{"product_id":"popular-culture-9781119140337","title":"Popular Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopular Culture: A User's Guide, International Edition\u003c\/i\u003e ventures beyond the history of pop culture to give readers the vocabulary and tools to address and analyze the contemporary cultural landscape that surrounds them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond the history of pop culture to give students the vocabulary and tools to analyze popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esuitable for the study of popular culture across a range of disciplines, from literary theory and cultural studies to philosophy and sociology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a broad range of important topics including the underlying socioeconomic structures that affect media, the politics of pop culture, the role of consumers, subcultures and countercultures, and the construction of social reality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the ways in which individuals and societies act as consumers and agents of popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface: A User’s Guide to Popular Culture: A User’s Guide ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introducing Popular Culture 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eApproaching Popular Culture 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDefining Popular Culture 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopular Culture Invades the Classroom 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Americanization of Popular Culture 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Decolonization of Culture 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture and Economics—The Postindustrial Revolution 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy This? Why Now? Why Me? A Couple of Final Arguments for the Importance of Studying Popular Culture 18\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoffee as Popular Culture 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnd It All Boils Down To…What Is in a Cup of Coffee? 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The History of Popular Culture 29\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking It from the Streets 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking the Streets Safe for Commerce 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopular Recreation before 1830 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCapitalism and the Industrial Revolution 32\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopular Recreation and Resistance 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Production of Commercial Mass Culture—the Birth of the Culture Industry 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContinuities and Changes 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Representation and the Construction of Social Reality 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTruth2Power 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstructing a Crisis—the Discourse of Violent Youth 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSignification—the Production of Social Sense 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresenting the Youth Crisis 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTruth2Power: The Politics of Representation 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContexts of Representation 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentation in Contemporary Culture 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Production of Popular Culture 91\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Business of Culture 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Money Changes Everything”: The Pitfalls of Thinking about Production 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Culture Industry Thesis 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShifting Modes of Cultural Production 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Production Today 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading and Viewing 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Consuming Life 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBack to “Normal” 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Brief History of Consumer Culture 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsumption as Distinction 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConsumption, Desire, and Pleasure 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Consumption 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading and Viewing 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Identity and the Body 151\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIdentity—a Necessary Fiction? 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe History of Identity—Some Different Theories 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHegemonic Masculinity, Postfeminism, and the Third-Wave 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLGBTQ+ 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDifferent Bodies, Different Selves? 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAltered States 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Identity, Community, Collectivity 183\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho Do You Want Me to Be? 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The People Who Are Ours” 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern Identities: Nation, Empire, and Race 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNation and Empire 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostcolonial Identities 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePostnational Identities: Melted, Frozen, Reconstituted 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity or Collectivity? 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Subcultures and Countercultures 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Mainstream and Other Streams 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSubcultures and Countercultures: What Is the Difference? 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePopular Representations of Subcultures and Countercultures 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Politics of Subcultures 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Space, Place, and Globalization 243\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(Dis)Locations of Popular Culture 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrivate versus Public Space 246\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInside Out 255\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Big Picture: Globalization? 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs Globalization Real? 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization and Popular Culture 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlobalization: What’s Next? 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Popular Culture in the Twenty]First Century 281\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn with the New? 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMany Popular Cultures? 283\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew Technology and Its Discontents 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLost Generation? 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Is Next? 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuggestions for Further Reading and Viewing 310\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorks Cited 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 345\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406995333463,"sku":"9781119140337","price":78.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119140337.jpg?v=1730497825","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/popular-culture-9781119140337","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}