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Popular Culture, Subculture, and
Cultural Studies
Selected Subject Headings for Searching Orbis
Popular Culture
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Subcultures
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Selected Reference Resources
American popular culture: a historical bibliography. Arthur
Frank Wertheim, editor. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio Information Services,
1984.
SML, Reference Z5961 U5 +A53 1984
Department and academic program information only.
Calcutt, Andrew. Brit cult: an a-z of British pop culture. New
York: Contemporary Books, 2001, c2000.
CCL Stacks, NX543 Z8 C35 2001
BAC Reference, NX543 Z8 C35 2001
Online directory/encyclopedia on various subjects
in cultural and media studies, including term definitions, biographical
entries, and media news.
This page provides links for various topics and
activities, as well as information on joining the discussion list, which
has more than 900 subscribers from over 30 different countries.
Explanations and examples of "culture jamming."
Mark Dery, who popularized
the term, defines culture jamming as "media hacking, information
warfare, terror-art, and guerrilla semiotics, all in one." Well-known
culture jammers include Adbusters,
®™ark, and eToy
(not the defunct online toy store!). For more examples, see the
Google directory listed below.
An access point for various resources on cultural
studies.
This guide concentrates on cultural theory: texts
by and about cultural theorists and texts on some of the main areas of
current study, for example, postmodernism, gender, identity, cyberculture,
Black and postcolonial studies. Maintained by the London Institute, a
federation of five London colleges for art & design and related activities.
Directory of popular culture collections. Edited by Christopher
D. Geist ... [et al.]. Phoenix, Ariz.: Oryx Press, 1989.
SML, Reference E169.1 D54 1989
Encyclopedia of contemporary American culture. Edited by Gary
W. McDonogh, Robert Gregg, and Cindy H. Wong. London; New York: Routledge,
2001.
SML, Reference E169.12 E49X 2001
Encyclopedia of contemporary British culture. Edited by Peter
Childs and Mike Storry. London; New York: Routledge, 1999.
SML, Reference DA589.4 E53X 1999
Encyclopedia of contemporary French culture. Edited by Alex
Hughes and Keith Reader. London; New York: Routledge, 1998.
SML, Reference DC33.7 E53X 1998
Encyclopedia of contemporary German culture. Edited by John
Sandford. London; New York: Routledge, 1999.
SML, Reference DD290.26 E53X 1999
Encyclopedia of contemporary Italian culture. Edited by Gino
Moliterno. London; New York: Routledge, 2000.
SML, Reference DG450 E53X 2000
Encyclopedia of contemporary Japanese culture. Edited by Sandra
Buckley. London; New York: Routledge, 2002.
SML, Reference DS822.5 E516X 2002
Encyclopedia of contemporary Latin American and Caribbean cultures.
Edited by Daniel Balderston, Mike Gonzalez and Ana M. Lopez. New York:
Routledge, 2000.
SML, Reference F1406 E5155 2000
Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture. Edited by Eamonn
Rodgers; honorary assistant editor, Valerie Rogers. New York: Routledge,
1999.
SML, Reference DP233.5 E63X 1999
Fishburn, Katherine. Women in popular culture: a reference guide.
Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1982.
SML, Reference HQ1426 F685
Google: Culture
Jamming
Directory of sites for the producers of spoofs,
parodies, hoaxes, subversions and cultural counter-offensives. See also
the Culture Jammer's Encyclopedia listed above.
The guide to United States popular culture. Edited by Ray B.
Browne and Pat Browne. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University
Popular Press, 2001.
SML, Reference E169.1 +D399X 2001
Handbook of American popular culture. Edited by M. Thomas Inge.
2nd ed., rev. and enlarged. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.
CCL, Stacks E169.1 H2643 1989
SML, Reference E169.1 H2643 1989
Handbook of French popular culture. Edited by Pierre L. Horn.
New York: Greenwood Press, 1991.
SML, Reference DC33.7 H36 1991
Hoffmann, Frank W. American popular culture: a guide to the reference
literature. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1995.
SML, Reference Z1361 C6 H64X 1995
Landrum, Larry N. American popular culture: a guide to information
sources. Detroit, Mich.: Gale Research Co., 1982.
SML, Reference Z1361 C6 L28 1982
Includes links to journals, articles, theorist
information, bibliographies and other resources. The site is associated
with PopMatters, "the magazine of global culture."
Popular Culture
Page. University of Virginia
Includes links on circuses, food, TV, film, comics,
music, and other subjects.
Pruett, Barbara. Popular Entertainment Research: How to do it
and how to use it. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1992.
SML, Reference PN1576 P78X 1992
Rhizomes: Cultural Studies
in Emerging Knowledge and Strange Atrractions. Dept. of English,
Bowling Green State University
An online journal emphasizing the use of interactive
multimedia presentations in scholarship.
A directory for articles, bibliographies, journals,
organizations, research centers and more, produced by SOSIG (the Social
Science Information Gateway). This page is to the World list, sorted
by resource type; one can also limit it to Europe or the UK, and sort
alphabetically.
St. James encyclopedia of popular culture. Edited by Tom Pendergast
and Sara Pendergast. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2000.
SML, Reference E169.1 +S764 2000
Stern, Jane. Jane & Michael Stern's encyclopedia of pop culture:
an A to Z guide of who's who and what's what, from aerobics and bubble
gum to Vally of the Dolls and Moon Unit Zappa. New York, NY: Harper
Collins Publishers, 1992.
SML, Stacks E169.12 S835X 1992 (LC)
Thorne, Tony. Fads, fashions & cults: from Acid House to zoot
suit--via existentialism and political correctness--the definitive guide
to (post-) modern culture. London: Bloomsbury, 1993.
SML, Stacks GN406 T46 1993 (LC)
Twentieth-century American cultural theorists. Edited by Paul
Hansom. Detroit: Gale Group, 2001.
SML, Reference PN451 +D53 246
University of Iowa, Dept. of Communications: Research Guides for
Popular Culture
• Cultural
Studies • Gender, Ethnicity
and Race in Media
An exhibit on the art, science, and history of
video games.
Includes links on cyberculture, critical theory,
media theory, popular/mass cultural studies, postcolonial studies, postmodernism,
journals & zines, newsgroups and other resources.
War and American popular culture: a historical encyclopedia.
Edited by M. Paul Holsinger. Westport, Conn.; London: Greenwood Press,
1999.
SML, Reference E181 W26X 1999
This site focuses on the critical analysis of
popular culture in the United States, including its international impact.
The site emphasizes issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexuality,
cultural imperialism and censorship, as shaped by and reflected in mass
media, fashion, sports, and other areas. There are links to online articles
and specialized sites, plus bibliographies.
Wilmeth, Don B. The language of American popular entertainment:
a glossary of argot, slang, and terminology. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood
Press, 1981.
SML, Reference PN1579 W5
This file last modified Wed, 18 Dec 2002 Copyright © Yale University Library.
Yale University Library Research Guide for Mass Media and Popular Culture
Comments to Tobin Nellhaus, Librarian for Drama, Film and Theater Studies.