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Spacefarers
Images of Astronauts and Cosmonauts in the Heroic Era of Spaceflight
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2013
The recent 50th anniversaries of the first human spaceflights by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the 30th anniversary of the launching of the first U.S. Space Shuttle mission, have again brought to mind the pioneering accomplishments of the first quarter century of humans in space. Historians,...
Economics of the Undead
Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Whether preparing us for economic recovery after the zombie apocalypse, analyzing vampire investment strategies, or illuminating the market forces that affect vampire-human romances, Economics of the Undead: Zombies, Vampires, and the Dismal Science gives both seasoned economists and layman readers...
Performing Folklore
Ranchos Folcloricos from Lisbon to Newark
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2005
Through the lens of expressive culture, Performing Folklore tracks Portugal’s transition from fascism to democracy, and from imperial metropole to EEC member state. Kimberly DaCosta Holton examines the evolution and significance of ranchos folclóricos, groups of amateur musicians and dancers who...
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Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Offering readers an engaging, accessible, and balanced account of the contributions of American Muslims to the contemporary United States, this important book serves to clarify misrepresentations and misunderstandings regarding Muslim Americans and Islam.
• Identifies the contributions of...
Cultures of War in Graphic Novels
Violence, Trauma, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: July 6, 2018
Cultures of War in Graphic Novels examines the representation of small-scale and often less acknowledged conflicts from around the world and throughout history. The contributors look at an array of graphic novels about conflicts such as the Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901), the Irish struggle for national...
Consumerism on TV
Popular Media from the 1950s to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2016
Presenting case studies of well-known shows including Will and Grace, Birds of a Feather, Sex and the City and Absolutely Fabulous, as well as 'reality' television, this book examines the transformations that have occurred in consumer society since its appearance and the ways in which these have been...
The Age of Promiscuity
Narrative and Mythological Meme Mutations in Contemporary Cinema and Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
This book presents an original and engaging look at contemporary popular culture, opening with the provocative idea that this is a day and age of complete exhaustion of ideas, images, stories, and myths. Questioning the effects of content recycling in cinema and other media, the author further elaborates...
Dinosaurs Ever Evolving
The Changing Face of Prehistoric Animals in Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2016
From their discovery in the 19th century to the dawn of the Nuclear Age, dinosaurs were seen in popular culture as ambassadors of the geological past and as icons of the “life through time” narrative of evolution. They took on a more foreboding character during the Cold War, serving as a warning...
by Aaron Gulyas
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Popular media has become a common means by which students understand both the present and the past. Consequently, more teachers are using various forms of popular culture as pedagogical tools in the history classroom. Among the many materials available to teachers in the digital age are public-domain...
Forensic Science in Contemporary American Popular Culture
Gender, Crime, and Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2013
This book identifies, traces, and interrogates contemporary American culture's fascination with forensic science. It looks to the many different sites, genres, and media where the forensic has become a cultural commonplace. It turns firstly to the most visible spaces where forensic science has captured...
by Kristen J. Warner
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2015
This book fills a significant gap in the critical conversation on race in media by extending interrogations of racial colorblindness in American television to the industrial practices that shape what we see on screen. Specifically, it frames the practice of colorblind casting as a potent lens for...
Consuming Japan
Popular Culture and the Globalizing of 1980s America
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2017
This insightful book explores the intense and ultimately fleeting moment in 1980s America when the future looked Japanese. Would Japan's remarkable post–World War II economic success enable the East Asian nation to overtake the United States? Or could Japan's globe-trotting corporations serve as...
The Korean Wave
Evolution, Fandom, and Transnationality
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Since the Korean Wave phenomenon started in 1997, Hallyu has undergone many changes. Geographically, while Asia has been the largest cultural market for the Korean cultural industries, other parts of society, including North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America have gradually admitted...
Time Travel in Popular Media
Essays on Film, Television, Literature and Video Games
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
In recent years numerous films, television series, comic books, graphic novels and video games have featured time travel narratives, with characters jumping backward, forward and laterally through time. No rules govern time travel in these stories. Some characters move by machine, some by magic, others...