History of Popular Culture More of Everything, Faster, and Brighter

Name: History of Popular Culture More of Everything, Faster, and Brighter
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ISBN: 9780415221276

ISBN-10: 0415221277

ISBN-13: 9780415221276

Edition: 2004

Authors: Raymond F. Betts

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This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War. Raymond Betts considers the rapid diffusion and "hybridization" of popular culture as the result of three conditions of the world since the end of World War Two: instantaneous communications, widespread consumption in a market-based economy and the visualization of reality. Betts considers the dominance of American entertainment media and habits of consumption, assessing adaptation and negative reactions to this influence. The author surveys a wide range of topics, including the effects of global conflict, the effects of urbanization and the…

Book details

List price: $115.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/10/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 192
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Popular Culture in the Early Twentieth-Century World



Popular Culture Joins the War Effort



Reconfiguring Time and Space



Picture This



All the World's a Stage



Happily Spaced Out



The Unintended Outcomes


Conclusion


Bibliography


Index