READING SHEETS FOR POPULAR CULTURE

MacDonald, Dwight. 1957. "A Theory of Mass Culture." Pp. 59-73 in Mass Culture: The Popular Arts in America, edited by Bernard Rosenberg and David M. White.  Glencoe, IL: The Free Press. 

Gies, Joseph. 1991. "Automating the Worker." Pp. 56-63 in Invention and Technology. New York: Scribners. ISBN 0684191067

Marsden, Madonna. 1992. "The American Myth of Success: Visions and Revisions." Pp. 134-48 in Popular Culture: An Introductory Text, edited by Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press.  ISBN 0-393-95169-3

Brunvand, Jan Harold. 1981. "New Legends for Old." Pp. 1-5 in The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-95169-3

Brunvand, Jan Harold. 1981. "The Classic Automobile Legends." Pp. 19-46 in The Vanishing Hitchhiker: American Urban Legends & Their Meanings. New York: W.W. Norton & Co. ISBN 0-393-95169-3

Rita C. Hubbard. "Magic and Transformation: Relationships in Popular Romance Novels, 1950 to the 1980’s" in Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause (1992) Popular Culture: An Introductory Text. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. Pp. 476-488. ISBN 0-87972-572-9

George M. Lewis. 1986. "Uncertain Truths: The Promotion of Popular Culture."  Journal of Popular Culture. 20(3):31-44. ISSN 0022-3840

Howard Becker. "Art Worlds and Collective Activity." In Howard Becker (1982)  Art Worlds. Berkeley: University of California Press. Pp. 14-39.  ISBN 0-520-05218-8

J. Michael Strazynski. "What is an Executive Producer?" & "The Lifecycle of a Script."

Chapter 2 "Hollywood’s History and the Politics of Motion Pictures." in Stephen Powers, David J. Rothman, & Stanley Rothman (1996) Hollywood's’ America: Social and Political Themes in Motion Pictures. Boulder, CO: Westview Press (A Division of HarperCollins Pub.) Pp. 14-39. ISBN 0813329329

"The Clayton Act" & "The Robinson-Patman Act"

"Summary of the Barnes & Noble Lawsuit" & "ABA, Independent Bookstores Sue Barnes & Noble and Borders"

Charles M. Brown. 1986. "Musical Responses to Oppression and Alienation: Blues, Spirituals, Secular Thrash, and Christian Thrash Metal Music." International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society. 8(3):439-452. ISSN 0891-4486

Caputi, Jane and Nance Susan. 1992. "One Size Does Not Fit All: Being Beautiful, Thin and Female in America." Pp. 292-311 in Popular Culture: An Introductory Text, edited by Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-572-9

Geist, Christopher D. and Angela M. S. Nelson. 1992. "From the Plantation to Bel-Air: A Brief History of Black Stereotypes." Pp. 262-76 in Popular Culture: An Introductory Text, edited by Jack Nachbar and Kevin Lause. Bowling Green, OH: Bowling Green State University Popular Press. ISBN 0-87972-572-9

Cannon, Carl M. 1995. "Media Violence Increases Violence In Society." Pp. 17-24 in Violence in the Media: Current Controversies. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press.  ISBN 1-56510-236-3

Siano, Brian. 1995. "Evidence Connecting Media Violence on Society is Exaggerated." Pp. 38-48 in Violence in the Media: Current Controversies. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press. ISBN 1-56510-236-3