Pulp brings together in one volume chapters on the best seller, detective fiction, popular romance, science fiction and horror. It combines a lucid and accessible account of the cultural theories that have informed the study of popular fiction with detailed readings of Jackie Collins, Jilly Cooper, Colin Dexter, William Gibson, Stephen King, Iain Banks, Terry McMillan and Walter Mosley.
Scott Mc Cracken argues that popular fiction serves a vital function: it provides us with the means to construct a workable sense of self in the face of the disorientating pressures of modernity.
Pulp: Reading popular fiction
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Author(s)Scott McCracken
PublisherManchester University Press
ISBN / ASIN0719047595
ISBN-139780719047596
AvailabilityIn stock. Usually ships within 2 to 3 days.
Sales Rank3,130,876
CategoryLiterary Criticism
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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