Social problems in popular culture / R J Maratea and Brian Monahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maratea, R J, author.

Monahan, Brian, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Social aspects.

Popular culture.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vii, 151 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bristol, England : Bristol University Press, 2016.

Summary:

‘Popular culture’ is more than just a broad term for entertainment and frivolous diversions and is highly relevant to many aspects of society. In this exciting textbook, the authors offer insights into the important, but often overlooked, relationship between popular culture and social problems. Drawing on historical and topical examples, they apply an innovative theoretical framework to examine how facets of popular culture—from movies and music, to toys and games, as well as billboards, bumper stickers, and bracelets—shape how we think about, and respond to, social issues. Including student features and evocative case studies, this is the first book to make the link between popular culture and social problems and will help students understand the relationship between them. Deftly combining the fun and irreverence of popular culture with a critical scholarly inquiry, this timely book delivers an engaging account of how our interactions with popular culture matter more than we think!

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of contents

Notes on authors

Acknowledgements

One Introduction

Two Understanding Social Problems and Popular Culture

Three Blaming Popular Culture for the Existence of Social Problems

Four Spreading Problem Claims Through Popular Culture

Five Popular Culture and Pushback

Six Marketing Social Problems Through Popular Culture

Conclusion

References

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9781447321606

144732160X

9781447321590

1447321596