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Land of Desire: Merchants, Power, and the Rise of a New American Culture
by William Leach  Publisher Comments This monumental work of cultural history was nominated for a National Book Award. It chronicles America's transformation, beginning in 1880, into a nation of consumers, devoted to a cult of comfort, bodily well-being, and endless acquisition. 24 pages of...
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A Massive Swelling: Celebrity Reexamined as a Grotesque, Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revelations
by Cintra Wilson Synopsis In "A Massive Swelling", Wilson takes on every pop-art sacred cow imaginable, toppling icons as diverse as Barbara Streisand, Michael Jackson, and Bruce Willis. Cherished for her "laser-light" prose, she gets to the heart of the humiliating fascination...
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A Consumers' Republic: The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America
by Lizabeth Cohen Publisher Comments In this signal work of history, Bancroft Prize winner and Pulitzer Prize finalist Lizabeth Cohen shows how the pursuit of prosperity after World War II fueled our pervasive consumer mentality and transformed American life. Trumpeted as a means to...
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Subculture: The Meaning of Style (New Accents)
by Dick Hebdige Publisher Comments Complex and remarkably lucid, it's the first book dealing with punk to offer intellectual content. Hebdige is concerned with the UK's postwar, music-centred, white working-class subcultures, from teddy boys to mods and rockers to skinheads and punks.' - "...
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100 Posters, 134 Squirrels: A Decade of Hot Dogs, Large Mammals, and Independent Rock: The Handcrafted Art of Jay Ryan
by Jay Ryan Publisher Comments A greatest-hits collection of the last decade of Jay Ryan's compelling posters, 100 Posters, 134 Squirrels showcases one of underground poster art's most prolific and talented practitioners. Framed by essays from luminaries in the music, design, and...
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Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cul
by Chandra Mukerji Publisher Comments Rethinking Popular Culture selects some of the best and most important recent work analyzing popular culture. Drawing upon recent developments in cultural theory and the exciting new techniques of critical analysis, the essays in this volume break down...
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Hillbilly: A Cultural History of an American Icon
by Anthony Harkins Publisher Comments In this pioneering work of cultural history, historian Anthony Harkins argues that the hillbilly-in his various guises of "briar hopper," "brush ape," "ridge runner," and "white trash"-has been viewed by mainstream Americans simultaneously as a violent...
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Luxury Fever : Money and Happiness in an Era of Excess (99 Edition)
by Robert H. Frank Publisher Comments Noting that America is in the grip of a luxury-buying fever, the author offers the first comprehensive and accessible summary of scientific evidence suggesting America's spending choices are unhealthy, as people are working more and socializing less...
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Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History #1: Popular Culture in American History
by Jim Cullen Publisher Comments "Popular Culture in American History" collects the most widely cited and important writings on three hundred years of American popular culture. Each of the ten essays serves as a case study of a particular moment, issue, or form of popular culture, from...
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Mcdonaldization of Society New Century E
by George Ritzer Publisher Comments Most undergraduate students today have never lived in an un-McDonaldized world, and because this book speaks to them, it sparks lively class discussions. This new edition is finely updated, and even more interesting, as it demonstrates the globalization...
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Understanding Popular Culture (89 Edition)
by John Fiske Publisher Comments What is popular culture? How does it differ from mass culture? And what does popular "text" reveal about class, race, and gender dynamics in a society? In this bestselling work, Prof. Fiske takes a new approach to studying cultural artifacts....
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Windblown World: Journals of Jack Kerouac 1947-1954
by Jack Kerouac Publisher Comments Jack Kerouac is best known through the image he put forth in his autobiographical novels. Yet it is only his prolific journals, in which he set down the raw material of his life and thinking, that reveal to us the real Kerouac--his true, honest, deep...
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Top Secret: The Truth Behind Today's Pop Mysticisms
by Robert M Price Synopsis A noted religious scholar examines the historical roots and the current appeal of today's pop mysticisms. Critical and appreciative at the same time, Price applies his impressive background in theology and biblical criticism to put these trends in...
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Mascots & Mugs: The Characters and Cartoons of Subway Graffiti
by David Ch Villorente Publisher Comments Introduction by Jonathan Lethem. Text by David "Chino" Villorente, Todd "Reas" James....
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The Substance of Style: How the Rise of Aesthetic Value Is Remaking Commerce, Culture, and Consciousness
by Virginia I Postrel 
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Chuck Klosterman, Volume 4: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
by Chuck Klosterman
Powells.com Staff Pick One of Klosterman's most "dangerous ideas" may be his assertion that Billy Joel is a fantastic songwriter, but, oddly enough, his profile on the singer is not only fascinating, it earned him the wrath of Mr. Joel himself. How ironic! And yet, perhaps...
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The Encyclopedia of Japanese pop culture
by Mark Schilling Publisher Comments In the West, Japanese culture comes in the form of Power Rangers, Godzilla movies, and Sanrio products, but of course the indigenous pop culture is much richer. Rather than focus on what the rest of the world has already encountered, Mark Schilling...
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The Image: A Guide to Pseudo-Events in America
by Daniel Jos Boorstin Publisher Comments First published in 1962, this wonderfully provocative book introduced the notion of "pseudo-events" -- events such as press conferences and presidential debates, which are manufactured solely in order to be reported -- and the contemporary definition of...
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Coercion: Why We Listen to What "They" Say
by Douglas Rushkoff Publisher Comments Why do we always listen to what "they" say? A noted media pundit gives a devastating critique of the influences behind the culture of rampant consumerism, showing how the media attempts to interfere with rational decision-making. "An essential book for...
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Taz the Temporary Autonomous Zone 2ND Edition
by Hakim Bey
Powells.com Staff Pick "Since the WTO, anarchism is once again a household word. This book introduced a whole new generation to the enticements of the anarchist lifestyle when it was released in the early 90's. Still a password for acceptance in many circles, it is an...
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