{"product_id":"9780868406626","title":"Friday on Our Minds: Popular Culture in Australia Since 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom jitterbugging to Big Brother, from the introduction of television to the rise of file-sharing, Friday on our Minds explores the ways popular culture has developed and changed in Australia from the end of World War II to today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo understand the massive social and cultural changes that took place in Australia since the middle of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, Michelle Arrow examines popular culture through three lenses: the development of a mass consumer society; the impact of technological change; and the ways that popular culture feeds individual and collective identities on the one hand and expresses them on the other. She provides a compelling account of changes across a range of popular culture forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLively and insightful, Friday on our Minds shows that, far from being trivial or merely entertaining, popular culture reveals a great deal about Australia's history and about social and cultural change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UNSW Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032065884400,"sku":"9780868406626","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780868406626_p0.jpg?v=1763836564","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780868406626","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}