Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture - Couverture souple

Strinati, Dominic

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0415124700 ISBN 13 : 9780415124706

Editeur : Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

This is an introductory guide to the main theories of popular culture. It examines the main areas of contemporary popular cultural studies, such as the theories of Adorno and the Frankfurt School, structuralism, semiology, Marxism, feminism and postmodernism, and offers basic definitions of key terms such as "mass culture" and "popular culture".

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture. Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which these theories have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies.

Among the theories and ideas the book introduces are: mann culture, the Frankfurt School and the culture industry, semiology and structuralism, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism and cultural populism.

This new edition provides fresh material on Marxism and feminism, while a new final chapter assesses the significance of the theories explained in the book.

Biographie de l'auteur

Dominic Strinati is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester. He is the author of An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture (Routledge 2000).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Routledge
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0415124700
• ISBN 13: 9780415124706
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible