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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464576403321

Autore

Fishwick Marshall William

Titolo

Popular culture in a new age / / Marshall W. Fishwick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2012

ISBN

0-7890-1298-7

1-315-86511-4

1-317-95673-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Disciplina

909.82/5

Soggetti

Civilization, Modern - 1950-

Popular culture

Twenty-first century

Postmodernism

Technology and civilization

Civilization, Modern - 21st century

Popular culture - Forecasting

Popular culture - United States

Electronic books.

United States Civilization 1970-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2002 by the Haworth Press.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contens; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Millennium Merrymaking; What to Make of the Millennium; Popular Culture: The Beggar at the Gate of Our Public Schools; The New Gold Rush; Folk/Fake/Pop; Sacred Symbols; The Man and the Mouse; Carnivals-Old and New; The Celebrity Cult; From Humbuggery to Hype; Surprise Attacks; The Electric Shocker; Style; Black Popular Culture; The Most Popular War; Postmodern Pop; Faith Takes a New Face; The Most Popular Myth; Global Village-Utopia Revisited?; Some Final Thoughts

NotesFurther Reading; Index

Sommario/riassunto

With a Foreword by Dr. Fishwick's student--Tom Wolfe.This book redefines popular culture in the light of the revolutionary changes



brought about by the information revolution and the digital divide. It explores the phenomenal growth and extension of popular culture in the last decade and ties in the vast changes brought about by technology and the Internet. In an era when American television and the Internet reach virtually every corner of the globe, Popular Culture in a New Age shows how the poorly understood and often underestimated area known as popular culture affects all of our