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Mistaking Africa : Curiosities and Inventions of the American Mind (99 Edition)
by Curtis A. Keim  Publisher Comments For most Americans, the mention of Africa immediately conjures up images of safaris, wild animals, strangely dressed "tribesmen," and impenetrable jungles. Few think to question these perceptions or ask how they came to be so deeply lodged in the...
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Culture Industry ((Rev)01 Edition)
by Theodor Adorno Synopsis The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most significant writings of the 20th century. It is out of this background that the critic Theodor Adorno emerged. This selection of his essays offers...
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Kinderculture : Corporate Construction of Childhood (2ND 04 Edition)
by Shirley Steinberg Publisher Comments America is a corporatized society defined by our culture of consumerism. One of the groups most targeted by corporations is children and youth. TV, movies, radio, video games, toys, books, and fast food are all directed specifically at consumers under 18....
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Unpredictable Past : Explorations in American Cultural History (93 Edition)
by Lawrence W. Levine Publisher Comments "The future is certain," according to an old Soviet joke, "it is only the past that is unpredictable." But it is not solely in totalitarian societies that the past is contested terrain. Disagreements about the meaning and significance of past events and...
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Making of Middlebrow Culture (92 Edition)
by Joan Shelly Rubin Publisher Comments The proliferation of book clubs, reading groups, "outline" volumes, and new forms of book reviewing in the first half of the twentieth century influenced the tastes and pastimes of millions of Americans. Joan Rubin here provides the first comprehensive...
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In the Flesh : the Cultural Politics of Body Modification (03 Edition)
by Victoria L. Pitts Publisher Comments ". . . a fascinating and sensitive look at body modification subcultures and the political debates surrounding them."-Patricia Clough, author of Autoaffection: Unconscious Thought in the Age of Teletechnology "The book refreshingly moves the arresting...
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Reinventing Comics
by Scott McCloud Publisher Comments < P> In 1993, Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture with the acclaimed international hit < I> Understanding Comics< /I> , a massive comic book that explored the inner workings of the worlds most misunderstood art...
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Mass Culture and Modernism in Egypt (96 Edition)
by Walter Armbrust Publisher Comments Study of popular culture and the representation of modern life in Egypt....
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Cigarettes Are Sublime
by Richard Klein Publisher Comments Cigarettes are bad for you; that is why they are so good. With its origins in the author's urgent desire to stop smoking, Cigarettes Are Sublime offers a provocative look at the literary, philosophical, and cultural history of smoking. Richard Klein...
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Latin American Popular Culture : an Introduction (00 Edition)
by William H. Beezley Synopsis Latin American Popular Culture: An Introduction is a collection of articles that explores a wide range of compelling cultural subjects in the region, including carnival, romance, funerals, medicine, monuments and dance, among others. The introduction...
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Living in the Usa 6TH Edition
by Alison Raymo Lanier Book News Annotation Davis draws on some 20 years of experience as an intercultural specialist and international student advisor in revising the late Alison Lanier's text for emigrants and visitors to the U.S. The updated and reorganized sixth edition reflects the many...
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Celebration, U.S.A: Living in Disney's Brave New Town
by Douglas Frantz Publisher Comments What is it like to start a new community-not a suburb or a subdivision, but a town, intended to be a self-supporting community that combines the best of the new technological innovations and the most cherished nostalgic elements of American towns? In...
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Magic Kingdom : Walt Disney and the American Way of Life (97 Edition)
by Steven Watts Publisher Comments The Magic Kingdom is a full-length investigation of the life of Walt Disney, arguably the principal architect of mass culture in our time. By mid-century, Uncle Walt had become an American icon and was universally acknowledged as the spokesman for the...
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Popular China (02 Edition)
by perry Link Synopsis Using ingenious research methods, the contributors to this book explore the search for meaning among ordinary people in China today. The subjects of these vivid essays span the social spectrum from hip young entrepreneurs to sweatshop workers and...
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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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Prom Night : Youth, Schools and Popular Culture (00 Edition)
by Amy L. Best Synopsis "As lame as school dances can be, there's always that one moment." "Dawson's Creek" "It was a crazy night because many of us did things we never expected. Some of us got drunk for the first time and others lost their virginity, like me. I look back on it...
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Consumer Society Reader (00 Edition)
by Juliet B. (ed.) Schor Synopsis A unique and definitive read on our "national passion"--buying stuff--and its consequences for American society, this landmark work of social criticism is sure to become the standard book on the subject....
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Fast Food, Stock Cars, and Rock-N-roll : Place and Space in American Pop Culture (95 Edition)
by George O. (ed.) Carney Synopsis The only anthology of its kind, this collection brings together classic and recent essays by thirteen leading geographers exploring American popular culture. The essays examine music, food, sports, politics, architecture, clothing, and religion within...
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Popular Culture : Reader (05 Edition)
by Raiford A. Guins Publisher Comments ??A comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary writings on popular culture to explain and inspire Popular Culture: A Reader helps students understand the pervasive role of popular culture and the processes that constitute it as a product of...
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Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson Publisher Comments The $10 billion video gaming industry is now the second-largest segment of the entertainment industry in the United States, outstripping film and far surpassing books. Reality television shows featuring silicone-stuffed CEO wannabes and bug-eating...
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