| Sexualities and Popular Culture Contributor(s): Holmberg, Carl B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0761903518 ISBN-13: 9780761903512 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $90.25 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: Sexualities and Popular Culture is a fascinating exploration into the study of popular culture and its influence on how we perceive the endless varieties of the sexualized human presentation of self in everyday life. Author Carl B. Holmberg presents a short history of the notion of popular culture and communication giving clear definitions and generous examples that illustrate the evolving portrayal of human sexuality. Holmberg gathers evidence from the "popular" inherent in all aspects of our culture from familiar sources such as books, film, magazines, and television, to less common ones such as prehistoric texts, sports, and everyday popular practices to explain how pervasively popular culture communicates sexuality to us and through us. This book is also highly recommended as supplementary reading for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students studying popular culture, gay and lesbian studies, sociology, and mass communication. "Carl B. Holmberg's Sexualities and Popular Culture is one of the most important works in the field of cultural studies published in recent years. Well written in its analysis, wide ranging in its discussion, and containing numerous 'gems' of insight on a topic rarely approached, Holmberg's study is a must read for anyone seriously interested in the social dynamics of our culture." --Gary Hoppenstand, Michigan State University |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Human Sexuality (see Also Social Science - Human Sexuality) - Social Science | Popular Culture |
| Dewey: 306.7 |
| LCCN: 97045333 |
| Series: Feminist Perspective on Communication |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 12.46" W x 9.22" (1.11 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The author presents a short history of popular culture with definitions and examples that illustrate the evolving portrayal of human sexuality. Examples are taken from sources such as books, film, magazines and television, historic texts, sport and everyday popular practices to explain how pervasively popular culture communicates sexuality to us and through us. |
