The Popular Arts in America - A Reader (Art Ebook) pdf torrent

The Popular Arts in America: A Reader
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 1977 | ISBN 0155707426 | Eng | 516 pages | PDF | 73.4 MB

The author tried to provide a balanced and comprehensive coverage of popular culture in its major manifestations. He has chosen to emphasize the critical examination of each manifestation in order to reveal the actual and potential values each offers as an art. After a general examination of "sense and sensibility" in the popular arts, four areas are considered in readable and provocative selections by a variety of influential writers: (1) the movies, (2) television and radio, (3) popular music (rarely treated in anthologies), and (4) newspapers, magazines, and popular reading