Popular Culture Genres

Theories and Texts
1. Auflage 1992
ISBN: 978-0-8039-4726-9
Verlag: Sage Publications

Buch, Englisch, Band 2, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

Reihe: Feminist Perspective on Communication

Witty and accessible, Popular Culture Genres is a fascinating study of genres and genre criticism. Author Arthur Asa Berger empowers readers to make their own analysis by providing the methods and examples of good criticism. Part I deals with genres from a critical perspective, asking questions such as: How do the conventions of different genres affect the creation and production of texts and the audiences of those texts? Do certain genres have significant social and political implications? And, how do genres evolve? Part II takes a look at five "classic" popular texts (in both their novel and film versions). Viewing these works in the context of their respective genres is not only instructive in nature but captivating reading as well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Berger, Arthur Asa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE: THEORIES On the Structure of Genres Propp, de Saussure and the Narrative Formulas and Texts Genre Theory Genre, Society and Culture The Classical Mystery A Case Study PART TWO: TEXTS Murder on the Orient Express f003 The Maltese Falcon The Hard-Boiled Detective Novel f003 Dr No f003 War of the Worlds Frankenstein The New Prometheus Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Berger, Arthur Asa
Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus of Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts at San Francisco State University, where he taught between 1965 and 2003. He has published more than 100 articles, numerous book reviews, and more than 60 books. Among his latest books are the third edition of Media and Communication Research Methods: An Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches (2013), The Academic Writer’s Toolkit: A User’s Manual (2008), What Objects Mean: An Introduction to Material Culture (2009), Bali Tourism (2013), Tourism in Japan: An Ethno-Semiotic Analysis (2010), The Culture Theorist’s Book of Quotations (2010), and The Objects of Our Affection: Semiotics and Consumer Culture (2010). He has also written a number of academic mysteries such as Durkheim is Dead: Sherlock Holmes is Introduced to Sociological Theory (2003) and Mistake in Identity: A Cultural Studies Murder Mystery (2005). His books have been translated into eight languages and thirteen of his books have been translated into Chinese.