Popular Culture: An Introduction

Carla A. Freccero

Published by New York University Press 1999

Popular Culture

An Introduction

Carla A. Freccero

https://doi.org/10.18574/nyu/9780814771648.001.0001

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The concise introduction to the study of popular culture

From Madonna and drag queens to cyberpunk and webzines, popular culture constitutes a common and thereby critical part of our lives. Yet the study of popular culture has been condemned and praised, debated and ridiculed. In Popular Culture: An Introduction, Carla Freccero reveals why we study popular culture and how it is taught in the classroom.

Blending music, science fiction, and film, Freccero shows us that an informed awareness of politics, race, and sexuality is essential to any understanding of popular culture. Freccero places rap music, the Alien Trilogy and Sandra Cisneros in the context of postcolonialism, identity politics, and technoculture to show students how they can draw on their already existing literacies and on the cultures they know in order to think critically.Complete with a glossary of useful terms, a sample syllabus and extensive bibliography, this book is the concise introduction to the study of popular culture.

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Freccero Carla A. :

Carla Freccero is Professor of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1 Popular Culture: An Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Cultural Studies, Popular Culture, and Pedagogy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3 Sexual Subcultures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
4 Identity Politics and Postcoloniality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
5 Multiculturalism’s Migrations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	77
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Language: English
Publisher: New York University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;

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Published: August 1, 1999
ISBN: 9780814771648