CK - Popular Culture 21

This collection argues that the romanticized conflation of “childhood” and “innocence” in American culture has been on a steady decline at least since the 1960s--largely due to postmodern critiques ……続きを見る

Since the 1990s, the West has seen a significant increase in women entering the tattoo industry as professional artists. Examining this kind of work through a sociological and feminist lens, Tattooi……続きを見る

A celebration and a history of the development of stealth video games, featuring revealing interviews from industry insiders. For many, video games are like magic. They hide in the dark and then app……続きを見る

The Exorcist Effect is a fascinating historical study of the ongoing relationship between horror movies and Western religious culture, with a focus on the period from 1968 to the modern day. Taking ……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

Do mar do Caribe à beira do Madeira há muitos espaços, tempos, discursos. Algumas narrativas, de tanto se ouvir/ler, já eram tidas como a história verdadeira, versão única da jornada de povos que aj……続きを見る

From the award-winning author of Dressing Up, a riveting and diverse history of women’s hair that reestablishes the cultural power of hairdressing in nineteenth-century America. In the nineteenth ce……続きを見る

“Nixon’s the One!” proclaimed his campaign paraphernalia. “Tricky Dick!” retorted his detractors. From presidential savior for conservative America to bete noire for the political Left, the Richard ……続きを見る

This collection examines the child’s role in contemporary post-apocalyptic films and television.. By exploring the function of child characters within a dystopian framework, this volume illustrates ……続きを見る

The definitive bible on all things Anne Boleyn from her guilt and execution to her relationship with Jesus Christ, as well as depiction of Anne in popular culture from TV series to West End musicals……続きを見る

Un acercamiento singular y único a Star Wars, que analiza la filosofía secreta que se esconde detrás del mítico universo creado por George Lucas. Debes desaprender aquello que has aprendido. Que l……続きを見る

SUEÑOS – MITOS – MÚSICA El presidente Barack Obama y el legendario músico Bruce Springsteen se reúnen para contar su historia estadounidense en RENEGADOS: Born in the USA Dos viejos amigos comparten……続きを見る

A concise musical biography traces the Beastie Boys' story from the New York punk scene through a blockbuster career that spans more than 20 years. Ever since they hit the big time with their 1986 r……続きを見る

This book, about real vampires and the communities they have formed, explores the modern world of vampirism in all its amazing variety. Long before Dracula, people were fascinated by vampires. The i……続きを見る

In this unique anthology of more than 80 personal stories, subjects ranging from the frivolous to the deadly serious combine to paint a picture of humanity at its most upbeat. A housewife and mother……続きを見る

Cinematic Landscape and Emerging Identities in Contemporary Latin American Film offers a series of perspectives, produced from a diverse array of aesthetic and theoretical approaches, that build on ……続きを見る

From punks and teddy boys to mods and rockers, the last fifty years has seen the British Isles overrun with the iconic styles and attitudes - youthful 'tribes' changing the world with their bold new……続きを見る

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER ‘Utterly brilliant. We all need to read this book’ CLAUDIA WINKLEMAN 'Patrick’s book is fascinating and sobering and makes a compelling argument for going back to basics’ ……続きを見る

Asks what has happened to English football and how we can launch a revolution amongst English fandom in order not just to take back control of the game, but invent new ways our society and economy c……続きを見る

For the first time ever, immerse yourself in the action-packed thrills of DC at the movies in one spectacular book. From the trailblazing 1940s movie serials that first put Batman and Superman on th……続きを見る

“Everything is sad,” wrote the Ancient poets. But is this sadness merely a human experience, projected onto the world, or is there a gloom attributable to the world itself? Could the universe be for……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 hilarious, heartfelt and nostalgic memoir about the classic video games that entertain and inspire us, and even hold the power to transform our lives, from an Emmy®-nominated comedian and former v……続きを見る

La pandémie du COVID-19 s’estompe mais les humeurs persistent ! Patrick Huchet nous présente son dernier recueil de chroniques, intitulé Humeurs post covidiennes – Tome III, dans lequel il continue ……続きを見る

This Pivot explores the cultural economy of comedy in the UK, looking specifically at the links between industry practices and structures and who produces comedy in the UK. The research is based on ……続きを見る

The Grotesque Modernist Body explores how and why modernist authors drew on the traditions of the grotesque body in order to represent modern reality accurately. The author employs the concept of th……続きを見る

Audience Interactions in Contemporary Celebrity Culture: Approaches from across Disciplines explores current understandings of celebrity-audience relationships in the context of digitalization and t……続きを見る

Born in the South Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, artist and writer George Pérez (1954–2022) cut his teeth in the 1970s as an artist at Marvel who worked on lesser titles like The Deadly Hands of Kun……続きを見る

U2’s ongoing popular appeal is constructed in the spaces between band and fan, commercialism and community, spirituality and nihilism; finding meaning in a surface-oriented popular culture and contr……続きを見る

"A fresh, profound, and fun way to look at all things astro while also making spot-on observations about your pop culture faves." ーCosmopolitan A soulful exploration of the twelve astrological sign……続きを見る