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Ray B. Browne. Ray Broadus Browne ( / braʊn /; January 15, 1922 – October 22, 2009), [1] was an American educator, author, and founder of the academic study of popular culture in the United States. He was Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) in Bowling Green, Ohio. He founded the first (and only) academic ...
He has been a columnist for Esquire and ESPN.com and wrote "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times Magazine. Klosterman is the author of twelve books, including two novels and the essay collection Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. He was awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor award for music criticism in 2002.
Ball culture [2] B-boys and b-girls [3] BDSM [4] Beat Generation and beatniks [5] Bikers, see motorcycle clubs and outlaw motorcycle clubs [6] Bōsōzoku [7] Bikini ...
– Author Alan Clayson The Beatles' emergence overlapped with the decline in British conservatism. In the description of author and musician Bob Stanley, their domestic breakthrough represented "a final liberation for Britain's teenagers" and, by coinciding with the end of National Service, the group "effectively signaled the end of World War II in Britain". For sociologists, the band ...
Popular culture (also called pop culture or mass culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) [1][2] and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time. Popular culture also encompasses the activities and feelings ...
Avant-garde art and American pop culture have had an intriguing relationship from the time of the art form's inception in America to the current day. The art form, which began in the early half of the nineteenth century in Europe, [ 1] started to rise slowly in America under the guise of Dadaism in 1915. While originally formed under a group of ...
Cultural studies is a politically engaged postdisciplinary academic field that explores the dynamics of especially contemporary culture (including the politics of popular culture) and its social and historical foundations. [1] Cultural studies researchers generally investigate how cultural practices relate to wider systems of power associated ...
Several authors and publications consider Taylor Swift a culturally significant music artist. [a] The American musician Taylor Swift has influenced popular culture with her music, artistry, performances, image, politics, ideas and actions, collectively referred to as the Taylor Swift effect by publications. Debuting as a 16-year-old independent singer-songwriter in 2006, Swift steadily amassed ...