The Guide to United States Popular Culture

2001
The Guide to United States Popular Culture

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  • Author: Ray Broadus Browne
  • Publisher: Popular Press
  • ISBN: 9780879728212
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1030

"To understand the history and spirit of America, one must know its wars, its laws, and its presidents. To really understand it, however, one must also know its cheeseburgers, its love songs, and its lawn ornaments. The long-awaited Guide to the United States Popular Culture provides a single-volume guide to the landscape of everyday life in the United States. Scholars, students, and researchers will find in it a valuable tool with which to fill in the gaps left by traditional history. All American readers will find in it, one entry at a time, the story of their lives."--Robert Thompson, President, Popular Culture Association. "At long last popular culture may indeed be given its due within the humanities with the publication of The Guide to United States Popular Culture. With its nearly 1600 entries, it promises to be the most comprehensive single-volume source of information about popular culture. The range of subjects and diversity of opinions represented will make this an almost indispensable resource for humanities and popular culture scholars and enthusiasts alike."--Timothy E. Scheurer, President, American Culture Association "The popular culture of the United States is as free-wheeling and complex as the society it animates. To understand it, one needs assistance. Now that explanatory road map is provided in this Guide which charts the movements and people involved and provides a light at the end of the rainbow of dreams and expectations."--Marshall W. Fishwick, Past President, Popular Culture Association Features of The Guide to United States Popular Culture: 1,010 pages 1,600 entries 500 contributors Alphabetic entries Entries range from general topics (golf, film) to specific individuals, items, and events Articles are supplemented by bibliographies and cross references Comprehensive index

Popular Culture

2017-09-05
Popular Culture

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  • Author: Imre Szeman
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 1119140331
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 380

Popular Culture: A User’s Guide, International Edition ventures beyond the history of pop culture to give readers the vocabulary and tools to address and analyze the contemporary cultural landscape that surrounds them. Moves beyond the history of pop culture to give students the vocabulary and tools to analyze popular culture suitable for the study of popular culture across a range of disciplines, from literary theory and cultural studies to philosophy and sociology Covers a broad range of important topics including the underlying socioeconomic structures that affect media, the politics of pop culture, the role of consumers, subcultures and countercultures, and the construction of social reality Examines the ways in which individuals and societies act as consumers and agents of popular culture

September 11 in Popular Culture

2010-09-14
September 11 in Popular Culture

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  • Author: Sara E. Quay
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 548

This book offers an exploration of the comprehensive impact of the events of September 11, 2001, on every aspect of American culture and society. On Thanksgiving day after September 11, 2001, comic strip creators directed readers to donate money in their artwork, generating $50,000 in relief funds. The world's largest radio network, Clear Channel, sent a memo to all of its affiliated stations recommending 150 songs that should be eliminated from airplay because of assumptions that their lyrics would be perceived as offensive in light of the events of 9/11. On the first anniversary of September 11th, choirs around the world performed Mozart's Requiem at 8:46 am in each time zone, the time of the first attack on the World Trade Center. These examples are just three of the ways the world—but especially the United States—responded to the events of September 11, 2001. Each chapter in this book contains a chronological overview of the sea of changes in everyday life, literature, entertainment, news and media, and visual culture after September 11. Shorter essays focus on specific books, TV shows, songs, and films.

The Pop Culture Lover's Guide to New York City

2018
The Pop Culture Lover's Guide to New York City

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  • Author: Bob Egan
  • Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
  • ISBN: 9781495093159
  • Category : Performing Arts
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

POP CULTURE NEW YORK CITY: THE ULTIMATE LOCATION FINDER

Jane & Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture

1992
Jane & Michael Stern's Encyclopedia of Pop Culture

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  • Author: Jane Stern
  • Publisher: Harper Perennial
  • ISBN: 9780060553432
  • Category : Popular culture
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 612

An A to Z of Who's Who and What's What, from Aerobics and Bubble Gum to "Valley of the Dolls" and Moon Unit Zappa.

September 11 in Popular Culture

2010-09-14
September 11 in Popular Culture

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  • Author: Sara E. Quay
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN: 0313355061
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 342

This book offers an exploration of the comprehensive impact of the events of September 11, 2001, on every aspect of American culture and society. On Thanksgiving day after September 11, 2001, comic strip creators directed readers to donate money in their artwork, generating $50,000 in relief funds. The world's largest radio network, Clear Channel, sent a memo to all of its affiliated stations recommending 150 songs that should be eliminated from airplay because of assumptions that their lyrics would be perceived as offensive in light of the events of 9/11. On the first anniversary of September 11th, choirs around the world performed Mozart's Requiem at 8:46 am in each time zone, the time of the first attack on the World Trade Center. These examples are just three of the ways the world—but especially the United States—responded to the events of September 11, 2001. Each chapter in this book contains a chronological overview of the sea of changes in everyday life, literature, entertainment, news and media, and visual culture after September 11. Shorter essays focus on specific books, TV shows, songs, and films.

Pop Culture Places [3 Volumes]

2014-08-11
Pop Culture Places [3 Volumes]

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  • Author: Gladys L. Knight
  • Publisher: Greenwood
  • ISBN: 0313398828
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 0

This three-volume reference set explores the history, relevance, and significance of pop culture locations in the United States--places that have captured the imagination of the American people and reflect the diversity of the nation. Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture serves as a resource for high school and college students as well as adult readers that contains more than 350 entries on a broad assortment of popular places in America. Covering places from Ellis Island to Fisherman's Wharf, the entries reflect the tremendous variety of sites, historical and modern, emphasizing the immense diversity and historical development of our nation. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical, social, and cultural impact of each location and better understand how America has come to be a nation and evolved culturally through the lens of popular places. Approximately 200 sidebars serve to highlight interesting facts while images throughout the book depict the places described in the text. Each entry supplies a brief bibliography that directs students to print and electronic sources of additional information. Enables readers to perceive how their lives have been influenced by everyday places in the past, from centuries ago to the modern era Provides unique and enlightening insights through a comprehensive overview of the history, contemporary perspectives, and pop culture influences of places across America Spotlights historic locations central to films, television, music, and daily life to teach students about American history and culture through topics that interest them

The Art of Democracy

2002-07
The Art of Democracy

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  • Author: Jim Cullen
  • Publisher: NYU Press
  • ISBN: 1583670653
  • Category : Political Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 385

The highly acclaimed first edition of The Art of Democracy won the 1996 Ray and Pat Brown Award for "Best Book," presented by the Popular Culture Association.

Pop Culture Places [3 volumes]

2014-08-11
Pop Culture Places [3 volumes]

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  • Author: Gladys L. Knight
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Social Science
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1773

This three-volume reference set explores the history, relevance, and significance of pop culture locations in the United States—places that have captured the imagination of the American people and reflect the diversity of the nation. Pop Culture Places: An Encyclopedia of Places in American Popular Culture serves as a resource for high school and college students as well as adult readers that contains more than 350 entries on a broad assortment of popular places in America. Covering places from Ellis Island to Fisherman's Wharf, the entries reflect the tremendous variety of sites, historical and modern, emphasizing the immense diversity and historical development of our nation. Readers will gain an appreciation of the historical, social, and cultural impact of each location and better understand how America has come to be a nation and evolved culturally through the lens of popular places. Approximately 200 sidebars serve to highlight interesting facts while images throughout the book depict the places described in the text. Each entry supplies a brief bibliography that directs students to print and electronic sources of additional information.

Profiles of Popular Culture

2005
Profiles of Popular Culture

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  • Author: Ray Broadus Browne
  • Publisher: Popular Press
  • ISBN: 9780879728694
  • Category : Popular culture
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 414

From Hank Williams to hip hop, Aunt Jemima to the Energizer Bunny, scrap-booking to NASCAR racing, this volume--edited by a pioneer in the field-invites readers to reflect on a sampling of modern myths, icons, archetypes, and rituals. Ray B. Browne has mined both scholarly and mainstream media to bring together penetrating essays on fads and fashions, sports fandom, the shaping of body image, the marketing of food, vacationing and sightseeing, toys and games, genre fiction, post-9/11 entertainment, and much more.