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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... (read more)  List Price $22.95 Your price $8.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
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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... (read more) List Price $34.50 Your price $21.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $28.95 Your price $22.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Dick Hebdige Synopsis 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... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price $13.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $51.25 Your price $32.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stanley Lieberson Synopsis What accounts for our tastes? Why and how do they change over time? In this innovative book Stanley Lieberson analyzes children's first names to develop an original theory of fashion. Children's names provide an opportunity to view the pure mechanisms of... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Simon Reynolds 
Powells.com Staff Pick For those of you who think that the related electronic music scenes of house, techno, disco, rave, etc. are a "white" thing, this book will set you straight. Disco and house music emerged from the underground Black and Latin gay dance... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $12.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Steven Watts Synopsis Part biography and part cultural analysis, this work sheds some light on the cultural icon of "Uncle Walt". It also digs deeply into Disney's private life, investigating his roles as husband, father, and brother and proving insights into his peculiar... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Greg Critser Publisher Comments In this astonishing expose, journalist Greg Critser looks beyond the sensational headlines to reveal why nearly 60 percent of Americans are now overweight. Critser's sharp-eyed reportage and sharp-tongued analysis make for a disarmingly funny and truly... (read more) List Price $13.00 Your price $7.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price $19.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price $14.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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.... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price $19.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stephen M. Fjellman Publisher Comments Walt Disney World is a pilgrimage site filled with utopian elements, craft, and whimsy. It’s a pedestrian’s world, where the streets are clean, the employees are friendly, and the trains run on time. All of its elements are themed, presented... (read more) List Price $52.00 Your price $39.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $61.95 Your price $46.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Herbert J. Gans Publisher Comments Is NYPD Blue a less valid form of artistic expression than a Shakespearean drama? Who is to judge and by what standards?In this new edition of Herbert Gans’s brilliantly conceived and clearly argued landmark work, he builds on his critique of the... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price $11.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anna Tomasino Synopsis This brief, provocative reader explores American popular culture from The Sopranos to the Simpsons, from MP3 players to comic books, from Andy Warhol to hip hop. Anyone who wants to understand what Americans are seeing, thinking, and doing in the 21st... (read more) List Price $20.00 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Mark Dery
Publisher Comments From the far left to the far right, on talk radio and the op-ed page, more and more Americans believe that the social fabric is unraveling. Celebrity worship and media frenzy, suicidal cultists and heavily armed secessionists: modern life seems to have... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $1.63 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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