Lateral Journal

Journal of @The_CSA_US
Peer-reviewed and open access, published semiannually
#culturalstudies #racism #capitalism #sexuality #gender #ability #colonialism

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Inside our latest issue (12.2)
-cultural studies toward a free Palestine
-craft, ritual & music in precolonial South Africa
-analysis of video from Jan 6 US Capitol riot
-gig work in 1970s Singapore
-Towards Third Worlding forum
-Positions podcast ep. 2
https://t.co/5wT5vImoMO

[University of Westminster Press @UniWestPress]

Episode 3 of @LateralJournal #PositionsPodcast features The World as Abyss authors @jonnypugh1974 and @DavidCh27992090. Listen now at https://t.co/YTuc9IUB82 and on Spotify and Apple Podcasts! @The_CSA_US
#anthropocene
#Caribbean
#criticalthought

[J. Logan Smilges @jlsmilges]

It’s no secret that I am pretty damn cringeworthy, but being perceived as “cringe” is a pretty common crip experience. In “Cringe Theory,” for @LateralJournal, I offer some language for why that is.

As always, I spilled my heart for this one 🖤

https://t.co/DJksCrgntU

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We're seeking book reviewers for a wide range of recent titles. If you're interested, please see the list and sign up at https://t.co/YodnvaSicP

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New #PositionsPodcast episode featuring @jonnypugh1974 and @DavidCh27992090, “The World as Abyss,” is now live on @LateralJournal and Spotify and Apple Podcasts! #CSA2024 #EXPAND2024

Listen and read commentary by Richard T. Stafford: https://t.co/tASG5XPEkt

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Heather Davis's Plastic Matter (@DukePress) sheds light on the implications of plastic's synthetic universality, inviting readers to reflect critically on their relationship with plastic material and also with matter more generally, writes Chayene Wild https://t.co/C8k6vw0WvK

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In Feels Right (@DukePress), Kemi Adeyemi shows how Black queer women’s moves on the dance floor reveal, navigate, bend, and upset entanglements that overdetermine their rights to feel, to belong, and to take place in the city, writes Naz Oktay https://t.co/HRRRwXbuH1

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Sampada Aranke’s Death’s Futurity (@DukePress) centers generative politics of fugitivity & futurity while directing readers to “politicized looking,” turning state-sanctioned violence & repression into galvanizing moments of action, writes @jennamwilson1 https://t.co/HI2a0g5eNg

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In Passionate Work (@DukePress), @HongRenyi argues that passion at work is an affective structure perpetuated by capitalism to maintain its injustices and discipline workers https://t.co/IRWtBfi6fN

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In her second book, Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Social Media’s Influence on Fashion, Ethics, and Property (@DukePress), Minh-ha T. Pham continues her examination of fashion’s digital labors, by analyzing crowdsourced intellectual property regulation https://t.co/2wSo23Fonw

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Renyi Hong & Zachary Mun Wei Chan explore the gendered nature of gig culture and how a taxi workers' cooperative created possibilities and restraints for working-class Singaporeans in and beyond the 1970s https://t.co/MOy2fjhaQR

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Inside our latest issue (12.2)
-cultural studies toward a free Palestine
-craft, ritual & music in precolonial South Africa
-analysis of video from Jan 6 US Capitol riot
-gig work in 1970s Singapore
-Towards Third Worlding forum
-Positions podcast ep. 2
https://t.co/5wT5vImoMO

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Co-authors James N. Gilmore, Madeline Hamer, Valerie Erazo, and Patrick Hayes return to January 6, 2021, examining how affect and social media help to cultivate and disseminate extremist political views https://t.co/Y2Cd7NjAIy

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The CSA invites proposals on all topics relevant to cultural studies, with priority given to those that engage this year's theme of “Expansions"

Deadline for Submissions: Sunday, February 11, 2024 11:59pm EST

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2024 Cultural Studies Association (CSA) Annual Conference: Expansions
May 30 - June 1, 2024

Online and in-person, hosted by The Cultural Studies Association & Georgia Southern University, Armstrong Campus in Savannah, Georgia, USA

https://t.co/FH9nwEEGq2

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Thokozani N Mhlambi analyzes craft specializations in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) in relation to cultural and ritual repertoires that predate European colonialism, offering a wider regional and continental history that can inform African identities today https://t.co/FIt9W2PtWu

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Responding to Palestinian organizers’ calls to use our voice, continue to engage in conversations, and to speak out, this statement articulates what we see as the abolitionist and anti-colonial way forward—the only way we can commit to a #FreePalestine https://t.co/SGG12oLndQ

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Inside our latest issue (12.2)
-cultural studies toward a free Palestine
-craft, ritual & music in precolonial South Africa
-analysis of video from Jan 6 US Capitol riot
-gig work in 1970s Singapore
-Towards Third Worlding forum
-Positions podcast ep. 2
https://t.co/5wT5vImoMO

[Rayya El Zein @rayelz]

Brave and powerful editors’ introduction in this issue of @lateraljournal, foregrounding a twin commitment to #abolition and anti-colonial praxis as the bedrock of the work of cultural studies.

Take heart and breath! And read: "Cultural Studies toward a Free #Palestine”

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Ben Davis’ Art in the After-Culture (@haymarketbooks) pushes against exploitative capitalist systems and ambitions towards decentralization, advocating for creative practitioners to strategically influence the direction of society https://t.co/pMAQN7nqSU