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Love and Monsters
The Doctor Who Experience, 1979 to the Present
Investigating Cult TV

I.B. Tauris
Scholar and Whofan Miles Booy has written the first historical account of the public interpretation of Doctor Who. Love and Monsters begins in 1979 with the...
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Theology and Marxism in Eagleton and Zizek
A Conspiracy of Hope

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Far from disappearing after 1989, left-wing political philosophy is today experiencing a renewed vitality. Among the most surprising developments in this...
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Forming a Culture of Peace
Reframing Narratives of Intergroup Relations, Equity, and Justice

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Forming a Culture of Peace addresses the formation of the culture of peace by challenging the discourses, narrative frames, and systems of values and beliefs...
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The Multi-Talented Mr.Erskine
Shaping Mass Culture through Great Books and Fine Music

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At the pinnacle of his multi-faceted career, John Erskine (1879-1951) was one of the best recognized personalities on the American cultural, academic and...
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Indography
Writing the "Indian" in Early Modern England
Signs of Race

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In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, Europeans invented 'Indians' and populated the world with them. The global history of the term 'Indian' remains...
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The Photobook
From Talbot to Ruscha and Beyond

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The photograph found a home in the book before it won for itself a place on the gallery wall. Only a few years after the birth of photography, the publication...
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Creatures of the Night
In Search of Ghosts, Vampires, Werewolves and Demons

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Intrigued by some of the most sinister legends of Western civilization, Gregory Reece goes in search of answers to the question: why is our culture so obsessed...
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The Childhood of the Poor
Welfare in Eighteenth-Century London

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Was there a notion of childhood for the laboring classes, and was it distinctive from that of the elite? Examining pauper childhood, family life and societal...
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Stumbling Toward the Constitution
The Economic Consequences of Freedom in the Atlantic World
The New Urban Atlantic

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Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk
Existentialism and Politics
Literatures and Cultures of the Islamic World

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Global Perspectives on Orhan Pamuk is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that explores Pamuk's multifaceted approach to ordinary Turkish life. The...

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The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art

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Why would a smart New York investment banker pay $12 million for the decaying, stuffed carcass of a shark? By what alchemy does Jackson Pollock’s drip painting...
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Samuel Adams
Father of the American Revolution

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Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award! Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him...
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Creative Rebellion for the Twenty-First Century
The Importance of Public and Interactive Art to Political Life in America

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Employing political philosophy to argue the need for social and public art projects to be a part of the everyday lives of Americans, Boros creates a new...
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Japanamerica
How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S.

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Japanamerica is the first book that directly addresses the American experience with the Japanese pop culture craze--including anime from Hayao Miyazaki's epics...
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Joan Myers Brown & the Audacious Hope of the Black Ballerina
A Biohistory of American Performance

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Founder of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO) and the Philadelphia School of Dance Arts, Joan Myers Brown's personal and professional histories...
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Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation
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Sport, Spectacle, and NASCAR Nation critically examines the complex intersections of sport, consumer culture, and contemporary U.S. politics. Based on...
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Religion and the Health of the Public
Shifting the Paradigm

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Religion and the Health of the Public fills a major gap in academic literature on religion and public health. Its innovative concepts provide a comprehensive...
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Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog
Medieval Studies and New Media
The New Middle Ages

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Medieval Studies and New Media presents all of the most memorable posts of the medievalist internet phenomenon "Geoffrey Chaucer Hath a Blog," newly revised...
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Al Jazeera English
Global News in a Changing World
The Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication

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Although Al Jazeera English has yet to receive to receive the attention accorded to its Arabic-language elder sibling, it is in many ways the more interesting...
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Tokyo Cyberpunk
Posthumanism in Japanese Visual Culture

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Engaging some of the most ground-breaking and thought-provoking anime, manga, and science fiction films, Tokyo Cyberpunk offers insightful analysis of Japanese...
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Anime from Akira to Howl's Moving Castle, Updated Edition
Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation

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Updated and expanded edition of Susan Napier's cult classic, in-depth, sophisticated look at Japanese animation
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The Objects of Affection
Semiotics and Consumer Culture
Semiotics and Popular Culture

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In this book, preeminent semiotician Arthur Asa Berger decodes the meanings of common objects of consumption and their perceived “sacredness” in consumerist...
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Coca-Globalization
Following Soft Drinks from New York to New Guinea

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This book explores globalization through a historical and anthropological study of how familiar soft drinks such as Coke and Pepsi became valued as more than...
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Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender
Historical Perspectives and Media Representations

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Interested in the nexus between sport, gender, and language, Sport, Rhetoric, and Gender deconstructs the role of rhetoric in the multi-billion dollar popular...