Popular Culture and High Culture: An Analysis and Evaluation Of Taste - Softcover

Gans, Herbert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0465026095 ISBN 13: 9780465026098

Publisher: Basic Books, 1999

Synopsis

Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?In this new edition of Herbert Gans's brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the universality of high cultural standards. While conceding that popular and high culture have converged to some extent over the twenty-five years since he wrote the book, Gans holds that the choices of typical Ivy League graduates, not to mention Ph.D.'s in literature, are still very different from those of high school graduates, as are the movie houses, television channels, museums, and other cultural institutions they frequent.This new edition benefits greatly from Gans's discussion of the "politicization" of culture over the last quarter-century. Popular Culture and High Culture is a must read for anyone interested in the vicissitudes of taste in American society.

About this title

Product Description:

Popular Culture and High Culture In this brilliantly conceived and clearly argued discussion of the relationship between high and popular culture, Herbert Gans, outspoken advocate of cultural pluralism, questions the universality of high culture standards.

About the Author:

Herbert J. Gans, author of Levittowners and The Urban Villagers, is professor of sociology at Columbia University and the former president of the American Sociological Association.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0465026095
• ISBN 13: 9780465026098
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 268