St. James encyclopedia of popular culture / Thomas Riggs, editor.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
Second edition.
Published/​Created
Detroit : St. James Press, A part of Cengage Learning, [2013]
Description
1 online resource (5 volumes) : illustrations (some color).

Availability

Available Online

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Editor
Writer of introduction
Library of Congress genre(s)
Getty AAT genre
Series
Gale virtual reference library [More in this series]
Summary note
The St. James Encyclopedia Of Popular Culture, 2nd ed., updates and augments the over ten-year-old first edition. It includes 3,036 signed essays (300 of them new), alphabetically arranged, and written or reviewed by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. The entries cover topics and persons in major areas of popular culture: film; music; print culture; social life; sports; television and radio; and art and performance (which include theater, dance, stand-up comedy, and other live performance). The entries analyze each topic or person's significance in and relevance to American popular culture; in addition to basic factual information, readers will gain perspective on the cultural context in which the topic or person has importance.
Notes
Includes numerous signed essays, alphabetically arranged, and written or reviewed by subject experts and edited to form a consistent, readable, and straightforward reference. Entries cover topics and persons in major areas of popular culture: film; music; print culture; social life; sports; television and radio; and art and performance (which include theater, dance, stand-up comedy, and other live performance).
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Source of description
Description based on print version record.
Contents
  • V. 1. A-Cra
  • v. 2. Cre-H
  • v. 3. I-New
  • v. 4. Nia-Sty
  • v. 5. Sub-Z.
Other title(s)
Saint James encyclopedia of popular culture
ISBN
  • 9781558628533 (electronic book)
  • 1558628533 (electronic book)
  • 9780028664392 (electronic book)
  • 0028664396 (electronic book)
LCCN
2012049921
OCLC
830424253
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