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Beautiful Things In Popular Culture

Paperback • 2007 • English

Beautiful Things In Popular Culture

By Alan McKee

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About the book

This is an innovative book that addresses the question of how consumers make decisions about what is good and what is bad in popular culture. * An entertaining and informative guide to the range of aesthetic criteria that goes into judging mass culture's most celebrated texts and objects - from Batman to motor bikes, and pop stars to internet pornography * Brings together a series of accessible and engaging essays written by connoisseurs of various areas of popular culture * Tackles the core que...Show more

Cultural and media studies
Media studies

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ISBN

9781405131919

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Beautiful Things In Popular Culture

Format

Paperback

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