| Pop Culture Contributor(s): Harrington, Lee (Editor), Bielby, Denise (Editor) |
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ISBN: 063121710X ISBN-13: 9780631217107 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $62.32 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2000 Annotation: This is a rich collection of essays highlighting the complex relationship between cultural production and consumption using examples from music, television, magazines, sports, and advertising. Classic, contemporary, and newly commissioned articles examine the key themes and debates on popular culture by key scholars. Using a multitude of perspectives the book explores how culture is commodified and turned into profit, including a study of contemporary celebrity and fandom. In addition, issues of social and cultural diversity are addressed in readings that are accessible and provocative for both students and academics. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306 |
| LCCN: 00024886 |
| Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Sociology |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 6.68" W x 9.64" (1.45 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is a rich collection of contemporary perspectives on how culture is produced and commodified using current examples from music, television, magazines, sports, and advertising. Incorporating a variety of theoretical frameworks, the book addresses, in addition, issues of social and cultural diversity in readings by key scholars that are accessible and provocative for both students and academics. |
