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| Author | : Martin Lüthe |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : SOCIAL SCIENCE |
| ISBN | : 9789089649669 |
This collection includes eighteen essays that introduce the concept of unpopular culture and explore its critical possibilities and ramifications from a large variety of perspectives. Proposing a third term that operates beyond the dichotomy of high culture and mass culture and yet offers a fresh approach to both, these essays address a multitude of different topics that can all be classified as unpopular culture. From David Foster Wallace and Ernest Hemingway to Zane Grey and fan fiction, from Christian Rock and Country to Black Metal, from Steven Seagal to Genesis (Breyer) P-Orridge, from The Simpsons to The Real Housewives, from natural disasters to 9/11, from thesis hatements to professional sports, these essays find the unpopular across media and genres, and they analyze the politics and the aesthetics of an unpopular culture (and the unpopular in culture) that has not been duly recognized as such by the theories and methods of cultural studies.
| Author | : John Weeks |
| Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2004 |
| Genre | : Business & Economics |
| ISBN | : 9780226878119 |
John R. Weeks based his study on long-term observations made at the British Armstrong Bank in the UK. Not one person, from the CEOs to the junior clerks had anything good to say about its corporate culture, yet the way things were done never seemed to alter.
| Author | : Bart Beaty |
| Publisher | : University of Toronto Press |
| Total Pages | : 321 |
| Release | : 2007-01-01 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0802094120 |
Artists working in a variety of western European nations have overturned the dominant traditions of comic book publishing as it has existed since the end of the Second World War, seeking instead to instill the medium with experimental and avant-garde tendencies commonly associated with the visual arts. This book addresses this transformation.
| Author | : Guvna B |
| Publisher | : SPCK |
| Total Pages | : 98 |
| Release | : 2017-06-15 |
| Genre | : Religion |
| ISBN | : 0281076324 |
Money is the key to happiness. Work hard, play hard. Look out for number one. Popular culture is full of phrases like these, telling us the best way to live, the right things to buy, the right body shape to have, the right people to hang out with. These messages are everywhere we look, 24 hours a day. But what if there was another way to live? What if we chose to live differently: to stand against injustice, to live life for more than just ourselves, to dare to be unpopular? Guvna B is rebelling against the status quo, and he's calling you to join him. It's time to flip the script, to demonstrate another way to live, to find freedom in going against the grain. It's time for unpopular culture to take the stage.
| Author | : Kathleen Martindale |
| Publisher | : SUNY Press |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 1997-01-01 |
| Genre | : Literary Criticism |
| ISBN | : 9780791432891 |
Offers a lucidly written analysis of the complex and provocative terrain of lesbian literary and cultural theory.
| Author | : Steve Redhead |
| Publisher | : Manchester University Press |
| Total Pages | : 148 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| Genre | : Law |
| ISBN | : 9780719036521 |
Where legal theory, deviance and cultural studies collide, a whole new area of popular cultural studies has grown. This text provides an introduction to this field, covering such diverse areas as sport, the arts, popular music, heritage, tourism, youth culture, information technology and various mass media.
| Author | : Anthony Lioi |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 240 |
| Release | : 2016-10-20 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 147256765X |
This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, film, television and digital media, Nerd Ecology is the first substantial ecocritical study of nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues. Exploring such works as Star Trek, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, the fiction of Thomas Pynchon, The Hunger Games, and superhero comics such as Green Lantern and X-Men, Anthony Lioi maps out the development of nerd culture and its intersections with the most fundamental ecocritical themes. In this way Lioi finds in the narratives of unpopular culture - narratives in which marginalised individuals and communities unite to save the planet - the building blocks of a new environmental politics in tune with the concerns of contemporary ecocritical theory and practice.
| Author | : Alisa Freedman |
| Publisher | : Taylor & Francis |
| Total Pages | : 440 |
| Release | : 2023-04-18 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1000864170 |
Specifically designed for use in a range of undergraduate and graduate courses, while reaching specialists and general readers, this second edition of Introducing Japanese Popular Culture is a comprehensive textbook offering an up-to-date overview of a wide variety of media forms. It uses particular case studies as a way into examining the broader themes in Japanese culture and provides a thorough analysis of the historical and contemporary trends that have shaped artistic production, as well as politics, society, and economics. As a result, more than being a time capsule of influential trends, this book teaches enduring lessons about how popular culture reflects the societies that produce and consume it. With contributions from an international team of scholars, representing a range of disciplines from history and anthropology to art history and media studies, the book covers: Characters Television Videogames Fan media and technology Music Popular cinema Anime Manga Spectacles and competitions Sites of popular culture Fashion Contemporary art. Written in an accessible style with ample description and analysis, this textbook is essential reading for students of Japanese culture and society, Asian media and popular culture, globalization, and Asian Studies in general. It is a go-to handbook for interested readers and a compendium for scholars.
| Author | : William Irwin |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 310 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780742551756 |
Containing thirteen articles, this book makes the case to philosophers that popular culture is worthy of their attention. It considers popular art forms such as movies, television shows, comic books, children's stories, photographs, and rock songs.
| Author | : Paul Bowman |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2017-09-16 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 0230229247 |
Popular culture permeates every aspect of our lives: from the music we listen to, the films and television shows we watch and the books we read. But who decides what counts as popular culture? Why is it so important? And how do we go about studying it? This book provides a comprehensive introduction to popular culture and examines the problems and possibilities of studying this fast changing field. Employing a unique approach, Bowman uses techniques of deconstruction to unpick, analyse and deconstruct contemporary examples of popular culture. The book looks at music, Hollywood film and the self-help movement to question claims behind the importance of popular culture and encourage readers to form their own interpretations of the culture they experience every day. With theory interwoven throughout, but in a way that is barely noticeable to the reader, the book provides covers the important theoretical work in the field, whilst directing the reader through ways to avoid common pitfalls in studying theory. An innovative user guide and glossary explain essential terms and ideas, making difficult concepts relevant, accessible and interesting. This witty, thought-provoking book provides a clear, novel introduction to popular culture for all students of cultural studies, media studies and sociology.
