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Companion to Popular Culture

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A Companion to Popular Culture is a landmark survey of contemporary research in popular culture studies that offers a comprehensive and engaging introduction to the field. Includes over two dozen essays covering the spectrum of popular culture studies from food to folklore and from TV to technologyFeatures contributions from established and up-and-coming scholars from a range of disciplinesOffers a detailed history of the study of popular cultureBalances new perspectives on the politics of culture with in-depth analysis of topics at the forefront of popular culture studies

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Utgivningsdatum2016-05-06
Mått178 x 252 x 33 mm
Vikt1 057 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieBlackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
Antal sidor608
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781405192057

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Gary Burns is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at Northern Illinois University. A former President of the Popular Culture Association and former Executive Secretary of the Midwest Popular Culture Association, Professor Burns is Editor, with Thomas Kitts, of the journals Popular Music and Society and Rock Music Studies. He is the editor of two books on television and is the author of numerous articles and book chapters on popular music, music video, television, film, and other topics in popular culture studies.

Notes on Contributors viiiPart I Introduction 11 Introduction 3Gary BurnsPart II Popular Culture as a Field of Study 112 The Historical Study of Popular Culture 13George Lipsitz3 Textual Criticism of Popular Culture 31Brendan Riley4 Ethnographic and Folkloristic Study of Popular Culture 48Daniel S. Margolies5 Preservation, Restoration, and Accessibility of Popular Culture Materials 63Karen E. WhedbeePart III Texts, Genres, and Formulas 836 The History and Logic of Genre Study 85Tricia Jenkins7 Genres and Formulas in Popular Literature 101Gary Hoppenstand8 Popular Music Genres 123Marco Katz Montiel9 Popular Genres in the Visual Arts 144Joy SperlingPart IV Media and Technologies 16510 Technological Determinism 167Rob Drew11 Material Culture and Heritage 184Marilyn Motz12 Film and Television in Popular Culture 204Chuck Berg and Ron Wilson13 Computers and Culture 223Paul BoothPart V Pastimes and Practices 24314 Food and Culture 245Ann Hetzel Gunkel15 Sports 265Thomas P. Oates16 Circuses, Carnivals, World’s Fairs and Expositions, and Theme Parks 284Kathy Merlock Jackson17 Humor in Popular Culture 302Ben Urish18 Tourism, Travel, and Transportation 322Max J. SkidmorePart VI Uses and Abuses 34119 Advertising and Consumerism 343Devon Powers20 Fashion in Popular Culture 361Patricia A. Cunningham21 Popular Religion 381Nancy A. Schaefer22 Children’s Popular Culture 401Angela Sorby23 Sex and Violence 421Jane CaputiPart VII Politics of Culture 44124 The Culture Industries 443Thomas A. Discenna25 Globalization 461Mel van Elteren26 The Politics of Documentary 484Jeffrey Chown27 Culture Jamming and Media Activism 503Amber Day28 Who Owns Culture? 518Heather McIntosh29 Culture Wars, the Academy, and Future Directions for the Study of Popular Culture 537Michael T. MarsdenIndex 550