High Theory/Low Culture: Analysing Popular Television and Film

Author/Artist/Editor

Colin MacCabe, Editor

Type

Book, Hard Copy

Date

1986

Press/Publisher

Manchester UP

Medium

Print

Language

English

Description

In this mid-1980s analysis of Popular culture forms, the contributers examine popular culture, feminininy, film theory, melodrama, narrative form in American network television, video games, and discuss the future of popular culture

Important Notes

Of particular note are the contributions on American Network Television, the somewhat narrow view of a discussion on video games (where the author exclaims that women do not play them), and feminist popular culture

Keywords

Early pop culture studies, television narrative, early video game studies

ISSN/ISBN

0-312-37229-9

Availability

Available