Left Intellectuals and Popular Culture in Twentieth-Century America
Since the late nineteenth century, American intellectuals have consistently criticized the mass arts, charging that entertainments ranging from popular theater, motion pictures, and dance halls to hit records, romance novels, and television are harmful to the public. This critique of popular culture continues today, with condemnations of television shows like NYPD Blue and increasing fears about the purported effects of rap or hip-hop music. In this sweeping historical study, Paul Gorman exposes the contradictory nature of this cultural critique. As Gorman shows, popular culture had faced growing denunciation in the 1890s, primarily from…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8078-4556-1
- EAN: 9780807845561
- Produktnummer: 1422619
- Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1996
- Seitenangabe: 260 S.
- Masse: H23.4 cm x B15.6 cm x D1.5 cm 424 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 424
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