Popular Culture In Europe Since 1800

Author : Tobias Becker,Len Platt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000954258

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Popular Culture in Europe since 1800 by Tobias Becker,Len Platt Pdf

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. Focusing on key themes associated with modernity – secularisation, industrialisation, social cohesion and control, globalisation and technological change – this synthesis of research across a very wide field fills a gap that has long been felt by students and educators working in the field of popular culture. While it is organised as a history of cultural forms, it can also be used across a wide range of social science and humanities programmes, including media and cultural studies, literary studies, sociology and European studies. Covering the subject with a broad number of themes, this book discusses popular culture through visual culture and performance, games, music, film, television and video games. Popular Culture in Europe since 1800 will be of interest to anyone looking for an engaged but concise overview of how book production and reading practices, visual cultures, music, performance and sports and games developed across Europe in the modern period.

Author : Steven L. Kaplan
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783110854305

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Understanding Popular Culture by Steven L. Kaplan Pdf

Understanding Popular Culture

Author : Peter Burke
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474324812

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Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe by Peter Burke Pdf

Author : Peter Burke
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : History
ISBN : IND:39000005781146

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Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe by Peter Burke Pdf

The author examines the world of popular culture in pre-industrial Europe including the role of minstrels, fools, jugglers, strolling players, and singers of tales. Popular songs, stories, and plays are also discussed.

Author : Barbara B. Diefendorf,Carla Alison Hesse
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : History
ISBN : 0472104705

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Culture and Identity in Early Modern Europe (1500-1800) by Barbara B. Diefendorf,Carla Alison Hesse Pdf

Explores Natalie Zemon Davis's concept of history as a dialogue, not only with the past, but with other historians.

Author : Donald Sassoon
Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers
Page : 1664 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : UVA:X004834288

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The Culture of the Europeans by Donald Sassoon Pdf

"This wide-ranging and hugely ambitious book offers, for the first time ever, an integrated history of the culture produced and consumed by Europeans since 1800, and follows its transformation from an elite activity to a mass market - from lending libraries to the internet, from the first public concerts to music downloads."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Richard McMahon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134007424

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Crime, Law and Popular Culture in Europe, 1500-1900 by Richard McMahon Pdf

This book explores the relationship between crime, law and popular culture in Europe from the sixteenth century onwards. How was crime understood and dealt with by ordinary people and to what degree did they resort to or reject the official law and criminal justice system as a means of dealing with different forms of criminal activity? Overall, the volume will serve to illuminate how experiences of and attitudes to crime and the law may have corresponded or differed in different locations and contexts as well as contributing to a wider understanding of popular culture and consciousness in early modern and modern Europe.

Author : John R. Dean,Jean-Paul Gabilliet
Publisher : Praeger
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780313294297

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European Readings of American Popular Culture by John R. Dean,Jean-Paul Gabilliet Pdf

Since the Second World War, Europe has undergone a continual invasion: wave after wave of American popular culture. The diffusion of American culture in Europe is both a European story about America and an American story about Europe. This work examines this cross-cultural phenomenon from the European viewpoint. Nearly two dozen European experts in their respective fields offer an invigorating, engaging, and open-minded examination of America as perceived with the acute insight of the interested European outsider—a fruitful tradition that stretches back to Lafayette, de Tocqueville, and Goethe, to name three. Of interest to scholars, students, and general readers alike. The book's focus is both sensuous and intellectual: how America is seen (The Image); heard (Popular Music); perused (The Written Word); digested (Food); learned from its common ways (Social Customs); perceived by minorities (Ethnic Cultures); and taken as an instrument of change (Americanization). It is the first book of its kind published in the United States. It is rich with selected, up-to-date critical bibliographies in areas for which very little information is otherwise available. In sum: a cogent, cross-cultural analysis of how U.S. popular culture exposes both European dreams of well-being and nightmares of discontent. These are insights which deserve to be savored.

Author : Tobias Becker,Dion Georgiou
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2024-08-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 303154739X

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The Uses of the Past in Contemporary Western Popular Culture by Tobias Becker,Dion Georgiou Pdf

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the different ways in which the past remains present in Western popular culture in the twenty-first century. It combines theoretical analyses with case study-based chapters focusing on examples from Britain, the US, and Germany, among other countries. In doing so, it pushes beyond a simplistic and monolithic conception of what ‘nostalgia’ is to allow for a more nuanced and varied conceptualisation of this phenomenon, and to also incorporate other ways of understanding the invoking or inclusion of different histories within cultural objects, formats, and practices.

Author : Juliana Tzvetkova
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9798400698958

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Pop Culture in Europe by Juliana Tzvetkova Pdf

A fascinating survey of popular culture in Europe, from Celtic punk and British TV shows to Spanish fashion and Italian sports. From One Direction and Adele to Penelope Cruz and Alexander Skarsgard, many Europeans are becoming household names in the United States. This ready-reference guide covers international pop culture spanning music, literature, movies, television and radio, the Internet, sports, video games, and fashion, from the mid-20th century through the present day. The organization of the book-with entries arranged alphabetically within thematic chapters-allows readers to quickly find the topic they are seeking. Additionally, indexing allows for cross-cultural comparisons to be made between pop culture in Europe to that of the United States. An extensive chronology and lengthy introduction provide important contextual information, such as the United States' influence on movies, music, and the Internet; the effect of censorship on Internet and social media use; and the history of pop culture over the years. Topics feature key musicians, songs, books, actors and actresses, movies and television shows, popular websites, top athletes, games, clothing fads and designers, and much more.

Author : Tim Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : England
ISBN : 033354109X

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Popular Culture in England, C. 1500-1850 by Tim Harris Pdf

As scholarly interest in popular culture has grown, more and more British and American universities have been introducing courses in popular culture, now seen as an essential aspect of historical investigation. This volume answers the need for a book focusing on England (unlike Peter Burke's Popular Culture in Early Modern Europe (1978), and over a broad time period (unlike Barry Reay's Popular Culture in Seventeenth-Century England (1985)), which will fulfil it's aim of appealing both to specialists and students coming new to the subject. Tim Harris has assembled a very strong team of contributors who will ensure a very lively and interesting collection of essays.

Author : Reine Meylaerts,Lieven D'hulst,Tom Verschaffel
Publisher : Leuven University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9789462701120

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Cultural Mediation in Europe, 1800-1950 by Reine Meylaerts,Lieven D'hulst,Tom Verschaffel Pdf

International exchange in European cultural life in the 19th and 20th centuries From the early nineteenth century till the middle of the twentieth century, cultures in Europe were primarily national. They were organized and conceived of as attributes of the nation states. Nonetheless, these national cultures crossed borders with an unprecedented intensity even before globalization transformed the very concept of culture. During that long period, European cultures have imported and exported products, techniques, values, and ideas, relying on invisible but efficient international networks. The central agents of these networks are considered mediators: translators, publishers, critics, artists, art dealers and collectors, composers. These agents were not only the true architects of intercultural transfer, they also largely contributed to the shaping of a common canon and of aesthetic values that became part of the history of national cultures. Cultural Mediation in Europe, 1800-1950 analyses the strategic transfer roles of cultural mediators active in large parts of Western Europe in domains as varied as literature, music, visual arts, and design. Contributors Amélie Auzoux (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne), Christophe Charle (Université Paris I-Panthéon-Sorbonne), Kate Kangaslahti (KU Leuven), Vesa Kurkela (University of the Arts, Helsinki), Anne O’Connor (University of Galway), Saijaleena Rantanen (University of the Arts, Helsinki), Ágnes Anna Sebestyén (Hungarian Museum of Architecture, Budapest), Inmaculada Serón Ordóñez (University of Málaga), Renske Suijver (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam), Tom Toremans (KU Leuven), Dirk Weissmann (Université Toulouse Jean-Jaurès)

Author : Robert Allan Houston
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Longman Limited
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 0582552664

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Literacy in Early Modern Europe by Robert Allan Houston Pdf

Literacy in Early Modern Europe is an analysis of that momentous change in European society from widespread illiteracy in 1500 to mass literacy by 1800. The book explores the importance of education, literacy and popular culture in Europe during this critical transitional period and reveals their relationship to political, economic and social structures as both more complex and revealing than is usually believed.

Author : Eric Avila
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190200602

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American Cultural History: A Very Short Introduction by Eric Avila Pdf

The iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the "fireside chats" of Franklin D. Roosevelt and the oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr.: these are the words, images, and sounds that populate American cultural history. From the Boston Tea Party to the Dodgers, from the blues to Andy Warhol, dime novels to Disneyland, the history of American culture tells us how previous generations of Americans have imagined themselves, their nation, and their relationship to the world and its peoples. This Very Short Introduction recounts the history of American culture and its creation by diverse social and ethnic groups. In doing so, it emphasizes the historic role of culture in relation to broader social, political, and economic developments. Across the lines of race, class, gender, and sexuality, as well as language, region, and religion, diverse Americans have forged a national culture with a global reach, inventing stories that have shaped a national identity and an American way of life. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Author : Barbara B. Diefendorf
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:918143868

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Culture and Identity in Early Modern Europe by Barbara B. Diefendorf Pdf