Rethinking Popular Culture: Contempory Perspectives in Cultural Studies by Chand

Description: Rethinking Popular Culture by Chandra Mukerji, Michael Schudson Selects some of the important work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon developments in cultural theory and the techniques of critical analysis, this title includes essays that break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh fashion. It touches on a variety of features of popular culture, from photography to fashion, romance novels to television. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Rethinking Popular Culture selects some of the best and most important recent work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon recent developments in cultural theory and the exciting new techniques of critical analysis, the essays in this volume break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh and innovative fashion.Eclectic and wide-ranging, Rethinking Popular Culture includes works by authors in the humanities and social sciences. The essays touch on a variety of features of popular culture, from photography to fashion, romance novels to television, jokes to food habits.The editors comprehensive introduction sets each essay in the context of intellectual developments in history, sociology, literature, and anthropology and in the study of popular culture as a whole. Arguing that recent scholarship has revolutionized our understanding of popular culture, the editors articulate what that new perspective is while introducing some of the most influential and important work that gave rise to it. Author Biography Chandra Mukerji is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of San Diego. Michael Schudson is Professor of Communication at the University of California, San Diego. Table of Contents Rethinking Popular Culture, Chandra Mukerji and Michael Schudson Printing and the People, Natalie Zemon Davis Workers Revolt: The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Severin, Robert Darnton The Rise of the Saloon, Roy Rosenzweig William Shakespeare and the American People: A Study in Cultural Transformation, Lawrence W. Levine The Dream World of Mass Consumption, Rosalind Williams Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight, Clifford Geertz La Pensee Bourgeoise, Marshall Sahlins Jokes, Mary Douglas Processing Fads and Fashions: An Organization-Set Analysis of Cultural Industry Systems, Paul Hirsch Movies of the Week, Todd Gitlin Sport and Social Class, Pierre Bourdieu Cultural Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Boston: The Creation of an Organizational Base for High Culture in America, Paul DiMaggio The Public Sphere, Jurgen Habermas Base and Superstructure in Marxist Cultural Theory, Raymond Williams The Suit and the Photograph, John Berger Written Clothing, Roland Barthes What Is an Author? Michel Foucault Interpretive Communities and Variable Literacies: The Functions of Romance Reading, Janice Radway Long Description Rethinking Popular Culture selects some of the best and most important recent work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon recent developments in cultural theory and the exciting new techniques of critical analysis, the essays in this volume break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh and innovative fashion. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Rethinking Popular Culture includes works by authors in the humanities and social sciences. The essays touch on a variety of features of popular culture, from photography to fashion, romance novels to television, jokes to food habits. The editors comprehensive introduction sets each essay in the context of intellectual developments in history, sociology, literature, and anthropology and in the study of popular culture as a whole. Arguing that recent scholarship has revolutionized our understanding of popular culture, the editors articulate what that new perspective is while introducing some of the most influential and important work that gave rise to it. Details ISBN0520068939 Short Title RETHINKING POPULAR CULTURE Pages 512 Publisher University of California Press Language English ISBN-10 0520068939 ISBN-13 9780520068933 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 1991 Imprint University of California Press Country of Publication United States Edited by Chandra Mukerji Place of Publication Berkerley Author Michael Schudson Subtitle Contempory Perspectives in Cultural Studies DOI 10.1604/9780520068933 UK Release Date 1991-07-09 AU Release Date 1991-07-09 NZ Release Date 1991-07-09 US Release Date 1991-07-09 Publication Date 1991-07-09 DEWEY 306 Audience Undergraduate We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:159789724;

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