Cultural Studies

In the midst of acne, social anxiety and training bras are the teen idols that make adolescent life a little more bearable. Whether their cutout...

Central to every vampire story is the undead's need for human blood, but equally compelling is the human ingestion of vampire blood, which often...

Winner of 2019 British Book Design & Production Award for Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books This beautiful book charts the development...

What happens when math nerds, band and theater geeks, goths, sci-fi fanatics, Young Republican debate poindexters, techies, Trekkies, D&D playe...

How did Hawaiian and Polynesian culture come to dramatically alter American music, fashion and decor, as well as ideas about race, in less than ...

Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Katherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly--the five known victims of Jack the Ripper--are among t...

The 1950s television game show was a cultural touchstone, reflecting the zeitgeist of a flourishing modern nation. The author explores the icono...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The mall near Mat thew Newtons childhoo...

From the four corners of the world, parents gather their children, pack their suitcases, and make the journey to Disney World in central Florida. H...

Since its 2013 premiere, Orange Is the New Black has become Netflix's most watched series, garnering critical praise and numerous awards and advanc...

Did the Beatles originate the Beatle haircut? boots? collarless jackets? No. Did they start the trend of self-contained rock groups (three guita...

Vampire characters are ubiquitous in popular culture, serving as metaphors for society's most sensitive subjects--sexuality, gender roles, race,...

During its 33-season run, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (1968-2001) left an indelible mark on millions of children and their caregivers. Perhaps n...

Harry Potter has given the study of popular culture a unique platform for exploring the nature of human identity. Potter Studies is developing i...

Narratives based on conspiratorial and paranoid thinking have become increasingly prominent throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. From the pro...

Second Takes presents the history of English language cinema by focusing on cinematic remakes and on how cinema has been replaced by new forms o...

The 2011-2012 volume in the Cooperstown Symposium series is a collection of new scholarly essays that use baseball to examine topics whose import e...