Art, truth and reality, Cavafy, and cultural studies: A personal perspective

Dimitris Eleftheriotis

doi:10.1386/jgmc.3.2.273_1

ISSN: 2052-3971
E-ISSN: 2052-398X

Art, truth and reality, Cavafy, and cultural studies: A personal perspective
By Dimitris Eleftheriotis¹
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Affiliations: ¹ University of Glasgow
Source: Journal of Greek Media & Culture, Volume 3, Issue 2, Oct 2017, p. 273 - 278
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/jgmc.3.2.273_1
Language: English
- Published online: 01 Oct 2017

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This essay represents a personal and polemical perspective that considers recent cultural and political events in order to reaffirm some of the key principles of cultural studies as a discipline. Particular attention is given to the so-called Cavafy controversy in Greece, and the essay outlines a cultural studies position in relation to it.

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