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Re-Reading Popular Culture
Joke Hermes
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Description for Re-Reading Popular Culture
Paperback. Presents an investigation of the meanings and value of popular culture. This title explores the theme of cultural citizenship by combining textual analysis and media reception theory to analyze popular culture. It traces its topics across a variety of media forms and texts, including sports; detective series; and, children's television and games. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Re-reading Popular Culture is an entertaining investigation of the meanings and value of popular culture today. It explores the theme of cultural citizenship by combining textual analysis and media reception theory to analyze popular culture.
- Includes such contemporary issues as the rewriting of masculinity after the success of feminism, and the layers of meaning in semi-public and private talk of multiculturalism and ethnicity
- Traces its topics across a variety of media forms and texts, including sports; detective fiction and police series; and children's television and games
- Clearly and accessibly written for the student, scholar, and general reader.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405122450
SKU
V9781405122450
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Joke Hermes
Joke Hermes is Lecturer in the Department of Media and Culture at the University of Amsterdam. She is the author of Reading Women’s Magazines (1995) and co-editor of Public Places, Popular Issues (1998).
Reviews for Re-Reading Popular Culture
“A bold book, written with passion and verve, that challenges us to take a serious look at the role of popular culture in creating citizenship and democracy. It is that rare thing: a brilliant book for studying methods but also a political call for engagement.” Christine Geraghty, University of Glasgow "Hitting all the highlights ... Read more