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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Pop culture Pop culture Shirley Fedorak "While usually associated with facets of commercial culture, pop culture can and must be analyzed as an important part of material, economic, and political culture. The author begins by defining popu… OL15522432W
Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Welsh mythology and folklore in popular culture Audrey Becker "Examining how we interpret Welshness today, this volume brings together fourteen essays that examine the range of representations of Welsh mythology, folklore, and ritual in popular culture. Togethe… OL16183875W
Archaeology is a brand! Archaeology is a brand! Cornelius Holtorf Archa ologie - epochenu bergreifend - Archa ologie in der O ffentlichkeit - Popularkultur. OL16988262W
The Hobbits The Hobbits Lynnette R. Porter For generations of entranced readers, and now a new generation of filmgoers, Tolkien is synonymous with his most famous creation - the hobbit. Written for all those who are interested in Tolkien's wo… OL17888352W
Mix it up Mix it up David Grazian x, 259 pages : 24 cm OL18756596W
Playing the race card Playing the race card Linda Williams "The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, an… OL1959326W
Cultural hegemony in the United States Cultural hegemony in the United States Lee Artz,Bren A. Murphy "Popular usage equates hegemony with dominance - a meaning far from Antonio Gramsei's original concept where hegemony appears as a contested culture that meets the minimum needs of the majority while… OL20544849W
Are you entertained? Are you entertained? Simone C. Drake,Dwan K. Henderson "ARE YOU ENTERTAINED? re-examines Blackness in popular culture in the digital age. Inspired by Stuart Hall's essay "What is this 'Black' in Black popular culture?" this book contains essays and inter… OL20935618W
Men to boys Men to boys Gary S. Cross Publisher's description -- Adam Sandler movies, HBO's Entourage, and such magazines as Maxim and FHM all trade in and appeal to one character -- the modern boy-man. Addicted to video games, comic bo… OL2625028W
Ezra Pound, popular genres, and the discourse of culture Ezra Pound, popular genres, and the discourse of culture Michael Coyle <Blockquote> In 1917, having begun the long poem that would prove his life's work, Ezra Pound affirmed that the ultimate goal of scholarship is popularization. Few scholars subsequently have noticed… OL3502888W
Re-reading popular culture Re-reading popular culture Joke Hermes Re-reading Popular Culture is an entertaining investigation of the meanings and value of popular culture today. It explores the theme of cultural citizenship by combining textual analysis and media r… OL3746144W
The Nazi Conscience The Nazi Conscience Claudia Koonz The Nazi conscience is not an oxymoron. In fact, the perpetrators of genocide had a powerful sense of right and wrong, based on civic values that exalted the moral righteousness of the ethnic communi… OL5265263W