Book
The Cambridge history of American popular culture
Cambridge University Press
2026
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Abstract
"American popular culture wields tremendous power as a cultural force both domestically and abroad but is rarely studied for this purpose. Today, when students' beliefs and values are more highly molded through commercial entertainment than at any historical time, analysis of this process is fundamental to a humanities education"-- Provided by publisher.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- The Cambridge history of American popular culture
- Creators
- Lauren Rabinovitz (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book
- Table of contents
- Introduction / Lauren Rabinovitz -- Prologue. A brief history of popular culture studies / Lauren Rabinovitz -- Popular literature in nineteenth-century America / Paul C. Gutjahr -- Sentimentalism and women's popular culture / Lori A. Merish -- The visual in nineteenth century American popular culture / Justin T. Clark -- Nineteenth century popular theatre and performance / Kim Marra -- Minstrel shows and blackface / Yuval Taylor and Jake Austen -- Wild west shows / Joy S. Kasson -- Burlesque and vaudeville / David Monod -- The rise of American sports / Daniel A. Nathan -- Amusement parks / Lauren Rabinovitz -- American world's fairs in the Gilded Age / Robert W. Rydell -- The global ascendancy of Hollywood cinema / Ross Melnick -- The culture of radio : inventing soundwork, imagining the nation / Michele Hilmes -- Jazz and American popular culture / Michael Borshuk -- Pulp fiction and the paperback revolution / Paula Rabinowitz -- American world's fairs in the Depression and Atomic Age / Robert W. Rydell -- Television : from the broadcast era to the digital age / Amanda D. Lotz -- Postwar rock music : race, liberalism, and mass bohemianism / Ari Katorza -- Country music / Pamela A. Fox -- The Broadway musical / Ryan Donovan -- Popular dance / Sherril Dodds -- Sport in the age of mass media / Travis Vogan -- New Hollywood and post-classical cinema / Jon Lewis -- American comedy in the media / Nicholas Holm -- Pornography and the adult entertainment industry / Eric Schaefer -- Theme parks / Lauren Rabinovitz -- Comic book culture, fandom, and superheroes / Matthew J. Pustz -- Cooking as popular culture / Emily J. H. Contois -- Immigrant identities and popular culture at the turn of the century / M. Alison Kibler -- Discordant music? Jews, African Americans, and the Great American Songbook / Ari Katorza -- Cold war celebrity, the red scare, and civil rights / Lauren Rabinovitz -- Hollywood and the Pentagon : projecting state power through popular culture / Roger Stahl -- Americanization and global popular culture / Jaap Kooijman -- African Americans and popular culture / Kinohi Nishikawa -- Jewish identities and Americn popular culture / Jonathan Branfman -- Asian Americans and popular culture / Kent A. Ono -- Native Americans, media sovereignty, and popular culture / Angelica M. Lawson -- Latino-Latina popular culture / Anthony Macías -- Queer culture in mass media / Jennifer Reed -- Epilogue. The enshrinement of popular culture in twenty-first century museums / Lauren Rabinovitz, editor.
- ISBN
- 9781009522403; 100952240X; 9781009522410; 1009522418
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press; Cambridge; New York, NY
- Format
- xxi, 734 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliography
- Number of pages
- xxi, 734 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2026
- Academic Unit
- American Studies
- Record Identifier
- 9985221236202771
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