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Fads,
Fetishes, and Fun: A Sociological Analysis of Pop Culture Fads, Fetishes, and Fun: A Sociological Analysis of Pop Culture by Andrew R. Jones.
Popular culture is a major influence within society, as indicated by the focus on
celebrities and entertainment within our media system and the election of pop culture
entertainers to political office. While attempting to address pop culture in all its forms
and influences on society is impossible to do in a single text, "Fads, Fetishes, and
Fun" examines a number of facets of popular culture from a variety of sociological
perspectives. Readers are introduced to issues of commodity fetishism, identity and
branding, representation of race and gender, manipulation of consciousness, the
connections between mass media and pop culture, and the concept of leisure as it is
understood within pop culture. Within each of these areas, Jones presents a variety of
authors who give insight into the all-pervasive nature of popular culture, its dynamic
qualities, and its social impacts. "Fads, Fetishes, and Fun" provides a
foundation for individuals interested in learning about pop culture from a sociological
point of view.
Cultural
Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A
Reader by John Storey. This fully revised and updated 4th edition of John Storey's
successful reader in Cultural Theory and Popular Culture provides a theoretical,
analytical and historical introduction to the study of popular culture, and provides key
primary coverage of fundamental issues in cultural studies. Content has been revised and
essays have been replaced and updated. The Reader offers students the opportunity to
experience at first hand the theorists and critics discussed in its companion volume
'Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction', which is now in its 5th edition.
The editor has also included fully revised general and section introductions to the
Reader, contextualising and linking the readings with key issues from the textbook. New
readings include What Is This Black' in Black Popular Culture by Stuart Hall, Musical
Jihad by Amir Saeed, Dr Who and the Convergence of Media by Neil Perryman and Genericity
in the Nineties by Jim Collins. The Reader can be used both in conjunction with, and
independently of the textbook.The new edition is essential reading for undergraduate and
postgraduate students of cultural studies, media studies, communication studies, the
sociology of culture, popular culture and other related subjects.
Cultural
Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction (5th Edition) Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction (5th Edition) by John Storey. This
extensively revised and updated 5th edition of Storey's market-leading textbook provides
an engaging, clear and coherent introduction to cultural theory. Popular culture is used
to critically examine the theories and main approaches of cultural theory, and ensures
that the accessible approach of previous editions is retained. Content has been expanded
and widely illustrated throughout, and relevant and appropriate examples from the field of
popular culture help to exemplify how theory relates to practice. New chapters include
coverage of topics such as race, racism and representation; the text is supported by the
fully revised and improved companion website that encourages further independent study and
helps the student to grasp a broad and widely relevant understanding of cultural theory.
This new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of
cultural studies, media studies, communication studies, the sociology of culture, popular
culture and other related subjects.
Popular
Culture in Early Modern Europe Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe by Peter Burke Long neglected by historians, the
concept of cultural history has in the last few decades come to the fore of historical
research into early modern Europe. Due in no small part to the pioneering work of Peter
Burke, the tools of the cultural historian are now routinely brought to bear on every
aspect of history, and have transformed our understanding of the past.First published in
1978, this study examines the broad sweep of pre-industrial Europe's popular culture. From
the world of the professional entertainer to the songs, stories, rituals and plays of
ordinary people, it shows how the attitudes and values of the otherwise inarticulate
shaped - and were shaped by - the shifting social, religious and political conditions of
European society between 1500 and 1800.This third edition of Peter Burke's groundbreaking
study has been published to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the book's publication in
1978. It provides a new introduction reflecting the growth of cultural history, and its
increasing influence on 'mainstream' history, as well as an extensive supplementary
bibliography which further adds to the information about new research in the area.
Globalization
and American Popular Culture, 2nd Edition Globalization and American Popular Culture, 2nd Edition by Lane Crothers (Paperback -
Aug 28, 2009). Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this concise and insightful
book explores the ways American popular products like movies, music, television programs,
fast food, sports, and even clothing styles have molded and continue to influence modern
globalization. Lane Crothers offers a nuanced examination of both the appeal of American
products worldwide and the fear and rejection they induce in many people and nations
around the world. Concluding with a projection of the future impact of American popular
culture, this book makes a powerful argument for its central role in shaping global
politics and economic development.
White
Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture by Chrys Ingraham
(Hardcover - Feb 19, 2008). French psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan used the term "the
imaginary" to describe the unmediated relationship an infant has to its own image and
to its mother. Ingraham, an associate professor of sociology at Russell Sage College for
Women, borrows heavily from Lacan's concept to describe the way in which we're conditioned
to think about heterosexuality and its place in traditional weddings. She describes the
"heterosexual imaginary" as "a belief system that relies on romantic and
sacred notions of heterosexuality in order to create and maintain the illusion of well
being." According to Ingraham, this illusion is reinforced by the fetishization of
weddings. In her scathing view, "the big day" reinforces a racist, classist and
heterosexual social order. Ingraham skewers all aspects of the modern wedding, from the
labor practices involved in the manufacture and marketing of gowns to the white-only
marketing strategies of major bridal magazines. With intelligence and perception, she
describes the makeup of the "wedding-industrial complex," which relentlessly
markets nuptials (especially white weddings) and relies on the pervasive media images of
marriage ceremonies to keep itself "recession-proof." Although her tone is
academic, Ingraham's writing is lively and persuasive. One of the few studies of weddings,
this important addition to cultural studies could make a few potential brides and grooms
rethink that long walk to the altar. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --
From Publishers Weekly Anyone who finds the idyllic ending And they lived happily ever
after worthy of a good eye-rolling and a dose of cynicism will savor reading Chrys
Ingrahams new book, White Weddings: Romancing Heterosexuality in Popular Culture. Written
from a sociological perspective, Ingraham lifts the veil on the wedding industry and
systematically rips apart the classist, racist, and heterosexist seams holding this outfit
together. -- Cultural Studies The strength of Ingrahams works lies with her talent as a
limber critic, as she always matches method to question and the personal to the political.
White Weddings offers more than isolated critiques of race, class, gender, and media
politics. Instead, the author fluidly integrates her arguments, showing the process by
which these contexts mutually affect and confound one another through both the discursive
and material practices of societys most recognized ritual. -- Cultural Studies An
interesting look at the institution of marriage...This book probably wont be on the
must-read lists of most brides and grooms to be, but it is an interesting look at the
institution of marriage. Or, rather the industry of marriage as the author emphasizes in
her clear-eyed view of weddings...Ingraham, Chair of sociology at Purchase College in New
York, tears away the veil of fantasy and takes a hard look at bridal magazines, religion,
the garment industry, the media, and just plain capitalism, and how they all figure into
this tradition. -- Los Angeles Times A brilliant (and fun!) look at the
institution/industry of marriage in the late-twentieth-century United States. --
Sojourner: The Womens Forum Chrys Ingraham is alarmed. Weve been brainwashed, she argues
in her new book White Weddings. The sociology professor writes about how weddings have
more to do these days with marketing and economics than with spirituality and reality. --
Chicago Sun Times By looking closely at one of our societys most popular, yet unexamined,
cultural rituals, Ingraham advances an understanding of the impact of the social
construction of heterosexuality as a dominant institution. Anyone seeking to understand
gender and sexuality as they interface with race and class in the US and what happens to
those who step out of line must read this informative study. -- Charlotte Bunch, Executive
Director, Center for Womens Global Leadership, Rutgers University In this original and
provocative book, Ingraham pierces the glossy surface of the wedding to reveal a logic of
heterosexual domination. This is a pioneering text in the new field of critical
heterosexual studies. -- Steven Seidman, author of Embattled Eros: Sexual Politics and
Ethics in Contemporary America Ingrahams topic is a fascinating one...Recommended for use
in...Marriage and Family and Gender classes, as well as for your own reading pleasure. It
is well-written, interesting and insightful. I learned a lot from it and I am exceedingly
pleased that my students did as well. -- Contemporary Sociology Delicious. Chrys Ingraham
is Martha Stewarts nightmare--finally! Her mission is to debunk, dethrone, and of course,
defrock that blushing bride and handsome groom. For anyone whos ever wondered what the
fuss is all about, White Weddings is a must read. -- Kate Bornstein, author of Gender
Outlaw and My Gender Workbook
Popular
Culture: Introductory Perspectives (The R&L Series in Mass Communication) Popular Culture: Introductory Perspectives (The R&L Series in Mass Communication)
by Marcel Danesi (Paperback - Sep 28, 2007). What is pop culture? Why do we so often hate
to love it and love to hate it? What makes us embrace parts of it and not others? Marcel
Danesi explores our human desire for meaning and the need to symbolize it in music,
language, art, and other creative forms. He offers a variety of perspectives to help us
understand the products of popular culture_from music and websites to fads, celebrities,
and more_tapping into the fun of pop culture without making us feel guilty for enjoying
it.
Popular
Culture: A Reader Popular Culture: A Reader by Dr Raiford A Guins and Omayra Zaragoza Cruz (Paperback -
May 1, 2005). Popular Culture: A Reader helps students understand the pervasive role of
popular culture and the processes that constitute it as a product of industry, an
intellectual object of inquiry, and an integral component of all our lives.
Cultural
Theory And Popular Culture: An Introduction Cultural Theory And Popular Culture: An Introduction by John Storey (Paperback - Jun
30, 2006). In this new edition of his widely adopted Cultural Theory and Popular Culture:
An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. Like previous
editions, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and
various approaches to, popular culture.
Popular
Culture: An Introductory Text Popular Culture: An Introductory Text by Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause (Paperback - Jun
15, 1992). Popular Culture: An Introductory Text provides the means for a new examination
of the different faces of the American character in both its historical and contemporary
identities. The text is highlighted by a series of extensive introductions to various
categories of popular culture and by essays that demonstrate how the methods discussed in
the introductions can be applied.
Profiles
of Popular Culture: A Reader (Ray and Pat Browne Book) Profiles of Popular Culture: A Reader (Ray and Pat Browne Book) by Ray B. Browne
(Paperback - Jul 8, 2005). From Hank Williams to hip hop, Aunt Jemima to the Energizer
Bunny, scrap-booking to NASCAR racing, Profiles of Popular Culture cuts a generous swath
across what is perhaps the fastest growing discipline of the past several decades. Edited
by a pioneer in the field, this volume invites readers to reflect on a diverse sampling of
modern myths, icons, archetypes, rituals, and pastimes. Adopting an inclusive approach,
editor Ray B. Browne has mined both scholarly and mainstream media to bring together
penetrating essays on fads and fashions, sports fandom, the shaping of body image,
aesthetic surgery, the marketing of food, vacationing and sightseeing, toys and games,
genre fiction, post-9/11 entertainment, and much more. Like Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause's
Popular Culture: An Introductory Text, this book opens critical doors into the study of
popular culture-and does so within a fresh context that includes points of reference both
established and new.
Inventing
Popular Culture: From Folklore to Globalization (Blackwell Manifestos) Inventing Popular Culture: From Folklore to Globalization (Blackwell Manifestos) by
John Storey (Paperback - May 23, 2003). John Storey, a leading figure in the field of
Cultural Studies, offers an illuminating and vibrant account of the development of popular
culture. Addressing issues such as globalization, intellectualism, and consumerism,
Inventing Popular Culture presents an engaging assessment of one of the most debated
concepts of recent times. * Provides a lively and accessible history of the concept of
popular culture by one of the leading experts in the field. * Traces the invention and
reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the eighteenth-century
“discovery” of folk culture to contemporary accounts of the cultural impact of
globalization. * Examines the relationship between the concept of popular culture and key
issues in cultural analyses such as hegemony, postmodernism, identity, questions of value,
consumerism, and everyday life.
An
Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture by Domini Strinati (Paperback - Jul 9,
2004). An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognized as an immensely
useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture.
Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which these theories have tried to
understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies. Among the theories and ideas
the book introduces are: mann culture, the Frankfurt School and the culture industry,
semiology and structuralism, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism and cultural populism.
Popular
Culture: Perspectives for Readers and Writers Popular Culture: Perspectives for Readers and Writers by Megan O'Neill (Paperback - Dec
24, 2001). Providing a variety of readings on topical themes, POPULAR CULTURE helps
students develop their own perspective on current, everyday issues.
Cultural
Theory And Popular Culture: A Reader Cultural Theory And Popular Culture: A Reader by John Storey (Paperback - Jun 26,
2006). Mathew Arnold left me flabbergast, 'the raw and uncultivated masses of sunken
people..' ie. the equivalent of pop culture today - this is coming from the man who coined
the term 'culture', which was only at the time considered 'the best of what has been said
and thought in society' Look at what it is now. - Anna Gondzik "Univ. of Toronto
Student" (Toronto, Canada)
Understanding
Popular Culture Understanding Popular Culture by John Fiske (Paperback - Aug 1, 1989). What is popular
culture? How does it differ from mass culture? And what does popular "text"
reveal about class, race, and gender dynamics in a society? In this bestselling work,
Prof. Fiske takes a new approach to studying cultural artifacts.
Cultural
Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods by John Storey
(Paperback - Nov 2003). Using case studies to illustrate the range of theories and methods
that can be used to study contemporary popular culture, this book covers such topics as
television, fiction, film, newspapers and magazines, popular music, and consumption (fan
culture and shopping). For this new edition, examples have been updated, photographs have
been added, and a greater emphasis has been has been placed on identity and consumption.
Also included are new sections on television audiences, hermeneutics and reception theory,
and globalization. An accessible survey of the latest thought on popular culture--now
revised, rewritten, and expanded throughout.
Discovering
Popular Culture (A Longman Topics Reader) Discovering Popular Culture (A Longman Topics Reader) by Anna Tomasino (Paperback - Jun
3, 2006). This brief, provocative reader explores American popular culture from The
Sopranos to the Simpsons, from MP3 players to comic books, from Andy Warhol to hip hop.
Anyone who wants to understand what Americans are seeing, thinking, and doing in the 21st
century should read this collection. Engages readers with an exploration of America’s
popular culture. Readings cover a wide variety of popular media including television and
film, food and drink, advertising, music, the Internet, and much more.
Popular
Culture And High Culture: An Analysis And Evaluation Of Taste Revised And Updated Popular Culture And High Culture: An Analysis And Evaluation Of Taste Revised And
Updated by Herbert Gans (Paperback - Sep 3, 1999). One of the world's most respected
sociologists updates his classic work on public views of popular and high culture. Is NYPD
Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge
and by what standards? In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and
clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the universality of high
cultural standards. While conceding that popular and high culture have converged to some
extent over the twenty-five years since he wrote the book, Gans holds that the choices of
typical Ivy League graduates, not to mention Ph.D.s in literature, are still very
different from those of high school graduates, as are the movie houses, television
channels, museums, and other cultural institutions they frequent. This new edition
benefits greatly from Gans's discussion of the "politicization" of culture over
the last quarter-century. Popular Culture and High Culture is a must read for anyone
interested in the vicissitudes of taste in American society.
With
Amusement for All: A History of American Popular Culture since 1830 With Amusement for All: A History of American Popular Culture since 1830 by LeRoy Ashby
(Hardcover - May 12, 2006). "He draws on the substantial volume of historical
scholarship on American popular culture produced since the 1970s to present a survey of
impressive breadth on two centuries of American amusement...The book is well-written and
the narrative flows along effortlessly." -- Journal of American History
Rhetoric
in Popular Culture Rhetoric in Popular Culture by Barry Brummett (Paperback - Feb 17, 2006). Rhetoric in
Popular Culture, Second Edition is the only textbook that uniquely joins together two
vital scholarly traditions: rhetorical criticism and critical studies. Author Barry
Brummett introduces the reader to techniques of rhetorical criticism specifically designed
for the analysis of texts in popular culture. The Second Edition of this popular text has
been updated and expanded with even more examples from today’s popular culture.
Popular
Culture: A User's Guide Popular Culture: A User's Guide by Susie O'Bien & Imre Szeman (Hardcover - 2004).
A
History of Popular Culture: More of Everything, Faster and Brighter A History of Popular Culture: More of Everything, Faster and Brighter by Raymond Betts
(Paperback - May 10, 2004). This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global
history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War.
Raymond Betts considers the rapid diffusion and 'hybridization' of popular culture as the
result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous
communications, widespread consumption in a market-based economy and the visualization of
reality.
Rethinking
Popular Culture: Contempory Perspectives in Cultural Studies Rethinking Popular Culture: Contempory Perspectives in Cultural Studies by Chandra
Mukerji and Michael Schudson (Paperback - Jul 9, 1991). Rethinking Popular Culture selects
some of the best and most important recent work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon
recent developments in cultural theory and the exciting new techniques of critical
analysis, the essays in this volume break down disciplinary boundaries in a fresh and
innovative fashion. Eclectic and wide-ranging, Rethinking Popular Culture includes works
by authors in the humanities and social sciences. The essays touch on a variety of
features of popular culture, from photography to fashion, romance novels to television,
jokes to food habits. The editors' comprehensive introduction sets each essay in the
context of intellectual developments in history, sociology, literature, and anthropology
and in the study of popular culture as a whole. Arguing that recent scholarship has
revolutionized our understanding of popular culture, the editors articulate what that new
perspective is while introducing some of the most influential and important work that gave
rise to it.
Common
Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture (5th Edition) Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture (5th Edition) by
Michael F. Petracca and Madeleine Sorapure (Paperback - May 29, 2006). From Barbie to the
Internet, the Simpsons to the malls, this engaging book on pop culture can help readers
develop writing skills while reading and thinking about subjects they find inherently
interesting. It contains essays addressing pop culture topics along with suggestions for
further reading. Topics covered in the essays include advertising, television, popular
music, cyberculture, sports, and movies. Because of its several comprehensive indices,
this book is an excellent reference work for writers and analysts of popular culture.
Popular
Culture: An Introduction Popular Culture: An Introduction by Carla Freccero (Paperback - Aug 1, 1999). From
Madonna and drag queens to cyberpunk and webzines, popular culture constitutes a common
and thereby critical part of our lives. Yet the study of popular culture has been
condemned and praised, debated and ridiculed. In Popular Culture: An Introduction, Carla
Freccero reveals why we study popular culture and how it is taught in the classroom.
Blending music, science fiction, and film, Freccero shows us that an informed awareness of
politics, race, and sexuality is essential to any understanding of popular culture.
Freccero places rap music, the Alien Trilogy and Sandra Cisneros in the context of
postcolonialism, identity politics, and technoculture to show students how they can draw
on their already existing literacies and on the cultures they know in order to think
critically. Complete with a glossary of useful terms, a sample syllabus and extensive
bibliography, this book is the concise introduction to the study of popular culture.
Popular
Culture: Production and Consumption (Blackwell Readers in Sociology) Popular Culture: Production and Consumption (Blackwell Readers in Sociology) by Lee
Harrington and Denise Bielby (Paperback - Sep 20, 2000). "In putting together a
reader on Hustler, football hooligans, hip-hop, soap operas, and Dolly Parton, Harrington
and Bielby demonstrate excellent taste. If you find that statement improbable, you will
expand your horizons by taking a look at the superb scholarship contained in this
collection. If, on the other hand, you think it perfectly plausible, you will use this
book anyway to teach your courses, to guide your research, and to deepen your
understanding of the cultural seas in which we all swim." Wendy Griswold,
Northwestern University "This book is a most welcome addition to the field of media
studies. Harrington and Bielby have chosen wisely by including a range of historical and
more contemporary pieces that explore the production-consumption nexus in fresh and
innovative ways. Art, music, prime-time television, movies, sports, video games, urban
landscapes, all of this and more, will lead students and scholars alike to think
comparatively about popular culture." Ron Lembo, Amherst College
Religion
and Popular Culture in America Religion and Popular Culture in America by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan
(Paperback - Nov 17, 2005). "A solid introduction to the dialogue between the
disciplines of cultural studies and religion.... A substantive foundation for subsequent
exploration." - Religious Studies Review "A splendid collection of lively essays
by fourteen scholars dealing with religion and popular culture on the contemporary
American scene." - Choice"
Popular
Culture in American History (Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History) Popular Culture in American History (Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural
History) by Jim Cullen (Paperback - Oct 26, 2000). "Popular Culture in American
History is an immensely appealing - and successful - effort to do the impossible: to
provide a series of thematic snapshots that effectively covers US cultural history. The
selected primary sources are rich and provocative; the scholarly pieces represent a wide
range of perspectives and approaches; the major themes treated will outfit students to
undertake work far beyond the bounds of the topics explicitly included here; and the prose
is sharp and always accessible. I've been waiting for a volume like this for some time,
and I can't imagine that I'm alone." Matthew Frye Jacobson, Yale University
"More than a collection of essays, this book is a leap forward in the comprehension
of the always-emerging cultural world around us, shrewdly historical but also utterly
up-to-date, respectful but not uncritical of its subject, illuminating of the entire
national experience." Mari Jo Buhle, Brown University Popular Culture in American
History collects the most widely cited and important writings on 300 years of American
popular culture. Each of the ten essays serves as a case study of a particular moment,
issue, or form of popular culture, from seventeenth-century chapbooks to hip hop. Each
essay is paired with relevant primary sources, among them illustrations, advertising, and
excerpts from works ranging from dime novel fiction to the writings of Alexis de
Tocqueville and Ralph Waldo Emerson. With further reading lists, contextualizing editorial
introductions, discussion questions, and chronologies of key events built into the book's
pedagogical framework, Cullen has created an indispensable teaching tool for instructors
in American History and American Studies and the first book of its kind on the history of
pop culture in the United States.
Law
and Popular Culture: A Course Book (Politics, Media, and Popular Culture) Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book (Politics, Media, and Popular Culture) by
Michael Asimow and Shannon Mader (Paperback - Aug 2, 2004). This book explores the
interface between law and popular culture, two subjects of enormous current importance and
influence. Exploring how they affect each other, each chapter discusses a legally themed
film or television show, such as Philadelphia or Dead Man Walking, and treats it as both a
cultural and a legal text, illustrating how popular culture both constructs our
perceptions of law, and changes the way that players in the legal system behave. Written
without theoretical jargon, Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book is intended for use in
undergraduate or graduate courses and can be taught by anyone who enjoys pop culture and
is interested in law. Law and Popular Culture combines film history, social history and
legal issues in a readable and engaging way. Better still, the course Asimow and Mader
propose will help any would-be lawyer to see his or her role in society in a more humane
and responsible way. But best of all, this book and this course offers entertainment as
well as enlightenment. I never wanted to be a lawyer, but if this course had been around
when I was in college, I would happily have embraced it. -Richard Schickel, Film critic,
Time Magazine, documentarian, and author of numerous books on film history and criticism.
Law and Popular Culture: A Course Book will become an instant classic. Focusing on
exemplary films and television shows about law and lawyers, Asimow and Mader present
insightful readings and interpretations of both their narrative and visual elements. This
book provides a stellar example of the kind of intellectual excitement that can be
generated in the classroom and a truly invaluable resource for teachers and students eager
to explore the increasing important connections of law and popular culture. -Austin Sarat,
William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science, Amherst College,
author of numerous works on law and society and law and popular culture.
READING
POPULAR CULTURE: AN ANTHOLOGY FOR WRITERS READING POPULAR CULTURE: AN ANTHOLOGY FOR WRITERS by KELLER MICHAEL (Paperback - Aug
30, 2007).
Immigration
and American Popular Culture: An Introduction (Nation of Newcomers) Immigration and American Popular Culture: An Introduction (Nation of Newcomers) by
Rachel Rubin and Jeffrey Melnick (Paperback - Dec 6, 2006). How does a 'national' popular
culture form and grow over time in a nation comprised of immigrants? How have immigrants
used popular culture in America, and how has it used them? Immigration and American
Popular Culture looks at the relationship between American immigrants and the popular
culture industry in the twentieth century. Through a series of case studies, Rachel Rubin
and Jeffrey Melnick uncover how specific trends in popular culture—such as portrayals
of European immigrants as gangsters in 1930s cinema, the zoot suits of the 1940s, the
influence of Jamaican Americans on rap in the 1970s, and cyberpunk and Asian American
zines in the1990s—have their roots in the complex socio-political nature of
immigration in America. Supplemented by a timeline of key events and extensive suggestions
for further reading, Immigration and American Popular Culture offers at once a unique
history of twentieth century U.S. immigration and an essential introduction to the major
approaches to the study of popular culture. Melnick and Rubin go further to demonstrate
how completely and complexly the processes of immigration and cultural production have
been intertwined, and how we cannot understand one without the other.
Chicano
Popular Culture: Que Hable el Pueblo (The Mexican American Experience) Chicano Popular Culture: Que Hable el Pueblo (The Mexican American Experience) by
Charles M. Tatum (Paperback - Aug 1, 2001). Explores the broad and complex arena of
popular culture among Americans of Mexican descent and explains what popular culture can
tell them about themselves. Reviewing a range of expressive arts-music, cinema, broadcast
media, literature, and celebrations-Tatum explains the differences and similarities
between Chicano popular culture and that of other ethnic groups or of Anglo society and
shows how Chicano arts reflect a people's traditions and heritage.
Popular
Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles (American
Crossroads) Popular Culture in the Age of White Flight: Fear and Fantasy in Suburban Los Angeles
(American Crossroads) by Eric Avila (Paperback - April 1, 2006). Avila examines disparate
manifestations of popular culture in architecture, art, music, and more to illustrate the
unfolding urban dynamics of postwar Los Angeles. He also synthesizes important currents of
new research in urban history, cultural studies, and critical race theory, weaving a
textured narrative about the interplay of space, cultural representation, and identity
amid the westward shift of capital and culture in postwar America.
Popular
Culture In The Arab World Popular Culture In The Arab World by Andrew Hammond (Paperback - Jun 27, 2007). Over
the last fifty years the Arab world has witnessed two seemingly contradictory trends:
governments have failed to unite the region politically but at the same time a vibrant
popular culture has blossomed, strengthening the sense of a shared Arab identity. Egyptian
soap operas, Arab pop stars, al-Jazeera television, Islamic televangelists, and a raging
debate over the war on terror and the future of the Arabs are just some of the phenomena
that comprise the immensely rich and diverse world of the Arab mass media. Looking at such
diverse cultural forms as commercial cinema, pop music, television, sport, theatre and
popular religion, journalist Andrew Hammond portrays the lively popular culture of the
region, offering a refreshing antidote to stereotypical views about the Middle East.
Popular Culture in the Arab World covers the entire spectrum of pop culture in the Arab
world today, from reality TV shows to the power of modern advertising, as well as scandals
involving belly-dancing stars like Fifi Abdo. From Lebanese pop sensation Nancy Ajram to
Shaaban Abdel-Rahim, an illiterate ironer in Cairo who rose to stardom singing of his
support for Palestinians against Israel, this unique book highlights the unlikely heroes
of Arab popular culture. Of interest to all those who wish to understand how popular
culture works hand-in-hand with the politics of the Middle East, this book is a thoroughly
researched but fun tour of the history, trends, and controversies surrounding popular
culture in the Arab world.
Latino/a
Popular Culture Latino/a Popular Culture by Michelle Habell-Pallan and Mary Romero (Paperback - Jun 1,
2002). A collection of 16 thought-provoking essays centered on media, music, theater, art,
and sports, this multidisciplinary and multiethnic project stresses "the need to
amplify the investigation of Latino popular culture within a larger context of the
Americas." Challenging the perception of Latinization in culture, the contributors,
mostly scholars from the humanities and social sciences (Arlene D villa, Luz Calvo, and
Ana Patricia Rodriguez, to name a few), almost without exception follow the theme of
identity among Latin groups typified in the opening essay on Latino portrayals on
Spanish-language television. MTV International is the topic of a disturbing piece on music
videos and social activism led by a border band. The phenomenon of Mexican American boxer
Oscar de la Hoya is the subject of an essay on the Latino rejection of a cultural icon
thought to be too Anglicized for many in the Los Angeles barrios. More focused on the
influences of North American Latino culture than the recent Latin American Popular
Culture: An Introduction, this collection deserves a space on shelves in all academic
libraries. Boyd Childress, Auburn Univ. Lib., NY. - Copyright 2002 Reed Business
Information, Inc.
Authentic
Fakes: Religion and American Popular Culture Authentic Fakes: Religion and American Popular Culture by David Chidester (Paprback -
April 18, 2005). Authentic Fakes explores the religious dimensions of American popular
culture in unexpected places: baseball, the Human Genome Project, Coca-Cola, rock 'n'
roll, the rhetoric of Ronald Reagan, the charisma of Jim Jones, Tupperware, and the free
market, to name a few. Chidester travels through the cultural landscape and discovers the
role that fakery--in the guise of frauds, charlatans, inventions, and simulations--plays
in creating religious experience. His book is at once an incisive analysis of the
relationship between religion and popular culture and a celebration of the myriad ways in
which invention can stimulate the religious imagination. Moving beyond American borders,
Chidester considers the religion of McDonald's and Disney, the discourse of W.E.B. Du Bois
and the American movement in Southern Africa, the messianic promise of Nelson Mandela's
1990 tour to America, and more. He also looks at the creative possibilities of the
Internet in such phenomena as Discordianism, the Holy Order of the Cheeseburger, and a
range of similar inventions. Arguing throughout that religious fakes can do authentic
religious work, and that American popular culture is the space of that creative labor,
Chidester looks toward a future "pregnant with the possibilities of new kinds of
authenticity."
The
Arts, Popular Culture, and Social Change The Arts, Popular Culture, and Social Change by Landon E. Beyer (Paperback - Jul 1,
2000). The purpose, value, and significance of the arts are perennial topics, often
generating rather heated discussions. In the modern era, a philosophical perspective took
hold in accord with the idea that art was separated from daily life, as well as from
larger social contexts. This book argues for a perspective in which the arts are
integrated with our daily lives, even as they affect social, political, and educational
realities, and our understanding of those realities. A central theme of this book is that
aesthetic experiences, and forms of popular culture in particular, can and often do affect
the way we see, interpret, and make sense of our worlds, as well as assist in the creation
of a more just, invigorating, and humane society.
When
Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture When Law Goes Pop: The Vanishing Line Between Law and Popular Culture by Richard K.
Sherwin (Paperback - May 2002). Remember the national fascination with the televised
Menendez brothers' trial? What about the episode of Law & Order in which the
aristocratic Upper East Sider may or may not have pushed his wife into a coma? Oh, wait,
that was the Claus von Bülow story--which was also made into a movie. This type of
reciprocity of law and popular culture is of concern to NYU law professor Richard Sherwin.
To Sherwin, the mingling of law and entertainment flattens discourse, occludes real
understanding of the law and legal practices, and threatens democracy insofar as the
public loses faith in "real law" when it does not conform to the law as seen at
home, in popular culture, and on TV. Sherwin analyzes the cultural and cognitive models at
play in the telling and hearing of legal narratives and critiques the tools of
meaning-making by looking closely at specific well-known cases and their outcomes. He also
examines the use of public relations consultants to spin and provide a seductive coherence
to their clients' cases (think of the "impromptu" press conferences on the
courthouse steps). When Law Goes Pop is a rich and erudite critique of law as popular
culture. It is a call to be alert to the deleterious effects of what another scholar, Doug
Reed, has called "the juridico-entertainment complex," and a timely reminder of
what is at stake. --J.R. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition. In a brilliant
analysis of the jury system in our media-saturated age, Sherwin, a former New York City
prosecutor and a professor at New York Law School, expertly examines the role of vivid
storytelling in successful litigation, while cautioning against misusing that opportunity
to seduce or "illicitly persuade" juries. Citing the media circus surrounding
the notorious trials of the Menendez brothers and O.J. Simpson, he argues convincingly
that an attorney has a professional obligation to function as a brake on popular passions
and prejudices in court, not to feed into the tendency to inflame the audience with
techniques that the media uses. Otherwise, lawyers risk undermining society's continued
trust in the jury system. The seriousness of that risk impels Sherwin to address the
complex interpenetration of media, law and culture in our time to such dazzling effect
that this book stands not only as a guide for practicing and aspiring attorneys but also
to those interested in current challenges to social stability. In a chapter dedicated to
the role of Errol Morris's docudrama, The Thin Blue Line, in the release of Randall Dale
Adams after he had served 12 years of a murder sentence in Texas, Sherwin illustrates the
methods Morris used to question the case and bring new evidence forward. At the same time,
he shows the potential for manipulation that Morris's techniques dangle in front of an
unethical advocate. As Sherwin moves from a discussion of the storytelling nuances in such
films as Lost Highway, Music of Chance and Martin Scorsese's remake of Cape Fear to a plea
for attorneys to take responsibility for their court arguments, to make ethical choices in
how they present material to juries and to maintain trust in the jury system, discerning
readers will see a truly integrative intelligence at work, proposing possible solutions
rather than simply bemoaning problems. (June) Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information,
Inc. - From Publishers Weekly
The
1980s (American Popular Culture Through History) The 1980s (American Popular Culture Through History) by Bob Batchelor and Scott
Stoddart (Hardcover - Dec 30, 2006). The eighties are seen by many as a time of excess and
extremes. From Boy George to Madonna, metal heads to valley girls, and workout clothes to
shoulder pads, many pushed the boundaries of what was was conventional. After a decade of
war, disillusionment of the government, advances in civil rights, and disco, Americans
became status seekers and shopaholics and the "Me" generation was born. Twelve
narrative chapters describe the decade of decedence and its impact on popular culture
including: the AIDS epidemic, preppies, Miami Vice, the Rubik's Cube, E.T., hair bands,
the advent of the personal computer, malls, Ronald Reagan, Pac-Man, Cheers, Stephen King,
Michael Jackson, the shuttle Challenger explosion, Bonfire of the Vanities, music videos,
Roseanne, the power suit, Less Than Zero, rap music, and The Cosby Show, among many
others. Chapters on "Everyday America" and the "World of Youth"
describe the important changes in American society, from Ronald Reagan's "War on
Drugs", to latch-key kids, to Black Monday. The following ten chapters explore the
many aspects of popular culture-everything from advertising to fashion, literature to
music, travel to the visual arts-that influenced Americans in the eighties. Supplemental
resources include a timeline of important events, an extensive bibliography for further
reading and a subject index.
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