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Inventing the Public Enemy : the Gangster in American Culture (96 Edition)
by David E. Ruth
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In this richly detailed account of mass media images, David Ruth looks at Al Capone and other "invented" gangsters of the 1920s and 1930s. The subject of innumerable newspaper and magazine articles, scores of novels, and hundreds of Hollywood movies, the... ( read more)
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Disneyization of Society (04 Edition)
by Alan Bryman
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`Alan Bryman has expanded on his internationally well-known work on Disney theme parks and Disneyization to create a fascinating and highly readable book. It should prove of interest to beginning students in a number of different courses and fields, as... ( read more)
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Stephen King's Danse Macabre
by Stephen King
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Stephen King explores the phenomenon of horror in a century of film, television, radio, and literature. Who better than King to investigate what terrifies his fans?... ( read more)
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Movies for the Masses : Popular Cinema and Soviet Society in the 1920S (92 Edition)
by Denise J. Youngblood
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A pathbreaking study of Soviet cinema in the 1920s.... ( read more)
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Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga
by Frederick L Schodt
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Drawn in styles ranging from the crudely vulgar to the highly refined, and covering every genre from naive romance to high-tech cybervisions, manga (Japanese comics) are a sophisticated narrative art. In Japan, where manga were born, the art is today... ( read more)
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News Culture
by Stuart Allan
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A fascinating study of the modern media--and how it shapes our world News Culture is an introduction to the forms, practices, institutions, and audiences of journalism. It begins with a historical consideration of the rise of "objective" reporting in... ( read more)
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Transforming Modernity : Popular Culture in Mexico (93 Edition)
by Nestor G. Canclini
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Is popular culture merely a process of creating, marketing, and consuming a final product, or is it an expression of the artist's surroundings and an attempt to alter them? Noted Argentine/Mexican anthropologist Nestor Garcia Canclini addresses these... ( read more)
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Popular Culture : an Introductory Text (92 Edition)
by Jack Nachbar
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"Popular Culture: An Introductory Text" provides the means for a new examination of the different faces of the American character in both its historical and contemporary identities. The text is highlighted by a series of extensive introductions to... ( read more)
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Youthscapes (04 Edition)
by George Lipsitz
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Young people, it seems, are both everywhere and nowhere. The media are crowded with images of youth as deviant or fashionable, personifying a society's anxieties and hopes about its own transformation. However, theories of globalization, nationalism, and... ( read more)
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The Culture Industry: Selected Essays on Mass Culture (Routledge Classics)
by Theodor W Adorno
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This book is an unrivalled indictment of the banality of mass culture - Adorno's finest essays are collected here, offering the reader unparalleled insights into Adorno's thoughts on culture.... ( read more)
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Refried Elvis : the Rise of the Mexican Counterculture (99 Edition)
by Eric Zolov
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From the arrival of Elvis in Mexico during the 1950s to the emergence of a full-blown counterculture movement by the late 1960s and into the 70s, Zolov uses rock to illuminate Mexican history. Zolov shows rock music as a commodity, with influences shaped... ( read more)
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Kinderculture 2ND Edition
by Shirley Steinberg
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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.... ( read more)
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Recasting America: Culture and Politics in the Age of Cold War
by Lary May
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"The freshness of the authors' approaches . . . is salutary. . . . The collection is stimulating and valuable."—Joan Shelley Rubin, Journal of American... ( read more)
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Rebellious Laughter: People's Humor in American Culture
by Joseph Boskin
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Joseph Boskin changes the way we think about the ordinary joke and its connection to historical forces. Claiming that humor in America is a primary cultural weapon, Boskin surveys and analyzes the multitude of joke cycles that have swept the country... ( read more)
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Permitted and Prohibited Desires
by Anne Allison
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A fascinating exploration of the varied culture of sex and sexuality, power and gender dynamics, in contemporary Japan.... ( read more)
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Nightmare on Main Street : Angels, Sadomasochism, and the Culture of Gothic (97 Edition)
by Mark Edmundson
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Once we've terrified ourselves reading Anne Rice or Stephen King, watching Halloweenor following the O. J. Simpson trial, we can rely on the comfort of our inner child or Robert Bly's bongos, an angel, or even a crystal. In a brilliant assessment of... ( read more)
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Disney Discourse: Producing the Magic Kingdom
by Eric Loren Smoodin
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Taking the seemingly gentle innocence of a "beloved" national icon, as well as forms of entertainment - theme parks, cartoons, and television - the essays examine the broader issues raised by analysis: the global impact of American popular culture, the... ( read more)
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Worlds of Japanese Popular Culture (98 Edition)
by Dolores (ed.) Martinez
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This is a lively discussion of Japanese popular culture from an anthropological perpective. An international team of authors considers a broad range of topics, including sumo, karaoke, manga, women's magazines, soccer and morning television. Through... ( read more)
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Rethinking Popular Culture: Contemporary Perspectives in Cul
by Chandra Mukerji
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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... ( read more)
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Nobrow: The Culture of Marketing, the Marketing of Culture
by John Seabrook
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From John Seabrook, one of our most incisive and amusing cultural critics, comes Nobrow, a fascinatingly original look at the radical convergence of marketing and culture. <BR>In the old days, highbrow was elite and unique and lowbrow was... ( read more)
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