Popular Culture Studies Across the Curriculum

The late Ray B. Browne (1922–2009) edited the Journal of Popular Culture, served as an officer of the Popular Culture Association and wrote prolifically on the subject. He was the founding chair of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University.

• Table of ContentsEditor’s Note      Introduction      1. English Literature Departments as Centers of the Humanities      2. American Studies and Popular Culture      3. Folklore to Populore      4. Snap, Crackle, Pop Culture and Communication Curricula      5. Is the Anthropological Study of Popular Culture Still at a Distance?      6. History: A River Both Wide and Deep      7. On the Linkages Between Sociology and Popular Culture      8. Popular Culture and Philosophy      9. Interdisciplinary Opportunities: Therapeutic Culture and the Study of Religion      10. Pop Goes the Geographer: Synergies Between Geography and Popular Culture      11. Popular Culture and Women’s Studies      12. Popular Culture in a Business Curriculum      13. Linkages Between Popular Culture and Economics      14. Popular Culture and Ethnic Studies: Curricular and Pedagogic Reflections      15. The Value of Teaching Popular Culture in the Community College: A Stew of Abstract, Concrete, Serious, and Not-So-Serious Notions      16. Putting Methodology Where the Mouth Is: Integrating Popular Culture into the Traditional High School Curriculum      17. Popular Culture in Sports, the Popular Culture of Sports: A Cross-Disciplinary Historical View      18. Teaching Popular Culture in Relation to the Social Sciences: A Critical-Emancipatory View from Europe      Conclusion      About the Contributors      Index

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