St. James Encyclopedia Of Popular Culture: 5 Volume Set
by Gale Editor /
2013 / English / PDF
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The St. James Encyclopedia Of Popular Culture, 2nd ed., updates and
augments the over ten-year-old first edition. It includes 3,036
signed essays (300 of them new), alphabetically arranged, and
written or reviewed by subject experts and edited to form a
consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. The entries
cover topics and persons in major areas of popular culture: film;
music; print culture; social life; sports; television and radio;
and art and performance (which include theater, dance, stand-up
comedy, and other live performance). The entries analyze each topic
or person's significance in and relevance to American popular
culture; in addition to basic factual information, readers will
gain perspective on the cultural context in which the topic or
person has importance.
The St. James Encyclopedia Of Popular Culture, 2nd ed., updates and
augments the over ten-year-old first edition. It includes 3,036
signed essays (300 of them new), alphabetically arranged, and
written or reviewed by subject experts and edited to form a
consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. The entries
cover topics and persons in major areas of popular culture: film;
music; print culture; social life; sports; television and radio;
and art and performance (which include theater, dance, stand-up
comedy, and other live performance). The entries analyze each topic
or person's significance in and relevance to American popular
culture; in addition to basic factual information, readers will
gain perspective on the cultural context in which the topic or
person has importance.
