Popular Culture

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781636141008Author Chuck DFormat PaperbackPage Count 720Imprint Akashic Books,U.S.Publisher Akashic Books,U.S.

Geek art is the new pop art Characters from comics, movies, TV shows, and video games are a part of the collective imagination forever, so it's only natural that artists would begin integrating them into their work, giving birth to a new artistic...

This anthology takes us beyond the status of masculinity itself, questioning society's and the media's normative concepts of the masculine, and considering the extent to which men and women can transcend these stereotypes and prescriptions.About the...

Kathy O'Dell argues that the growth of masochistic performance during the 1970s must be seen in the context of society's response to the Vietnam War and contemporaneous changes in theories of contract. She contends that the dynamic that exists between...

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

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781540423382Author Jean TumbagahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher Createspace Independent Publishing...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692841853Author Nasty WomanFormat PaperbackPage Count 54Imprint Toppings PublishingPublisher Toppings PublishingSeries F*ck TrumpWeight(grams)...

Lines of Sight-the seventh volume in the Mechademia series, an annual forum devoted to Japanese anime and manga-explores the various ways in which anime, manga, digital media, fan culture, and Japanese art-from scroll paintings to superflat-challenge,...

In Post-Work, Stanley Aronowitz and Jonathan Cutler have collected essays from a variety of scholars to discuss the dreary future of work. The introduction, ThePost-Work Manifesto,, provides the framework for a radical reappraisal of work and suggests an...

This collaborative book explores the artistic and aesthetic development of shojo, or girl, manga and discusses the significance of both shojo manga and the concept of shojo, or girl culture. It features contributions from manga critics, educators, and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615988337Author Rob MoranFormat PaperbackPage Count 72Imprint Airship 27Publisher Airship 27Weight(grams) 191gDimensions(mm) 280mm * 216mm * 4mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998059235Author Aaron WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Scribistics Corp.Publisher Scribistics Corp.Weight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Enjoy 25 edible works of art with this step-by-step guide to creating the perfect pie. Everyone knows that serving a pie for dessert makes guests happy. And serving one with a beautifully designed crust that makes guests swoon is even better. Pies are...

The Talking Cure examines four nationally syndicated television talk shows--Donahue, The Oprah Winfrey Show,Geraldo and Sally Jessy Raphael--which are primarily devoted to feminine culture and issues. Serving as one of the few public forums where...

In this new collection of essays on memory and amnesia in the postmodern world, cultural critic Andreas Huyssen considers how nationalism, literature, art, politics, and the media are obsessed with the past. The great paradox of our fin-de-siecle culture...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781484743379Author Don IwerksFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint HyperionPublisher Hyperion

Arthur Jeffress was an art dealer and collector from a Virginian family who bequeathed his "subversive little collection" (Derek Hill) to Tate and Southampton City Art Gallery on his suicide in 1961. That suicide, a result of his expulsion from Venice,...

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)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310000Author Mike HunchbackFormat HardbackPage Count 198Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S.Weight(grams) 892g

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867197761Author Elizabeth McGrathFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint Last Gasp,U.S.Publisher Last Gasp,U.S.Weight(grams) 1324g

Muslims in the Western Imagination explores the ways in which Muslim men are depicted as monsters throughout history. Monsters help a society delineate who belongs in a social group and who, or what, is excluded. Even when Muslim monsters are symbolic,...

Faced with the seemingly enormous difficulty of representing `others', many theorists working in Cultural Studies have been turning to themselves as a way of speaking about the personal. In Sexing the Self Elspeth Probyn tackles this question of the sex...

Mark Dion (b.1961) is an American artist who, in making his art, metamorphoses into explorer, biochemist, detective and archaeologist. In his gallery installations around Europe and America since the 1980s, Dion has constructed the laboratories,...

This revised edition of a now classic text includes a new introduction by Henry Jenkins, explaining 'Why Fiske Still Matters' for today's students, followed by a discussion between former Fiske students Kevin Glynn, Jonathan Gray, and Pamela Wilson on...

From Destiny's Child to Lemonade, Homecoming, and The Gift, Beyonce Knowles-Carter has redefined global stardom, feminism, Black representation, and celebrity activism. This book brings together new work from sixteen international scholars to explore...

The Queer Sixties assembles an impressive group of cultural critics to go against the grain of 1960s studies, and proposes new and different ways of the last decade before the closet doors swung open. Imbued with the zeitgeist of the 60s, this playful...

Pop-art connoisseurs are treated to a mind-bending journey through the blistering paintings of San Francisco artist Dirty Donny Gillies. Take a visual tour of his vibrant, hand-drawn and screen-printed poster art series "Blacklight Rebellion" and...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780867199284Author Chris DyerFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Last GaspPublisher Last GaspWeight(grams) 1633gDimensions(mm) 312mm * 234mm * 25mm

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692847350Author Robert W Sullivan IVFormat PaperbackPage Count 668Imprint Deadwood Publishing, LLCPublisher Deadwood Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780957664920Author Ron EnglishFormat HardbackPage Count 178Imprint Korero PressPublisher Korero PressWeight(grams) 1172g

For thirty years, until 2015, Richard Dorment was the art critic of the Daily Telegraph. Writing almost every week it was his job to introduce, to explain and to criticise for a popular newspaper the most significant current art exhibitions, mainly in...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780985480745Author Gary ReedFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint Binary PublicationsPublisher Binary PublicationsWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 216mm...

In this provocative cultural study, the serial killer emerges as a central figure in what Mark Seltzer calls 'America's wound culture'. From the traumas displayed by talk show guests and political candidates, to the violent entertainment of Crash or The...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781840686715Author Pep PentangeliFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Creation BooksPublisher Creation Books

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684058853Author John BuscemaFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Idea & Design WorksPublisher Idea & Design Works

Insatiable bloodlust, dangerous sexualities, the horror of the undead, uncharted Trannsylvanian wildernesses, and a morbid fascination with the `other': the legend of the vampire continues to haunt popular imagination.Reading the Vampire examines the...

This encyclopedic reference book is packed with fascinating insights from the Metabaron's original creators, Jodorowsky and Moebius, alongside revealing text, and rare and unseen preliminary illustrations from Juan Gimenez. Discover the complexities of...

Ariel Leve and Robin Morgan's oral history 1963: The Year of the Revolution is the first book to recount the kinetic story of the twelve months that witnessed a demographic power shift-the rise of the Youth Quake movement, a cultural transformation...

Apologies but we at SciFier don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780998999524Author Jess ErskineFormat PaperbackPage Count 82Imprint Rolling Donut PressPublisher Rolling Donut PressWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 280mm *...

With stories of hysterical teenagers and obsessive fans killing for their heroes, fans and fandom get a bad press. The Adoring Audience looks deeper into fan culture, particularly as it relates to identity, sexuality and textual production.About the...