What's popular about popular culture? Can we say popular culture is good or bad? How have theorists tried to make sense of popular culture? An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture is widely recognised as an immensely useful textbook for students taking courses in the major theories of popular culture. Dominic 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
By:
Dominic Strinati
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 216mm,
Width: 138mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9780415234993
ISBN 10: 0415234999
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 26 February 2004
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Primary
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A / AS level
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1. Mass Culture and Popular Culture 2. The Frankfurt School and the Culture Industry 3. Structralism, Semiology and Popular Culture 4. Marxism, Political Economy and Ideology 5. Feminism and Popular Culture 6. Postmodernism and Popular Culture
Dominic Strinati is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Leicester. He is the author of An Introduction to Studying Popular Culture (Routledge 2000).
Reviews for An Introduction to Theories of Popular Culture
'An excellent introduction to popular culture. Complex theories are presented in a clear and concise manner' - Stephen Dawkins, Park Lane College on the first edition
