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Everybody Hurts
Transitions, Endings, and Resurrections in Fan Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
Have you ever been a fan of a show that was canceled abruptly or that killed off a beloved character unexpectedly? Or perhaps it was rebooted after a long absence and now you’re worried it won’t be as good as the original? Anyone who has ever followed entertainment closely knows firsthand that...
We Gotta Get Out of This Place
Popular Conservatism and Postmodern Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2014
First Published in 1992. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
What Love Is
And What It Could Be
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
A rising star in philosophy examines the cultural, social, and scientific interpretations of love to answer one of our most enduring questions
What is love? Aside from being the title of many a popular love song, this is one of life's perennial questions. In What Love Is, philosopher Carrie...
We All Want to Change the World
Rock and Politics from Elvis to Eminem
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2003
We All Want to Change the World provides a cogent and fascinating evaluation of post-World War II American commercial music and its complex, multi-faceted impact on the world of politics. Tom Waldman offers articulate and compulsively readable insights into such issues as: John Lennon and Yoko Ono's...
by Wise Publications
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2010
Glee Songbook: Easy Piano Edition features a selection of the best music from Season 1 of the hit show Glee, arranged for easy piano. Even beginner performers will now be able to transform themselves from a ragtag performer into a national competitor.
In this collection time-proven classics...
Getting Loose
Lifestyle Consumption in the 1970s
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2007
From “getting loose” to “letting it all hang out,” the 1970s were filled with exhortations to free oneself from artificial restraints and to discover oneself in a more authentic and creative life. In the wake of the counterculture of the 1960s, anything that could be made to yield to a more...
by Phillip J. Nickel, Philip Tallon, Jeremy Morris
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Sitting on pins and needles, anxiously waiting to see what will happen next, horror audiences crave the fear and exhilaration generated by a terrifying story; their anticipation is palpable. But they also breathe a sigh of relief when the action is over, when they are able to close their books or...
Bending Steel
Modernity and the American Superhero
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2015
“Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound . . . It’s Superman!” Bending Steel examines the historical origins and cultural significance of Superman and his fellow American crusaders. Cultural historian Aldo J. Regalado asserts...
The Closing of the Liberal Mind
How Groupthink and Intolerance Define the Left
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
A former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State and currently Acting Senior Vice President for Research at The Heritage Foundation, Kim R. Holmes surveys the state of liberalism in America today and finds that it is becoming its opposite—illiberalism—abandoning the precepts of open-mindedness and respect...
Demanding Respect
The Evolution of the American Comic Book
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
How is it that comic books—the once reviled form of lowbrow popular culture—are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphic novels? In Demanding Respect, Paul Lopes immerses himself in the discourse and practices of this...
Fan CULTure
Essays on Participatory Fandom in the 21st Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2013
Fan CULTure explores how present-day fans interact with the films, television shows, books, and pop culture artifacts they love. From creating original works of fanfiction to influencing the content of major primetime series through social media, fans are no longer passive consumers. They have evolved...
It Happens at Comic-Con
Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
This collection of 13 new essays employs ethnographic methods to investigate San Diego’s Comic-Con International, the largest annual celebration of the popular arts in North America. Working from a common grounding in fan studies, these individual explorations examine a range of cultural practices...
by Lincoln Geraghty
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Cult Collectors examines cultures of consumption and the fans who collect cult film and TV merchandise.
Author Lincoln Geraghty argues that there has been a change in the fan convention space, where collectible merchandise and toys, rather than just the fictional text, have become objects for...
Mechademia 6
User Enhanced
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2011
Manga and anime inspire a wide range of creative activities for fans: blogging and contributing to databases, making elaborate cosplay costumes, producing dôjinshi (amateur) manga and scanlations, and engaging in fansubbing and DIY animation. Indeed, fans can no longer be considered passive consumers...