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The Ultimate Cigar Book

4th Edition

by Richard Carleton Hacker
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015

First published in 1993, The Ultimate Cigar Book has become a classic in its field, and is generally credited with having helped launch the current cigar smoking craze. It has been reprinted numerous times in the United States, and is now sold worldwide. No other book contains as much detailed and...

Bodies of Inscription

A Cultural History of the Modern Tattoo Community

by Margo DeMello, Gayle S. Rubin
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2000

Since the 1980s, tattooing has emerged anew in the United States as a widely appealing cultural, artistic, and social form. In Bodies of Inscription Margo DeMello explains how elite tattooists, magazine editors, and leaders of tattoo organizations have downplayed the working-class roots of tattooing...

Albion Dreaming

A popular history of LSD in Britain

by Andy Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012

Contrary to popular belief, LSD is much more connected to Britain than it is to the USA. This engaging book looks at the use of LSD in British society, from its arrival in 1952 to the present day. It provides a hidden history of a controversial drug and how it permeated British culture. The author explores...

Tarot in Culture

Volume One

by Emily E. Auger
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2014

Tarot in Culture is a well-illustrated (260 illus.) two-volume multi-author anthology of papers on Tarot. This ebook is Volume One (91 illus.) Contributions to Volumes One and Two range from original, in-depth, thoroughly documented studies of Tarot history, art, and literature to artists' statements...

American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports [3 volumes]

From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports

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Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012

This collection blends historical and popular culture perspectives in its analysis of the development of sports and sports figures throughout American history. American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports is unique in that it focuses on how each sport has transformed...

Understanding Celebrity

by Professor Graeme Turner
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2013

“An outstanding achievement... Graeme Turner writes with power and persuasion, and brilliantly explores what it is about celebrity today that should concern us all” - Sean Redmond, Deakin University “A key touchstone for celebrity studies. Turner thoughtfully illuminates the variety of production...

Musical ImagiNation

U.S-Colombian Identity and the Latin Music Boom

by Maria Elena Cepeda
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010

Long associated with the pejorative clichés of the drug-trafficking trade and political violence, contemporary Colombia has been unfairly stigmatized. In this pioneering study of the Miami music industry and Miami’s growing Colombian community, María Elena Cepeda boldly asserts that popular music...

Understanding Chinese Society

Changes and Transformations

by Eileen Yuk-ha Tsang
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2015

Before 1978, China was backward economically, politically, diplomatically and was extremely isolated. The country had a few diplomatic allies like North Korea, Russia and Vietnam. However, in the past three decades, the country has witnessed robust changes that have aroused the interest of the westerners...

Fan Phenomena: Marilyn Monroe

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Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014

Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, Marilyn Monroe was an actress, singer, and sex symbol whose influence far outlasted her short life. Contributors to Fan Phenomena: Marilyn Monroe situate the platinum blonde starlet’s omnipresent cultural relevance within the zeitgeist of current popular culture...

The Festivalization of Culture

by Jodie Taylor
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016

The Festivalization of Culture explores the links between various local and global cultures, communities, identities and lifestyle narratives as they are both constructed and experienced in the festival context. Drawing on a wide range of case studies from Australia and Europe, festivals are examined...

Industrial Society and the Science Fiction Blockbuster

Social Critique in Films of Lucas, Scott and Cameron

by Mark T. Decker
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016

Can blockbuster films be socially relevant or are they just escapist diversions to entertain the masses and enrich the studios? Not every successful film contains thoughtful commentary, but some that are marketed as pure entertainment do seriously engage social issues. Popular science fiction films...

Popular Culture

The Metropolitan Experience

by Iain Chambers
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2002

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Opera in the Media Age

Essays on Art, Technology and Popular Culture

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Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014

This collection of essays explores the relationship between opera and the development of media technology from the late 19th to the early 21st century. Taking an international perspective, the contributing authors, each with extensive experience as scholars or practitioners of the art, cover a variety...

They Live

A Novel Approach to Cinema

by Jonathan Lethem
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2010

“One of the cleverest, most accessibly in-depth film books released this year . . . a smart-ass novelist exploring a cheesy-cheeky ‘80s sci-fi flick” (Hartford Advocate). Deep Focus is a series of film books with a fresh approach. Take the smartest, liveliest writers in contemporary letters...

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