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The Power of Sports
Media and Spectacle in American Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2019
A provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of—and punctures the hype around—big-time contemporary American athletics
In an increasingly secular, fragmented, and distracted culture, nothing brings Americans together quite like sports. On Sundays in September,...
Don't Look Back In Anger
The rise and fall of Cool Britannia, told by those who were there
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2019
The nineties was the decade when British culture reclaimed its position at the artistic centre of the world. Not since the 'Swinging Sixties' had art, comedy, fashion, film, football, literature and music interwoven into a blooming of national self-confidence. It was the decade of Lad Culture and...
'Cold War Culture' und christlicher Fundamentalismus in James Camerons Terminator 1 & 2
Zur kulturellen Anschlussfähigkeit der Filme und ihrer Darstellung der Wissenschaft
Language: German
Release Date: June 17, 2008
Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Medien, Kunst, Musik, Note: 1,0, Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel (Institut für Sozialwissenschaften), Veranstaltung: Mediensoziologie: Zur kulturellen Anschlussfähigkeit von Spielfilmen, 17 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache:...
Never Drank the Kool-Aid
Essays
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2007
His name is Touré--just Touré--and like many of the musicians, athletes, and celebrities he's profiled, he has affected the way that we think about culture in America. He has profiled Eminem, 50 Cent, and Alicia Keys for the cover of Rolling Stone. He's played high-stakes poker with Jay-Z and basketball...
Sam Quek
Hope and a Hockey Stick
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2018
Sam Quek is mainly known for her starring role in the 2016 Olympic gold medal winning hockey team. This was the first time a British ladies team had won gold, but what is much less known is that Sam’s rise to the top of her spot was far from easy.
Sam missed out on being part of Team GB at...
by John Dicker
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2005
An irreverent, hard-hitting examination of the world's largest-and most reviled-corporation, which reveals that while Wal-Mart's dominance may be providing consumers with cheap goods and plentiful jobs, it may also be breeding a culture of discontent.
It employs one of every 115 American workers....
The Real Thing
Truth and Power at the Coca-Cola Company
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2004
A definitive history of Coca-Cola, the world’s best-known brand, by a New York Times reporter who has followed the company and who brings fresh insights to the world of Coke, telling a larger story about American business and culture
The Real Thing is a portrait of America’s most famous...
Pop Icons and Business Legends
History of Commerce and Heritage of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
A unique and fresh perspective on how to achieve business success based on the careers of modern history’s greatest pop figures.
Stroll through the past and discover the fusion of pop culture and business. From Walt Disney to Bill Gates, from Burt Bacharach to Howard Hughes, from Steven Spielberg...
by Camille Paglia
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 31, 2011
A collection of twenty of Paglia's out-spoken essays on contemporary issues in America's ongoing cultural debate such as Anita Hill, Robert Mapplethorpe, the beauty myth, and the decline of education in America.
Metamodernism
Historicity, Affect, and Depth after Postmodernism
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2017
Metamodernism: Historicity, Affect, Depth brings together many of the most influential voices in the scholarly and critical debate about post-postmodernism and twenty-first century aesthetics, arts and culture. By relating cutting-edge analyses of contemporary literature, the visual arts and film...
TIME FOR KIDS Top 5 of Everything
Tallest, Tastiest, Fastest!
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2016
Here's a trivia quiz for you: What are the five most popular names for dogs? Which five nations spend the most on chocolate per year? What are the five oldest baseball stadiums? Who were the five youngest Presidents? The answers to those questions-and dozens more-are found in the Time For Kids Top...
The Downtown Pop Underground
New York City and the literary punks, renegade artists, DIY filmmakers, mad playwrights, and rock 'n' roll glitter queens who revolutionized culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2018
The 1960s to early ’70s was a pivotal time for American culture, and New York City was ground zero for seismic shifts in music, theater, art, and filmmaking. The Downtown Pop Underground takes a kaleidoscopic tour of Manhattan during this era and shows how deeply interconnected all the alternative...
Seduced by Mrs. Robinson
How "The Graduate" Became the Touchstone of a Generation
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
***An Amazon Best Book of the Month*
“[Gray] writes smartly and insightfully . . . The book as a whole offers a fascinating look at how this movie tells a timeless story.” —The Washington Post**
Mrs. Robinson, you’re trying to seduce me. Aren’t you?
When The Graduate...
Geek Wisdom
The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2011
THE GEEKS HAVE INHERITED THE EARTH.
Computer nerds are our titans of industry; comic-book superheroes are our Hollywood idols; the Internet is our night on the town. Clearly, geeks know something about life in the 21st century that other folks don’t—something we all can learn from. Geek...