Inventing Popular Culture: From Folklore to GlobalizationJohn Storey, a leading figure in the field of Cultural Studies, offers an illuminating and vibrant account of the development of popular culture. Addressing issues such as globalization, intellectualism, and consumerism, Inventing Popular Culture presents an engaging assessment of one of the most debated concepts of recent times.
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Contents
1 Popular Culture as Folk Culture | 1 |
2 Popular Culture as Mass Culture | 16 |
3 Popular Culture as the Other of High Culture | 32 |
4 Popular Culture as an Arena of Hegemony | 48 |
5 Popular Culture as Postmodern Culture | 63 |
6 Popular Culture as the Roots and Routes of Cultural Identities | 78 |
7 Popular Culture as Popular or Mass Art | 92 |
8 Popular Culture as Global Culture | 107 |
Notes | 121 |
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