Matt - Popular Culture 1

The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that capturedーand transformedーthe world’s imagination. “A masterful book driven by deep research, new in……続きを見る

From Samurai sagas to Shibuya stories – discover the blossoming bookshops, bars, and backstreets of Japan’s literary capital. Tokyo is a city of contrasts – where centuries-old haiku echo in temple ……続きを見る

'Amazingly well researched, fabulously informative and an awful lot of fun. If you love Japanese culture or are just curious to know more I can't recommend this book highly enough' Jonathan Ross 'A ……続きを見る

When released in 2003, The Room, an obscure, self-financed relationship drama by an eccentric self-taught filmmaker named Tommy Wiseau, should have been completely forgotten. Yet nearly two decades ……続きを見る

From Cleopatra's gilded barge to the age of Instagram, Mythologies of Fame unravels how humanity has built, worshiped, and destroyed its idols for more than two thousand years. Historian Matthew Nic……続きを見る

Seasonal Shadows: The Groundhog Day Phenomenon explores how a simple, lighthearted tradition evolved into a powerful cultural ritual that continues to resonate in the modern world. Far from being ab……続きを見る

In contemporary culture, the stereotypical trappings of “redneckism” have been appropriated for everything from movies like Smokey and the Bandit to comedy acts like that of Larry the Cable Guy. Eve……続きを見る

A Metropolitan History of the Dutch Empire: Popular Imperialism in The Netherlands, 1850-1940 examines popular imperial culture in the Netherlands around the turn of the twentieth century. In variou……続きを見る

Make more of the outdoors with fifty new projects to engage in throughout the year. In this easy-to-follow illustrated guide, Head Gardener Matt Collins teaches us how to build, plant and enjoy our ……続きを見る

Narcissism is the defining pathology of the twenty-first century, but what if it is not self-obsession that defines us but a need for self-transformation? Narcissus in Bloom is a short history of th……続きを見る

While the connection between Ireland and the otherworldly has long been a staple of literature and the arts, it finds its most consistent and compelling expression in the medium of cinema. In the fi……続きを見る

This anthology critically evaluates archives and archival processes that collect, order, and preserve elements of television as historically, culturally, socially, politically, and economically sign……続きを見る

Though it ended more than thirty years ago, the Cold War still casts a long shadow over American society. Red Reckoning examines how the great ideological conflict of the twentieth century transform……続きを見る

"For the master's tools," the poet Audre Lorde wrote, "will never dismantle the master's house."Dismantlings is a study of literary, political, and philosophical critiques of the utopian claims abou……続きを見る

A century ago many Americans condemned envy as a destructive emotion and a sin. Today few Americans expect criticism when they express envy, and some commentators maintain that the emotion drives th……続きを見る

'Entertaining and insightful . . . Thorne's prose is a pleasure to read' ★★★★ MOJO 'A juicy account of great rivalries' OBSERVER 'Eccentric, passionate . . . and always engrossing' THE TIMES When an……続きを見る

"Jedes alte Wörterbuch ist ein Zwischenreich, in dem unter lauter bis heute Lebenden die Geister gestorbener Wörter umherspuken." In diesem Sinne hebt Matthias Heine liebenswerte Kulturgeschichten: ……続きを見る

Egress is the first book to consider the legacy and work of the writer, cultural critic and cult academic Mark Fisher. Narrated in orbit of his death as experienced by a community of friends and stu……続きを見る

Can social theories forge new paths into an uncertain future? The future has become increasingly difficult to imagine. We might be able to predict a few events, but imagining how looming disasters w……続きを見る

As the first collection dedicated to the relationship between television and the U.S. South, Small-Screen Souths addresses the growing interest in how mass culture represents the region and influenc……続きを見る

Playing at War offers an innovative focus on Civil War video games as significant sites of memory creation, distortion, and evolution in popular culture. With fifteen essays by historians, the colle……続きを見る

Martial Culture, Silver Screen analyzes war movies, one of the most popular genres in American cinema, for what they reveal about the narratives and ideologies that shape U.S. national identity. Edi……続きを見る

The Civil War tends to be remembered as a vast sequence of battles, with a turning point at Gettysburg and a culmination at Appomattox. But in the guerrilla theater, the conflict was a vast sequence……続きを見る

Everything AND the Kitchen Sink analyses 'kitchen sink realism' and the birth of 'pop cinema' in the context of contemporaneous debates surrounding politics, civil liberties, sexuality, race, immigr……続きを見る

Worship Nothing, Become Everything is a fire-starter for the soul, a brutal and beautiful confrontation with the systems that have quietly hijacked your identity. In a world obsessed with fame, vali……続きを見る

Emphasising the contradictions of fandom, Matt Hills outlines how media fans have been conceptualised in cultural theory. Drawing on case studies of specific fan groups, from Elvis impersonators to ……続きを見る

Mervyn LeRoy Comes to Town is the first book devoted to the career of one of the director/producers who in the early years of sound cinema was instrumental in establishing the Hollywood model of pro……続きを見る

Among the many collections of Egyptian proverbs, the standout is this compilation by Ahmad Taymour, a pioneer and leading figure in the field of paremiology. The Colloquial Proverbs was first publis……続きを見る

Choice 2025 Outstanding Academic Title Toxic nostalgia is not a new phenomenon, and instances of an undying past refusing to perish and plaguing the present, can be found throughout history. However……続きを見る

Whether intentional or not, the power of a moment in popular culture like The Witcher can illuminate and question what might be taken for granted or left unseen in our world. Theology, Religion and ……続きを見る