Monday, October 19, 2009

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

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