Popular Culture

This book presents the Cultural Transduction framework as a conceptual tool to understand the processes that media and cultural products undergo wh...

Extracting Reconciliation argues that reconciliation constitutes a critical contemporary mechanism through which colonialism is seeking to ensure c...

'Thoughtful, witty, occasionally comic, often effortlessly profound - not a conventional journalistic memoir.' Sunday Times'If you value the perspe...

Situationships, ghosting, therapy speak, monogamy or non-monogamy... Dating is hard. But why? Dating & sex journalist Rachel Thompson investiga...

This volume addresses questions at the intersections of cinematic form and the African city. It examines the contribution of cinema and audiovisual...

This book investigates the practices of reconstructing and representing performance art and their power to shape this art form and our understandin...

An ode to the joy of making waves.Ah, salty breezes, beach hair, the feeling of bare feet (or fins) in warm sand. And dreams of that mer-mazing wor...

This book examines the con artist film as a genre, exploring its main features while also addressing variations within it.The volume explores three...

How is capitalism represented in popular culture today? Are profits seen as a legitimate reward of entrepreneurship? Are thrift and effort still co...

Word-of-Mouth in Contemporary Hollywood provides a unique insight into the potential for online communication to enable audiences to exert a greate...

This volume considers the different implications of the rise of streaming services and their particular acceleration during the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

Holocaust vs. Popular Culture debates and deconstructs the binary responses to the representation of the Holocaust in European and non-European for...

Let Friends be your guide to hosting unforgettable yearround celebrations with your best pals. This one-of-a-kind handbook is filled with recipes, ...

This book scrutinizes the relationship between contemporary TV shows and space, focusing on the ways in which these shows use and narrate specific ...

This volume is the first book-length collection on Japanese literary and popular cultural responses to the coronavirus pandemic in English. Disrupt...

Posthuman Gaming: Avatars, Gamers, and Entangled Subjectivities explores the relationship between avatar and gamer in the massively multiplayer onl...

Psychedelic music is a fascinating yet under-researched field of study. This thought-provoking collection offers a broad introduction to the field ...

As the first book-length study of emergent Pakistani speculative fiction written in English, this critical work explores the ways in which contempo...

This book examines how the young in Northeast Asia engage with the political, especially in terms of the production, reformulation, or contestation...

James Bond, Ian Flemings irrepressible and ubiquitous spy, is often understood as a Cold Warrior, but James Bonds Cold War diverged from the actual...

This book presents innovative analysis of emergent visual trends in Japan from the late 1960s to the present day. Adopting a thematic approach, thi...

Whether you are about to embark on a journey to a distant land or close to home, this journal and pen set is the perfect journaling companion for y...

With three ruled 64-page notebooks, this notebook set gives you plenty of room to jot down notes, travel plans, and ideas for adventures. 3 UNIQUE...

Take courage, empowerment and advice from 45 rebel muses with this inspirational deck. Meet 45 rebel women, artists, thinkers, politicians, wr...

From the Teddy Boys of the post-war decade to the heroin chic of Cool Britannia, the many subcultures of Britains teenagers have often been at the ...

Show your friends and loved ones how fabulous they are with this DIY fill-in-the-blank gift book inspired by Jonathan, Tan, Bobby, Antoni, and Kara...

The reactionary Comicsgate campaign against alleged forced diversity in superhero comics revealed the extent to which comics have become a key batt...

Exploring the phenomenon of Femslash fanfiction (fan narratives that bring together heterosexual female characters from mainstream media and fictio...

In Flailing at Life, Toby the Tube Guy divulged his surprisingly poignant life advice. Now, fans can read along as Toby returns in his first narrat...

The new millennium. The Year 2000. Beyond Mayan prophecies, a more immediate danger loomed: Two-digit year date fields had been used by software pr...

A groundbreaking manifesto from journalist Gretchen Carlson about how women can protect themselves from sexual harassment in the workplace and rec...

Flailing at Life introduces Toby, the famous wacky waving inflatable tube guy who is here to offer the surprisingly poignant, oddly relevant life l...

Heads: A Biography of Psychedelic America uncovers a hidden history of the biggest psychedelic distribution and belief system the world has ever kn...

* DELUXE PACKAGE: Special effects cover with metallic stock and leopard pattern creates a very Elle Woods package -- it's an explosion of pink powe...

Put your thoughts, dreams, and inspirations to paper in this one-of-a-kind guided journal that serves as a time capsule to record your likes/dislik...

Long Live is a deep-dive into the cultural phenomenon of Swifties as well as the many facets of the artist herself. From MySpace comments to T-Part...

Keanu Reeves insists he's just a normal guy despite being one of the most recognisable (and most excellent) faces in Hollywood. Apparently, Keanu's...

Let your lobster know how much you love them with this officially licensed, charming DIY gift book, inspired by Friends.Whether you and your other ...

With vibrant illustrations, quotes from the Wacky Waving Inflatable Tube Guy, and plenty of space for writing your wacky (and not-so-wacky) thought...

'Absolutely fascinating and has the power to change the way you look at the world' Steven Bartlett '...

Beyond Decolonial African Philosophy dives into decoloniality discourse, challenging some of its shortcomings and offering alternative perspectives...

Beyond Decolonial African Philosophy dives into decoloniality discourse, challenging some of its shortcomings and offering alternative perspectives...

This third collection of SAO illustrations highlights events from Volumes 16 through 22 of the main story, as well as Volumes 1 through 3 of Sword ...

In The Book of Fun, Polygon co-founder Russ Frushtick divulges the hidden backstories and fascinating facts about your favorite video games, theme ...

For seventy years, Queen Elizabeth ruled over an institution and a family. During her lifetime she was constant in her desire to provide a steady p...

Almost two decades after writing his famous The Occult, Colin Wilson re-examined the whole spectrum of the mystical and paranormal, producing a gen...

Edited and with an introduction by Matt Colquhoun, this collection of lecture notes and transcriptions reveals acclaimed writer and blogger Mark Fi...