03015nam 2200613 450 99621306220331620230107140547.01-280-85104-X97866108510410-470-76274-80-470-69099-21-4051-7855-8(CKB)1000000000341868(EBL)293124(OCoLC)299750788(SSID)ssj0000109483(PQKBManifestationID)11138154(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000109483(PQKBWorkID)10045709(PQKB)10684036(MiAaPQ)EBC293124(MiAaPQ)EBC7076209(Au-PeEL)EBL7076209(EXLCZ)99100000000034186820230107d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBeautiful things in popular culture /edited by Alan McKeeMalden, Massachusetts :Blackwell Publishers,[2007]©20071 online resource (246 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4051-3191-8 1-4051-3190-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 Best Contemporary Mainstream Superhero Comics Writer: Brian Michael Bendis; 2 The Best Batman Story: The Dark Knight Returns; 3 The Best Serial Killer Novel: Red Dragon; 4 The Best Australian Romance Novelist: Emma Darcy; 5 The Best Website For Men Who Have Sex With Men: cruisingforsex.com; 6 The Best Basketball Player: Michael Jordan; 7 The Best Sneakers: The Nike Air Max Classic TW; 8 The Best Action Console Game: Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas; 9 The Best Motorbike: The Ducati 916 Superbike10 The Best Propaganda: Humphrey Jennings, The Silent Village (1943)11 The Best Villain in Xena: Warrior Princess: Alti; 12 The Best Pop Princess: Kylie Minogue; 13 The Best Disco Record: Sharon Redd: "Never Give You Up"; Conclusion; IndexThis is an innovative book that addresses the question of how consumers make decisions about what is good and what is bad in popular culture. An entertaining and informative guide to the range of aesthetic criteria that goes into judging mass culture's most celebrated texts and objects - from Batman to motor bikes, and pop stars to internet pornography Brings together a series of accessible and engaging essays written by connoisseurs of various areas of popular culture Tackles the core question of how consumers maAesthetics, Modern20th centuryPopular cultureAesthetics, ModernPopular culture.306.0973McKee AlanMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK996213062203316Beautiful things in popular culture3002294UNISA