Popular Culture: Introductory PerspectivesRowman & Littlefield, 16.04.2015 - 342 Seiten Pop culture surrounds us. Its products are the movies we watch, the music we listen to, and the books we read; they are on our televisions, phones, and computers. We are its fickle friend, loving to hate it and hating to love it. But what, exactly, is it? Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives tackles that question by exploring our human desire for meaning and the ways that popular culture embodies meaning. In this core text, Marcel Danesi delves into the social structures that have led to the emergence and spread of pop culture, showing how it validates our common experiences and offering a variety of perspectives on its many modes of delivery into our everyday lives. The third edition features two new chapters: one on the commercial context of pop culture, and another explicitly considering digital culture. New exercises and discussion prompts serve to deepen understanding, while updated examples connect with the current generation of students. |
Inhalt
Ch01 WHAT IS POP CULTURE? | 1 |
Ch02 EXPLAINING POP CULTURE | 35 |
Ch03 THE BUSINESS OF POP CULTURE | 69 |
Ch04 POPULAR PRINT CULTURE | 95 |
Ch05 RADIO CULTURE | 125 |
Ch06 POP MUSIC | 145 |
Ch07 CINEMA AND VIDEO | 171 |
Ch08 TELEVISION | 201 |
Ch11 ONLINE POP CULTURE | 263 |
Ch12 FOREVER POP | 279 |
EXERCISES AND DISCUSSION | 291 |
GLOSSARY | 297 |
305 | |
ONLINE RESOURCES | 319 |
321 | |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR | 330 |
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