Books On Sociology Of Music, Art, Film, TV and Media,

The Cultural Industries

Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American Culture by Carole A. Stabile, Mark Harrison

The Rise of a Jazz Art World - Book by Paul Lopes

The Cultural Industries - Book by David Hesmondhalgh

Visual Culture - Book by Richard Howells

Cultural Sociology in Practice (21st-Century Sociology) Book by Laura Desfor Edles

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Cultural Sociology in Practice (21st-Century Sociology) Book by Laura Desfor Edles
Cultural Sociology in Practice is a concise introduction to the new field of cultural sociology. The book sorts out the various definitions of the word "culture" in a sociological context. Breaks down the term "culture" into three separate meanings - culture as artistic activity, as a way of life, and as a pattern of shared symbols then applies these various meanings to cultural events, artifacts, and practices.
Part I demonstrates how culture and society intersect through religion, ideology, the media, pop culture, and race. Part II offers a primer on cultural methodology. It describes how the tools of naturalistic inquiry, discourse analysis, and history provide data for researchers and encourages students to carry out their own research.

Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American Culture Carole A. Stabile, Mark Harrison
How do we explain the animation explosion of the 1960s? The first section examines the relation between earlier, made-for-cinema animated production and television-based animation; the role of animation in the economies of broadcast and cable television; and links between animation production and brand image. Contributors examine programs like The Powerpuff Girls, Daria, The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy and South Park from the perspective of fans, exploring fan cybercommunities, investigating how ideas of "class" and "taste" apply to TV animation, and themes such as irony, alienation, and representations of the family.

The Rise of a Jazz Art World - Book by Paul Lopes
Origins of jazz were in the barrelhouses of New Orleans and the speakeasies of Chicago. By the fifties, a musical renaissance transformed jazz into a high art form. Lopes shows how the rise of a jazz art world was a unique movement. This book will be of great interest to students of sociology, cultural studies, American studies, African-American studies, and jazz studies.

The Cultural Industries - Book by David Hesmondhalgh
"The Cultural Industries is a guide to the main forces at work in the production of media today." - Todd Gitlin, Columbia University
What are the "cultural industries"? What role do "cultural industries" play in contemporary society? How are "cultural industries" changing? The Cultural Industries combines a political economy approach with the best aspects of cultural studies, sociology, communication studies and social theory to provide an overview of the key debates surrounding cultural production.
Hesmondhalgh's overview of political-economic, organizational, technological and cultural change represents an important intervention in research on cultural production.

Visual Culture - Book by Richard Howells
Visual Culture is an introductory textbook book on visual literacy, exploring how meaning is both made and transmitted in an increasingly visual world. Introduces students to the analysis of visual texts, whether drawings, paintings, photographs, films, advertisements, television programs or new media forms. The first part of the book is concerned with differing theoretical approaches to visual analysis. The second part is a medium-based approach and comprises chapters on fine art, photography, film, television and new media. Visual Culture provides an ideal introduction for students taking courses in visual culture and communication in a wide range of disciplines, including media and cultural studies.

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