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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820989803321

Autore

Artz Lee

Titolo

Cultural hegemony in the United States / / Lee Artz, Bren Ortega Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif., : Sage Publications, c2000

ISBN

0-8039-4502-7

1-322-41324-X

1-4522-2196-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 338 p.) : ill

Collana

Foundations of popular culture ; ; vol. 7

Altri autori (Persone)

MurphyBren Adair Ortega <1949->

Disciplina

306/.0973

Soggetti

Popular culture - United States

Dominance (Psychology) - United States

United States Social conditions 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-320) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Power Through Consent; Chapter 2 - Cultural Hegemony and Racism; Chapter 3 - Hegemony and Gender: Breakthroughs and Entrenchment; Chapter 4 - Class Contradictions and Antagonisms; Chapter 5 - Prospects for Challenge and Change; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

This text is the first to present cultural hegemony in its original form - as a process of consent, resistance, and coercion. Hegemony is illustrated with examples from American history and contemporary culture, including practices that represent race, gender and class in everyday life.