The Myth of Popular Culture
In this fascinating examination of popular culture, esteemed cultural critic Perry Meisel shatters conventionally held notions about the division between ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture with the provocative theory that popular culture has sustained dialectical rhythms. Meisel’s deft critical analysis of three enduring cultural traditions – the American novel, Hollywood, and British and American rock music – leads us to question the very concept of the divisio...
Cuprins
Preface: The Resistance to Pop
Acknowledgments
Part I ‘The Battle of the Brows’
1. A History of High and Low
‘Highbrow, ‘ ‘Lowbrow, ‘ ‘Middlebrow’
‘Folk’ and ‘Soul’
Da...
Despre autor
Perry Meisel is Professor of English at New York University. His books include The Myth of the Modern (1987), The Cowboy and the Dandy (1999), and The Literary Freud (2...
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