Beautiful things in popular culture / / edited by Alan McKee

• Pubblicazione: Malden, Massachusetts : , : Blackwell Publishers, , [2007]; ©2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Disciplina: 306.0973
• Soggetto topico: Aesthetics, Modern - 20th century; Popular culture
• Persona (resp. second.): McKeeAlan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 Superbike ; 10 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; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This 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 ma
• Titolo autorizzato: Beautiful things in popular culture
• ISBN: 1-280-85104-X; 9786610851041; 0-470-76274-8; 0-470-69099-2; 1-4051-7855-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996213062203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno