Popular Culture: Global Intercultural Perspectives

Ann Brooks is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore. She is the author of several books on contemporary and cultural theory, including Social Theory in Contemporary Asia: Intimacy, Reflexivity and Identity (Routledge, 2010), Gender, Emotions and Labour Markets (Routledge, 2011) and Emotions in Transmigration: Transformation, Movement and Identity (Palgrave 2012) with co-author Ruth Simpson. She is also a member of the Australian Research Council funded Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions, 2011-2017.

"This book makes a wonderfully insightful contribution to the field of popular culture. It is to be praised for its global focus and enlightening discussion of topics such as consumption, identity, hybridity, fashion, hip hop, visual culture and social networking. Overall, students of popular culture will strongly benefit from this book." - Craig Morris, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Greenwich, UK "A must for teaching the tools of cultural criticism, Ann Brooks's Popular Culture: Global Intercultural Perspectives robustly and thoroughly spans canonical and more contemporary writers to explore globally circulating hybrid cultures. Ambitious in its address of cultural theory, the book also engrosses with serendipitous case studies, ranging from influences on graffiti in Southeast Asia, to the bankruptcy of the Betsey Johnson fashion house, to the selling of Muslim rap." - Maud Lavin, Professor, Visual and Critical Studies and Art History, Theory and Criticism, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, USA

• Introduction: Popular Culture, A Hybrid Field of Study1. Popular Culture, Hybridity and Cultural Consumption2. Cultural Consumption and Cultural Identity3. Popular Culture, Hybridity and Identity4. Fashion and Style – the Material Dimension5. Dance, Body and Popular Culture6. Popular Culture, Hybridity and Hip-Hop Peter Webb7. Visual Popular Culture8. Digital Technology and Social NetworkingConclusion.