Popular Culture Theory and Methodology
A Basic Introduction
Published on 1. March 2006
Book
Hardback
424 pages
978-0-87972-870-0 (ISBN)
Description
What exactly is popular culture? How should it be studied? What forces come together in producing, disseminating, and consuming it? Is it always conformist, or has it the power to resist and subvert the status quo? Is the line between ""high"" and ""low"" merely arbitrary? Do the popular arts have a distinctive aesthetics? This collection offers a wide range of responses to these and similar questions. Edited by Harold E. Hinds, Jr., Marilyn F. Motz, and Angela M. S. Nelson, Popular Culture Theory and Methodology charts some of the key turning points in the ""culture wars.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Madison
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87972-870-0 (9780879728700)
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Persons
Harold E. Hinds, Jr. is professor of history and director of Latin American area studies at the University of Minnesota, Morris. Marilyn F. Motz is associate professor of popular culture at Bowling Green State University. Angela M. S. Nelson is associate professor of popular culture at Bowling Green State University and chair of the department.