Social problems in popular culture - Couverture souple

Maratea, R. J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1447321588 ISBN 13 : 9781447321583

Editeur : Policy Press, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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, evocative case studies and online material, 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!

Revue de presse :

An original method of classifying the various ways social problems and popular culture intersect. Anyone who reads this book is likely to come away a more thoughtful consumer of all sorts of news and entertainment media. --Joel Best, University of Delaware

Offering up-to-the-minute illustrations of cultural trends and accessible explanations of enduring sociological concepts, Maratea and Monahan deftly explore how corporations, politicians, advocates and activists use popular culture to shape the public's response to social problems. --Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver

A fresh perspective on the construction of social problems, not found in traditional textbooks. Students from any major will find new and applicable ways of thinking about social problems in our culture and media. --Amie Levesque, University of Denver

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Policy Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1447321588
• ISBN 13: 9781447321583
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 160