The Jameson Reader

aeo Provides a vital introduction to one of the centurya s major thinkers. aeo Reveals Jamesona s systematic vision of the contemporary world. aeo Represents the broad spectrum of Jamesona s work, including major seminal texts to lesser--known works.

This book brings together key essays and excerpts from the broad spectrum of Frederic Jamesona s writings, providing an accessible introduction to the intricacies of his thought and uncovering new and exciting aspects of his work.

Introduction. Part I: Paradigms of Interpretation:. 1. On Interpretation: Literature as a Socially Symbolic Act (1981). 2. Towards Dialectical Criticism (1971). 3. T.W. Adorno (1971). 4. Roland Barthes and Structuralism (1972). 5. Imaginary and Symbolic in Lacan (1977). Part II: Marxism and Culture: . 6. On Jargon (1977). 7. Base and Superstructure (1990). 8. Reification and Utopia in Mass Culture (1979). 9. Marxism and the Historicity of Theory: An Interview by Xudong Zhang (1998). 10. Five Theses on Actually Existing Marxism. Part III: Postmodernism:. 11. Beyond the Cave: Demystifying the Ideology of Modernism (1975). 12. Postmodernism, or The Cultural Login of Late Capitalism (1984). 13. The Antinomies of Postmodernity (1994). 14. Culture and Finance Capital (1997). Part IV: Exercises in Cognitive Mapping: . 15. Cognitive Mapping (1998). 16. Class and Allegory in Contemporary Mass Culture: Dog Day Afternoon as a Political Film (1977). 17. National Allegory in Wyndham Lewis (1979). 18. Third World Literature in the Era of Multinational Capitalism (1986). 19. Totality as Conspiracy (1992). Part V: Utopia: . 20. Introduction/Prospectus: To Reconsider the Relationship of Marxism to Utopian Thought (1976). 21. World--Reduction in Le Guin: The Emergence of Utopian Narrative (1975). 22. Utopian and Anti--Utopianism (1994). Bibliography. Index.