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   Seven Pillars of Popular Culture » Read Now

   by Marshall W. Fishwick. 244 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...SEVEN PILLARS OF POPULAR CULTURE Matthew Kahle, who fought under...embodiment of Seven Pillars of Popular Culture . Courtesy of Washington and Lee University. Seven Pillars...
   
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   High Culture, Popular Culture: The Long Debate » Read Now

   by Peter Goodall. 204 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   An overview of the heated and longstanding debate between 'high' and 'popular' cultures in Australia and the rest of the Western world.
   
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   It's Show Time!: Media, Politics, and Popular Culture » Read Now

   by David A. Schultz. 296 pgs.

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   David A. Schultz is Professor of Public Administration and Management at Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota.
   
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   5000 Years of Popular Culture: Popular Culture before Printing » Read Now

   by Fred E. H. Schroeder. 325 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...5000 YEARS OF POPULAR CULTURE 5000 YEARS OF POPULAR CULTURE POPULAR CULTURE BEFORE PRINTING Edited by Fred E.H. Schroeder Bowling Green University Popular Press Bowling...
   
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   Popular Culture: An Introductory Text » Read Now

   by Kevin Lause, Jack Nachbar. 504 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   ...Popular Culture Popular Culture: An Introductory Text edited by Jack Nachbar and...to Know Us Getting to Know Us An Introduction to the Study of Popular Culture: What is...
   
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   Popular Culture and the Expanding Consciousness » Read Now

   by Ray B. Browne. 202 pgs.

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   ...THE POPULAR CULTURE AND THE EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS...York , Albany Ray B. Browne POPULAR CULTURE AND THE EXPANDING CONSCIOUSNESS...LEGACY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR...
   
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   Popular Culture and High Culture: An Analysis and Evaluation of Taste » Read Now

   by Herbert J. Gans. 272 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?

   In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the universality of high cultural standards. While...

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   Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?

   In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the universality of high cultural standards. While conceding that popular and high culture have converged to some extent over the twenty-five years since he wrote the book, Gans holds that the choices of typical Ivy League graduates, not to mention Ph.D.s in literature, are still very different from those of high school graduates, as are the movie houses, television channels, museums, and other cultural institutions they frequent.

   This new edition benefits greatly from Gans's discussion of the "politicization" of culture over the last quarter-century. Popular Culture and High Culture is a must read for anyone interested in the vicissitudes of taste in American society.

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   The Rhetorics of Popular Culture: Advertising, Advocacy, and Entertainment » Read Now

   by Robert L. Root Jr. 180 pgs.

   Collections: History, Entire Library

   Figures Preface Part I. Preliminaries The Nature of Popular Culture The Elements of Rhetoric Part II. Rhetoric and Advertising The Rhetoric of Direct Mail: The Verbal Pitch The Rhetoric of Print Advertising: The Visual Pitch The Rhetoric of Television Commercials: The Video Pitch Part III. Rhetoric...

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   Figures Preface Part I. Preliminaries The Nature of Popular Culture The Elements of Rhetoric Part II. Rhetoric and Advertising The Rhetoric of Direct Mail: The Verbal Pitch The Rhetoric of Print Advertising: The Visual Pitch The Rhetoric of Television Commercials: The Video Pitch Part III. Rhetoric and Advocacy The Rhetoric of Reviewing: Advocacy, Art, and Judgment The Rhetoric of Speculation: Science and Pseudo-Science, Advocacy and Evidence The Rhetoric of Opinion: Advocacy, Public Affairs, and Logic Part IV. Rhetoric and Entertainment A Listener's Guide to the Rhetoric of Popular Music A Viewer's Guide to the Rhetoric of Television A Reader's Guide to the Rhetoric of Popular Fiction Notes Appendix: Suggestions for Study Select Bibliography on Popular Culture Select Bibliography on Rhetoric Index

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   Enduring Values: Women in Popular Culture » Read Now

   by June Sochen. 162 pgs.

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   Enduring Values offers a critical examination of 20th century treatments of women in several mass media areas including music, film, and television. This volume is unique in its wide coverage of various media forms and of the corresponding images of women within the respective areas. from the Preface
   
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    Handbook of American Popular Culture, Vol. 1: Advertising-Graffiti » Read Now

    by M. Thomas Inge. 604 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    ...HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of American...
    
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    Handbook of American Popular Culture, Vol. 2: Illustration-Pornography » Read Now

    by M. Thomas Inge. 468 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    ...HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of American...
    
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    Handbook of American Popular Culture, Vol. 3: Propaganda-Women » Read Now

    by M. Thomas Inge. 596 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    ...HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE HANDBOOK OF AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged...Cataloging-in-Publication Data Handbook of American...
    
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    The Encyclopedia of Japanese Pop Culture » Read Now

    by Mark Schilling. 344 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    In over seventy witty and informative entries, Schilling covers the years from 1945 to the present, casting a wide net that pulls in film, cartoons, every genre of pop music, comedians, matinee idols, gourmet fads, baseball stars, and quiz shows.
    
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    Handbook of Chinese Popular Culture » Read Now

    by Dingbo Wu, Patrick D. Murphy. 409 pgs.

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    Chinese popular culture is extremely diverse and richly complex. The 18 chapters in this reference provide the most comprehensive and current bibliographical and descriptive study of Chinese popular culture in English. Each chapter, written by an expert contributor, provides a thorough survey of...

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    Chinese popular culture is extremely diverse and richly complex. The 18 chapters in this reference provide the most comprehensive and current bibliographical and descriptive study of Chinese popular culture in English. Each chapter, written by an expert contributor, provides a thorough survey of research materials and an overview of the most significant points of critical concern. The extensive closing bibliography provides references for topics not treated in the volume.

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    Handbook of French Popular Culture » Read Now

    by Pierre L. Horn. 310 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    This book presents a series of highly readable, well-documented essays describing French life styles, attitudes, and entertainments as well as the writers and performers currently favored by the French public. Several chapters explore French tastes in popular literature and other reading matter...

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    This book presents a series of highly readable, well-documented essays describing French life styles, attitudes, and entertainments as well as the writers and performers currently favored by the French public. Several chapters explore French tastes in popular literature and other reading matter, including comics, cartoons, mystery and spy fiction, newspapers and magazines, and science fiction. Film, popular music, radio, and television are also discussed in detail, and influences from other cultures--particularly American "imports"--are assessed. The remaining essays examine French sports, leisure, eating and drinking, and relations between men and women.

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    Handbook of Spanish Popular Culture » Read Now

    by Edward F. Stanton. 240 pgs.

    Collections: History, Entire Library

    Spanish popular culture is one of the richest in the world. The absence of an efficient ruling class has allowed the people to stamp their personality on all major aspects of the country's life. This book describes the peculiar Spanish feeling for death and tragedy in popular religious practices...

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    Spanish popular culture is one of the richest in the world. The absence of an efficient ruling class has allowed the people to stamp their personality on all major aspects of the country's life. This book describes the peculiar Spanish feeling for death and tragedy in popular religious practices, music and the bullfight; the "fiesta sense of life," so foreign to the work ethic of other Western countries; the oral tradition that has managed to survive into the post-industrial age with its creative use of slang, proverbs and obscenity; popular literature, the press, radio, television and the movies. A familiarity with Spanish popular culture is essential to understanding Spain.

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