Postmodernism and popular culture a cultural history - Docker, John. (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1994)
Fools: carnival-theatre-vaudeville-television -- Fool, trickster, social explorer: the detective -- Crime fiction as changing genre -- Melodrama, farce, soap opera -- Melodrama in action: prisoner, or cell block H (with Ann Curthoys).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-306) and index.
Keywords: Modernism (Art).; Postmodernism; Arts, Modern -- 20th century; Popular culture