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Social Science Popular Culture

Pop Culture

The Culture of Everyday Life

by (author) Shirley Fedorak

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Initial publish date
May 2009
Category
Popular Culture, Globalization, Cultural, Media Studies
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781442601246
    Publish Date
    May 2009
    List Price
    $34.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442606722
    Publish Date
    May 2009
    List Price
    $20.95

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Description

While usually associated with facets of commercial culture, pop culture can and must be analyzed as an important part of material, economic, and political culture. The author begins by defining popular culture, outlining criticisms, and examining the impact of globalization on pop culture. She then explores mass media and popular culture (soap operas, Egyptian melodramas, Afro-Cuban rap music, and virtual communities), artistic expression and popular culture (graffiti art and body art), and gatherings and popular culture (fast food in Japan, equality in sport, and wedding rituals).

About the author

Shirley A. Fedorak has taught at the University of Saskatchewan and the Cairo American College. She is the author of Pop Culture: The Culture of Everyday Life (2009), Anthropology Matters, (2007 and 2012), and was the lead author from 2002-2008 for the Canadian edition of William Haviland's bestselling introductory text Cultural Anthropology.

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