Popular pleasures an introduction to the aesthetics of popular visual culture / Paul Duncum.

Author/creator Duncum, Paul
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLondon ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2021.
Descriptionpages cm
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Contents A realistic style -- The illusionistic -- The bright and busy -- The highly emotional -- The sentimental -- The vulgar -- The violent -- The horrific -- The miraculous -- The exotic -- The erotic -- The spectacular -- The narrative -- The formulaic -- The humorous.
Abstract "The aesthetic pleasures of today's popular visual culture - sentimental, violent, vulgar, spectacular, humorous, and many more - are roundly criticised and condemned in elite discourse, but this book shows that they are perennial in nature and an intrinsic part of what it is to be human"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2021000716
ISBN9781350193390 (paperback)
ISBN9781350193406 (hardback)
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