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Book Synopsis
First appearing in 1964, and long since out of print, Stuart Hall and Paddy Whannel’s landmark book The Popular Arts takes seriously the importance of studying popular culture, thereby opening up an almost unprecedented field of analysis of everything from film, pulp crime novels, and jazz to television and advertising.

Table of Contents
Introduction to 2018 Edition / Richard Dyer vii
Introduction 13
Part I: Definitions
1. The Media and Society 19
2. Minority Art, Folk Art, and Popular Art 45
3. Popular Art and Mass Culture 66
Part II. Topics for Study
4. Popular Forms and Popular Artists 89
5. Violence on the Screen 110
6. The Avenging Angels 142
7. Falling in Love 164
8. Fantasy and Romance 196
9. Friends and Neighbours 225
10. The Young Audience 269
11. The Big Bazaar 313
Part III. Social Themes
12. The Institutions 341
13. Mass Society: Critics and Defenders 364
Acknowledgments 385
Index 387

The Popular Arts

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      Book details

      Publisher Duke University Press
      Published 6 July 2018
      ISBN-13 9780822349082
      978-0822349082
      ISBN-10 0822349086

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      First appearing in 1964, and long since out of print, Stuart Hall and Paddy Whannel’s landmark book The Popular Arts takes seriously the importance of studying popular culture, thereby opening up an almost unprecedented field of analysis of everything from film, pulp crime novels, and jazz to television and advertising.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction to 2018 Edition / Richard Dyer vii
      Introduction 13
      Part I: Definitions
      1. The Media and Society 19
      2. Minority Art, Folk Art, and Popular Art 45
      3. Popular Art and Mass Culture 66
      Part II. Topics for Study
      4. Popular Forms and Popular Artists 89
      5. Violence on the Screen 110
      6. The Avenging Angels 142
      7. Falling in Love 164
      8. Fantasy and Romance 196
      9. Friends and Neighbours 225
      10. The Young Audience 269
      11. The Big Bazaar 313
      Part III. Social Themes
      12. The Institutions 341
      13. Mass Society: Critics and Defenders 364
      Acknowledgments 385
      Index 387

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