Fall Post 3: November 10, 2009

The Late Age of Print

By Ted Striphas
Review by Vicky Gilpin, Millikin University, Illinois
Listed in: Literature and Material Culture

Tabloid Valley: Supermarket News and American Culture

By Paula E. Morton
Review by Amarnath Amarasingam, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario
Listed in: Material Culture

Station Identification: A Cultural History of Yiddish Radio in the United States

By Ari Kelman
Review by Elizabeth Whittenburg Ozment, University of Georgia
Listed in: Immigrant American and Preforming Arts

Dancing from the Heart: Movement, Gender, and Cook Islands Globalization

By Kalissa Alexeyeff
Review by Matthew J. Forss, Goddard College, Vermont
Listed in: Preforming Arts and Social Custom

For the Freedom of Her Race: Black Women and Electoral Politics in Illinois

By Lisa Masterson
Review by Jason Hostutler, Mount Mary College, Wisconsin
Listed in: African American, Gender

Disporas of Australian Cinema

Edited by Catherine Simpson, Renata Murawska, and Anthony Lambert
Review by Sarah Pinto, Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies, Monash University
Listed in: Cinema

Beyond the Box: Television and the Internet

By Sharon Marie Ross
Review by Novotny Lawrence, Southern Illinois University
Listed in: Television

Composing the Citizen: Music as Public Utility in Third Republic France

By Jann Pasler
Review by Reba Wissner, Brandeis University
Listed in: Music and Europe

9/11 Culture

By Jeffrey Melnick
Review by Waleed Mahdi, University of Minnesota
Listed In: Material Culture, Social Custom

Fall Post 2: October 5, 2009

Sounds of the Modern Nation:  Music, Culture, and Ideas in Post-Revolutionary Mexico

By Alejandro L. Madrid
Review by Russell Cobb, University of Alberta
Listed In: Music and Latin America

Near Black: White-to-Black Passing in American Culture

By Baz Dreisinger
Review by Jacke R. Booker, Winston-Salem State University
Listed In: African American, Social Custom

Music in German Immigrant Theater: New York City, 1840 - 1940.

By John Koegel
Review By Reba Wissner, Brandeis University
Listed In:  Music, Immigrant America

The Devil You Dance With: Film Culture in the New South Africa

Edited by Audrey Thomas McCluskey
Reveiw by Roberta Di Carmine, Western Illinois University
Listed In:  Cinema, Africa

Performing Worlds into Being: Native American Women's Theater

Edited by Anne Elizabeth Armstrong, Kelli Lyon Johnson, and William A. Wortman.
Review by Megan Burnett, Alice Lloyd College, Kentucky
Listed In: Performing Arts, Native American

Investigation Firefly and Serenity: Science Fiction on the Frontier

Edited by Rhonda V. Wilcox and Tanya R. Cochran
Review by Madeline Muntersbjorn, University of Toledo
Listed In: Television, Cinema

Gender, Professions and Discourse: Early Twentieth-Century Women's Autobiography

By Christine Etherington-Wright
Review by Suanna H. Davis, Lone Star College, Texas
Listed In: Gender, (Auto)Biography

Cold War Confrontations: US Exhibitions and Their Rone in the Cultural Cold War

By Jack Masey and Conway Lloyd Morgan.
Review by Antonio Thompson, Austin Peay State University
Listed In: Visual Arts, Material Culture

Fall Post 1: August 30, 2009

Popular Culture Values and the Arts: Essays on Elitism versus Democratization.

Edited by Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr.
Review by Stephen Gennaro, York University, Toronto
Listed in: Social Custom, Material Culture

 Texas Blues: The Rise of a Contemporary Sound.

By Alan Govenar.
Review by Jonathan Hill, National University of Singapore
Listed In: Music, Souhwest USA

Orson Welles and the Unfinished RKO Projects: A Postmodern Perspective.

By Marguerite H. Rippy.
Review by Chris Pallant, Bangor University, United Kingdom
Listed In: Cinema, Material Culture

Fabricating the Absolute Fake: America in Contemporary Pop Culture.

By Jaap Kooijman.
Review by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara
Listed In: Material Culture, Social Custom

A History of the Future

By Donna Goodman
Review by Yves Laberge, Laval University, Quebec
Listed In:  Science, Material Culture

 Screening Nostalgia: Populuxe Props and Technicolor Aesthetics in Contemporary American Film.

By Christine Sprengler.
Review by Greta Methot, Rhode Island School of Design
Listed In: Cinema, Material Culture

The Medieval Cook.

By Bridget Ann Henisch.
Review by Stephanie Plummer, Bowling Green State University
Listed In: Europe, Material Culture

Hollywood’s Ancient Worlds.

By Jeffrey Richards.
Review by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara
Listed In:  Cinema

Summer Post 3: August 5, 2009

Speaking from the Body: Latinas on Health and Culture

edited by Angie Chabram-Dernersesian and Adela de la Torre
review by Donna Shelton, Northeastern State University
listed in: Latin America, Science

The War in Words: Reading the Dakota Conflict through the Captivity Literature

by Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola
review by Wendy Lucas Castro, University of Central Arkansas
listed in: Native American, Immigrant American

Red, White, and Spooked: The Supernatural in American Culture

by M. Keith Booker
review by Tamar Gablinger, Humboldt Universität Insititut für Sozialwissenschaften, Germany
listed in: Cinema

Mysterious Skin: Male Bodies in Contemporary Cinema

edited by Santiago Fouz-Hernández
review by Nathan G. Tipton, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis
listed in: Cinema, Gender

Hollywood Bloodshed: Violence in 1980s American Cinema

by James Kendrick
review by Sarah Boslaugh
listed in: Cinema

The Garden and the Fire: Heaven and Hell in Islamic Culture

by Nerina Rustomji
review by Brooke Sherrard, Florida State University
listed in: Social Custom

Francesca Caccini at the Medici Court: Music and the Circulation of Power

by Suzanne G. Cusick
review by Reba Wissner, Brandeis University
listed in: Music, Europe

Desi Land: Teen Culture, Class, and Success in Silicon Valley

by Shalini Shankar
review by Rupa Pillai, University of Oregon, Eugene
listed in: Asia, Immigrant American

A Spectacle of Suffering: Clara Morris on the American Stage

by Barbara Wallace Grossman
review by Hayley Wood, Massachusetts Humanities
listed in: Performing Arts, (Auto)Biography

Summer Post 2: July 8, 2009

Southern Ute Women: Autonomy and Assimilation on the Reservation, 1887-1934

by Katherine Osburn
review by Brad Montgomery-Anderson, Northeastern State University
listed in: Native American, Gender

Queer Visibilities: Space, Identity, and Interaction in Cape Town

by Andrew Tucker
review by Nathan G. Tipton, University of Memphis
listed in: Africa, Social Custom

Inventing Entertainment: The Player Piano and the Origins of the American Musical Industry

by Brian Dolan
review by Justin Patch, University of Texas
listed in: Music, Material Culture

Dance, Social Justice, and Human Rights: Dignity in Motion

edited by Naomi Jackson and Toni Shapiro-Phim
review by Kirstin L. Ellsworth, California State University, Dominguez Hills
listed in: Performing Arts

Breaking the Ashes: The Culture of Illicit Liquor in Sri Lanka

by Michelle Ruth Gamburd
review by Rupa Pillai, University of Oregon
listed in: Asia, Social Custom

Foundation: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York

by Joseph G. Schloss
review by Tara Jabbaar-Gyambrah, State University of New York, Buffalo
listed in: African American, Music

The 9 Emotions of Indian Cinema Hoardings

by V. Geetha, Sirish Rao, and M.P. Dhakshna
review by Rupa Pillai, University of Oregon
listed in: Asia, Cinema

Holy Motherhood: Gender, Dynasty, and Visual Culture in the Later Middle Ages

by Elizabeth L'Estrange
review by Kerr Houston, Maryland Institute College of Art
listed in: Visual Arts, Europe

Summer Post 1: June 17, 2009

Chinese Street Opera in Singapore

by Tong Soon Lee
reviewed by Justin Patch, University of Texas, Austin
listed in: Asia, Performing Arts

War of a Thousand Deserts: Indian Raids and the U.S.-Mexican War

by Brian DeLay
reviewed by Bradley Montgomery-Anderson, Northeastern State University
listed in: War, Southwest USA

Medicine's Moving Pictures: Medicine, Health, and Bodies in American Film and Television

edited by Leslie J. Reagan, Nancy Tomes, and Paula A. Treichler
reviewed by Cara Kinzelman, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
listed in: Cinema, Science

Spare Time in Texas: Recreation and History in the Lone Star State

by David G. McComb
reviewed by Muhammad Aurang Zeb Mughal, Durham University, England
listed in: Southwest USA, Environs

Living as Equals: How Three White Communities Struggled to Make Interracial Connections during the Civil Rights Era

by Phyllis Palmer
reviewed by Barclay Key, Western Illinois University
listed in: Social Custom, African American

From Dominance to Disappearance: The Indians of Texas and the Near Southwest, 1786-1859

by F. Todd Smith
reviewed by Jeff Carlisle, Oklahoma City Community College
listed in: Native American, Southwest USA

The Hidden Art of Hollywood: In Defense of the Studio Era Film

by John Fawell
reviewed by Robert E. Meyer, Depaul University
listed in: Cinema

Power Struggles: Scientific Authority and the Creation of Practical Electricity Before Edison

by Michael Brian Schiffer
reviewed by Yves Laberge, Université Laval, Québec City, Canada
listed in: Science

Spring Post 2: May 24, 2009

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird: The Relationship between Text and Film

by R. Barton Palmer
reviewed by Laurence Raw, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Cinema, Literature

The Sacred and the Feminine: Imagination and Sexual Difference

edited by Griselda Pollock and Victoria Turvey-Sauron
reviewed by Gypsey Teague, Clemson University
listed in: Gender, Social Custom

The Complete Route 66 Lost and Found: Ruins and Relics Revisited

by Russell A. Olsen
reviewed by Anna Thompson Hajdik, University of Texas at Austin
listed in: Environs, Material Culture

A Description of New Netherland

original text by Adriaen van der Donck
new translation by Diederik Willem Goedhuys
edited by Charles T. Gehring and William A. Starna
reviewed by Wendy Lucas Castro, University of Central Arkansas
listed in: Immigrant American, Native American

The Madonna of Humility: Development, Dissemination, and Reception, c. 1340-1400

by Beth Williamson
reviewed by Denis V. Vovchenko, Northeastern State University
listed in: Europe, Visual Arts

Here, George Washington was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument

by Seth C. Bruggeman
reviewed by Nancy Zey, Sam Houston State University
listed in: Environs, Material Culture

Escape Artist: The Life and Films of John Sturges

by Glen A. Lovell
reviewed by Laurence Raw, Başkent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Cinema

Clint Eastwood: Evolution of a Filmmaker

by John H. Foote
reviewed by Douglas C. MacLeod, State University of New York, Albany
listed in: Cinema

Spring Post 1: April 13, 2009

The Hayloft Gang: The Story of the National Barn Dance

edited by Chad Berry
reviewed by Sara Boslaugh
listed in: Music, Performing Arts

Science Talk: Changing Notions of Science in American Culture

by Daniel Patrick Thurs
reviewed by Amy L. Thompson, Austin Peay State University
listed in: Science, Social Custom

Performing Class in British Popular Music

by Nathan Wiseman-Trowse
reviewed by Christopher Malone, Northeastern State University, OK
listed in: Music, Performing Arts

Old Roots, New Routes: The Cultural Politics of Alt.Country Music

edited by Pamela Fox and Barbara Ching
reviewed by Justin Patch, University of Texas, Austin
listed in: Music, Material Culture

The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology

by J.P. Telotte
reviewed by A. Bowdoin van Riper, Southern Polytechnic State University, Georgia
listed in: Cinema, Science

Screening a Lynching: The Leo Frank Case on Film and Television

by Matthew H. Bernstein
reviewed by Nathan G. Tipton, University of Memphis
listed in: Cinema, African American

Dark Places: The Haunted House in Film

by Barry Curtis
reviewed by Kevin M. Flanagan, North Carolina State University, Raleigh
listed in: Cinema, Environs

The Modern Age: Turn-of-the-Century American Culture and the Invention of Adolescence

by Kent Baxter
reviewed by Stephen Gennaro, York University, Toronto
listed in: Social Custom, Science

Winter Post 1: December 20, 2008

Pop Surf Culture: Music, Design, Film and Fashion from the Bohemian Surf Boom

by Brian Chidester and Dominic Priore
review by Kristin Lawler, College of Mount Saint Vincent, New York
listed in: Music

Mexican American Mojo: Popular Music, Dance, and Urban Culture in Los Angeles, 1935-1968

by Anthony Macías
review by Darius V. Echeverría, Rutgers University
listed in: Native American, Latin America

The Star as Icon: Celebrity in the Age of Mass Communication

by Daniel Herwitz
review by Erik M. Walker, Quincy College, Plymouth, Massachusetts
listed in: Cinema

America’s Ocean Wilderness: A Cultural History of Twentieth-Century Exploration

by Gary Kroll
review by Charles Mitchell, Elmira College
listed in: Environs

Hollywood Under Siege: Martin Scorsese, The Religious Right, and the Culture Wars

by Thomas R. Lindlof
review by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Cinema

The Many Faces of Sacha Baron Cohen: Politics, Parody and the Battle over Borat

by Robert A. Saunders
review by Perin Emine Gurel, Yale University
listed in: Cinema

Catalog: The Illustrated History of Mail Order Shopping

by Robin Cherry
review by Crystal Z. Campbell, University of California-San Diego
listed in: Material Culture

Conspiracy Theory in Film, Television and Politics

by Gordon B. Arnold
review by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Cinema, Television

Winter Post 2: February 1, 2009

Why We Fought: America’s Wars in Film and History

edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor
review by David R. Buck, Thiel College
listed in: War, Cinema

Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Making of a National Leader

by Troy Jackson
review by William Sturkey, Ohio State University
listed in: African American, Social Custom

Delta Blues: The Life and Times of The Mississippi Masters Who Revolutionized American Music

by Ted Gioia.
review by Timothy J. O’Brien, University of Houston
listed in: Music, Performing Arts

Perfection Salad: Women and Cooking at the Turn of the Century

by Laura Schapiro
review by Michelle Moravec, Rosemont College, Pennsylvania
listed in: Gender, Material Culture

Rebels Wit Attitude: Subversive Rock Humorists

by Iain Ellis
review by Justin Patch, University of Texas, Austin
listed in: Music, Social Custom

True West: An Illustrated Guide to the Heyday of the Western

by Michael Barson
review by Laurence Raw, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey
listed in: Television, Cinema

Black Feminism in Contemporary Drama

by Lisa M. Anderson
review by Elizabeth Johnson, Governors State University, Illinois
listed in: African American, Performing Arts

Frederick Douglass: Race and the Rebirth of American Liberalism

by Peter C. Myers
review by Debbie Clare Olson, Oklahoma State University
listed in: African American, Social Custom

Why We Fought: America's Wars in Film and History

edited by Peter C. Rollins and John E. O’Connor
review by Ron Briley, reprinted by permission of History News Network at http://hnn.us/
listed in: War, Cinema