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Author:
Freccero, Carla, 1956-
Title:
Popular culture : an introduction / Carla Freccero.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
c1999
Description:
x, 202 p. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
Mass media--History--United States--History--20th century.
Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.
Mass media--History--United States--History--20th century.
United States--Civilization--1945-
United States--Civilization--1945-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-191) and index. Discography: p. 175. Filmography: p. 173.
Contents:
Overview and background -- Serial killers and the question of representation -- The body and the state -- Queer subcultures -- Madonna's popular bodies -- Truth or Dare -- Race and identity politics -- Postcoloniality, imperialism, third world: background and context -- Octavia Butler's Xenogenesis -- Diasporic identities and Sandra Cisneros -- Do the Right Thing -- Rap, rock, resistance -- Sound and story -- Technoculture and postmodernism -- William Gibson's Neuromancer -- The cultural politics of the Alien films.
ISBN:
9780814726709 (paper : acid-free paper)
0814726704 (paper : acid-free paper)
9780814726693 (cloth : acid-free paper)
0814726690 (cloth : acid-free paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)40762501
LCCN:
99006112
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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