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Popular culture : introductory perspectives / Marcel Danesi.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Danesi, Marcel, 1946-
- Series:
- @@@& L series in mass communication.
- The R & L series in mass communication
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2008]
- Summary:
- 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 culturefrom music and websites to fads, celebrities, and moretapping into the fun of pop culture without making us feel guilty for enjoying it.
- Contents:
- What is pop culture?
- Explaining pop culture
- Radio
- Music
- Cinema and video
- Television
- Advertising, branding, and fads
- Language
- Forever pop.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780742555464
- 0742555461
- 9780742555471
- 074255547X
- OCLC:
- 105451652
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