Academic Study of (Un)Popular Culture (8 books)

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1		Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry: The Social Construction of Female Popular Music Stars by Kristin Lieb 4.18 avg rating — 56 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2		The Philosophy of Horror or Paradoxes of the Heart by Noël Carroll 3.74 avg rating — 722 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3		Bound and Gagged: Pornography and the Politics of Fantasy in America by Laura Kipnis (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 227 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Idolized: Music, Media, and Identity in American Idol (Ethnomusicology Multimedia) by Katherine L. Meizel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5		The Erotic Engine: How Pornography has Powered Mass Communication, from Gutenberg to Google by Patchen Barss 3.40 avg rating — 62 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6		The Celebrity Culture Reader by P. Da Marshall (Editor) 3.60 avg rating — 20 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7		How to Become a Scandal: Adventures in Bad Behavior by Laura Kipnis (Goodreads Author) 3.33 avg rating — 217 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8		The McDonaldization of Society: 20th Anniversary Edition by George Ritzer 3.81 avg rating — 2,195 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

8 books · 2 voters · list created August 31st, 2013 by Matt Chisling (MattyandtheBooks) (votes) .

Tags: cultural-studies, media-studies, popular-culture

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