Popular culture books

Explore the darkest depths of the subconscious with forty-six nightmarish illustrations to color.   In the fourth...  Read More >>

A behind-the-scenes look at The New Yorker cartoon caption contest, its history, how it's judged, and the secrets...  Read More >>

This book investigates the thematic and conceptual dimensions of insidious trauma in contemporary eastern African...  Read More >>

Examines the racial rhetoric of American popular culture in the years since Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Missouri....  Read More >>

Antisemitic caricatures had existed in Polish society since at least the mid-nineteenth century. But never had the...  Read More >>

Places the history of four representative comics in the larger contexts of book history, children’s culture, and...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the philosophical dimensions of fairy tales from cultures all around the world.  Read More >>

Invites critical awareness of Flannery O’Connor’s resonance in the products of popular music culture - in folk,...  Read More >>

A behind-the-scenes look into the creation and legacy of The West Wing as told by cast members Melissa Fitzgerald...  Read More >>

Explore Guyana and its people - Heritage, Culture, History and Unity. Mini Chapters.  Read More >>

This book argues that fans’ creative works form a cognitive system; fanfic, fanvids, and gifs are not simply evidence...  Read More >>

William Welby gets to bare all in this firsthand exploration of British Naturism in the 1930s. Illustrated by Stephen...  Read More >>

More than any other films from the classical era, the Hollywood film noir is known for its lighting. Film Noir and...  Read More >>

In this collection of posthumously published writings, Maria Aurora Couto, celebrated for her literary prowess...  Read More >>

Learn how Captain America's timeless ethical code is just as relevant in the twenty-first century as it was during...  Read More >>

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More than any other films from the classical era, the Hollywood film noir is known for its lighting. Film Noir and...  Read More >>

Recovering Police Legitimacy challenges conventional criminological, political, and public solutions to the problem...  Read More >>

The book captures the changing image of Muslims in popular Bollywood films through seven decades. Khatun argues...  Read More >>

A horror-story history of capitalism and its relationship to the haunted and the gothic, and a manifesto of Gothic...  Read More >>

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A radical history of transness in cinema, and an exploration of the political possibilities of its future.  Read More >>

Welcome to the enchanted kingdom of Housewifeland! Where fairy-tales and reality television collide. Inspired by...  Read More >>

Giant armored vehicles called tankheads clash on the battlefields of the Neverending War. These walking behemoths...  Read More >>

I live on a barrier Island off the coast of Florida. Many years ago, pirates frequented our little harbor and wreaked...  Read More >>