| Description |
x, 202 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Popular Culture: An Introduction -- 2. Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, and Pedagogy. A. Overview and Background. B. Serial Killers and the Question of Representation -- 3. Sexual Subcultures. A. The Body and the State. B. Queer Subcultures. C. Madonna's Popular Bodies. D. Truth or Dare -- 4. Identity Politics and Postcoloniality. A. Race and Identity Politics. B. Postcoloniality, Imperialism, Third World: Background and Context. C. Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis -- 5. Multiculturalism's Migrations. A. Diasporic Identities and Sandra Cisneros. B. Do the Right Thing. C. Rap, Rock, Resistance. D. Sound and Story -- 6. Technocultures. A. Technocultures and Postmodernism. B. William Gibson's Neuromancer. C. The Cultural Politics of the Alien Films -- App. Sample Syllabus |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-191) and index |
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Discography: page 175 |
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Filmography: page 173 |
| Subject |
Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Mass media -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Civilization -- 1945-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139945
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
99006112 |
| ISBN |
0814726690 cloth acid-free paper |
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0814726704 paper acid-free paper |
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