Author

Contributions

  • McKee, Alan. - Contributor

Publication

2007 - Blackwell Pub., Malden, MA, Massachusetts

Language

English

Word Count

57,750 words, Guess

Page Count

231 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-10140513190X
  • ISBN-101405131918
  • ISBN-139781405131902
  • ISBN-139781405131919
  • LibraryThing1674166
and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC306/.0973
  • LCCCB430 .B387 2007

Description

This is an innovative book that addresses the question of how consumers make decisions about what is good and what is bad in popular culture. An entertaining and informative guide to the range of aesthetic criteria that goes into judging mass culture's most celebrated texts and objects - from Batman to motor bikes, and pop stars to internet pornography Brings together a series of accessible and engaging essays written by connoisseurs of various areas of popular cultureTackles the core question of how consumers make decisions about what is good popular culture and what is bad popular cultureOffers an entertaining and educative read for academic readers as well as purveyors of culture; moving beyond a 'greatest hits' list of popular culture to debate broader issues.

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Other Editions

  • Beautiful things in popular cultureBlackwell Pub.2007

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