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Culture and Customs of Japan (Culture and Customs of Asia)

Culture and Customs of Japan (Culture and Customs of Asia)

Their society has been changing rapidly in modern times, yet for most Japanese, cultural traditions retain their importance in daily life. This ... More at Amazon
The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History (Studies in Popular Culture)

The Art of the Funnies: An Aesthetic History (Studies in Popular Culture)

This work examines the comic strip throughout its history for the elements that make cartoons one of the most appealing of the popular arts. The ... More at Amazon
Pop Culture China!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle (Popular Culture in the Contemporary World)

Pop Culture China!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle (Popular Culture in the Contemporary World)

China's release from Maoist austerity has produced an explosion in popular culture. The Chinese have embraced such technologies as television and ... More at Amazon
The Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture

The Tell-Tale Art: Poe in Modern Popular Culture

Greed and guilt, near-indecipherable codes, murder plots born of madness--these motifs drive the best modern mysteries, but they are rooted in the ... More at Amazon
Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar (Studies in Popular Culture)

Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar (Studies in Popular Culture)

This well focused and perceptive analysis of a phenomenon in our popular culture--the new respectability of the comic book form--argues that the ... More at Amazon
The Arts, Popular Culture, and Social Change

The Arts, Popular Culture, and Social Change

The purpose, value, and significance of the arts are perennial topics, often generating rather heated discussions. This book argues for a perspective ... More at Amazon
Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture (Phoenix Series)

Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture (Phoenix Series)

In this first general theory for the analysis of popular literary formulas, John G. Cawelti reveals the artistry that underlies the best in formulaic ... More at Amazon
Art and Celebrity

Art and Celebrity

The uneasy crossover between art and celebrity has been much discussed in recent years. Artists as celebrities is hardly a new phenomenon, but the ... More at Amazon
Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (AsiaWorld)

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (AsiaWorld)

From the dawn of the atomic age, art and popular culture have played an essential role interpreting nuclear issues to the public and investigating ... More at Amazon
Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American

Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American

As Americans flocked to the movies during the first part of the twentieth century, the guardians of culture grew worried about their diminishing ... More at Amazon
Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (AsiaWorld)

Filling the Hole in the Nuclear Future: Art and Popular Culture Respond to the Bomb (AsiaWorld)

From the dawn of the atomic age, art and popular culture have played an essential role interpreting nuclear issues to the public and investigating ... More at Amazon
Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s (Studies in Book and Print Culture)

Unpopular Culture: Transforming the European Comic Book in the 1990s (Studies in Book and Print Culture)

In the last fifteen years or so, a wide community of artists working in a variety of western European nations have overturned the dominant traditions ... More at Amazon
How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture: Murals, Museums, and the Mexican State

How a Revolutionary Art Became Official Culture: Murals, Museums, and the Mexican State

A public art movement initiated by the postrevolutionary state, Mexican muralism has long been admired for its depictions of popular struggle and ... More at Amazon
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures

Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures

Throughout the Cold War, the creation and reception of art in Germany was inseparably linked to divided political realities. Artists in East and West ... More at Amazon
The 1930s (American Popular Culture Through History)

The 1930s (American Popular Culture Through History)

Most historical studies bury us in wars and politics, paying scant attention to the everyday effects of pop culture. Welcome to America's other ... More at Amazon
Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American (Film and Culture Series)

Hollywood and the Culture Elite: How the Movies Became American (Film and Culture Series)

As Americans flocked to the movies during the first part of the twentieth century, the guardians of culture grew worried about their diminishing ... More at Amazon
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