UNA - Popular Culture 1

Ein Reality Star ist eine Person, die durch ihre Teilnahme an Reality-Shows oder durch ihre Präsenz in den sozialen Medien bekannt geworden ist. Diese Art von Stars können aus verschiedenen Bereiche……続きを見る

Authoritarianism is on the marchーand so is dystopian fiction. In the brave new twenty-first century, young-adult series like The Hunger Games and Divergent have become blockbusters; after Donald Tr……続きを見る

Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude seemed destined for obscurity upon its publication in 1967. The little-known author, small publisher, magical style, and setting in a rem……続きを見る

Can a song trigger a murder? Can a poem spark a riot? Can a book divide a people? Away from the gaze of mainstream urban media, across India's dusty, sleepy towns, a brand of popular culture is quie……続きを見る

Quasi come Boccaccio: in principio è un giardino. Un ombroso, seicentesco hortus conclusus in cui un gruppo di scrittori si incontra per ragionare su un tema antico e ogni giorno nuovo: Napoli. Citt……続きを見る

From Bombay to Bollywood analyzes the transformation of the national film industry in Bombay into a transnational and multi-media cultural enterprise, which has come to be known as Bollywood. Combin……続きを見る

A docu-style investigation of our fascination with the gun, from the perspective of the hip-hop generation. The 2003 shooting death of Toronto community-centre worker Kempton Howard put the spotligh……続きを見る

Scholars have been arguing for years that Star Wars is more than light sabers, Wookies, Millennium Falcons, and troubling familial relationships. Star Wars is an exciting space fantasy that we can e……続きを見る

This book investigates the translation field as a hybrid space for the competing claims between the colonisers and the colonised. By tracing the process of the importation and appropriation of Irish……続きを見る

In The Black Subaltern, Shauna Knox revolts against the construct of the decontextualized self, electing instead to foreground the complex and problematic lived experience of the Black subaltern. Kn……続きを見る

This book combines content analysis of film and television cases, the examination of policy documents, and first-hand interview material with Danish industry professionals, tracing the pivotal momen……続きを見る

Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of th……続きを見る

Authoritarianism is on the marchーand so is dystopian fiction. In the brave new twenty-first century, young-adult series like The Hunger Games and Divergent have become blockbusters; after Donald Tr……続きを見る

Das Buch liefert eine affekttheoretisch informierte Analyse des Reality TV. Dabei wird das komplexe Affektgeschehen zwischen Fernsehsendung, Medientechnologie und den Körpern der Zuschauenden empiri……続きを見る

This book explores the transnational mobility, everyday life and digital media use of childcare workers living and working abroad. Focusing specifically on Filipina, Indonesian, and Sri Lankan nanni……続きを見る

In this first English-language history of the origins and impact of the Japanese pop music industry, Hiromu Nagahara connects the rise of mass entertainment, epitomized by ryūkōka (“popular songs”),……続きを見る

A Critical Companion to Stanley Kubrick offers a thorough and detailed study of the films of the legendary director. Labeled a recluse, a provocateur, and a perfectionist, Kubrick revolutionized fil……続きを見る

Gabriel García Márquez’s novel One Hundred Years of Solitude seemed destined for obscurity upon its publication in 1967. The little-known author, small publisher, magical style, and setting in a rem……続きを見る

Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports ……続きを見る