Critical Haymarket Books Critical Perspectives on Mass Market Entertainment Paperback

This peer-reviewed book series offers insights into our current reality by exploring the content and consequences of power relationships under capitalism, and by considering the spaces of opposition and resistance to these changes that have been defining our new age.

This volume offers critical insights into contemporary mass-market entertainment across various geographical and cultural contexts, blending theoretical reflections with empirical case studies.

The contributors examine cultural phenomena and objects from both Western and non-Western perspectives, analyzing representations, production, and consumption practices. By highlighting the interplay of identities, power dynamics, and digital transformations, this work deepens your understanding of entertainment as both a cultural phenomenon and an ideological apparatus. It emphasizes the need for ongoing critical engagement with mass-market entertainment in our rapidly changing world.

Contributors include: Stéfany Boisvert, Mélanie Bourdaa, Hélène Breda, Elena Cabanillas-Mallenco, Emek Çaylı, Omar Cerrillo Garnica, Vincenzo Cicchelli, Christiana Constantopoulou, Deepa Mary Francis, Aleena George, Charo Lacalle, Dimitra Laurence Larochelle, Céline Morin, Katharina Niemeyer, Eleonora Noia, Sylvie Octobre, Jimmyn Parc, Eléana Sanchez, Christine Thoër, Mónica Tovar-Vicente and Michele Varini.