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The alarm and anxiety unleashed by the Great Recession found fascinating expression across popular culture. Harried survivors negotiated societal c...

Amid immigrant narratives of assimilation, Indian Accents focuses on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters in American film...

Is Harpo Free? is a lively appreciation of film and television's ability to artistically explore concepts typical of philosophical metaphysics, suc...

On November 18, 1928, the worlds most famous mouse made his very first public debut. Today, we celebrate 90+ years of Mickey in one of the most exp...

Where are Jerry, Elaine, George, and Kramer hiding? Are they at Jerry's apartment? Their usual booth at Monk's? Maybe they're at a baseball game? S...

Queer Pollen discusses three notable black queer twentieth century artists--painter and writer Richard Bruce Nugent, author James Baldwin, and film...

If size counts for anything, Michael Bay towers over his contemporaries. His summer-defining event films involve extraordinary production costs and...

Amid immigrant narratives of assimilation, Indian Accents focuses on the representations and stereotypes of South Asian characters in American film...

Anxiety as not only a feeling of dread, but a feeling that we dread is widely considered by both philosophical and psychoanalytic thinkers as an im...

In this book, Jabari Evans examines Chicagos controversial Drill rap scene and the always-on nature of social media for these musicians, who are of...

Intersectional Humanism and Star Trek: Discovery focuses on the shift from the liberal humanism of the Star Trek franchise to the intersectional hu...

Pandemic Playlist: An Exploration of COVID-inspired Popular Music takes readers back to 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic wreaked havoc on the music...

Mega-Tokyo 2032 - the members of a gigantic mega-corporation have used artificial lifeforms called Boomers to carry out their evil plans. An all-fe...

From the moment it opened in 1977, Studio 54 celebrated spectacle and promised a never-ending parade of anything goes. Although it existed for only...

Ryan Gosling is so much more than a Hollywood heartthrob With unforgettable performances in critically acclaimed ...

This book explores the representations of Central and Eastern European histories in digital games.Focusing on games that examine a range of nationa...

Haunted States is a unique guidebook that explores the dark, often horrifying, history of the US. Based on the authors journey across the United St...

María Félix (1914-2002) left her mark on Mexican and European film as well as fashion, art and jewellery design. Cartier created one-of-a-kind piec...

Engaging with the growing popular and academic interest in the spiritual but not religious, Andrea R. Jain explores the connections between the pr...