Cultural Studies

Consumers today are invested in reality-based media, such as reality television and social media, which in theory draw content from somewhere of...

A sociologist and former fashion model takes readers inside the elite global party circuit of models and bottles to reveal how beautiful young wome...

Winston Churchill famously described the political alliance between the US and UK as a ''special relationship'', but throughout the cultural histor...

In recent years queer identities have become increasingly visible in Irish cinema, a shift that can be linked to political, economic and social cha...

Paper dolls might seem the height of simplicity--quaint but simple toys, nothing more. But through the centuries paper figures have reflected re...

Like other forms of fan fiction, slash fictioncentered on same sex relationships between fictional charactersis a powerful cultural dialogue. Thoug...

The zombie--popular culture's undead darling--shows no signs of stopping. But as it develops to suit changing audience tastes, its characteristi...

From his first year in the majors, George Herman Babe Ruth knew he could profit from celebrity. Babe Ruth Cigars in 1915 marked his first attemp...

Across generations and genres, comics have imagined different views of the future, from unattainable utopias to worrisome dystopias. These presagin...

Wolverine. Logan. Weapon X. By any name, Marvel Comic's savage, brooding antihero is, in his own words, the best at what he does--killing with g...

Vampire narratives are generally thought of as adult or young adult fare, yet there is a long history of their appearance in books, film and ot...

This critical study of video games since 9/11 shows how a distinct genre emerged following the terrorist attacks and their aftermath. Comparison...

When The Book is Dead was first published in 2007, smartphones, ebooks and social media were yet to take over, and Borders bookstores still dominat...