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The Myth of Popular Culture: from Dante to Dylan
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The Myth of Popular Culture: from Dante to DylanThe Myth of Popular Culture from Dante to Dylan is a fascinating examination of the cultural traditions of the American novel, Hollywood, and British and American rock music which leads us to redefine our concept of the division between "high" and "low" culture. A stimulating history of high and low culture from Dante Alighieri to Bob Dylan, providing a controversial defence of popular culture Seeks to rebut the durable belief that only high culture is ‘dialectical’ and popular culture is not by turning Theodor Adorno’s theories on ‘pop’ against themselves Presents a critical analysis of three popular tradition
 
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Popular Science August 2013 (USA)
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Popular Science August 2013 (USA)Popular Science August 2013 (USA)

Magazine brings the intelligent, interested ordinary person the latest scientific and technological breakthroughs, while examining the issues that these throw up. It hails from the US and features cutting-edge technology and insightful commentary from scientists, scientific journalists, and other experts at the forefront of scientific study but is always presented in an interesting, vibrant way that breathes life into the subject
 
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Looking Awry An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture
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Looking Awry An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular CultureLooking Awry An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture

Walter Benjamin commended as a theoretically productive and subversive procedure the reading of the highest spiritual products of a culture alongside its common, prosaic, worldly products. What he had in mind specifically was a reading of the sublime ideal of the love couple represented in Mozart's Magic Flute together with the definition of marriage
 
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VOA Special English - American Mosaic Archive (2008)
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VOA Special English - American Mosaic Archive (2008)Through the years, Special English has become a very popular tool for teaching English, although it was not designed as a teaching program. The short sentences, limited vocabulary and slow pace of speaking make it easy to understand. It succeeds in helping people learn English in a non-traditional way.

American mosaic is a fifteen-minute magazine show about U.S. popular culture and music.

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Mad Lips from Outer Space
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Mad Lips from Outer SpaceMad Lips from Outer Space

Mad Lips is a phrasal template word game where one player prompts another for a list of words to substitute for blanks in a story, usually with funny results. The game is especially popular with American children and is frequently played as a party game or as a pastime. It is worth trying in an ESL/EFL classroom.

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