High Theory/Low Culture

Brottman, M.

In High Theory/Low Culture , Brottman uses the tools of 'high' cultural theory to examine many areas of today's popular culture, including style magazines, sport, shopping, tabloid newspapers, horror movies and pornography. In doing so, she not only demonstrates the practical use of 'high' theory as it relates to our everyday world, but she also investigates the kinds of 'low' culture that are regularly dismissed by academic scholars. Through a close examination of these cultural forms, Brottman reveals how the kinds of popular culture that we usually take for granted are, in fact, far more complex and sophisticated than is normally assumed.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2005-03-08

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403966407

DOI: 10.1057/9781403978226

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 157