• Beautiful Things in Popular Culture

Beautiful Things in Popular Culture

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405131919
ISBN-10: 1405131918
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 2006-09-29
Edition description: 1
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: Height: 8.999982 Inches, Length: 5.999988 Inches, Weight: 0.78043640748 pounds, Width: 0.598424 Inches
Author: Alan McKee
Language: en
Binding: Paperback

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