Unpopular Cultures

Author : Martin Lüthe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789089649669
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unpopular Culture written by Martin Lüthe and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection includes eighteen essays that introduce the concept of unpopular culture and explore its critical possibilities and ramifications from a large variety of perspectives. Proposing a third term that operates beyond the dichotomy of high culture and mass culture and yet offers a fresh approach to both, these essays address a multitude of different topics that can all be classified as unpopular culture. From David Foster Wallace and Ernest Hemingway to Zane Grey and fan fiction, from Christian Rock and Country to Black Metal, from Steven Seagal to Genesis (Breyer) P-Orridge, from The Simpsons to The Real Housewives, from natural disasters to 9/11, from thesis hatements to professional sports, these essays find the unpopular across media and genres, and they analyze the politics and the aesthetics of an unpopular culture (and the unpopular in culture) that has not been duly recognized as such by the theories and methods of cultural studies.

Author : Steve Redhead
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719036521
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unpopular Cultures written by Steve Redhead and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where legal theory, deviance and cultural studies collide, a whole new area of popular cultural studies has grown. This text provides an introduction to this field, covering such diverse areas as sport, the arts, popular music, heritage, tourism, youth culture, information technology and various mass media.

Author : John Weeks
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226878119
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unpopular Culture written by John Weeks and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John R. Weeks based his study on long-term observations made at the British Armstrong Bank in the UK. Not one person, from the CEOs to the junior clerks had anything good to say about its corporate culture, yet the way things were done never seemed to alter.

Author : Anthony Lioi
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472567641
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nerd Ecology: Defending the Earth with Unpopular Culture written by Anthony Lioi and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Drawing on a wide range of examples from literature, comics, film, television and digital media, Nerd Ecology is the first substantial ecocritical study of nerd culture's engagement with environmental issues. Exploring such works as Star Trek, Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, The Matrix, Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly, the fiction of Thomas Pynchon, The Hunger Games, and superhero comics such as Green Lantern and X-Men, Anthony Lioi maps out the development of nerd culture and its intersections with the most fundamental ecocritical themes. In this way Lioi finds in the narratives of unpopular culture - narratives in which marginalised individuals and communities unite to save the planet - the building blocks of a new environmental politics in tune with the concerns of contemporary ecocritical theory and practice.

Author : Bart Beaty
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
ISBN 13 : 1442633417
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unpopular Culture written by Bart Beaty and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2007-12-15 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last fifteen years or so, a wide community of artists working in a variety of western European nations have overturned the dominant traditions of comic book publishing as it has existed since the end of the Second World War. These artists reject both the traditional form and content of comic books (hardcover, full-colour 'albums' of humour or adventure stories, generally geared towards children), seeking instead to instil the medium with experimental and avant-garde tendencies commonly associated with the visual arts. Unpopular Culture addresses the transformation of the status of the comic book in Europe since 1990. Increasingly, comic book artists seek to render a traditionally degraded aspect of popular culture un-popular, transforming it through the adoption of values borrowed from the field of 'high art.' The first English-language book to explore these issues, Unpopular Culture represents a challenge to received histories of art and popular culture that downplay significant historical anomalies in favour of more conventional narratives. In tracing the efforts of a large number of artists to disrupt the hegemony of high culture, Bart Beaty raises important questions about cultural value and its place as an important structuring element in contemporary social processes.

Author : Alex Solis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780997308150
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.5X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unpopular Culture written by Alex Solis and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pop culture shapes our society and our lives. In this series, I'm exploring pop culture icons in an alternate reality that reflects our current society. I hope to help people see things from a new perspective, or at the very least, enjoy nostalgic feelings and a good laugh to brighten their day.

Author : Guvna B
Publisher : SPCK
ISBN 13 : 0281076324
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unpopular Culture written by Guvna B and published by SPCK. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Money is the key to happiness. Work hard, play hard. Look out for number one. Popular culture is full of phrases like these, telling us the best way to live, the right things to buy, the right body shape to have, the right people to hang out with. These messages are everywhere we look, 24 hours a day. But what if there was another way to live? What if we chose to live differently: to stand against injustice, to live life for more than just ourselves, to dare to be unpopular? Guvna B is rebelling against the status quo, and he's calling you to join him. It's time to flip the script, to demonstrate another way to live, to find freedom in going against the grain. It's time for unpopular culture to take the stage.

Author : Elaine Baldwin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131786459X
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Introducing Cultural Studies written by Elaine Baldwin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-21 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rapidly changing world - in part driven by huge transformations in technology and mobility - means we all encounter shifting cultures, and new cultural and social interactions daily. Powerful forces such as consumption and globalization exert an enormous influence on all walks and levels of life across both space and time. Cultural Studies remains at the vanguard of consideration of these issues. This completely revised second edition of Introducing Cultural Studies gives a systematic overview of the concepts, theories, debates and latest research in the field. Reinforcing the interdisciplinary nature of Cultural Studies, it first considers cultural theory before branching out to examine different dimensions of culture in detail. Key features:Collaboratively authored by an interdisciplinary team, Closely cross-referenced between chapters and sections to ensure an integrated presentation of ideas. Figures, diagrams, cartoons and photographs help convey ideas and stimulate, Key Influence, Defining Concepts, and Extract boxes focus in on major thinkers, ideas and works, Examines culture along the dividing lines of class, race and gender, Weblinks and Further Reading sections encourage and support further investigation, Changes for this edition: Brand new chapter addresses how culture is researched and knowledge in cultural studies is produced. Brand new chapter on the Postmodernisation of Everyday Life. Includes hot topics such as globalization, youth subcultures, 'virtual' cultures, body modification, new media, technologically-assisted social networking and many more. This text will be core reading for undergraduates and postgraduates in a variety of disciplines - including Cultural Studies, Communication and Media Studies, English, Geography, Sociology, and Social Studies - looking for a clear and comprehensible introduction to the field.

Author : Jim McGuigan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134830939
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Culture and the Public Sphere written by Jim McGuigan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim McGuigan discusses cultural policy as a manifestation of cultural politics in the widest sense. Illustrating his case with examples from recent cultural policy initiatives in Britain, the United States and Australia, he looks at: * The rise of market reasoning in arts administration * Urban regeneration and the arts * Heritage tourism * Race, identity and cultural citizenship * Censorship and moral regulation * The role of computer-mediated communication in democratic discourse

Author : Chris Barker
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761968962
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Cultural Studies written by Chris Barker and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2002-04-22 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Chris Barker's sequel to Cultural Studies, the author addresses the strengths and weaknesses of the discipline and investigates its practical and academic boundaries. The author also clarifies its underlying themes of study.