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UNINA9910145413403321 |
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Autore |
Birchall Clare |
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Knowledge goes pop : from conspiracy theory to gossip / / Clare Birchall |
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Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, , 2020 |
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1-00-308581-4 |
1-000-18986-4 |
1-000-18323-8 |
1-003-08581-4 |
1-282-54561-2 |
9786612545610 |
1-84788-316-8 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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Culture Machine ; ; v.v. 3 |
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Knowledge, Sociology of - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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"First published 2006 by Berg Publishers." |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Know It All; 2 Just Because You're Paranoid, Doesn't Mean They're Not Out to Get You; 3 Cultural Studies on/as Conspiracy Theory; 4 Hot Gossip: The Cultural Politics of Speculation; 5 Sexed Up: Gossip by Stealth; Conclusion: Old Enough to Know Better? The Work of Cultural Studies; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index |
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A voice on late night radio tells you that a fast food joint injects its food with drugs that make men impotent. A colleague asks if you think the FBI was in on 9/11. An alien abductee on the Internet claims extra-terrestrials have planted a microchip in her left buttock. 'Julia Roberts in Porn Scandal' shouts the front page of a gossip mag. A spiritual healer claims he can cure chronic fatigue syndrome with the energizing power of crystals . . . What do you believe? Knowledge Goes Pop examines the popular knowledges that saturate our everyday experience. We make this information and then it shapes the way we |
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