High Theory/Low Culture
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In High Theory/Low Culture, Brottman uses the tools of 'high' cultural theory to examine many areas of today's popular culture, including style magazines, sport, shopping, tabloid newspapers, horror movies and pornography. In doing so, she not only demonstrates the practical use of 'high' theory as it relates to our everyday world, but she also investigates the kinds of 'low' culture that are regularly dismissed by academic scholars. Through a close examination of these cultural forms, Brottman reveals how the kinds of popular culture that we usually take for granted are, in fact, far more complex and sophisticated than is normally assumed.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1403966419
ISBN13:9781403966414
Release Date:March 2005
Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan
Length:157 Pages
Weight:0.40 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.5" x 8.2"
Customer Reviews
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Well-informed cultural analysis
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
This is a very clear, intelligent cultural analysis of Barthes, Bakhtin and Lacan, and how their work can be applied to today's popular culture (most of the examples are British, but not too obscure). Nice, concise summaries of theorists and their work.
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