{"product_id":"9781119140337","title":"Popular Culture A User's Guide","description":"\u003ch1\u003ePopular Culture\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eA User's Guide\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eImre Szeman | Susie O'Brien\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eSocial Science \/ Popular Culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopular Culture: A User’s Guide, International Edition\u003c\/i\u003e ventures beyond the history of pop culture to give readers the vocabulary and tools to address and analyze the contemporary cultural landscape that surrounds them.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMoves beyond the history of pop culture to give students the vocabulary and tools to analyze popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003esuitable for the study of popular culture across a range of disciplines, from literary theory and cultural studies to philosophy and sociology\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a broad range of important topics including the underlying socioeconomic structures that affect media, the politics of pop culture, the role of consumers, subcultures and countercultures, and the construction of social reality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the ways in which individuals and societies act as consumers and agents of popular culture\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eImre Szeman \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Drama \u0026amp; Speech Communication, and English Language \u0026amp; Literture at the University of Waterloo, Canada.  He is the founder of the Canadian Association of Cultural Studies and a founding member of the US Cultural Studies Association. His main areas of research are in energy and environmental studies, social and political philosophy, and critical theory and cultural studies. He is the author or editor of more than 16 books, including \u003ci\u003eCultural Theory: An Anthology \u003c\/i\u003e(Wiley Blackwell, 2010) and \u003ci\u003eAfter Globalization\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley Blackwell, 2011).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusie O'Brien\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Canada. Her research and teaching focus on postcolonial and environmental cultural studies.  She has published on postcolonial literature, the slow and local food movements, scenario planning, and the temporality of globalization.  She is co-editor of Time, Globalization and Human Experience (forthcoming 2017) and is currently working on a monograph on the power and vulnerability of resilience stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e05 September 2017\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley-Blackwell\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119140337\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e384\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23.2\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44379010564236,"sku":"9781119140337","price":106.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119140337.jpg?v=1780139493","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781119140337","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}