ISBN:
0203993942
,
9780203993941
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (x, 187 pages)
,
illustrations
Edition:
2nd ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dyer, Richard Only entertainment
DDC:
306.484
Keywords:
Performing arts Social aspects
;
Popular culture
;
Performing arts Social aspects
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Performing arts ; Social aspects
;
Popular culture
;
Filmkunst
;
Amusement
;
Beeldvorming
;
Music
;
Electronic books
;
Electronic books
;
Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art. Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of entertainment in movies such as The Sound of Music and Speed, and argues that entertainment is part of a 'common sense' which is always historically and culturally constructed. This new edition of Only Entertainment features a revised introduction and
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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