Bread and Circuses Theories of Mass Culture as Social Decay
<p>Lively and well written, Bread and Circuses analyzes theories that have treated mass culture as either a symptom or a cause of social decadence. Discussing many of the most influential and representative theories of mass culture, it ranges widely from Greek and Roman origins, through Marx,...
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Cornell University Press
1983
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