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Cultural populism / Jim McGuigan.

By: McGuigan, Jim.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1992Description: viii, 290 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415062942; 0415062950 (pbk.).Subject(s): Culture | Popular culture | Populism | Subculture | Mass media and youthDDC classification: 306.40941
Contents:
Part I: Theoretical politics -- Populism and ordinary culture -- Trajectories of cultural populism -- Part II: Analytical objects -- Youth culture and consumption -- Popular television -- Part III: Contemporary issues -- Dilemmas of culture and politics -- Anomie of the people.
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General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 306.40941 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015898
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Attempts to provide understanding of current thought and enquiry in the study of popular culture and communications. Through consideration of aspects such as the work of Raymond Williams, popular TV study and issues of public communication, the book sets out a case for analysis of popular culture.

Bibliography: (pages 251-275) and indexes.

Part I: Theoretical politics -- Populism and ordinary culture -- Trajectories of cultural populism -- Part II: Analytical objects -- Youth culture and consumption -- Popular television -- Part III: Contemporary issues -- Dilemmas of culture and politics -- Anomie of the people.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction
  • Part 1 Theoretical Politics
  • 1 Populism and Ordinary Culture: Bourdieu's Paradox, Populist Sentiment, `Culture is Ordinary', `Between the Grand Old Cause and the Brand New Times'
  • 2 Trajectories of Cultural Populism: `Unbending the Springs of Action', From Hegemony Theory to the New Revisionism, Questioning Populism
  • Part 2 Analytical Objects
  • 3 Youth Culture and Consumption: Analysing Subculture, Studying Resistance, Gendering Youth, Consuming Passions
  • 4 Popular Television: Watching Telly, Soaping Feminism, Child-Minding, Switiching Channels
  • Part 3 Contemporary Issues
  • 5 Dilemmas of Culture and Politics: Sun -Setting, Censoring Pornography, Author-Killing
  • 6 Anomie of the People: Living in the (Post?)
  • Modern World, Changing Identities, Writing on the Wall, Conclusion - Critical Renewal

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