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Di Leo  \nBLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc  \n50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK  \n1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA  \nBLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY ACADEMIC and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc  \nFirst published in Great Britain 2019  \nCopyright © Jeffrey R. Di Leo and Contributors, 2019  \nJeffrey R. Di has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be  \nidentified as Editor of this work.  \nFor legal purposes the Acknowledgments on p. vii constitute an extension of this copyright page.  \nCover design: Eleanor Rose  \nCover photograph © Chris Barbalis / Unsplash  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers.  \nBloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any  \nsuch changes.  \nA catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.  \nA catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.  \nISBN: HB: 978-1-3500-1280-6  \nePDF: 978-1-3500-1282-0  \neBook: 978-1-3500-1281-3  \nTypeset by Deanta Global Publishing Services, Chennai, India  \n[To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com](To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com)[ ](To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com)and sign up for our newsletters.  \nCONTENTS  \nAcknowledgments vii  \nlist of contributors viii  \nIntroduction: Theory in the New Millennium 1  \nJeffrey R. Di Leo  \nPart One: Essays 15  \n1 Early Theory 17 Paul Allen Miller  \n2 Structuralism and Semiotics 27 Herman Rapaport  \n3 Narrative and Narratology 43 Gerald Prince  \n4 Marxism 59 Peter Hitchcock  \n5 Post-Structuralism 70 Daniel T. O’Hara  \n6 Historicisms 80 Harold Aram Veeser  \n7 Psychoanalytic Theory 91 Jean-Michel Rabaté  \n8 Rhetoric 102 Steven Mailloux  \n9 Deconstruction 112 Henry Sussman  \n10 Feminism 125 Robin Truth Goodman  \n11 Cultural Studies 140 John Frow  \nvi CONTENTS  \n12 Postmodernism 151 Jeffrey T. Nealon  \n13 Race and Postcolonial Studies 162 Nicole Simek  \n14 Ecocriticism 173 Claire Colebrook  \n15 Biopower and Biopolitics 186 Gregg Lambert  \n16 Pop Culture 201 Aaron Jaffe  \n17 Comparativisms 216 Alexander Beecroft  \n18 Translation 230 Brian O’Keeffe  \n19 Media Studies 243 Toby Miller  \n20 Digital Humanities 255 Joseph Tabbi  \n21 Late Capitalism 268 Henry A. Giroux  \n22 Identity Studies 280 Mike Hill  \n23 Materialisms 296 Christopher Breu  \n24 Posthumanism 310 Zahi Zalloua  \n25 University Studies 323 Jeffrey J. Williams  \n26 Affect Studies 333 Sean Grattan  \n27 Antitheory 343 Vincent B. Leitch  \nPart Two: Terms and Figures 355  \nnAme index 747  \nsubject index 764  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nMany of the contributors to this book I have come to know and admire through my work as editor of symplokē, and executive director of the Society for Critical Exchange and its Winter Theory Institute. To them is my greatest debt of gratitude.  \nThe notion that ","cbCaijA4SUlqdYfb","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijA4SUlqdYfb","pdf",6396223,801,"English","# Contents\n## Acknowledgments\n## Introduction: Theory in the New Millennium\n## Part One: Essays\n## Part Two: Terms and Figures","[{\"question\":\"What is the overall structure of the handbook?\",\"answer\":\"The book is organized into two main parts: Part One consists of essays, and Part Two provides terms and figures, supported by acknowledgments and contributor information.\"},{\"question\":\"Which major theoretical areas are covered in the essay section?\",\"answer\":\"The essay section spans multiple traditions, including structuralism and semiotics, narrative and narratology, Marxism, post-structuralism, historicisms, psychoanalytic theory, rhetoric, deconstruction, and feminism, among others.\"},{\"question\":\"Does the handbook include reference-style material beyond essays?\",\"answer\":\"Yes. 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