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Popular Culture: Production and Consumption
Lee Harrington
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Description for Popular Culture: Production and Consumption
Paperback. * A Demonstrates links between how culture is produced and consumed. A Covers wide range of examples found in popular culture. A Adopts a cross--disciplinary approach. A Includes both classic and contemporary essays as well as new articles written especially for this volume. . Editor(s): Harrington, Lee; Bielby, Denise. Series: Blackwell Readers in Sociology. Num Pages: 368 pages, 2. BIC Classification: JFCA; JHM; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 632.
This is a rich collection of contemporary perspectives on how culture is produced and commodified using current examples from music, television, magazines, sports, and advertising. Incorporating a variety of theoretical frameworks, the book addresses, in addition, issues of social and cultural diversity in readings by key scholars that are accessible and provocative for both students and academics.
This is a rich collection of contemporary perspectives on how culture is produced and commodified using current examples from music, television, magazines, sports, and advertising. Incorporating a variety of theoretical frameworks, the book addresses, in addition, issues of social and cultural diversity in readings by key scholars that are accessible and provocative for both students and academics.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Series
Blackwell Readers in Sociology
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780631217107
SKU
V9780631217107
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99-50
About Lee Harrington
C. Lee Harrington is Associate Professor of Sociology and Affiliate of the Women's Studies program at Miami University of Ohio. Her articles have been published in several scholarly journals and she is the author, with Denise Bielby, of Soap Fans: Pursuing Pleasure and Making Meaning in Everyday Life (1995). Her current research interests include media audiences and death penalty cause ... Read more
Reviews for Popular Culture: Production and Consumption
"In putting together a reader on Hustler, football hooligans, hip-hop, soap operas, and Dolly Parton, Harrington and Bielby demonstrate excellent taste. If you find that statement improbable, you will expand your horizons by taking a look at the superb scholarship contained in this collection. If, on the other hand, you think it perfectly plausible, you will use this book anyway ... Read more