Theories of Popular Culture

by Ashley McFarland

1. Psychoanalysis

1.1. Sigmund Freud

1.1.1. Theory of the human psyche

1.2. Jacques Lacan

1.2.1. Real, Symbolic, Imaginary

2. Post-Structuralism

2.1. Jacques Derrida

2.1.1. Deconstructionism

3. Structuralism

3.1. Ferdinand de Saussure

3.1.1. Signs & Signifiers

4. Marxism

4.1. Karl Marx

4.1.1. Modes of Production

4.2. William Morris

4.2.1. Art & Labor

4.3. Louis Althusser

4.3.1. Ideology

4.4. Antonio Gramsci

4.4.1. Hegemony

5. Postmodernism

5.1. Jean Francois Lyotard

5.1.1. Incredulity toward metanarratives

5.2. Fredric Jameson

5.2.1. Pastiche

6. Semiology

6.1. Roland Barthes

6.1.1. Code Systems

6.1.2. Myths

7. The Frankfurt School

7.1. Theodore Adorno & Max Horkeimer

7.1.1. The Culture Industry

8. Feminism

8.1. Simone de Beauvoir

8.1.1. Woman as "the Other"

8.2. Laura Mulvey

8.2.1. The Male Gaze

8.2.2. Voyeurism

8.3. Sylvia Walby

8.3.1. Dual Systems Theory