Culture and the popular
Introduction to essays in memory of Brian Rigby
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12244290 |
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| Authors | Michael Kelly (0009-0009-2238-0546, University of Southampton) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 293-299 |
| Publication date | 2018-10-28 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | French Cultural Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-1558 • E-ISSN: 1740-2352 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0957155818795380 |
| OpenAlex | W2899312290 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This article introduces the special number of French Cultural Studies commemorating the role of Brian Rigby as the journal’s first Managing Editor. It situates his contribution in the emergence of cultural history and French cultural studies during the rapid expansion of higher education from the 1960s in France, the UK, the US and other countries. It suggests that these new areas of study saw cultural activities in a broader social context and opened the way to a wider understanding of culture, in which popular culture played an increasingly important part. It argues that the study of popular culture can illuminate some of the most mundane experiences of everyday life, and some of the most challenging. It can also help to understand the rapidly changing cultural environment in which our daily lives are now conducted
Aesthetics · Art · Context (archaeology · Cultural history · Everyday life · Media studies · Political science · Popular culture · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Cultural Studies · European Cultural and National Identity · History · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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