Editorial Reviews
Book Description
A comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary writings on popular culture to explain and inspire!
Popular Culture: A Reader helps students understand the pervasive role of popular culture and the processes that constitute it as:
- a product of industry;
- an intellectual object of inquiry
- an integral component of all our lives.
The volume is divided into 7 thematic sections, and each section is preceded by an introduction which engages with, and critiques, the chapters that follow. The book contains:
- classic writings from all the 'big names';
- plenty of contemporary cultural references that will appeal to students, including skateboarding, hip hop, fashion (Tommy Hilfiger, vintage) websites, Star Trek, Disney etc;
- material organized in a skills-focused and learning-focused way;
- strong pedagogic features throughout, making this an excellent classroom text;
- pieces drawing on diverse national, disciplinary and subdisciplinary contexts;
- sensitivity to issues of gender, race and sexuality;
- breadth and depth.
'The selection of essays here is outstanding. The Reader is particularly strong in bridging between founding figures and cutting edge work by newer writers' - Henry Jenkins, MIT
'This is an especially comprehensive collection... lively and original' - George Lipsitz, University of California, Santa Cruz
'An extraordinarily well considered selection of articles and essays, arranged with skill and style' - Charlie Blake, University College Northampton
'A book that a student should buy and keep referring to throughout their course' - Lance Pettitt, Leeds Metropolitan University
Popular Culture : A Reader,Raiford A Guins,Omayra Zaragoza Cruz,Sage Publications Ltd,0761974725,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,Social Science,Sociology,Social Science / Popular Culture
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