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Horrible Prettiness
Burlesque and American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2000
Robert Allen's compelling book examines burlesque not only as popular entertainment but also as a complex and transforming cultural phenomenon. When Lydia Thompson and her controversial female troupe of "British Blondes" brought modern burlesque to the United States in 1868, the result was...
The Long Reconstruction
The Post-Civil War South in History, Film, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
A century and a half after the Civil War, Americans are still dealing with the legacies of the conflict and Reconstruction, including the many myths and legends spawned by these events. The Long Reconstruction: The Post-Civil War South in History, Film, and Memory brings together history and popular...
Hit Makers
How to Succeed in an Age of Distraction
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017
**NATIONAL BESTSELLER **
**A Book of the Year Selection for Inc. and Library Journal
“This book picks up where The Tipping Point left off**." -- Adam Grant, Wharton professor and New York Times bestselling author of ORIGINALS and GIVE AND TAKE
Nothing “goes viral.” If...
Electric Shock
From the Gramophone to the iPhone – 125 Years of Pop Music
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify.
Over that time,...
The Ages of the Avengers
Essays on the Earth's Mightiest Heroes in Changing Times
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
Comic book audience expectations have fluctuated dramatically through the years, and comic book creators have had to adapt to shifting reader concerns. One of Marvel Comic’s most popular franchises for five decades, the Avengers have always been reflective of their times, having adapted to an evolving...
Heroines of Comic Books and Literature
Portrayals in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
Despite the growing importance of heroines across literary culture—and sales figures that demonstrate both young adult and adult females are reading about heroines in droves, particularly in graphic novels, comic books, and YA literature—few scholarly collections have examined the complex relationships...
Rock and Roll Baby Names
Over 2,000 Music-Inspired Names, from Alison to Ziggy
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
Everything an expectant music-lover needs to know about the lyrics, band trivia, and other rock-and-roll factoids linked to thousands of popular baby names.
What do we know about Caroline? Neil Diamond says she's sweet and The Beach Boys say she prefers short hair when she's older. And what...
The American Popular Novel After World War II
A Study of 25 Best Sellers, 1947-2000
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Through the perspectives of selected best-selling novels from the end of World War II to the end of the 20th century—including The Catcher in the Rye, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Godfather, Jaws, Beloved, The Silence of the Lambs, and Jurassic Park—this book examines the crucial issues the U.S....
by John Howard Reid
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Headed "Fascinating Tour of the 1940s for Movie Buffs", the following review by Maria Trefely-Deutch appeared in The Sunday Telegraph: John Howard Reid’s latest offering is every bit as idiosyncratic as his previous books in this series, and equally compulsive reading for film buffs. The...
The House That George Built
With a Little Help from Irving, Cole, and a Crew of About Fifty
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2008
From Irving Berlin to Cy Coleman, from “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” to “Big Spender,” from Tin Pan Alley to the MGM soundstages, the Golden Age of the American song embodied all that was cool, sexy, and sophisticated in popular culture. For four glittering decades, geniuses like Jerome Kern,...
by Max Morath
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2002
Every major singer from Frank Sinatra to Christina Aguilera. Every major composer from Irving Berlin to Stephen Sondheim. Every major song from a century of favorites. Every major musician and lyricist. Every major styling from blues, jazz, and country to folk, big band, and rock and roll
The...
by Hilary McD. Beckles, Heather D. Russell
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2015
Rihanna: Barbados World Gurl in Global Popular Culture brings together US- and Caribbean-based scholars to discuss issues of class, gender, sexuality, race, culture and economy. Drawing from literature, history, musicology, sociology, cultural studies, feminist, gender, and queer studies, the creative/cultural...
U2 and the Religious Impulse
Take Me Higher
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
U2 and the Religious Impulse examines indications in U2's music and performances that the band work at conscious and subconscious levels as artists who focus on matters of the spirit, religious traditions, and a life guided by both belief and doubt.
U2 is known for a career of stirring songs,...
Rock Brands
Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
Rock Brands: Selling Sound in a Media Saturated Culture, edited by Elizabeth Barfoot Christian, is an edited collection that explores how different genres of popular music are branded and marketed today. The book's core objectives are addressed over three sections. In the first part of Rock Brands,...