{"product_id":"profiles-of-popular-culture-ray-b-browne-9780879728694","title":"Profiles of Popular Culture: A Reader","description":"From Hank Williams to hip hop, Aunt Jemima to the Energizer Bunny, scrap-booking to NASCAR racing, \u003ci\u003eProfiles of Popular Culture\u003c\/i\u003e cuts a generous swath across what is perhaps the fastest growing discipline of the past several decades. Edited by a pioneer in the field, this volume invites readers to reflect on a diverse sampling of modern myths, icons, archetypes, rituals, and pastimes. Adopting an inclusive approach, editor Ray B. Browne has mined both scholarly and mainstream media to bring together penetrating essays on fads and fashions, sports fandom, the shaping of body image, aesthetic surgery, the marketing of food, vacationing and sightseeing, toys and games, genre fiction, post-9\/11 entertainment, and much more. Like Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause's \u003ci\u003ePopular Culture: An Introductory Text\u003c\/i\u003e, this book opens critical doors into the study of popular culture-and does so within a fresh context that includes points of reference both established and new.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ray B. Browne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0879728698\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780879728694\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Wisconsin Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 6.08w x 0.91d","brand":"Ray B. Browne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926744334591,"sku":"9780879728694","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7add73a1-92bf-40fa-8e0c-11a645a15c3f.jpg?v=1681084768","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/profiles-of-popular-culture-ray-b-browne-9780879728694","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}