High theory/low culture

Brottman, Mikita, 1966-

High theory/low culture [electronic resource] / Mikita Brottman. - New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. - xxix, 157 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : popular culture and its critics -- 1. Carnival and chronotope : Bakhtin and style magazines -- 2. Joyful mayhem : Bakhtin and football fans -- 3. Rumor, gossip, and scandal : Barthes and tabloid rhetoric -- 4. "The last stop of desire" : Roland Barthes goes shopping -- 5. Blueprints and bodies : Lacan and the pornographic imagination -- 6. Dark homecomings : Lacan and horror fictions.


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Bakhtin, M. M. 1895-1975.
Barthes, Roland.
Lacan, Jacques, 1901-1981.


Popular culture--History--20th century.
Civilization, Modern--20th century.
Popular culture--History--United States--20th century.
Criticism.


United States--Civilization--20th century.


Electronic books.

CB427 / .B75 2005eb

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