Popular Culture category: 4839 books
Strange Stars
How Science Fiction and Fantasy Transformed Popular Music
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
A Hugo Award-winning author and music journalist explores the weird and wild story of when rock ’n’ roll met the sci-fi world of the 1970s
As the 1960s drew to a close, and mankind trained its telescopes on other worlds, old conventions gave way to a new kind of hedonistic freedom that celebrated...
I Find Your Lack of Faith Disturbing
Star Wars and the Triumph of Geek Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
"Funny, incisive, and timely ... Jameson does for geeks what geek culture does for its superheroes: he takes them seriously, respects their power, and refuses to hide his deep affection." —Lawrence Kasdan, co-screenwriter of The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Force Awakens,...
The Birth of Korean Cool
How One Nation Is Conquering the World Through Pop Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2014
A FRESH, FUNNY, UP-CLOSE LOOK AT HOW SOUTH KOREA REMADE ITSELF AS THE WORLD'S POP CULTURE POWERHOUSE OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
By now, everyone in the world knows the song "Gangnam Style" and Psy, an instantly recognizable star. But the song's international popularity is no passing...
Superstars of the 21st Century: Pop Favorites of America's Teens
Pop Favorites of America's Teens
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2013
This book offers a series of biographical portraits of the young performers who have reached superstardom in today's popular culture.
• Chapters on the young superstars who are today's teen icons
• Photographs of the young superstars of this generation
• An extensive bibliography of additional sources in print and online
• A comprehensive index
Take the Cannoli
Stories From the New World
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2013
A wickedly funny collection of personal essays from popular NPR personality Sarah Vowell.
Hailed by Newsweek as a "cranky stylist with talent to burn," Vowell has an irresistible voice -- caustic and sympathetic, insightful and double-edged -- that has attracted a loyal following for her magazine...
Christmas in America
A History
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 1996
The manger or Macy's? Americans might well wonder which is the real shrine of Christmas, as they take part each year in a mix of churchgoing, shopping, and family togetherness. But the history of Christmas cannot be summed up so easily as the commercialization of a sacred day. As Penne Restad reveals...
Japanese and American Horror
A Comparative Study of Film, Fiction, Graphic Novels and Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2014
Horror fiction is an important part of the popular culture in many modern societies. This book compares and contrasts horror narratives from two distinct cultures—American and Japanese—with a focus on the characteristic mechanisms that make them successful, and on their culturally-specific aspects....
The Body Emblazoned
Dissection and the Human Body in Renaissance Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2013
An outstanding piece of scholarship and a fascinating read, The Body Emblazoned is a compelling study of the culture of dissection the English Renaissance, which informed intellectual enquiry in Europe for nearly two hundred years. In this outstanding work, Jonathan Sawday explores the dark, morbid...
Imagining the Present
Context, Content, and the Role of the Critic
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2012
Bringing together twenty-nine of Lawrence Alloway’s most influential essays in one volume, this fascinating collection provides valuable perspectives on the art and visual culture of the second half of the twentieth century.
Lawrence Alloway ranks among the most important critics of his time,...
by Victoria Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2013
Rock Climbing: The Ultimate Guide covers the history of rock climbing in the United States from its origins to the present day, documenting the importance and vitality of the popular sport. The chapters address topics such as the technicalities of the equipment and clothing, training methods, key...
Punk Rock: So What?
The Cultural Legacy of Punk
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
It's now over twenty years since punk pogo-ed its way into our consciousness. *Punk Rock So What?*brings together a new generation of academics, writers and journalists to provide the first comprehensive assessment of punk and its place in popular music history, culture and myth. The contributors,...
Arkansas/Arkansaw
How Bear Hunters, Hillbillies, and Good Ol’ Boys Defined a State
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
What do Scott Joplin, John Grisham, Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Maya Angelou, Brooks Robinson, Helen Gurley Brown, Johnny Cash, Alan Ladd, and Sonny Boy Williamson have in common? They’re all Arkansans. What do hillbillies, rednecks, slow trains, bare feet, moonshine, and double-wides have in common? For...
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by Jan Harold Brunvand
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
From roasted babies to vanishing hitchhikers to housewives in football helmets, this exhaustive and highly readable encyclopedia provides descriptions of hundreds of individual legends and their variations, examines legend themes, and explains scholarly approaches to the genre. Revised and expanded...
The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium
American Culture on the Brink
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
A wide-ranging collection of essays on millennial American culture that “marshals a vast pop vocabulary with easy wit” (The New York Times Book Review).
From the far left to the far right, on talk radio and the op-ed page, more and more Americans believe that the social fabric is unraveling....