Search results for “[subject: topic-celebrity-popular-culture]”

• Author(s): Bonnie Carr O'Neill • Publisher: University of Georgia Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Georgia Press • BISAC: Popular Culture - GeneralThrough extended readings of the works of P. T. Barnum, Walt Whitman, Ralph Waldo Emerson...

• Author(s): Lee Barron • Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited • BISAC: Popular CultureThe rise of tattoos into the mainstream has been a defining aspect of 21st century western culture. Tattoos an...

• Author(s): Janelle Applequist | Joshua N. Azriel | Deborah S. Bowen • Publisher: Lexington Books • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books • BISAC: Media StudiesThis book explores the ways celebrities affect culture and their audience. It covers cel...

• Author(s): Sharon R. Mazzarella | Spring-Serenity Duvall • Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi • Publisher Imprint: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi • BISAC: Business AspectsCelebrity and Youth: Mediated Audien...

• Author(s): Angela McRobbie • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Popular CultureAngela McRobbie's new collection of essays considers the social consequences of cultural proliferation and the social basis of aesthetic in...

• Author(s): John Portmann • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: EthicsThis book examines American popular culture to demonstrate that celebrities have superseded religious figures as moral authorities. As trus...

• Author(s): Andrea McDonnell • Publisher: Polity Press • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press • BISAC: Media StudiesAmericans are obsessed with celebrities. While our fascination with fame intensified throughout the twentieth century, the rise of the...

• Author(s): Douglas Brownlie • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralBringing together the latest thinking on both celebrity brands and celebrity culture from academics specialising in the field of market...

• Author(s): Jennifer Adese | Robert Alexander Innes • Publisher: University of Manitoba Press • Publisher Imprint: University of Manitoba Press • BISAC: Native American StudiesIndigenous Celebrity speaks to the possibilities, challenges, and con...

• Author(s): Dorothy Lau • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Popular Culture - GeneralThis volume provides a critical intervention in celebrity activism and philanthropy by examining the civic imaginaries and mobilisati...

• Author(s): John • Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd • Publisher Imprint: SAGE Publications Ltd • BISAC: Media StudiesWithin media research and cultural studies, the mediation of politicians and the play-off between versions of high and low polit...

• Author(s): Emel Aksoy • Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing • Publisher Imprint: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralThe socialising power of popular culture is considerable, and it exerts a strong influence on th...

• Author(s): Jason Russell • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralCrisis and decline in the working class were frequent themes in American popular culture during the 1970s. In contrast, more positive narr...

• Author(s): Gayle Stever • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Social PsychologyWhy are we fascinated by celebrities we've never met? What is the difference between fame and celebrity? How has social media enabled a new ...

• Author(s): Chris Rojek • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesResearch in and around popular culture continues to flourish. And its study is, more than ever, a key component of Media and Commu...

• Author(s): Greg Jenner • Publisher: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson • Publisher Imprint: George Weidenfeld & Nicholson • BISAC: Popular CultureFizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian'A fascin...

• Author(s): Linda Levitt • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Museum StudiesMonuments and memorials commemorating the dead and past events around the world have recently gained importance, not least because w...

• Author(s): Rafter • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: Sociology and Anthropology • BISAC: EncyclopediasAbout the Book Crime and punishment fascinate. Overwhelming in their media dominance, they present us with our m...

• Author(s): David L. Andrews | Steven J. Jackson • Publisher: Routledge • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesSport Stars investigates the nature of contemporary sporting celebrity, examining stars' often turbulent relationship wi...

• Author(s): Shilpa Dave | Leilani Nishime | Tasha Oren • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Media StudiesA toolkit for understanding how Asian Americans influence, consume and are reflect...

• Author(s): Andy Bennett • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesPopular music is increasingly being represented and celebrated as an aspect of contemporary cultural history and heritage. In many pl...

• Author(s): Duncan P. Bradshaw • Publisher: Eyecue Productions • Publisher Imprint: Eyecue Productions • BISAC: Humorous - GeneralIt's the thirteenth annual Lou Gehrig awards. Four B-list celebrity virologists vie to claim the Locked In Syndrome...

• Author(s): Gaëlle Ouvrein | Ana Jorge | Hilde Van Den Bulck • Publisher: Lexington Books • Publisher Imprint: Lexington Books • BISAC: Media StudiesFocusing on the intersection and interaction between celebrities and their audiences, this volum...

• Author(s): Henry a. Giroux • Publisher: Praeger • Publisher Imprint: Praeger • BISAC: GeneralIlluminating one of the most pervasive issues of our time, Popular Culture is the first book to link the importance and implications of popular culture...

• Author(s): Barry Smart • Publisher: Sage Publications UK • Publisher Imprint: Sage Publications UK • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralWhy are sport stars central to celebrity culture? What are the implications of their fame? Proceeding from a broadly ...

• Author(s): Anthony Elliott • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Sociology - GeneralOurs is the age of celebrity. An inescapable aspect of daily life in our media-saturated societies of the twenty-first centu...

• Author(s): Jean Hogarty • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesThis book explores the trend of retro and nostalgia within contemporary popular music culture. Using empirical evidence obtained from...

• Author(s): John Storey • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Popular CultureIn this tenth edition of his award-winning introduction, John Storey presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of, ...

• Author(s): Susan J. Douglas | Andrea McDonnell • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Media StudiesThe historical and cultural context of fame in the twenty-first century Today, celebrity ...

• Author(s): Aaron Jaffe • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: GeneralBringing together Canadian, American, and British scholars, this volume explores the relationship between modernism and modern celebrity cul...

• Author(s): Susan J. Douglas | Andrea McDonnell • Publisher: New York University Press • Publisher Imprint: New York University Press • BISAC: Media StudiesThe historical and cultural context of fame in the twenty-first century Today, celebrity ...

• Author(s): Amber L. Davisson • Publisher: McFarland & Company • Publisher Imprint: McFarland & Company • BISAC: General Lady Gaga represents both the height of celebrity and a disruption of the norms surrounding the social position. Thi...

• Author(s): Dan Brockington • Publisher: Zed Books • Publisher Imprint: Zed Books • BISAC: Popular CultureThe battle to save the world is being joined by a powerful new group of warriors. Celebrities are lending their name to conservation causes...

• Author(s): Chris Klassen • Publisher: Oxford University Press Canada • Publisher Imprint: Oxford University Press Canada • BISAC: Popular Culture - GeneralLooking at the intersection of religion and popular culture through a theoretical lens, t...

• Author(s): Andy Bennett • Publisher: Taylor & Francis • Publisher Imprint: Routledge • BISAC: Media StudiesPopular music is increasingly being represented and celebrated as an aspect of contemporary cultural history and heritage. In many pl...

• Author(s): Crystal Abidin • Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited • Publisher Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited • BISAC: Popular CultureThis anthology uses in-depth interdisciplinary case studies from across the globe to examine the practice ...