When Highbrow Meets Lowbrow: Popular Culture and the Rise of Nobrow

Swirski, Peter; Vanhanen, Tero Eljas

This book examines nobrow, a cultural formation that intertwines art and entertainment into an identifiable creative force. In our eclectic and culturally turbocharged world, the binary of highbrow vs. lowbrow is incapable of doing justice to the complexity and artistry of cultural production. Until now, the historical power, aesthetic complexity, and social significance of nobrow “artertainment” have escaped analysis. This book rectifies this oversight. Smart, funny, and iconoclastic, it scrutinizes the many faces of nobrow, throwing surprising light on the hazards and rewards of traffic between high entertainment and genre art.

Details

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2017-06-29

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137597724

DOI: 10.1057/978-1-349-95168-0

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 271