Impure Play: Sacredness, Transgression, and the Tragic in Popular Culture

By Alexander T. Riley

Book Overview

This is a cultural sociology of some controversial aspects of contemporary popular culture. The book rereads disparaged and vilified cultural objects ranging from gangsta rap and death metal to violent video games, using cultural theories on transgression, the sacred, and the tragic as the interpretive lens.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0739129325
• ISBN13: 9780739129326
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"