內容簡介
金衡山、廖煒春主編的《美國大眾文化》是一部有關美國大眾文化的閱讀文選,收集了與大眾文化相關的消費文化、廣告、電視、體育、音樂、電影、大眾偶像等方面的各類文章。一方面,讀者可以從這些文章中了解近幾十年來美國大眾文化的方方面面;另一方面,這些文章不只是單單介紹大眾文化,更主要的是,文章的作者都是用一種批評的眼光來看待大眾文化,所以你讀到的除了相關知識之外,更多的是精湛的評論,犀利的批判,深邃的思想,生動的文筆。
目錄
導論 大眾文化和大眾文化批評
Chapter 1 Consumer Culture: The Passion of Consumption and the
Consumer Society
Lesson 1 The Signs of Shopping
Lesson 2 The Hauntedsuperstore
Lesson 3Blue Jeans
Historical Perspective: Fashion
Chapter 2 Advertising: The Signs of Advertising in America
Lesson 4 Masters of Desire: The Culture of Amerlcan Adertising
Lesson 5 Advertising's Fifteen Basic Appeals
Lesson 6 With These Words I Can Sell You Anything
Historical Perspective: Advertising
Chapter 3 Pop Music: Excitements, Emotions and Controversies
Lesson 7 Hip-Hop Nation: There's More To Rap Than Just Rhythms
and Rhymes
Lesson 8 Rock 'N' Revolt
Lesson 9 The Lessons of Presley's Hips
Historical Perspective: Music
Chapter 4 Television: The Cultural Impacts of Television
Lesson 10 Televison and Cultural Behavior
Lesson 11 Life According to TV
Lesson 12 Soaps Day and Night
Lesson 13 The Opera Winfrey Show and The Talk Show Furor
Historical Perspective: Television
Chapter 5 Sports: The Cultural Implications in American Sports
Lesson 14 Sports and the American Dream
Lesson 15 Jockpop: Popular Sports and Polities
Lesson 16 The Black and White Truth about Basketball
Historical Perspective: Sports
Chapter 6 Film: Making Hollywood Dreams
Lesson 17 Creating the Myth
Lesson 18 The Western
Lesson 19 Asian Women in Film: No Joy, No Luck
Lesson 20 The Way We Are
Historical Perspective: Film
Chapter 7 American Icons: The Worshipped Characters for the Public
Lesson 21 BeLike Mike? Michael Jordan and the Pedagogy of
Desire
Lesson 22 What Makes Superman So Darned American?
Lesson 23 Our Barbies, Ourselves