RE: Another note from a travelling friend

["Peter T. Chattaway" <petert at interchange_ubc.ca>]

On Mon, 14 Oct 2002, DustyVolume wrote:

> > Yeah, I read Romanowski's earlier book _Pop Culture Wars_ a few years
> > ago and loved it -- it's a very good history of the subject.
>
> Not to discount what Peter et al have said on the subject, but am I the
> only one who finds reading about pop culture boring?  I mean, it
> shouldn't be boring should it?  I mean, maybe it's my world view
> (unpopular culture :P).

Heh.  I actually find books about films and stuff to be much more pleasant
reading than books on a lot of other topics -- even when the books in
question come at the films from some pretty academic points of view.  (I
do find some books nearly impossible to read, though, even when they are
about film -- far too many academics really have no idea how to write.)

--- Peter T. Chattaway --------------------------- peter at chattaway_com ---
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