{"product_id":"only-entertainment-9780415254977","title":"Only Entertainment","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Dyer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Popular Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOnly Entertainment\u003c\/em\u003e explores entertainment \u003cem\u003eas entertainment\u003c\/em\u003e, asking how and whether an emphasis on the primacy of pleasure sets it apart from other forms of art.\u003cbr\u003eDyer focuses on the genres most associated with entertainment, from musicals to action movies, disco to porn. He examines the nature of entertainment in movies such as \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSpeed\u003c\/em\u003e, and argues that entertainment is part of a 'common sense' which is always historically and culturally constructed.\u003cbr\u003eThis new edition of \u003cem\u003eOnly Entertainment\u003c\/em\u003e features a revised introduction and five new chapters on topics from serial killer movies to Elizabeth Taylor. In the final chapter Dyer asks whether entertainment as we know it is on the wane.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46929467834519,"sku":"9780415254977","price":3638.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415254977.webp?v=1771599903","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/only-entertainment-9780415254977","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}