Understanding Popular Culture

ISBN-13: 9780415596527 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 170 str.

John Fiske;?Abar;?Abar

Opis

In this companion volume to Reading the Popular, Fiske presents a radical theory of what it means for culture to be popular.

Recenzje

"Well-written and accessible [...] Making the difficult seem easy is Fiske's great talent. No introductory reading list in the field would be complete without a Fiske." Sociology Magazine

Spis treści

@contents: Selected Contents: Acknowledgements  Why Fiske Still Matters Henry Jenkins  Reading Fiske and Understanding the Popular Kevin Glynn, Jonathan Gray and Pamela Wilson  Notes on Contributors  Preface  Chapter 1 The Jeaning of America  Chapter 2 Commodities and Culture  Chapter 3 Productive Pleasures  Chapter 4 Offensive Bodies and Carnival Pleasures  Chapter 5 Popular Texts  Chapter 6 Popular Discrimination  Chapter 7 Politics  References  Index

O autorze

John Fiske is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.