Popular Culture category: 4839 books
Of Dice and Men
The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and The People Who
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2013
The Lord of the Rings meets Moneyball in this unique and authoritative book on Dungeons & Dragons—from the game’s origins through its rise to cultural prominence, and its ripple effect on popular culture today.
Even if you’ve never played Dungeons & Dragons, you probably know someone...
by Matt Mogk
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
The most comprehensive zombie handbook ever published—with a foreword by Max Brooks! In one indispensable volume, Matt Mogk busts popular myths and answers all your raging questions about the living dead.*
Q. How can I increase my chances of survival?
A. One simple step is to keep...
On the Origin of Superheroes
From the Big Bang to Action Comics No. 1
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2015
Most readers think that superheroes began with Superman’s appearance in Action Comics No. 1, but that Kryptonian rocket didn’t just drop out of the sky. By the time Superman’s creators were born, the superhero’s most defining elements—secret identities, aliases, disguises, signature symbols,...
Light of India
A Conflagration of Indian Matchbox Art
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2013
With all the zany vibrancy of a Bollywood musical, the colorful matchbox labels of LIGHT OF INDIA present a fascinating confluence of popular culture and a sophisticated graphic arts tradition that stretches back for centuries.
Populated with pouncing Bengal tigers, regal jungle elephants,...
LIFE Rise of the Superhero
From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2017
Today, superheroes are more popular than ever, with action-packed movies, TV shows, comic books, graphic novels, and other genres celebrating themThe craft has become more sophisticated, the stories more intricate, with the entire art-form now elevated and celebrated. For as long as characters such...
by John Schweingrouber
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2012
Explore the 80's culture, movies, music, and fads. Your "go-to" 80's guide for everything cool about the 1980's. You know you're a child of the 80's if...
Topics include 80's fashion icons and how fashion impacted the music and movie scene, the greatest movies of the 80's that defined the...
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Icons of the American Comic Book: From Captain America to Wonder Woman [2 volumes]
From Captain America to Wonder Woman
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
This book explores how the heroes and villains of popular comic books—and the creators of these icons of our culture—reflect the American experience out of which they sprang, and how they have achieved relevance by adapting to, and perhaps influencing, the evolving American character.
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Rainbow Bridge to Monument Valley
Making the Modern Old West
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2013
The Colorado River Plateau is home to two of the best-known landscapes in the world: Rainbow Bridge in southern Utah and Monument Valley on the Utah-Arizona border. Twentieth-century popular culture made these places icons of the American West, and advertising continues to exploit their significance...
New York Times The Times of the Sixties
The Culture, Politics, and Personalities that Shaped the Decade
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2014
There is no better record of events than The New York Times, and The Times of the Sixties captures the history, culture, and personalities of the 1960s through 400 articles and original commentary with contemporary photos throughout.
The Times of the Sixties represents one of the most fascinating,...
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Soft Power and American Empire
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2014
In its march to becoming the world's first hyper-power, the United States has been as dependent on its soft power - the allure of American lifestyles and culture - as it has been on the hard power of military might. In Weapons of Mass Distraction, Matthew Fraser examines the role of American pop cultural...
Winnebago Nation
The RV in American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
In Winnebago Nation, popular critic James B. Twitchell takes a light-hearted look at the culture and industry behind the yearning to spend the night in one's car. For the young the roadtrip is a coming-of-age ceremony; for those later in life it is the realization of a lifelong desire to be spontaneous,...
by Becky Beal
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
In the last half century, skateboarding has evolved from a simple, idyllic child's pastime that originated in southern California to becoming a worldwide youth culture phenomenon. This now-mainstream action sport has spawned a multi-billion-dollar commercial market for skateboarding equipment, skateboard-related...
Anything That Moves
Renegade Chefs, Fearless Eaters, and the Making of a New American Food Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
The popular New Yorker writer combines the style of Mary Roach with the on-the-ground food savvy of Anthony Bourdain.
Dana Goodyear’s narrative debut is a highly entertaining, revelatory look into the raucous, strange, fascinatingly complex world of contemporary American food culture. At...
The Boy Who Cried Freebird
Rock & Roll Fables and Sonic Storytelling
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2008
Wedding the American oral storytelling tradition with progressive music journalism, Mitch Myers' The Boy Who Cried Freebird is a treatise on the popular music culture of the twentieth century. Trenchant, insightful, and wonderfully strange, this literary mix-tape is authentic music history . . . except...