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High Theory/Low Culture

by MacCabe, Colin

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New York: St. Martin's Press, Inc., 1986. BOOK: Spine, Boards Bumped; Light Shelf Rub to Boards. DUST JACKET: Lightly Creased; Lightly Chipped; In Archival Quality Jacket Cover. SUB-TITLE: Analysing popular television and film. SYNOPSIS: Over the past twenty years much of the most interesting work in the humanities has focused on the study of popular culture. The traditional valuation of the arts in terms of an elite culture defined by a minority audience and an exclusive tradition has been challenged by a whole variety of work which has asserted the importance of the great popular forums of the twentieth century: film, television and recorded music. This work has developed alongside the other main new impetus in the humanities, an interest in critical theory and the foregrounding of problems of interpretation. Although these two areas' work have often overlapped they have yet to be brought into a truly productive relationship. The aim of the seminar in which this volume originated was to bring together the study of popular culture and critical theory in an effort to transform them both productively. The essays in this volume include work by the most exciting young researchers from both sides of the Atlantic. Focusing on questions about film and television, the volume offers important new approaches to popular culture. In its consideration of the relations between popular culture and politics, between popular culture and genre, and between popular elite culture, this collection is essential reading for those interested in the analysis of contemporary culture. Contributors include Simon Frith, Tanya Modleski, Gillian Skirrow, Laura Mulvey and Colin MacCabe, and among the topics discussed are film music, video games, American network TV, feminism and mass culture and melodrama. Colin MacCabe is Professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh.. First Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Biff Products. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Title
High Theory/Low Culture
Author
MacCabe, Colin
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Biff Products
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Edition
First Edition 1st Printing
ISBN 10
0312372299
ISBN 13
9780312372293
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, Inc.
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1986
Keywords
Entertainment
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Size
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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