offers a studied perspective on the book’s continued importance as a canon of popular culture, race, gender and belonging."Darrell M. Newton, Associate Dean and Professor, The Fulton School of Liberal Arts, Salisbury University