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An award-winning scholar and author charts four hundred years of monsters and how they reflect the culture that...  Read More >>

Makes a case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality and how it...  Read More >>

Makes a case for the necessity of unstructured social time as a key element of our cultural vitality and how it...  Read More >>

Enter the captivating world of Donald Kent, a multi-talented artist whose passion for his craft knows no bounds....  Read More >>

In Guilty Pleasures, Alice Guilluy examines the reception of contemporary Hollywood romantic comedy by European...  Read More >>

The Muslim world is not commonly associated with science fiction. Religion and repression have often been blamed...  Read More >>

""A unique, detailed look at depictions of mental illness in films""--  Read More >>

Pop art has traditionally been the most visible visual art within popular culture because its main transgression...  Read More >>

Between 1967 and 1970 Italian auteur Giovanni 'Tinto' Brass directed four feature films in London, each starring...  Read More >>

The must-read collection of essays and articles on the contemporary issues in children's media policy, production...  Read More >>

An exploration of the role of Lebanese singer Fairouz in shaping Arab diasporic experience amidst a dynamic backdrop...  Read More >>

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Studies the ways that diasporic Iranian Armenian authors and artists negotiate their identities as minoritized population...  Read More >>

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"With completely updated pop-culture and trend lists for 2023! Teens, according to our recent survey, wish...  Read More >>

Celebrities in the United States have drawn significant attention and resources to the complex issue of human trafficking—a...  Read More >>

Fashion and Feeling: The Affective Politics of Dress explores the complex nexus of fashion and the feeling body...  Read More >>

With her deeply personal songwriting, countless hit songs, and genre-bending yet unmistakable sound, Taylor Swift...  Read More >>

If there's one thing the heroes of Overwatch know, it's when the world needs them. Now you can follow the complete...  Read More >>

Histories of American rock music and the 1960s counterculture typically focus on the same few places: Woodstock,...  Read More >>

Candid, hilarious essays from the star of The Book of Mormon, Girls, and Big Mouth on anxiety, ambition, and the...  Read More >>

Originating from the Latin for deity or goddess, our concept of what a 'diva' might be - or should be - has evolved...  Read More >>

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Celebrities in the United States have drawn significant attention and resources to the complex issue of human trafficking—a...  Read More >>

Race does not exist in animation - it must instead be constructed and ascribed. In Race and the Animated Bodyscape,...  Read More >>