An introduction to theories of popular culture / Dominic Strinati.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strinati, Dominic.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

310p.

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

Summary:

Widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students of the major theories of popular culture, this is a critical assessment of how these theories have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies.

Contents:

1. Mass culture and popular culture

2. The Frankfurts School and the culture industry

3. Structuralism, semiology and popular culture

4. Marxism, political economy and ideology

5. Feminism and popular culture

6. Postmodernism, contemporary popular culture and recent theoretical developments.

Notes:

First published 1995 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-273) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-56507-0

0-415-23499-9

1-134-56508-9

1-280-05694-0

0-203-64516-2

9780203645161

OCLC:

261959898