false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182117051m/1233789.jpg 1233789 1 One of the most significant developments in the popular culture of the past decade has been the popularization of elite tastes for mass audiences. Blockbuster museum shows, high-concept literary adaptations, widespread interest in interior design, and superstar opera singers all suggest that the relationship between high art and popular culture is undergoing a profound transformation. But what does this marriage of good taste and popular culture really mean?High-Pop is a collection of newly commissioned essays that explores this cultural formation across disciplines and media - from film, television, and interior design/material culture to publishing, music, and museum exhibition. Drawing on contemporary instances of a global phenomenon, nine leading thinkers explore a number of important issues central to cultural criticism: the increasingly unsettled relationship between the public and private spheres; the blurring distinction between consumer culture and aesthetic value; the impact of high-pop on our cultural identity; and the nature and the future of popular culture itself.An edited collection with a genuinely polemical agenda, High-Pop does nothing less than issue a challenge to the project of cultural studies to focus on all but ignored forms of mainstream culture. 1222396 25 2 2002 High-Pop: Making Culture into Popular Entertainment total:1|5:0|4:1|3:0|2:0|1:0| 1 4 5 1 0 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Sun Jun 17 14:51:43 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 14:51:43 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Sat Nov 28 10:42:56 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 28 10:42:58 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun Jul 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Oct 17 14:09:15 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 17 14:09:15 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri May 23 12:39:37 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 12:39:39 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Jan 25 10:19:19 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 10:19:22 -0800 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1233789