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The guide to United States popular culture
By Browne, Ray Broadus & Browne, Pat
- ISBN
- 978-0-87972-821-2
- Publisher
- Bowling Green, OH : Bowling Green State University Popular Press, c2001.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 2001
In the preface to this hefty guide, the editors define popular culture as "the way of life in which and by which most people in any society live." More than 1600 entries written by 500 contributors help explain and provide context for mostly 20th-century American phenomena (Dilbert, Seinfeld, Woodstock music festival), inventions (breakfast cereals, TV dinners, Marvel comics), heroes (the Lone Ranger, disk jockey Cousin Brucie, athlete Michael Jordan)...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
