Summarizes major changes in popular music associated with youth cultures, including lyric content, buying trends, and listening patterns. Implications for counselors are discussed. (BL)

Although language is saturated with culture, and the language of popular culture contains much information about a civilization, there is little attention given to this form of language in traditional dictionaries. What is needed is a dictionary of words having special cultural significance. (MSE)

This paper explores contemporary pedagogical images and considers various mechanisms by which educational researchers might investigate their complex meanings. More specifically, it works to: (1) define image; (2) contextualize the construction (re)production, maintenance, manipulation, and consequences of pedagogical images; (3) suggest…

The popular romance novel overlaps other genres in that it shares characteristics of mysteries, thrillers, erotica, adventure, etc.; however, it can be differentiated from those genres by the fact that the central story is not the mystery or adventure but rather the romance between the hero and heroine. The Romance Writers of America organization…

Recent contact with harmonic and popular music has radically changed traditional forms of Indian music. The impact of Western music on classical styles, the social role of folk and popular music, and aspects of the social structure of music are discussed. (AM)

Argues that using parallels between popular culture and the classics in literature brings greater understanding and appreciation of literature to students. (RL)

Suggests that comics can be studied as artifacts of cultural history, human psychology, and popular art. (SJL)

Contrasts the development of daytime serial dramas on television with prime time series in terms of production costs, content, and format. (JMF)

Outlines the characteristics of "tall tales." Fills in the historical background of tall tales, from the ancient myth of Gilgamesh to Baron Munchausen, the closest European progenitor of American tall tales. Opines that tall tales appear to have been created as a response to challenges posed by building a new nation. Lists 11…

Defines and analyzes the ideological conditions which motivate a writer to conclude a screenplay with an open ending. Questions whether screenwriting instructors in the 1990s should encourage their students to write nonclassical Hollywood cinema endings. (KEH)

Analyzes the importance of a critical pedagogy by examining its potentially transformative relations with the sphere of popular culture. The pedagogical relevance of popular culture is discussed. The notion of critical pedagogy as a form of cultural politics should be further developed. (Author/BJV)

Suggests that conflicts in early Soviet literature over reader's identity and function presages many issues in critical understanding of audiences, especially as reflected in the antithetical Frankfurt and Birmingham School positions. Argues that how the mass reader was invoked, defined, and appropriated for institutional needs in the Soviet…

Explores the relationship among popular culture, the lack (if not rejection) of critical thinking skills, and the dangerous state of the world. Suggest an approach to teaching English that emphasizes deliberative modes of thought--imperative for students but also for the common good. (SR)

Explores the contrast between white-collar financial crime and crime as seen on shows like "Cops." Argues that conservative politicians tend to equate lower class with "true" criminals (typically with little education), whereas white-collar criminals (usually well-educated) simply made a mistake, and that this picture of crime…

Examines authenticity in the study of communication by tracing its treatment by recent social theory, particularly Critical Theory. Suggests that the search for the authentic has been a historically grounded intellectual concern. Concludes by acknowledging the need of Critical Theory to address the challenges of postmodern thought and the…