Introduction to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture (Second Edition)

Author: (English) John Storey, translated by Yang Zhushan, Guo Fayong, Zhou Hui
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: This book is an academic monograph on cultural theory, covering topics such as popular culture, the "culture and civilization" tradition, culturalism, structuralism and post-structuralism, Marxism, feminism, postmodernism, and popular politics. It is suitable for researchers in cultural theory. The book also discusses two points. , this is the first comprehensive study, providing detailed theoretical analysis and critical commentary on the relationship between cultural theory and popular culture. It begins with the issues raised in defining research terms, then proceeds from the perspective of Gramsci's cultural studies. Each chapter of the book reviews a series of theories and methodologies that have contributed to academic research on popular culture. Second, the book offers an analysis and critique of the essence of the relationship between cultural theory and popular culture, thereby making timely contributions to the discussion of popular culture studies in contemporary cultural research from two aspects.