Cultural Studies

Speculative science fiction, with its underlying socio-political dialogue, represents an important intersection of popular culture and public disco...

Not only does history teach us about past civilizations but it also directs us to what future civilization has in store for us. It can also expose ...

''''In British music, you have indie, rock... Grime is now one of those pillars. It''''s a foundation of British music.'''' - StormzyShortlisted fo...

As traditional social hierarchies fall away, ever steeper levels of economic inequality and the entrenchment of new class distinctions lend a ne...

Circuses and film are a natural pairing, and the new essays making up this volume begin the exploration of how these two forms of entertainment ...

Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band is the most famous album by the most famous band in the history of rock n roll. It became the soundtrack for t...

Everyone always seems to be talking about the end of the worldY2K, the Mayan apocalypse, blood moon prophecies, nuclear war, killer robots, you nam...

Widely acknowledged as the preeminent gathering of baseball scholars, the annual Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture has made...

In 2010, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic premiered on television. A large, avid fandom soon emerged--not the pre-teen female demographic ear...

They are invincible warriors of steel, silky-skinned enticers, stealers of jobs and lovable goofball sidekicks. Legions of robots and androids star...

This book describes the technologies that enable real-world robots and drones to be effective killers, including an overview of how artificial inte...

Who are the most significant gay icons and how did they develop? What influence do they have on gay individuals and communities? This book fo...

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...