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Inventing Popular Culture: From Folklore to Globalization
Contributor(s): Storey, John (Author)
ISBN: 0631234608     ISBN-13: 9780631234609
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $39.55  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: May 2003
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Annotation: "Inventing Popular Culture" is a lively and accessible history of the idea of popular culture by one of the leading experts in the field. Written from the critical perspective of cultural studies, the book traces the invention and reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the eighteenth-century "discovery" of folk culture to contemporary accounts of the cultural impact of globalization.

"Inventing Popular Culture" argues that the idea of popular culture is an invention of intellectuals. The book does not present an analysis of particular texts and activities which have been, or could be defined as, popular culture; instead it explores the changing intellectual ways of constructing texts and activities as popular culture and how these intellectual discourses articulate questions of culture and power. Examining the relationship between the concept of popular culture and key issues in cultural analyses such as hegemony, postmodernism, identity, questions of value, consumerism, and everyday life, "Inventing Popular Culture" presents an engaging assessment of one of the most debated concepts of recent times.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 306
LCCN: 2002-156371
Series: Blackwell Manifestos (Paperback)
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6" W x 9.18" (0.56 lbs) 176 pages
 
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John Storey, a leading figure in the field of Cultural Studies, offers an illuminating and vibrant account of the development of popular culture. Addressing issues such as globalization, intellectualism, and consumerism, Inventing Popular Culture presents an engaging assessment of one of the most debated concepts of recent times.

  • Provides a lively and accessible history of the concept of popular culture by one of the leading experts in the field.
  • Traces the invention and reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the eighteenth-century "discovery" of folk culture to contemporary accounts of the cultural impact of globalization.
  • Examines the relationship between the concept of popular culture and key issues in cultural analyses such as hegemony, postmodernism, identity, questions of value, consumerism, and everyday life.