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Cultural theory and popular culture : an introduction / John Storey.

By: Storey, John, 1950- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Routledge, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 9th editionDescription: 291 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780367820602Subject(s): Popular culture -- Philosophy | Culture -- Philosophy | Popular cultureDDC classification: 306.4 LOC classification: CB19 | .S743 2021
Contents:
Preface/Acknowledgements ; Publisher's acknowledgements ; 1. What is popular culture? ; 2. The `culture and civilization' tradition ; 3. Culturalism into cultural studies ; 4. Marxisms ; 5. Psychoanalysis ; 6. Structuralism and post-structuralism ; 7. Class and class struggle ; 8. Gender and Sexuality ; 9. `Race', racism and representation ; 10. Postmodernism ; 11. The materiality of popular culture ; 12. The politics of the popular ; Bibliography ; Index
Summary: In this ninth edition of his award-winning introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular culture, means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines. Retaining the accessible approach of previous editions and using appropriate examples from the texts and practices of popular culture, this new edition remains a key introduction to the area. New to this edition: updated throughout with contemporary examples of popular culture revised and expanded sections on Richard Hoggart and Utopian Marxism brand new discussions on Black Lives Matter and intersectionality updated student resources at www.routledge.com/cw/storey This new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies, media studies, communication studies, the sociology of culture, popular culture and other related subjects.
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Previous edition: 2018.

"Companion website"--Front cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface/Acknowledgements ; Publisher's acknowledgements ; 1. What is popular culture? ; 2. The `culture and civilization' tradition ; 3. Culturalism into cultural studies ; 4. Marxisms ; 5. Psychoanalysis ; 6. Structuralism and post-structuralism ; 7. Class and class struggle ; 8. Gender and Sexuality ; 9. `Race', racism and representation ; 10. Postmodernism ; 11. The materiality of popular culture ; 12. The politics of the popular ; Bibliography ; Index

In this ninth edition of his award-winning introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular culture, means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines. Retaining the accessible approach of previous editions and using appropriate examples from the texts and practices of popular culture, this new edition remains a key introduction to the area. New to this edition: updated throughout with contemporary examples of popular culture revised and expanded sections on Richard Hoggart and Utopian Marxism brand new discussions on Black Lives Matter and intersectionality updated student resources at www.routledge.com/cw/storey This new edition remains essential reading for undergraduate and postgraduate students of cultural studies, media studies, communication studies, the sociology of culture, popular culture and other related subjects.

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