ISBN:
9781443892643
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (214 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306
Keywords:
Popular culture
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
The study of popular culture has come of age, and is now an area of central concern for the well-established domain of cultural studies. In a context where research in popular culture has become closely intertwined with current debates within cultural studies, this volume provides a selection of recent insights into the study of the popular from cultural studies perspectives. Dealing with issues concerning representation, cultural production and consumption or identity construction, this anthology includes chapters analysing a range of genres, from film, television, fiction, drama and print media to painting, in various contexts through a number of cultural studies-oriented theoretical and methodological orientations. The contributions here specifically focus on a wide variety of issues ranging from the ideological construction of identities in print media to the narratives of the postmodern condition in film and fiction, through investigations into youth, the dialogue between the canon and the popular in Shakespeare, and the so-called topographies of the popular in spatial and visual representation. In exploring the interface between cultural studies and popular culture through a number of significant case studies, this volume will be of interest not only within the fields of cultural studies, but also within media and communication studies, film studies, and gender studies, among others.
Abstract:
Intro -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One -- Part I: Constructing Identities in Popular Culture -- Chapter Two -- Chapter Three -- Part II: Topographies of Popular Culture -- Chapter Four -- Chapter Five -- Chapter Six -- Part III: Bridging the Gap between the Canon and the Popular -- Chapter Seven -- Chapter Eight -- Part IV: Popular Culture and Youth at the Crossroads -- Chapter Nine -- Chapter Ten -- Chapter Eleven -- Part V: Narratives of the Postmodern Condition in Film and Fiction -- Chapter Twelve -- Chapter Thirteen -- Chapter Fourteen -- Notes on Contributors.
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