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The Naughty Nineties
The Triumph of the American Libido
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2017
A sexual history of the 1990s when the Baby Boomers took over Washington, Hollywood, and Madison Avenue. A definitive look at the captains of the culture wars -- and an indispensable road map for understanding how we got to the Trump Teens.
THE NAUGHTY NINETIES: The Triumph of the American...
by P. David Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
The Celebrity Persona Pandemic explores how the construction of a public persona is fetishized in contemporary culture. As social media has progressively led to a greater focus on the production of the self, so this book looks at the most visible versions of persona through figures such as Stephen Colbert,...
Killing Women
The Visual Culture of Gender and Violence
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
The essays in Killing Women: The Visual Culture of Gender and Violence find important connections in the ways that women are portrayed in relation to violence, whether they are murder victims or killers. The book’s extensive cultural contexts acknowledge and engage with contemporary theories and...
Anime’s Media Mix
Franchising Toys and Characters in Japan
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2012
In Anime’s Media Mix, Marc Steinberg convincingly shows that anime is far more than a style of Japanese animation. Beyond its immediate form of cartooning, anime is also a unique mode of cultural production and consumption that led to the phenomenon that is today called “media mix” in Japan and...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2014
"Of all the American people , the Quiché region of Guatemala have left us the richest mythological legacy. The story of creation, which appears in the Popol Vuh, which may be called the national book of the Quiché, in its rude and strange eloquence and poetic originality, is one of the most...
Prude
How the Sex-Obsessed Culture Damages Girls (and America, Too!)
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2009
Political analyst and commentator Carol Platt Liebau takes a hard look at the pervasiveness of sex in today's culture and the havoc it wreaks on young people.
by Jennifer L. McMahon, B. Steve Csaki, Shai Biderman
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
The western is arguably the most iconic and influential genre in American cinema. The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the West render the genre popular yet lead it to offer a view of America's history that is sometimes inaccurate. For many, the western...
Vampires and Zombies
Transcultural Migrations and Transnational Interpretations
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2016
The undead are very much alive in contemporary entertainment and lore. Indeed, vampires and zombies have garnered attention in print media, cinema, and on television. The vampire, with roots in medieval European folklore, and the zombie, with origins in Afro-Caribbean mythology, have both undergone...
Japanese Tattoos
History * Culture * Design
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2016
Thinking of getting a Japanese-style tattoo? Want to avoid a permanent mistake? Japanese Tattoos is an insider's look at the world of Japanese irezumi (tattoos).
Japanese Tattoos explains the imagery featured in Japanese tattoos so that readers can avoid getting ink they don't understand or,...
The Artificial Body in Fashion and Art
Marionettes, Models and Mannequins
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Artificial bodies constructed in human likeness, from uncanny automatons to mechanical dolls, have long played a complex and subtle role in human identity and culture. This book takes a range of these bodies, from antiquity to the present day, to explore how we seek out echoes, caricatures and replications...
Disneyland and Culture
Essays on the Parks and Their Influence
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
The success of Disneyland as the world’s first permanent, commercially viable theme park sparked the creation of a number of other parks throughout the world, from Florida to Japan, France, and Hong Kong. But the impact of Disneyland is not confined to the theme park arena. These essays explore...
The Cultural Study of Music
A Critical Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
What is the relationship between music and culture? The first edition of The Cultural Study of Music: A Critical Introduction explored this question with groundbreaking rigor and breadth. Now this second edition refines that original analysis while examining the ways the field has developed in the...
by Enfu
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
Bright, brazen color and unique lines rescue familiar images from the background of American and Japanese culture.
A treasure trove of Japanese and American iconography rendered in Enfu's style that is perfect for the pop culture fan.
Social and cultural intersections between east and...
Like a Film
Ideological Fantasy on Screen, Camera and Canvas
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2005
In this stimulating collection of theoretical writings on film, photography, and art, Timothy Murray examines relations between artistic practice, sexual and racial politics, theory and cultural studies.
Like a Film investigates how the cinematic apparatus has invaded the theory of culture, suggesting...