Mass Culture and Everyday Life

<p><strong><em>Mass Culture and Everyday Life</em></strong> is a collection of lively work from the small but seminal journal <em>Tabloid.</em> The book offers a clarification of the study of mass culture as it transforms daily life providing a detailed survey of a wide range of the mass culture phenomena that have defined our everyday lives in recent years: from Hillary's hairdo to tampons exercise fads and fashion trends; from soaps to opera to rythmn and blues; from horror movies to the interrelation of cats pigs and mothers in <em>Babe.</em> This volume includes ground-breaking essays on: the boom of talk radio and talk TV; shopping as cinematic spectacle; and how everyday life in the university community has become a key battleground in America's culture wars. The direct accessible and refreshingly personal work speak not only to an academic audience but to a wide general readership.</p>