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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
In the early days of Pong and Pac Man, video games appeared to be little more than an idle pastime. Today, video games make up a multi-billion dollar industry that rivals television and film.
The Video Game Theory Reader brings together exciting new work on the many ways video games are reshaping...
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Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2013
“This is the most culturally sophisticated history of the Internet yet written. We can’t make sense of what the Internet means in our lives without reading Schulte’s elegant account of what the Internet has meant at various points in the past 30 years.”
—Siva Vaidhyanathan, Chair of the...
The Science of Game of Thrones
From the genetics of royal incest to the chemistry of death by molten gold - sifting fact from fantasy in the Seven Kingdoms
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016
A myth-busting, jaw-dropping, fun-filled tour through the science of your favorite fantastical world.
Award-winning comedian and popular-science writer Helen Keen uncovers the astounding science behind the mystical, blood-soaked world of Game of Thrones, answering questions like: Is it possible...
My Life as a Night Elf Priest
An Anthropological Account of World of Warcraft
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
"Ever since the creators of the animated television show South Park turned their lovingly sardonic gaze on the massively multiplayer online game World of Warcraft for an entire episode, WoW's status as an icon of digital culture has been secure. My Life as a Night Elf Priest digs deep beneath...
Affirmative Reaction
New Formations of White Masculinity
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2011
Affirmative Reaction explores the cultural politics of heteronormative white masculine privilege in the United States. Through close readings of texts ranging from the popular television drama 24 to the Marvel Comics miniseries The Call of Duty, and from the reality show American Chopper to the movie...
DIY Utopia
Cultural Imagination and the Remaking of the Possible
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2016
At first glance, contemporary popular culture, filled with bleak images of the future, seems to have given up on the possibility of positive collective change. Below the surface, however, alternative culture is rife with artist-led projects, activist movements, and subcultural communities of interest...
Britain - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
"Cool Britannia" is alive and well today. British culture is at the top of its game—in fashion, popular music, art and entertainment, science and technology, new inventions, and in the rediscovered skills and excellence in engineering that make it Germany's leading trading partner in Europe....
Belly Dance Around the World
New Communities, Performance and Identity
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2013
In these essays, dancers and scholars from around the world carefully consider the transformation of an improvised folk form from North Africa and the Middle East into a popular global dance practice. They explore the differences between the solo improvisational forms of North Africa and the Middle...
So Sexy So Soon
The New Sexualized Childhood, and What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Kids
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2008
Thong panties, padded bras, and risqué Halloween costumes for young girls. T-shirts that boast “Chick Magnet” for toddler boys. Sexy content on almost every television channel, as well as in books, movies, video games, and even cartoons. Hot young female pop stars wearing provocative clothing...
Indian Country
Essays on Contemporary Native Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Since first contact, Natives and newcomers have been involved in an increasingly complex struggle over power and identity. Modern “Indian wars” are fought over land and treaty rights, artistic appropriation, and academic analysis, while Native communities struggle among themselves over membership,...
by Dan Michaels
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Addressing a generation of pot smokers living at a time when over half of America has legalized medical marijuana, this quick reference edition of the successful Green delivers the planet's best bud photography. Organized alphabetically, each of the 150 strains features a gorgeous bud shot plus a...
by Daryl Cagle, Brian Fairrington
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2009
The Best of the Year in Editorial Cartoons The best cartoonists in the world contributed to this collection of the best cartoons of 2009, from Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoonists Index, the most popular cartoon site on the Web (www.cagle.com). More than 600 cartoons cover the major topics of the historic...
by Juddery, Mark
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Global warming. Poverty. Violent conflict. Bad hotel service. But is the world really going to the dogs?BEST. TIMES. EVER. works through our most common complaints and miseries and explains why believe it or not things arent as bad as they used to be. In fact, in almost every way, were improving!From...
What the Music Said
Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.