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Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism
Second Edition
Häftad, 2014
292 kr
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In the second edition of Zombie Politics and Culture in the Age of Casino Capitalism, Henry A. Giroux uses the metaphor of the zombie to highlight how America has embraced a machinery of social and civil death that chills any vestige of a robust democracy. He charts the various ways in which the …
Owning Culture
Authorship, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Law
Av Kembrew McLeod, Toby Miller
Häftad, 2007
315 kr
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Owning Culture demonstrates how intellectual property law has expanded to allow for private ownership of a remarkable array of things, from the patenting of human genes linked to breast cancer to the trademarking of the phrases «home style» and «freedom of ownership.» This book examines diverse …
Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise
Fans, Merchandise, and Critics
Av Matthew Wilhelm Kapell, John Shelton Lawrence
Häftad, 2006
349 kr
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In 1977 a single film called Star Wars exploded on the consciousness of the world. Since then the franchise, created by George Lucas, has become a global entertainment corporation. The merchandise of the original trilogy was largely confined to toys and games, but those games have since become …
Communication Ethics, Media, and Popular Culture
Av Phyllis M. Japp, Mark Meister m. fl.
Häftad, 2005
339 kr
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Popular culture provides a daily catalog of cultural attitudes, values, and practices. From television sitcoms to the daily news, from the theater to the sports stadium, we observe embodiments and enactments of character, virtue, honesty, and integrity (or lack thereof) in situations we find …
Politicotainment
Television’s Take on the Real
Häftad, 2007
554 kr
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Politicotainment focuses on how political life is interpreted, negotiated, and represented by television entertainment, in particular by drama series, late night comedy, and «reality-based» programs. Real political issues are converging in today’s television tableau, prompting questions about …
Die Tryin’
Videogames, Masculinity, Culture
Häftad, 2008
416 kr
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Die Tryin’ traces the cultural connections between videogames, masculinity, and digital culture. It fuses feminist, psychoanalytic, Marxist, and poststructuralist theory to analyze the social imaginary that is produced by – and produces – a particular form of masculinity: boyhood. The author …
Sith, Slayers, Stargates, + Cyborgs
Modern Mythology in the New Millennium
Inbunden, 2007
857 kr
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The beginning of the twenty-first century has already seen its fair share of modern myths with heroes such as Spider-Man, Superman, and Harry Potter. The authors in this volume deconstruct, discuss, engage, and interrogate the mythologies of the new millennium in science fiction fantasy texts. …
Die Tryin’
Videogames, Masculinity, Culture
Inbunden, 2008
972 kr
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Die Tryin’ traces the cultural connections between videogames, masculinity, and digital culture. It fuses feminist, psychoanalytic, Marxist, and poststructuralist theory to analyze the social imaginary that is produced by – and produces – a particular form of masculinity: boyhood. The author …
Sport, Beer, and Gender
Promotional Culture and Contemporary Social Life
Av Lawrence A. Wenner, Steve Jackson
Inbunden, 2008
1068 kr
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Sport, Beer, and Gender: Promotional Culture and Contemporary Social Life brings together a group of esteemed international scholars to focus on the important, complex, and mutually reinforcing relationships between sport, beer, and gender in fashioning promotional strategies and shaping global …
Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age
Global Industries and New Audiences
Inbunden, 2011
1549 kr
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Soap operas and telenovelas are watched by millions of people around the world every day. As cultural, social, and economic phenomena, examining them will further our understanding of the role of global media content in the digital age. Moreover, as these programs continue to be exported and …
Soap Operas and Telenovelas in the Digital Age
Global Industries and New Audiences
Häftad, 2011
418 kr
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Soap operas and telenovelas are watched by millions of people around the world every day. As cultural, social, and economic phenomena, examining them will further our understanding of the role of global media content in the digital age. Moreover, as these programs continue to be exported and …
Blowing Up the Brand
Critical Perspectives on Promotional Culture
Av Melissa Aronczyk, Devon Powers
Häftad, 2010
309 kr
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This edited volume seeks to redress the lack of scholarly work that takes promotion seriously as a form of social, cultural, political, and economic exchange. It unpacks the vernacular, the institutional structures, and the practices and performances that make up promotional culture in everyday …
Lifestyle Drugs and the Neoliberal Family
Inbunden, 2013
1009 kr
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Since 1997, advertisements for lifestyle drugs have saturated the U.S. airwaves, print media, and the Internet. Viewers are asked to see their children’s difficulty in school as attention deficit disorder, their worry as anxiety, and their flagging sex life as dysfunction. And for each disorder, …
Dishing Dirt in the Digital Age
Celebrity Gossip Blogs and Participatory Media Culture
Häftad, 2013
440 kr
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Beginning in the mid-2000s, celebrity gossip blogs exploded into the media market, challenging the traditional dominance of print tabloids as the primary space of celebrity dish and reconfiguring the audience’s role in celebrity culture. This book is a critical and historical examination of the …
Other Guy
Media Masculinity Within the Margins
Av Derek A. Burrill, Toby Miller
Häftad, 2014
493 kr
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Suffering from «manopause» and «Low T», underemployed and unwilling to grow up, «the other guy» has emerged as an important figure in modern media masculinity. From the films of Judd Apatow to sitcoms and popular music, this new breed of man is desperately attempting to change with the times, but …
Other Guy
Media Masculinity Within the Margins
Av Derek A. Burrill, Toby Miller
Inbunden, 2014
1822 kr
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Suffering from «manopause» and «Low T», underemployed and unwilling to grow up, «the other guy» has emerged as an important figure in modern media masculinity. From the films of Judd Apatow to sitcoms and popular music, this new breed of man is desperately attempting to change with the times, but …
Hip Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology
Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization
Av André Sirois
Häftad, 2016
415 kr
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Using interviews with world-renowned and innovative hip-hop DJs, as well as technology manufacturers that cater to the market/culture, this book reveals stories behind some of the iconic DJ technologies that have helped shape the history and culture of DJing. More importantly, it explores how DJs …
Hip Hop DJs and the Evolution of Technology
Cultural Exchange, Innovation, and Democratization
Av André Sirois
Inbunden, 2016
1789 kr
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Using interviews with world-renowned and innovative hip-hop DJs, as well as technology manufacturers that cater to the market/culture, this book reveals stories behind some of the iconic DJ technologies that have helped shape the history and culture of DJing. More importantly, it explores how DJs …
Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll
The Evolution of an American Youth Culture
Häftad, 2015
697 kr
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Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll analyzes the cultural, political, and social revolution that took place in the U.S. (and in time the world) after World War II, crystalizing between 1955 and 1970. During this era, the concept of the American teenager first came into being, significantly altering the …
Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n’ Roll
The Evolution of an American Youth Culture
Inbunden, 2015
2040 kr
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Sex, Drugs, & Rock ‘n’ Roll analyzes the cultural, political, and social revolution that took place in the U.S. (and in time the world) after World War II, crystalizing between 1955 and 1970. During this era, the concept of the American teenager first came into being, significantly altering the …
Comics and Ideology
Av Matthew McAllister, Edward H. Sewell, Jr. m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
285 kr
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Superman’s role in romanticizing commercialism; sexual violence in Japanese manga comics; Wonder Woman as Americanized immigrant; reader’s reactions to the gay superhero Northstar; Dilbert as a workplace revolutionary; the Punisher’s invasion of Vietnam – these are a few of the issues that Comics & …
Symbolic Childhood
Häftad, 2002
320 kr
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In a dozen original essays, contributors to Symbolic Childhood engage directly with the politics of representation by scrutinizing the connection between the exercise of power and portrayals of children and childhood. The volume as a whole construes childhood not as a given category, transparently …
News in Public Memory
An International Study of Media Memories across Generations
Häftad, 2006
335 kr
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News in Public Memory brings together a team of international experts to investigate the media-transmitted history of the twentieth century as it exists in the memories and minds of people living in diverse cultures across the globe. This book compares media-related childhood memories across three …
Laughter in the Living Room
Television Comedy and the American Home Audience
Häftad, 2004
329 kr
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For more than fifty years some very funny people have been entering American homes through television’s big picture window. From Lucy and Uncle Miltie, to Archie Bunker and Marge Simpson, certain comic stars of television history have become not just cultural icons, but friends of the family. This …
Sport—Commerce—Culture
Essays on Sport in Late Capitalist America
Av David L. Andrews, Toby Miller
Häftad, 2006
308 kr
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Sport—Commerce—Culture makes a significant contribution to the growing body of literature on the critical analysis of today’s highly mediated and commercialized sport spectacles. David L. Andrews explores sport’s interdependent relation with the commercial structures and rhythms that define the …
Smart Living
Lifestyle Media and Popular Expertise
Av Tania Lewis
Häftad, 2008
369 kr
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What do the Fab Five from Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, the Supernanny and celebrity chef Jamie Oliver all have in common? Lifestyle gurus are increasingly intruding on everyday life, directing ordinary people to see themselves as «projects» that can be «made over» through embracing an ethos of …
Global Capital, Local Culture
Transnational Media Corporations in China
Av Anthony Y.H. Fung, Toby Miller
Häftad, 2008
393 kr
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This book examines the way transnational media companies have entered the Chinese entertainment market. Based on the author’s ethnographic work and over 100 interviews with senior executives in global media corporations, including Warner Bros. Pictures, Viacom’s MTV Channel, and Nickelodeon and …
Global Capital, Local Culture
Transnational Media Corporations in China
Inbunden, 2008
1579 kr
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This book examines the way transnational media companies have entered the Chinese entertainment market. Based on the author’s ethnographic work and over 100 interviews with senior executives in global media corporations, including Warner Bros. Pictures, Viacom’s MTV Channel, and Nickelodeon and …
