Product Description

This is an introductory guide to the main theories of popular culture. It examines the main areas of contemporary popular cultural studies, such as the theories of Adorno and the Frankfurt School, structuralism, semiology, Marxism, feminism and postmodernism, and offers basic definitions of key terms such as "mass culture" and "popular culture".

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #314868 in Books
• Published on: 1995-06-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

Outstanding!
Anybody that studies the media or popular culture will find this book a god-send. Strinati covers topics such as mass media, Frankfurt School and Post-modernism in such a way that anyone, regardless of their academic background, would get something out of it. This book forms the foundation of a student in this area's collection, it can be refered to so many times, becasue of how reader frindly it is. Interested in culture, media, sociology? Buy this book right now!!!!!!