HOP ON POP/ THE POLITICS AND PLEASURES OF POPULAR CULTURE

Hop on Pop showcases the work of a new generation of scholars-from fields such as media studies, literature, cinema, and cultural st udies-whose writing has been informed by their ongoing involvement with popular culture and who draw insight from their lived experi ences as critics, fans, and consumers. Proceeding from their deep political commitment to a new kind of populist grassroots politics , these writers challenge old modes of studying the everyday. As they rework traditional scholarly language, they search for new way s to wri...[Read more]