| In the Culture Society: Art, Fashion and Popular Music Contributor(s): McRobbie, Angela (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415137497 ISBN-13: 9780415137492 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1999 Annotation: We may be living in a material world, but Angela McRobbie pinpoints a "new materialism" in "In the Culture Society." She provides a lively, incisive look at how different artistic and cultural practices develop in contemporary consumer culture, by examining the new populism of young artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin and the proliferation of underground forms of dance music. McRobbie explores how musicians such as Tricky, Talvin Singh, and Goldie have incorporated Black and Asian social history into a distinctive sound. She also investigates the relationship between cultural production and feminism through the new sexualities of teen girls' magazines. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 306.409 |
| LCCN: 99014223 |
| Physical Information: 0.62" H x 6.14" W x 9.66" (0.90 lbs) 180 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: How do different artistic and cultural practices develop in the contemporary consumer culture? Providing a new direction in cultural studies as well as a vigorous defence of the field, Angela McRobbie's new collection of essays considers the social consequences of cultural proliferation and the social basis of aesthetic innovation. In the wake of postmodernism, McRobbie offers a more grounded and even localised account of key cultural practices, from the new populism of young British artists, including Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin, to the underground London sounds of drum'n'bass, discussing music by artists such as Tricky, Talvin Singh and Goldie; from the new sexualities in girls' and women's magazines like More and Sugar to the dynamics of fashion production and consumption. Throughout the essays the author returns to issues of livelihoods and earning a living in the cultural economy, while at the same time pressing the issue of cultural value. |