The Wow Climax : Tracing the Emotional Impact of Popular Culture.

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Henry Jenkins at Authors@Google (video). Vaudevillians used the term "the wow climax" to refer to the emotional highpoint of their acts--a final moment of peak spectacle following a gradual building of audience's emotions. Viewed by most critics as vulgar and sensationalistic, the vau...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jenkins, Henry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : NYU Press, 2006.
Temas:
Since 1933
Popular culture > United States.
Popular culture > United States > Psychological aspects.
Emotions > Social aspects > United States.
Affect (Psychology) > United States.
Aesthetics > Social aspects > United States.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States.
Mass media > United States > Psychological aspects.
Culture populaire > États-Unis.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique.
Médias > Aspect social > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
Aesthetics > Social aspects
Affect (Psychology)
Emotions > Social aspects
Mass media > Psychological aspects
Mass media > Social aspects
Popular culture
Popular culture > Psychological aspects
Social conditions
United States > Social conditions > 1933-1945.
United States > Social conditions > 1945-
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1933-1945.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > 1945-
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Henry Jenkins at Authors@Google (video). Vaudevillians used the term "the wow climax" to refer to the emotional highpoint of their acts--a final moment of peak spectacle following a gradual building of audience's emotions. Viewed by most critics as vulgar and sensationalistic, the vaudeville aesthetic was celebrated by other writers for its vitality, its liveliness, and its playfulness. The Wow Climax follows in the path of this more laudatory tradition, drawing out the range of emotions in popular culture and mapping what we might call an aesthetic of immediacy. It pulls together a s
Descripción Física:1 online resource (291 pages)
ISBN:9780814743706
0814743706

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