Poslední úprava: PhDr. Jan Křeček, Ph.D. (10.08.2016)
If it looks like too much to sort through, allow me to suggest a few good places to start: Storey's Introductory Guide would be a good place to start for popular culture theory, though it may be out of print. He covers a lot of the same ground in his later Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture, though he organizes it around different genres of popular culture instead of around different theoretical schools. Burton?s book is a good primer on media studies. And the introductory sections of each of these big readers contain good overviews of the field of popular culture and media theory. Another good place to start would be at www.popcultures.com, especially the "theorists and critics" link. It?s not complete, but it is a very good resource for popular culture theory, with lots of links to more specific sites.
Alexander, Jeffery C. and Steven Seidman. Culture and Society: Contemporary Debates. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 1990.
Burton, Graeme. More than Meets the Eye: An Introduction to Media Studies.
Cashmore, Ellis and Chris Rojek, eds. Dictionary of Cultural Theorists. London: Arnold, 1999.
Dirks, Nicholas B., Geoff Eley and Sherry B. Ortner, eds. Culture/Power/History: A Reader in Contemporary Social Theory. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1994.
Durham, Meenakshi Gigi and Douglas M. Keller, eds. Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks. Oxford, UK: Blackwell, 2001.
During, Simon, ed. The Cultural Studies Reader. London: Routledge, 1993.
Gray, Ann and Jim McGuigan, eds. Studying Culture: An Introductory Reader. 2d ed. London: Arnold, 1997.
Jenks, Chris. Culture: Key Ideas. London: Routledge, 1993.
Kearney, Richard, and Mara Rainwater, eds. The Continental Philosophy Reader. London: Routledge, 1996.
MacKay, Hugh and Tim O?Sullivan, eds. The Media Reader: Continuity and Transformation. London: Sage, 1999.
Marris, Paul and Sue Thornham, eds. Media Studies: A Reader. 2d ed. Washington Square, NY: New York University Press, 2000.
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Romanowski, William D. Pop Culture Wars: Religion and the Role of Entertainment in American Life. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996.
Storey, John. An Introductory Guide to Cultural Theory and Popular Culture. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1993.
Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader. Hertfordshire, UK: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1994.
What is Cultural Studies: A Reader. London: Arnold, 1996.
Cultural Studies and the Study of Popular Culture: Theories and Methods. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1996.
Surber, Jere Paul. Culture and Critique: An Introduction to the Critical Discourses of Cultural Studies. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 1998.