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When Samuel Beckett’s work first appeared, it was routinely described, by Adorno amongst others, as a clear example of European high culture. However, this judgement ignored an aspect of Beckett’s w……続きを見る

Building on the groundbreaking Techno-Orientalism: Imagining Asia in Speculative Fiction, History, and Media, published by Rutgers University Press in 2015, Techno-Orientalism 2.0: New Intersections……続きを見る

OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD 'A hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases' BARACK OBAMA 'One of the most important books I've ev……続きを見る

From Jezebel.com, the popular website for women, comes a must-read encyclopedic guide to pop culture, feminism, fashion, sex, and much more. Within months of Jezebel's May 2007 appearance on the new……続きを見る

'Her stories have the power to transform your life' Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Maybe You Should Talk to Someone 'Radically changes the way we think about mental illness, pleasure, pain, re……続きを見る

From universities to governments, the Big Five publishers to Amazon, the influence of institutions abounds in US publishing. A diverse array of books from around the globe have been made into world ……続きを見る

Contemporary cultural style boosts transparency and instantaneity. These are values absorbed from our current economic conditions of "disintermediation": cutting out the middleman. Like Uber, but fo……続きを見る

This book explores how women scientists are portrayed in hit American TV comedies The Big Bang Theory, Never Have I Ever, and Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist using a science communication lens. The au……続きを見る

Drawing on urban and community resilience literature, Urban Preppers and the Pandemic in New York City: Class, Resilience and Sheltering in Place offers a detailed qualitative analysis of the impact……続きを見る

A Critical Companion to Steven Spielberg offers a comprehensive, detailed study of the works of Steven Spielberg. Spielberg's early productions stand as landmarks in contemporary cinema, and his inv……続きを見る

This is a concise and accessible introduction into the concept of objectification, one of the most frequently recurring terms in both academic and media debates on the gendered politics of contempor……続きを見る

An incisive history of the controversial Google Books project and the ongoing quest for a universal digital library Libraries have long talked about providing comprehensive access to information for……続きを見る

Disney Princesses and Tween Identity: The Franchise in Illiberal Hungary examines how tweens in illiberal Hungary construct verbal and visual identities through engagement with Disney princess anima……続きを見る

What do The Family Circus, Ziggy, and The Far Side have in common? They are all single-panel comics, a seemingly simple form that cartoonists have used in vastly different ways. Singular Sensations ……続きを見る

A smart and incisive exploration of everyone’s favorite dinosaur movie and the female dinosaurs who embody what it means to be angry, monstrous, and free The Jurassic Park series is one of the most ……続きを見る

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access, thanks to Knowledge Unlatched Funding, and is freely available to read online. Our aging societies have become increasingly digitalized, leading to co……続きを見る

Drawing on examples from across the continent, this volume examines socially significant aspects of contemporary African popular cultureーincluding music cultures, fandoms, and community, mass, and ……続きを見る

Following its meteoric rise, the Emmy award-winning series Schitt’s Creek (2015-2020) has become a cultural force with its catchphrases and meme-able moments. In Class, Identity, and Finding the Rig……続きを見る

A practical companion to the international bestseller Dopamine Nation**, for individuals, families, counsellors, teachers, and anyone who wants to go beyond the narrative and engage in practices tha……続きを見る

A Critical Companion to Julie Taymor is the most updated and holistic volume on the director currently published. Situating Taymor’s work within the intersections of story and spectacle, contributor……続きを見る

Can television shows like Stranger Things, popular music by performers like Taylor Swift, advertisements for products like Samuel Adams beer, and films such as The Hunger Games help us understand rh……続きを見る

The Year's Work in Showgirls Studies is a fan culture volume that deconstructs how and why Showgirls**, a 1995 drama with a female lead bent on becoming a famous performer in Las Vegas, became a muc……続きを見る

Exploring the changing nature of ‘self’ through the lens of popular culture and how changes in science, philosophy, technology, and society might impact our sense of self in the future. Look in the ……続きを見る

This book provides a detailed account of the creative, economic and regulatory processes underlying the production of children’s television in a multi-platform era. Its collection of integrated case……続きを見る

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR Chosen by the Financial Times and Stylist as a Book To Read in 2024 'Schaffner is insightful, charming and visionary' Susan Elderkin, author of The Novel Cure Bu……続きを見る

"A surprising and ambitious investigation of language and the varied ways women resist the paradoxes of patriarchy both on and off the page."ーNew York Times Combining the soul-baring confessional o……続きを見る

On Extremity: From Music to Images, Words, and Experiences brings together transdisciplinary scholarship on sounds, images, words, and experiences (human and non-human) to reflect on the polysemic a……続きを見る

The 1970s has often been hailed as a great moment for American film, as a generation of “New Hollywood” directors like Scorsese, Coppola, and Altman offered idiosyncratic visions of what movies coul……続きを見る

»Susan Sontag hat mein Leben verändert. Die Beschäftigung mit ihr hat mir schlagartig klargemacht: Denken kann glamourös sein, und es kann unsere Sinne schärfen.« Susan Sontag ist Kult. Für Generati……続きを見る

Blockheads, Beagles, and Sweet Babboos: New Perspectives on Charles M. Schulz's "Peanuts" sheds new light on the past importance, ongoing significance, and future relevance of a comics series that m……続きを見る