Cultural Materialism: Theory and Practice

Part One: Cultural Materialism:.

1. Introduction.

2. Culture and Materialism.

3. Stephen Greenblatt and New Historicism.

Part Two: Value:.

4. Shakespeare.

5. Usure in The Merchant of Venice.

Part Three: History:.

6. The Four Fundamental Discourses of History.

7. Enjoying the Nature of Britain in King Lear.

8. General Economy and The Changeling.

Part Four: Community:.

9. The Utopian Orgy.

10. Queer Gifts.

11. Oscar Wilde and the Love of the Impossible.

12. Conclusion.

Bibliography.

Index.