September 17, 1999

Cultural Studies vs. Literary Studies

To the Editor:

Rita Felski's essay makes the case that cultural studies is subject to criticism from every discipline, on the ground that it is not those disciplines ("Those Who Disdain Cultural Studies Don't Know What They're Talking About," Opinion, July 23). This is the typical rough road that most interdisciplinary studies must travel. But it seems to me that cultural studies has been plagued by two problems that persist in spite of its best

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