Social Theory in Popular Culture. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Barron, Lee
• Contents: Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction ; 1 Marx and music; Marx: capitalism, class conflict and ideology; Twenty-first-century Marx: the hip-hop Marxist message; Questions to consider; Further reading; 2 Weber and film; Weber, class and status; Weber, status and film; Questions to consider; Further reading; 3 Durkheim and celebrity; Durkheim's sociology; Durkheim and solidarity; Solidarity through celebrity?; Does celebrity act as 'social glue'?; Questions to consider; Further reading; 4 Simmel and pop fashion; Simmel, the individual and fashion. Pop fashionSimmel goes pop; Questions to consider; Further reading; 5 Adorno and reality television; Adorno and the nature of mass culture; Adorno, reality TV and 'talent' television; Questions to consider; Further reading; 6 Feminism and sport; Feminism(s); Sport and women (and men); Charlotte Perkins Gilman and WAGs; Sport and changing masculinities; Gender and sport: an arena for change?; Questions to consider; Further reading; 7 Semiotics and tattooing; Semiotics; Tattooing culture: 'scars that speak'; Tattoos as storytelling signs; Semiotics, tattoos and the problem of meaning. Questions to considerFurther reading; 8 Neoliberalism and literature; The rise of neoliberalism; Ayn Rand and the fiction of neoliberalism; Rand and the modern neoliberal world; Questions to consider; Further reading; Conclusion: thinking, watching, listening and reading sociologically; References; Index.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 306; Sociology/General; Social sciences -- Philosophy; Popular culture; Popular culture; Social sciences -- Philosophy; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; Popular culture; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137303891; 9781137303899
• Related ISBNs: 9780230284982; 0230284981; 9780230284999; 023028499X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-158) and index.; Note: Print version record.
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