American culture, American tastes : social change and the 20th century /
Kammen, Michael G.
New York : Knopf,
1999
Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-303) and index.
Comming to terms with defining terms -- Culture democratized: distinction or degradation? -- Consumerism, Americanism, and the phasing of popular culture -- Popular culture in transition--and in its prime -- Blurring the boundaries between taste levels -- Cultural criticism and the transformation of cultural authority -- The gradual emergence of mass culture and its critics -- Mass culture in more recent times: passive and/or participatory? -- Historians and the problem of popular culture in recent times -- Meetings of the minds? Moving beyond cusutomary categories.
Popular culture
Social change
Aesthetics
Consumption (Economics)