Critical Perspectives on Mass Market Entertainment

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: Stefany Boisvert, Melanie Bourdaa, Helene Breda, Elena Cabanillas-Mallenco, Emek ayl, Omar Cerrillo Garnica, Vincenzo Cicchelli, Christiana Constantopoulou, Deepa Mary Francis, Aleena George, Charo Lacalle, Dimitra Laurence Larochelle, Celine Morin, Katharina Niemeyer, Eleonora Noia, Sylvie Octobre, Jimmyn Parc, Eleana Sanchez, Christine Thoer, Mnica Tovar-Vicente and Michele Varini.