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by Lee (ed.) Harrington  Publisher Comments 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... (read more)  List Price $49.95 Your price $38.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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by Dominic Strinati Publisher Comments How can we study popular culture? What makes 'popular culture' popular? Is popular culture important? What influence does it have?<P>An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture provides a clear and comprehensive answer to these questions. It... (read more) List Price $43.25 Your price $26.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David E. Ruth Publisher Comments In this richly detailed account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. The subject of innumerable newspaper and magazine articles, scores of novels, and hundreds of Hollywood movies, the... (read more) List Price $26.25 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen King Publisher Comments Stephen King explores the phenomenon of horror in a century of film, television, radio, and literature. Who better than King to investigate what terrifies his fans?... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Denise J. Youngblood Publisher Comments A pathbreaking study of Soviet cinema in the 1920s.... (read more) List Price $47.00 Your price $36.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stuart Allan Publisher Comments A fascinating study of the modern media--and how it shapes our world News Culture is an introduction to the forms, practices, institutions, and audiences of journalism. It begins with a historical consideration of the rise of "objective" reporting in... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price $38.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Theodor Adorno Publisher Comments This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Shirley Steinberg Publisher Comments America is a corporatized society defined by our culture of consumerism. One of the groups most targeted by corporations is children and youth. TV, movies, radio, video games, toys, books, and fast food are all directed specifically at consumers under 18.... (read more) List Price $36.00 Your price $24.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Joseph Boskin Publisher Comments Joseph Boskin changes the way we think about the ordinary joke and its connection to historical forces. Claiming that humor in America is a primary cultural weapon, Boskin surveys and analyzes the multitude of joke cycles that have swept the country... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark Edmundson Publisher Comments Once we've terrified ourselves reading Anne Rice or Stephen King, watching Halloweenor following the O. J. Simpson trial, we can rely on the comfort of our inner child or Robert Bly's bongos, an angel, or even a crystal. In a brilliant assessment of... (read more) List Price $24.25 Your price $14.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by M. M. Manring Publisher Comments The figure of the mammy occupies a central place in the lore of the Old South and has long been used to illustrate distinct social phenomena, including racial oppression and class identity. In the early twentieth century, the mammy became immortalized as... (read more) List Price $19.50 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mitchell K. Hall Publisher Comments American popular culture changed dramatically during the Vietnam era--from Leave it To Beaver to All in the Family and from Bobby Darin to Bob Dylan. In Crossroads, historian Mitchell K. Hall explores the popular culture that shaped the baby boomers and... (read more) List Price $25.95 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Alan Bryman Publisher Comments `Alan Bryman has expanded on his internationally well-known work on Disney theme parks and Disneyization to create a fascinating and highly readable book. It should prove of interest to beginning students in a number of different courses and fields, as... (read more) List Price $51.95 Your price $39.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Camille Paglia Publisher Comments A collection of twenty of Paglia's out-spoken essays on contemporary issues in America's ongoing cultural debate such as Anita Hill, Robert Mapplethorpe, the beauty myth, and the decline of education in America.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Nestor G. Canclini Publisher Comments Is popular culture merely a process of creating, marketing, and consuming a final product, or is it an expression of the artist's surroundings and an attempt to alter them? Noted Argentine/Mexican anthropologist Nestor Garcia Canclini addresses these... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jack Nachbar Publisher Comments "Popular Culture: An Introductory Text" provides the means for a new examination of the different faces of the American character in both its historical and contemporary identities. The text is highlighted by a series of extensive introductions to... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $19.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Eric Zolov Publisher Comments From the arrival of Elvis in Mexico during the 1950s to the emergence of a full-blown counterculture movement by the late 1960s and into the 70s, Zolov uses rock to illuminate Mexican history. Zolov shows rock music as a commodity, with influences shaped... (read more) List Price $33.75 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Lary (ed.) May Publisher Comments "The freshness of the authors' approaches . . . is salutary. . . . The collection is stimulating and valuable."—Joan Shelley Rubin, Journal of American... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anne Allison Publisher Comments A fascinating exploration of the varied culture of sex and sexuality, power and gender dynamics, in contemporary Japan.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $10.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stuart Hirschberg Publisher Comments With a thematic focus on global popular culture, this unique multi-genre reader offers students the opportunity to read, talk, and write about familiar topics of modern life.... (read more) List Price $31.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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