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Item Details
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BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN POPULAR CULTURE
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| By: |
Alan McKee (Editor) |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
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£80.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
140513190X |
| ISBN 13: |
9781405131902 |
| Publisher: |
JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
21 September, 2006 |
| Pages: |
248 |
| Description: |
* An entertaining and informative guide to the range of aesthetic criteria that goes into judging mass culture's most celebrated texts and objects - from Batman to motor bikes, and pop stars to internet pornography. |
| Synopsis: |
This is an innovative book that addresses the question of how consumers make decisions about what is good and what is bad in popular culture. * An entertaining and informative guide to the range of aesthetic criteria that goes into judging mass culture's most celebrated texts and objects - from Batman to motor bikes, and pop stars to internet pornography * Brings together a series of accessible and engaging essays written by connoisseurs of various areas of popular culture * Tackles the core question of how consumers make decisions about what is good popular culture and what is bad popular culture * Offers an entertaining and educative read for academic readers as well as purveyors of culture; moving beyond a 'greatest hits' list of popular culture to debate broader issues. |
| Illustrations: |
4 |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Blackwell Publishing Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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