Adorno on popular culture /

Unpacks Adorno's critique of popular culture in an engagingly, looking at the development of theories of authority, commodification and negative dialectics. Goes on to consider Adorno's writing on specific aspects of popular culture.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Witkin, Robert W. (Robert Winston)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:020316606X
9780203166062
9786610069170
6610069174
1134494033
9781134494033
0203280989
9780203280980
1280069171
9781280069178
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cultural nemesis
  • Theory of pseudo-culture
  • Dialectic of Enlightenment and The Ring of the Nibelungen
  • Decay of 'aura' and the schema of mass culture
  • Star power
  • Situating music socially
  • On popular music
  • Adorno's radio days
  • Film and television
  • Woody Allen's culture industry
  • Walking a critical line home.