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1.(Video)

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJm8goqn5Uw

2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-8u9m4oYBQ

3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nkb4O06K_M.

Description: A short video which explains the very basic question ‘what is popular culture’. Duration :6 minutes .30 sc.

Suitable for: Students.

Learning outcome: The students will learn about the very basic definition and connotation of the term ‘Popular Culture’.

Description: This video introduces the academic study of Popular Culture as a discipline. Duration : 12 minutes.

 Suitable for: Students.

Learning outcome: This video will enable the students to understand the meaning, interpretation and evolution of the concept within the broader paradigm of Cultural Studies.

Description: A video lecture by Professor Pramod K Nayar, which elaborates on the concept of Popular Culture with ample historical and theoretical contextualization.

Duration : 30minutes

Suitable for: Students and Research Scholars.

Learning outcome : This video will enlighten the students about the definition of the term along with other associated concepts and contexts like , Birmingham School, Cultural practices, Representation, Symbology of Culture, etc . 

2.(Website)

https://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/popularculture(jan12)web.pdf

Description: An essay titled ‘Why popular culture in education matters’ by William M. Reynolds on the relevance of the concept in Higher Education.

Suitable for: Students and Research Scholars

Learning outcome: The students will learn about the relevance of the topic within the context of ‘Cultural Studies ‘as ‘ Transformative Curriculum and Pedagogy.’

3.(E Book)

1. http://pages.mtu.edu/~jdslack/readings/CSReadings/Nelson-reichler_Grossberg_Cultural_Studies_an_Introduction.pdf.

2. https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&as_vis=1&q=book+of+john+storey+popular+culture&btnG

3. https://books.google.co.in/books?id=py8TCgAAQBAJ&printsec

Description: A book titled ‘Popular Culture: An Introductory Text’, edited by Jack Nachbar, John G.

 Nachbar, Kevin Lausé explaining the theoretical formulations of Popular Culture.

Suitable for: Students and Research Scholars.

Learning outcome: The chapter on ‘Introduction’ of this book enables to understand the conceptual contextual premise/s of ‘Popular Culture’.

Description: A book by John Storey titled ‘Cultural Theory and Popular Culture’ which provides a comprehensive study about the notion, salient features and the historical developments related to the concept.

Suitable for: Students and Research Scholars.

Learning outcome : The students will learn about various definitions of the term from different theoretical positions such as Marxist, Structuralist, Postmodernists etc.

Description: A book titled ‘Popular Culture: An Introduction’ by Carla Freccero about the basic concept with a historical mapping

Suitable for: Students.

Learning outcome : The students will have a holistic understanding about the origin, spread, and the contexts of the concept. It will also enable them to understand its evolution in relation to the development of technology.