{"product_id":"the-time-of-our-lives-dirty-dancing-and-popular-culture-paperback","title":"The Time of Our Lives: Dirty Dancing and Popular Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSian Lincoln\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eYannis Tzioumakis\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA low-budget independent film made by a now defunct video company in the late 1980s, \u003cem\u003eDirty Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e became a sleeper hit with a huge, primarily young audience. Even twenty-five years on, the film has found millions of devoted fans around the world through TV, video, and DVD releases. In \u003cem\u003eThe Time of Our Lives: \u003c\/em\u003eDirty Dancing\u003cem\u003e and Popular Culture\u003c\/em\u003e editors Yannis Tzioumakis and Siân Lincoln bring together leading scholars of film, media, music, culture, theater, dance, and sociology to examine for the first time the global cultural phenomenon of \u003cem\u003eDirty Dancing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Tzioumakis and Lincoln begin by assessing \u003cem\u003eDirty Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e's cultural impact in the decades since its release and introduce contributors in four sections. Essays in \"\u003cem\u003eDirty Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e in Context\" look at the film from several perspectives, including its production and distribution history, its blending of genres, its treatment of race, and its place in the political and visual culture of the 1980s. In \"Questions of Reception,\" contributors examine the many ways that the film has been received since its release, while those in \"The Production of Nostalgia\" focus on the film's often critiqued production of an idealized past. Finally, contributors in \"Beyond the Film\" examine the celebrated synergies that the film achieved in the \"high concept\" film environment of the 1980s, and the final two essays deal with the successful adaptation of the film for the stage. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With the enormous cultural impact it has made over the years, \u003cem\u003eDirty Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e offers many opportunities for thought-provoking analysis. Fans of the movie and students and scholars of cultural, performance, and film history will appreciate the insight in \u003cem\u003eThe Time of Our Lives.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYannis Tzioumakis is senior lecturer in communication and media at the University of Liverpool. He is the author and editor of five books, most recently \u003ci\u003eHollywood's Indies: Classics Divisions, Specialty Labels and the American Film Market, \u003c\/i\u003e and co-editor of the American Indies book series.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Si?n Lincoln is senior lecturer in media studies at Liverpool John Moores University. She has recently published her first book, \u003ci\u003eYouth Culture and Private Space, \u003c\/i\u003e and is working on her second, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Youth Cultures: A Critical Introduction.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130540331143,"sku":"9780814336243","price":62.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/976dc246ecf44374c34759122dfe4ffa.webp?v=1732611740","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-time-of-our-lives-dirty-dancing-and-popular-culture-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}