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Informationen zum Autor The late Ray B. Browne (1922-2009) edited the Journal of Popular Culture, served as an officer of the Popular Culture Association and wrote prolifically on the subject. He was the founding chair of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University. Klappentext Author and educator Ray Browne combined interests in folklore, literature, and American Studies into a groundbreaking approach to the study of the humanities and social sciences, a field which eventually came to be known as Popular Culture Studies. In addition to co-founding both the Journal of Popular Culture and the Journal of American Culture, Browne wrote and published more than 80 articles and book chapters and eight books, and edited almost 50 other book-length volumes. This collection features his key culture studies writings from a decades-long academic career. It includes some of Browne's most influential and notable scholarship, along with previously unpublished work, corrected pieces, and "new" articles edited from multiple sources. Zusammenfassung "This edited collection features his key cultural studies writings! collected over his decades-long academic career. It includes some of Browne's most influential and notable scholarship! along with previously unpublished work! corrected pieces! and "new" articles edited from multiple sources"--Provided by publisher. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsEditor's Acknowledgments (Ben Urish) Foreword ( John Cawelti) Preface: Ray B. Browne, Freely Engaged (Ben Urish) Prologue. On Redefining Cultural Studies PART ONE: BLAZING THE TRAIL1. Popular Culture: Notes Toward a Definition 2. Popular Culture: New Notes Toward a Definition 3. The Many Faces of American Culture: The Long Push to Democracy 4. The Humanities as Redefined Through Popular Culture 5. Popular Culture: Medicine for Illiteracy and Associated Educational Ills PART TWO: CLEARING THE HORIZON6. Up from Elitism: The Aesthetics of Popular Fiction 7. The Repressive Nature of TV Esthetics Criticism 8. The Face of the Hero in Democracy 9. The Theory-Methodology Complex: The Critics' Jabberwock 10. Internationalizing Popular Culture Studies 11. The Vanishing Global Village PART THREE: TOPICS AND EXAMPLES12. Whale Lore and Popular Print in Mid-Nineteenth-Century America: Sketches Toward a Profile 13. The Seat of Democracy: The Privy Humor of "Chic" Sale 14. Sherlock Holmes as Christian Detective: The Case of the Invisible Thief PART FOUR: MEANDERINGS AND EXCURSIONS15. The Rape of the Vulnerable 16. Class Reunions as a Folk Festival 17. The ASA and Its Friends 18. Folklore to Populore 19. Replying to a Rejoinder 20. American Studies and Humanity's Dream 21. Russel B. Nye: The Richness of His Life 22. Reviews Epilogue. Education: Forward to Democratic Fluency Annotated Bibliography Index ...
