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Profiles of Popular Culture: A Reader (Ray and Pat Browne Book)
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Description for Profiles of Popular Culture: A Reader (Ray and Pat Browne Book)
Paperback. From Hank Williams to hip hop, Aunt Jemima to the Energizer Bunny, scrapbooking to NASCAR racing, this volume invites readers to reflect on a sampling of modern myths, icons, archetypes, and rituals. Ray B. Browne has mined both scholarly and mainstream media to bring together essays that critical doors into the study of popular culture. Editor(s): Browne, Ray B. Series: Ray & Pat Browne Book S. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
From Hank Williams to hip hop, Aunt Jemima to the Energizer Bunny, scrapbooking to NASCAR racing, this volume - edited by a pioneer in the field - invites readers to reflect on a sampling of modern myths, icons, archetypes, and rituals. Ray B. Browne has mined both scholarly and mainstream media to bring together penetrating essays on fads and fashions, sports fandom, the shaping of body image, the marketing of food, vacationing and sightseeing, toys and games, genre fiction, post-9/11 entertainment, and much more. Like Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause's earlier Popular Culture: An Introductory Text, this book opens critical doors into the study of popular culture.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Popular Press 3
Condition
New
Series
Ray & Pat Browne Book S.
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Madison, United States
ISBN
9780879728694
SKU
V9780879728694
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About
Ray B. Browne is professor emeritus of popular culture studies at Bowling Green State University. Through some sixty books and a variety of initiatives - including the founding of the Journal of Popular Culture, the Popular Culture Association, and the Popular Press itself - he has played a key role in making popular culture a topic of serious inquiry.
Reviews for Profiles of Popular Culture: A Reader (Ray and Pat Browne Book)
I have no doubt that this edited collection will become the standard text in the field of popular culture studies. - Gary Hoppenstand, Michigan State University