ISBN:
020316606X
,
9780203166062
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (viii, 200 p)
Series Statement:
International library of sociology
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Witkin, Robert W. (Robert Winston) Adorno on popular culture
DDC:
306/.092
Keywords:
Adorno, Theodor W
;
Adorno, Theodor W
;
Popular culture
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Anthropology ; Cultural
;
POLITICAL SCIENCE ; Public Policy ; Cultural Policy
;
SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Popular Culture
;
Popular culture
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
Cultural nemesis --Theory of pseudo-culture --Dialectic of Enlightenment and The Ring of the Nibelungen --Decay of 'aura' and the schema of mass culture --Star power --Situating music socially --On popular music --Adorno's radio days --Film and television --Woody Allen's culture industry --Walking a critical line home.
Abstract:
Unpacks Adorno's critique of popular culture in an engagingly, looking at the development of theories of authority, commodification and negative dialectics. Goes on to consider Adorno's writing on specific aspects of popular culture
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 188-190) and index
