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Comedy and the Politics of Representation
Mocking the Weak
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2018
This edited collection explores the representations of identity in comedy and interrogates the ways in which “humorous” constructions of gender, sexuality, ethnicity, religion, class and disability raise serious issues about privilege, agency and oppression in popular culture. Should there be...
DIY Style
Fashion, Music and Global Digital Cultures
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Armed with cheap digital technologies and a fiercely independent spirit, millions of young people from around the world have taken cultural production into their own hands, crafting their own clothing lines, launching their own record labels, and forging a vast, collaborative network of impassioned...
Fandom as Classroom Practice
A Teaching Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2018
Providing ways to engage students through their popular culture interests, this collection brings together several essays, across disciplines, to show how fan practices such as writing fan fiction, creating vids, communicating via Tumblr, and participating in film tourism can invite students to invest...
The Beauty Industry
Gender, Culture, Pleasure
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2004
The beauty industry is now a multinational, multi-million dollar business. In recent years its place in contemporary culture has altered hugely as salons have become not simply places to have your hair cut or your nails done, but increasingly sites of physical and even spiritual therapy.
In...
OK:The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times every...
by Joe Mande
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
A hilarious send-up—and ironic celebration—of hipster culture based on the hugely popular website
Look at this Fucking Hipster (LATFH.com) was born in April 2009 as a way to help author Joe Mande help his dad answer the question, "Is that a hipster?" Months later, with millions...
Age of the Geek
Depictions of Nerds and Geeks in Popular Media
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2017
This collection examines the nerd and/or geek stereotype in popular culture today. Utilizing the media—film, TV, YouTube, Twitter, fiction—that often defines daily lives, the contributors interrogate what it means to be labeled a “nerd” or “geek.” While the nerd/geek that is so easily...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
Since its premiere in November 1963, the classic British television programme Doctor Who has been a cornerstone of popular culture for half a century. From the earliest ‘Exterminate!’ to the recent ‘Allons-y!,’ from the white-haired grandfather to the wide-grinned youth, the show has depicted...
Welcome to Utopia
Notes from a Small Town
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
BONUS: This edition contains a new Afterword and a reading group guide.
Utopia, Texas: It’s either the best place on earth, or it’s no place at all.
In the twenty-first century, it’s difficult to imagine any element of American life that remains untouched by popular culture, let alone...
Blasian Invasion
Racial Mixing in the Celebrity Industrial Complex
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2017
Myra S. Washington probes the social construction of race through the mixed-race identity of Blasians, people of Black and Asian ancestry. She looks at the construction of the identifier Blasian and how this term went from being undefined to forming a significant role in popular media. Today Blasian...
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...
...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...
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...
Fashion Fads Through American History: Fitting Clothes into Context
Fitting Clothes into Context
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
Perfect for any reader interested in fashion, history, or popular culture, this text is an essential resource that presents vital information and informed analysis of key fashion fads not found elsewhere.
• Provides high school and college students with interesting information about the direct...