The late Ray B. Browne (1922–2009) edited the Journal of Popular Culture, served as an officer of the Popular Culture Association and wrote prolifically on the subject. He was the founding chair of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University. Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr., is an assistant professor at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; his interest in the psychology of conflict drives him into studies in the conflicts of cultures.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Arts and CulturesRay B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.      Part 1. Folk Roots1. Cultural Aesthetics: Anthropology and the (In)Visible Values of “Art”Benjamin K. Urish      2. Garden of the Folk ArtsRay B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.      3. Carnival as Living Element of our Cultural HeritageVasiliki Sirakouli      Part 2. Developing the Oversized Spirit4. Values, Popular Culture and Social ChangeArthur G. Neal      5. Values for and of Popular Culture in a Democracy: Heroic, Superheroic, Hyperheroic?John Shelton Lawrence      6. Reading “Monolith” Texts: A Consideration of Uluru, Stone Mountain, and Devils Tower as Cultural IntersectionsDouglas Noverr      Part 3. Breaking the Cast7. Artists Taking the High Road and theJoy Sperling      8. Subversive Children’s Stories: The Work of American Book Women, 1930–1980Amy E. Singer      9. Who Gets to Play? The Hegemony of Copyright and Trademark in Art and Popular CultureHolly Crawford      10. Negotiating Dissent: The Adrian Mole Diaries and The Young OnesJanine Utell      Part 4. Promoting the American (and World) Dream11. Art and Religion: The Power to PersuadeGregory J. Thompson      12. Selling Culture to the People: Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations in a Changing WorldBob Batchelor      Part 5. Outsider Views of American Cultures13. The Contradictory Values of U.S. Popular CultureMel van Elteren      About the Contributors      Index

The late Ray B. Browne (1922–2009) edited the Journal of Popular Culture, served as an officer of the Popular Culture Association and wrote prolifically on the subject. He was the founding chair of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University. Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr., is an assistant professor at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; his interest in the psychology of conflict drives him into studies in the conflicts of cultures.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Arts and CulturesRay B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.      Part 1. Folk Roots1. Cultural Aesthetics: Anthropology and the (In)Visible Values of “Art”Benjamin K. Urish      2. Garden of the Folk ArtsRay B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.      3. Carnival as Living Element of our Cultural HeritageVasiliki Sirakouli      Part 2. Developing the Oversized Spirit4. Values, Popular Culture and Social ChangeArthur G. Neal      5. Values for and of Popular Culture in a Democracy: Heroic, Superheroic, Hyperheroic?John Shelton Lawrence      6. Reading “Monolith” Texts: A Consideration of Uluru, Stone Mountain, and Devils Tower as Cultural IntersectionsDouglas Noverr      Part 3. Breaking the Cast7. Artists Taking the High Road and theJoy Sperling      8. Subversive Children’s Stories: The Work of American Book Women, 1930–1980Amy E. Singer      9. Who Gets to Play? The Hegemony of Copyright and Trademark in Art and Popular CultureHolly Crawford      10. Negotiating Dissent: The Adrian Mole Diaries and The Young OnesJanine Utell      Part 4. Promoting the American (and World) Dream11. Art and Religion: The Power to PersuadeGregory J. Thompson      12. Selling Culture to the People: Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations in a Changing WorldBob Batchelor      Part 5. Outsider Views of American Cultures13. The Contradictory Values of U.S. Popular CultureMel van Elteren      About the Contributors      Index

The late Ray B. Browne (1922–2009) edited the Journal of Popular Culture, served as an officer of the Popular Culture Association and wrote prolifically on the subject. He was the founding chair of the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green (Ohio) State University. Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr., is an assistant professor at Stillman College in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; his interest in the psychology of conflict drives him into studies in the conflicts of cultures.

• Table of ContentsPreface      Introduction: Arts and CulturesRay B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.      Part 1. Folk Roots1. Cultural Aesthetics: Anthropology and the (In)Visible Values of “Art”Benjamin K. Urish      2. Garden of the Folk ArtsRay B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr.      3. Carnival as Living Element of our Cultural HeritageVasiliki Sirakouli      Part 2. Developing the Oversized Spirit4. Values, Popular Culture and Social ChangeArthur G. Neal      5. Values for and of Popular Culture in a Democracy: Heroic, Superheroic, Hyperheroic?John Shelton Lawrence      6. Reading “Monolith” Texts: A Consideration of Uluru, Stone Mountain, and Devils Tower as Cultural IntersectionsDouglas Noverr      Part 3. Breaking the Cast7. Artists Taking the High Road and theJoy Sperling      8. Subversive Children’s Stories: The Work of American Book Women, 1930–1980Amy E. Singer      9. Who Gets to Play? The Hegemony of Copyright and Trademark in Art and Popular CultureHolly Crawford      10. Negotiating Dissent: The Adrian Mole Diaries and The Young OnesJanine Utell      Part 4. Promoting the American (and World) Dream11. Art and Religion: The Power to PersuadeGregory J. Thompson      12. Selling Culture to the People: Advertising, Marketing, and Public Relations in a Changing WorldBob Batchelor      Part 5. Outsider Views of American Cultures13. The Contradictory Values of U.S. Popular CultureMel van Elteren      About the Contributors      Index