Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
HISTORY OF POPULAR CULTURE: MORE OF EVERYTHING, FASTER AND BRIGHTER HISTORY OF POPULAR CULTURE: MORE OF EVERYTHING, FASTER AND BRIGHTER RAYMOND F. BETTS This lively and informative survey provides a thematic global history of popular culture focusing on the period since the end of the Second World War. Raymond Betts considers the rapid diffusion and … OL13625447W
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
Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture Key Terms in Popular Music and Culture Bruce Horner,Thomas Swiss This work presents 18 essays by scholars in the field of popular music studies. They collectively address the question: "What are we talking about when we talk about popular music?" Each essay maps t… OL19603304W
Red scared! Red scared! Michael Barson "Red Scared! reproduces the books, films, magazines, posters, games, and other media that trumpeted the Commie threat. Vivid renditions in pulp novels and films of menacing Commie commissars and evil… OL2641455W
Misreading Masculinity Misreading Masculinity Thomas Newkirk "In this book Tom Newkirk takes an up-close and personal look at elementary boys and their relationship to sports, movies, video games, and other venues of popular culture. Unlike the alarmists, he s… OL2722806W
Pop Culture Arab World! Pop Culture Arab World! Andrew Hammond Pop Culture Arab World! is the first volume to explore the full scope of Arab cultural life since World War II. The book reveals a homogeneous yet richly diverse culture across the Arab nations.||In-… OL3679761W
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
Culturas híbridas Culturas híbridas Néstor García Canclini "El libro es una especie de sociología de la cultura aplicada a América Latina. Aunque los temas son muy concretos, el enfoque del autor tiende a ser filosófico. Tradición y modernidad son los do… OL850558W
Queer London Queer London Matt Houlbrook In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big c… OL9173152W
Radio's America Radio's America Bruce Lenthall An analysis of relationship between the public and radio broadcasting in 1930s Depression America. Aspects covered include the idea of mass culture, the listening public's relation to radio, politic… OL9347968W
Pop culture Russia! Pop culture Russia! Birgit Beumers Pop music is only one aspect of contemporary Russian culture that has taken some unexpected turns in the chaotic aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse. Television and advertising, theater and cine… OL993627W