附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
A realistic style -- The illusionistic -- The bright and busy -- The highly emotional -- The sentimental -- The vulgar -- The violent -- The horrific -- The miraculous -- The exotic -- The erotic -- The spectacular -- The narrative -- The formulaic -- The humorous.
摘要:"The aesthetic pleasures of today's popular visual culture - sentimental, violent, vulgar, spectacular, humorous, and many more - are roundly criticised and condemned in elite discourse, but this book shows that they are perennial in nature and an intrinsic part of what it is to be human"--
