“Lives in Progress” as Sites of Struggle: Style as a Cultural Phenomenon with Social & Political Implications

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

Because style has taken on such an increased significance in our society it is imperative that Critical/Cultural Studies scholars examine style and how it functions more closely as a cultural phenomenon. Therefore, this panel, comprised of communication scholars with diverse research foci, will be an engagement with the various ways that style functions at the intersection of various cultures, by not only situating the multiple uses of style within their historical roots, but also by analyzing their social and political implications.

Sub Unit

• Critical and Cultural Studies Division

Chair

• Carlnita P Greene, Nazareth College of Rochester

Respondent

• Barry Brummett, Univ of Texas, Austin

Session Organizer

• Carlnita P Greene, Nazareth College of Rochester