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Product Catalog > Browse by Series > Popular Culture in the Contemporary World
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This fascinating new series introduces readers to some of the world's most compelling, unexpectedly rich popular cultures.
What music is captivating teenagers in Beijing? Who are the great stars of Bollywood? What is the story behind Egyptian belly dancing or Japan's obsession with comic books and karaoke? ABC-CLIO's Popular Culture in the Contemporary World series hits the road to explore questions like these.
Popular Culture in the Contemporary World is the perfect series for students, travelers, or anyone interested in how different societies respond to the universal desire for expression, enlightenment, and good times. Focusing primarily on developments since the 1970s, each volume is an expert guide to a specific country's or region's films and TV, mass media, performing arts, literature, sports, and lifestyles.
Readers will see how the unique history, social fabric, and political climate of each place gives rise to its distinctive arts, entertainments, and traditions—and how, from award-winning films from Iran to Japanese salsa bands, each culture has its share of surprises to offer.
Highlights
- Provides up-to-date, hard-to-find information on extraordinary but largely unfamiliar popular cultures
- Examines popular culture in its social, political, economic, and religious contexts
- Reflects the increasing exposure to foreign cultures sparked by global media and travel, as well as the growing interest in cultural studies as a research and course topic
Features- Thematic organization centered on different types of popular culture (e.g., cinema and video, television and radio, newspapers and magazines, music, theater and shows, mass-market literature, sports, lifestyle and consumerism)
- Chronologies of major developments in the cultural life of a society
- Sidebars highlighting interesting facts and insights
- Bibliography of the literature and electronic resources on each major form of popular culture in each country or region
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6 titles in Popular Culture in the Contemporary World
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Pop Culture Arab World!
Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |
12/2004 |
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ABC-CLIO |
Pop Culture China!
Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |
07/2007 |
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ABC-CLIO |
Pop Culture Germany!
Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |
09/2006 |
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ABC-CLIO |
Pop Culture India!
Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |
01/2006 |
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ABC-CLIO |
Pop Culture Latin America!
Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |
01/2005 |
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ABC-CLIO |
Pop Culture Russia!
Media, Arts, and Lifestyle |
06/2005 |
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ABC-CLIO |
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