The Guide to United States Popular Culture

The Guide to United States Popular Culture
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Publisher : Popular Press
Total Pages : 1030
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ISBN-10 : 0879728213
ISBN-13 : 9780879728212
Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

Synopsis The Guide to United States Popular Culture by : Ray Broadus Browne

"To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Guide to the United States Popular Culture provides a single-volume guide to the landscape of everyday life in the United States. Scholars, students, and researchers will find in it a valuable tool with which to fill in the gaps left by traditional history. All American readers will find in it, one entry at a time, the story of their lives."--Robert Thompson, President, Popular Culture Association. "At long last popular culture may indeed be given its due within the humanities with the publication of The Guide to United States Popular Culture. With its nearly 1600 entries, it promises to be the most comprehensive single-volume source of information about popular culture. The range of subjects and diversity of opinions represented will make this an almost indispensable resource for humanities and popular culture scholars and enthusiasts alike."--Timothy E. Scheurer, President, American Culture Association "The popular culture of the United States is as free-wheeling and complex as the society it animates. To understand it, one needs assistance. Now that explanatory road map is provided in this Guide which charts the movements and people involved and provides a light at the end of the rainbow of dreams and expectations."--Marshall W. Fishwick, Past President, Popular Culture Association Features of The Guide to United States Popular Culture: 1,010 pages 1,600 entries 500 contributors Alphabetic entries Entries range from general topics (golf, film) to specific individuals, items, and events Articles are supplemented by bibliographies and cross references Comprehensive index

An Introduction to Popular Culture in the US

An Introduction to Popular Culture in the US
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9781501320583
ISBN-13 : 1501320580
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis An Introduction to Popular Culture in the US by : Jenn Brandt

The first introductory textbook to situate popular culture studies in the United States as an academic discipline with its own history and approach to examining American culture, its rituals, beliefs, and the objects that shape its existence.

Popular Culture and Political Change in Modern America

Popular Culture and Political Change in Modern America
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 236
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ISBN-10 : 9781438401850
ISBN-13 : 143840185X
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Popular Culture and Political Change in Modern America by : Ronald Edsforth

This book is a collection of essays dealing with the ways in which specific popular entertainment media, mass consumer products, and popular movements affect politics and political culture in the United States. It seeks to present a range of possibilities that reflect the dimensions of the current debate and practice in the field. Some of the contributions to this volume place popular culture media such as films, music, and books in a broad social context, and several articles deal with the historical roots of twentieth-century American popular culture. Popular culture is treated as categorically neither good nor bad, in either political or aesthetic terms. Instead, the essays reflect the editors' convictions that popular culture is simply too important to be ignored by those academics who treat politics and its history seriously. The collection also shows that studying popular or mass culture in a historical way illuminates a variety of possible relationships between popular culture and politics.

With Amusement for All

With Amusement for All
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Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages : 713
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ISBN-10 : 9780813123974
ISBN-13 : 0813123976
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis With Amusement for All by : LeRoy Ashby

With Amusement for All contextualizes what Americans have done for fun since 1830, showing the reciprocal nature of the relationships among social, political, economic, and cultural forces and the ways in which the entertainment world has reflected, changed, or reinforced the values of American society.

Major Problems in American Popular Culture

Major Problems in American Popular Culture
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Publisher : Wadsworth Publishing Company
Total Pages : 470
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ISBN-10 : 0495911720
ISBN-13 : 9780495911722
Rating : 4/5 (20 Downloads)

Synopsis Major Problems in American Popular Culture by : Kathleen Franz

MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN POPULAR CULTURE, International Edition is part of a highly respected series of edited collections of primary documents and scholarly essays designed for use in history courses at the undergraduate level. The basic goal of these texts is to provide students and instructors with the most distinguished, readable, and stimulating writing available: essays centered on major historical questions, complemented by related primary source materials.

Globalization and American Popular Culture

Globalization and American Popular Culture
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Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages : 262
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ISBN-10 : 0742566838
ISBN-13 : 9780742566835
Rating : 4/5 (38 Downloads)

Synopsis Globalization and American Popular Culture by : Lane Crothers

A third edition of this book is now available. Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this concise and insightful book explores the ways American popular products such as movies, music, television programs, fast food, sports, and even clothing styles have molded and continue to influence modern globalization. Lane Crothers offers a thoughtful examination of both the appeal of American products worldwide and the fear and rejection they induce in many people and nations around the world. Concluding with a projection of the future impact of American popular culture, this book makes a powerful argument for its central role in shaping global politics and economic development.

Everything Bad is Good for You

Everything Bad is Good for You
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 274
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ISBN-10 : 9781101158012
ISBN-13 : 1101158018
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Everything Bad is Good for You by : Steven Johnson

From the New York Times bestselling author of How We Got To Now and Farsighted Forget everything you’ve ever read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, unfailingly intelligent, thoroughly researched, and surprisingly convincing big idea book, Steven Johnson draws from fields as diverse as neuroscience, economics, and media theory to argue that the pop culture we soak in every day—from Lord of the Rings to Grand Theft Auto to The Simpsons—has been growing more sophisticated with each passing year, and, far from rotting our brains, is actually posing new cognitive challenges that are actually making our minds measurably sharper. After reading Everything Bad is Good for You, you will never regard the glow of the video game or television screen the same way again. With a new afterword by the author.

Popular Culture in American History

Popular Culture in American History
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 309
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ISBN-10 : 9780470673652
ISBN-13 : 0470673656
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis Popular Culture in American History by : Jim Cullen

The second edition of Popular Culture in American History updates the text for a contemporary readership and explores academic developments in this area of study over the last decade. Fully revised second edition with over 50 percent new material Compact and classroom-friendly format Includes the best writing on popular culture from the 1970s onwards Essays examine pivotal moments, issues, and genres in American popular culture, from the ‘penny press’ to the Internet

African Americans and Popular Culture

African Americans and Popular Culture
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 834
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ISBN-10 : 9780313064081
ISBN-13 : 0313064083
Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

Synopsis African Americans and Popular Culture by : Todd Boyd

The African American influence on popular culture is among the most sweeping and lasting this country has seen. Despite a history of institutionalized racism, black artists, entertainers, and entrepreneurs have had enormous impact on American popular culture. Pioneers such as Oscar Michaeux, Paul Robeson, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Langston Hughes, Bill Bojangles Robinson, and Bessie Smith paved the way for Jackie Robinson, Nina Simone, James Baldwin, Bill Russell, Muhammad Ali, Sidney Poitier, and Bill Cosby, who in turn opened the door for Spike Lee, Dave Chappelle, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Tiger Woods, and Michael Jordan. Today, hip hop is the most powerful element of youth culture; white teenagers outnumber blacks as purchasers of rap music; black-themed movies are regularly successful at the box office, and black writers have been anthologized and canonized right alongside white ones. Though there are still many more miles to travel and much to overcome, this three-volume set considers the multifaceted influence of African Americans on popular culture, and sheds new light on the ways in which African American culture has come to be a fundamental and lasting part of America itself. To articulate the momentous impact African American popular culture has had upon the fabric of American society, these three volumes provide analyses from academics and experts across the country. They provide the most reliable, accurate, up-to-date, and comprehensive treatment of key topics, works, and themes in African American popular culture for a new generation of readers. The scope of the project is vast, including: popular historical movements like the Harlem Renaissance; the legacy of African American comedy; African Americans and the Olympics; African Americans and rock 'n roll; more contemporary articulations such as hip hop culture and black urban cinema; and much more. One goal of the project is to recuperate histories that have been perhaps forgotten or obscured to mainstream audiences and to demonstrate how African Americans are not only integral to American culture, but how they have always been purveyors of popular culture.

African Americans and US Popular Culture

African Americans and US Popular Culture
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : 9781136475276
ISBN-13 : 1136475273
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Synopsis African Americans and US Popular Culture by : Kevern Verney

This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present. Kevern Verney examines: * the role and significance of race in all major forms of popular culture, including sport, film, television, radio and music * how the entertainment industry has encouraged racism through misrepresentations and caricatured images of African Americans. African Americans have made a unique contribution to the richness and diversity of US popular culture. Rooted in African society and traditions, black slaves in America created a dynamic culture which continues to evolve. Present day hip-hop and rap music are still shaped by the historical experience of slavery and the ongoing will to oppose oppression and racism. Any student of African-American history or cultural studies will find this a fascinating and highly useful book.