The depth of shallow culture : the high art of shoes, movies, novels, monsters, and toys /: the high art of shoes, movies, novels, monsters, and toys. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Albert J. Bergesen.
• Authors: Bergesen, Albert
• Contents: Introduction : the depth of shallow culture -- The baroque sneaker : how the history of the tennis shoe recapitulates Giorgio Vasari's Life cycle of art styles -- Rambo and Don Quixote : cultural icons of national decline -- A sociology of monsters : making mythical creatures in the United States and Japan -- A sociology of toys : how Transformers and Spiderman embody the philosophies of East and West -- Bringing the art object back in : toward a new realism in the sociology of culture.
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306.0973; Popular culture; Material culture; Civilization, Modern -- 21st century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Civilization, Modern; Material culture; Popular culture; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781317261292; 1317261291; 9781315635194; 1315635194
• Related ISBNs: 9781594512735
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.