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Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction (Paperback)
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Description
In this new edition of his widely adopted Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: An Introduction, John Storey has extensively revised the text throughout. Like previous editions, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, and various approaches to, popular culture.
New to this edition:
- Extensively revised, rewritten, and updated
- Improved and expanded content throughout including a new chapter on psychoanalysis and a new section on post-Marxism and the global postmodern
- Closer explicit links to the new edition companion reader Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader
- More illustrative diagrams and images
- Fully revised, improved, and updated companion web site
Ideal for courses in:
- cultural studies
- media studies
- communication studies
- sociology of culture
- popular culture
- visual studies
- cultural criticism
About the Author
John Storey is a professor of cultural studies and director of the Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, England. He is also a visiting professor at the universities of Henan and Wuhan in China. Storey has published widely in cultural studies; his six books include Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture (Georgia). His work has been translated into Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian.
