Social Science Popular Culture
Pop Culture
The Culture of Everyday Life
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2009
- Category
- Popular Culture, Globalization, Cultural, Media Studies
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781442601246
- Publish Date
- May 2009
- List Price
- $34.95
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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.