Popular culture in a new age / / Marshall W. Fishwick
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| Autore: |
Fishwick Marshall William
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| Titolo: |
Popular culture in a new age / / Marshall W. Fishwick
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (264 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 909.82/5 |
| 909.825 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Civilization, Modern - 1950- |
| Popular culture | |
| Twenty-first century | |
| Postmodernism | |
| Technology and civilization | |
| Civilization, Modern - 21st century | |
| Popular culture - Forecasting | |
| Popular culture - United States | |
| Soggetto geografico: | United States Civilization 1970- |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Popular culture in a new age |
| ISBN: | 1-317-95672-9 |
| 0-7890-1298-7 | |
| 1-315-86511-4 | |
| 1-317-95673-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910815427403321 |
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