Tobias Becker, Len Platt

Popular Culture in Europe since 1800 (eBook, ePUB)

A Student's Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the story of the history of popular culture in Europe since 1800, providing a framework which challenges traditional associations that have formulated popular culture firmly in relation to the post-1945 period and the economic power of the USA.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 244
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000954258
• Artikelnr.: 68794651

Autorenporträt

Tobias Becker is a historian and curator based in Berlin. His publications include Inszenierte Moderne: Populäres Theater in Berlin und London, 1880-1930 (2014), Popular Musical Theatre in London and Berlin, 1890-1939, ed. with Len Platt and David Linton (2014) and Yesterday: A New History of Nostalgia (forthcoming).

Len Platt is Professor Emeritus of Modern Literatures at Goldsmiths, University of London. His previous publications include Writing London and the Thames Estuary 1576-2016 (2017), James Joyce: Texts and Contexts (2012), Joyce, Race and Finnegans Wake (2007) and Musical Comedy on the West End Stage, 1890-1939 (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction / Chapter 1 Reading Cultures
Modernity and the Word / Chapter 2 Seeing
The Rise of Visual Culture / Chapter 3 Performance
Rational Entertainment and Musical Theatre / Chapter 4 Play
Games in Modern Europe / Chapter 5 Music
From Folksong to Pop / Chapter 6 Film
European Genre Movies / Chapter 7 Television
A Popular Culture and Its Politics / Chapter 8 Digital Europe
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