{"product_id":"inventing-popular-culture-from-folklore-to-globalization-paperback","title":"Inventing Popular Culture: From Folklore to Globalization - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Storey\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn 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, \u003ci\u003eInventing Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e presents an engaging assessment of one of the most debated concepts of recent times. \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cli\u003eProvides a lively and accessible history of the concept of popular culture by one of the leading experts in the field.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTraces the invention and reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the eighteenth-century \"discovery\" of folk culture to contemporary accounts of the cultural impact of globalization.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the relationship between the concept of popular culture and key issues in cultural analyses such as hegemony, postmodernism, identity, questions of value, consumerism, and everyday life.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eInventing Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e is a lively and accessible history of the idea of popular culture by one of the leading experts in the field. Written from the critical perspective of cultural studies, the book traces the invention and reinvention of the concept of popular culture from the eighteenth-century \"discovery\" of folk culture to contemporary accounts of the cultural impact of globalization.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eInventing Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the idea of popular culture is an invention of intellectuals. The book does not present an analysis of particular texts and activities which have been, or could be defined as, popular culture; instead it explores the changing intellectual ways of constructing texts and activities as popular culture and how these intellectual discourses articulate questions of culture and power. Examining the relationship between the concept of popular culture and key issues in cultural analyses such as hegemony, postmodernism, identity, questions of value, consumerism, and everyday life, \u003ci\u003eInventing Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e presents an engaging assessment of one of the most debated concepts of recent times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Storey\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland. His publications include \u003ci\u003eCultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eWhat is Cultural Studies?: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (1996), \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (second edition, 1998), \u003ci\u003eCultural Consumption and Everyday Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), and \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction\u003c\/i\u003e (third edition, 2001).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.18 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 16, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42132662222983,"sku":"9780631234609","price":73.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/df953c7eb8579395b1379efaebedfb18.webp?v=1732628262","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/inventing-popular-culture-from-folklore-to-globalization-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}