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The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture - 9780313332555

Un libro in lingua di Hoppenstand Gary (EDT) Schoenecke Michael K. (EDT) Bratzel John F. (EDT) Bayer Gerd (EDT) Bartholome Lynn (EDT) edito da Greenwood Pub Group, 2007

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This six-volume reference set from general editor Hoppenstand (American studies, Michigan State U.) and colleagues provides a student or general audience with an introduction to popular culture around the world. The encyclopedia has adopted a broad definition of popular culture that includes mass-produced/mass consumed culture and such lifestyle dimensions of culture as architecture and foodways. Individual volumes cover North America, Latin America, Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, Sub-Saharan Africa, and Asia and Pacific Oceania. The volumes are structured uniformly, each containing narrative articles on architecture; art; dance; fashion and appearance; film; food and foodways; games, toys, and pastimes; literature; love, sex, and marriage; music; periodicals; radio and television; sports and recreation; theater and performance; and transportation and travel. The articles generally favor broad and accessible coverage of their subjects, so focus on any particular nation, time period, cultural style, or other specific topic tends to be quite brief. Somewhat surprisingly, the volumes only contain a limited number of photographs--typically only two or three per article--and they are all located in the center of each volume away from the particular article they are intended to illustrate. Each volume also contains its own individual general bibliography and index. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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