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Everyday Culture : Finding and Making Meaning in a Changing World (08 Edition)
by David Trend  Synopsis Everyday People examines the confluence of cultural and material possibility--the bringing together of thought and action in daily life. David Trend argues that an informed and invigorated citizenry can help reverse patterns of dehumanization and social...
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Peddling Poison: The Tobacco Industry and Kids (Criminal Justice, Delinquency, and Corrections,)
by Clete Snell Publisher Comments The social acceptance of tobacco use obscures the fact that it is the single greatest preventable cause of death in the U.S., and approximately 80% of those who use tobacco products began using them before the age of 18. Indeed, tobacco companies in the...
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Autograf: New York City's Graffiti Writers
by Peter Sutherland Publisher Comments Essays be REVS and Stephen ESPO Powers. With an eye for style, Sutherland captures all of the gritty glory and glamour of the graffiti world and its warriors....
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Exodus to the Virtual World: How Online Fun Is Changing Reality
by Edward Castronova Publisher Comments Virtual worlds have exploded out of online game culture and now capture the attention of millions of ordinary people: husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, workers, retirees. Devoting dozens of hours each week to massively multiplayer virtual reality...
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Here, There and Everywhere
by Reinhol Wagnleitner Publisher Comments Essays analyzing the stunning global success of American popular culture from Buffalo Bill's Wild West Shows to the Internet as the new American frontier....
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The Political Economy of Drugs in the Caribbean (International Political Economy)
by Ivelaw L. Griffith Publisher Comments This volume examines the regional and global contexts of the political economy of illegal narcotics operations in the Caribbean. It assesses some of the political economy connections and discusses measures adopted to contend with the region's illegal...
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The Caravan
by Stephen Gaskin Publisher Comments In 1970 hippy philosopher-teacher Stepehn Gaskin left San Francisco on a speaking tour of the U.S. He was accompanied by 250 of his friends and students in a caravan of 50 buses and assorted campers. Together they traveled over 8,000 miles as Stephen...
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Advertising and Popular Culture (96 Edition)
by Jib Fowles Synopsis Is it possible that consumers exploit advertising even more so than advertising exploits and influences our culture? Author Jib Fowles argues that consumers look to advertising to provide them with images that can assist them in negotiating the personal...
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White Mischief (04 Edition)
by Madge Publisher Comments Praised as a wonder drug by doctors throughout Europe and the United States upon its discovery nearly 150 years ago, perceptions of cocaine have now come full circle....
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Ideology and Modern Culture : Critical Social Theory in the Era of Mass Communication (90 Edition)
by John B. Thompson Publisher Comments In this major work, informed by materials from several disciplines and theoretical orientations, the author develops a distinctive and new account of the theory of ideology and relates it to the analysis of culture and mass communication in modern...
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Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud
by Robert L Park Publisher Comments In a time of dazzling scientific progress, how can we separate genuine breakthroughs from the noisy gaggle of false claims? From Deepak Chopra's "quantum alternative to growing old" to unwarranted hype surrounding the International Space Station, Robert...
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The Teds
by Chri Steele Perkins Publisher Comments The Teddy Boys were a flashily dressed, rebellious and sometimes violent youth movement that originated in Britain in the '50s. The three-quarter-length Edwardian jacket with velvet collar, drainpipe trousers and quiff became a focus of male fashion...
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Goth Chic 2ND Edition a Connoisseurs Guide To Dark Cul
by Gavin Baddeley Publisher Comments This lavishly illustrated book looks at Goth from both a pop and subculture perspective. Each chapter deals with a different artistic or cultural phenomenon--such as literature, photography, trash Goth, and the femme fatale--followed by an essay on...
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Signs and Wonders: The Secrets of Mystical Marketing
by Tama Starr Publisher Comments Signs and Wonders is a richly detailed history of the giant animated signs known as spectaculars, the evolution of which has mirrored the evolution of American commerce and society throughout the twentieth century. Although the book concentrates on Times...
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Living in the Rock 'n Roll Mystery: Reading Context, Self, & Others As Clues
by H Lloyd Goodall Publisher Comments Mystery, rather than “problem,” provides the context that the cultural ethnographer best uses to approach the experience of both the living and the writing of culture. In this work, H. L. Goodall, Jr., continues his discussion...
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Before We Croak!: A Message to the Woodstock Generation!
by Larry Keveson Publisher Comments "It's time for those of us who remember how great our generation was to start thinking about what else we need to do "Before We Croak." I agree with Mr. Keveson, we were the greatest, coolest, most evolutionary generation the world has ever seen, and for...
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Savage Pastimes: A Cultural History of Violent Entertainment
by Harold Schechter Publisher Comments Does violence in movies, on television and in comic strips and cartoons rot our children's brains and make zombies-or worse, criminals-of adults at the fringes? In this cogent, well-researched book, American pop-culture expert Harold Schechter argues...
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Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery: An Essay on Popular Culture
by Eva Illouz Publisher Comments Oprah Winfrey is an unprecedented and important cultural phenomenon. This book aims to understand the reasons for her spectacular success and visibility. Based on nearly one hundred show transcripts; a year and a half of watching the show regularly; and...
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Magic Kingdom : Walt Disney and the American Way of Life (97 Edition)
by Steven Watts Publisher Comments Part biography and part cultural analysis, Steven Watts's The Magic Kingdom sheds new light on the cultural icon of "Uncle Walt". Watts also digs deeply into Disney's private life, investigating his roles as husband, father, and brother and providing...
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The Marijuana Chef Cookbook
by S. T. Oner Publisher Comments High rollers looking for something more adventurous than "The Joy of Cooking" will find it in "The Marijuana Chef Cookbook." This guide to cannabis cuisine takes satisfying the munchies to a new level. In addition to such scrumptious and imaginative...
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