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Reading the popular

John Fiske
Designed as a companion to 'Understanding Popular Culture', 'Reading the Popular' is a series of readings about today's cultural phenomena. The book highlights the conflicting responses popular culture can evoke.
Print Book, English, 1989
Routledge, London, 1989
xi, 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
9780415078757, 041507875X
152461386
Acknowledgements Introduction Understanding Popular Culture Shopping for Pleasure Reading the Beach Video Pleasures Madonna Romancing the Rock Everyday Quizzes Everyday Life News, History and Undisciplined Events Popular News Searing Towers References Index