Cultural Theory and Popular Culture : An Introduction

John Storey

ISBN 10: 0820328391 / ISBN 13: 9780820328393

Published by Longleaf On Behalf Of Univ Of Georgia Press Mär 2006, 2006

About this Item

Neuware - In this new edition of his widely adopted Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. Like previous editions, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture. New to this edition: Extensively revised, rewritten, and updatedImproved and expanded content throughout including a new chapter on psychoanalysis and a new section on post-Marxism and the global postmodernCloser explicit links to the new edition companion reader Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A ReaderMore illustrative diagrams and imagesFully revised, improved, and updated companion web site Ideal for courses in: cultural studiesmedia studiescommunication studiessociology of culturepopular culturevisual studiescultural criticism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cultural Theory and Popular Culture : An Introduction
• Publisher: Longleaf On Behalf Of Univ Of Georgia Press Mär 2006
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0820328391
• ISBN 13: 9780820328393
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 250W x 192H x 14D millimeters 250 millimeters width by 192 millimeters height by 14 millimeters depth
• Weight: 457 grams

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Synopsis

In this new edition of his widely adopted Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. Like previous editions, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture.

New to this edition:Extensively revised, rewritten, and updatedImproved and expanded content throughout including a new chapter on psychoanalysis and a new section on post-Marxism and the global postmodernCloser explicit links to the new edition companion reader Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A ReaderMore illustrative diagrams and imagesFully revised, improved, and updated companion web site

Ideal for courses in:cultural studiesmedia studiescommunication studiessociology of culturepopular culturevisual studiescultural criticism

About the Author

JOHN STOREY is a professor of cultural studies and director of the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, England. He is also a visiting professor at the universities of Henan and Wuhan in China. Storey has published widely in cultural studies; his six books include Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture (Georgia). His work has been translated into Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian.