Popular Culture

Coverage of such major news events as the Gulf War, the AIDS epidemic and the William Kennedy Smith rape trial is analysed by contributors who explore the languages of word and image that produce current events as spectacle.About the AuthorMarjorie...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780979840470Author Barry VackerFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Center for Media and DestinyPublisher Center for Media and DestinyWeight(grams)...

First published in 1987. This is a book about the music of the Caribbean - from calypso and ska through to Reggae and Caribbean club culture.About the AuthorDick HebdigeBook InformationISBN 9780415058759Author Dick HebdigeFormat PaperbackPage Count...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867198775Author Kevin EvansFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593476031Author Kerby RosanesFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 521gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 254mm * 10mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781770413641Author Kaitlin TremblayFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint ECW Press,CanadaPublisher ECW Press,Canada

At a moment when superheroes dominate pop culture, Gary Bettinson takes us back to the first comic book blockbuster. Superman: The Movie - The 40th Anniversary Interviews is a revealing behind-the-scenes portrait of the personalities and expertise that...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781511646000Author Nancy MorseFormat PaperbackPage Count 270Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781522711797Author Geoffrey MontfortFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent...

A guide to choosing, completing, and sharing a 100-day creative project. There s a creative person inside every one of us! You don t have to consider yourself an artist to create and share fun or expressive work; sometimes all it takes is commitment...

Women have been making art for centuries, yet their work has been seen as secondary or has gone unrecognised altogether. Women Making Art asks why this is so, and what it would take for us to realise the extent of women's extraordinary contribution to...

Shiny Things combines an interest in visual art with a broad attention to popular culture - the wideness of its range is striking. It is more than just an expansion of subject matter, which many of today's innovative books also have - it considers how a...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087966762Author Chris CollinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 148Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 177gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 8mm

Each John Wick film has earned more money and recognition than its predecessor, defying the conventional wisdom about the box office's action movie landscape, normally dominated by superhero movies and science fiction epics.As The Worlds of John Wick...

In 2017, twenty-five years after its initial release, a new season of Twin Peaks shook the world of television. This new book is a detailed analysis of the third season of the television series and aims to elucidate some of the meanings of Twin Peaks:...

This collection aims to map a diversity of approaches to the artform by creating a 360 Degrees view on the circus. The three sections of the book, Aesthetics, Practice, Culture, approach aesthetic developments, issues of artistic practice, and the...

An introduction to the study of visual culture, this book offers a view of 'visual culture' that includes not only images, but also other visual media and forms of expression, from architecture to fashion, design and the human body. The book is organised...

This collection is devoted to exploring stereotypes about the social conditions of poor whites in the United States and comparing these stereotypes with the social reality.About the AuthorMatt Wray, Annalee NewitzReviews"[T]he essays in Matt Wray and...

A collection of stunning brand-new exclusive original art celebrating the TV series Firefly. An original glossy coffee table book bursting with brand new and exclusive art. The book includes over 120 pieces by professional artists, illustrators,...

In The Cult of LEGO, Wired's GeekDad blogger John Baichtal and BrickJournal founder Joe Meno take you on a magnificent, illustrated tour of the LEGO (R) community, its people, and their creations. The Cult of LEGO introduces us to fans and builders from...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648371615Author Bobcat PressFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Echo Point Books & Media, LLCPublisher Echo Point Books & Media, LLCWeight(grams)...

Over the years, Marvel Contest of Champions has become more epic, the heroes more powerful and the enemies more cunning - but the game has retained its core: the greatest battles in Marvel history! You have been summoned to the Battlerealm for the...

This book investigates the pictorial figurations, aesthetic styles and visual tactics through which visual art and popular culture attempt to appeal to "all of us". One key figure these practices bring into play-the "everybody" (which stands for "all of...

Uncover the secrets of Gemini Man in this highly illustrated hardback packed with cast and crew interviews, stills, plus previously unseen concept art. Two-time Academy Award-winner Ang Lee, the director of Life of Pi and Brokeback Mountain, brings...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506729275Author Rare LTD.Format HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Dark Horse Comics,U.S.Publisher Dark Horse Comics,U.S.

'Ours is music with built-in hatred.' Pete Townshend A Band with Built-In Hate pictures The Who through the prism of pop art and the levelling of high and low culture it brought about. Peter Stanfield guides us through the British pop revolution as it...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780786713646Author Kenneth GoldsmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Avalon Publishing GroupPublisher Avalon Publishing GroupWeight(grams)...

The American Fraternity is a mysterious photo and ritual book that lifts the veil on America's oldest and most influential male tradition. The text comes from a decaying ritual manual from a prominent college fraternity. Seventy-five percent of modern U...

Shakespeare, The Movie brings together an impressive line-up of contributors to consider how Shakespeare has been adapted on film, TV, and video, and explores the impact of this popularization on the canonical status of Shakespeare.Taking a fresh look at...

Sexing the Groove discusses these issues and many more, bringing together leading music and cultural theorists to explore the relationships between popular music, gender and sexuality. The contributors, who include Mavis Beayton, Stella Bruzzi, Sara...

In The Politics of Identity, Stanley Aronowitz offers provocative analysis of the complex interactions of class, politics, and culture. Beginning with the premise that culture is constitutive of class identities, he demonstrates that while feminist...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593581056Author Alen MacWeeneyFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781401310332Author Rainn WilsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HyperionPublisher HyperionWeight(grams) 567gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 185mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944633622Author Nancy J PriceFormat PaperbackPage Count 106Imprint Synchronista LLCPublisher Synchronista LLCWeight(grams) 267gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm *...

This inspirational gift book filled with Bob Ross-themed challenges for art and life will bring the painter's philosophy to your world in a whole new way.When the iconic artist calls us to take out our two-inch brush, we know it means one thing: This is...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789188369789Author Edwin PHADE SacasaFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Dokument PressPublisher Dokument Forlag

Suburbia. Tupperware, television, bungalows and respectable front lawns. Always instantly recognisable though never entirely familiar. The tight semi-detached estates of thirties Britain and the infenced and functional tract housing of middle America...

How the Vietnam War changed American artBy the late 1960s, the United States was in a pitched conflict in Vietnam, against a foreign enemy, and at home-between Americans for and against the war and the status quo. This powerful book showcases how...

K-pop's remarkable global popularity is no coincidence. Its success cannot be attributed to a talented individual or a set of favourable government policies but is instead the result of continuous innovation by risk-taking entrepreneurs.For the first...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781419773990Author Aleksi BriclotFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint CernunnosPublisher Cernunnos