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Power and Pleasure in Popular Culture (Paperback)
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The thirteen essays selected for "Power and Pleasure in Popular
Culture" aim to explain why popular culture is an irresistible
guilty pleasure. This anthology forces readers to think about why
they enjoy popular culture by asking questions about its
relationship to power: Who truly has power over popular culture its
creators or its consumers? Under what circumstances is popular
culture empowering? When is it disempowering? Is pleasure
contingent upon acquiescing to power, resisting power, and/or
wielding power over others? These questions are considered from the
perspectives of gender, sexual orientation, class status, and
racial identity.
Additional emphasis on food, fashion, television, film, music,
political cartoons, virtual communication, and physical bodies
increases the likelihood that students will identify with the
content found in this book and connect the readings with their
lived experiences. The various theoretical approaches presented
within also encourage students to use their critical media literacy
skills to determine what aspects of popular culture have the power
to turn them on. With original section introductions written by Dr.
Ebony A. Utley, "Power and Pleasure in Popular Culture" is an ideal
reader for any course dealing with the complexities of popular
culture.
Ebony A. Utley, Ph.D., is an expert in popular culture, race, and
romantic relationships. Dr. Utley s research explores the tension
between power and pleasure in popular culture, examines how
Americans talk about race and racism, asks probing questions about
marriage and infidelity, and explores hip hop s relationship to
love and religion. She is the author of "Rap and Religion:
Understanding the Gangsta s God." In addition to national radio,
print, and online appearances, Dr. Utley lectures at universities
across the country and is an assistant professor of communication
studies at California State University Long Beach. She resides on
the web at theutleyexperience.com.
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