Only Entertainment Contributor(s): Dyer, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415254973 ISBN-13: 9780415254977 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2002 Annotation: "Only Entertainment" is a classic collection of essays on entertainment and the pleasures of popular culture. Richard Dyer argues that any analysis of entertainment begins with recognizing that entertainment is part of a "common sense" which is always historically and culturally constructed. Dyer examines this social construction of entertainment without rejecting aesthetic or ideological criticism, and his subjects range from "The Sound of Music" to action cinema, classical ballet to disco, star pin-ups to pornography. The second edition features a new introduction placing the essays in the context of cultural debates. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Media Studies |
Dewey: 306.484 |
LCCN: 2001058920 |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.22" W x 9.38" (0.95 lbs) 198 pages |
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Publisher Description: Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art. |