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Popular culture in Europe since 1800 : a student's guide / Tobias Becker and Len Platt.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Becker, Tobias, author.
- Platt, Len, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--Europe--History--19th century.
- Popular culture.
- Popular culture--Europe--History--20th century.
- Popular culture--Europe--History--21st century.
- Europe--Social life and customs.
- Europe.
- Europe--Civilization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Tobias Becker is a historian and curator based in Berlin. His publications include Inszenierte Moderne: Populr̃es Theater in Berlin und London, 1880-1930 (2014), Popular Musical Theatre in London and Berlin, 1890-1939, ed. with Len Platt and David Linton (2014) and Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia (forthcoming). Len Platt is Professor Emeritus of Modern Literatures at Goldsmiths, University of London. His previous publications include Writing London and the Thames Estuary 1576-2016 (2017), James Joyce: Texts and Contexts (2012), Joyce, Race and Finnegans Wake (2007) and Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890-1939 (2004).
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Reading cultures, modernity and the word
- Chapter 2 Seeing, the rise of visual culture
- Chapter 3 Performance, rational entertainment and musical theatre
- Chapter 4 Play, games in modern Europe
- Chapter 5 Music, from folksong to pop
- Chapter 6 Film, European genre movies
- Chapter 7 Television, a popular culture and its politics
- Chapter 8 Digital Europe, the video game.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 02, 2023).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Becker, Tobias. Popular culture in Europe since 1800
- ISBN:
- 9781003412595
- 1003412599
- 9781000954258
- 1000954250
- 9781000954166
- 1000954161
- Publisher Number:
- 40032348488
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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