| Depth of Shallow Culture: The High Art of Shoes, Movies, Novels, Monsters, and Toys Contributor(s): Bergesen, Albert J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1594512744 ISBN-13: 9781594512742 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $59.80 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2007 Annotation: Come take a closer look at ordinary footwear, like sneakers, or children??'s toys and Saturday cartoon TV shows, or make a comparison between Don Quixote and John Rambo of the Sylvester Stallone movie. Although some regard popular culture as ???shallow, ??? this book reveals that it is more often complex, deep, meaningful???and subject to the style changes we associate with high art. Bergesen shows how complex philosophical ideas of reincarnation are embedded in Transformer toys; how sneakers have gone through a life cycle of style types; why the decline of empires like Spain and the United States led to fictional characters like Don Quixote and Rambo; and why monsters from Japan look different than those from the United States. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Popular Culture - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 306.097 |
| Series: Studies in Comparative Social Science |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 6.05" W x 8.96" (0.46 lbs) 144 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Come take a closer look at ordinary footwear, like sneakers, or children's toys and Saturday cartoon TV shows, or make a comparison between Don Quixote and John Rambo of the Sylvester Stallone movie. Although some regard popular culture as "shallow," this book reveals that it is more often complex, deep, meaningful and subject to the style changes we associate with high art. Bergesen shows how complex philosophical ideas of reincarnation are embedded in Transformer toys; how sneakers have gone through a life cycle of style types; why the decline of empires like Spain and the United States led to fictional characters like Don Quixote and Rambo; and why monsters from Japan look different than those from the United States. |