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by Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, Nancy Kang
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2013
The Culture and Philosophy of Ridley Scott, edited by Adam Barkman, Ashley Barkman, and Nancy Kang, brings together eighteen critical essays that illuminate a nearly comprehensive selection of the director’s feature films from cutting-edge multidisciplinary and comparative perspectives. Chapters...
Naked Exhibitionism
Gendered Performance and Public Exposure
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
What does it mean to be naked in public? Approaching this question from across the disciplines, this book examines the evolution of female exhibitionism from criminal taboo to prime-time entertainment. Taking an interdisciplinary approach which brings together all fields of popular culture including...
Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump
Images from Literature and Visual Arts
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
*Utopia and Dystopia in the Age of Trump:*Images from Literature and Visual Arts treats literature, film, television series, and comic books dealing with utopian and dystopian worlds reflecting on or anticipating our current age. From Henry James’s dreamlike utopia of “The Great Good Place”...
Star Wars in the Public Square
The Clone Wars as Political Dialogue
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public discourse. As a pop culture text, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars offers critical commentary on contemporary issues, marking a moment of interplay...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017
What happens when math nerds, band and theater geeks, goths, sci-fi fanatics, Young Republican debate poindexters, techies, Trekkies, D&D players, wallflowers, bookworms, and RPG players grow up? And what can they tell us about the life of the mind in the contemporary United States? With #GamerGate...
...But If a Zombie Apocalypse Did Occur
Essays on Medical, Military, Governmental, Ethical, Economic and Other Implications
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2015
Part pop culture trope, part hypothetical cataclysm, the zombie apocalypse is rooted in modern literature, film and mythology. This collection of new essays considers the implications of this scientifically impossible (but perhaps imminent) event, examining real-world responses to pandemic contagion...
Reflections In My Coffee With An Extra Shot Of Life - Volume 2
Reflections In My Coffee, #2
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2017
Why should you read this book? Because it's really about you. You have a story that is worth careful consideration. Do you ever feel like life gets a little crazy and hard to handle sometimes? You're not alone. And you're not without hope.
Before I came along, my wife Angelica was never a coffee...
The Artistry of Neil Gaiman
Finding Light in the Shadows
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2019
Contributions by Lanette Cadle, Züleyha Çetiner-Öktem, Renata Lucena Dalmaso, Andrew Eichel, Kyle Eveleth, Anna Katrina Gutierrez, Darren Harris-Fain, Krystal Howard, Christopher D. Kilgore, Kristine Larsen, Thayse Madella, Erica McCrystal, Tara Prescott-Johnson, Danielle Russell, Joe Sutliff Sanders,...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
Video games take players on a trip through ancient battlefields, to mythic worlds, and across galaxies. They provide players with a way to try on new identities and acquire vast superpowers. Video games also give people the chance to hit reset – to play again and again until they achieve a desired...
The Comics of Charles Schulz
The Good Grief of Modern Life
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
With contributions by:
Leonie Brialey, MJ Clarke, Roy T. Cook, Joseph J. Darowski, Ian Gordon, Gene Kannenberg Jr., Christopher P. Lehman, Anne C. McCarthy, Ben Owen, Lara Saguisag, Ben Saunders, Jeffrey O. Segrave, and Michael Tisserand
The Comics of Charles Schulz collects new essays...
by Juliana Tzvetkova
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
A fascinating survey of popular culture in Europe, from Celtic punk and British TV shows to Spanish fashion and Italian sports.
• Makes connections between pop culture in Europe to that of the United States
• Provides further readings and a bibliography at the end of the work
•...
American Holiday Postcards, 1905-1915
Imagery and Context
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
In the early 20th century, postcards were one of the most important and popular expressions of holiday sentiment in American culture. Millions of such postcards circulated among networks of community and kin as part of a larger American postcard craze. However, their uses and meanings were far from...
by Sean Redmond
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2013
Celebrity and the Media introduces the reader to the key terms, concepts, dilemmas and issues that are central to the study and critical understanding of celebrity. In this insightful text Redmond explores the impacts of celebrity culture on the modern media and everyday life, drawing attention to...
Trump Studies
An Intellectual Guide to Why Citizens Vote Against Their Interests
Language: English
Release Date: November 24, 2018
Why do citizens vote against their own best interest?
Trump Studies addresses this key question; probing the value of thinking, reading, writing and interpretation during times of economic, social and political uncertainty. With a compelling voice and academic rigour, the authors explore...