A murder, just four hours before the Royal Duchess is scheduled to sail for Alaska, and inspector Solomon Hunter and his assistant, Talcott Weems, are summoned to investigate this latest mystery. This delightful whodunit textbook by Arthur Asa Berger is the perfect tool to introduce students to cultural studies theories, in particular the complexities of identity, and also to the foibles of academic life. During the investigation, the reader will encounter several critical theories, including semiotics, postmodernism, feminism, psychoanalysis, and race theory. Of course, identity is also of central importance in Hunter and Weems' own mission: to learn the identity of the murderer!
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What makes the 'self'? How is it created, defined, and transformed? Arthur Asa Berger's fascinating, educational whodunit novel unravels the mysteries of cultural studies theory, and more specifically, the complexities of postmodernism and identity.
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Chapter 1 Preface and Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Personae
Chapter 3 Chapter One: Dead in the Water on the Royal Duchess
Chapter 4 Chapter Two: Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge
Chapter 5 Chapter Three: The Identity Problem
Chapter 6 Chapter Four: Anastasia Lotman
Chapter 7 Chapter Five: Exploring the Royal Duchess
Chapter 8 Chapter Six: Talcott Weems Reports
Chapter 9 Chapter Seven: The Interpol Report
Chapter 10 Chapter Eight: Antonia Fathom
Chapter 11 Chapter Nine: The Psychic
Chapter 12 Chapter Ten: The Problematic of Posmodern Identity
Chapter 13 Chapter Eleven: Katarina Mittags
Chapter 14 Chapter Twelve: Tea without Sympathy
Chapter 15 Chapter Thirteen: Sigfried Duerfklein
Chapter 16 Chapter Fourteen: Symphonie Wu
Chapter 17 Chapter Fifteen: Victoria
Chapter 18 Chapter Sixteen: The Captain's Party
Chapter 19 Bibliography
Chapter 20 About the Author

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Product details

ISBN
9780759108653
Published
2005-09-08
Publisher
AltaMira Press; AltaMira Press
Weight
268 gr
Height
228 mm
Width
147 mm
Thickness
11 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
128

Biographical note

Arthur Asa Berger is professor emeritus of broadcast and electronic communication arts at San Francisco State University.