In the Culture Society: Art, Fashion and Popular Music

by Mcrobbie; Angela

• ISBN13: 9780415137492
• ISBN10: 0415137497
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

We may be living in a material world, but Angela McRobbie pinpoints a "new materialism" inIn the Culture Society. She provides a lively, incisive look at how different artistic and cultural practices develop in contemporary consumer culture, by examining the new populism of young artists such as Damien Hirst and Tracy Emin and the proliferation of underground forms of dance music. McRobbie explores how musicians such as Tricky, Talvin Singh, and Goldie have incorporated Black and Asian social history into a distinctive sound. She also investigates the relationship between cultural production and feminism through the new sexualities of teen girls' magazines.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Art, fashion and music in the culture society	p. 3
All the world's a stage, screen or magazine: when culture is the logic of late capitalism	p. 22
Bridging the gap: Feminism, fashion and consumption	p. 31
More! New sexualities in girls' and women's magazines	p. 46
Looking back at New Times and its critics	p. 62
The Es and the anti-Es: New questions for feminism and cultural studies	p. 75
Afterword: In defence of cultural studies	p. 93
Recent rhythms of sex and race in popular music	p. 111
Pecs and penises: The meaning of girlie culture	p. 122
Thinking with music	p. 132
'Come alive London!': A dialogue with dance music	p. 144
Index	p. 157
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