Popular culture books

Over thirty years after his initial ascent to super stardom, Todd McFarlane (b. 1961) remains one of the most popular...  Read More >>

The unauthorized, behind-the-scenes story of the most popular, lucrative, and transformative cultural phenomenon...  Read More >>

Case studies from Cyprus, Crete and Sardinia reconsider through evidence from archaeology, art, and history, assumptions...  Read More >>

Reconsiders teen popular culture from the turn of the 21st century, revealing how it told young people that life...  Read More >>

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In a world where movie marketers are the stars of the story, Opening Weekend recounts Jim Fredrick’s journey through...  Read More >>

Reconsiders teen popular culture from the turn of the 21st century, revealing how it told young people that life...  Read More >>

The book studies the production and dissemination of popular culture in twentieth-century Western Europe in relation...  Read More >>

Gambling is a fascinating subject which for many centuries has attracted public interest. Yet, despite its ubiquity,...  Read More >>

This is the first comprehensive examination of the implications of the messianic turn within contemporary thought....  Read More >>

This comprehensive, interdisciplinary research companion is an essential resource for scholars of early modern history...  Read More >>

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The book compares ways in which we think and theorise the relationship between policy and the popular, in a rich...  Read More >>

This dazzling volume shines new light on the songs, styles, and enduring pop culture impact of the 1970s musical...  Read More >>

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This special issue of the International Journal of Cultural Policy sets out to address two related questions. Firstly,...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the confluence of a politician, a process, and a problem - Barack Obama, the 2008 US presidential...  Read More >>

Racializing the Soldier offers an international history of the impact of racial beliefs on the formation and development...  Read More >>

Since its publication in 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel has experienced global success, not only as a novel but in...  Read More >>

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

This book examines Chicago's controversial Drill rap scene, emphasizing both the technology that allows Drill rappers...  Read More >>

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This book analyzes contemporary representations of trauma in life writing across several media, interrogating the...  Read More >>