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by William H. Beezley  Publisher Comments 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 $35.50 Your price $21.50 (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 Publisher Comments 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 $29.95 Your price $23.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Ruben Martinez Publisher Comments Here is a convincing, often exhilarating vision of a new Latino culture that bubbles from San Salvador to L.A. and that embraces cumbia and hip-hop, anarchists and Catholic priests. The Other Side describes a future that--for some of us--has already... (read more) List Price $12.00 Your price $4.95 (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 $32.00 Your price $24.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Raiford A. Guins Publisher Comments </p> <p>A comprehensive collection of classic and contemporary writings on popular culture to explain and inspire!</p> <p></p> <p>Popular Culture: A Reader helps students understand the pervasive role of popular... (read more) List Price $69.25 Your price $47.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by William D. Romanowski Publisher Comments Grounded in Christian principles, this accessible and engaging book offers an informed, fascinating approach to popular culture. Romanowski provides affectionate yet astute analyses of familiar, well-loved movies, television characters, musicians, and... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Jessica Evans Publisher Comments Visual Culture provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines, including four editorial essays which place the readings in their historical and theoretical context. Although underpinned by a focus on... (read more) List Price $58.95 Your price $45.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by David Callahan Publisher Comments Free cable television. Imaginary tax deductions. Do you take your chance to cheat? David Callahan thinks many of us would; witness corporate scandals, doping athletes, plagiarizing journalists. Why all the cheating? Why now? Callahan blames the dog-eat... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.00 (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 $4.95 (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 Amy L. Best Publisher Comments "As lame as school dances can be, there's always that one moment." "Dawson's Creek" <BR>"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... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by George O. (ed.) Carney Publisher Comments 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 $27.95 Your price $11.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Stanley Lieberson Publisher Comments 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 $12.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
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by Morris Berman Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-193) and index.... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your price $5.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Anna Tomasino Publisher Comments 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 $18.75 Your price $15.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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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... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price $15.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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by Carla Freccero Publisher Comments From Madonna and drag queens to cyberpunk and webzines, popular culture constitutes a common and thereby critical part of our lives. Yet the study of popular culture has been condemned and praised, debated and ridiculed. In Popular Culture: An... (read more) List Price $21.00 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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