Popular Culture category: 4839 books
Soccer Culture in America
Essays on the World's Sport in Red, White and Blue
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2013
What does the world’s favorite sport mean in the United States? Despite the common belief that it is only a women’s sport, an immigrants’ sport, a small kids’ sport—or that hating soccer is very American, the new essays in this volume attest that soccer indeed is a very American and very...
Shopping Around
Feminine Culture and the Pursuit of Pleasure
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Shopping Around investigates the issues of contemporary popular narrative, feminine pleasure, and consumer culture, viewing the permutations of the feminine subject as a textual construction evolved through everyday life. A wide spectrum of texts are examined, exposing the fact that women "read"...
Oz behind the Iron Curtain
Aleksandr Volkov and His Magic Land Series
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
Recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Faculty Research Achievement Award in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics at Syracuse University
In 1939, Aleksandr Volkov (1891-1977) published Wizard of the Emerald City, a revised version of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz....
Engaging the Past
Mass Culture and the Production of Historical Knowledge
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2015
Reading films, television dramas, reality shows, and virtual exhibits, among other popular texts, Engaging the Past examines the making and meaning of history for everyday viewers. Contemporary media can encourage complex interactions with the past that have far-reaching consequences for history and...
Going Scapegoat
Post-9/11 War Literature, Language and Culture
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2016
Since 9/11, war literature has become a key element in American popular culture, spurring critical debate about depictions of combat—Who can write war literature? When can they do it? This book presents a new way to closely read war narratives, questioning the idea of “combat gnosticism”—the...
The Mermaid Handbook
An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Answer the enchanting siren call of the mermaid with this comprehensive, lavishly illustrated and intricately designed one-of-a-kind lifestyle compendium from the editor in chief of Faerie Magazine and author of The Faerie Handbook and globally published novel Mermaid, packed with lore, legends, facts...
Global Manga
'Japanese' Comics without Japan?
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Outside Japan, the term ’manga’ usually refers to comics originally published in Japan. Yet nowadays many publications labelled ’manga’ are not translations of Japanese works but rather have been wholly conceived and created elsewhere. These comics, although often derided and dismissed as...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
In 1956 many people thought rock `n' roll was a passing fad, yet over forty years later , more than ever, Popular Music is a part of contemporary culture, reinventing itself for successive generations. Pop embraces its own history, with musicians from every genre routinely sampling the sounds of the...
The Meaning Of Tango
The Story of the Argentinian Dance
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2014
From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world - a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance. The Tango was the cornerstone of Argentine culture, and has lasted for more than a hundred years, popular...
All-American TV Crime Drama
Feminism and Identity Politics in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2016
Law and Order Special Victims Unit (SVU) is more popular than any other American police procedural television series, but how does its unique focus on sex crimes reflect contemporary popular culture and feminist critique, whilst also recasting the classic crime narrative?
Leslie Fiedler
Critic, Provocateur, Pop Culture Guru
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
The controversial Leslie Fiedler (1917–2003) was one of the first critics of popular culture as well as an early proponent of queer theory. This book traces the evolution of this larger-than-life figure through an extensive examination of his works. Beginning with his homoerotic reading of the relationship...
Japan Traveler's Companion
Japan's Most Famous Sights From Okinawa to Hokkaido
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2017
Japan mesmerizes and bewilders the visitor in equal measure, making a top-notch travel guide essential for anyone planning a trip to the land of the rising sun.
Rob Goss is an award-winning Japan travel writer who has lived in the country for years. From fast-paced Tokyo to the serene temples...
Hallyu 2.0
The Korean Wave in the Age of Social Media
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
Collectively known as Hallyu, Korean music, television programs, films, online games, and comics enjoy global popularity, thanks to new communication technologies. In recent years, Korean popular culture has also become the subject of academic inquiry. Whereas the Hallyu’s impact on Korea’s national...
Specter of the Monolith
Nihilism, the Sublime, and Human Destiny in Space-From Apollo and Hubble to 2001, Star Trek, and Interstellar
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2017
Science geeks and space film fans, take a journey through the questions from your favorite movies that may continue to haunt or puzzle you. Specter of the Monolith offers a radically original critique of how humans have confronted the majesty of the vast universe—via art, media, science, pop culture,...