Academic Study of (Un)Popular Culture

Take a look at these great books by authors who take a critical look at some unsavoury topics that we love to hate and hate to love!

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1	Gender, Branding, and the Modern Music Industry: The Social Construction of Female Popular Music Stars by Kristin Lieb 4.08 avg rating — 36 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 3.78 avg rating — 480 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) 3.84 avg rating — 217 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 by Katherine L. Meizel 4.29 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 3.44 avg rating — 57 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) 3.62 avg rating — 21 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) 3.34 avg rating — 214 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 by George Ritzer 3.81 avg rating — 1,925 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