Research on popular culture is a dynamic, fast-growing domain. In scholarly terms, it cuts across many areas, including communication studies, sociology, history, American studies, anthropology, literature, journalism, folklore, economics, and media and cultural studies. The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture provides an authoritative, up-to-date, intellectually broad, internationally-aware, and conceptually agile guide to the most important aspects of popular culture scholarship.

Specifically, this Companion includes:

Interdisciplinary Models and Approaches

for analyzing popular culture;

Wide-ranging Case Studies

discussions of economic and policy underpinnings;

Analysis of Textual Manifestations

of popular culture;

Examinations of Political, Social, and Cultural Dynamics

and

Discussions of Emerging Issues

such as ecological sustainability and labor.

Featuring scholarly voices from across six continents, The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture presents a nuanced and wide-ranging survey of popular culture research.