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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful. Post-Modern Theory at its Most Half-bakedBy Jason P. GubbelsAs fun as pop culture theory can be; too often it merely signifies what those suspicious of academia suspect lurks in every college campus across America. Its an unfair assessment; of course - anti-intellectualism is just as boorish as intellectualism - and yet; when one reads a book like this; its difficult not to sympathize with the critics.A collection of fourteen essays concerning the 1970s; this book; compiled by Shelton Waldrep; attempts to investigate just how the 1970s affected popular culture (American popular culture; of course; although thats not explicitly stated). This sounds interesting; but the theorists sampled in the book are writing from a viewpoint which suffers multiple drawbacks - the lowbrown-driven highbrow.Its all good fun to pose theories of retro-chic and falsely-constructed nostalgia using the movie "Waynes World" as a primary source (as Stephen Rachman does); but to what greater end? Its amusing to read how Cindy Patton compares J.L. Austins critical analysis of words and language to "The Opening of Misty Beethoven;" a porno flick; but why bother?While articles such as Sonhya Sayres exploration of the Jonestown massacre and Van Cagles look at glitter and The New York Dolls are at least well-written and intelligently posed; the majority of this book is insulting to both the intelligence of highbrows and the concerns of the so-called "lowbrows" that this popular culture is supposedly aimed at. By deconstructing bellbottom fashions; say; or blaxploitation flicks; we come no closer to the "meaning" of popular culture or the forces that drive it; but merely drive a wedge between the intended audience and the apparent intellectuals who desperately need "lowbrow trash" in order to justify their upcoming journalistic essaysOnly Greil Marcuss closing essay; concerning the death of 60s idealism as embodied in Bob Dylans "Self Portrait;" remains true to either the spirit of intelligent criticism or the joy of popular culture. Read this for a laugh; or to shake your head at the sorry state of academia. Otherwise; dont clutter your mind with this stab at faux-elitism.