Description
| Product ID: | 9780415235006 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture |
| Authors: | Author: Dominic Strinati |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | History, Humanities, Media studies, Media studies |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students of the major theories of popular culture, this is a critical assessment of how these theories have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies. An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognized as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture. Strinati provides a critical assessment of the ways in which these theories have tried to understand and evaluate popular culture in modern societies. Among the theories and ideas the book introduces are: mann culture, the Frankfurt School and the culture industry, semiology and structuralism, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism and cultural populism. This new edition provides fresh material on Marxism and feminism, while a new final chapter assesses the significance of the theories explained in the book. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2004-02-26 |
