Common Culture: Reading and Writing About American Popular Culture - Softcover

Petracca, Michael F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0132998017 ISBN 13: 9780132998017

Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div, 1995

Synopsis

From Barbie to the internet, this inherently interesting book spans a full range of pop culture topics from a variety of theoretical perspectives, and helps users develop their critical and analytical skills and write clear and effective prose while reading, thinking, and writing about television, pop music, movies, and other media-generated artifacts.

Provides Key reading and writing strategies, and detailed instruction in thinking critically and writing persuasively about pop-cultural issues. Features 'casebooks' on certain pop-cultural phenomena, such as the Barbie Doll, rap and hip-hop music, horror movies and virtual communities. Explores cyberculture, the internet, and the information revolution, and includes new essays on the 'pro-advertising' perspective, the pop/hip group Rage Against the Machine, the popular sitcom 'Seinfeld', and more.

About this title

From the Publisher

This exciting new reader combines accessible, engaging readings about issues of current interest in popular culture with (1) clear, informative introductions to the issues and the readings; (2) comprehensive instruction on thinking critically and writing persuasively about these issues; and (3) carefully constructed questions and writing assignments.

Edition details

• Publisher: Prentice Hall College Div
• Publication date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0132998017
• ISBN 13: 9780132998017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 655