Popular Culture

A revealing collection of quotations from world-renowned artist Damien HirstHirst-isms is a collection of quotations-bold, surprising, often humorous, and always insightful-from celebrated artist Damien Hirst, whose controversial work explores the...

Focusing on individual authors from Heinrich Boll to Gunther Grass, Hermann Lenz to Peter Schneider, The Language of Silence offers an analysis of West German literature as it tries to come to terms with the Holocaust and its impact on postwar West...

The twentieth anniversary edition of Henry Jenkins's Textual Poachers brings this now-canonical text to a new generation of students interested in the intersections of fandom, participatory culture, popular consumption and media theory. Supplementing the...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692836118Author Robert W Sullivan IVFormat PaperbackPage Count 462Imprint Deadwood Publishing, LLCPublisher Deadwood Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Although the arts have played a significant role in both world history and Christian history, the contemporary church has often shunned them in favour of a more intellectual approach to theology. Beholding the Glory argues the necessity of renewing an...

What makes a work of art a masterpiece? Discover the answers in the fascinating stories of how these artworks came to be and the circumstances of their long-lasting impact on the world. Beginning with Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, we travel through...

The authoritative guide to cosplay written by a legend in the community, and packed with step-by-step advice and fascinating investigations into every aspect of the art. Cosplay-a portmanteau combining "costume" and "play"-has become one of the...

A feminist literary theorist, specialist in Rembrandt, and a scholar with a knack for reading Old Testament stories, Mieke Bal weaves a tapestry of signs and meanings that enrich our senses. Her subject is the act of showing, the gesture of exposing to...

As one of the people who defined punk's protest art in the 1970s and 1980s, Gee Vaucher (b. 1945) deserves to be much better-known. She produced confrontational album covers for the legendary anarchist band Crass and later went on to do the same for...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262546140Author Karin WagnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

After decades in which American popular culture dominated global media and markets, Japanese popular culture-primarily manga and anime, but also toys, card and video games, and fashion-has exploded into a worldwide phenomenon. From Pokemon and the Power...

What is a consumer? Shopping with Freud looks at some of the surprising ways in which the consumer subject appears in a range of writings - from literature to marketing psychology to psychoanalysis. Rachel Bowlby shows how ideas about consumption are...

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 9781891024634Author Frayda FeldmanFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Distributed Art PublishersPublisher Distributed Art PublishersWeight(grams) 2530g

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

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781891241543Author Erik DavisFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Verse Chorus Press,U.S.Publisher Puncture PublicationsWeight(grams) 498g

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...

From the New York Times bestselling creator of Lost in Translation, A Small Illustrated Guide to the Universe is a delicately existential and welcoming exploration of the cosmos - one that examines and marvels at the astonishing principles, laws, and...

A collaboration of political activism and participatory culture seeking to upend consumer capitalism, including interviews with The Yes Men, The Guerrilla Girls, among others. Coined in the 1980s, "culture jamming" refers to an array of tactics...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684129157Author Gina GoldFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Thunder Bay PressPublisher Thunder Bay PressSeries Sticker Art PuzzlesWeight(grams)...

Dolly Parton is a superstar, singer, songwriter, actress, business mogul, and philanthropist. Since the 1960's Dolly has maintained an unparalleled level of success and multi-generational popularity. With her recent induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of...

"Art as Social Action . . . is an essential guide to deepening social art practices and teaching them to students." -Laura Raicovich, president and executive director, Queens MuseumArt as Social Action is both a general introduction to and an...

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...

An indispensable introduction to one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Part of the pioneering Tate Introductions series. Andy Warhol's work reflected and commented on contemporary themes in American society:...

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

Celebrating 50 years of Vampirella! Dynamite continues to roll out amazing tributes to everyone's favorite babe with bite! This breathtaking tome reproduces countless already and soon-to-be classic portrayals of the Daughter of Drakulon on beautiful...

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...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310116Author Adam ParfrayFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 1187g

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,...

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...