Cultural Studies

From bestselling author of Fermat's Last Theorem, a must-have for number lovers and Simpsons fans 'An entertaining picture of the insanely high-mi...

A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema  Including origin...

A groundbreaking approach to sound in sci-fi films offers new ways of construing both sonic innovation and science fiction cinema  Including origin...

A hilarious field guide to the worlds most remarkable and unusual creatures: the English. Thanks to television documentaries by Bruce Par...

In 1968, Canadians dared to take a chance on a new kind of politician. Pierre Trudeau, a relative newcomer to federal politics, became the leader o...

Squirrels have made numerous appearances in mass media over the years, from Beatrix Potter's Nutkin and Timmy Tiptoes, to Rocky the flying squir...

At the beginning of the 1990s, the Senate didn't believe Anita Hill, Rush Limbaugh compared feminists to Nazis, and a study found that girls tended...

In Why the Grateful Dead Matter, veteran writer and lifelong Deadhead Michael Benson argues that the Grateful Dead are not simply a successful rock...

For decades, beloved astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson has interpreted science with a combination of brainpower and charm that resonates with fans...

Baseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in whic...

Bar Yarns and Manic Depressive Mix Tapes distills thirty delirious, jam-packed years of some of the best music writing ever to come out of the Twin...

Ronald D. Lankford has written the definitive history of this iconic and much-loved Christmas character. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was the cre...

Social media, once heralded as revolutionary and democratic, have instead proved exclusionary and elitist Social media technologies such as YouTube...

'Delightfully good ... an exuberant and learned celebration of British culture ... full of love for and fascination with everything from the origin...

Its time to radically alter the way we perceive the world. Its time to get real. Multinational oil corporations trumpet their green crede...

They say everyone today wants to be a celebrity. Certainly, we're all happy to watch them. From reality television and talent shows to tabloid spla...

Robert Sheehan is one of Irelands brightest stars of the screen, both at home and abroad. Best known for his roles in Love/Hate and The Umbrella Ac...

A historian of science examines key public debates about the fundamental nature of humans to ask why a polarized discourse about nature versus nurt...

Being organised is the cornerstone of every Aislings personality. But it takes lots of work behind the scenes to keep track of whose turn it is to ...

Unlike your favorite LEGO (R) sets, life doesn''t come with instructions. Until now! LEGO (R) minifigures have learned some important lessons in t...

A fascinating look at Keith Harings New York City subway artwork from the 1980sCelebrated artist Keith Haring (19581990) has been embraced by popul...

The art and literature of our time is pregnant with catastrophe, with weather and water, wildness and weirdness. The Anthropocene - the term given ...

Throughout history, apocalypse fiction has explored social injustice through fantasy, sci-fi and religious imagery, but what can we learn from it? ...