Beautiful Things in Popular Culture - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1405131918 ISBN 13 : 9781405131919

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2006

Synopsis

This is an innovative book that addresses the question of how consumers make decisions about what is good and what is bad in popular culture.

• An entertaining and informative guide to the range of aesthetic criteria that goes into judging mass culture's most celebrated texts and objects - from Batman to motor bikes, and pop stars to internet pornography
• Brings together a series of accessible and engaging essays written by connoisseurs of various areas of popular culture
• Tackles the core question of how consumers make decisions about what is good popular culture and what is bad popular culture
• Offers an entertaining and educative read for academic readers as well as purveyors of culture; moving beyond a 'greatest hits' list of popular culture to debate broader issues.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Alan McKee is Associate Professor of Creative Industries at Queensland University of Technology. He is the author of Textual Analysis: A Beginner's Guide (2003) and The Public Sphere: An Introduction (2005).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405131918
• ISBN 13: 9781405131919
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 244
• Éditeur: McKee Alan
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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