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From Madonna and drag queens to cyberpunk and webzines, popular culture constitutes a common and thereby critical part of our lives. Yet the study of popular culture has been condemned and praised, debated and ridiculed. In Popular Culture: An Introduction, Carla Freccero reveals why we study popula...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Freccero, Carla, 1956-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, ©1999.
Subjects:
Since 1900
Popular culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Mass media > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Médias > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
Civilization
Mass media > Social aspects
Popular culture
Massenkultur
United States > Civilization > 1945-
États-Unis > Civilisation > 1945-
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Overview and background
  • Serial killers and the question of representation
  • The body and the state
  • Queer subcultures
  • Madonna's popular bodies
  • Truth or Dare
  • Race and identity politics
  • Postcoloniality, imperialism, third world: background and context
  • Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis
  • Diasporic identities and Sandra Cisneros
  • Do the Right Thing
  • Rap, rock, resistance
  • Sound and story
  • Technoculture and postmodernism
  • William Gibson's Neuromancer
  • The cultural politics of the Alien films.

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