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Record Nr.

UNINA9910954614303321

Autore

Strinati Dominic

Titolo

An introduction to theories of popular culture / / Dominic Strinati

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

1-134-56507-0

0-415-23499-9

1-134-56508-9

1-280-05694-0

0-203-64516-2

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

310p

Classificazione

71.59

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Popular culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 1995 by Routledge.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Mass culture and popular culture -- 2. The Frankfurts School and the culture industry -- 3. Structuralism, semiology and popular culture -- 4. Marxism, political economy and ideology -- 5. Feminism and popular culture -- 6. Postmodernism, contemporary popular culture and recent theoretical developments.

Sommario/riassunto

Widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students of the major theories of popular culture, this is a critical assessment of how these theories have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies.