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Author:   Lane Crothers
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.313kg
ISBN:  

9780742541399

ISBN 10:   0742541398
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   17 August 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Chapter 1: American Popular Culture and Globalization Part 2 Understanding Culture, Popular Culture, and American Culture Chapter 3 Anthropological Culture Chapter 4 Popular Culture Chapter 5 American Popular Culture Part 6 Grasping Globalization Chapter 7 Economic Globalization and American Popular Culture Chapter 8 Political Globalization and American Popular Culture Chapter 9 Cultural Globalization and American Popular Culture Part 10 Chapter 2: The Global Scope of American Popular Culture Part 11 The Popular Culture Machine in the Global Era Part 12 The Development of the American Popular Culture Industry Chapter 13 A Brief History of the Movie Industry Chapter 14 A Brief History of the Recording Industry Chapter 15 A Brief History of the Television Industry Part 16 Movies, Music, and Television from the USA to the World Part 17 Chapter 3: American Popular Culture Part 18 Popular Culture and the Nation-State Part 19 American Civic Culture and American Popular Culture I Part 20 American Civil Culture and American Popular Culture II Chapter 21 American Movies Chapter 22 American Television Chapter 23 American Music Part 24 Formulas in American Popular Culture Part 25 Chapter 4: Globalization, Fragmegration, and American Popular Culture Part 26 Global Law and American Popular Culture Part 27 American Popular Culture and Fragmegration in Four Countries Chapter 28 Fragmegration and American Popular Culture in Iran Chapter 29 Fragmegration and American Popular Culture in France Chapter 30 Fragmegration and American Popular Culture in Venezuela Chapter 31 Fragmegration and American Popular Culture in Hong Kong Part 32 Chapter 5: American Popular Culture and the Future of Globalization Part 33 Cultural Responses to Change Chapter 34 Hybridity, Cultural Change, and American Popular Culture Chapter 35 Glocalization, Cultural Change, and American Popular Culture Part 36 The Future of American Popular Culture and Globalization

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In a deeply textured and solidly researched book, Lane Crothers identifies the connections among American popular culture, the global reach of the U.S. movie industry, and the ability of films and television to transmit images, often conflicting, of the values of American society. Moreover, there is circularity in the process because the context of American popular culture can shape the content of American popular culture in films and television programs. This is an important book that contributes much to our understanding of the reach of American popular culture and the processes that create it. A must-read!--Paula D. McClain

This book presents an in-depth and nuanced analysis of the role of American popular culture in shaping globalization. It nicely balances discussions of the unifying components of cultural globalization with the equally insistent pressures toward fragmentation. Such an analysis is a necessary complement to the more prevalent studies of international trade and economic globalization in order to understand interactions between individuals and nations today. -- Linda Datcher Loury A lucidly written piece of work. -- Kema Irogbe In crisp and accessible language, the author distills central arguments in the study of global media and popular culture in their overlapping national and global political-economic context and legal-regulatory environments, often with a historical perspective. Global Media Studies In a deeply textured and solidly researched book, Lane Crothers identifies the connections among American popular culture, the global reach of the U.S. movie industry, and the ability of films and television to transmit images, often conflicting, of the values of American society. Moreover, there is circularity in the process because the context of American popular culture can shape the content of American popular culture in films and television programs. This is an important book that contributes much to our understanding of the reach of American popular culture and the processes that create it. A must-read! -- Paula D. McClain

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Lane Crothers is professor of politics and government at Illinois State University.

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