Only entertainment / Richard Dyer.

Only Entertainment explores entertainment as entertainment, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art. Dyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of ent...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Taylor & Francis)
Main Author:	Dyer, Richard
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Routledge, 2002.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Performing arts > Social aspects. Popular culture. Performing arts > Social aspects Popular culture