"The twelve essays in Modernity and Mass Culture provide a broad andcaptivating overview of what has come to be known as culture studies." -- TexasJournal
This is a wide-ranging analysis of the relationship amongindustrialization, democracy, and art in the 20th century. U.S. and British scholarsdiscuss the interaction of "high," "popular," and "mass" art, showing how Westernculture as a whole is affected by the transition from the modern to the postmodernera.